Chapter 436: Garchomp
Early the next morning, accompanied by Abdullah, Basalt finally arrived at the Mecca Holy Land he had been longing for. The rare Pokémon collected by the Saudi Royal Family were gathered here to live.
"Is this the battlefield of the divine battle that day?"
Riding on Bronzong's back, Basalt looked into the distance.
Although much time had passed, the traces of the battle outside the Holy City of Mecca were still faintly visible. Sand dunes piled as high as mountains, giant craters pockmarking the ground, massive rocks thick as bridge pilings... It looked extremely spectacular!
In terms of power, the gap between Basalt and them was simply like the difference between an ant and an elephant.
"Perhaps one day, you can rival them."
Abdullah smiled rarely. Basalt was the genius he valued most in China. The hope of becoming a Pokémon Master in the future wasn't small; even becoming a Chinese Heavenly King wasn't entirely impossible. And the strength of Registeel and Darkrai was roughly at the level of a Chinese Heavenly King. Basalt still had hope of reaching it.
"Hopefully!"
Basalt smiled, but his hand involuntarily touched the Pokéball containing Carbink. You might not believe it if I said it, but I also have half a Legendary Pokémon in my hand. Moreover, this Legendary of mine might Mega Evolve in the future, with potential greater than both Registeel and Darkrai, approaching first-tier Legendaries. Mega Diancie has a base stat total of 700, fiercer than some first-tier Legendaries that cannot Mega Evolve.
Landing at the divine battle site, Abdullah ordered Metagross to open the secret realm gate, then handed a token to Basalt.
"This is the token of my Saudi Royal Family. With it, the Gym Leader-level overlords in the secret realm will not attack you. As for Pokémon below Gym Leader-level, I believe you should be able to handle them yourself."
After Basalt took the token, Abdullah added, "You only have one day, and you can only capture one pseudo-legendary Pokémon. Go quickly and return quickly!"
"Understood!"
Basalt nodded, held Carbink in his arms, and entered the spatial gate together with Bronzong.
After a whirl of heaven and earth, when Basalt recovered his vision, he was already in a golden desert.
"Desert? Then let's go see the Garchomp cubs first!"
Basalt made up his mind. In the Mecca Holy Land, Garchomp lived in the eastern desert, Metagross on the southern mine mountain, and Kommo-o in the deep mountain forests. The territories of the three pseudo-legendaries were distinct.
Releasing Excadrill, Cradily, and Swampert successively for protection, Basalt signaled Bronzong with his eyes: "Go float in the air for a while."
"Broonz?"
Bronzong looked confused, not understanding.
Basalt smiled and explained, "Garchomp has two protrusions on its head that act as sensors, allowing it to know the appearance of prey even from far away. The desert is its territory. If you wander around in their airspace, they will definitely come to find fault. We just need to wait for the rabbit by the tree stump!"
"So, I'm shark bait?"
Although Bronzong looked dissatisfied, it still obediently flew into the air. Bronzong was made of steel, shining dazzlingly in the sunlight. Let alone Garchomp with super sensors, even ordinary Pokémon would find it hard not to spot it.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Before long, two dark blue figures flew from the distance, flying rapidly in the air at a speed not losing to jet planes, almost too fast for the naked eye to follow.
"Here they come!"
Basalt looked delighted.
In mid-air, Bronzong watched the approaching opponents, its body tensing slightly. Once a pseudo-legendary evolved into its final form, it was at least Pro-level. And with just a little training, unless it was too useless, it could easily reach the top tier of Pro-level.
So facing the pincer attack of the Garchomps, Bronzong dared not be careless. Psychic power surged violently, transforming into an invisible magnetic field pushing outward with all its might.
Shinra Tensei (Almighty Push)!
Bang! Bang!
The ferocious Garchomps, caught off guard, seemed to hit a transparent wall. Their bodies paused slightly, then were swept backward directly by the immense force.
But soon, the two Garchomps stopped their momentum and hovered in mid-air.
At this time, Basalt finally saw their appearance clearly.
Garchomp resembles a hammerhead shark. Its body is primarily dark blue, with red from the lower jaw to the upper abdomen and yellow on the lower abdomen. It has an inverted yellow star-shaped mark on the tip of its nose, sharp teeth in its mouth, and three gill slits on each side of its neck. Their wings grow on their forearms, resembling shark pectoral fins.
Basalt noticed that among these two Garchomps, one had a notch on its dorsal fin, while the other didn't.
"One male and one female?" Basalt raised an eyebrow, thinking, "Could they be a couple?"
As far as Basalt knew, Garchomp's gender was determined by the notch on the dorsal fin; the one with the notch was male.
Giving Bronzong a head start, the two Garchomps became even more furious, elemental energy surging frantically on their bodies.
