kingnovel Chapter 457 Extreme Cold Storm
Chapter 457 Extreme Cold Storm
"Withdraw to the defensive line immediately!" she shouted into the communicator. "Maintain formation to prevent a surprise attack!"
Ou Yuhua's command was like an icicle piercing the eardrums of the assault team. The experienced trainers instantly tightened the reins.
The Flying-type Pokémon made a sudden stop and turn in mid-air, tracing a dangerous arc. The assault team, which had been piercing the enemy lines like a sharp knife, immediately tightened its formation and retreated cautiously.
However! It was still too late!
Just as the Ice-type Pokémon retreated towards the core of the Icefield like a tide, the heavy, leaden-like Kyurem cloud, which seemed to have existed since time immemorial, suddenly began to churn violently!
The "Main Ice Field," which slowly advances amidst countless icebergs, is not a naturally formed, smooth ice body. Instead, it is forcibly piled up and welded together by countless jagged, frozen, and massive ice blocks, exuding a chilling ancient cold and an aura of destruction.
At this moment, at the top of this moving "Ice Throne".
At the summit of the iceberg and on the sloping ice slopes, a dense array of Ice-type Pokémon of various kinds and shapes gathered, standing silently and solemnly facing the same direction, like the most devout believers.
Their sheer number almost completely covers the visible surface of the main iceberg:
The Ice Demon Guardian, with a single horn on its head, brandished its sharp claws, its body shimmering with a chilling blue aura.
The Snow Fairy was like a pure white elf, gleaming with a deadly cold light;
Ice-carved geese are stacked into a tower, their snowball-like bodies rising and falling violently with the rhythm of the chanting;
The Blizzard King swung his massive wooden arm, summoning an even fiercer wind from among the branches;
Even the rare Alola Ninetales was now curled up on the ice steps, its nine tails glowing with an eerie purple light.
At the heart of this ocean of Ice-type Pokémon, atop the Ice Throne, lies not a colossal beast, but a small, even somewhat comical figure—Jynx.
However, the aura emanating from it sent a chill down the spines of all the high-ranking members of the alliance who witnessed it, sending a shiver down to their very bones!
It was not the usual clumsy-looking pucker. Its skin was an almost deathly pale white, as if its life had been completely frozen by the extreme cold.
His signature thick lips are an eerie deep purple, with a faint, chilling curve at the corners of his mouth, as if mocking the struggles of mortals.
Unlike other Pokémon, it did not stand upright, but hovered slightly in the air a few inches above the ice surface, surrounded by visible, tangible, extremely cold air that caused the space around it to distort slightly.
"It's it!" Duan Guanjun's voice was as deep as cracking ice. His sharp gaze was fixed on the petite yet terrifying figure, his eyes filled with unprecedented solemnity and apprehension.
This Jynx is the agent of Kyurem's will, just like Draco Messia's position in Giratina's eyes. Both represent the will of the gods and are divine messengers walking in human society.
They were also the culprit behind that Antarctic tragedy!
Its appearance here signifies the arrival of Kyurem's will!
"Sister with the smirk!!!"
Min Hui's roar was almost squeezed out from between his teeth. His eyes instantly became bloodshot, his fists clenched so tightly they cracked, and his knuckles turned white from the excessive force.
A deep-seated hatred surged within him like magma! That's it!
It was this creature, with its false promises and cold betrayal, that appeared before the Antarctic expedition team, ultimately leading to that wave of death composed of Ice-type Pokémon!
His second brother was dragged into the eternal abyss of ice by this sly-lipped woman while covering the last group of evacuating researchers!
Blood debts must be repaid in blood!
Min Hui unleashed an astonishing aura, and a Lucario appeared behind him. He was about to charge forward without any regard for the consequences!
"calm!"
Duan Guanjun's hand pressed down on Min Hui's shoulder like an iron clamp, the powerful force abruptly stopping his forward momentum.
Duan Guanjun's gaze remained fixed on the summit of the iceberg. "Your time to make your move will come! But right now... their condition is not right!"
His voice carried an undeniable authority, yet also a subtle hint of wariness.
“Fujian team! Duan Guanjun is right!” Ai Wen’s voice was urgent and certain, and his portable energy detector emitted a piercing alarm.
"The Ice-type energy readings are skyrocketing! The rate of accumulation far exceeds any previous one! This is definitely not the unconscious behavior of wild Pokémon! They... they seem to be commanded by a unified will!"
