Chapter 454

Why is Ogerpon called a stat monster?

The answer is simple:

Go talk to my Club!

The Club just now looked quite painful, and it seems Ogerpon was also aiming at the weakness, hitting Great Tusk's relatively soft abdomen, directly knocking the Great Tusk, which hadn't reacted, into a daze.

Its huge body flew backward for several meters before it barely stopped its retreat, leaving a thick and long mark on the sandy ground.

If it weren't for the fact that the Titan's size was too large, and its stamina and ability to withstand hits had also improved quite a bit, Ogerpon's full-force strike just now might have directly finished it off.

Even the Titan, which had gained powerful strength by relying on Herba Mystica, struggled for a while before crawling up.

Seeing this, Steven couldn't help but widen his eyes.

"Careful, Ogerpon's attack has completely enraged it instead!"

Even wild Pokémon that live in modern times and have mostly adapted to human society still maintain a bit of wildness in their hearts.

When they are attacked by humans or other Pokémon, they will also instinctively launch a counterattack as revenge.

Not to mention this Great Tusk that survived the Paradox Pokémon battle royale in Area Zero.

If the attack just now was only a warning and a probe, with the purpose of driving away the two uninvited guests who broke into its territory...

Then after suffering heavy damage, the Great Tusk, whose eyes were now completely scarlet, would have its survival instincts completely triggered and would never give up until the opponent fell.

"Roar—!"

After letting out a roar full of momentum, the Great Tusk, which had stood up, slowly lifted its foot and then stomped heavily on the ground!

Clearly, it's the Ground-type move, Earthquake!

In field battles, this is a very troublesome move.

Because Earthquake will cause indiscriminate damage to all surface creatures in the surrounding area; wild Pokémon don't care whether you, the Trainer, can withstand it or not.

However...

"Teacher Yu, grab my hand!"

Steven reacted immediately, and at the same time, his Metagross also thought of protecting its Trainer for the first time, maintaining a low-altitude floating posture with magnetism, and came to Steven's side.

Before the vibrating earthquake wave began to impact, Steven made an elegant small jump and successfully landed on top of Metagross's head, reaching out and shouting to Qingyu.

Seeing this, Qingyu didn't hesitate to replicate Steven's handsome action just now, with an additional action of taking out a Poké Ball.

After a red light shot out, Ogerpon, who was standing on the ground, quickly disappeared.

Theoretically, Metagross should be restrained by the Ground type, but in actual combat, many Pokémon can achieve short-term floating; for example, Steven's Metagross can forcibly take off by relying on magnetism.

So the lethality of Earthquake to them is actually quite limited.

Great Tusk also quickly noticed that its move was completely ignored by the opponent, so it quickly changed moves.

The aftershocks of the earthquake gradually subsided; Great Tusk's big head knocked heavily on the ground, and as the tusks were pulled out of the ground, several huge rocks also popped out.

"Metagross, use Meteor Mash to smash them!"

Seeing that the influence of Earthquake had disappeared, Steven and Qingyu jumped back to the ground decisively, letting Metagross concentrate on dealing with these rocks thrown at them.

"Metagross!"

Metagross's steel arms were extremely hard, easily neutralizing Great Tusk's attacks.

And when Great Tusk stopped its movements, seemingly continuing to observe the situation, Steven suddenly smiled slightly and took the initiative to step forward two steps.

"Since Teacher Yu has already performed, leave the next battle to me~"

"Metagross, show your most powerful side!"

While speaking, Steven slowly raised his right hand, revealing the black finger guard on his finger.

Qingyu's gaze was also attracted by his actions.

When he noticed the two spherical gems embedded in the finger guards on Steven's index and ring fingers, Qingyu immediately understood his idea.

Good guy, worthy of being the eldest son of the Devon Corporation; he even has two Keystones for this common item, corresponding to his two main Pokémon that can evolve one more stage...

However, it turns out Steven had already mastered the power of Mega Evolution at this time?

The Pokémon world can actually be considered a parallel universe; currently, at least two worlds with completely different directions are known.

The key to distinguishing these two worlds is whether the Mega Evolution phenomenon exists in the Hoenn region.

Of course, in reality, this is caused by the plot differences between the original game and the remake works, which can also be understood as a retcon...

Since Steven has mastered Mega Evolution, it means that it is highly likely that the universe he is in is an energy universe.

That is to say—

The Hoenn region, which is already disaster-ridden due to the two major villain organizations, might have to be ravaged by the Primal Reversion of the Hoenn duo again in the future...

Hope everyone is okay.

However, although Steven, the Hoenn Champion, is usually nowhere to be found, he is still very reliable at critical moments.

The champion combination of Steven + Wallace only plays key matches; as for how they ended up in a disadvantageous position, don't ask!

Qingyu muttered to himself silently, while quietly waiting for Steven to start his performance.

