Upon seeing this message, Aoki and Drake's expressions turned solemn.
If it wasn't something important, Adams would never use special devices to send them cross-dimensional messages.
Nor would he choose to summon two Elite Four members back at the same time.
"Teacher, let's go back quickly," Aoki said in a deep voice.
Drake nodded, called back the Pokémon he was playing with outside, and after a slight hesitation, he approached the leader of the Salamence clan, his old partner.
After getting his consent, the Salamence leader agreed to go out with Drake, after he had finished entrusting everything within the clan and the dimension.
The Salamence leader set off!
A level 89 pseudo-legendary Pokémon represented too much.
With this Salamence leader, even a regional champion would not be without a fighting chance.
"Aoki, let's go!" Drake stood on the back of the Salamence leader and said to Aoki.
"Okay!" Aoki nodded.
However, just as he was about to recall the Shelgon, who was still absorbing with closed eyes, a large amount of white light burst from Shelgon's body.
It shot out in streaks from the seams of his white armor.
As Elite Four members, Aoki and Drake naturally understood what was happening, so their expressions were quite a sight to behold.
They had waited ten days for Shelgon to evolve, but they never expected it to start evolving at this critical moment.
Moreover, judging by Shelgon's current appearance, this evolution would be a huge transformation, and if nothing unexpected happened, this evolution might last for a long time.
"Teacher, you go first, I will catch up after Shelgon evolves," Aoki said to Drake.
Hearing this, Drake hesitated slightly, but looking at Shelgon, who had only emitted a few streaks of evolutionary white light, he still couldn't overcome the slight anxiety in his heart.
"Then I'll go first! Someone will take you to the exit after Shelgon evolves," Drake said.
"Okay!" Aoki nodded, giving Drake a reassuring look.
Then Drake patted the Salamence leader's neck, signaling him to go.
"Roar——"
The Salamence leader let out a long roar, flapped its wings, stirring up a gale, and shot towards the exit with Drake on its back, quickly disappearing into the horizon.
Aoki watched Drake leave, the solemnity on his face still not dissipating.
He walked over to Shelgon's side.
He watched the Shelgon, eyes tightly closed, diligently digesting the "dragon blood" within its body. In Aoki's sight, Shelgon's aptitude was jumping back and forth: blue—deep blue—blue.
Aoki flipped his palm, revealing three stones.
Two were blue fragments of the Sky Plate, and one was the Mega Stone he had obtained in the Dragon's Tomb.
He first placed the Mega Stone next to Shelgon. Sensing the approaching Mega Stone with its special resonance, Shelgon, whose eyes were tightly closed, slowly opened them, looking at the Mega Stone in Aoki's hand with confusion.
From this stone, he felt a subtle connection, as if it could bring him great benefits, but this feeling was not very obvious.
Sure enough!
Aoki's heart was slightly pleased; this Mega Stone was indeed a Salamence Mega Stone. With this, Aoki was even more excited about Salamence's evolution.
He stroked Shelgon's smooth back, "It's okay, focus on evolving!"
After speaking, he took out Shelgon's aptitude potion from his storage space.
This aptitude potion had cost Aoki a considerable amount.
And because of the expansion of the system's database, Aoki had continuously optimized this potion, striving to make it the most suitable, hoping to fully develop Shelgon's aptitude.
The reason for such effort was that he had no other choice.
Because originally, in Aoki's view, for Shelgon to undergo another transformation during evolution and further improve its aptitude, it could only rely on aptitude potions.
So Aoki had always been improving this potion, hoping to maximize Shelgon's aptitude.
Fortunately, Drake provided Aoki with such a special method at the last moment, otherwise, in Aoki's opinion, even with further improvements, it might not have been possible to raise Shelgon to the purple tier.
Now! He could certainly hope for it.
He poured all the aptitude potion into Shelgon's mouth.
After drinking the aptitude potion, Shelgon began to focus intently on its evolution.
Aoki, however, shifted his gaze to the two fragments of the Sky Plate in his hand.
The two fragments were one large and one small, but under the system's scan, there wasn't much difference. However, since the fragments differed in size, their effects would certainly be different.
Shelgon evolves into Salamence! Under the effect of the Mega Stone, it can undergo Mega Evolution. If it also carries fragments of the Sky Plate, then it goes without saying that in the future, it will surely be one of the overlords of the sky!
He put the two fragments together.
The two fragments, which originally had no energy fluctuations and were no different from ordinary stones when not sensed, actually attracted each other and slowly merged together.
After a flash of blue energy, the two fragments merged into a larger fragment.
"It seems it's indeed the Sky Plate, no doubt about it. This time, I really got a steal," Aoki muttered to himself.
He placed the merged fragment on Shelgon's back, hoping it could make the evolved Salamence's flying talent even stronger!
As time passed, the evolutionary white light grew more and more abundant, gradually enveloping Shelgon.
This could be said to be the longest evolution wait Aoki had ever experienced.
Because the dragon-type bloodline within Shelgon's body was undergoing transformation, which was a relatively slow process. Drake also knew this, otherwise he wouldn't have left first.
Aoki sat on the ground, speculating what could have made Adams so anxious as to send messages to both Drake and Aoki simultaneously.
It hadn't been long since the work meeting for his appointment as an Elite Four member had ended. Could something special have happened again?
Hunter's Guild?
They wouldn't invade again in a short time. Adams must have talked to the people from the General Alliance, and the Hunter's Guild should be under close watch for now.
Then there's only one thing!
The remnants of Team Magma and Team Aqua have been found!
Or rather, members of Team Magma and Team Aqua have appeared in the Alliance's sight themselves!
If that's the case...
It means that Kyogre and Groudon might be about to awaken!
If these two super-ancient legendary Pokémon awaken simultaneously, they will definitely start battling as soon as they meet, and then it will truly be a natural disaster!
Perhaps only this matter could make Adams so anxious.
Just as Aoki felt he had pretty much guessed it, the white light on Shelgon's body grew more and more intense and brighter, and through the white light, he could see the changes happening within.