Hearing Dusknoir’s words, Mu Li basically had a general understanding of the entire incident.
He was about to have Gardevoir stop Dusknoir’s actions when he noticed Gardevoir staring motionless at Zorua.
At this moment, Zorua, who had been extremely weak, had awakened at some point and was looking at Mu Li with a pair of pitiful eyes.
“What’s wrong with Zorua?” Mu Li couldn’t help but ask.
Gardevoir sighed and shook her head, saying, “Zorua is asking us not to interfere with Dusknoir’s plan.”
Mu Li couldn’t help but frown.
Dusknoir clearly intended to use Zorua’s physical body as some kind of sacrifice, and if the plan succeeded, Zorua would inevitably die.
Zorua was clearly aware of this, which was why she pleaded with Mu Li not to stop Dusknoir’s actions.
“But why?” Mu Li couldn’t understand why Zorua would do this, but when he saw Zorua’s eyes, he ultimately chose to respect Zorua’s decision.
Mu Li led the many Pokémon away from the platform.
Dusknoir smiled upon seeing this, a smile appearing as a surge of immense Ghost-type energy enveloped Zorua.
Zorua didn’t struggle at all; instead, she forced a smile at Mu Li, her eyes showing a hint of determination.
Under Dusknoir’s control, Zorua’s body gradually floated upwards, her wounds still constantly dripping blood.
Blood dripped down, one drop after another, flowing into the stone eye on the ground at the center of the platform.
A crimson light gradually emanated from the eye, gathered in the air, and merged with Dusknoir’s scarlet eyes.
Dusknoir closed his eyes, allowing the crimson light to surge around him, while Zorua in mid-air seemed to grow weaker and weaker, her body even becoming somewhat transparent.
The blood-energy fluctuations on Dusknoir’s body grew increasingly intense.
When Dusknoir opened his eyes, a pitch-black eye simultaneously appeared in the void above his head.
This eye suddenly opened wide, and a surge of pitch-black Ghost-type energy shot straight out from its pupil, disappearing into the void.
A gate made of Ghost-type energy gradually appeared before everyone.
Mu Li’s brows furrowed, and he quickly recognized the gate, exclaiming, “Is this the Netherworld Gate? You, Dusknoir, are the demon who wants to open the gate to another world?!”
Seeing his lie exposed, Dusknoir’s smile was no longer friendly; instead, it became extremely sinister.
“You humans are truly too foolish; I didn’t expect such simple schemes could deceive you,” Dusknoir said with a sinister laugh. “Now that the Netherworld Gate has opened, it’s too late for you to do anything.”
Mu Li’s expression was solemn, but he wasn’t angry; instead, he asked, “What exactly happened back then?”
Dusknoir sneered, a flame of anger igniting in his eyes: “Back then, it was all Zoroark’s fault, that idiot. If it weren’t for him, I would have opened the Netherworld Gate long ago; why would I have waited until now?”
“So the Pokémon who wanted to open the Netherworld Gate back then was indeed you, and Zoroark stopped your actions,” Mu Li surmised.
“You’re right,” Dusknoir sneered. “Back then, Zoroark transformed into a human and tried to live in human society. But humans unexpectedly regarded her as the source of evil power, a demon, and sealed her for hundreds of years.”
“It was I who freed her from the seal,” Dusknoir’s voice grew agitated. “I originally wanted her to help me open the Netherworld Gate and destroy this filthy human world, but to my surprise, after I successfully opened the Netherworld Gate, she turned against me, helped those damned humans, and closed the Netherworld Gate.”
“What surprised me even more was that she was actually willing to sacrifice herself for that group of humans,” Dusknoir was completely enraged. “She actually used her flesh and blood to seal both my soul and his at the same time.”
“Hahaha…” Dusknoir laughed, a somewhat desolate laugh. “Within this seal, we fought for countless years, but she no longer had a physical body, like a rootless duckweed. Her soul could only weaken day by day, and not long after, I devoured her soul and obtained part of her memories.”
“I thought I might have to stay in this seal forever, until the day I perished, but I didn’t expect that in her memories, Zoroark had left a trace of her bloodline at the last moment. What surprised me even more was that this trace of bloodline actually survived by chance.”
“Zoroark still doesn’t know that although she sealed me with her own flesh and blood, her bloodline is also the best guide to unlock this seal.”
“When I sensed his bloodline’s birth, I used his soul’s volatility. That Zorua came, and it was surprisingly successful. But what surprised me even more was that as soon as I came out, I ran into you.”
“I thought you would be a new obstacle to me opening the Netherworld Gate, but what I didn’t expect was that humans are still so foolish now, actually letting me open the Netherworld Gate right before their eyes. Hahaha…”
Dusknoir couldn’t help but burst into laughter, laughing for a long time before gradually ceasing.
“Now that the Netherworld Gate has opened, it’s time for you humans to perish.”
As he spoke, a ray of light shot out from Dusknoir’s pupils, and the previously tightly closed Netherworld Gate opened. An extremely dense Netherworld energy gradually surged out from the crack in the door.
Zorua’s body became more and more transparent, until only a translucent soul remained.
As the Netherworld Gate opened, her soul gradually flew towards the Netherworld Gate, seemingly about to be sucked into it.
Upon seeing this, Dusknoir’s smile became even more sinister.
“Come, Netherworld! Come, souls of the Netherworld! Devour everything in reality.”
The Ghost-type energy grew increasingly dense, and the black Netherworld energy almost filled the entire stone chamber.
Mewtwo waved his hand, and a light blue barrier appeared before Mu Li and the many Pokémon.
No matter how the pitch-black Netherworld energy impacted it, this light blue barrier was as unyielding as an Iron Defense, unbreakable.
The gate gradually expanded, and the world behind it slowly appeared before Mu Li’s eyes.
That world was pitch black, without a trace of light, only pairs of scarlet eyes, like blood, gradually appearing on the other side of the gate, like demons from hell, just waiting for the gate to fully open before rushing forward.
“See? These are our souls of the Netherworld!” Dusknoir’s smile became even more rampant.
The gate finally opened.
Mu Li could even hear the roaring sounds of many souls, and just as many souls were about to rush into the real world, a pitch-black wall appeared.
This pitch-black wall almost occupied the entire gate, blocking all the Netherworld souls on the other side of the gate.
A figure like a purplish-black flame gradually emerged before the black wall.