However...

Just as the Keystone on Steven's index finger began to flicker, preparing for a handsome boy transformation, a metallic sound from not far away quickly interrupted his actions.

Steven and Qingyu subconsciously looked toward the source of the sound at the same time.

Then, both of them were dumbfounded.

I saw another behemoth, similar in size to their opponent Great Tusk, but whose body seemed to be made entirely of metal, rushing toward them.

"That is..."

Steven subconsciously raised an eyebrow and looked at Qingyu.

If he had heard a little bit of news about the Great Tusk just now, then he was completely in the dark about this piece of scrap metal in front of him, and he didn't know its information at all.

But it doesn't matter!

Although he didn't know, judging from the performance of the battle just now, Qingyu should be very familiar with these Pokémon!

So, just wait for him to explain.

"Iron Treads???"

Upon seeing this metallic behemoth, Qingyu's brows quickly furrowed.

(Iron Treads)

Iron Treads, corresponding to Great Tusk; its appearance is also somewhat similar to Donphan, but it seems to be an individual from the future.

Compared to a living creature, this Pokémon is more like a mechanical creation...

According to Heath's records, Paradox Pokémon are also divided into two branches, represented by the ancient species "Winged King" Koraidon, and the future species "Iron Serpent" Miraidon.

Ancient species correspond to the wildness of primitive Pokémon, while future species foretell the coldness of life.

But one thing is certain, and that is that both are very dangerous.

Qingyu really hadn't thought that the small Scorching Sands would hide two Paradox species at the same time...

The intelligence is fake!

Chairwoman Geeta, didn't you say only one ran out? How can you even lie to your own people!

One Great Tusk was already so durable; what about two?

However, just as Qingyu intended to open his mouth to command and stop Iron Treads, he suddenly remembered something, and the hand he was about to raise quickly dropped.

"Wait a moment; the situation doesn't seem to be what we thought."

After hearing Qingyu's words, Steven instinctively frowned, but quickly relaxed again.

Since Teacher Yu said so, there must be his reasons.

Although the metallic behemoth he called "Iron Treads" was aggressive, Steven also had the confidence to easily defeat them even if it was one against two.

Not to mention that there is a reliable teammate like Teacher Yu, so it's indeed possible to observe first.

Thinking of this, while Steven continued to be on guard, he also began to observe Iron Treads' actions like Qingyu.

"Roar—!"

Iron Treads, rolling just like the Great Tusk just now, quickly arrived at a very ambiguous distance; Qingyu's heart also rose to his throat, and his right hand silently gripped the Poké Ball that had just recalled Ogerpon.

If it got any closer, he would have to act first for safety reasons.

However, Qingyu's guess seemed to be correct—

This Iron Treads didn't seem to have any hostility toward them; from the beginning, its target was the Great Tusk that was fighting them.

"Roar—!"

Upon hearing Iron Treads' very unique metallic voice, the Great Tusk, which was originally scarlet-eyed and exuding a cold killing intent, instantly broke its posture, and its eyes instantly became clear, even carrying a hint of fear.

Its originally powerful legs instantly went soft, seemingly unable to even stand steadily, and it could only retreat step by step, seemingly instinctively avoiding the Iron Treads walking toward it.

Seeing this, Qingyu twitched his mouth, and his originally tense body relaxed immediately.

"I knew it!"

"I didn't expect them to have such an outrageous relationship..."

After Qingyu finished speaking, he sighed silently.

And Steven beside him was still dumbfounded, so he took the initiative to ask:

"Teacher Yu, did you see something?"

"Hmm... let me think about how to explain it to you."

Qingyu frowned slightly, thought for two or three seconds, and spoke slowly:

"You know, although many Fossil Pokémon and Steel-type Pokémon have no gender."

"But love, sometimes it seems you only need to see eye to eye."

"..."

After Qingyu's hint, Steven immediately covered his face and supported his forehead.

He understood!

In fact, ever since he discovered the appearance of Iron Treads, Qingyu had been a bit puzzled—

Generally speaking, ancient species and future species are absolute mortal enemies; as long as they meet, they will definitely fight to the death.

However, more than half a year has passed since the blockade of Area Zero, but no one knows that two Paradox Pokémon actually escaped at that time.

And in such a small Scorching Sands, it's impossible for these two not to have met even once in more than half a year, right?

Isn't this too much of a coincidence?

So, although the truth is a bit outrageous, it seems it can only be explained this way...

Watching Iron Treads approaching Great Tusk step by step, and Great Tusk, whose expression revealed obvious guilt, Qingyu also learned from Steven's appearance, covering his face with his hands with a complex expression.

What is this?

Forbidden... love between Paradox species?

He couldn't quite understand it, but for now, it seems there is only this one explanation.

Worthy of being the Pokémon world; sure enough, anything can happen!