Chapter 1006 Altar of the Sun

Then, there was a bang, and the door was pushed open. Gladion walked in directly from outside, shouting, "Lilia, I'm coming in!"

Lilia was startled by this sudden scene and complained unhappily: "You've already come in, right?!"

"I was about to go to bed. Why did you come to my room so late?

Gladion walked forward, looking Liliae up and down, frowning and asking, "Is that so? Then I have to ask, what's the matter with your outfit?"

Lilia felt guilty when he asked her that, so she had to explain, "This... this is my pajamas!"

However, Gladion obviously didn't buy her explanation and directly exposed it: "Are you trying to find a way to open the Ultimate Hole?"

Liliae turned around hastily and stammered in denial, "No... No way!"

Gladion responded directly, "I have an idea!"

Hearing this, Liliae immediately turned around and looked at Gladion without hesitation.

However, before she could speak, Gladion immediately said, "But that place is full of endless dangers, so I decided to go alone!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Gladion resolutely turned around and walked out the door. Liliae saw this and hurriedly caught up with him, "Are you going alone?"

"Yes, I came here specifically to tell you this..."

However, before he could finish his words, Liliae quickly rushed to the door, opened her arms to block Gladion's way, and said seriously: "Absolutely not!"

Her tone was extremely firm. "It's not just your responsibility to care about mother's life and safety. I care about it too! So, I must go with you!"

Faced with Liliae's resolute attitude, Gladion couldn't help but be a little stunned. Looking at Liliae's determined eyes, he was silent for a moment.

Finally, he nodded helplessly and compromised: "Okay, but you have too much luggage!"

After that, Gladion casually threw a small backpack to Liliae and added, "You can only take this little!"

"I understand!" Liliae quickly caught the backpack and put it on her back without hesitation. Finally, she picked up the Pippi doll and said, "Mother, I will definitely save you!"

Gladion protected Liliae and jumped out of the window, then they rode on the Silver Companion War Beast and set off, finally taking a boat to Poni Island overnight!

At daybreak, they had crossed the Pawnee Plain and stood in front of the Pawnee Trail!

"The Sun Altar should be in here, right?" Liliae asked softly, looking up at the ancient road.

"That's right. And I heard that the legendary Pokémon, Solgaleo, appeared here!" Gladion's voice became deeper and deeper. "We can't turn back now!"

Just follow this ancient trail to reach the Poni Canyon, the most dangerous pass on Poni Island, and the Sun Altar is at the far end of the Poni Canyon.

"I understand, brother!" Liliae said bravely, "I am mentally prepared to save mother!"

"You're not alone!" Gladion's eyes were firm and full of fighting spirit, "I'm here too!"

Riding on the Silver Companion war beast, the two arrived at the end of the ancient road in the blink of an eye. A huge stone gate suddenly appeared before them, blocking their way.

In front of the door, there stand three lifelike stone statues, namely Litten, Enchantress and Rowlet. The stone statues of these three Pokémon are carved extremely delicately!

Behind the three stone statues, three patterns of attributes are engraved on the stone wall: fire, water, and grass. There seems to be some connection between these patterns and the stone statues, as if they are hinting at something.

"I see..." Liliae's eyes suddenly lit up when she saw this, "All we need to do is push the stone statues of these Pokémon to their corresponding attribute positions, right?"

She was very sure of her judgment and thought that this was a puzzle game, so she couldn't wait to push the statue of Mumuxiao, using all her strength and trying her best to move the heavy stone statue.

Gladion, who was standing by, looked at Liliae's actions with a look of surprise on his face, "Liliae, what are you doing?"

Liliae turned her head and blinked at Gladion, and replied, "You can't open the door unless you solve the puzzle here?"

Gladion's mouth twitched when he heard that, then he walked up and gently pushed the door. Unexpectedly, the door was pushed open so easily without any obstruction.

Lilia was stunned when she saw this. She stood there blankly with a look of astonishment on her face.

"If you try to push those statues recklessly, something bad will happen!" Gladion looked at Liliae seriously.

