Chapter 1157

Deep in the Spirit Realm.

Phoebe was enveloped in a faint white glow.

According to her, this was the light emitted by her clothes, which used to protect her body to avoid getting sick from long-term activities in the Spirit Realm.

After all, mediums are human, while the Spirit Realm is the world of Ghost-type Pokémon and souls.

And this faint fluorescence naturally couldn't dispel the darkness, so Dusclops used its single eye to act as a flashlight.

The road ahead was clear.

All Baimu silently withdrew his super-strong 150,000-lumen flashlight, not giving this divine artifact a chance to appear.

Seeing that they were getting further and further away from the Spirit Realm Gate, Phoebe stopped and pointed to the top of his head.

"You have the talent to be a medium."

Beside the paper Spirit Hat, two azure ghost flames swayed in the wind, like will-o'-the-wisps.

She continued, "These two flames are essentially the manifestation of your soul. Normally, I would need to stimulate them.

"But it burned on its own just now, proving that your spiritual power is strong enough to leave your body."

Speaking of this, Phoebe suddenly remembered All Baimu's past experiences—

This is a strange person who died and was resurrected.

Although Phoebe and her grandmother had different views on the concept of "resurrection," they argued for a long time about the situation that happened to All Baimu after they returned.

But regaining life is already something ordinary people cannot understand.

She explained it in detail.

In short, the special abilities belonging to humans in the Pokémon world are all the same, basically closely related to spiritual power.

After all, humans cannot use elemental energy.

They can only train their bodies and minds.

And in urban legends, the boy who woke up and became an Alakazam is by no means groundless.

Mysterious mediums also roam in the spiritual realm.

As long as you can make your spiritual power leave your body, you have the possibility of communicating with souls and traveling through the Spirit Realm.

Phoebe tempted him, "Want to try channeling? It's very interesting~ You can listen to all kinds of different people and Pokémon telling you stories~"

"... If there's a chance."

All Baimu used 【Next Time】.

Super effective!

Phoebe was full of disappointment, muttering, "Okay, next time then."

She, who had been stood up for almost a year, knew clearly that this "next time" would probably take even longer.

All Baimu was indeed not very interested in listening to other people's stories right now.

The simulator was enough to satisfy his curiosity.

However, a medium should want to experience it; communicating with souls, summoning souls—what if he could use it a hundred years later?

If he could turn into a Ghost-type Pokémon this way, maybe that would be good too.

Of course.

It's best to maintain a human form.

His goal is to become a man who lives long and sees long, like AZ and Cogita!

Didn't stay in place for too long.

The two continued to move deeper into the Spirit Realm.

Same as the Sootopolis Hotel he had seen before, the Spirit Realm connected to Mt. Pyre also had a "Mt. Pyre."

It's just that the environment looks more dilapidated, like a map in the game "Dark Souls."

"Amazing, right?"

Phoebe talked eloquently, "Some people say the Spirit Realm is the opposite side of the world, belonging to the antimatter domain."

"Antimatter domain?"

All Baimu instantly thought of the third child of a certain god.

Legend says Dialga symbolizes time, Palkia symbolizes space, and Giratina was banished because of its violent personality, existing on the back of the world and symbolizing the antimatter domain.

Will it come to the Spirit Realm?

Hard to say.

The anime theatrical version clearly mentioned the Distortion World.

Giratina lives in it and is extremely repulsive to intruders.

Many settings of the Distortion World have similarities with the Spirit Realm, but they clearly don't belong to the Spirit Realm.

At least not right now.

The two pushed open the decaying iron door and completely left the long underground tunnel.

What was visible to the naked eye was the first level of "Mt. Pyre"—a dilapidated cemetery where countless weeds broke through the ground, surrounding many incomplete tombstones, looking particularly eerie and terrifying.

Phoebe was clearly familiar with this place, humming a song as she walked, strolling as if she were walking in her own backyard.

Maybe that's not wrong?

But don't look at how quiet the cemetery is; it's actually very "lively."

When the two walked forward, they often encountered one or two Ghost-type Pokémon jumping out at the corners; their appearances were often unusually ferocious.

Like some realistic Pokémon drawn by certain artists, leaning towards the bizarre direction.

But whenever they discovered that the visitor was Phoebe, they would flee in a panic like mice seeing a cat, and their ferocious appearances would immediately return to their original state.

All Baimu and the group of Pokémon subconsciously turned their heads to look at her.

