Chapter 75
The Wrath of Nature and the Wrath of the Dragon
Chapter 75 The Wrath of Nature and the Wrath of the Dragon
"Young man, how did you do that? Teach me how."
Along the way, Ah Ju turned on her annoying mode, making Zhu Suihan regret destroying all the mechanisms in one go.
It's safe to say that if there were any hidden dangers along the way, Ah Ju wouldn't be so relaxed.
How can I teach you about luck?
Ah Ju shook her head firmly: "No, no, you must be a highly skilled martial arts master. I once saw an old man from a martial arts school easily break a large rock despite his advanced age."
"I heard him say that he sensed the stone breathing. In more scientific terms, he started by targeting the weak points in the stone's structure, thus achieving the effect of breaking through the surface by focusing on a single point."
"You must be a master of this move too!"
Zhu Suihan grinned: "Excuse me for asking, who is this old man you mentioned who runs the martial arts school?"
"Oh, it's a bit far. He's the owner of a martial arts school on an island in the Galar region. I met him when I went to do business with the BOSS."
Oh, Master Ma, that's not surprising.
Zhu Suihan shook his head helplessly: "Whether you believe it or not, I only know one move."
Ah Ju's eyes lit up: "Please enlighten me, Master!"
"Uncle Liu, could you do me a favor?"
Zhu Suihan put his hand on Liu Bo's shoulder: "You've been enhanced, hurry up and get going."
Uncle Liu: ?
Why did you two young people have to drag me into this mess?
Suddenly, the little boar sniffed and moved to a corner of the mine, where it rooted around.
"Set your eyes!"
Soon, the little wild boar brought a light blue stone to Uncle Liu's side.
A water stone.
A-Ju:
This is not scientific! This is not scientific!
No, the little boar has a very keen sense of smell. It must have sensed the fluctuation of elemental energy, which is why it discovered the Water Stone!
That's right, it's just a coincidence with what I just said!
Yes, it's a coincidence, a coincidence!
Ah Ju felt like her head was about to explode.
"The water stone is of average quality."
Uncle Liu picked it up and glanced at it: "There are quite a lot of impurities inside. It seems to be the color of fire-attribute energy. It seems that the legend is probably true."
Zhu Suihan paused for a moment: "Volcanoes, regardless of their nature, should be easy to investigate, right? Doesn't the Alliance have the equipment?"
"That volcano legend is too far removed from the present day; the underground contents have probably already shifted."
A-Ju took the Water Stone and examined it closely.
"In a sense, if the Dark Team hadn't been so obsessed with ancient technology and divine power, they might have been able to become a professional archaeological institution."
Zhu Suihan thought for a moment: "I remember they were discovered stealing cultural relics, and that's how the Alliance broke them out."
"Yes, they stole a set of ancient artifacts, but the Alliance and many companies have already examined them; they're not anything important."
A-Ju tugged at her mask: "Of course, we can't rule out the possibility that the Dark Team has something that can make the device work."
Got it, it's a set, right?
Zhu Suihan banged and tapped on the mine shaft: "I'm saying, didn't you guys plan to find a few more superpowered individuals and just use someone with precognition to find them?"
"Let me tell you some basic information. The leader of the Dark Team is called Bishas, and people like them usually have countermeasures."
A-Ju said, "They carry some items that can change the energy fluctuations, which can be understood as equipment to hide or even eliminate their personal magnetic field."
"Predicting the future is of little use, or rather, even if all the superpowered individuals team up, they can't break through the alarm threshold of the equipment."
"You probably know that Sabrina is a very powerful psychic, right? But even she can't help it."
Aju glanced at Uncle Liu: "The three of us tried it once before, but we alerted him and he got away. Later, the league only issued an order for gym leaders to be more vigilant."
It seems that Bishas has some good stuff, at least enough to escape when surrounded by three gym leaders.
"Don't look at me. If Bishas hadn't already reached the vicinity of Kaji Town, I wouldn't have made a move this time."
Liu Bo tossed the water stone forward, and the messenger bird caught it and stuffed it into its bag.
"You two be on your guard, we've arrived."
Ahead lay a huge underground cavern. A-Ju's cross-bat took to the sky and began to patrol the surroundings.
Zhu Suihan glanced at the messenger bird, and was puzzled when he saw it shake its head.
"That's strange. Logically speaking, there should be swarms of Zubats in a place like this. Where are the Pokémon?"
Uncle Liu asked, "A-Ju, did you encounter anything while you were breaking through the mechanisms?"
"No, this is just routine, please don't misunderstand."
A-Ju observed her surroundings: "The air here doesn't smell strange. To be precise, there's no smell of Pokémon, and the smell of humans is very faint."
Either the Dark Team has already taken the items, or they haven't found anything useful; it's essentially an abandoned area.
Uncle Liu looked at Zhu Suihan.
"Uh, that's difficult."
The white-haired monkey shrugged: "The fact that we were able to find the crown shell, or rather, uncover the truth of history, was mainly thanks to that silly king back then."
The advantage of Psychic-type Pokémon is that even if there are no words on the Crown Shell, the shell itself is the largest carrier of information due to the sealing of psychic powers.
"No, what I mean is, use your skills from earlier to find a way to break the deadlock for us."
Uncle Liu looked up and observed for a moment: "As for problems like falling rocks, I will handle them. You can do it with peace of mind."
