Free Web NovelChapter 1512: Chapter 1508: The Increase Brought by the Reverse Scale (2)
Seeing Gengar and Mismagius strengthened, and Darkrai exhausted and lying on the ground, a smile appeared on Cain’s face.
However, upon seeing that smile, for some reason Darkrai and Gengar both shuddered at the same time, as if they had thought of something very unpleasant.
In reality, Cain was simply thinking about the remaining energy inside the reverse scale.
If just the Ghost-type energy had already produced such an increase, he felt immense curiosity about what kind of improvement the full use of the remaining Dragon-type energy and the reverse scale itself would bring to his Pokémon.
Of course, to help other Pokémon absorb that energy in the future, he would inevitably need the strongest ones, Darkrai and Gengar, to work together to suppress the energy release of the reverse scale.
"No wonder it’s Giratina’s reverse scale... the energy it contains is truly terrifying. For him, losing this scale must have reduced his power by at least a full level, or perhaps even more?" Cain murmured as he looked at the scale resting calmly in his hand.
Since the Ghost-type energy had been completely extracted, the reverse scale had now taken on a dark red hue and no longer exerted too much influence on whoever held it.
Aside from being somewhat warm to the touch, it was not much different from an ordinary scale.
Such a restrained appearance did not match the flamboyant character of the Dragon of the Underworld at all, but it made Cain’s task of continuing to separate its energy much easier.
...
Seven days later.
Although the interior of the barrier at the mountain summit was isolated from the outside, dawn and dusk still followed the same rhythm as on the continent.
And during those seven days, Cain finally managed to completely separate all the Dragon-type energy contained in Giratina’s reverse scale.
The reason it took seven days was that this energy turned out to be far more difficult to handle than he had imagined, much more complicated than extracting the Ghost-type energy.
But in the end, he succeeded in isolating it all.
And, interestingly enough, this time the energy of the reverse scale did not go out of control. Apart from being somewhat stubborn, everything proceeded quite normally.
Darkrai and Gengar only went through an unnecessary scare. For them, this time it was merely a routine operation.
As he looked at the enormous red-and-blue egg before him, taller than a person, and felt the intense energy fluctuations emanating from within it, Cain’s face filled with a smile that was hard to suppress.
Among Cain’s Pokémon, the only one capable of absorbing this Dragon-type energy was, without a doubt, Salamence. And the current Salamence already possessed—albeit just barely—the capacity to completely absorb all of that energy.
The absorption process lasted a full five days, and at that moment, it was already nearing its end.
Salamence’s quality had already reached the Light Black color. All that remained was to see whether, thanks to this increase, it could continue advancing one more step.
After all, once a Pokémon’s quality reaches the Black color rank, even the slightest improvement carries an enormous impact.
Moreover, in theory, reaching the Black color rank means surpassing the quality of ordinary Pokémon and reaching the level of legendary Pokémon.
At that level, improving quality becomes extraordinarily difficult.
Crack... crack... crack—
Just as Cain imagined Salamence breaking through the limit of his quality, achieving a qualitative transformation in both strength and potential, and himself riding a Mega Salamence sweeping across the entire Pokémon world... the sound of the shell cracking abruptly pulled him out of his reverie.
"¡¡¡GRROOAAARR!!!"
A draconic roar, imposing to the extreme, resounded throughout the entire barrier at the summit of the continent’s central mountain.
Before Cain appeared a majestic and handsome Dragon-type Pokémon, completely covered in a dominant blue.
It was the Salamence he had been waiting for for so long!
For a Pokémon, every breaking of a "shell" represents a qualitative transformation, although such opportunities are truly rare.
In this case, Salamence had only formed that egg because the Dragon-type energy was too dense, and with the support of abundant energy, he had been forced to wrap himself within one.
Cain smiled and gently stroked the head that Salamence lowered toward him.
Although he had not yet scanned his data or current condition, Cain could already clearly feel the powerful energy fluctuations emanating from Salamence. Compared to before, the improvement was truly remarkable.
Even so, Cain was also prepared for the result not fully reaching his ideal.
Pokémon: Salamence (Light Black)
Gender: Male
Level: 84
Types: Dragon + Flying
Ability: Intimidate
Held Item: Fragment of Sky Plate, Salamencite
Egg Moves: Hydro Pump, Dragon Dance, Fire Fang, Dragon Rush freёwebnovel.com
Basic Moves: Rage, Ember, Leer, Bite, Dragon Breath, Headbutt, Focus Energy, Crunch, Dragon Claw, Protect, Fly, Dragon Tail, Thunder Fang, Zen Headbutt, Scary Face, Flamethrower, Double-Edge
Learned Moves: Dragon Pulse, Snore, Outrage, Aqua Tail, Hyper Voice, Draco Meteor, Heat Wave, Defog, Iron Tail, Tailwind
TM Moves: Roost, Earthquake, Brick Break, Aerial Ace, Steel Wing, Shadow Claw, Stone Edge, Double Team
The first thing that stood out was Salamence’s quality. As expected, it was still Light Black.
While feeling a slight disappointment, Cain also found it reasonable. If a mere reverse scale of Giratina could raise Light Black quality to Black, then no matter how powerful Giratina was, he would probably have already been completely plucked clean by others, since the Pokémon world lacks no hidden experts.
However, although the quality did not ascend to Black, the intensity of its color had deepened considerably. With a similar opportunity in the future, it was very likely that it would reach that level.
As for the level, Salamence’s increase left Cain very satisfied.
In this state, after Mega Evolution, Salamence would undoubtedly break through to the first threshold of the Champion level. That strength made him the true backbone of Cain’s main team.
That Salamence had managed to grow so quickly despite starting so late was undoubtedly due to multiple opportunities, but in Cain’s view, the decisive factor had been his own effort.
Since his days as a Bagon, due to his birth environment, Salamence had always been one of the Pokémon who suffered the most among all of Cain’s Pokémon... and also one of those who worked the hardest.
For Cain, his current power was inseparably tied to that effort.
Cain once again gave a few gentle pats to Salamence’s neck as a sign of approval.
Then he looked at Giratina’s reverse scale, which had now turned a silvery gray color, and sighed, "Now this really gives me a headache, thinking about how to use this final part..."
(End of Chapter)
