Mega Gengar!
At the critical moment, it finally Mega Evolved!
The dark shadow was like a balloon, growing larger and larger, expanding wildly.
At this point, there was no longer any trace of Gengar; the three Gengar seemed to have collectively mutated.
Aoki frowned, watching this scene. "What in the world is this? Relying on devouring other Ghost-type Pokémon to increase its strength?
But because it devoured too much, its thoughts became chaotic, or rather, it completely lost its self-awareness and devolved into a monster that only knew how to devour?"
With Gengar having Mega Evolved, his worries lessened considerably. In the face of absolute strength and absolute quality, quantity would not play much of a role.
Boom—
Just as Aoki had thought, the greatly expanded dark shadow reached its limit and exploded!
Revealing the Mega Gengar inside, panting heavily!
The shattered dark shadow seemed to turn into pieces of black cloth, scattering down from the sky.
However, upon touching the ground, they directly disappeared.
Jie jie!!
Mega Gengar initially thought it had defeated its opponent, but it quickly sensed something abnormal.
Aoki also noticed that the broken dark shadows were gradually converging, and their target was the current Mega Gengar.
It was as if it had become a vacuum cleaner, with large amounts of dark shadows crawling onto Mega Gengar from all directions and slowly merging into it.
Aoki's expression turned grim, and he quickly walked in front of Gengar, his chip scanning Gengar's current data.
"All values are fluctuating violently. The peak has exceeded Mega Gengar's upper limit, but the trough is even more terrifying, dropping directly to zero. Is this what they call 'one thought, heaven; one thought, hell'?" Aoki thought silently, looking at Gengar's data sheet.
The three fused Gengar, carrying the instinct to merge, after being completely shattered by Mega Gengar and losing consciousness, their energy still instinctively gravitated towards and converged on the place with the most concentrated Ghost-type energy.
Because these energies were all what they had devoured, and it was unknown how many different Pokémon they had devoured, the energy within was mottled and impure. The best quality could rival Mega Gengar's current energy, but more of it was a large amount of inferior energy.
Mega Gengar closed its eyes in pain.
No matter who it was, being forcibly stuffed with energy into their body like this would certainly be very uncomfortable, and there were also a large number of impurities, chaotic and even carrying a lot of negative emotions.
Jie jie!!! Jie jie!!!
Gengar's arms slammed wildly against the ground, hoping to alleviate its pain in this way.
But it had little effect.
"Gengar, suppress them with quality. Think about the Giratina energy you absorbed in Ho-Oh's space. You are capable of completely absorbing Giratina's energy. How could these small fries possibly affect your mind?" Aoki transmitted his thoughts into Gengar's mind via telepathy.
Then, together with Slowking, using psychic power and telepathy, they constructed a special wall in Gengar's mind and thoughts, repelling all those distracting thoughts and constantly reminding Gengar in its mind to use its own energy to digest and absorb them.
Since these energies all wanted to merge with high-purity Ghost-type energy, then accept them!
However, it was necessary to first remove the impurities from the energy and then refine it again.
At this moment, Aoki was somewhat relieved that the energy within Gengar's body had been assimilated from Giratina. In the Pokémon world, this quality of Ghost-type energy could be said to be top-tier. Otherwise, in such a situation, even Mega Gengar, even with Aoki and Slowking's help, Gengar would not have been well off.
The better outcome would be an increase in strength after complete absorption, but because its own energy had been contaminated and was chaotic, its strength would never advance further in its lifetime.
The worse outcome would be becoming like the three Gengar before, completely losing its sanity and turning into a monster that only knew how to devour energy, wandering endlessly in this dark and sunless Dragon's Grave.
Under Aoki's repeated reminders, Gengar mobilized all of its original energy, turning it into a giant millstone.
All the energy that wanted to enter its body had to pass through this millstone, being crushed and ground countless times until all impurities were removed.
If these energies still carried the instinct to merge, Gengar would choose to accept them. If they no longer even had the instinct to merge, then Gengar would consider whether they met its standards. If they did, it would absorb them; if not, it would directly discard them.
It must be said that, under this combination of multiple conditions, it actually turned into an opportunity for Gengar.
As long as it grasped it well, it would gain tremendous benefits this time.
Just as there are mutual hunting and predation relationships between ordinary Pokémon, Ghost-type Pokémon can also devour each other, but this kind of devouring is much more complex than between ordinary Pokémon.
The first point is the issue of impurities and fusion.
The second point is the possibility of becoming like the three Gengar, where various residual thoughts conflict with each other, ultimately turning into a monster without self-thought.
Neither the first nor the second point is easy to solve.
Especially the first point, the problem of fusion.
Because the energy on Pokémon carries self-imprints, even if devoured, it is difficult to fuse, or rather, it cannot be fused at all.
It's just a superficial devouring; in reality, the energy within becomes mixed, turning into a useless mess.
Therefore, even if Ghost-type Pokémon slowly absorb surrounding energy, there won't be a phenomenon of mutual devouring, because this will only make you die faster.
But these three Gengar, for some unknown reason, their energy actually carried the function of self-fusion. Even if they were shattered by Mega Gengar, the energy would still autonomously cling to Mega Gengar and instinctively fuse.
The most difficult problem was solved. As long as the impurity problem and the chaotic thought problem were also solved, Gengar would not have any problems absorbing them.
At most, it would need a period of time to settle and digest properly due to excessive energy intake in a short period.
Now, the impurities could be resolved by Giratina's domineering energy, and the chaotic thoughts were protected by Aoki and Slowking, so there was no need to worry about its self-consciousness being eroded.
So, for Gengar, what was originally a crisis that might lead to being devoured now seemed to have turned into an opportunity.
The energy of three experienced Elite Four-level Gengar, even after removing a large amount of chaotic energy and some energy that completely lacked fusion capability, the remaining energy was still quite terrifying.
Indeed, after a period of absorption, Gengar's current numerical fluctuations stabilized, staying at the peak of its upper limit.
Gengar has reached the pinnacle of an experienced Elite Four-level Pokémon!
"There's too much energy. Break through now, Gengar!" Aoki's voice appeared in Gengar's mind again.