Chapter 329: The Defiled Secret Seasoning and Turning the Impossible Into Reality

The dust cloud kicked up by the explosion was no less impressive than the sandstorms triggered by two Paradox Pokémon rolling, and the violent tremors were detectable even by Lei He in the distance.

Watching the Donphan panic slightly from the vibrations, Lei He wore a thoughtful smile.

Great Tusk and Iron Treads stopped their mutual collision, both looking up at Luo Mu and Dragonite in the sky; a pair of eyes filled with ferocity and a pair of utterly cold data eyes revealed emotions worlds apart.

Great Tusk roared, slamming its forelimbs heavily onto the sandy ground, causing countless cracks to appear as terrifying energy fluctuations churned continuously; in an instant, countless dazzling Ground-type energies erupted toward the sky like a volcanic explosion, forming a straight sword pointing directly at Luo Mu and Dragonite above!

Ground-type move, Earth Power!

Luo Mu, behind Dragonite, showed a strange expression; did this Great Tusk not understand type advantages?

Not to mention your trash Special Attack daring to use Earth Power, even if you used a Ground-type move, how do you expect to hit Dragonite with your head?

Without needing Luo Mu's reminder, Dragonite in the air gently flapped its wings; its seemingly clumsy and heavy body exploded with unusual speed, darting aside to let that Earth Power miss completely.

Although Dragonite had only just begun cultivating the Dragon Tamer Clan's "Extreme Speed Secret Manual" and had not yet mastered the Extreme Speed move or its advanced applications.

Dodging a single Earth Power move was an effortless task.

Compared to Great Tusk, which chose to attack directly, Iron Treads did not act first; a stream of data flowed through its crimson data eyes, as if analyzing something.

Naturally, the choices made by Iron Treads and Great Tusk did not escape Luo Mu's eyes.

However, their choices fit well with the eras they once inhabited and the personalities they formed during those times.

When facing a reckless opponent and a calculating one, what a Trainer like himself needed to do was send out Pokémon suitable for countering them.

The moment Dragonite successfully landed, Luo Mu pulled out the Poké Ball he had already clenched in his hand, ignored the colossal beings from the past and future on either side, and shouted in a deep voice, "Serperior!"

Amidst red light, Serperior held its head high, instantly locking onto Iron Treads on the other side, which seemed to be hatching some bad scheme.

Dragonite was a child Serperior had watched grow up; its battle style emphasized breaking all methods with sheer force, and it harbored no crooked schemes, so to prevent the family's child from being bullied, it naturally had to deal with this Iron Treads.

It was currently the hottest moment of the day, with an incredibly scorching sun hanging in the sky, but for Serperior, this was instead the most favorable weather.

The energy generated within its body by shining sunlight was continuously soaring!

Casting a cold glance at Iron Treads, Serperior lifted the tip of its tail, where three dark green leaves growing there were enveloped in a emerald halo; in an instant, they transformed into a hurricane composed of countless fluorescent green leaves, sweeping toward Iron Treads with a sharp and imposing momentum.

Leaf Storm continuously swept over Iron Treads' steel body, yet Iron Treads froze for a moment as if it had crashed, with several more streams of data flashing across its eyes.

As if it had found a method to counter Leaf Storm, a layer of thin ice immediately spread beneath Iron Treads' feet; it curled its body, turning into an "Ice Gyroscope" that spun in place, and amidst the spreading frost, it actually neutralized the entire Leaf Storm!

Ice-type move—Rapid Spin!

Serperior, whose body flashed with red light, raised an eyebrow, adding several degrees of seriousness to its arrogant gaze.

Just as expected.

While observing the battle between Cangyan Cangyan Rengui and Iron Valiant, it had already pondered whether Pokémon whose bodies were entirely metal and steel, with electronic eyes, possessed analytical abilities far surpassing ordinary Pokémon, or even individual Trainers.

Now it saw that this fellow called Iron Treads by Luo Mu even knew to use an Ice-type move to counter its Leaf Storm, completely different from that brute called Great Tusk on the other side that used a Ground-type move to attack Dragonite.

"Gah-lok!"

Serperior let out a high-pitched cry, and the tip of its tail once again emanated a Leaf Storm with momentum and power several times more terrifying than before.

Let it see just how long Iron Treads' little tricks could last under an absolute gap in power.

After all, its current condition was unexpectedly good!

On the other side, in the battlefield between Dragonite and Great Tusk.

At this moment, Dragonite directly grabbed the massive fangs Great Tusk wanted to pierce it with, forcibly matching strength with the big fellow Great Tusk.

After shoving Great Tusk away violently, Dragonite slammed the giant energy claws on its palms hard onto Great Tusk, only to be blocked by Great Tusk's Megahorn.

Even with its dual claws pinned, it could still use energy attacks.

Under Luo Mu's command, Dragonite planned to deal heavy damage to Great Tusk with the Water Gun move that countered it, but Great Tusk's innate instinct, upon sensing the crisis in an instant, intended to disregard everything and trigger an Earthquake move.

Unwilling to let Luo Mu get caught up in the Earthquake, Dragonite stepped back a few paces, picked up Luo Mu, and flew straight into the sky.

