Pokémon: Sandstorm Sovereign

Chapter 498 499: Precipice Blades

"Camerupt!!!"

Basalt roared out, tears streaming from his eyes again.

He knew clearly that Camerupt's action showed its determination to die! Silently clenching his fists, hatred surged in Basalt's heart. He hated his own weakness, but he hated this mysterious Lich Old Man even more.

Thump!

However, just then, a sudden change occurred on the field.

Camerupt's body suddenly emitted a blinding light, causing everyone and every Pokémon on the scene to involuntarily squint their eyes, their vision obstructed.

"What is this situation?"

The Lich Old Man widened his eyes. As far as he knew, Camerupt didn't seem to have such a move that could emit blinding light, right? Moreover, this situation involuntarily reminded him of evolution. Because apart from evolution, he couldn't think of a second possibility.

But the problem was, Camerupt was already in its final evolved form. If it wanted to evolve again, it could only be Mega Evolution. But obviously, there was no Mega Stone on Camerupt, nor was there a Key Stone on Basalt. And even if there were, Camerupt should absolutely not be able to evolve! Because Mega Evolution is basically a privilege possessed by Master-level Pokémon. Even for super geniuses, they at least have to reach Gym Leader-level to have a certain probability of mastering it. Pro-level? Non-existent!

"What exactly is going on?"

The Lich Old Man gritted his teeth. Damn, he hadn't encountered as many surprises in his entire life as he did today. Crucially, from the strange light of Camerupt, the Lich Old Man sensed danger for the first time. This feeling was very mysterious and metaphysical. But the Lich Old Man firmly believed it!

"Medicham, ignore everything else. Rush up and use Close Combat on Camerupt!" The Lich Old Man got fierce. Must take down Camerupt quickly to secure victory.

"Medi~"

Medicham nodded, finally giving up defense, concentrating all energy to launch a fierce attack.

Just then, a dull and loud sound suddenly rang out, and the ground shook with it.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Immediately after, booming sounds rang out one after another, and the ground shook even more violently. At the same time, the temperature in the air rose again, heat waves hitting faces.

"Medi~"

Medicham's scream rang out, but it stopped abruptly after just one cry.

On the battlefield, everything returned to calm!

"What exactly happened?"

Basalt widened his eyes and looked at the field. As the light dissipated, he finally saw everything clearly.

In the center of the field, at some point, four high-rising mountain-like earth blades appeared, about seven or eight meters high, thick at the bottom and thin at the top, and extremely sharp at the tip, like sword edges. These earth blades were also attached with scorching lava, emitting high temperature and bright light. Although these lavas were clearly flowing, they always adhered to the earth sword edges without dissipating for a moment.

And on the foremost earth sword edge, Medicham was lying there powerlessly, eyes wide open, motionless. Because its heart position had been pierced by the sword edge. Medicham died with grievance!

"This..."

Basalt and the Lich Old Man were both stunned. The Lich Old Man was stunned because he absolutely didn't expect Medicham to be defeated by this weird move in one hit. He actually lost!!!

Basalt was stunned because he had recognized this terrifying move before him. It was precisely Primal Groudon's signature move—Precipice Blades!!!!

"F*ck... Camerupt learned Precipice Blades?"

Although he recognized the move, Basalt still found it incredible. Isn't this move exclusive to Primal Groudon? Let alone other Pokémon, even Groudon in its normal form is not qualified to use it. But now, it was actually used by Camerupt?

"Cam~er~upt~"

Basalt looked at Camerupt, only to be surprised to find that Camerupt at this time had changed greatly. Camerupt changed from the original Bactrian camel (two humps) to a dromedary camel (one hump), and the volcano on its back became larger. The volcano on its back was like a huge active volcano, with very hot magma inside.

At the same time, the caution and timidity between Camerupt's brows disappeared, replaced by firmness and dominance.

"Mega Camerupt!!!"

Basalt was shocked. Camerupt actually Mega Evolved. But the problem was, I don't have a Key Stone, and you don't have a Mega Stone. Is this Mega Evolution compliant?

Basalt was extremely shocked, feeling his head buzzing. But at the same time, he was also extremely excited. Mega Camerupt one-shot Medicham; how strong must its strength be? Simply unimaginable!

"Cofagrigus, save me!"

The Lich Old Man's terrified cry woke Basalt from his shock.

"Still have Pokémon?"

Basalt quickly threw away distracting thoughts and shouted, "Camerupt, Precipice Blades, kill him for me!"

"Cam~"

A low and loud cry sounded, but it soon became weak again. Basalt saw that Camerupt seemed to have exhausted all its energy. Clearly spirited a second ago, but the next second it fainted. While fainting, Camerupt also directly exited the Mega state.

"Exc~a~drill~"

Although Camerupt fell, the War God under Basalt had not fallen yet. Although Excadrill was covered in injuries, it could still fight! Crucially, with the end of the battle, it could finally enter "Drill Form" again.

Basalt only heard the familiar buzz-zing sound; Excadrill turned into a stream of light and rushed towards the Lich Old Man who turned around and fled towards the cave in embarrassment, shouting for help. In just an instant, the Lich Old Man turned directly into a mist of blood, without even a complete piece of meat left on his body. No bones left!

Whoosh whoosh whoosh~

At this moment, the world suddenly became quiet, only the sound of sandstorm sweeping and sand colliding was still raging. Basalt was completely soaked in sweat, and all his strength was drained. But Basalt dared not slack off because he knew there might still be enemies in the cave. Having escaped death, Basalt had to be cautious.

"Excadrill, be alert!"

While ordering Excadrill to be alert, Basalt quickly took out "Energy Roots" (or Revive/Energy Tablet equivalent) and the healing holy item "Sacred Ash" (or similar high-tier item, text says "Spring of Life/Life Water" probably referencing Moomoo Milk or Full Restore equivalent conceptually) to feed the Pokémon. Pokémon were his confidence.

Just then, a gust of gloomy wind drifted out from the cave.

"Exc~a~drill~"

Excadrill sensed something and immediately turned into "Drill Form" and rushed out, chiseling fiercely at the cave entrance. Although the entrance looked empty, it forcibly blocked Excadrill.

"Heh~a~"

Accompanied by a scream, Cofagrigus finally revealed its trace. Although its stealth technique was unique, Excadrill's perception ability skyrocketed after entering the Gym Leader level. Under the same level, it was very difficult to deceive Emperor Mole's "Sandstorm Perception"!

Hit by the Drill Run, Cofagrigus was sent flying directly, heavily injured. Cracks had appeared on its golden coffin lid. Crucially, this Cofagrigus's strength seemed very limited, not Excadrill's opponent at all. After taking another "Super Drill Run," it lay down directly. Its coffin lid was knocked flying by Excadrill, revealing the white bandages inside.

Inside the coffin, from the center of the bandages, an egg with blood-colored and silver patterns fell out, rolling through the pile of rocks. Some rocks in the pile were very sharp. But strangely, even if this egg hit sharp rocks, the shell showed no damage at all; instead, it made ding ding ding sounds like metal hitting rock.

"Pokémon Egg?"

Basalt raised an eyebrow.