Chapter 360

A blood moon in the sky.

The eerie atmosphere soon made Cattleya feel a sense of discomfort.

"Is, is it a bit too scary here!"

Cattleya's body soon began to tremble slightly; seeing this, Qing Yu couldn't help but roll his eyes.

"No, what are you afraid of? How many demons in this world can withstand your psychic power?"

Although according to the current type restraint relationship, Ghost-type indeed poses a significant threat to Psychic-type Pokémon.

But in the face of absolute strength, clearly everything is ethereal.

Generally, mischievous Ghost-type Pokémon don't have very strong strength, while Cattleya can basically be said to be a human-shaped Pokémon, and her strength in psychic power is strong enough to steadily suppress her own main force.

She is actually afraid of ghosts; Qing Yu completely cannot understand.

Clearly, it should be the ghosts afraid of her!

"What do you know, you idiot who doesn't understand girls!"

After being complained about by Qing Yu, Cattleya instantly bristled, blushing and reaching out to point at him.

Following her action, the mist that had originally gathered together around her immediately dissipated at an astonishing speed.

Not only Qing Yu and Zhulan, but even Cattleya herself was stunned.

What did I do?

I don't seem to have used any psychic power either...

The Timeless Woods, which had originally been covered in a thick fog, revealed its true face again; the silent and ethereal feeling made people shudder even more.

"Thump, thump—"

Just when Qing Yu also couldn't help but shudder, a series of heavy and slow footsteps sounded one after another.

Like a military drum being struck constantly, every dull sound made upon touching the ground caused the earth to tremble slightly along with it.

For some reason, Qing Yu suddenly felt that this feeling was quite familiar...

Isn't this Eevee's "Emperor Engine"!

"Bui?"

It seemed that even Sylveon had the same feeling, subconsciously letting out a confused cry.

"Sure enough, it is a powerful Pokémon."

Compared to the scared Cattleya and the stunned Qing Yu, Zhulan's performance had more of a powerhouse demeanor.

Her gaze looked straight at the lake in the center of the Timeless Woods, and soon a huge figure appeared there.

"Roar—!"

Following a roar full of momentum, the true face of Kitakami's other legend, "Bloodmoon," appeared in the eyes of the three.

The strong limbs and body were covered in hardened special mud, there were conspicuous scars of different sizes all over the body, and the sharp claws in its hands bloomed with light under the blood-colored moonlight.

Its face was also stained with a lot of gray mud, only revealing fierce fangs and a pair of heterochromatic eyes.

The left eye was deeper than the right eye, and the cracks in the eye socket signaled that its left eye seemed to have suffered trauma, but because of this, it evolved into a color more adapted to the dark night.

On top of its head was a circle dyed red; looking at it, one could vaguely feel the connection between it and the blood moon tonight.

"So 'Bloodmoon' is actually a bear?"

Zhulan soon lowered her head to think, and gave her own thoughts:

"It seems a bit like Ursaluna, which has almost gone extinct in the Sinnoh region now?"

Although not many legends about the Hisui region had been passed down, sighting records of Pokémon such as Ursaluna, Basculegion, and Sneasler still existed.

After all, only about 150 years had passed since the timeline of "Pokémon Legends: Arceus."

Without human intervention, it was almost impossible for Pokémon to go extinct naturally in such a short time.

"It should be a special individual."

Qing Yu nodded and shook the slightly heavy Sylveon in his arms.

"Now it's time for you to perform."

"Bui..."

Sylveon instantly revealed a terrified expression.

That guy, so scary...

If I secretly draw it and get discovered, will I get beaten up?

"..."

Unlike the two who were either excited or calm, Cattleya only had one thought in her heart at this moment—

This guy is also too ugly...

The filter for the "legend" was instantly shattered, extinguishing Cattleya's idea of encountering her destined cute one like Qing Yu did yesterday.

Let's just forget about this ugly bear!

If Qing Yu knew Cattleya's inner thoughts, he might sneer:

What do you know, this is the beauty of stats!

"Roar..."

At the same time, Ursaluna, who had included the entire Timeless Woods in its territory, soon discovered the three of them.

However...

After feeling the several unusual auras on them, Ursaluna decisively chose to pretend not to see them and, as usual, lay by the lake and began to drink water in large gulps.

It wasn't that it was afraid of these three humans; it was mainly because it was indeed quite thirsty.

