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Groudon had passed out.

Before this, Groudon and Kyogre had always needed to join forces to hold off Rayquaza for a while.

But this time, Groudon had used a cheat code and taken Kyogre down first. Naturally, no one remained to help it share the pressure. On top of that, Rayquaza had struck in anger. Groudon truly could not withstand it.

As for the remaining Kyogre, there was even less to say.

Under Rayquaza's gaze, Kyogre shattered the ice and vanished into the vast ocean at incredible speed.

No one knew where it was going.

Seeing this, Rayquaza revealed a satisfied expression.

Only then did it suddenly realize something.

It seemed to have forgotten something.

There he was.

After Rayquaza finally stopped, Xia Yan shakily climbed down from Rayquaza's back with Darkrai supporting him.

For the rest of his life,

he probably would not want to experience that "thrill" of plummeting at high speed and then shooting upward again.

Bleurgh—

Through the layers of mist Darkrai had created, Rayquaza could clearly see how pale Xia Yan's face was.

It could not help showing a trace of awkwardness, though it quickly hid it.

It had not actually intended to do that. But when it saw Groudon acting so arrogantly and remembered what Xia Yan had said earlier, its anger surged up, and it forgot all about Xia Yan.

The corners of its mouth lifted, then quickly returned to normal.

"Ahem. If there's nothing else, I'll be going."

"Wait!" Xia Yan could not speak, but his Telepathy had not been affected.

Leaning on Darkrai and suppressing the discomfort in his stomach, he slowly approached Rayquaza.

"Hm?"

Rayquaza exhaled two streams of white vapor, and a muffled sound exploded in Xia Yan's mind.

But Xia Yan remained unmoved and continued approaching Rayquaza.

He