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Amidst the bone-chilling icy mist, two Noivern soared through the thick fog, one after another, their flapping wings stirring up a biting wind.

Jacob, riding his Noivern, fled without stopping, weaving through the jungle at high speed, using echolocation to perform a series of difficult aerial maneuvers as he headed toward the nearest river.

Behind him, Adonis, also riding a Noivern, perfectly tracked Jacob’s movements, pursuing relentlessly—and even faster!

Although both were riding Noivern, the difference in their Pokémon’s strength allowed Adonis’s Noivern to rapidly close the distance.

At the same time, behind Adonis, several other Champions riding their own Pokémon followed closely behind. In the swirling mist, with Adonis’s Noivern acting as a guiding beacon, they wouldn’t lose their way.

The chase was brief, lasting less than a minute before Adonis caught up to Jacob. He could already hear Jacob’s Noivern flying through the mist and gradually make out the silhouettes of Jacob and his Pokémon.

“Caught up!”

Adonis, riding on the back of his Noivern, revealed a cruel smile and loudly shouted to the others behind him: “He’s here! Make sure to keep up! Noivern, use Dragon Pulse to stop him!”

Dragon-type energy surged, and Adonis’s Noivern let out a high-pitched cry. Dragon-type energy erupted from its mouth, tearing through the icy mist like a raging dragon, flying toward Jacob.

Facing Noivern’s attack, Jacob gritted his teeth and had no choice but to take out a Dream Ball, releasing Darkrai to intercept.

“Darkrai, Dark Pulse!”

Darkrai had recovered some stamina after Cresselia’s treatment and was capable of fighting.

“Don’t be afraid—go after him!”

Adonis calmly commanded his Noivern to continue the pursuit. He didn’t think he could defeat “Giovanni” by himself; he just needed to hold “Giovanni” back and prevent his escape.

Surround but don’t eliminate—patiently wait for reinforcements.

“Boom!”

The energy explosion stirred up a fierce gale, carrying the chill of the forest, blowing against their faces like cutting blades, slicing through skin and leaving faint streaks of blood.

As the two sides clashed, Pachart and the others behind them seized the opportunity to catch up. Pachart also released his Blaziken again.

“Blaziken, Defog!”

Blaziken let out a powerful cry, and Flying-type energy surged, stirring up a strong wind.

As the wind howled, most of the dense mist was dispersed.

Although not completely cleared, visibility had improved significantly, allowing even Pachart and the others to vaguely see Jacob’s figure.

“Surround him!”

Adonis and the other three, riding their Flying-type Pokémon, instantly accelerated. Relying on their absolute speed advantage, they encircled Jacob from four directions, completely forcing him to stop and giving him no chance to escape.

After being forcibly stopped, Jacob’s gaze fell upon everyone present. The pressure brought by a group of Champion-level Pokémon forced him to once again take out Gigantamax Lapras’s Poké Ball and release it.

“Come out, Lapras!”

The massive Gigantamax Lapras appeared once again, facing another siege by multiple Pokémon, which pained Jacob.

He gently stroked Gigantamax Lapras, his gaze soft.

As if sensing Jacob’s emotions, Lapras raised its head and let out a melodious cry, responding to Jacob.

Immediately after, its gaze fixed on everyone present—it was ready for a fight to the death.

“Giovanni, what other tricks do you have left?”

Adonis slowly approached, looking directly at “Giovanni” with a disdainful smile in his eyes, as if victory was already within his grasp.

With Perish Song and the mist dispelled one by one, in Adonis’s view, “Giovanni” was now like a fish on a chopping block, at their mercy.

Now, they just needed to defeat Gigantamax Lapras, eliminate “Giovanni,” and both this Darkrai and the Gigantamax Lapras would be his.

The cold dissipated, and the mist gradually ceased.

Jacob’s gaze swept over the Trainers in front of him, then he calmly recalled his Noivern.

At this level of battle, Noivern couldn’t participate yet.

“You’re still a bit weak right now. Grow up quickly,” Jacob whispered to Noivern’s Poké Ball.

Then Jacob took a deep breath, standing on Gigantamax Lapras’s shell, his gaze meeting Adonis’s.

Darkrai floated by his side like the most loyal guardian, its gaze fixed on everyone present, carrying a hint of lethal intent.

The outside world was wonderful, but also cruel.

Perhaps only by possessing strength like his father and mother could it better protect Jacob.

A faint smile appeared on Jacob’s lips. He had been completely cornered.