"Do as you please" means you can do whatever you want, right?
Zhu Suihan's eyes lit up: "Little Fairy, max out the decorations for the Dragon Climber!"
"Milu!"
Come on, boss, accept my power!
"Ugh!"
Invincible Dragon, here we come!
Zhu Suihan pointed to a huge rock on the cliff face ahead, asking Chenglong to confirm the location as well.
"I felt there was something there, so I blasted it open with a water cannon."
With a deafening roar, the earth shook violently. Uncle Liu looked at the falling rubble and calmly issued his instructions.
"Ice gravel".
The messenger bird and the little boar attacked simultaneously. The howling ice storm seemed to have an auto-aiming function, soaring into the air before colliding with the rubble and shattering at the same time. There was no safety hazard around the three of them.
"Did they really find something?"
Aju raised her hand and let the Crobat land on her shoulder, staring wide-eyed at the rock wall that had been shattered and revealed its true form.
"Uncle Liu, how about we make a deal? This young man can come work for our Rocket Group after he graduates?"
Ah Ju added, "The boss will appreciate this kind of talented person, and the treatment we give him is definitely enough."
Uncle Liu waved his hand: "We'll see, it depends on him."
Aju stabbed Liu Bo in the heart: "You don't mean to let him inherit your Kaji Gym, do you? That way, the League will have a reason to promote you."
If that's the case, there's definitely someone in the alliance willing to kowtow to Zhu Suihan.
Uncle Liu: ?
"A-Ju, has Sakaki ever told you that you're not very good at talking?"
Ah Ju coughed lightly and silently pulled her mask up, signaling herself to shut up.
The rocks shattered, and the rock walls, having lost their common support, crumbled, much like snow being swept from a rooftop onto the ground.
At this moment, the hideous patterns were fully revealed to the three of them.
At the same time, an inexplicable aura spread out, and the little fairy above Zhu Suihan's head shrank back, feeling a little uncomfortable.
Regardless of advantages or disadvantages in terms of attributes, it represents a huge difference in life forms.
It's like a newbie still in the beginner's village encountering a top player on the power rankings who's so bored he's about to sell his account.
"Ugh!"
The dragon roared, its invigorating power energizing Little Fairy.
"Milu!"
That's right!
The eldest sister is invincible!
I also have trainers who can solo Pokémon!
Come on, I'm not afraid of you!
"Gyarados scales?"
Zhu Suihan held Xiaoxiannai in his hands, and the warmth of his palms made Xiaoxiannai relax even more. After shifting her body, she even felt sleepy.
The things on it are not actual scales, but rather traces of scales left on the rock face, which can also be considered a type of fossil.
Zhu Suihan interacted with the Gyarados in the lake every day at the academy, so he was quite familiar with it.
Uncle Liu looked enlightened, followed closely by Aju; both of them clearly understood what was going on.
"Let's go, this has nothing to do with us anymore."
Uncle Liu and Aju turned and left, while Zhu Suihan stared blankly at the two powerful figures.
"I'll explain to you on the way; these marks are of no benefit to us."
Uncle Liu gestured for Zhu Suihan to follow: "The legend missed some details. This place was indeed an active volcano in the past, and it was also the testing ground for the Gyarados clan, where they honed themselves in order to master the profound mysteries."
"Trial Grounds? Mysterious Techniques?"
Zhu Suihan didn't understand: "What is this thing?"
"Well, in short, it's a more advanced technique that can't be replicated through scientific means. You can think of it as a sublimation of one's state of mind."
Uncle Liu said, "Correspondingly, humans also have similar profound techniques. If you go to Azure City in the future, the gym leaders there will have mastered the profound techniques of fighting."
"I remember Ah Si's secret technique was something like 'sword technique to cut through invisible enemies.' The name is a bit long, but it is indeed a very useful little trick."
Okay, I get it. Fighting-type vs. Ghost-type, and without using any special moves.
Zhu Suihan remembers this incident. A Si, who is also an important character living in memories in the special episode, was Qinglu's master when she was a child.
In addition, there are the "Secret Techniques of Softness" mastered by Hoenn Gym Leader Fujiki, and the "Secret Techniques of Hardness" mastered by Shiba.
Zhu Suihan continued to ask, "Then what about the Trial Grounds?"
"This is where Gyarados trains its strength, mastering its anger and the power of its fury."
Liu Bo pointed to his heart: "And the erupting volcano is the anger of nature, and also the arena where Gyarados try to vent and control their anger."
"Once it passes such a trial, Gyarados's power will be greatly enhanced, at least it won't fall into a state of chaos due to anger during the battle."
Ah Ju chimed in, "You could also interpret it as them forging their own inner fire, like a fighter's 'fighting spirit flame' or something similar."
"The strength gained from this training is, to put it simply, a significant enhancement of 'Dragon's Wrath'."
After listening to the explanations from the two experts, Zhu Suihan finally understood what they meant.
In the game, Dragon's Fury deals fixed damage.
However, in reality, as long as you can stay calm, the damage from Dragon's Fury is like the Kamehameha, and how much damage you deal depends entirely on how much mana you put into it.
"If nothing unexpected happens, as soon as the alliance makes a statement, those guys from Yanmo City will come and offer a high price."
(End of this chapter)