"Broonz~"
Seeing the situation turn bad, Bronzong quickly used Super Gravity, acting not only on the Garchomps but also on itself. The three Pokémon began to plummet frantically.
However, prepared this time, the slightly stronger male Garchomp, even under the effect of Super Gravity, could still open its mouth and spew a Dragon Breath at high speed. The Dragon Breath hit, making Bronzong stumble, and the Gravity move was instantly affected.
The other female Garchomp seized the opportunity to fold its wings and charge up again, covered in dense Dragon-type energy.
Dragon-type move: Dragon Rush!
"Swampert, use Ice Beam!" Basalt waved his hand.
The strength of these two Garchomps couldn't be underestimated. If Bronzong got pincered, it would suffer severely even if it didn't die, which Basalt didn't want to see.
"Swamp-pert~"
Ice energy shot out from Swampert's mouth, like a celestial river lying across in front of the Garchomps and Bronzong, preventing them from crossing. Especially since Garchomp was quadruple weak to Ice, under Swampert's super-strong Ice Beam, they dared not cross the thunder pool by half a step.
Seeing Bronzong actually had helpers, the Garchomps became even more furious.
However, to prevent the conflict from escalating, Basalt quickly took out the token Abdullah gave him and shouted, "Garchomp, we mean no offense. This is my proof of identity!"
"Gaaar~"
Seeing the token, the two Garchomps instantly calmed down. Because these two Garchomps had also been captured by trainers before, but later, due to their strength stagnating before reaching Gym Leader-level, they were released into the secret realm to reproduce. Therefore, these two Garchomps had strong obedience, and their wild nature was much weaker than wild Garchomps.
"Garchomp, can you take me to see your territory?"
Basalt directly stated his purpose, and the Garchomps didn't refuse. Because they knew very well that to become stronger, it was best to follow a human trainer for cultivation. So they weren't repulsed by humans.
"Gaaar~ Gaaar~"
Garchomp waved its hand, signaling Basalt to follow.
Holding Carbink and mounting Bronzong, Basalt quickly followed.
The Garchomps' nest was on a volcano located at the edge of the desert. It was very warm here, but almost no other Pokémon could be seen nearby. Presumably, the Garchomps' fierce reputation kept ordinary Pokémon from daring to approach. Because generally speaking, prey targeted by Garchomp had nowhere to flee. And Garchomps loved to rush into flocks of bird Pokémon and swallow the entire flock, completely disregarding overfishing. Even without the Flying type, Garchomp would engage in aerial battles with the Flying-type Salamence over food issues, completely fearless.
Truly brave!
So although Garchomp was docile now, Basalt knew this was a ferocious, tyrannical species!
Soon, Basalt saw the pseudo-legendary cubs he had been longing for: two Gibles and two Gabites!
The big-headed, big-mouthed Gibles had lively personalities. Seeing Basalt brought by Garchomp, not only did they not attack, but they even ran over curiously, examining Basalt up close. As for the larger Gabites, they just watched from afar, not approaching.
"Check the Ability first!"
Basalt raised an eyebrow and quickly squatted down to examine the Gible in front of him carefully.
Four eyes met, and Gible suddenly jumped up, opening its bloody mouth to bite Basalt's head.
"Holy sh*t!"
Basalt was scared out of his wits. With Gible's bite force, crushing rocks was easy. If this landed on his head, it would probably explode. After all, he wasn't a Super Pallet Townian (like Ash).
Fortunately, Bronzong's psychic power had been covering and guarding. Just as Gible jumped into mid-air, it was restrained by Bronzong's telekinesis.
Basalt took the opportunity to reach out and touch Gible gently. It felt not like skin but a flat file, and his hand recoiled reflexively.
"Rough Skin Ability!"
Basalt sighed secretly.
The Gible family only had two abilities: Rough Skin and Sand Veil. Although Rough Skin could also fit into a Sandstorm team, if there was a choice, Basalt still hoped for a Gible with the Sand Veil ability.
After releasing Gible, Bronzong used telekinesis to restrain the other Gible to prevent it from moving around and hurting Basalt. The two Garchomps didn't object to this.
"Rough Skin again!"
Basalt was extremely disappointed.
As for the Gabites, Basalt wasn't considering them for now. Because Gabites were considered sub-adults; although they still had cultivation potential, it was obviously inferior to Gibles. And Basalt had more choices than just the Garchomp line.
So, Basalt chose to leave first.
"Gaaar~"
Seeing this, the two Garchomps were a bit angry, wishing they could kill Basalt with their eyes. Because this guy Basalt actually looked down on their children? If not for Basalt having the token, they would definitely have taught him a good lesson!
In the end, Basalt was rudely driven out of the territory by the Garchomps.
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