Since things had come to this, let's drink water first.

Seeing this, Qing Yu also breathed a sigh of relief.

Bear-type Pokémon, although they look fierce, are actually very smart.

Just like those Ursaring on Mt. Silver, besides the biological instinct to protect their cubs, they will not take the initiative to attack when they encounter powerful trainers.

This Ursaluna Bloodmoon was clearly battle-hardened, and its perception of combat power was also sharper.

Therefore, after discovering that the three people on his side were not simple, it decisively chose to follow its heart and pretended that it hadn't discovered them.

The three of us are really amazing!

"Sylveon, take this chance!"

After Qing Yu spoke in a low voice, he took out a piece of drawing paper produced by the system and placed it in front of Sylveon.

"Bui!"

Sylveon once again remembered its "teaching mentor," Master Smeargle.

Sure enough, going out to sketch will make one full of inspiration; after going back, I will take this painting to the art museum!

It hadn't finished drawing the dragon it saw in Paldea, so let Master also appreciate the legend of "Bloodmoon" in Kitakami first!

"..."

After noticing Qing Yu's behavior, which was full of sneakiness, Cattleya was speechless for a while.

You mean, you ran all this way just to accompany Sylveon to draw the image of "Bloodmoon"?

Wait..., it seems it's actually quite romantic?

"Isn't it quite good?"

As if seeing through her inner thoughts, Zhulan soon smiled and spoke:

"Willing to do some interesting things with your Pokémon, isn't that what an excellent trainer should do?"

You just spoil him...

Cattleya silently rolled her eyes, but this sentence in her heart was not spoken.

If she said it out loud, she always felt there was a feeling of envy, jealousy, and hatred.

Isn't it just being able to get Zhulan's favor!

I, I'm not envious at all...

Even she herself couldn't fool herself with this sentence; Cattleya could only turn her head helplessly and sulk alone.

Sylveon's attention was focused on the Ursaluna Bloodmoon in front of it, while the gazes of the three Qing Yu were focused on its painting.

"Bui..."

While observing, Sylveon soon drew the outline of this big guy, and then the body, limbs, and head were soon completed one by one.

"It's drawn quite like it."

Cattleya nodded.

Although she didn't know how it managed to make the painting appear on the paper without touching the drawing paper in Qing Yu's hand.

But thinking about it, it should be a special prop prepared by Qing Yu for Sylveon, maybe even specially made by a prop craftsman?

Didn't expect this guy to be quite attentive to Pokémon.

Although his strength is just an ordinary Gym Leader, at least he knows how to treat his Pokémon with heart; just being able to do this, his future strength will definitely not be bad.

Cattleya couldn't help but glance at Qing Yu and looked at him with higher regard.

But soon, Sylveon stopped the painting action in confusion.

"Bui..."

It always felt that a big guy drinking water quietly like this lacked a bit of momentum...

It should add some wilder actions.

But what move will it use? It can't rely on guessing, right?

Perhaps it was a coincidence, or perhaps Sylveon's luck under the moonlight was directly maxed out, but an eye-less Ariados actually broke into the territory of the Bloodmoon bear.

"Roar——!"

Bloodmoon bear immediately rose up, and the red circular object on its head instantly flashed with terrifying red light, becoming one with the scarlet moonlight around it.

Qing Yu's eyes widened instantly.

Unlike other Ursaluna, which mainly used close-range fierce attacks as their main attack mode, Bloodmoon's combat wisdom began to awaken after many battles, no longer relying solely on its body to fight.

At the same time, because the organ on its head related to the moon changed, it gained a means to use the moon's energy to continuously attack opponents.

That's right, Blood Moon!

The full red moon in the sky became even more scarlet, and soon the falling moonlight turned into liquid, and the powerful energy fluctuations within were constantly absorbed by the organ on Bloodmoon bear's head.

After accumulating to the peak, it exploded instantly!

The terrifying red energy truly turned into substance, solidly hitting the Ariados that had strayed into the territory, and soon bombarded it into a coma.

"Bui!"

Finally seeing the big guy use a move, Sylveon was instantly full of inspiration, and soon the scene just now was drawn by it on the drawing paper in Qing Yu's hand.

"What a terrifying move..."

Even Zhulan couldn't help but furrow her brows slightly.

This existence in the legend of Kitakami really cannot be underestimated; it almost had the level of a Champion's main force.