Chapter 259: Become a New Friend, Tudi Yun!

Magic is amazing, isn’t it?

Of course, to Cain, a psychic, this was utterly incredible—but for Tudi Yun, that attack had just enraged it!

Though it was already in an extreme state of rage to begin with! In extreme rage, it had been furious all day!

【Quest Linked: Help the Buried God of the Desert!】

【Reward: Released Jade ×4, Fertile Soil ×10, Sunlight ×1, Fertile Blessing ×?, Unknown Badge ×?, Unique TM (Rock Slide/Heat Wave/Psychic)!】

【Description: The Fertile God Tudi Yun, hidden within the ancient city, has gone berserk due to an invasion by ancient spiritual forces. Why did the ancient spirits grow angry? What in the ancient city is emitting signals that enrage it? Defeat or soothe Tudi Yun, and find the chamber where the ancient spirits have coalesced!】

Having been knocked to the ground, Tudi Yun slammed both hands onto the earth!

Earth Power!

Releases earth energy beneath the opponent’s feet. Sometimes lowers the opponent’s Special Defense!

Tudi Yun unleashed a shockwave from the ground, summoning stone pillars and the essence of earth to strike its foe, causing the ground beneath the opponent to violently tremble! The entire ancient city seemed to shake—and Guang Tai’s first thought was:

This ancient city’s construction is solid—how come the floor didn’t collapse from such moves?

Following Guang Tai’s mental command, the giant tree on Tutaigui’s back swayed violently, and countless spinning leaf blades shot through the air!

Leaf Blade!

Facing the Grass-type attack, Tudi Yun, still on the ground, raised a pale green energy shield to block it—but Tutaigui’s assault wouldn’t stop so easily. The ancient god clearly didn’t understand this, so Tutaigui opened its mouth.

Seed Machine Gun!

An even fiercer storm of seeds blasted forward. Tudi Yun’s shield shattered—the Protect had worn off—and it was immediately overwhelmed by a barrage of seed bullets. Yet, as a high-level Legendary Pokémon with its own legend, it was far from being defeated so easily.

Not to mention, in the anime, it once stood toe-to-toe with Zhu Lan’s Wangpai , Garchomp!

Then, amplified by the raging spiritual tide of the ancient city, Tudi Yun charged straight through the endless hail of Seed Machine Gun, slammed its hands together!

Rock Blast!

Sharp rocks materialized out of thin air, clashing with the seed bullets. Tudi Yun, wild with fury, poured all its strength into a relentless, reckless barrage—quickly halting Tutaigui’s “Leaf Blade + Seed Machine Gun” rapid assault!

“Now’s the time for a group attack! That’s it—overwhelm it!”

Guang Tai threw out three Poké Balls!

Shieldon, Skitty, Riolu!

“Skitty, clear the fog!”

First, remove the Stealth Rock!

A gentle wind spun around, and Flygon’s Dance shattered all the floating Stealth Rocks from the air!

“Ugh!”

Though in a rage, Tudi Yun was startled to see a group of Pokémon charging at it!

Aren’t you supposed to fight one at a time?

Its rage-fueled, simple mind couldn’t think—but at least, it couldn’t let these Pokémon attack it!

So Tudi Yun slammed its hands down again, summoning a vast sandstorm that turned into a scorching, swirling desert hurricane!

Heat Wave—attacks with scorching sand and fierce winds. Sometimes burns the opponent!

At least, I’ll slap on some negative status effects first!

“Here!”

Shieldon raised its massive shield, activating “King’s Posture” on the spot to face the scorching storm!

Glowing golden lightning crackled, transforming Shieldon into a golden greatsword. In defense mode, it ignored all incoming move impacts and reduced all damage taken by 50%!

Then—King’s Shield!

Skitty and Riolu hid behind Shieldon’s massive shield. Skitty’s leaves glowed with frosty chill, and Riolu’s aura was already charged and ready!

The Heat Wave trapped the three Pokémon. Tudi Yun drew power from the surrounding earth, finally soaring back into the sky—this time with a clear target: it dodged the endless machine-gun bullets and charged straight at Guang Tai!

No more of that weird magic branch shooting me down! That was the only thought left in Tudi Yun’s mind, controlled by the ancient spirit!

A massive orange-yellow energy arm rose high!

Arm Thrust!

Swings a powerful, heavy fist to strike the opponent. User’s Speed drops by one stage!

