Chapter 469: The Power of Five Boosts

Chapter 469: The Power of Five Boosts

Although he could only boost it five times, the degree of stacking made Hikaru's eyelids twitch.

Stacking it five times meant the final boost would be eight times the first...

This was insane.

This skill should be able to satisfy Serperior.

Thinking of this, Hikaru felt a little sad. Although he had caught it, he couldn't even touch it. It was too frustrating.

As expected, men are all like this; what they can't have is what they desire most.

He glanced towards the center of the Tree of Beginning, thinking that they would probably need some time. He then summoned Serperior.

"Sii?"

Serperior, having come out of the training house, had already learned some things about Hikaru from Gardevoir. It was just that it sounded too fantastic, and it still found it hard to believe.

"I've got something good to add for you."

Hikaru immediately equipped it with the skill.

Once a skill is equipped, its function is directly generated in the mind of the Pokémon or human.

Serperior was no exception.

After digesting the information in its head, Serperior was completely stunned on the spot. "Sii?" (This is...)

"It's a boost for you. Want to try it in the training house?" Hikaru smiled. "Or should we try it outside?"

"Sii!" (Let's try it right here. I can control my energy well.)

Serperior said with considerable excitement.

If the boost was really as described in its mind, Serperior couldn't imagine how much power it could unleash in combination with its own ability.

"That won't do. Let's go under the tree. We can't be reckless on the tree itself."

After the last test with the Flame Plate, Hikaru no longer dared to conduct experiments or similar actions on the tree.

With that said, without giving Serperior a chance to object, he called out Gardevoir and instantly teleported them to an open space under the tree.

Hikaru sighed with emotion. "This is the very place where you and Salamence used to battle. It's hard to believe these trees have grown so much in such a short time."

In less than a year, small trees had sprouted, and some fast-growing saplings were already over a meter tall.

"Let's try it here."

"Sii!" (Okay, Master.)

Serperior's blood-red eyes became serious; it was clearly looking forward to this newly equipped skill.

If it could truly achieve such an effect, its strength would at least multiply several times over.

Of course, this was under the condition of "passively" stacking the boosts.

An invisible storm began to gather. The first Leaf Storm that formed was like a butterfly, with very little wind force and only a few spinning leaves.

Since it was an experiment, there was no need to use full power.

It quickly dissipated under Serperior's control.

Soon, the second Leaf Storm began to form.

Its formation speed was much faster than before. Even under the perception of Hikaru's Aura, it seemed to materialize in a flash.

But the force of the wind in the center and the power of the leaves were much stronger than the first one.

This boost in strength was only slightly better than its "Contrary" ability, so Serperior didn't pay it too much mind.

The most important were the third and fourth boosts to come.

Therefore, this Leaf Storm was also quickly extinguished.

By the third Leaf Storm, as soon as Serperior's energy had just built the "model" for the storm, it immediately took shape at high speed, growing almost uncontrollably, reaching a height of four or five meters in the blink of an eye.

The spinning leaves within it gave off a sharp, cold light before being extinguished under Serperior's control.

At this moment, an irrepressible excitement had appeared in Serperior's eyes.

Such a boost undoubtedly confirmed the truth of the information in its mind.

"Want to try it at full power?" Hikaru's interest was also piqued now.

"Sii?" (Can I?)

"Of course not here. We're going up to the sky!" Hikaru waved his hand, beckoning it closer, and then had Gardevoir teleport them up into the sky.

"Begin! This is your stage! Remember to release it towards the sky."

"Sii!"

Thanks to Gardevoir's psychic control, Serperior's body was temporarily suspended in the air. It took a deep breath, then quickly released and extinguished the fourth Leaf Storm.

And then, the fifth!

Unbridled energy coursed through its body; it had never felt so strong.

The moment the energy was released, hundreds of meters up in the sky, a giant hand that seemed to stir the heavens appeared. It grew rapidly, and within a single breath, it transformed into a sky-high storm, churning madly.

It was as if the heavens themselves were being reshaped.

Hikaru's heart pounded fiercely.

He had only seen such a situation with Kyogre's Origin Pulse and on Lugia.

This Leaf Storm had already affected the clouds and mist for hundreds of kilometers around, almost sweeping the entire sky clean. The clear sunlight shone straight down.

Hikaru had no doubt that each of the spinning leaves within it was as sharp as Greninja's Water Shuriken.

This commotion quickly attracted the attention of a large number of Pokémon around the Qinling Mountains.

As the clouds and mist dissipated, they looked up at the sky in fear, at the Serperior bathed in sunlight.

In this region, besides that little pink cat, a new overlord had appeared...

And it was even stronger than the Salamence from before!

"My god... this... this is too terrifying..."

Hikaru clicked his tongue twice. "No wonder it's called Exponential Explosion. Math really is fascinating."

"So cool, so cool!"

But the phone hanging at his waist suddenly rang.

This was a satellite phone Hikaru had received from the Pokémon League Center in Aura Town, specially delivered by Lance.

It was for receiving messages in places with no signal.

He still remembered Lance's exact words: "For work-related matters, don't always use your personal phone. It's easy for messages to be intercepted, and then Metagross has to clean up your mess."

"This is the Pokémon League Center, Senior Investigator... Hikaru? May I ask what the huge energy fluctuation in the Qinling Mountains is about?"

A very sweet voice came through.

"Ahem, it's nothing. I was just testing out a Pokémon's move in the sky. It's not a big deal, not a big deal. There's no damage to the terrain or landscape," Hikaru replied, slightly embarrassed.

"Understood. Also, I am your operator. Every Top-tier Investigator, or one related to a Legendary Pokémon, will be assigned a dedicated operator. If anything comes up, please notify me in a timely manner. Also, please submit any mission reports directly to me."

"Okay, okay."

After hanging up the phone, Hikaru suddenly felt a little regretful about applying for the investigator status.

Why did he have to do work for the League?

But he let it go. At least he had indeed received a lot of things from the League.

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