Chapter 181: Ancient Species

Chapter 181: Chapter 181: Ancient Species

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Julian smiled slightly.

Why wouldn’t this count as human strength?

"As the Gym Leader of a Fighting-type Gym, I’ve trained in some martial arts. My physical strength is just a little better than normal. That’s perfectly reasonable, right?"

Cynthia stared at Julian.

"Your strength is greater than Lucario’s, and you can use Aura too. At this point, is he Lucario, or are you Lucario?"

Julian smiled without saying anything.

Was it possible that they both were?

After being thrown with such force and smashing through several rocks, Great Tusk shook the dust from its body and climbed back up as if nothing had happened.

Once it stood, it roared again and charged at Julian.

Cynthia frowned slightly and took out another Poké Ball.

"Togekiss, Air Slash!"

The move Great Tusk had used while charging just now was High Horsepower.

Milotic’s Hydro Pump had been very effective against it.

Cynthia guessed that this mutated Donphan was probably Ground type as well.

These sudden regional-form Pokémon were extremely aggressive.

Cynthia felt it was necessary to figure out their situation.

The Great Crater of Paldea really was full of danger. They had only just entered, yet they were already being surrounded by such powerful Pokémon.

If they did not figure out why the local Pokémon attacked them on sight, finding Annihilape smoothly would probably be very difficult.

Julian waved his hand and released Gallade.

Although he ran a Fighting Gym, he had no intention of catching Great Tusk.

First, Great Tusk was too brutal and would not obey a Trainer’s commands.

Second, after Togekiss appeared, one Air Slash directly made Great Tusk cry out in pain.

The bulky Great Tusk had plenty of strength, but against Togekiss, it could do nothing except take hit after hit.

It had no ability to fight back at all.

Catching such a stupid Pokémon would simply be embarrassing.

Even Great Tusk’s proudest strength was not worth mentioning in front of Goodra.

Just now, allowing one Great Tusk to break through Blizzard and reach Julian had made Goodra very unhappy.

Julian could deal with it, but as his Pokémon, Goodra still considered that her own failure.

Goodra became angry. She directly grabbed Great Tusk’s tusks with both hands and forcefully pushed them down.

Then she spat out Dragon Pulse, completely defeating Great Tusk.

When Roaring Moon saw Great Tusk fall...

Despite being the one who had started the fight, after realising it could not beat Garchomp, Roaring Moon turned around and ran!

Compared to Great Tusk, Roaring Moon was at least sensible.

It was more vicious, but also smarter.

Unlike Great Tusk, who refused to run even when it could not win.

Julian tried releasing Aura again to investigate the situation.

His expression immediately changed.

"Not good. The fight just now caused too much noise. Many nearby Pokémon heard it."

"They’re heading this way. We need to leave quickly!"

Cynthia nodded.

"That way. It should be a path down the mountain."

The Pokémon living in this area were too vicious. If they moved to a relatively gentler mountain region, they might be able to find other types of Pokémon.

Perhaps those would be a little calmer.

The two of them quickened their pace, wanting to pass through this flatter mountain area.

Julian stopped using Aura.

"I’ve realised that using Aura also causes abnormalities in the environment."

"Some Pokémon sensitive to the environment noticed the disturbance caused by my Aura and are coming this way."

Cynthia looked at their surroundings.

"As expected, only a unique environment like this could produce an abnormal Pokémon like Annihilape."

Because flying through the sky would attract too much attention, Julian and Cynthia could only walk on the ground.

They had not gone far before a huge Jigglypuff-like Pokémon with long, tail-like hair on its head jumped out.

It opened its mouth and roared, sending a powerful soundwave towards them.

Garchomp and Goodra stepped forward and blocked the soundwave.

Julian raised his hand, and a blue barrier stopped the remaining shockwave.

Cynthia was a little curious.

"Aura can be used like that?"

Julian smiled.

"I met a friend a while ago and learned some Aura techniques from him."

"This kind of barrier is very suitable for resisting energy impacts. I heard it was also developed with reference to the Pokémon ability Damp, so it has a good effect in suppressing energy explosions."

Cynthia blinked.

Julian, where exactly did you learn all these strange skills?

And this "friend" — why had she never heard him mention them?

Scream Tail jumped directly into the air and used Body Slam against Garchomp and Goodra.

These ancient Pokémon completely ignored the situation.

If their eyes met yours, they simply fought.

Cynthia smiled slightly.

"This big Jigglypuff is rather cute. Could it be a new evolution of Jigglypuff?"

Toxicroak suddenly jumped out of his Poké Ball on his own initiative.

After evolving, he had yet to face such an interesting opponent.

Toxicroak pushed off the ground and ran past Goodra.

Facing Scream Tail, his fist condensed thick Fighting-type energy.

He would test the Dynamic Punch he had just learned!

Julian could not help shaking his head.

Scream Tail did indeed look very similar to Jigglypuff. Against this kind of soft-bodied Pokémon, a Fighting-type move like Dynamic Punch would have at least thirty percent of its power weakened.

A soft body naturally dispersed the force of incoming attacks.

Scream Tail’s body bounced, and Toxicroak flew away in surprise.

Fortunately, the spike on Toxicroak’s palm took the chance to inject some poison.

"Toxicroak, Poison Jab!"

Toxicroak knew he had used the wrong move just now and was preparing to make up for it.

Scream Tail opened its mouth, and a powerful soundwave directly blasted Toxicroak away.

Toxicroak rolled awkwardly several times across the ground.

Fortunately, after evolving, Toxicroak’s mindset had become much better than when he had been Croagunk.

He did not become angry from embarrassment.

Standing up, Toxicroak gathered poison in his spikes and quickly ran circles around Scream Tail.

Sure enough, Scream Tail’s large body could not turn smoothly.

Toxicroak stabbed his poison spike into Scream Tail’s body and injected a large amount of toxin.

Scream Tail rolled across the ground, trying to crush Toxicroak that way.

But Toxicroak was far too agile. Scream Tail smashed through several rocks, but besides wasting stamina, it failed to threaten Toxicroak at all.

Cynthia rubbed her chin.

"The Pokémon in the Great Crater of Paldea possess powerful strength, as well as certain ancient traits. Their temperaments are all extremely violent."

"I feel like there should be some connection between these Pokémon."

Julian nodded in agreement.

"There is indeed a similar energy inside their bodies."

Toxicroak continuously injected poison into Scream Tail.

It had been tormented by Toxicroak until it looked like a purple ball.

With its stamina exhausted, Scream Tail lay against the rock wall and breathed heavily.

Toxicroak quietly let out a breath of relief.

That was close. He had only wanted to come out and show his face, but almost ended up losing face instead.

This big Jigglypuff was actually that troublesome!

So much poison would be enough to bring down even Hakamo-o.

Yet this big Jigglypuff could still keep its eyes open.

"Julian, take out the research instruments. Let’s collect some data from this big Jigglypuff."

Seeing Cynthia take out antidote and medicine, Julian hurriedly reminded her, "Be careful. Your own safety comes first."

Cynthia smiled slightly.

"Don’t worry. I am an Elite Four."

Cynthia stepped forward. When Scream Tail opened its mouth and tried to bite her, she directly flicked the antidote inside.

Scream Tail was struck in the throat and instinctively swallowed the antidote.

Cynthia observed Scream Tail’s wounds and sprayed medicine over the injuries caused by Toxicroak’s attacks.

Julian also took out the instruments and began scanning Scream Tail’s data.

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