Luo Mu focused all his commanding energy on this side; he was not worried about the battlefield between Serperior and Iron Treads on the other side.

Because he believed Serperior could handle Iron Treads on its own, and this was also Luo Mu's trust in his second Pokémon.

As an ancient Paradox Pokémon, Great Tusk possessed power sufficient to shake mountains and move earth; in terms of strength, it was almost comparable to the Roaring Moon Luo Mu had encountered before, perhaps even slightly stronger.

It was roughly at a level where even Brother Brother Qingmu, working overtime overnight, could handle it easily; hmm... but if it were Kikuna, she would probably happily type out GG?

After all, this Great Tusk was a ruthless character capable of slipping out of the Paldea Crater silently and without a trace, so it did have some substance.

By the time the game's protagonist reached this point, they should have had strength approaching that of an Elite Four member, and plus the rotation battle of six Pokémon and Peony's help, defeating such a strong creature was indeed possible.

But here, two Paradox Pokémon from the past and future appeared simultaneously; this was a point Luo Mu remained puzzled about and could not figure out.

Just like the existence of Professors Sada and Turo, in the future, there would likely be multiple Koraidon and Miraidon brought back to this era by the time machine.

Various accidents caused by the coexistence of four Legendary Pokémon... just thinking about it gave Luo Mu a headache.

While Luo Mu was lost in thought, Dragonite and Great Tusk exchanged several more rounds; it had to be said that Paradox Pokémon truly had something ridiculous about them.

Great Tusk's power could even contend with Dragonite, and coupled with the need to protect the Trainer during battle to avoid large-scale AOE moves like Earthquake touching Luo Mu, Dragonite could not take down Great Tusk immediately.

But under Luo Mu's calm commands while he pondered, scars left by Dragonite continued to accumulate on Great Tusk's body.

Seeing Great Tusk enveloped by a "Sand Tornado" formed from Dragonite's Whirlwind, with howling winds carving wounds onto its body, the pained creature subconsciously raised its forelimbs, intending to use the same old trick of Earthquake to force Dragonite to stop attacking.

Although Great Tusk did not know why Dragonite would stop attacking, it knew clearly that as long as it used Earthquake, it could gain a chance to catch its breath.

This time, it did so again.

But Luo Mu had been waiting for this opportunity for a long time.

The instant Great Tusk raised its forelimbs high, Luo Mu shouted quickly, "Now, Hydro Pump!"

The dense Water-type energy that Dragonite had been accumulating in its mouth under Luo Mu's signal surged out as an azure torrent; accompanied by a booming vibration in the air, a thick water column immediately struck Great Tusk, continuously washing over its body and draining its stamina, which was now like a flickering candle in the wind.

As Great Tusk's massive body collapsed with a crash, the battle between Serperior and Iron Treads on the other side also reached its conclusion.

No matter how Iron Treads analyzed which move was most advantageous for the current situation, Serperior, having reached its theoretical Special Attack limit through the Contrary ability, only needed to keep using Leaf Storm to leave Iron Treads scrambling.

Not to mention the swarm of dancing Frenzy Plants; even if Iron Treads entered rolling mode, those terrifyingly thick roots could still bind Iron Treads tightly.

Although being in a desert area made it difficult to sprout roots, consuming several times more energy than usual.

But due to the scorching sun, the solar energy enhanced within Serperior's body was exactly where it needed to be vented.

Even after the Iron Treads had its power source depleted by the Serperior and entered standby mode, its data analysis module still could not determine why so many of its calculated attack strategies had been easily neutralized by the Serperior, only to be met with even fiercer counterattacks.

The moment the two colossal creatures crashed down with a thunderous boom, Luo Mu pulled out a pre-prepared Ultra Ball and, with a Champion-level Poké Ball throwing technique that Hearing Nimo could only dream of, struck both Paradox Pokémon squarely on the forehead, completing containment (×) capture (✓).

The two Paradox Pokémon, beaten into the deepest slumber, did not even struggle before being successfully captured by the Ultra Balls.

However, judging by their performance in battle, Luo Mu felt there was no way to intercept these two fellows to plow his fields.

Alas, their wild nature has not yet been tamed!

Having defeated the guardian beasts lurking beside the heavenly treasures, it was now time for the harvest.

Filled with excitement, Luo Mu stepped into the cave.

What met Luo Mu's eyes was a scene of sparse vegetation utterly ravaged, as if trampled by a herd of wild boars.

"Gah-lok."

The Serperior frowned slightly; as a Grass-type Pokémon, it could vaguely sense that most of these plants had been gnawed by those two fellows, Great Tusk and Iron Treads.

"Bo-wu!"

Before Luo Mu could even show an expression of heartache, the Dragonite beside him suddenly cried out, pointing toward another corner of the cave.

Luo Mu followed the direction of Dragonite's finger.

There lay a small pile of coal blocks that looked in texture like mud; judging by the quantity, there were approximately ten pieces or so.

"This is..."

As if recalling something, Luo Mu's expression gradually shifted from confusion to astonishment.

Bad news: this is a deserted island that no one has ever landed on.

Good news: this is a deserted island that someone has landed on.

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(End of Chapter)