And because Lugia possessed a wave motion capable of suppressing their powers, all three Divine Birds suddenly turned their attacks towards Lugia.
"Chirp——————"
The next moment, as attacks struck from three directions, Xiaozhi was stunned for an instant, while Lugia swiftly ascended with a cyclone to dodge the opponents' moves.
"Chirp————"
What had been a scene of Lugia arriving like a god and dominating the Three Divine Birds was instantly reversed as the birds joined forces to break through Lugia's oppression.
Huff!!
Moltres's eyes blazed red as it was the first to spew fire, Articuno circled in the sky, flying while firing Quick Freeze Beams at Lugia, and Lightning, plummeting from the dark clouds, accurately locked onto Lugia.
"Ahhhhhhhh————""Pika————" During the roller coaster-like dodging sequence, Xiaozhi and Pikachu screamed repeatedly in fright.
This sudden turn of events left the reporter who thought the incident was about to be resolved utterly dumbfounded, as she murmured into the camera, "Wait, it seems the situation has changed again."
Without her saying it, everyone could see, and Aunt Huazi, who desperately wanted to rush over and pull Xiaozhi back, was utterly clueless as to what Xiaozhi was actually doing.
Everyone originally thought that the Sea God had come to save the world, but in just a few minutes, it had become the target of the Three Divine Birds' attacks.
"Lugia, hit them!!" Xiaozhi shouted from Lugia's back.
"Although it's easy to beat them, if they faint or suffer serious injuries, it will lead to even more severe natural disasters. If I engage in battle, the entire Orange Archipelago may be destroyed," Lugia said with a grave voice, flying close to the sea to avoid the Lightning, and then ascending to dodge the Fire and Ice, all the while.
"The situation is worse than I anticipated. Their souls are in extreme chaos right now…"
"What do we do then!!"
"It seems that with my power alone, I can only appease their souls but can't heal their spirits. To fully restore them, we must use the power of the treasures from the three surrounding islands and then play the Sea Sound Flute. Only then can their spirits be healed."
"Human, are you willing to take on the task of saving the world and join me in searching for the Ice treasure, Thunder treasure, and Fire treasure on the three islands?" Lugia asked seriously, now not daring to take any more risks.
"Why does it have to be like this?" Xiaozhi clenched his teeth and nodded vigorously. Why couldn't you have admitted this from the start?
Lugia was at a loss for words—it was allowed to misjudge the situation, wasn't it!!
The next second, Lugia spread its wings, intending to leave the battlefield and take Xiaozhi to find the items that could calm the Three Divine Birds' spirits, but at that moment, Moltres, Articuno, and Zapdos seemed to anticipate Lugia's actions and launched three moves that blocked Lugia's escape route!
Lugia's pupils shrank as it instinctively gathered its mental power to erect a protective barrier.
However, Lugia soon realized that although the barrier could slow down the attacks enough to prevent injury to itself, there was still a human on its back. Given a human's physique, even a bit of the residual impact would mean...
Simultaneously realizing that things were not good, Lugia immediately redirected most of the protective barrier's power to shield Xiaozhi.
In the next instant, red, blue, and yellow lights of the ultimate moves engulfed Lugia all at once.
"Woo——————" Amidst the smoke, a piercing scream was heard as a silver figure plummeted from the smoke, falling down. Although individually, the three birds couldn't compete with Lugia, their combined force, along with Lugia's distraction in protecting Xiaozhi which left it vulnerable to their ultimate moves, resulted in Lugia sustaining injuries.
Even as a High Legend, stronger than the Three Divine Birds by a tier, Lugia was forced to crash into the ocean under the massive confluence of power.
"Xiaozhi————" As Lugia was hit, Aunt Huazi inside the helicopter, watching the scene, cried out loudly, and then her body slumped down limply, losing consciousness.
The reporters from the TV station, as well as Professor Oak and Professor Ivy, all gaped in disbelief at the outside world.
After all, there was a Trainer on Lugia!!
If the collision wasn't enough to severely injure Lugia, a human certainly couldn't withstand such moves.
"Xiaozhi!!" In the outside world, Heavenly King Ke Na saw Lugia get hit by accident and shrank his pupils in response.
Although Mikkeli did not know Xiaozhi at this moment, seeing Lugia and the Trainer on it fall together made him feel uneasy inside.
"Xiaozhi is fine, but…" Fang Yuan looked to the sky, waiting for something.
"It's over!!"
At that moment, Trainers all around the world, witnessing this via live broadcast, saw the God of the Sea being so ineffectual against the Three Divine Birds, avoiding battle instead of fighting, and the hope they had placed in it shattered.
Lugia was also powerless…
In Cloud Ying City, inside the Pokemon Center, with heavy snow falling outside, numerous Trainers had gathered to watch the situation in the Orange Archipelago via the live broadcast.
As soon as Lugia was in trouble, someone pessimistically said, "Now there's truly no way out. Considering how close we are to the Orange Archipelago, could it affect us here?"
"I just checked the legend of the Orange Archipelago. The entire world isn't really going to be affected, is it..."