After walking for a distance, the three of them successfully arrived under the white jade pillar.
At this point, the scarlet energy has reached the point where it can be seen with the naked eye. Even though they are wearing protective clothing, Eddie and the others can feel the intense oppression brought by this energy.
"Where does this energy come from? It's so scary!" Diantha couldn't help but say.
Lysandre guessed: "I think this is most likely from a Legendary Pokémon!"
Eddie nodded and said, "I think so too. Otherwise, it would be hard to explain why it would have such a strong sense of oppression."
"Let's go up and take a look, maybe the answer is there," Diantha said, pointing at the white jade pillar.
"Let's go."
Lysandre and Eddie nodded at the same time.
There is a staircase leading directly to the top of the tall white jade pillar.
When they were far away, Eddie and the others thought that the white jade pillar was pure white. But when they got closer, they found that the jade pillar was covered with tiny cracks, dotted with dark red, which seemed to be the result of erosion by scarlet energy.
Soon the three of them arrived at the top of the white jade pillar, and they had a smooth journey without encountering any obstacles. The top of the white jade pillar was very open, but there was a magic circle-like pattern carved on the ground, and something was placed in the middle of the pattern.
That thing was continuously releasing a large amount of scarlet energy. It was obvious that this thing was the source of all energy in the Cave of the Sea God.
"What is that?" Eddie asked, pointing at the black thing in the center of the magic circle.
"Why does it look like a Pokémon Egg to me?" Diantha said as she squinted her eyes and stared at the thing, but it was a little far away and she couldn't see it clearly.
"It looks like that to me," Lysandre agreed.
"Pokémon Eggs? No way?" Eddie couldn't believe it. How could a Pokémon Egg be so powerful? Even a Legendary Pokémon couldn't do that?
"Let's go closer and take a look," Lysandre suggested, and then he carefully stepped one foot into the magic circle. He was relieved when he saw that the magic circle had no special reaction.
Eddie really admired Lysandre's courage. Who knew if this magic circle had any hidden secrets? He actually stepped into it without even thinking.
With Lysandre as the pioneer, Eddie and Diantha also walked into the magic circle one after another and walked toward the thing that looked like a Pokémon Egg step by step.
However, as they walked, they suddenly discovered something unusual. They saw that some places on the magic circle were actually scattered with human and Pokémon bones.
Moreover, those bones have turned pitch black under the long-term erosion of the scarlet energy. Obviously, Eddie and his group are not the first group of people to come here, and this place is not as safe as it seems.
Looking at the corpses all over the ground, Eddie looked at the two people and asked, "How is it? Do you want to keep going?" To be honest, as a person who had not seen much of the world, he was a little scared facing so many corpses.
Lysandre gritted his teeth and insisted: "Keep going, we have come this far, even if I die here it is God's will!"
Eddie thought to himself: You are quite open-minded.
"I want to continue too!"
Diantha agreed with Lysandre's decision, and Eddie had no choice but to say, "Since both of you want to continue, I will have no choice but to sacrifice my life to accompany the hero!"
So the three of them continued to move forward. As they got closer and closer to the black egg, they seemed to hear bursts of horrible roars in their ears, which made them feel upset.
"Hiss~Ha~Ang~"
"Did you hear it?" Eddie asked.
"I heard it. I thought I was hallucinating," Diantha nodded.
"I heard it, too," said Lysandre.
The three of them looked at each other and continued forward.
Just when they were only inches away from the black egg, something unexpected happened. The scarlet energy on the black egg suddenly surged rapidly and kept spreading outwards, just like a spoonful of water poured into a pot of boiling oil.
Then a dark shadow emerged from the fluctuating scarlet energy.
"Hold head high!!!"
The phantom that suddenly appeared roared angrily at Eddie and the others. The sound was exactly the same as what they had heard before.
The black shadow was so huge that it almost blocked out the sky above the three people's heads, making it difficult for them to breathe.
"Huh~"
The black shadow's roar brought up a huge air wave, directly knocking the three people to the ground.
"Get out of here! Get out of here!"
Diantha and Lysandre didn't understand what the shadow's roar meant, but Eddie, who could understand what Pokémon needed, heard it clearly. Its tone seemed very anxious, and it kept urging Eddie and the others to leave.
