Ultimate Weapon!

Under the gloomy night sky, the strange phenomena above Twilight Forest gradually expanded.

Koraidon, the outsider from Paldea, ultimately proved more skilled, gradually seizing the initiative in its battle against Yveltal.

But for two Legendary Pokémon, a fight lasting barely ten minutes did not even count as an appetizer.

If they truly wanted to determine a victor, dawn might be when the outcome first began to show.

Xerneas had not contributed much to this battle. Instead, it focused on repairing the ecological damage Twilight Forest had suffered.

It was not that Xerneas did not want to fight, but that Xia Chen had stopped it.

His purpose was naturally to buy Floette time to locate the Ultimate Weapon, but this had alerted Lysandre.

He swept his gaze over the Pokémon around Xia Chen.

Koraidon, Deoxys, Sylveon—even the newly captured Diancie had joined the battle. It seemed there was no spare strength left to cause trouble?

For a moment, Lysandre thought he might be overthinking things, but this plan was of utmost importance. There could not be the slightest mistake.

After pondering for quite a while, he finally pulled over a Team Flare executive beside him and whispered a few words.

Aliana, with her orange hair, nodded solemnly before quietly taking out a Poké Ball and retreating to the rear.

Xia Chen, who had taken all this in, narrowed his eyes. Was she going to check on the Ultimate Weapon's security?

Or had Lysandre deliberately exposed a weakness to see whether he had discovered their scheme?

Xia Chen did not dare gamble. With zero room for error on his side, he would rather believe it was the latter.

In this unfair game, he could not make a single wrong move.

Forcibly suppressing his urge to track Aliana, Xia Chen chose to place