Wild Pokémon attack Trainers—they’re sometimes clever enough to know that once the Trainer falls, the Pokémon lose their command and fall into chaos!

But Guang Tai isn’t an ordinary Trainer!

The orange-yellow energy arm came crashing down, sending a shockwave through the ground—but it halted mid-air!

Guang Tai dropped the Shikari Branch and held the Arm Thrust with both hands!

“Ladong?!”

Tudi Yun’s eyes widened in disbelief—its move had been blocked by a human!

Wait, are you even human?!

And Guang Tai’s display of power suddenly startled Tudi Yun with his sheer “presence” and “strength”!

It recoiled, panicked—even in its rage, fear surged through it!

This was the instant activation of Hero’s Knowledge!

“Hey!”

In that moment of pause, an aura bullet shot out from within the Heat Wave!

Aura Sphere!

Star-based aura increases damage to any Pokémon by 1.2x. If the target has stat-boosting effects, damage increases by an additional 1.5x!

Even though Tudi Yun resists Fighting-type moves, the Aura Sphere still made it stagger mid-air—and then Skitty’s attack was already upon it!

Ice Spin!

Covered in thin ice, spins and strikes the opponent, disrupting the battlefield with rotation!

This icy spin struck Tudi Yun with precise elegance. It was knocked back down from the air—its 4x weakness to Ice made it unable to withstand the blow. Even with the huge level gap, it still took heavy damage!

“Ladong!”

Huh!

The spiritual power of the fourth level surged suddenly. Tudi Yun gathered the ocean-like spiritual force, and between its hands, a powerful pink radiance began to glow!

“Psychic!”

Cain gasped. Though he desperately wanted to join the battle, he couldn’t intervene. But the move Tudi Yun unleashed, amplified by the violent spiritual surge of the ancient city, was one every psychic knew too well!

But with such massive amplification—could this still even be called “Psychic”?

Tudi Yun now channeled boundless psychic power, unleashing a colossal surge of psychic energy at Guang Tai and the Pokémon!

The entire fourth level seemed ready to be overturned. The massive quake made the wildlands above tremble. Jue Lao, the workers, and the Plasma Group members deep in the third and fourth levels all felt the force of this attack!

“Oh my god, what’s happening?!”

Jue Lao stared in disbelief at the direction of the tremors—what in the fourth level was going on?

Yoge was delighted.

That energy was immense. If this Pokémon could be captured—whether or not it was Volcarona—it could become the Plasma Group’s Wangpai !

“Fight back!”

But Guang Tai and the Pokémon didn’t retreat. Now, focus your spirit—unleash the power drawn from the Heroes of Unova!

Transfer Determination—pass your determination to your Pokémon, temporarily boosting their power and endurance!

Transfer Resolve—pass your resolve to your Pokémon, temporarily boosting their energy and willpower!

Then—Fragment of Victory! Greatly boosts the power and stamina of Pokémon or humans!

Shieldon, Iron Head!

Skitty, Solar Blade!

Riolu, Dark Pulse!

Tutaigui, Seed Machine Gun!

Different elemental energies exploded instantly, colliding with the ocean-like Psychic surge. The shockwave swept across the entire fourth level, blasting Plasma Group grunts who had come to capture the Pokémon into the air!

Cain barely dodged the shockwave by hiding behind a wall. As for Guang Tai, the Pokémon, and Tudi Yun—they stood at the epicenter, where immense energy twisted the air!

Shieldon’s beam faded, then immediately raised its King’s Shield. The shockwave slammed into the shield, leaving everyone unharmed. Tudi Yun, however, was blasted backward by the raw force, crashing heavily to the ground!

“Ladong...”

After the energy shockwave passed, the scene was in ruins. Tall stone pillars had collapsed into rubble; the city walls were scarred with energy shattering marks.

The clash of power caused the furious ancient spirit to recede like a tide—it had already erupted once, and wouldn’t regain control of Tudi Yun anytime soon.

Tudi Yun, too, briefly broke free from the ancient spirit’s control.

The ancient god opened its eyes wide. The wild spiritual force twisted reality before it—but slowly, things returned to normal. It panted heavily. Memories of the battle sharpened. It stared in disbelief at the few Pokémon before it.

Such immense power... how is this possible?

But Guang Tai wasn’t doing well either.

“Determination and resolve drain my spiritual energy too. I made a mistake.”

“No—the Fragment of Victory affected me even more!”