"This... this is... Lugia!" exclaimed Lysandre, who was lying on the ground.
No wonder this place is called the Cave of the Sea God. There are even three Legendary Birds guarding it. According to legend, Articuno, Moltres, and Zapdos are the messengers of Lugia, the god of the sea.
But there was obviously something wrong with the Lugia in front of him. Not only was it completely black, but its eyes were glowing a terrifying scarlet light. Its face was distorted, as if it was enduring great pain.
The most important thing is that the Lugia in front of him has no entity; it is just a shadow.
"Hold head high!!!"
The phantom Lugia roared again, but this time its voice could not convey any meaning. It was just a pure roar. Its eyes were full of attacking desire when it looked at Eddie and the others.
Maybe those corpses not far away were left behind by the humans and Pokémon killed by this Lugia's phantom.
"Oh no, he's about to attack!" Eddie shouted loudly.
As his words fell, Lugia's phantom sprayed a large amount of black mist towards the three people. The black mist was filled with ominous things, and it was obvious at a glance that they should not be touched.
The three of them swiftly rolled on the ground and narrowly avoided the attack of Lugia's phantom, but Lugia's phantom launched a second round of attack immediately afterwards.
Just as the black mist was about to spray towards Eddie and the others, Lugia's face became distorted again. It seemed to be trying its best to restrain something and let out a series of deafening roars.
"Ang!!!" Get out of here, get out of here!
Seeing this, Eddie quickly shouted to the other two, "Let's get out of here. This Lugia is not something we can handle."
"Okay!" Lysandre and Diantha also knew that it was impossible to do so, so they nodded decisively.
The three of them got up and ran out of the magic circle.
However, just after they ran two steps, Lugia went berserk again, and in just a moment, he was above their heads. His scarlet eyes made people feel cold in their hearts.
"Yeah~"
Just like that, Eddie and the other two watched helplessly as a large cloud of black fog came over them, leaving them with almost no way to escape.
"Cry~"
Just when the three thought they were going to die here, a cry suddenly sounded, and a golden light streaked across the sky, instantly dispersing the black fog that covered Eddie and the other two.
"Li~" "Ang~"
A Zapdos appeared out of nowhere, blocking Eddie and the others, and confronting the Lugia phantom.
"Cry~"
"Cry~"
Then there were two more cries, and Moltres and Articuno appeared on the left and right sides of Lugia's shadow at the same time and joined forces with Zapdos to surround it.
"Lie~ Get out of here!"
Articuno's voice sounded, conveying its meaning to Eddie and the others, its tone full of anxiety.
Seeing that Lugia's phantom was temporarily blocked by the three Legendary Birds, Eddie decisively grabbed Diantha and said to her and Lysandre: "Let's go!"
Diantha hesitated and said, "But Articuno and the others..."
Eddie said without hesitation: "We can't help them at all if we stay here, we can only add to their burden!"
Lysandre nodded and said, "Eddie is right. Our leaving will be the biggest help!"
"Okay, let's go!" Diantha gritted her teeth and said.
The three of them took a look at Zapdos and the others, then ran towards the bottom of the white jade pillar without looking back. At this time, the three Legendary Birds had already started fighting with Lugia's phantom.
There were constant explosions and roars coming from behind, and it was obvious that the battle on the white jade pillar was fierce.
After running for an unknown amount of time, Eddie and the others finally ran out of the giant pit. They did not leave immediately, but stood at the edge of the pit, anxiously waiting for Articuno and the others to come back.
Not long after, Captain Talonflame, Braviary, and Gyarados, who were separated from Eddie and the others, found the three of them again. Gyarados was rescued by Captain Talonflame, and Articuno did not kill it, so it was not seriously injured.
"Look, are they coming back?"
About an hour later, Eddie and the others finally vaguely saw three shadows in the sky flying towards the outside of the giant pit. However, before they could fly out of the giant pit, the three shadows fell to the ground one after another.
"They are injured!" exclaimed Diantha.
"Let's go and take a look!" Lysandre said and ran towards the bottom of the huge pit again without hesitation, followed closely by Eddie and Diantha.
Soon the three of them found the three injured Legendary Birds, only to see them lying weakly on the ground, with scarlet energy constantly emitting from their bodies, and they were trying their best to endure the tremendous pain brought by the erosion of the scarlet energy.
