"Roar!" Suddenly, a deep, far-reaching cry came from the sea, seemingly imbued with boundless power. The towering wave that blotted out the sky instantly collapsed into countless droplets that poured down. It was already raining heavily, and making the downpour even heavier was far better than being smashed to pieces by that enormous wave.
Although the "darkened" Lugia was not entirely lucid, its ferocity had not diminished. Seeing the enormous wave it had raised destroyed, it let out a string of furious roars and charged straight toward the Temple platform, enveloped in a black energy barrier.
Liu Qing and the others had already been badly frightened by the enormous wave the "darkened" Lugia had raised. When they saw it disperse, they could not help relaxing a little. Before they could guess who had helped them, however, they saw the "darkened" Lugia charging straight at them, and their hearts leaped into their throats again. Caitlin began preparing to use her Psychic power to Teleport, but the "darkened" Lugia's relentless roars became waves of sound that battered them. Everyone could barely stay on their feet, leaving Caitlin no way to concentrate.
Suddenly, an enormous blue figure leaped out of the sea and slammed bodily into the "darkened" Lugia's black energy barrier with a muffled bang. Neither Pokémon came out ahead in the collision. The blue Pokémon fell back into the sea, while the "darkened" Lugia's energy barrier flickered and its body was knocked backward through the air.
"Kyogre, the Sea Emperor!" Snatched from the jaws of death, Liu Qing, Cynthia, A Hen, Caitlin, May, and Max gazed at the enormous creature on the surface of the sea and cried out in surprise and delight.
"Mana!" Manaphy was overjoyed to see Kyogre appear and waved its arms, calling out loudly.
Although Manaphy's cry