Chapter 494: Over a Hundred Incidents

Chapter 494: Over a Hundred Incidents

If the auras of the other few Pokémon were merely very weak, with no other major issues, this Sandshrew was different.

Its life force was extremely strong, even its energy level, but its emotional aura was also very intense.

It seemed to be fighting against some kind of emotion.

Clearly, this emotion was the negative side effect brought by the previous purple energy.

The most direct manifestation of this negative effect was like someone tempting you in your ear, "Look, accept me, and you can become stronger. Devour them, and your life energy will become stronger."

For an ordinary Pokémon, this kind of temptation was extremely strong.

Just think, a bottom-tier Pokémon, as long as it accepts the gift of this purple energy, can become very powerful. Can they refuse?

But is this kind of power really given for free?

A state that needs to devour life or various energies to be maintained.

Hikaru didn't know.

In Sandshrew's current situation, Hikaru didn't have any good solutions either; he could only see what it would choose for itself.

If it chose incorrectly...

Hikaru wouldn't mind sending it off on its way right here...

Conversely, if it chose correctly, Hikaru would investigate this purple energy at the first opportunity!

He wanted to know if Eternatus had truly arrived in this world.

If it had, given its strength to be able to ambush Arceus, it shouldn't be hiding.

If it was hiding, there must be a problem, such as being injured.

In that case, now was absolutely the best time to kill it.

Time passed minute by minute. Glaceon watched Sandshrew nervously from the side.

It didn't know what was happening; it only knew that its friend seemed to be in great danger right now.

"Don't worry, it's alright now."

Hikaru stroked Glaceon's head and smiled.

This Sandshrew had ultimately made the right choice.

Perhaps it was because, during the Dynamax process, Sandshrew realized its actions had caused a lot of trouble for Glaceon and had even almost killed its friends.

"Latias, get ready. Let's see where it goes later!"

After comforting Glaceon, Hikaru's expression grew solemn.

He could sense that this wisp of purple energy was about to break free.

"Nyuun."

Latias replied seriously.

Although the amount of this energy was small, its level was very high.

So, it was very vigilant.

A purple light appeared on Sandshrew's body. Then, unable to tempt Sandshrew, "it" was forced out of Sandshrew's body.

And the moment it came out, just as Hikaru and Latias were about to check where this purple energy was headed, it suddenly bloomed, turning into countless points of light and scattering towards the sky.

Latias immediately deployed [Godly Stealth] and a protective barrier, shielding the people and Pokémon below.

But soon, the true nature of this energy was revealed.

It erupted in the air, and the purple energy that scattered over the surrounding area flowed to the ground. Seeds hidden under the snow layer actually began to sprout and branch out at this moment, breaking through the snow.

On this snowy mountain, the ice and snow would only melt for the two hottest months of the year, allowing seeds to sprout and come to life.

But now, in this month, they had actually grown.

Clearly, the essence of this purple energy was life energy.

And the owner of this life energy had a devouring characteristic, which was what gave this energy its nature.

Now that it was detached from the "host," this nature was naturally eliminated.

"Shrew, shrew?"

Sandshrew slowly woke up. After its consciousness returned, it immediately panicked and began to search around.

"Shrew, shrew! Shrew, shrew!" (Big Sis? Vanillite?)

It seemed to have had a dream. In the dream, someone told it that as long as it ate them, it could become very strong.

And in the dream, it could only watch as its own body moved and then swallowed them one by one.

"Eevee!"

Seeing the Sandshrew, Glaceon immediately perked up.

"Shrew, shrew!"

The two little ones immediately hugged each other. Afterwards, Sandshrew turned its gaze to the sleeping Vanillite, and its heart relaxed.

Looks like it was just a dream.

"Alright, since everything's fine, we'll be leaving now."

"Eevee~" Hearing that he was leaving, Glaceon looked at Hikaru with wide, teary eyes.

"You mean them? They're fine now. They'll be okay after a while."

Hikaru stroked Glaceon's head and said with a smile.

Fortunately, he had arrived early, and this Sandshrew's strength wasn't that great either.

They just needed some time to recuperate, and they would recover.

"Eevee..."

Glaceon was still a little worried.

"You little guys are really inseparable. How about this? Here are some stamina-enhancing Pokéblocks. When they wake up, just feed these to them."

Helplessly, Hikaru had no choice but to take out some stamina Pokéblocks.

"Eevee~"

Glaceon affectionately rubbed against Hikaru's trouser leg.

Beside him, a psychic wave suddenly condensed. Looking again, his senior and Sakura had been brought over by Gardevoir and Slowking.

"Why did you guys come over?"

"I saw that there was no more movement, so I had Gardevoir bring us over."

Sakura looked around at the shattered rocks, the green grass shoots, and the flying snow. This all undoubtedly indicated that a huge commotion had just occurred here. "What happened?"

"It was just this Sandshrew suddenly growing huge. After we defeated it, it changed back," Hikaru explained simply.

"How big did it get? To have such destructive power?" Xue Nai asked, slightly shocked.

"Over ten meters."

Hearing Hikaru's answer, she was even more shocked.

"Where did the life energy to support its body come from?"

A height of over ten meters required an immense amount of life energy; this was common knowledge.

A larger body required stronger life force to maintain.

That giant Dragonite back then was a case in point.

On its path to seeking a higher level, it chose physical expansion.

But the price was an extremely fast consumption of its life force. Even at level 99, it couldn't stop its decline into old age.

It was Hikaru who gave it a dose of Xerneas's Life Dew to maintain its life form.

"I don't know... It's not just here that these giant Pokémon have appeared. It seems they've appeared in many places around the world."

Hikaru shook his head, not mentioning the matter of Eternatus.

Xue Nai began to check on her Rotom.

In just a short while, her brow furrowed tightly. "Over a hundred incidents."

With such an event happening so suddenly, many media outlets were reporting on it, and the public was demanding that the officials quickly provide a conclusion.

Why did these giant Pokémon suddenly appear?

And would they appear again in the future?

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