Chapter 447: The Aura Dragon
White light flashed, and a Pokémon with a green upper body and white lower body appeared.
This Pokémon had a slender torso, with round hips and strong legs. It had sharp red protrusions on its chest and back. Its arms were shaped like tonfas, with extendable blades at the elbows. Its head shape resembled a gladiator's helmet, with a white face and a pale teal crest, and spike-like fringes on both sides of its face.
This Pokémon's appearance was very sudden, but Hakamo-o sensed it. Following its instincts, it punched out, striking exactly where the white-green Pokémon appeared, as if it had foresight.
Unfortunately, that mysterious white-green Pokémon was no weakling. It simply raised its arm slightly and easily blocked Hakamo-o's heavy punch.
"Haka~"
Hakamo-o refused to give up, seizing the momentum to whip its tail fiercely, a sweep to clear thousands.
Seeing this, the mysterious Pokémon just smiled and exerted a little force with its arm. Hakamo-o was instantly flung away clumsily like a sandbag, plunging headfirst into the deep snow like a green onion.
On the other side, Bronzong had already taken advantage of the moment Hakamo-o attacked to envelop Basalt inside its body. Seeing Hakamo-o defeated and knowing its psychic power couldn't do anything to the opponent, it could only change tactics and use physical attacks.
Thus, Bronzong's body flashed with a "metallic luster," and it slammed heavily forward.
Steel-type move: Heavy Slam!
Facing Bronzong's impact, the mysterious Pokémon raised its other hand to block. However, as Bronzong's body made contact with its palm, the mysterious Pokémon immediately sensed something was wrong. Bronzong's strength was far greater than it imagined, seemingly carrying the weight of a thousand jun (ancient unit of weight), simply irresistible.
The mysterious Pokémon didn't know that after absorbing Registeel's metal fragment, although Bronzong's weight didn't increase much, its utilization of Steel-type energy had risen to a new level. Therefore, when it used Heavy Slam now, the power was astonishingly great, as if it could even smash the air and space.
"Ha~"
The surprise on the mysterious Pokémon's face grew heavier. Because it was surprised to find that even exerting its full physical strength, it was hard to resist. What kind of mighty force was this?
Forced, the mysterious Pokémon could only flash and use "Teleport" to dodge.
Bang! Boom! Boom!
Losing its target, Bronzong smashed into a rock four or five meters high on the side. The huge rock shattered instantly, turning evenly into six or seven pieces of rubble. Although called rubble, the size of these broken rocks was astonishingly large. These rocks rolled down the slope, gathering snow and becoming rounder, increasing in volume the further they rolled. Before long, they turned into several super-large snowballs, finally landing in the valley.
Hiding inside Bronzong, although Basalt was shaken dizzy, he wasn't injured thanks to Bronzong's psychic power acting as a buffer. At this time, he also reacted and quickly threw out all his Pokéballs.
Excadrill, Cradily, Swampert, and Carbink appeared successively, firmly protecting Bronzong behind them and waiting in full battle array.
At the same time, the mysterious Pokémon appeared again, but this time it kept a sufficient distance from Bronzong and the others.
"Basalt, I came to pick you up..."
A strange but magnetic voice suddenly rang in Basalt's mind.
Pausing, Basalt quickly shouted, "Everyone, wait a moment!"
Under Bronzong's telepathic relay, although the Pokémon assumed their stances, they didn't act rashly.
After locking onto the opposing Pokémon with psychic power, Bronzong slowly floated up, revealing Basalt inside.
"Gallade!"
Basalt recognized the Pokémon in front of him. It was the Psychic/Fighting-type Pokémon, Gallade, known as the "Blade Pokémon."
"Are you Senior Brother Wu Kong's Gallade?"
Basalt wasn't quite sure. As a trainer, Basalt was certainly very familiar with his own Pokémon; even if placed among many of the same kind, Basalt could distinguish them. But for other people's Pokémon, Basalt couldn't distinguish them very well.
But Basalt knew Wu Kong had a Gallade, and that Gallade's use of "Teleport" was superb; used for travel, it was much faster than flying.
"Correct!"
Gallade nodded, then bowed to Basalt to apologize, "Sorry, I didn't expect your Pokémon's perception to be so keen and reaction so fast. If I had known, I would have greeted you in advance!"
Gallade had an apologetic look on its face. But immediately after, Gallade's gaze involuntarily focused on Hakamo-o, who climbed up from the snow pile, full of fighting spirit.
Bronzong was a Psychic-type Pokémon; it was completely understandable that it could sense spatial fluctuations under psychic coverage. But this Hakamo-o not only discovered it when it was still on the mountain peak but also predicted where it would appear before "Teleport" materialized, which was terrifying.
From Hakamo-o, Gallade couldn't help but see a shadow of its team comrades, secretly speculating about Hakamo-o's ability.
"Gallade, didn't Senior Brother ask me to find him myself? Why did he suddenly send you to pick us up?"
