chsdbacks Chapter 229 A Glimpse of the Giant Tree Battlefield
Chapter 229 A Glimpse of the Giant Tree Battlefield
Chapter 229 A Glimpse of the Giant Tree Battlefield
White clouds drift by, and green grass sways gently.
Not far away, several shaggy Luccats were wrestling together, engaging in primitive play—biting and snarling at each other. The biting was quite fierce, and one of the Luccats even had a bald patch on its forehead.
"This is... the place you told me about, Ze Shu..."
Xiao Lan tiptoed and gazed into the distance.
Although Ze Shu had already told her about this, she still felt like she was in a dream when this scene actually happened to her—in the blink of an eye, she had arrived at another place, a place from hundreds of years ago.
Seemingly incredulous, Xiao Lan bent down again, grabbed a handful of soil from the grass beneath her feet, and felt it.
But clearly, whether it takes hundreds of years or even longer, the soil will probably not change much.
"Yes. And here, in a few hundred years, a small town will probably be built—Masago Town. Yes, that's where I started my journey to Sinnoh."
"But in Xicui, this place is called Obsidian Plains."
Ze Shu looked around and made this judgment.
It seems that the place where they appeared was the same place where he left Xicui.
Little Blue sprinkled the soil from her hand, stood up, and while summoning Blastoise, asked, "Ze Shu, how did you know?"
Ze Shu looked at the lake in the distance, surrounded by mountains, and smiled, "Because this is Emrido's hometown—Lake Heartqi."
During their conversation, several leukian cats approached them, peeking out from the occasional clumps of grass in the meadow, their yellow eyes gleaming with curiosity and a hint of smugness.
These two didn't spot them; it seems their hunting skills have improved again!
As the Lurkers thought this, their bodies were slightly arched, a hunting posture—in the verdant wilderness, it was not as relatively safe as it had been hundreds of years ago. Walking on the grass, it was not unusual to be suddenly attacked by one or a group of highly aggressive Pokémon.
But when they poked their heads out of the grass...
What comes straight ahead is a pair of gleaming steel cannon barrels.
"Water cannon!" Little Blue said.
A torrent of water suddenly burst forth from the cannon barrel!
The Luccat in the center felt a sudden impact hit its forehead, and after the head shook, everything went black.
Three seconds later, when it struggled to open its eyes again, it found itself already in mid-air.
It flailed its limbs in a desperate attempt to save itself, but to no avail, and could only crash back to the ground with a "whoosh".
The remaining four Luccats were also soaked and scattered.
Seeing their companion's miserable state, their little heads were all stunned. They felt sympathy for their companion's plight, but also glared angrily at the culprits who had caused them to be in such a state—Ze Shu and Xiao Lan.
"Sigh." Ze Shu tossed out a Poké Ball. "I didn't expect to run into one of your kind so soon after arriving?"
"Mingwa-yi-yi"
A large, fluffy black Röntgen cat appeared in front of Ze Shu—no, it lay comfortably in front of him.
It even tried to roll over and stick its belly out, just like a relaxed little kitten at home.
But when it saw the four equally bewildered Luckiest cats beside it, the Röntgen cat abruptly stopped its actions.
But even though it was taken back, it couldn't change the bewildered looks the Lux cats gave the Röntgen cat.
This mistake wasn't just that they were surprised they recognized the Xenophon cat in front of them, but also that...
"Whoosh, whoosh?!"
Hey boss! How did you become such a well-behaved person?! Where did your rebellious spirit go?
The Lurkers reminisced about their days as cat monsters, when they followed a leader who stood out among them, capable of taking on three of them at once, and rampaged through the Obsidian Plains, bullying all sorts of Wurmple, Stark, Eevee...
But then one day came.
Their leader just suddenly disappeared!
The only eyewitness at the scene—a small cat monster that had been hiding in the back and watched the whole thing—said tremblingly: Their leader encountered an extremely terrifying creature that smashed the leader's head with a round, black iron ball, leaving it covered in bumps, and then took the leader inside.
Since then, their cat monster clan has been without a leader.
The Leccats, upon realizing this, suddenly awoke with a start.
Could it be!
That absolutely terrifying guy...
They raised their eyes and glanced at Ze Shu, who had released the Röntgen cat. When they connected the image of Ze Shu with the terrifying figure that had smashed their former leader's head, their bodies suddenly trembled.
Then, they all cried out in terror and scattered, disappearing in a matter of seconds.
Ze Shu: ? ? ?
He sent out the Röntgen cat to question the group of Luke cats.