Then he asked the Silver Companion War Beast to go forward and give it a try. Sure enough, after he pushed the stone statue, several sharp spears suddenly pierced out from the ground!

Fortunately, the Silver Companion War Beast reacted quickly, and it retreated swiftly, successfully avoiding these sudden attacks. But if Liliae was here, she would definitely not be able to dodge these dangerous spears in time like the Silver Companion War Beast did.

Liliae was so frightened by the scene that her face turned pale. She covered her mouth tightly. Gladion warned her, "If you understand, don't touch those suspicious things casually!"

Although Liliae agreed verbally, when she came to a cliff and looked at the closed door on the opposite cliff, "I know this. I have read about such a scene in a book before! There must be a bridge in this canyon that cannot be seen by the naked eye!"

As she spoke, as if to prove her guess, she quickly grabbed a handful of sand and threw it hard into the air.

However, after the sand scattered in the air, it did not fall on a transparent bridge as she expected, but fell directly into the abyss below the cliff.

"What are you doing again?" Gladion couldn't help but worry when he saw Liliae's actions. He felt that his sister's brain seemed to have become a little stupid because of reading too much.

Liliae still explained stupidly: "Isn't there an invisible bridge here?"

"No, get on!" Gladion shouted, leaping onto the back of the Silver Companion and extending his hand to Liliae.

Seeing this, Liliae quickly grabbed Gladion's hand and climbed onto the Silver Companion Beast. After Liliae sat firmly, Gladion shouted again: "Silver Companion Beast, jump over!"

Following his command, the Silver Companion War Beast let out a low roar, then suddenly leaped up. Like an arrow shot from a bow, it drew an arc in the air and finally landed steadily in front of the door on the opposite cliff.

Gladion turned his head and looked at Lillie and said, "There is no puzzle here!"

Lilia smiled awkwardly, then she asked in confusion, "But why is my brother so familiar with the things here?"

Gladion explained, "It's written in the Aether Foundation's information. It records everything that mother and Dr. Barnett left behind after they came here!"

Hearing this, Liliae looked a little disappointed. "Brother seems to know everything! But I know nothing..."

"No! I forgot! I can't help at all now, maybe I'm just a stumbling block!" Liliae looked up at her brother Gladion, tears flashing in her eyes.

"In that case!" Gladion said calmly, "Do you want to stay here?"

"No!"

"In that case, let's move forward! If we go back, nothing will change, and nothing can be changed! Mother won't come back!" After saying that, the two siblings rode on the Silver Companion war beast and walked into the portal.

Entering the place, one sees a huge and ancient building space. However, it is full of ruins left by the battle.

Lilia looked around in confusion and couldn't help muttering to herself, "There's nothing here?"

Unlike Liliae, Gladion's eyes were immediately drawn to the brightly lit exit in the distance. "Look over there, that's the Sun Altar in front!"

Liliae's face immediately showed a look of surprise. She couldn't wait to take two steps forward, wanting to get closer to the exit.

However, just as she took these two steps, suddenly, a group of Heart Scale Treasures and Scale Armor Dragons appeared here.

These Heart Scales and Scaled Dragons stared at Lillie and Gladion with hostility. Faced with this sudden situation, the two siblings did not panic, but immediately sent out the Silver Companion War Beast and the White Rolling Beast to fight.

Suddenly, a deafening roar was heard! Along with the roar, a giant dragon more than four meters tall slowly emerged from the depths.

The identity of this giant dragon is none other than the overlord of the Bonny Canyon - the Overlord Staff-tailed Scaly-Armored Dragon!

The two siblings' hearts suddenly tightened when they saw this, but at this tense moment, a halo suddenly flashed behind them, and then Xiaozhi's familiar voice came from the halo: "V Heat Flame!"

Following this shout, a huge V-shaped flame erupted like a volcanic eruption. The flame burned fiercely, emitting strong heat and dazzling light, and rushed towards the Overlord Staff Tail Scaled Ankylosaurus at an astonishing speed, hitting it hard.

In an instant, the Overlord Staff-tailed Scaled Ankylosaurus suffered severe damage. It roared in pain and its body was engulfed by flames.