Basalt scratched his head, a bit confused. Letting the Dragon Baby fight its way up, wasn't that Wu Kong's test for it?
"His original intention was indeed to test you and Jangmo-o, but the main reason was to stimulate Jangmo-o's potential, let it complete evolution, and gain the Fighting type. Now that Jangmo-o has evolved into Hakamo-o, the subsequent test is unnecessary!"
Gallade truthfully told Wu Kong's intention.
But Gallade didn't mention one point: actually, as early as when Basalt entered the mountains, it was waiting at the edge of the mountain range and followed Basalt all the way to prevent accidents. However, Jangmo-o evolving in one battle was indeed unexpected for both it and Wu Kong, but in the end, it chose to meet.
"So that's how it is! Then according to you, we can go directly to find Senior Brother?"
Basalt looked delighted. The test was passed, so he didn't need to climb the mountain anymore; just flying directly would do. Although Bronzong helped him cheat, hundreds of kilometers of mountain road was still a bit perverted. Naturally, Basalt wouldn't suffer if he didn't have to.
"Correct,"
Gallade nodded but wasn't in a hurry to leave. It unexpectedly walked towards Hakamo-o and met its gaze.
"What is Gallade doing?"
Basalt was baffled, completely unable to understand Gallade's intention. But he could see that Gallade seemed particularly interested in Hakamo-o.
Suddenly, Gallade flashed and disappeared instantly.
"Eh? Left?"
Basalt's eyes widened.
But just then, Hakamo-o sensed something again and looked towards the 45-degree direction to the front left. The next second, Gallade appeared exactly in that direction.
"As expected!"
Seeing this, Gallade looked amazed, then said to the confused Basalt, "This Hakamo-o of yours seems to possess the ability to master Aura detection naturally!"
"What? Aura?"
Basalt was shocked.
The word "Aura" was thunderous to Basalt's ears; after all, he had watched the movie "Lucario and the Mystery of Mew" several times. Aura is a type of spiritual energy, which can also be regarded as the spirit of every living creature.
And Pokémon capable of sensing Aura were very rare; the most famous was naturally Lucario. Besides Lucario, Blastoise and Clawitzer were next. As for other Pokémon, their talent for sensing Aura was much worse, making it difficult to achieve anything in the path of Aura.
"Correct, it should be Aura!"
Gallade looked solemn.
As Wu Kong's Pokémon, Gallade also knew the move "Aura Sphere." However, due to mediocre Aura talent, even after hard training to learn "Aura Sphere," Gallade could only use it as an attack method. The true magical uses of Aura were obviously beyond its grasp.
But now, Hakamo-o seemed to have mastered the Aura detection function, with amazing perception! This was a talent worth cultivating!
"Power of Aura? Aura Dragon?"
Basalt looked at Hakamo-o, stars in his eyes. The Dragon Baby was about to take off! Truly worthy of the Pokémon he chose; indeed awesome!
"Follow me! Whether it is or not, let Lucario sense it and we'll know; it's the expert in this field."
Gallade waved its hand and disappeared with a flash. The next second, it appeared on a hillside a kilometer away and signaled with "Flash."
"Hakamo-o, and everyone. Come back first!"
Basalt recalled all the Pokémon, then mounted Bronzong and shouted, "Bronzong, let's follow!"
With a few words from Gallade, Basalt's heart was already burning, wishing to see Wu Kong immediately.
"Broonz~"
Bronzong soared into the sky, its flight speed so fast it even produced thunder-like sonic booms. Unfortunately, Gallade's "Teleport" was even more bug-like, always one step ahead, no matter how Bronzong tried to catch up.
Continuing to fly towards the peak, the temperature got lower and lower, while the number of wild Pokémon decreased, but the quality kept increasing.
Along the way, Basalt encountered foraging Mandibuzz, Glalie resembling evil spirits, and Abomasnow rooted in the snow mountains absorbing sunlight. However, with Gallade protecting them, the journey was thrilling but safe; wild Pokémon basically dared not attack.
Even the most ill-tempered Mandibuzz high in the sky, Gallade approached with a "Teleport," the blades on its arms popping out suddenly and slashing quickly. The Mandibuzz were knocked down one by one, instantly terrified and fleeing in panic.
"This Gallade can even fight in the air? This Teleport is too bugged!"
Basalt watched dumbfounded. If not restricted, Teleport was truly a divine skill among divine skills, integrating offense, defense, and movement.
Thanks to the clear weather today without blizzards, Basalt's journey was very smooth. As for the slight high-altitude gale, Bronzong didn't mind. However, the higher they flew, the thinner the air became, and Bronzong found flying increasingly strenuous.
At an altitude of 2,500 meters, Bronzong's speed dropped sharply. Basalt even secretly took out an oxygen tube, ready to inhale oxygen at any time. Fortunately, altitude sickness didn't descend.
Soon, a tall snow mountain appeared before Basalt's eyes. On the peak, a young man with fair skin, wearing loose sportswear, with kind eyes like a graceful gentleman, had been waiting for a long time.
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