Why did it have the opposite effect?
He exchanged a glance with his own Röntgen cat.
The Röntgen cat, however, seemed relieved, immediately slumping to the ground like a deflated balloon and basking in the sun without a care in the world, meowing loudly.
If these former lackeys were to remember it and witness its current state of decline, it would be a disaster.
That's actually a little embarrassing!
Röntgen Cat slowly narrowed his eyes, thinking to himself, "I'm just going through the motions."
Ze Shu looked at his big cat speechlessly.
Is it possible that your former underlings recognized you long ago and fled far away in fear?
But now that the group of Lukecats had vanished, Ze Shu looked around and slowly exhaled—the Obsidian Plains were vast and green.
All he could see was grassland, and his memory was a bit hazy. It would be quite difficult for him to find the road to Qunqing Coast or Zhuqing Village immediately.
But it was at this moment.
Xiao Lan took out the detector and fiddled with it, then suddenly said, "Ze Shu, you have good hearing, so did you hear anything...?"
Ze Shu paused, listened for a moment, then turned to the direction the morning sun was tilting: "It's this way. It sounds like... the sounds of battle."
There was a dense forest. Ze Shu squinted and could see a giant tree that reached for the sky, with a faint golden light shimmering beneath it.
This is....
Ze Shumei thought for a moment, then remembered the name of the place—the Giant Tree Battlefield.
Within the battlefield of giant trees, a multitude of horizontally severed trees lay askew, their cuts smooth, suggesting they were struck by some sharp and powerful weapon, adding a complex element to this terrain.
"Xiao Zhao! Don't push yourself to the limit! If you can't hold on, quit quickly! As the saying goes, as long as Tianguan Mountain is there, there's no fear of running out of snow to drink!"
The black-clad Dr., wearing a clam-shaped hat, shouted anxiously at the edge of the battlefield.
Amidst the battlefield, Xiao Zhao, her agile body weaving through the fallen trees and barely dodging the golden light striking from behind, wore a stubborn expression on her face. "I... I can do it, I definitely can, to subdue this king of the forest!"
"Otherwise, otherwise—"
She suddenly threw the tempting golden bag behind her!
The pouch burst open on the pursuer's dark brown head, releasing a crystalline and alluring aroma that caused the scythe to pause in its act of striking down with its axe, and then...
"Starhawk!"
"Li Yiyi!!"
A fierce eagle with an exaggerated hairstyle hovered in the sky, emitting a menacing cry.
It flung up the black straps tied to its claws and ankles, spread its strong wings, and with its sharp and powerful claws gathering fighting energy, it swooped down towards its target!
Close combat!
Seeing its trainer constantly attacked, it had been harboring a burning rage. This was its most powerful, all-out attack. But just as it was about to collide with its target, the Scizor, which should have been stunned for a while, suddenly roared, and golden waves rippled around it as it regained its senses.
Then, it raised its golden stone axe and smashed it down hard on the head of the Mk Eagle!
!!!
"Starhawk!!!"
Xiao Zhao suddenly widened her eyes and exclaimed in surprise.
Before Starhawk could even unleash its close-quarters combat, it was slammed into the ground by a "Rock Axe," its body motionless, clearly incapacitated and unconscious.
Xiao Zhao stared blankly at the golden figure that had struck her with the Mighty Hawk and roared angrily into the sky.
It resembles a gaunt axeman, with a hard and sharp outline, and black beards made of strange black stones on its face, like those of a Japanese samurai. It holds two exaggerated large axes in its hands—this is the axe-splitting mantis, the "king of the forest" in this obsidian plain.
Several months ago, it was "raged".
That's the target Xiao Zhao wants to appease.
"But how come... why isn't the treasure working..."
"It's the effect of that golden light! It...it can break the mantis's state! Xiao Zhao, let's retreat! We...we'll come back next time! Next time we'll definitely be able to subdue this raging king!"
"But...but I've tried so many times...and it still hasn't worked..."
Xiao Zhao bit her lip tightly, used a Poké Ball to recall the unconscious Staraptor's body, and looked at Scizor with a gaze that contained both obsession and disappointment in her own abilities.
Since being pressured by Ma Jiamu to quell the rampaging "kings" in various places.
She worked hard to improve herself, sought out a master, captured Pokémon in the wild to enhance her strength, and trained diligently. She even became adept at dodging the axe of a Scizor and still had the energy to throw various items such as treasures and sticky balls.
Xiao Zhao has already tried to calm this axe-splitting mantis nine times.
She always made thorough preparations.
But every time, it's the same...
