Pokémon: Trainers Start as Bounty Hunters.

In just a moment, the person and the pet were back on land.

With one arm around the Blaziken's neck, I patted it, signaling it to put me down.

Terrified, Tetsuya felt his legs trembling uncontrollably.

That was so exciting!

At the same time, he secretly regretted his own impulsive actions, thinking, "Why did I have to go looking for trouble by hammering the stone wall?"

"boom!"

A slight vibration sounded.

The large hole that had just appeared in the ground in front of him suddenly closed up again.

Tetsuya's expression was uncertain. Was this a trap?

Judging from its rough appearance, it must have been left by ancient people a long time ago, rather than a modern product.

"Blazing Chicken, use the weakest Ember on the middle of the rock wall."

He squinted and instructed the Blaziken, while retreating with the Mantle Rock.

Physical attacks can activate mechanisms, but what about energy attacks?

The Blaziken nodded slightly, and a tiny, bright spark shot out of its mouth, wobbling towards the middle of the rock wall.

The expected collision did not occur. The instant the spark touched the rock wall, the rock wall suddenly lit up with an earthy yellow light, absorbing all the flame energy.

Tetsuya almost swore. This is the world of elves! What kind of fantasy are you trying to create here?

He had read many records related to the exploration of historical sites, but he had never seen such a mechanism before.

Frowning, direct physical attacks didn't work, nor did energy attacks. So how could he possibly obtain that other thing?

As for giving up, what a joke! The arrangement of such a mechanism indicates that the things behind it are of extremely high value. If it were an ordinary item, there would be no way that such an unprecedented setup would be present.

"Blazing Chicken, continuous fire attacks, gradually increasing in power."

While pondering this, Tetsuya first had Blaziken attack the rock wall, constantly testing the limits of its defense.

"Xia Mo".

Blaziken responded, and then a continuous stream of sparks struck the rock wall.

The yellowish-brown light flickered continuously in the dark cave, like fireworks.

After nearly three minutes of continuous spark attacks, Blaziken had to stop and take a short break.

Even with its abilities, controlling its power while maintaining continuous output is a very tiring task for any Pokémon.

"Hmm, it works. So how does it supplement its defense?"

Tetsuya squinted, keenly noticing that the light emanating from the rock wall had dimmed slightly after three minutes of continuous attacks.

As he expected, this defense method was essentially a matter of energy canceling each other out.

Moreover, judging from the strength of Blaziken's attack, it did not damage the overall structure of the cave.

“Mantle rock, rock collapse, just one piece is enough.”

Let Blaziken rest for a while, and Tetsuya begins to command Mantle Rock to continue attacking the rock wall to verify his next hypothesis.

When the rock from the mantle rock collapse encountered the rock wall, it did not trigger any mechanisms or disappear like sparks; instead, it silently merged into the rock.

Nodding slightly, I suppose the way to replenish one's energy must be through Rock or Ground-type attacks.

No wonder no Pokémon has been able to open this place underground for so long, since most Pokémon of other types live on the surface.

"Well then, Blaziken, it's up to you to do the work now."

Tetsuya patted the Blaziken next to him.

The Blaziken understood perfectly.

"Let's try using a flamethrower first, controlling the power as you go, and gradually increasing it." "Oh my!"

A pillar of fire, noticeably smaller than during the battle, shot out from Blaziken's mouth and struck the rock wall, its yellowish-brown light never extinguishing this time.

It lasted for more than a minute before the Blaziken stopped, panting heavily.

This is really too tiring for the Pokémon. It looked at its trainer with pleading eyes, "Boss, I'm completely drained. I can't take it anymore."

At this moment, Tetsuya also felt some difficulty breathing, and his body was covered in sweat.

In such a confined space, fire-based skills are truly deadly.

He had no choice but to retreat outside with his Blaziken, rest for more than ten minutes, and then launch another attack.

This was repeated seven or eight times, and almost two hours had passed. The Blaziken was so tired that its feathers drooped down.

"Dangoro!"

The roar of the mantle rock made the Blaziken stop immediately.

Tetsuya asked, "You mean you can already control the rock wall to open?"

The mantle rock responded, and based on its senses, it seemed worth a try.

"Xia Mo".

Blaziken urged it on, "Turn on if you can, I'm about to pass out if this keeps burning."

The mantle rock slowly walked to the rock wall and remained motionless.

His body was constantly vibrating with an earthy yellow energy.

"Dangoro!"

Accompanied by the muffled roar of the mantle rock, the rock wall slowly parted.

He patted the mantle rock to indicate that he had done a great job.

Tetsuya carefully led Blaziken behind the rock wall.

What comes into view is a rock tunnel with obvious signs of human construction, with pieces of fluorescent stone scattered around providing light.

He crouched down, and there were silver engravings on the ground. He touched them, and they seemed to be silver.

Following the direction of the carvings, one side is the rock wall from when you first entered, and the other side is the interior of the cave.

As he walked, Tetsuya observed everything.

The walls of the passageway are covered with murals and ancient written records.

He couldn't understand the text, of course, but the murals were very clear. They depicted little creatures, including Aerodactyl, Kabutops, and two different Charizards.