As if confirming Evan's warning, at the summit of the iceberg, the hovering nymph slowly raised its hands, which looked like they were wearing white gloves.
As it moved, all the Ice-type Pokémon of all kinds and levels below—from the weakest Snorunt to the powerful Ursaring and Glaceon—as if receiving a supreme divine decree, uniformly and uniformly raised their claws, fins, horns, or tentacles high!
There was no earth-shattering roar, only a deep, humming sound, as if a collective chant came from the depths of an ancient glacier!
The sound converged into an invisible torrent, piercing through the howling sea wind and reaching the depths of the soul, carrying a cold yet sacred rhythm.
Visible blue-white ice-type energy, like a materialized mist, rose from each Ice-type Pokémon and converged wildly towards the sky above the main iceberg.
The light was so dazzling and intense that it even temporarily dispelled some of the shadows cast by the Kyurem clouds!
This enormous energy did not attack directly, but rather, as if controlled by an invisible giant hand, it began to slowly and continuously spread towards the higher and wider sky!
The vast, spreading ice energy instantly caused a cataclysmic change in the heavens and earth!
Snowing.
However, this is by no means the kind of ice and snow mist that is limited to a small area and has limited power, which is created by the "Snowy Weather" move used by ordinary trainers in battle.
This is a real blizzard! A manifestation of the power of nature! A terrifying celestial phenomenon capable of altering the climate of a region!
Huge snowflakes, as soft as goose feathers and containing pure ice energy, poured down from the rolling clouds at an incredible speed!
They didn't fall; instead, they were whipped and swept up by the raging hurricane, forming roaring walls of snow that connected heaven and earth! Sight was instantly stolen!
Temperatures plummeted at a desperate rate along the entire southern part of the South China Sea defense line, including the painstakingly constructed "mudflats" and the vast offshore area behind them!
The salty sea breeze instantly transformed into bone-scraping ice blades! On the sea surface, the waves froze into ice shards the moment they crashed, and white frost spread and thickened at a visible speed on the mudflats, on the fortifications, and on the armor and robes of Pokémon and trainers!
"Damn it! I can't see it anymore!"
"My limbs are a little numb!"
This isn't a skill effect; it's a change in the environment! It's as if the entire space has been forcibly dragged to the heart of Antarctica during the Ice Age!
Many combat personnel were affected by this extremely harsh environment, suffering from snow blindness and fever.
If no corresponding measures are taken, it will soon result in substantial losses.
The frigid domain, summoned by the collective will of countless Ice-type Pokémon and the divine power of Kyurem, descended heavily, carrying an undeniable, immense power of "nature" itself.
"Try using the Rain God skill to cover the snow ahead!"
Standing at the forefront of the assault team, Ou Yuhua could clearly sense the changes in the assault team members and how terrifying the consequences of this icy and snowy landscape would be.
All the team members on the mudflats heard the instructions from the King of the Sea. I only wrote down their respective Pokémon. As long as the Pokémon knew the Sunny Day move, they all joined in gathering Fire-type energy, trying to cover the weather into a sunny day.
The Mega Gyarados at the head of the group quickly gathered its Fire-type energy, and one after another, fireballs shimmering with Fire-type energy shot into the sky.
However, these fireballs were rapidly cooled by the extreme cold of the icy landscape as they traveled through the air, and their energy dissipated.
Seeing this, Evan shouted from behind, "The weather is locked in, we can't change it! Our fire energy is too weak!"
Any attempt to fight against this raging, icy landscape with conventional weather tactics is as insignificant and laughable as a mantis trying to stop a chariot!
Evan was starting to miss Zhang Heng's Gigantamax Charizard. If it were here, its fire-type energy would definitely be one of the keys to breaking through this icy and snowy landscape.
"Radar! Thermal imaging is completely jammed! The ice energy field contained in the snowflakes is too strong!"
"Communication signal... hissing... severely weakened... hissing... all squads... hissing... report your position and status!"
The white curtain formed by the raging blizzard not only completely blocked visibility but also severely interfered with all detection equipment and communication systems.
The frontline commanders instantly became "blind" and "deaf." They could not see the progress of the ice field, could not judge the movement of Ice-type Pokémon, and could not effectively and timely convey precise instructions to the various squads scattered along the long defensive line!
The originally orderly defense line inevitably fell into chaos and a crisis of fighting each other in the face of this sudden, all-encompassing extreme cold blizzard!
On the icy plains, countless pairs of eerie blue eyes, glowing in the wind and snow, silently pierced through the snow curtain, locking onto their target…