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Breaths mingled, and light and shadow appeared.
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Li Chen straightened his crumpled sleeves and slowly stood up, the morning light from the window casting his slender shadow on the wooden floor.
He looked up and stared at the string of icy numbers [02:47:36] in the void, visible only to him. With each passing second, the air grew increasingly heavy.
"husband......"
Eileen suddenly grabbed his sleeve, her emerald eyes misting over.
"Then what should I do?"
Eileen's voice was very soft, as if she were afraid of disturbing time.
Li Chen turned around and cupped her face in his hands, gently stroking the corners of her reddened eyes with his thumb.
"Let Kosmmom stay with you."
He turned to look at the black dragon circling outside the window. "I'll have Jekrom send you back to the capital later. Shiyao's age isn't suitable either, so at least you'll have someone to keep you company."
"Well......"
Eileen's elf ears trembled slightly, as if she wanted to say something, but Li Chen reached out and pressed his hand against her lips.
Shh, wait for me to come back.
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After Eileen's figure disappeared into the distance, Li Chen turned and walked through the corridor.
The moment you push open the carved wooden door, you are greeted by a rich aroma of herbs.
"Let's avoid any unforeseen complications in this secret realm."
Li Chen's voice made Lin Lin turn around abruptly, almost dropping the medicine on the ground.
"Huh? Why?"
Lin Lin tilted her head, still playing with the Poké Ball in her hand.
The flush of excitement on his face hadn't faded yet, making him look like a small animal about to pounce on its prey.
Li Chen raised his hand, pressed down on the boy's restless shoulder, and shook his head.
"This secret realm..."
He lowered his voice, and the shadows of the trees outside the window suddenly shook violently. "There is something that even I fear. All you can do is protect yourself."
Li Chen's fingertips lightly brushed over the last Poké Ball at his waist, the cool metal surface reflecting his solemn expression.
He distributed all the items, including Talebagh, Meloeta, and Chigelde.
Even Zekrom transformed into a thundercloud to escort Eileen away.
At this moment, the only person accompanying him is Rahiram.
Fine snowflakes drifted down outside the window, and the white mist from his breath spread across the glass.
Kyurem's roar seemed to pierce through time and space, causing the lights to tremble slightly.
Three hours passed by quietly.
Li Chen stood under the corridor, and the nearest carved door suddenly emitted a ghostly blue light like ice crystals.
The biting cold seeped out from the cracks in the door, condensing into frost flowers on the ground.
He took a deep breath, white mist condensing at his lips, and reached out to grasp the doorknob covered in icicles.
In an instant, the world spun around.
When I opened my eyes again, a biting wind and snowstorm hit me.
A pure white world stretched endlessly before my eyes, and the swirling snow curtain connected heaven and earth into a chaotic mass.
Li Chen's shoes sank into the knee-deep snow, making a sickening crunching sound.
He raised his hand to shield his face from the oncoming ice crystals and found that even his breath condensed into tiny ice shards that fell to the ground.
Suddenly, two crimson dots lit up in the snow.
"Human beings."
His deep, thunderous voice shook the snow-covered plain.
“You… smell like Reshiram.”
The wind and snow suddenly became violent, and Li Chen squinted his eyes, which were stinging from the ice crystals.
The grey-blue shadows tore through the snow curtain, each step causing the ice field to tremble.
On that tyrannical-like body, broken ice spikes resembled a shattered crown, and the ice crystals that had condensed on its head reflected a chilling light.
When those molten gold vertical pupils locked onto him, Li Chen felt the Bright Stone burning intensely at his waist.
"I see."
Kyurem's breath froze into sharp icicles in the air, and the broken right wing exposed a cold, mechanical glint.
"Bringing a true dragon to us saves me the trouble of searching for you."
It suddenly raised its head, and the ice spikes on its back burst forth with a teeth-grinding growth sound, "Let this perpetually frozen land witness who the true king is!"
The blizzard suddenly froze in mid-air, forming thousands of suspended ice blades.
Swish!
Li Chen slowly raised his right hand, and a pale golden super-counter rune appeared in his palm. The flowing light patterns outlined the shape of the Thousand Universe Wrist in the wind and snow.
"Kyurem".
His voice, imbued with the unique resonance of the Overlord's power, echoed strangely across the icy plains. "I have no intention of fighting on this journey. Perhaps, we can make a good deal."
"Humph."
The dragon's breath suddenly stopped, and the ice blades that had been hovering in the air began to fall.
It lowered its ferocious head, its molten gold vertical pupils slightly contracting: "This tone... it sounds very familiar to me."
Kyurem's face, covered in ice armor, displayed an almost human-like expression, and he swung his right claw forward.
