Tera Contamination Spreads, a Shiny Iron Serpent Attacks!

With Raifort having captured all three of Okidogi's group, the Imprison on the Spatial Rift collapsed on its own. Ogerpon was no longer affected.

When they emerged from the rift, the midday sun bathed the countryside in a peaceful warmth, but Xingye felt no relief.

He had come off worse in his first clash with Giovanni. He had not even recovered the Crystal from Raifort. They had played him completely. Even with the Teal Mask in hand, there was little he could do with it now.

"And the end of the year..."

That concerned him even more. Giovanni knew Kabukicho existed, yet his memory had not been erased. By rights, he needed an Elite Four member's approval; otherwise, he would forget it the moment he left Kabukicho.

Akari was an envoy of Almighty Sinnoh, so it made sense that she was unaffected. But what about Giovanni? Was there something extraordinary about him too?

Xingye could not figure it out, so he set the question aside. Giovanni had said something serious had happened in Mesagoza. Paldea League Headquarters was there, but Xingye still worried about Lillie.

"Come on. We'll cut through the Spirit World. It'll be much faster!"

"Mage!"

A little earlier, at the same time Xingye had fallen into Ogerpon's ambush on Oni Mountain, another battle was reaching its final moments atop Paldea League Headquarters in distant Mesagoza.

Toxic Spikes covered the ground. Magearna stood amid them, unaffected, while ahead of her, a Terastallized Glimmora hovered in the air with her crystalline petals spread wide.

The palace-like Tera Jewel above Glimmora's head swayed, releasing Rock-type Tera Energy. Several dazzling beams shot from her cone-shaped body, carrying rocks that came hurtling down like meteors.

Magearna drew on the power of the steel in her golden body and turned it into