"Xiaozhi?!" Gladion and Liliae turned their heads in shock and looked at Xiaozhi in disbelief.

By Xiaozhi's side, there are not only Professor Kukui, but also Mao and others. It turned out that Xiaozhi found that Liliae did not come to class this morning, and he immediately realized that she might go to find a solution to the problem alone.

After explaining the situation to everyone, Xiaozhi acted decisively and asked Hoopa to activate the halo and teleport directly here.

Xiaozhi looked at the huge group of Armored Dragons in front of him and couldn't help but get excited. After all, they were quasi-gods in the Alola region! And most importantly, he happened to have the Mega Evolution Stone of Armored Dragons in his hand!

However, there were more urgent matters to attend to, so Xiaozhi sent a stream of Evergreen's power into the Overlord Staff-tailed Scaled Dragon's body, "Sorry, we have more urgent matters to attend to, let's fight again next time!"

Before he finished speaking, Xiaozhi used his teleportation ability and instantly disappeared with everyone. In the blink of an eye, they had arrived at the Sun Altar in Xiaozhi's dream.

Maou and the others saw this and gathered around Liliae, saying they wanted to do their part.

Liliae looked at the determined eyes of the crowd, and a warm feeling surged in her heart. At the same time, she looked at Gladion who had no expression on his face. She stepped forward and walked in front of Gladion, "Brother, although this is not based on theoretical inference, I still hope to act together with everyone. In this way, perhaps the chances of saving mother will be greater!"

"No! He will definitely be saved!"

Gladion nodded slowly after hearing this, "Well, I'll leave it to you guys then!"

Then, Gladion turned his gaze to Xiaozhi and asked, "So, Xiaozhi, what should we do next?"

"Wait!" Xiaozhi only uttered this one word. He slowly raised his head and looked at the mysterious and ancient pattern on the altar.

"Wait? Waiting for what?" Before Gladion finished his words, suddenly, a dazzling light flashed, and Tapu Mingwu suddenly appeared in front of them.

It moved very quickly. In a flash, it took off the hat on Xiaozhi's head.

"Long time no see, Tapu Kokoro!" Xiaozhi was not at all surprised or panicked. The corners of his mouth slightly raised, revealing a faint smile, as if he had expected the appearance of Tapu Kokoro.

However, this was just the beginning. After Tapu Kokoro's roar, the other three guardians - Tapu Butterfly, Tapu Fin Fin and Tapu Moo Moo also appeared one after another.

"All the guardian gods of Alola are here!" Mao couldn't help but exclaimed.

"Why are they here?" Gladion felt that his brain was not enough. He looked at everything in front of him blankly. "Are these what Xiaozhi is waiting for?"

At this moment, Xiaozhi silently took out the little Nebula from his backpack, "As agreed, I have trained it into Cosmoem!"

At this moment, the small nebula was shrouded in light. It slowly rose from Xiaozhi's palm and gradually floated into the sky.

Tapu Butterfly and Tapu Fin Fin were the first to react, circling around the small nebula in the air, with water droplets and scale powder falling on it alternately.

Xiaozhi, Tapu Moo and Tapu Chirp watched the scene together. However, when everyone behind them was also stunned, Gladion could no longer suppress his anxiety.

As he watched the time pass by and his mother was still in danger, his anxiety grew stronger.

"Xiaozhi, stop it!" Gladion finally couldn't hold back any longer and shouted, "I have to rescue my mother as soon as possible. This matter cannot be delayed. I don't have that much free time to play with you now!"

There was a hint of impatience and dissatisfaction in his voice, and he was obviously very impatient with the situation before him.

However, before he finished speaking, Kapu Koko suddenly appeared in front of him. Its stern expression made people shudder. Seeing this, Gladion immediately shut his mouth and dared not make any more rash moves.

"Brother, wait a little longer!" At this time, Liliae stepped forward and advised, "I believe in Xiaozhi, and I also believe in the guardians of Alola!"

Although Gladion was still anxious after hearing this, he finally nodded and agreed to give Xiaozhi and the guardians some more time.

To be continued…