He looked at the dimming Fragment of Victory in his hand—a strange V-shaped crystal, a reward from the Link Tree. It seemed to come from Victini. This infinite victory power was beyond the control of ordinary psychics—and the cost was massive spiritual depletion.

At the same time, using two Hero powers at once was still too much for Guang Tai right now.

Even after spiritual training with other psychics, he still couldn’t fully project his power onto his Pokémon.

I need to keep improving my spiritual energy.

“Looks like I still have a long way to go. I need to train harder in psychic cultivation. Should I go back and ask Jia Deliya, Na Zi, and Yi Shu for advice again?”

“Ah, Tudi Yun—have you calmed down?”

Guang Tai saw that Tu Di Yun had returned to normal and was staring at him, so he kindly tried to greet it.

Tu Di Yun raised an eyebrow and regarded Guang Tai with suspicion.

Its memories of the recent battle had fully returned; Tu Di Yun stroked its chin and scrutinized this intruder.

Though it had invaded its territory, it had also saved it.

At that moment, voices from Plasma Team elites echoed from afar.

“Ah, what Pokémon is that?!”

“The source of that immense energy—it’s that one! Such overwhelming power… the opponent is a Pokémon Trainer! Damn it! He must be trying to capture this Pokémon—we won’t allow it!”

Plasma Team elite soldiers appeared on the fourth level, spotted Tu Di Yun, and attempted to capture it—while also releasing their own Pokémon, ready to seize the Pokémon in Guang Tai’s hands too!

“Those Pokémon forced into battle are truly pitiful.”

“We will ‘liberate’ them from your grasp!”

The self-righteous soldiers charged forward, intending to capture Tu Di Yun—but at that moment, Tu Di Yun’s gaze sharpened!

It clapped its hands together!

The entire fourth level trembled violently; deep fissures tore across the floor tiles!

A colossal force threatened to rip the entire fourth level apart!

Technique: One-Hit Kill—Earth Split!

The Plasma Team elites’ Pokémon plunged directly into the ground fissures, taking their trainers down with them; the earth-elemental shockwave battered their internal organs, leaving all their Pokémon on the brink of death in a single strike!

“Hmph!”

Tu Di Yun scoffed. These foolish humans had rushed in shouting nonsense—but no doubt, they’d just tried to capture it.

It wasn’t the first time such people had appeared; for creatures like them, Earth Split was the best way to say hello.

“Ah, thank you—but you’ve nearly torn apart the entire fourth level! By the way, how is this city even structured? Why hasn’t it collapsed yet?”

Guang Tai took some medicine, regaining his vigor, while Tu Di Yun drifted before him and gave a slight nod of approval.

You withstood my Arm Hammer head-on—you’re not even human!

But precisely because of that, you fought alongside your Pokémon without retreating—and won this battle. That’s undeniable. And you’ve earned my favor.

Tu Di Yun fished in its body, then pulled out a gem and handed it to Guang Tai.

“What’s this… a badge?”

“Ladong (Gem of Abundance. A gift.).”

【Precious Material: Gem of Abundance.】

【Description: The Gem of Abundance obtained from Tu Di Yun—a crystallization of abundance energy, visible only on Tu Di Yun’s belly when in its spirit-beast form.】

【Effect: Brings abundance to land, greatly enhancing the power of Ground, Grass, and Flying types!】

【Knowledge Gained: Abundance Cultivation—Soil you cultivate becomes twice as fertile and abundant. It can also transform Wind and Thunder energy into soil-penetrating force. If used on Turtwig, Turtwig will gain the same cultivation knowledge. The same applies to Zhi Shu.】

Then Tu Di Yun raised both hands, showering down a vast rain of earth essence. Each year, it gathered power within the ancient city, drawing earth energy from the endless desert sands to nourish the soil of Unova.

In the anime, this blessing is called the Sunlight summoned by Tu Di Yun—capable of instantly sprouting and growing vegetation, wielding powerful healing and beneficent energy.

Then Tu Di Yun gazed thoughtfully at the several unconscious Plasma Team elites behind it.

It had anticipated a great battle here—but it still had a more vital mission to fulfill. If these people destroyed the ancient city, not only would it lose its future supply point, but it might even be captured by these schemers.

Now the ancient city was filled with people… drawing attention was not wise.

Perhaps it could ask this person before it to take it out?

Tu Di Yun stroked its beard, thinking of a clever plan.

“Ladong!” Tu Di Yun pointed at Guang Tai’s Poké Ball!

(End of Chapter)