Chapter 847

Hisuian Braviary and Metagross were the only two Psychic-type Pokémon in the team, unlike Milotic and Diancie, for whom psychic power was only a part of their abilities.

The majority of their strength relied on their powerful psychic abilities.

After receiving guidance from the former first-class legendary Psychic-type, Calyrex, the shortcomings in how they used their mental power were corrected, and their utilization rate of mental power had increased significantly.

Hisuian Braviary's mental power could completely merge into the rainstorm, making it more dangerous and unyielding, much like the Eon duo using Psychic to stabilize the tornado in the Pokémon movie *Hoopa and the Clash of Ages*.

As for Metagross, it had been influenced by the destruction gene, so its method of using mental power was more inclined—like Mewtwo's—toward creating mental barriers, strengthening its physical body, and performing powerful psychic attacks.

Water poured down from the sky, vast and mighty like a waterfall falling from the firmament, yet Leafeon still stood tall on the mountain peak, its petite body never wavering for a second under the erosion of the gale and rain.

If one had to say there was a change... it was only that the sharpness surrounding the long blades formed by the leaves growing on its head had become increasingly intense.

Leafeon's eyes were tightly shut, and in its mind, it kept replaying the story Su Hao had told it about the owner of the broken horn that had been made into a pendant on its body.

The Swords of Justice, Virizion.

Its form was as agile as a whirlwind, its sword intent as sharp as a blade-leaf.

The path it wanted to walk was never one that predecessors had already trodden, even when it came to the power of legends.

What is most suitable for oneself is always what one has cultivated and discovered oneself.

The way of the sword can only be mastered... through self-enlightenment.

"Hmm... I feel like Leafeon is becoming more and more like a Pokémon that is cultivating immortality," Su Hao muttered, squatting inside the barrier Calyrex had created to block the wind and rain.

He noticed that ever since he gave Virizion's broken horn to Leafeon, it would sit motionlessly in place for most of the day, aside from tending to its small garden.

To say it was resting would be wrong, yet the presence of the aura lingering around Leafeon was so intense.

"Cultivating immortality? What is that?" Calyrex tilted its head, not understanding the meaning of the words Su Hao used.

"Shh—"

Before Su Hao could properly explain to Calyrex what cultivating immortality meant, Calyrex suddenly reached out to signal Su Hao to stay quiet, and Hisuian Braviary and Metagross in the sky also shifted their gazes toward the mountain peak where Leafeon was.

Su Hao looked over and discovered that Leafeon on the peak had opened its eyes at some point.

In its brown pupils, a heart-stopping gleam of light quickly appeared.

Leafeon, which had been sitting motionlessly, let out a soft chant, and its grass-green long blades instantly bloomed with a dazzling brilliance.

Time seemed to be frozen, all musical notes were cut off, and the entire space was split into two halves.

At the same time, Leafeon slowly stood up.

Its pupils dilated, reflecting the scene of the gale and rain, and a fresh scent began to permeate the air.

Then...

Leafeon's leaf blade slashed out with a single strike!

In an instant, the whole world seemed to suddenly stand still, leaving only the agile sword posture of Leafeon's slash.

The howling gale ceased, and the waterfall-like rainstorm was also cut in two by the sky-piercing sword intent.

It was as if even this rainstorm was captivated by Leafeon's technique.

Su Hao was shocked, Hisuian Braviary was stunned, and Metagross recalled some not-so-pleasant memories.

And Calyrex wanted to applaud this strike of Leafeon's.

Who said Grass-type Pokémon are not good at attacking!?

The next second, the rainstorm continued to rage, but that flash of sword light had already been deeply carved into the hearts of all the Pokémon present.

Crack—

Even amidst the howling and roaring wind, the sound of chains snapping and barriers shattering was so clear.

Leafeon's sky-piercing sharp sword intent paused, its aura climbed steadily as if it were perfectly natural, and finally

stabilized at a level several times stronger than before.

Along with that stunning strike, Leafeon's level broke through to the early Professional stage at this moment.

Metagross, which had gone through its final evolution and reached the late Elite stage, had finally thought it had a chance to get rid of its status as the bottom-dweller.

When it saw this scene, its mood was shattered.

However, Leafeon, having performed such a world-shocking feat, merely sighed and went back to holding Virizion's broken horn to continue contemplating its own way of the sword.

It had only cut through the rainstorm for a moment; it was still far from the level needed to take revenge for itself and its kin.

On the eleventh day of the thirteen-day special training, Su Hao was startled by Diancie, who had suddenly become a head taller than him and looked even more burly than he was.

"What the hell, what happened!?"

Su Hao admitted that he was having a bit of a breakdown inside.

Waking up to see his own cute starter Pokémon suddenly scaled up, who wouldn't have a breakdown?

However, Diancie was also confused about its current situation, so Kyurem, who had brought it over, explained the situation.

These past few days, It and Galarian Moltres had been working overtime to spur on Incineroar, that blockhead; especially Galarian Moltres, who was so anxious because the deadline was getting closer that it was almost literally spitting fire.

Kyurem glanced at Diancie and said with a strange expression: "Since the day before yesterday, Little Diamond started observing the techniques that little chicken was using to teach the little tiger, while I took every opportunity to let the little tiger feel the principles of the Cross Fusion power."

"But... just a moment ago, the little tiger hadn't even learned that 'Evil Aura' thing yet. But a dazzling golden light suddenly erupted from Little Diamond's body that almost blinded my dragon eyes, and then, its size suddenly became this big."

Su Hao: "..........."

Diancie saw Su Hao's expression of wanting to say something but stopping, and its pink eyes began to well up with little pearls, as it said, even more distraught than Su Hao: "Wuwuwu... Su Hao, I don't want to suddenly become this big, it's so ugly."

Although it had always wanted to grow taller, it didn't want to become like this...

Becoming even burlier than Su Hao or something, I don't want that!

"What happened?" Calyrex also arrived on its steed at this moment, its blue eyes looking at Diancie, a look of surprise appearing in the depths of its eyes, "This is... what a miraculous aura!"

In Calyrex's eyes, although Diancie's suddenly enlarged size was indeed eye-catching, the flickering golden aura around its body was the focus of Calyrex's attention.

"Don't be afraid."

Su Hao jumped up and patted Diancie's head to comfort it. Before Diancie could pout and drop little pearls because of this, Su Hao hurriedly revealed the answer he had guessed.

"I'm afraid... this is a mysterious power called the Totem Aura!"

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Attached image, Dragon of Ideals Zekrom.