Fight—he couldn’t win.

Run—he couldn’t escape.

It seemed there was truly no way out. Ahead lay a bottomless cliff, and behind him, relentless predators wanted to push him into the abyss.

“What are your names?” Jacob looked at Adonis, his expression calm. Until now, he didn’t know who was hunting him.

He took out a cigarette, slowly lit it—the spark glowing—took a deep drag, then exhaled a cloud of smoke, easing Jacob’s inner anxiety and gradually calming him.

“You’re about to die. Why ask so many questions?” Adonis sneered at Jacob and slowly said, “Of course, if you give up resisting and save some time by honestly telling us about the dimensional rift leading to the Gigantamax Pokémon dimension, I might tell you our names.”

“Forget it. Actually, whether you tell me or not doesn’t matter anymore.” Jacob extinguished the freshly lit cigarette, his gaze falling on everyone, and a brilliant smile suddenly appeared on his lips. “How about we just stop here and call it even? The world isn’t all about fighting and killing—there’s no need to fight to the death.”

Adonis’s face showed a mocking expression, looking at Jacob as if he were an idiot. “Do you think that’s possible? The four of us spent so much effort to corner and kill you here. You’re about to die, and now you want to settle our grievances with just a ‘let’s call it even’?”

“Do you think we’re idiots? Giovanni, why don’t you kneel down now and kowtow to each of us? Maybe we’ll let you go.”

Adonis stared coldly at Jacob, his eyes filled with undisguised killing intent and the pain of losing his son. How could the grievances between them be resolved so easily?

“So you really want to fight me to the death?” Jacob sighed. With things having come to this point, he had no other choice.

“Stop wasting time with him. Let’s take him down first,” Knox urged from beside him, frowning. “Take him down, and you can do whatever you want with him.”

Adonis also realized his emotions had gotten slightly out of control and nodded. “Alright, let’s move.”

“Typhlosion, Fire Blast!”

“Torkoal, Eruption!”

“Gothitelle, Psychic!”

“Trevenant, Wood Hammer!”

“Palossand, Shadow Ball!”

“Blaziken, High Jump Kick!”

A familiar scene reappeared, with countless moves heading toward Gigantamax Lapras.

“Max Guard!”

Jacob’s voice rang out once again, and Gigantamax Lapras used Max Guard once more. The protective barrier shimmered in the night sky, protecting Jacob and Gigantamax Lapras.

“Lapras, Max Lightning!”

Jacob’s voice was calm as he gave continuous commands. At this moment, he chose to have Gigantamax Lapras use a move that everyone found somewhat incomprehensible.

What kind of move was Max Lightning?

While everyone was still wondering, golden lightning bolts descended from the clouds, shining with dazzling electrical light like golden dragons, striking everywhere!

Seeing the lightning descending from the sky, Adonis and the others quickly commanded their Pokémon—except for Palossand—to dodge.

After all, Palossand, being a Ground-type, was immune to Electric-type attacks.

“Boom!”

The lightning struck the ground, most of it missing, with only a few bolts hitting the Pokémon present.

The lightning that struck the ground erupted with powerful Electric-type energy, spreading outward and filling the entire area. In an instant, electric arcs flickered across the ground.

This was the additional effect of Max Lightning, which transformed the entire battlefield into Electric Terrain.

“Sigh.” After commanding Gigantamax Lapras to use two Max Moves consecutively, Jacob’s melodious sigh rang out once more. “On the path of life, one always encounters various crossroads.”

“No one can follow the path they desire according to their own will.”

“Just like now—I only wanted to escape, but you forced me onto the path of fighting you to the death. Letting me go would actually be letting yourselves go too.”

“Now I have no other choice.” Jacob looked at the people in front of him, took out Iron Valiant’s Poké Ball from his waist, and then the Dynamax Band on his right wrist suddenly burst into a brilliant red light, releasing surging Dynamax energy.

Immediately after, all this Dynamax energy poured into Iron Valiant’s Poké Ball, making Jacob’s face glow red. His voice rang out again: “Since I’ve embarked on this path, I can only press forward bravely, never looking back.”

“You all forced me to do this. I didn’t want to!”

“Bang!”

Jacob threw the Poké Ball, which rapidly expanded in the air, then burst open with a flash of red light.

The figure of Gigantamax Iron Valiant descended into the jungle.

The Pokémon Iron Valiant had become Jacob’s signature. Jacob knew the consequences of using Iron Valiant—once used, Giovanni’s true identity would inevitably be exposed.

