Pokémon: Sandstorm Sovereign

Chapter 503 504: Purifying Filth and Boosting Potential

Shanghai, Viridian Secret Realm.

Basalt, who possessed the friendship of Celebi, had already obtained the qualification to enter and exit Viridian Forest freely. Of course, he couldn't mention Celebi to the outside world, only saying that he had gained the recognition of the Totem Pokémon Exeggutor.

Sensing Basalt's appearance, the Totem Exeggutor immediately looked disgusted. Anyway, in its heart, Basalt was an annoying existence. But since the "Forest God" Celebi favored Basalt, Exeggutor could only hold its nose and endure it.

"Hello Exeggutor, long time no see!"

Basalt greeted his old acquaintance Exeggutor, appearing very casual.

Veins popped slightly on Exeggutor's forehead. As a Totem Pokémon, Exeggutor was also an extremely respected existence in the Huaxia Alliance. But in front of Basalt, it had no status to speak of.

"By the way, Exeggutor. Has Celebi awakened?"

Exeggutor shook its head.

"Oh..."

Basalt was slightly disappointed, but soon grinned again: "Then I'll borrow the Spring of Life!"

Before Basalt became a Divine Envoy, Exeggutor was the steward responsible for collecting and managing the Spring of Life. But after Basalt became Celebi's envoy, Exeggutor couldn't boss Basalt around anymore. Crucially, Basalt didn't cherish the Spring of Life at all, which was also the reason Exeggutor hated Basalt very much. This was the Spring of Life!

Shaking its head, Exeggutor used "Teleport" directly and left. Out of sight, out of mind!

"Eh... why did Exeggutor leave so fast?"

While caught off guard, Basalt quickly winked at Bronzong and said, "Exeggutor is a Psychic-type Pokémon, and also the unfathomable overlord of Viridian Forest. See if you can hug its thigh (curry favor/learn from it) and strive to step into the Gym Leader level as soon as possible."

"Bron~"

Bronzong understood and controlled its body to leave.

The environment of Viridian Forest was excellent; Basalt quickly released all his Pokémon to let them relax here. Immediately after, Basalt took out the Pokémon egg from his backpack.

But strangely, although this Pokémon egg hadn't hatched yet, it already possessed self-awareness and mobility. It rolled away from Basalt's palm, quickly slipped behind Carbink, and rubbed against Carbink affectionately!

There were two reasons why the Pokémon egg had such a good relationship with Carbink. On one hand, it had developed self-awareness and knew that Carbink saved its life back then, carrying gratitude. On the other hand, the pure life energy inside Carbink had a fatal attraction to the Pokémon egg; it was naturally close to it.

Buzz! Buzz!

However, when sensing the abundant life essence in the Spring of Life, the Pokémon egg wavered, shaking unceasingly, eager to try. Compared to a large pool of Spring of Life, the energy inside Carbink was too little.

After hesitating for a moment, the Pokémon egg rolled and slipped directly to the Spring of Life, actively immersing itself in it.

Gurgle gurgle~

Several bubbles rose from the Spring of Life, carrying traces of blood-colored mist. At the same time, the blood-colored patterns on the eggshell also faded a lot at a speed visible to the naked eye. This was the purifying power of the Spring of Life taking effect. It was purifying the residual filth and blood essence in the Pokémon egg, as well as the soul fragments of the sacrifices.

Besides eliminating the filth of the Pokémon egg, the pure life energy in the Spring of Life also made the foundation and roots of the Pokémon egg more solid and profound, continuously improving its potential. Truly killing multiple birds with one stone!

"Carb~ink~"

Carbink's eyes shone brightly. Because the changes in the Pokémon egg were all within its perception. It was just that Bronzong wasn't here now, so it couldn't tell Basalt.

"This wave of purification is estimated to take quite some time. Let's wait patiently for now!"

Seeing Carbink staring intently at the Pokémon egg, Basalt wasn't very interested. Instead, he turned and walked to Camerupt.

After days of recuperation, Camerupt's body had long recovered its health. At this moment, it was spirited, silently absorbing the energy in the Primal Groudon Scale.

After Basalt's months of secluded cultivation in the desert, Camerupt had already reached the peak of the Pro-level and touched the physical shackles. Before, it could no longer continue absorbing scale energy. However, after the accidental Mega Evolution, its physical shackles seemed to have been broken along with the evolution.

The current Camerupt's body capacity had expanded a lot, not losing to Excadrill. However, Excadrill broke through naturally; after its body capacity expanded, its energy also rose accordingly, making it a true Gym Leader-level Pokémon. While Camerupt's body capacity expanded, its energy hadn't kept up, still remaining a peak Pro-level Pokémon.

However, as long as it absorbed energy step by step now, stepping into the Gym Leader level was already a certainty. If it Mega Evolved, its strength would be even above Excadrill. After all, it had Precipice Blades!

"Camerupt, let's try Mega Evolution again; maybe it will succeed this time."

Basalt stroked Camerupt's fur, full of expectation.

In the battle with the Lich Old Man, Camerupt completed Mega Evolution at the moment of life and death crisis, but afterwards, it collapsed for several days before slowly recovering. Since then, Basalt had tried to let Camerupt Mega Evolve again, but had never succeeded. As for the specific reason, it was still unclear. But in Camerupt's words: Not in that state anymore!

"Cam~er~upt~"

Camerupt nodded, stood up, closed its eyes, and tried to find the state.

After an unknown amount of time, Basalt suddenly shouted, "Camerupt, Mega Evolve!"

"Cam~er~upt~"

Opening its eyes again, Camerupt's gaze focused, feeling that its physical state and internal energy were adjusted well. Even its mind resonated with Basalt.

Then... there was no then. A bit like Splash; nothing happened on the field!

Scratching his head, Basalt said somewhat awkwardly, "Could it be that Camerupt can only find that state at a moment of life and death crisis? Or is Camerupt's strength insufficient, and it has to wait until stepping into the Gym Leader level to master Mega Evolution?"

Basalt rested his chin on his hand, guessing repeatedly in his heart. Because according to convention, generally only Master-level Pokémon can master Mega Evolution. For super geniuses, it also has to be at the Gym Leader level.

"Then let's wait a bit longer!" Basalt was helpless.

"Carb~ink~"

Just then, Carbink's exclamation came from the edge of the spring pool in the distance.

"What happened?"

Basalt was very puzzled and ran over quickly, only to see that the Pokémon egg originally sunk at the bottom of the pool had not only returned to its original jade-white state but also emitted a blinding light.

"This is... about to hatch?"

Basalt was shocked.