"Ahahahaha..."

Phoebe laughed awkwardly, "I'm very familiar with them. These bad guys always like to scare people; if they can't scare me, they naturally run away."

Really?

I don't believe it.

Four pairs of eyes revealed the same meaning.

Phoebe said shyly, "Don't worry about that! Let's hurry up! Speed is key to avoid being discovered by Grandmother!"

She walked forward quickly.

A smile bloomed on All Baimu's face as he chased after her, "You should have quite a few friends in the Spirit Realm?"

"Of course!"

Speaking of this, the girl suddenly became proud.

She waved her hand, and the Dusclops acting as a flashlight flew toward the depths.

Shiny Gengar took over the lighting task, but it was a jumpy personality, using colored lights very restlessly, turning the desolate and quiet cemetery into a dazzling disco.

"Jiehehehe~"

It laughed strangely, until its head was lightly patted by All Baimu, and then it settled down and turned back into white light.

Phoebe couldn't help but praise, "Your Gengar is really lively!"

"Sometimes a bit too lively."

All Baimu also had a smile on his face, clearly not as disgusted as he said.

The two continued forward, and not long after, Dusclops brought Phoebe's Pokémon friends—

A large group of Shuppet.

These Pokémon, which looked like Teru Teru Bozu, enthusiastically surrounded her.

"Bo~ Bo~"

Some Shuppet also quickly set their sights on All Baimu and the Pokémon on him.

After circling them several times, they locked onto Gengar.

"Bo~ Bo~"

The Shuppet showed an intoxicated expression.

Gengar's smile stiffened slightly.

Phoebe explained in a timely manner, "Shuppet like the emotions of jealousy and resentment; these are their favorite 'food'."

How could All Baimu not know this?

He even knew clearly that Shuppet sensed these emotions with the horn on their heads, and Gengar knew it too.

So the gray fatty angrily waved its claws to drive them away.

"Gengar! Gengar!"

It looked up at its Trainer in grievance, as if wanting to prove that it didn't have these two emotions.

All Baimu touched its head, "It doesn't matter, who doesn't have a little temper or little emotions? I don't mind, don't think too much."

It's really normal for Gengar to have emotions.

As the saying goes, people who are used to bringing laughter to others are not necessarily positive themselves.

The gray fatty's purpose of being funny has little to do with its own emotions.

It's purely for the sake of being funny to attract attention.

Love can certainly make it grow flesh crazily, but it cannot completely erase the scars after healing.

Pokémon are harder to adapt than humans; they can be obsessed with one thing for decades or even hundreds of years.

Gengar's appearance makes it look not so ordinary, but it is really just a very ordinary Pokémon.

Without All Baimu's careful upbringing, tireless teaching, and the power infusion of the simulator, it would never have reached its current height in its life.

Gengar is very ordinary and very common.

Being so ordinary, it will be jealous, resentful, and have all the emotions it should have, just like normal Pokémon; this is completely fine.

"Gengar..."

It closed its eyes, feeling the warm touch from its Trainer, and its emotions gradually calmed down.

The urgent pursuit of power made it irritable.

Gengar realized this, but didn't know how to adjust, so it could only rely on its Trainer's wisdom.

Believing that the Trainer could definitely arrange everything properly.

Phoebe withdrew her gaze from Gengar.

The reason she took the initiative to suggest going to the Spirit Realm to gain power was also out of curiosity about Gengar and All Baimu.

They have now become Champion-level figures.

What made Gengar urgently want to seize the time to improve itself? Even rolling on the ground and making a scene?

To be honest.

Gengar's performance during the day really made Phoebe feel a bit disillusioned with the Champion's Pokémon.

After all, whether it's Wallace or Champion Dawu, their Pokémon didn't behave so... unreliable?

Of course, this is actually a filter Phoebe put on herself.

Although she is the Hoenn Elite Four, she mostly contacts Champion Dawu and Wallace's Pokémon on the battlefield, so naturally, she couldn't see what they were like in private.

Her own Pokémon also have personalities like Gengar.

The farce ended quickly.

Phoebe said goodbye to the Shuppet and took All Baimu to the second level to greet the Dusclops group that had been guarding here.

Her Dusclops came from among them and had already become the strongest among them.

"Why didn't I see any evil spirits?"

All Baimu found that they had been in the Spirit Realm for quite a while, and hadn't seen a single evil spirit.

Phoebe said, "Of course they were all driven away."