How can this be worthy of all the precious props that "Master" has been "feeding" me all this time, props that can't be found in Xicui!
"Xiao Zhao, watch out!!"
"roar!!!"
While Xiao Zhao was pondering, the axe-splitting mantis roared and then leaped up, its axe hurtling towards her!
At Dr. Laben's flustered reminder, Xiao Zhao instinctively rolled to his knees, barely dodging the flying debris from the axe hitting the ground.
"fortunately...."
Dr. Laben patted his chest in relief.
But then he saw Xiao Zhao, who had barely dodged the mantis's axe, lying motionless on the ground, and exclaimed in surprise:
"Xiao Zhao, get away from here quickly..."
"My leg is stuck in a rock... I can't move..."
The axe-splitting mantis was about to raise its axe again.
Dr. Laben was terrified and grabbed the farm owner beside him, shouting, "Quick, quick, save Xiao Zhao!"
"Too late...!" The arena manager, looking at his only Pokémon at his feet—a tiny Goomy—replied hesitantly, "My Pokémon can't keep up..."
"What should we do?!"
Dr. Laben hurriedly picked up the accumulated sticky pills and treasures and threw them at the golden figure in the distance without hesitation.
But it was useless; at most, it only stopped the axe-wielding mantis for a moment, and its axe was still going to strike.
Dr. Laben's heart was in his throat, and his hand, which was throwing the sticky pellets, was trembling slightly.
But when he was in despair.
Suddenly, a streak of fire appeared in the distance, rushing closer and closer. This streak of fire crashed through the trees blocking the battlefield, making a loud noise, and reached the back of the "King of the Forest" who was about to swing his axe!
A tremendous "bang" was heard!
The mantis that stood firmly there was suddenly knocked away and crashed into the distant soil, just like the little eagle in the previous photo, sinking straight into it.
"This, this..."
Dr. Laben's heart, which was about to leap out of his throat, suddenly spun around, causing him to gasp for breath.
He saw that the Scizor that had been knocked away was replaced by a majestic Arcanine with its mane flying like petals.
He also saw that someone was coming from the same spot where the speed dog had come from.
"Who saved Xiao Zhao! I must thank them properly when I get back..."
"Sawaki?!"
"Are you alright?"
"Master Ze...?"
Xiao Zhao suspected she was hallucinating.
Ze Shumei said, "Looks like something's wrong. Did you bump your head?"
Xiao Zhao was stunned for a moment before she understood Ze Shu's words, and said repeatedly, "No, I didn't hit my head, it's... it's my leg that's hurting, it's making me unable to move..."
"Tabu!"
Upon hearing this, the almost-doll summoned by Ze Shu was startled and quickly shifted the "healing wave" that was originally intended to be released on Xiao Zhao's head to Xiao Zhao's calf.
"You're dealing with this mantis, something so dangerous, and there's not a single person around to help?"
Ze Shu turned his gaze to his surroundings.
The only people around this giant wooden battlefield were Dr. Raben at the entrance and a short fellow.
Xiao Zhao: "I...I..."
She opened her mouth, wanting to explain, but didn't know how.
The leader of the Galaxy Team, Ma Jiamu, said that the rage of the "kings" in various places was caused by her coming from another dimension, so she was responsible for calming down the "kings" in various places.
This is "atonement".
Naturally, she wouldn't receive much protection.
During her long time in the wild, only Dr. Raben was there to help her.
Ze Shu sighed, then gave Xiao Zhao a reassuring smile and said, "At least for now, I'm here. Let me deal with this mantis that injured you first."
Xiao Zhao pursed her lips and forced a nice smile at Ze Shu: "Okay!"
Ze Shu nodded to Xiao Lan, who had caught up from behind, and saw Xiao Lan smile back before turning to look at the furious Scizor, who had been knocked away by Arcanine and was slowly getting up on the ground.
It was just one of Arcanine's attacks, "Double-Edged Headbutt".
Although it is highly effective, it is definitely difficult to kill this mantis.
Once this "king" goes berserk, it becomes incredibly powerful, boasting both high attack and high health, and can even dispel abnormal statuses. It's extremely difficult for anyone else to deal with it.
Xiao Zhao believed that others, including herself, would find it difficult to deal with, but her Master Ze Shu should... have a way to deal with him, right?
However, the Scizor ignored Arcanine's growl and instead charged angrily at the Tree of Life. For the Scizor, which had lived for countless years, it knew that attacking humans was more effective than attacking Pokémon.
It still raised the stone axe in its hand, as if to smash it.
"roar!!!"