The terrifying criminal Giovanni was actually the same person as the genius scientist Jacob!

But at this moment, he had no other choice. There was only one way to break through the current situation, and that was to use Gigantamax Iron Valiant!

He had no other choice, but he did have a way to prevent his identity from being leaked.

That was to eliminate all the eyewitnesses present!

Thinking of this, Jacob’s eyes carried undisguised killing intent.

“I have no other choice. Things have come to this point—there’s no turning back!” Jacob’s voice rang out.

Gigantamax Iron Valiant felt an endless surge of power within its body. It gripped the double-bladed sword in its hands, its gaze full of lethal intent fixed on all the Pokémon present.

Unlike its usual fierce and overwhelming aura upon appearing, Gigantamax Iron Valiant, though massive in size, didn’t leak a single trace of its aura at this moment. One couldn’t even sense Iron Valiant’s presence with their eyes closed.

It had completely concealed its powerful aura, returning to a natural state—appearing simple yet masterful. This was a sign of its impending breakthrough to Master-level strength.

At the same time, Iron Valiant’s Quark Drive ability activated! Its Speed increased.

Quark Drive: When holding Booster Energy or when the battlefield is Electric Terrain, the Pokémon’s highest stat (excluding HP) is boosted upon entering battle.

Iron Valiant’s highest stat was its Speed, so in Electric Terrain, the Quark Drive ability boosted its Speed.

The reason Jacob had Gigantamax Lapras use Max Lightning earlier was precisely to trigger Iron Valiant’s ability!

Originally, Iron Valiant’s held item was Booster Energy, which could trigger the Quark Drive ability even without Electric Terrain. However, this would waste a valuable item slot.

To maximize Iron Valiant’s combat power, Jacob had already given Iron Valiant an S-rank Life Orb to hold, so he had to rely on Electric Terrain to trigger the Quark Drive ability.

Also, in the dimensional rift, Jacob had both Indeedee and Cresselia use Lunar Dance, healing Iron Valiant’s injuries.

Lunar Dance: The user faints, but the Pokémon that switches in has its HP and status fully restored.

Indeedee and Cresselia were clearly weaker than Iron Valiant, so only by both using Lunar Dance simultaneously could Iron Valiant’s injuries be fully healed and restored to peak condition.

Jacob had prepared for the worst from the very beginning. This was also why he hadn’t used Gigantamax during the earlier escape battle—everything was for this moment!

With its Speed boosted in Electric Terrain, holding an S-rank Life Orb, and on the verge of reaching Master-level strength, Gigantamax Iron Valiant’s combat power at this moment was absolutely overwhelming.

As long as he used Iron Valiant, no one present could stop him!

However, the moment Jacob used Iron Valiant, what he considered was no longer how to escape, but how to eliminate everyone present!

All eyewitnesses must be silenced.

When an avalanche comes, no snowflake is innocent. Everyone present must be eliminated.

What kind of Pokémon is this?

Alakazam or Gardevoir?

Adonis’s lips curled slightly as he listened to Jacob’s bold words.

Kill them? With just this one Pokémon?

He was very curious about what kind of powerful Pokémon would give Jacob the confidence to say such things.

Adonis’s mocking gaze fell on Gigantamax Iron Valiant, observing it carefully. He couldn’t sense a single hint of powerful aura from Iron Valiant, so its strength was probably at most on par with the Gigantamax Lapras.

Since they could defeat one Gigantamax Lapras, what difference would one more Gigantamax Pokémon make now?

Besides, even if they couldn’t win, if they split up and ran, couldn’t they still escape?

Even a Master-level Pokémon wouldn’t dare claim to eliminate all of them with absolute certainty.

“His Gigantamax Lapras is already low on stamina. This should be his last Pokémon, and his final trump card.” Adonis turned to the others beside him and said, “Gentlemen, as soon as we take down this last Pokémon, it’ll be time to divide the spoils.”

“I want this Pokémon,” Pachart said, looking at Gigantamax Iron Valiant. He was very interested in the Iron Valiant before him.

“It depends on how much effort you contribute. This Pokémon will be distributed according to the effort each of us puts in. Move!”

As Adonis’s voice rang out, the four commanded their Pokémon to join the assault on Iron Valiant.

“Typhlosion, Fire Blast!”

“Torkoal, Flamethrower!”

“Gothitelle, Psychic!”

“Trevenant, Wood Hammer!”

“Palossand, Shadow Ball!”

“Blaziken, Flare Blitz!”

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