svetikya Chapter 418 The Truth Hidden by Mist and Snow
Chapter 418 The Truth Hidden by Mist and Snow
The biting wind lashed across his face like a knife, whipping up a flurry of snowflakes that gradually swallowed Ash's figure.
He instinctively pulled his coat tighter around himself, trying to ward off the biting cold.
He took a deep breath, the icy air instantly filling his lungs, bringing a sharp pain, but also gradually clearing his muddled mind amidst extreme tension. Pikachu perched tightly on his shoulder, its golden fur covered in snowflakes, occasionally patting Ash's cheek gently with its tail, as if encouraging him.
Xiao Zhi began to recall.
From the battle in Garden Town onwards, everything moved at an abnormally rapid pace. The Galactic Team's massive attack, the League's unexpected response, the handsome man bringing back news of the Pillar of the Gun from the Ironworks explosion, and the League's inside man receiving the same information almost simultaneously, plus the abnormal Mount Tenguan...
"Pikachu?" Pikachu tilted its head, looking at Ash with a puzzled expression.
Ash stopped, crouched down, and hugged Pikachu in his arms. He gently stroked Pikachu's soft fur, but his gaze grew increasingly serious.
"Pikachu, don't you think all of this is too coincidental?" Ash's voice was very soft, as if he were talking to himself, or as if he were asking Pikachu for his opinion.
Pikachu blinked and made a few soft cries.
"Yes, it's all too coincidental." Ash's gaze sharpened. The feeling of having his long-standing question answered in an instant made him suspicious.
"It was such a coincidence that it felt like... a carefully designed trap."
He stood up abruptly, a resolute glint in his eyes.
"Have we been tricked?"
Although it was asked as a question, Ash had already accepted this possibility in his heart.
The Galaxy team has definitely found the location of the Gun Pillar, but if they leaked it to the handsome guy or the league, it's probably fake news.
And if they intend to use this false information to ambush them, to ambush the Alliance members.
Everything seems to make sense now.
"Pikachu?!" Pikachu exclaimed, clearly startled by Ash's conclusion.
Ash didn't explain, but simply looked up at Mount Coronet, shrouded in snow and wind. He tried his best to project his Aura, but could only sense a chaotic energy fluctuation.
"And this wind and snow... is also a bit strange."
Only after separating from the main force did he gradually begin to feel his aura power—
The icy chill carried on the wind and snow was not just the scent of nature, but also a mixture of energy fluctuations from numerous Ice-type Pokémon, frenzied and chaotic, as if venting something.
Suddenly, a violent tremor came from beneath my feet.
"Boom!"
First, a rustling sound came from the top of the mountain, followed by a huge roar that echoed through the valley, as if the entire Tianguan Mountain was trembling.
"It's an avalanche!" Ash's expression changed.
He immediately picked up Pikachu and looked in the direction the sound came from. In the distance, on the once pristine white hillside, a huge white crack was rapidly widening, and then, countless snowflakes poured down like a flood bursting its banks, a terrifying sight.
A huge piece of ice was being pushed by the raging blizzard, rapidly heading towards Ash and Pikachu's location.
"Pikachu, Thunderbolt!"
"Pikachu!!"
Golden lightning erupted from Pikachu, hurtling towards the avalanche. However, this tiny bolt of lightning was insignificant compared to the massive avalanche, but it was enough to shatter the ice shards about to hit them and buy them time to escape.
"Let's go!" Ash shouted quickly.
The avalanche was too large to be stopped by them.
Huge chunks of snow, carrying pebbles and ice shards, rushed down the mountain like wild horses, with an overwhelming force that seemed poised to devour everything in its path. Xiao Zhi felt the ground beneath his feet tremble, a deafening roar behind him, and an ever-approaching chill.
"Pikachu, hold on tight!" Ash shouted as he ran, glancing back over his shoulder.
The massive white wave formed by the avalanche was only a few dozen meters away from them and was about to catch up.
At the same time, the waveguide power that had been operating all along finally came into play at the crucial moment.
About ten meters ahead, to the side of the avalanche path, there is a huge rock, and behind the rock there seems to be a recessed cave!
Out of the corner of his eye, he could see many dark figures gathering on the towering cliff.
However, with the crisis at hand, Xiao Zhi couldn't afford to think about those trivial matters.
"Pikachu, there it is!" Ash shouted, using all his strength to carry Pikachu towards the rock.
"Boom!"
The avalanche swept past the edge of the rocks with a whooshing sound. The enormous impact shook the entire cave to the point of collapse, and countless pieces of rock and snow poured in from the cave entrance, almost burying Ash and Pikachu alive.
"Cough cough cough..." Ash coughed for a while after being choked. He didn't care about his disheveled state and quickly used his body to protect Pikachu.
After finally recovering, Xiao Zhi breathed a sigh of relief, still shaken.
"Pikachu, are you alright?" Ash picked up Pikachu and examined him carefully.
"Pika..." Pikachu shook its head, indicating that it was fine, just quite frightened. Its golden fur was covered in snowflakes, making it look like a drowned rat.
Xiao Zhi breathed a sigh of relief. He looked around and found that it was a naturally formed cave. The space was not large, but it was enough for them to temporarily hide from the aftershocks of the avalanche.
Having survived the ordeal, Ash calmed down. He recalled the scene before he jumped into the cave. On the cliff, the Ice-type Pokémon gathered together were not just passive spectators; some had their palms together, some had raised their arms, and some were gazing at the sky.
Clearly, both the initial blizzard and the current avalanche are related to them.
"Team Galaxy..."
Ash, panting, hurriedly lit up his Pokémon Watch on his wrist, wanting to contact Dawn and the others, but found that the communicator displayed "no signal".
"Knew it."
He used blizzards to slow their advance, suppressed his own aura, and even went so far as to cause an avalanche to eliminate himself, separating him from Hikari and the others. After doing all that, isn't it only natural to cut off their communication?
"Pikachu?"
Under Pikachu's puzzled gaze, Ash slowly stood up and called out to the empty space in front of him:
"Besides the blizzard, avalanche, and magic that suppresses my Aura power, there must be some Ghost-type Pokémon involved, right, Hostar?"
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Meanwhile, on the other side...
Xiao Guang, Xiao Gang, and the handsome guy are still struggling forward in the wind and snow.
"This snow is too heavy..." Xiao Guang wrapped his clothes tighter around himself, his voice trembling slightly.
"Yes, the visibility is too low, we have to be careful." Xiao Gang said, while cautiously observing his surroundings.
The handsome man kept staring at the locator in his hand, his brows furrowed.
“Strange…” he muttered to himself.
"What's wrong?" Xiao Gang asked.
"The locator seems to be malfunctioning..." The handsome guy handed the locator to Xiaogang to look at. "The pointer keeps spinning, and we can't determine the direction at all."
"Could it be due to the weather?" Xiao Guang guessed.
“Possibly… but that’s too strange.” The handsome man shook his head. “We’ve been walking for so long, we should have reached the Pillar of Spears by now.”
"Never mind that for now, let's keep going," Xiao Gang said. "Maybe after we walk a little further, the locator will work again."
They continued forward, completely unaware that a massive avalanche behind them had completely separated them from Ash.
They were completely unaware that, in the area covered by snow, many figures were slowly rising and approaching them.
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P.S.: Thanks to the following for their updates: Pangmen Daoshi, GZ1030, and Xiaoyinren Aichaoren!