Chapter 15: The Power of Terastallization

"Terastallize, Swampert!"

As soon as the words left his lips, Luo Mu tightened his grip on the Tera Orb in his hand; the originally pitch-black orb suddenly ignited with a blue radiance, that strange energy known as "Tera Energy."

Luo Mu forcefully threw the Tera Orb, now overflowing with light, toward the top of Swampert's head, forming a perfect parabola.

Swampert's eyes stared straight at the Tera Orb above its head, and as if responding to it, the orb instantly burst forth with a brilliant, gem-like shimmering brilliance.

The light rained down from mid-air, transforming into crystals emitting a charming halo that enveloped Swampert's entire body; the next moment, a crisp shattering sound like breaking glass rang out alongside the explosion of the crystals.

At that same moment, amidst the scattering crystal shards and star-like sparks, Swampert's drastically transformed body appeared before the eyes of Luo Mu, Penny, and the Mabosstiff Father.

At this moment, Swampert's body surface appeared as though covered in gems, radiating a dazzling, brilliant light.

On its head, a Tera Gem resembling a Wang Guan had appeared at some point, and atop that gem sat an object looking exactly like a cross-section diagram of the Earth.

This object was composed of pure Tera Energy, filled with various elements.

Oceans, plains, Shanfeng, inner core, outer core, mantle, crust, and other elements...

It looked filled with a bizarre and strange sensation.

Luo Mu murmured, "Tera... Ground."

Penny was even more excited than Luo Mu, the one actually using Terastallization; with a face full of excitement, he hugged the Mabosstiff Father, his feet constantly tapping in small motions against the ground.

"It's Terastallization! So handsome, so cool, so stylish!!"

A look of longing appeared on Penny's face; when would he be able to let his Mabosstiff Father Terastallize?

Luo Mu wore a look of confusion; was there really any need for Penny to be this excited?

Compared to Mega Evolution, Z-Moves, and Dynamax, the visual style of Terastallization was truly somewhat out of place.

But as one of the four major systems, the potential of Terastallization was beyond doubt.

Luo Mu crooked a finger, and Swampert, while feeling the novel energy appearing within its body, slowly walked over to Luo Mu and squatted down.

Luo Mu poked the Wang Guan of the Tera Ground type, saying with a strange expression, "It's actually solid; I wonder how hard it is..."

Due to Luo Mu's action, Swampert also noticed the strange object that had suddenly appeared on its head and wore a look of disgust.

It had been wondering why walking felt so top-heavy just now; it turned out it was because of this extra burden. Although it didn't feel very heavy, it greatly affected bodily balance and the precision of movements, yet in high-level battles, even such a minute difference was enough to influence the outcome.

Seeing Swampert's disgust toward the Tera Wang Guan, Luo Mu smiled and said, "Just get used to it; this is a good thing that enhances your power..."

"Swamp..."

Swampert raised both arms to touch the Tera Wang Guan and responded with a depressed sound.

Watching Swampert's movements, several special uses for this Tera Wang Guan suddenly floated into Luo Mu's mind, but he shook his head and drove those thoughts away.

He had already retired, so what was the point of thinking about various tactics for battles?

After shaking off some thoughts that shouldn't exist right now, Luo Mu said to Penny, "Come with big brother; I'll show you a grand spectacle!"

"Mm!"

Penny nodded with Papa Heavy, and bringing the Mabosstiff Father along, he followed the footsteps of Luo Mu and Swampert, who was getting accustomed to its Terastallized body.

A moment later, Luo Mu and the others arrived at the farming zone, overgrown with weeds and littered with crushed stones.

Penny blinked, looking at the scene before him with some disbelief.

Although he was still young, due to his parents, he often read quite a few books.

Thus, he could naturally see that what Luo Mu called a "farming zone" was actually wasteland where one might not even be able to harvest potatoes!

To reclaim wasteland into land suitable for planting required expending massive amounts of manpower and resources; perhaps the power of Pokémon could speed it up... speed it up?

Penny suddenly turned his head to look at Swampert in its Terastallized state, realizing something.

Luo Mu and Swampert exchanged a glance of tacit understanding; without needing many words, Swampert had already assumed a stance and began brewing Ground-type energy.

As soon as it began brewing, Swampert was startled.

It felt that the vast Ground-type energy within its body seemed dyed with the same shimmering brilliance as when it Terastallized, and as the move was released, it plunged both Swampert and Luo Mu into a stunned silence.

Only to see Swampert stomp heavily upon the ground with Ground Heavy; like an earth dragon turning over, layer upon layer, earth-yellow waves shimmering with crystal light rolled outward in all directions like a tide.

The Ground-type move "Bulldoze"!

The tide swept through everything in its path; any crushed stones and weeds were overturned by the mighty force of Bulldoze, eventually turning into powder, the weeds uprooted, and even the solid ground transformed into slightly turned, loose soil.

Because before planning the area, Luo Mu had specifically let his Serperior use the pressure of a high-level Pokémon to drive the Pokémon living beneath this wasteland into the nearby mountains and forests.

With such a major undertaking, there would be no unexpected casualties.

Swampert widened its eyes, bewilderedly touching the Tera Wang Guan on its head, then looking down at its own feet.

It admitted that it hadn't used too much energy when unleashing this Bulldoze move, and its expectation was merely to overturn a small area of topsoil. However, under the blessing of this mysterious Tera Energy, apart from not bringing the intense shaking sensation of an earthquake, Bulldoze's power was nearly on par with Earthquake!

If Bulldoze was already like this, then what kind of splendor would Earthquake possess?

At this moment, Swampert deeply realized why Luo Mu had said such words; this strange Terastallization simply increased its power out of thin air in the simplest and most unadorned way!

If it had had this thing back then... perhaps, when facing that Avalugg, it could have achieved a better result?

Swampert fell into deep thought.

Hugging the Mabosstiff Father, a blush of unknown origin, whether shock or excitement, appeared on Penny's pure face as he murmured, "So strong... is this the power of a Champion-level Trainer's Pokémon?"

Luo Mu recovered from his surprise; although he had long known that the power brought by Terastallization would certainly not be weak, witnessing it with his own eyes still startled him with the degree of enhancement.

Could one say it truly deserved to be ranked alongside Mega Evolution, Z-Moves, and Dynamax?

Luo Mu estimated that once Swampert mastered the power of Terastallization, it would be able to dominate the battle against Luxray by virtue of its type advantage.

Next, Luo Mu took Swampert to completely tidy up all the wasteland in both the farming zone and the ranch zone; the stones that once lay "corpses everywhere" turned into powder, and the weeds were uprooted, awaiting cleanup.

After everything was finished, Swampert also dispelled its Terastallized state; reminiscing about the feeling of being full of power from just moments ago, Swampert gazed at the Tera Orb in Luo Mu's hand with burning eyes.

Feeling Swampert's gaze, Luo Mu glanced at the black Tera Orb in his hand, which had become dim and lusterless, and muttered, "The setting where it needs recharging after one use is bad civilization!"