Tetsuya pondered, "The X and Y forms after Mega's evolution?"

Although the League has not yet revealed the existence of Mega, he knew some related information in his previous life.

In addition, there was another Pokémon he didn't recognize, which resembled a Triceratops from his previous life.

The mural shows five elves fighting against a strangely shaped elf.

"Deoxys?"

Tetsuya stared at the mural of the elf with three different forms in front of him, lost in thought, wondering whether he should turn around and run away.

Chapter 119 Strange Stones

In his previous life, Tetsuya didn't actually watch many Pokémon anime. He basically only watched the storylines of the Kanto, Orange Islands, and Johto regions, and occasionally watched theatrical versions.

The rest was all hearsay or from watching one or two episodes of the anime; he wasn't very clear about most of the content after Unova.

Deoxys was one of the few mythical Pokémon he knew in his previous life.

If I had known I would transmigrate here, I would have replayed the story at least a dozen times and played the game for several years, damn it.

If his memory serves him correctly, Deoxys mutated from the DNA of a cosmic virus and is able to use incredible cosmic forces to change his form.

It looks like an alien and has four forms, each focusing on different abilities, corresponding to normal, attack, defense, and speed respectively.

The elves depicted in the passageway murals have bodies that are primarily orange-red, faces that are blue-green, and three blue-green spots on their backs.

A purple stripe runs across its face, and there are crystallized tracheae in its chest cavity. It has white, round eyes in rectangular black eye sockets.

Although it lacks one form, he is certain that this thing is Deoxys.

That would be extremely dangerous; who knows if the end of this passage is a sleeping, crystallized Deoxys?

Judging from the destructive power he remembered, this guy was terrifyingly strong; he probably wouldn't even be enough to fill its teeth now.

Tetsuya stopped in his tracks for a moment.

After hesitating for a moment, he gritted his teeth and continued along the extended route of the mural's storyline.

He couldn't believe that elves could survive in a place like this for so long, at least several thousand or tens of thousands of years.

Even if it survives, it will only be in a weak crystalline state. If he were to subdue it, wouldn't he be directly vying for the championship?

The story depicted in the mural continues.

Three dragon-like Pokémon occupied the sky, while Kabuto and a Triceratops-like Pokémon attacked and defended against Deoxys on the ground.

The energy shockwaves emitted by the first three struck the earth, causing it to crack.

The sharp scythe of the scythe helmet slashed through Deoxys's body, while the hard stone shield on the face of the unknown elf blocked all of Deoxys's frontal attacks.

On the mural, the sun and moon revolve, symbolizing the protracted nature of this battle.

The final victor was Deoxys, which went deep underground, took something unknown, and then flew away into the sky.

Tetsuya finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this. Thank goodness, at least it wasn't Deoxys inside. To be honest, he was somewhat scared.

The mural continues.

After Deoxys left, another elf appeared, one that even Zelda didn't know about.

It is entirely black, with orange hair and legs. Each of its hands has half a shell, which is printed with patterns.

Another picture shows the elf's shell closed up, resembling a shiny bird's head.

The spirit initially approached out of curiosity, but as the five exhausted spirits adopted a defensive stance, it immediately unleashed a surge of energy, effortlessly defeating them.

Tetsuya twitched his lips. Could it be this Pokémon inside? It looks like an Electric-type, and its temper is just too bad.

Moreover, it seems to be much stronger than Deoxys. Even though the five Pokémon were exhausted, the process of defeating it was too easy.

Fortunately, after easily defeating the other five Pokémon, this Pokémon left behind a stone-like object and departed.

What follows is a scene from ancient times showing people rebuilding their homes.

The mural shows that they dug an underground tunnel for the stone and placed it in a temple-like building.

Tetsuya looked up. Was this the one in front of him?

Before him stood a temple that had collapsed and was now in ruins.

At the center was a stone platform, and from his angle, there was indeed a silver-gray stone on the platform.

After having the mantle rock sense the ground and confirming that there were no problems and that it could be manipulated normally, Tetsuya cautiously walked towards the stone platform.

As he approached, he examined the stone closely.

It is silver-gray overall, and when held vertically, there is a boomerang-like pattern on the top.

In the center of the stone, a diamond pattern and a Z-shaped pattern overlap.

Below, there are also some different colors distributed, with yellow occupying most of the area.

What is this?

Zhe was also very curious. He had never seen this thing before, neither in his memories of his past life nor in his studies in this life, there was any record of this stone.

It's definitely not a Mega Stone from Mega Evolution; he remembered that it looked more like a glass marble.

After confirming several times that there was no danger, he picked up the stone.

Although I don't know what it's used for, it must be a very precious thing.

Just by looking at that mysterious and powerful spirit, you can tell it's at least a legendary beast-type spirit, so the things it left behind can't be bad.

After putting the stone into his spatial backpack, Tetsuya searched the entire ruined temple again, but there was nothing left but rocks.

As for the defensive device on the rock wall at the entrance, he looked at it and saw that the entire stone platform was surrounded by engravings filled with silver, with the groove for the stone placed in the middle.