The necromancer of the Pokémon world

Chapter 127 Ancient Formation

The two, along with their many Pokémon, walked another ten steps or so when the tunnel suddenly expanded to both sides, as if a large chunk had been suddenly dug out.

What appeared before them was an underground cavern, roughly the size of half a football field.

The cave's dome is covered with countless stalactites, and the echoes of dripping water reverberate in layers throughout the empty space.

In the very center of the cave, there is an ancient circular magic circle, its shape somewhat resembling the yin-yang symbol on Earth, radiating two contrasting lusters: a bright gold and a deep black.

Amidst these two contrasting shimmering lights, seven hypnotic tapirs and seven long-nosed leaves, their eyes vacant and lifeless, stand on opposite sides of the contrasting light and shadow.

Lin Ye squinted and scanned the area, discovering a Pokémon perched in the very center of the magic circle.

It is over 1.5 meters tall and looks like a squid, but it has two legs and eight tentacles on its head that look like hair.

"King of Squid!"

The Pokémon guarding the depths of this eerie cave is none other than a Psychic-type Squid King.

At this moment, the Squid King, which had already spotted the two, crossed its two fins, which resembled hands, in front of its chest in an arrogant pose.

This is a Pokémon that can directly control the brains of other creatures through mental power, causing them to do all sorts of outrageous things.

Lin Ye immediately guessed that these Hypnotic Tapirs and Long-nosed Leaves were probably Pokémon from the forest, which had been controlled by the Squid King in front of him and brought here.

"Strange~, why is this squid king catching these Pokémon? And what the heck is this formation?"

"I don't know, but it's said that Squid King is a very intelligent Pokémon, even more intelligent than ordinary humans."

"Capturing these Pokémon is most likely related to this ancient formation; it probably requires offerings or triggering some kind of mechanism."

"Hmm~, perhaps the Squid King didn't stop us from coming in just now because it was to protect this formation."

"Hmph~, you two ignored my warnings and forced your way in, you really do have some strength."

But I'm giving you one last chance. Go out now, and I'll still let bygones be bygones.

"Such clear telepathic communication; no wonder it's a Psychic Pokémon that has reached the peak of the 'Gym Leader' level."

Lin Ye did not respond. Instead, he confidently looked at the Squid King's condition and found two gems, one black and one gold, floating on either side of its body.

Lin Ye recognized at a glance that the black gem was the "Dark Stone" he had seen before, and the gem that emitted golden light was probably the corresponding "Light Stone"!

As for the seven long-nosed leaves and the seven hypnotic tapirs around them, each of them was holding a gemstone; the former's was jet black, and the latter's was gold.

However, the energy and luster emitted by these fourteen gems were far less bright than the two gems floating beside the Squid King.

Even when Lin Ye observed with his mental power, he discovered that the energy in these fourteen gems was being controlled by the formation, with the essence flowing continuously into the two gems.

"Transferring energy!"

"What's wrong, Lin Ye? What did you see?" Naqi asked curiously.

"I can feel the energy from the seven 'Dark Stones' and 'Light Stones' around me being continuously poured into the two core stones."

The energy quality of the two evolution stones in the middle far exceeds that of the intermediate evolution stones we have seen before!

I reckon that after this ceremony, the two central gems will be upgraded to extremely rare, high-quality evolution stones!

"What! Forcibly upgrading the evolution stone's level? This is simply absurd!"

"Hmph~, I noticed something was off about you when I scanned you with my mental energy just now. You're definitely not an ordinary human. Your mental energy is so strong, but you can't attack outside your body like those superpowered people. That's really strange."

"But it doesn't matter, my ritual is about to be completed, and I will soon break through this bottleneck that has troubled me for hundreds of years and reach that supreme realm."

"That level!"

As the eldest daughter of a top-tier wealthy family in Hoenn, Naki naturally understood what breaking through to the "Gym Leader level" meant, and couldn't help but subconsciously take a half step back.

"Don't be intimidated by it! If it were really about to break through, it wouldn't have just released its mental energy to scare us."

Furthermore, it also has to control a dozen or so Pokémon to maintain the formation, which probably requires a great deal of mental strength.

In this situation, it's unlikely that one could give their all.

Upon hearing this, Naki gradually calmed down and looked at the two evolution stones next to the Squid King that were about to be upgraded to higher levels, and couldn't help but feel a bit greedy.

"If we join forces, we should be able to take down the Squid King, and then we can split the two gems equally."

"That's exactly what I was thinking!"

"How dare you! I only intended to spare your life, yet I've been met with such contempt. You even dare to covet my treasures! You're courting death!"

With a roar, the Squid King's tentacles stood upright and flew backward, unleashing an incomparably powerful mental pressure that swept over like a tsunami.

"Let's all attack together!"

Faced with the onslaught of psychic energy, Lin Ye and the Pokémon behind Naki launched a joint attack.

"Shadowball", "Freezing Ray", "Revenge for Anger", "Shadow Thread"...

"Flame Jet," "Energy Ball," "Beam Cannon," "Water Cannon"...

Apart from the "Gym Leader" Swellow not making a move, all seventeen of Lin Ye and Nachi's Pokémon went all out, unleashing their respective signature moves to resist Squid King's psychic energy beam.

"Bang!"

Instantly, rays of light and orbs of light of various colors collided with the pink surge of spiritual energy, causing the entire mountain to tremble violently and countless fragments and rocks to fall wildly. After a moment, the two forces were evenly matched.

That's the combined power of seventeen "professional" Pokémon, and they're all seasoned veterans among the "professional" level, some even at their peak. If it were an ordinary "Gym Leader" level Pokémon, they should have been suppressed long ago.

However, Squid King managed to neutralize the combined power of all the Pokémon on its own, demonstrating just how formidable its peak "Gym Leader" level strength is.

However, it was a lone thief, and Naki's trump card, the Odd-Colored Swellow, had not yet been unleashed.

"Zipo~~"

As the only "Gym Leader-level" creature on Lin Ye's side, the Odd-Colored Swellow naturally took on the responsibility of close-range control.

It flew at high speed, its entire body enveloped in silvery-white flight-type energy, heading straight for the Squid King.

The Squid King raised both of its tentacles simultaneously, creating layers upon layers of mental barriers in front of it.

The bi-colored giant swallow, shrouded in silver light, easily shattered a pink barrier, but after hitting the second barrier, it consumed most of its energy.

When it finally broke through the third barrier, it was exhausted and bounced back. Then, the remaining pink light walls were twisted under the control of the Squid King and squeezed towards the Giant Swallow from all directions.

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