"Many years ago, a human being said the same ridiculous thing."
The wind and snow had eerily stopped.
Kyurem's tattered left wing suddenly unfurled, its ice crystals refracting a deep blue halo: "Kid, tell me your deal."
Li Chen stood motionless in place. The golden patterns of super-resistance spread from his arms to his neck, reflecting a blazing light on the snow.
"Become my partner,"
His voice pierced through the howling wind, each word carrying an undeniable power: "I can take you to a realm beyond the master."
Kyurem twitched its right paw slightly, then tilted its head back and let out a laugh that shattered the ice field: "Ridiculous!"
Its molten gold pupils contracted into dangerous thin lines, and the blizzard surged again in response to its emotions.
"A mere Heavenly King-level human isn't even qualified to let me stretch my muscles!"
Ice crystals suddenly condensed into countless sharp spikes between its ferocious teeth, once again aimed at Li Chen.
"You think you can make me fight for you with just a few nice words?"
"Of course, it's not just these."
Suddenly, a dazzling golden light burst forth from Li Chen's fingertips, and the Overpower Rune wrapped around Kyurem's menacing ice horns like chains.
"so......"
As he spoke, Li Chen's pupils began to glow with the same molten gold color as the dragon's. "Resonate with me."
The blizzard stopped again, and countless hovering ice crystals refracted thousands of golden, shimmering human figures.
Kyurem raised his right claw and then lowered it.
It looked down at the tiny human and let out a cold laugh.
"Insanity!"
Frost spread backward along the runic chains, and thick ice armor instantly formed on Li Chen's sleeves.
"The soul of the last challenger who attempted resonance is still wailing in my ice core."
The ice made a chilling cracking sound as it crawled over his neck, but Li Chen managed a smile that made his lips chapped from the cold.
"If that's the kind of power, is it enough to last until the contract is signed?"
Li Chen's vocal cords vibrated, causing tiny ice shards to fall, and the Overpower Rune suddenly surged into a pillar of light that pierced the heavens and the earth.
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"call......"
The white breath exhaled by Li Chen did not freeze despite being enveloped by the power of super resistance; instead, it transformed into wisps of golden mist that coiled upwards.
The trembling fingertips emitted an even brighter light, and the crisp sound of the ice armor shattering echoed across the snowfield.
Kyurem's molten gold-like vertical pupils widened slightly, and cracks of near-pleasure appeared on his ice-crystal-covered face.
It was a ferocious yet genuine smile.
It felt a continuous surge of energy, neither a forceful suppression nor a humble plea, but rather like an equal covenant forged with a hero in ancient times.
"interesting."
Kyurem's tail blade swept across the ice, drawing a pale blue arc.
The right claw suddenly moved to meet the runic chain, the gears meshing with a crisp "click".
"Let me see... how long you can endure being frozen in this state?"
Rumble!!!
A deafening roar suddenly erupted between heaven and earth, as golden and blue energy torrents seemed to tear each other apart like two giant dragons.
The runic chains of super-counterforce collided, scattering meteor-like fragments of light that illuminated the entire ice plain as if it were the middle of the night.
Ice crystals floated in a ring within the energy storm, forming a massive transmutation array.
Kyurem raised its right claw, unleashing a blinding blue-white arc of electricity.
Li Chen stood in the eye of the storm, his clothes torn to shreds by the aftershocks, revealing his chest covered in frost-covered runes.
Clang clang~
The energy clock hung high in the sky, vibrating seven times in the clouds, and the blizzard suddenly froze for a moment.
Kyurem's vertical pupils contracted sharply, for it discovered that the human youth still wore that frozen smile on his lips, and the super-counter rune wrapped around its icy horn had quietly transformed into an indelible gilded emblem!
The raging energy storm suddenly subsided, and countless ice crystals fell slowly like stars.
Kyurem crouched down, its right claw crushing the ice crystals on the ground, its molten gold vertical pupils meeting Li Chen's gaze.
The cold air it exhaled from its nostrils condensed into frost on the young man's brow, but did not spread further.
"...Never mind."
Kyurem's tail suddenly slammed heavily into the ice, sending up a ring of dazzling ice dust.
"Able to withstand absolute zero for so long..."
It lowered its head, making the gilded emblem on the ice ledge shine brightly, "I hereby grant you the privilege of being my agent."
"If only I had just made a contract directly, I wouldn't have had to suffer like this."
Li Chen reached out and wiped the ice crystals from the corner of his mouth.
"Roar!"
Kyurem raised its head and roared, and the ice crystals throughout the snowfield trembled in resonance with its dragon's cry.
"Can you let me out now?"