“Now! Thunderbolt!”
Zhang Heng’s command echoed repeatedly in Zekrom’s mind, like an everlasting reverberation.
Zekrom could clearly sense the power surging within him, electric energy around his body like a raging tide, gathering with near-violent intensity, the humming sound caused by the rapid circulation of his Overdrive mode.
The space around him was distorted by this immense energy, as if it couldn’t bear the weight and was about to shatter.
Zekrom raised his head to the sky, letting out a long roar that pierced the clouds and split rocks. Immediately after, a thick bolt of lightning, as if capable of splitting the firmament in two, shot out from his body like an angry arrow, rushing directly towards the meteorite fragments.
This lightning bolt was Zekrom’s most powerful signature move—Thunderbolt!
Thunderbolt, as an electric-type physical attack move, has a power of 130 in the game’s settings, making it one of the undisputed top electric-type moves.
In an instant, Thunderbolt violently collided with the meteorite fragments. In that moment, it was as if the sky and earth collapsed, and a world-shaking explosion erupted with a thunderous roar.
Rumble~
The enormous roar was like a violently vibrating bell, making people’s eardrums ache and almost deafening them. Zhang Heng couldn’t help but cover his ears and tightly close his eyes.
And the blinding light instantly illuminated the entire underground Divine Beast Field. Under this dazzling glare, the sun’s radiance seemed dim and lifeless, as if completely suppressed by it.
The impact force generated by the explosion spread wildly in a circular pattern. Wherever it went, there was chaos. Fortunately, the Divine Beast Field was resisting these energy bursts, otherwise this energy would have mercilessly dragged everything around into the vortex of this disaster.
However, the residual energy fluctuations also caused the prison, correctional facilities, and numerous buildings on the surface to crumble instantly like paper in the face of this irresistible force, collapsing with a crash.
In an instant, the once renowned model prison of Huaxia Country was thus reduced to ruins in this sudden disaster, becoming a sealed past in the long river of history.
Elder Zhao and Warden Ye immediately gave orders, saying, “Rescue the injured and move them outside the prison!”
In the underground battlefield, the golden aura was now densely covered with cracks, like a shattered spider web. Clearly, it could no longer withstand the successive attacks of Draco Meteor and Thunderbolt, two of Zekrom’s powerful same-type moves.
Under the impact of this world-destroying power, the golden aura was ultimately unable to resist and was ignited along with the rest. In an instant, the aura transformed into countless shimmering yellow starlight, intertwining with the rolling smoke and blinding light from the explosion, and then gradually dissipated into this vast space, as if it had never appeared.
Finally, Hoopa Unbound let out a roar full of unwillingness: “I! Will definitely come for you again!”
Afterward, Hoopa Unbound’s aura vanished completely in that instant, as if it had never left a single trace in this world, leaving behind only desolation and silence, witnessing the tragic scene after this thrilling battle.
Zhang Heng looked at the gradually calming battlefield, and a huge weight was finally lifted from his heart.
He panted heavily, saying, “Phew, if the combination of Draco Meteor and Thunderbolt couldn’t shatter those golden auras imbued with Dark Pulse, then what followed would have been certain death.”
Zhang Heng knew that this arduous battle was finally over, and they had successfully repelled Hoopa Unbound.
Zekrom slowly descended beside Zhang Heng, his light gradually dimming. He looked a bit tired, but his eyes still held a look of gratitude.
“Human filled with ideal crystal, it was thanks to you fighting alongside me this time,” Zekrom’s ethereal voice resonated directly in Zhang Heng’s mind.
Zhang Heng raised the crystal in his hand and shook it, smiling as he replied, “I was just fulfilling the agreement we made earlier.”
Subsequently, Zekrom cast his gaze towards the ideal crystal in Zhang Heng’s hand, a glimmer of light flashing in his eyes. He gathered the rule power from the Divine Beast’s origin and infused it into the crystal. The crystal gradually emitted a soft glow, and the internal energy patterns became clearer, indicating that charging was complete.
Following that, Zekrom flapped his black wings, and all the residual Dark Pulse left by Hoopa Unbound in the Divine Beast Field were dispersed. At the same time, electric-type energy and Dragon-type energy surged back into Zekrom’s body.
The formed Divine Beast Field began to dissipate. With a flash of light, the previously confined power gradually vanished.
At this moment, Zhu Zi outside was anxiously pacing back and forth, while Manectric stood quietly by his side, watching the entrance to the power station.
When the powerful energy fluctuation came from ahead, Zhu Zi’s heart leaped into his throat.
Finally, after a flash of light, Zhang Heng and Zekrom appeared before them. Zhu Zi immediately went up to him, “Zhang Heng, you’re finally out! You had me so worried!” Zhang Heng smiled and patted Zhu Zi’s shoulder, “Don’t worry, it’s all resolved.”
Sand and gravel rustled down the cave walls, initially just fine particles, spreading like light smoke. With the dissolution of the Divine Beast Field, losing its support, the space beneath the prison began to collapse.
In an instant, large rocks loosened and peeled away, crashing down with a roar, raising rolling dust. The ground beneath their feet cracked, fissures crisscrossing and spreading, and the entire underground cavern trembled precariously amidst continuous vibrations, as if it would be swallowed by endless sand and rock, danger rushing towards them.
“I will take you out.”
Zekrom instantly erected a blue energy barrier, encompassing them. Zhang Heng quickly recalled Walking Wake and Psyduck into the water scroll and their Poké Balls.
Immediately, Zhang Heng, Zhu Zi, and Manectric were enveloped by the energy barrier and floated upwards. With Zekrom’s assistance, they passed through the collapsing rock caves underground and successfully returned to the surface.
As soon as their feet touched the solid ground, a deafening roar rolled in from behind them.
They looked back, only to see the once imposing prison, along with the power station below it, and the inverted Dragonspiral Tower, being slowly pulled down into the earth as if by a powerful force from the abyss.
On the prison walls, giant and hideous cracks first spread like a spider web. Then, with a dull thud, the walls collapsed with a roar, shattered bricks and stones flying everywhere, raising dust that blotted out the sky.
Completely burying the place that once confined sin and secrets, leaving only desolation and ruins, witnessing this thrilling upheaval, and announcing the end of a past era.
Zekrom’s clear voice once again resonated in Zhang Heng’s mind, saying, “Human filled with ideal crystal, what is your name?”
“Zhang Heng.”
“Zhang Heng, when you need Helping Hand, raise the ideal crystal and call my name, and I will appear.”
Zekrom’s majestic and unique voice still echoed leisurely in Zhang Heng’s mind.
However, before Zhang Heng could recover from the lingering sound, Zekrom’s body burst into light, his form rapidly changing, instantly transforming into a dazzling bolt of electricity.
This bolt of electricity shot straight towards the deep and mysterious vortex in the dark clouds above, disappearing into it in an instant, leaving no trace behind…