The first and second levels are close to the Spirit Realm entrance; Dusclops will guard here to prevent evil spirits from approaching the gate quietly.

Relying on that group of unreliable Sableye, how could they defend against such a big "hole"?

"The order of the Spirit Realm."

All Baimu wasn't too surprised.

Phoebe and her grandparents live here, and the League allows ordinary people to come for funerals, so naturally, they dare to guarantee safety.

If the Spirit Realm's Mt. Pyre were particularly chaotic, the real Mt. Pyre wouldn't be peaceful either.

Went to the third level.

He saw the evil spirits he was "thinking about" as he wished.

The appearance of these things was no different from ordinary people, just like the guy he saw at the Sootopolis Hotel before.

It's just that they generally don't have the insight of Ghost-type Pokémon; they would take the initiative to come forward and talk to Phoebe and All Baimu, saying all kinds of strange things in seductive tones.

"No matter what they say, don't pay attention to them, okay?"

Phoebe had warned him before taking him into the third level.

The chaotic minds of evil spirits will make them try to seduce everything they can see, commonly known as "ghost talk."

If you believe them, they will try to take away part of your things.

It could be spiritual power, or it could be the body.

The Spirit Hat can't completely block the attention of evil spirits; it can only prevent them from actively harassing All Baimu.

The living aura will make them lose their only "reason."

And the existence of evil spirits is mainly related to their unwillingness to die; they will try everything possible to obtain things that allow them to survive.

The two ignored one evil spirit after another.

These things watched the two leave unwillingly, but were helpless.

The existence of Dusclops and other Pokémon made them not dare to use force at all.

Fourth level.

It's very empty here.

But All Baimu could clearly feel the strange aura.

Phoebe explained, "It's very close to the Spirit Realm Pulse here; it's normal for you as a living person to feel uncomfortable. I couldn't get used to it at first either."

The light on her body became a little brighter.

The flame on All Baimu's head didn't change significantly, but it still burned very firmly.

Walked out of the fourth level and came to the "outdoors."

All Baimu felt the wind blowing in his face and the endless pitch-black world.

Even if Gengar strengthened the flash effect, it was useless; the light was swallowed up completely.

The two came to the top level, the shrine corresponding to the real world.

The temple in the center was overflowing with visible black energy, like a spring constantly gushing out.

And what surprised All Baimu was that there was a translucent bubble on top of the black energy.

"Welcome to the core of the Spirit Realm! The Spirit Realm Pulse!"

Phoebe introduced it to him with a smile, "The planet has earth veins, and the Spirit Realm also has earth veins; Mt. Pyre just happens to have one. I dare to boast that letting Gengar try is for this!"

All Baimu asked, "Spirit Realm Pulse... are you talking about these fumes?"

"Yes!"

Phoebe nodded, "As long as Gengar touches these fumes, there is a certain probability of being infected by the Spirit Realm and obtaining its power."

"Is it dangerous?"

"As far as I know, no."

The girl used a very rigorous statement, "This thing is like a spring; some Pokémon can absorb the spring water after entering, and for some Pokémon, the spring water is still spring water after entering."

All Baimu: "... Understood, then what is that bubble?"

"Bubble? What bubble?"

Phoebe looked at the temple suspiciously.

The moment All Baimu raised his hand, the bubble disappeared into the fumes, "I saw a bubble, translucent; didn't you see it?"

"No!"

Phoebe's expression became serious.

She believed All Baimu wouldn't joke about such a critical place and quickly ran to the temple to check the situation.

But no matter how she looked, she didn't find any trace of the bubble.

All Baimu said seriously, "I'm sure I saw a bubble just now."

"Hmm..."

Phoebe pondered and nodded, "I believe you, but I've never encountered this kind of thing. Maybe I should ask Grandmother. How about we call it a day?"

She didn't act big.

The weird situation made her unable to be sure if Gengar could be safe if it went again.

All Baimu didn't want to encounter bad things either, "Fine, then let's go out first?"

Leaving as soon as they said so.

Two young people who looked steady but were actually very cautious walked back.

Not two seconds after rushing out, All Baimu saw the bubble again, and this time Phoebe saw it too.

Because it was huge, as big as a person.

A crimson giant eye was watching them through this bubble, like a bloody eyeball.

All Baimu's heart skipped a beat, and Phoebe widened her eyes.

What—

The hell!!

In an instant, black shadows spread from the feet of the two, forming a strange dragon shape!