The moment they saw the three people, the faces of the three Legendary Birds were filled with anger, especially Articuno, which wished it could curse them to hell and back
"I told you not to go near that place, but you insisted on going. Are you satisfied now? We are the ones who are suffering!"
Diantha and Lysandre couldn't understand what the three Legendary Birds were saying. They could only see that they were very angry. Only Eddie, who understood everything, looked embarrassed.
"The Legendary Pokémon is quite good at cursing..."
"Let's take Articuno and the other three away from here first," suggested Lysandre.
"Good!"
So the three of them asked Captain Talonflame, Braviary, and the two Gardevoirs to work together to transport the three Legendary Birds out of the giant pit. The three Legendary Birds did not resist. After all, they were completely unable to move under the erosion of the scarlet energy.
After getting out of the huge pit, the three of them looked at the three Legendary Birds with painful expressions and became worried for a moment.
"What should we do?" said Diantha. The three Legendary Birds were injured while saving the three of them. Neither Diantha, Eddie, nor Lysandre could ignore them.
The three Legendary Birds were lying on the ground with dejected looks on their faces, feeling extremely miserable. They had protected Lugia for so many years, but now they couldn't escape this fate?
If they continue to be eroded by the scarlet energy, it won't be long before they become the same as Lugia.
"How about I try it?" Eddie suddenly said hesitantly.
Since his golden finger energy can expel the scarlet energy in his body, it may be equally useful to the three Legendary Birds.
Although he didn't want to expose his golden finger, he also had to see what the situation was.
The three Legendary Birds met such a fate in order to save him, and he really couldn't just stand by and watch them die in order to conceal the existence of the golden finger.
The Pokémon world is a world of all kinds of magical powers. Although his cheat code is amazing, it is not to the point where it cannot be shown to others.
"Eddie, do you have a solution?" Diantha said in surprise.
"Let's try it. I'm not sure if it will succeed," Eddie replied.
"No matter whether it will succeed or not, having a solution is always better than just standing there doing nothing. Just try it!" Diantha urged.
Eddie nodded, then walked to Articuno and said, "I have a way to help you get rid of this horrible energy in your body. Don't resist no matter what I do later."
Articuno actually didn't believe Eddie's words. How could a tiny human possibly accomplish what Lugia had spent so many years trying to accomplish?
But at this time, it had no ability to resist and could only lie there motionless and allow Eddie to do whatever he wanted to it.
Eddie controlled the energy of his golden finger and invaded Articuno's body bit by bit. Then an extremely large and complex energy circuit appeared in his mind, filled with vast original energy like the ocean.
Is this the energy circuit of a Legendary Pokémon? Eddie was extremely shocked.
Then he saw the scarlet energies mixed with Articuno's original energy in the energy circuit. They were running around with their fangs and claws bared, polluting Articuno's originally clear and pure original energy into dark red bit by bit.
Seeing this, Eddie quickly controlled the energy of the golden finger to expel the scarlet energy.
It worked!!! He was pleasantly surprised.
The moment the scarlet energy collided with the golden finger energy, it was like ice and snow encountering the sun, and it quickly melted away.
In fact, the moment Eddie's golden finger energy entered his body, Articuno noticed something different. It felt a refreshing energy flowing through its body, and wherever the energy passed, all the pain disappeared.
It looked at Eddie in surprise and was extremely shocked: Who is this guy? How can he be so powerful!
The scarlet energy was extremely stubborn, and it was not easy for Eddie to clear it out. After clearing it off and on for a whole day and night, Eddie finally cleared all the scarlet energy out of Articuno's body. The moment the scarlet energy disappeared, Articuno felt extremely relaxed all over. It flapped its wings and flew high, let out a long cry toward the sky, feeling that it had never felt so comfortable in its life.
Three days passed in a blink of an eye. Eddie helped Zapdos and Moltres to clear the scarlet energy one after another. After doing all this, he felt extremely tired.
But the three Legendary Birds were different. They seemed to see hope in Eddie. After fully recovering, the three birds immediately looked at Eddie with bright eyes, as if they were looking at some rare treasure.
To some extent, Eddie, who has a golden finger, is indeed a great treasure.