I caught a Pokémon

Darkrai seems to genuinely consider Us his trainer.

But it doesn't matter, after all, Wusi is his woman, and what difference is there between Darkrai and her and between Darkrai and himself?

Looking at Darkrai now is simply to confirm whether it really worked.

After seeing it and hearing that it had helped Wu Si solve a lot of troubles during this time, Xia You was truly relieved.

Chapter 1439 Kalita and Victini

Xia You and Wu Si walked slowly forward along the stone path.

The trees on both sides grew denser, and sunlight filtered through the leaves, reflecting off them and creating dappled patterns of light on the ground.

The enormous sword-shaped castle in the distance grew closer and closer, like a giant crouching atop a mountain, looking down upon this ancient city.

Just as they were passing through a flower bed, the two suddenly heard the sound of fighting coming from not far ahead, as if someone was battling with Pokémon.

Xia You could clearly hear the sounds of their moves clashing and the cheers of the crowd, even from this distance.

As the two approached, they realized that it was none other than Makomo, Hikari, and Satoshi's group!

On a wide-open space, Makomo stood on one side of the field, with Gardevoir standing in front of her, its skirt-like hem fluttering gently in the wind.

Opposite her, Ash's Pikachu had just gotten up from the ground, its little paws supporting its weight as it panted and stared at Gardevoir.

Looking at Pikachu's condition, it was covered in dust, and even its lightning bolt-shaped tail seemed a bit wilted.

Outside the arena, Hikari, Alice, and Tenji were watching the battle with a girl Xia You had never seen before. The cheers and encouragement they had just heard came from Alice and the other girl.

Just as Xia You approached, he heard Xiao Zhi grit his teeth and issue a new command.

"Pikachu, unleash Thunderbolt again!"

At Ash's command, Pikachu flicked its tail, and a powerful golden current re-condensed at the tip of its tail.

To Xia You's surprise, his Gardevoir simply stood there in the face of such an attack, neither interrupting, attacking, nor dodging, but simply extending one arm, seemingly to withstand the blow head-on!

Xia You wondered: What's going on?

With these questions in mind, Xia You walked over to Xiao Guang's side.

Noticing his approach, Xiao Guang turned around and, upon seeing him, immediately greeted him with a smile: "Brother Xia You, Sister Wu Si, you're here too!"

When they first met, Xiao Guang called Wu Si "Miss Wu Si," but after learning that she was also Xia You's woman, he started calling her "sister."

What are they doing?

Hearing Xia You's question, Xiao Guang covered her mouth, smiled and shook her head: "It's nothing, it's just that Xiao Zhi broke down when he saw that Makomo's Pokémon was your Gardevoir, saying that it was unfair. So, to make him feel better, Makomo and Gardevoir promised him that they would only attack after he had endured three rounds of Pikachu's attacks. And now, this is the third attack."

Xia You: ...

Three attacks?

Ash is really confident.

Even if you let him attack thirty times, wouldn't the result be the same?

As expected, as Pikachu gathered its energy to the maximum, a powerful electric current blasted towards Gardevoir with a flick of its tail.

But Gardevoir remained unmoved.

It simply stretched out its arms and opened its palms, and instantly, a thick wall of psychic energy formed in front of it, blocking the 100,000 volts.

Sizzle!

A hundred thousand volts struck it, sending sparks flying everywhere, blinding people.

Not to mention it didn't even touch Gardevoir's skirt, it couldn't even break through its defenses!

The absolute difference in strength between the two Pokémon was on full display at this moment!

After the attack, Pikachu, seeing that it had failed to harm Gardevoir in the slightest, felt as if its body had been hollowed out and swayed back and forth.

Before Ash could say anything, Makomo laughed from the other side, "Ash, it's my turn now!"

Oops!

Ash let out a silent cry, and was about to tell Pikachu to dodge, but Pikachu's body seemed to be lifted up by an invisible force and then gently thrown to the ground.

Although it wasn't seriously damaged, everyone knew the outcome was already decided.

The referee emerged from behind a tree, raising a flag: "Pikachu is unable to battle, Gardevoir wins! Please hand over your identification card!"

Xiao Zhi rubbed his forehead in frustration, about to sigh, when he spotted Xia You standing to the side and quickly ran over.

"Xia You-ge! You actually gave Gardevoir to Makomo-neechan!! That's not fair!!"

Xia You found it amusing.

"Didn't you say you were going to defeat me? I figured that since you're so confident, you must have become incredibly strong, so to be on the safe side, I'll have to send out my main Pokémon."

Xiao Zhi was speechless.

What he really meant was that he wanted Xia You to send out a Pokémon that she had caught in Unova, and he would also send out a Pokémon that he had caught in Unova, and use this Pokémon to defeat Xia You's Pokémon, in order to demonstrate his own growth.

But to everyone's surprise, Xia You sent out his Gardevoir!

While Xiao Guang and the others were all grinning with amusement, he was completely dumbfounded when Makomo released Gardevoir from its Poké Ball.

How is this played?

But admitting defeat was out of the question, so he had no choice but to send out Pikachu.

But to its surprise, even though Gardevoir let Pikachu launch three attacks first, it still couldn't cause it any trouble.

Ugh…

I'm so unwilling to accept this.

Xia You looked at his flustered appearance and the corners of her mouth curled up slightly, but she ignored him and turned to look at the girl outside the arena.

"Who is this...?"

Seeing Xia You looking at her, and noticing that Xiao Zhi and the others were acting strangely towards her, the girl smiled slightly and introduced herself: "Hello, my name is Kalita."

Alice added, "Kalita is not only a native of this place, but also a trainer. She just participated in the event as a contestant, but was defeated by Ash."

Kalita coughed lightly and added, "Actually, I had the upper hand just now, but Ash only defeated me because he suddenly gained Victini's power!"

Bictini?

Xia You was naturally familiar with this name.

This is a Mythical Pokémon with Fire and Psychic attributes, which is quite rare.

However, Xia You's attention was not on that.

He carefully examined the girl named Kalita in front of him.

Ok…

Aside from being quite pretty, Xia You couldn't remember anything about her.

But that doesn't matter. All he needs to know is that this is a character from the movie.

Where is that Victini now?

"I don't know," Ash shook his head. "I came here by following its trail, but I was caught by Dawn and Makomo as soon as I arrived, and then we battled. As for where Victini went..."

Hearing Xiao Zhi's words, Xia You looked around.

Others may not know, but how could he not know?

If Ash gets involved in a movie, then without a doubt, the key Pokémon will be right next to him until things completely calm down!

However, this has nothing to do with Xia You.

With his current strength, he naturally has no interest in such mythical Pokémon.

Just as he was about to ignore the matter, he felt a sudden earthquake, and amidst a series of cracking sounds, the Earth Sword Castle in the distance slowly rose up!

Signs of the Beginning of Chapter 1440

The Sword of Earth flew higher and higher, as if an invisible giant was slowly pulling it out of the mountain.

Ash was holding Pikachu, his mouth agape, when he finally managed to utter, "You're kidding me..."

Indeed, it was truly awe-inspiring and unbelievable that a building that looked like it had existed for thousands or hundreds of years, seemingly integrated with the entire mountain, suddenly appeared in the air right before their eyes.

But for Xia You, nothing is impossible in this world.

At least a similar scene...

He had seen it many times before, so he was no longer surprised or shocked. At least he wasn't like Xiaozhi, who felt as if it were the first time he had seen it.

Xia You then looked at Kalita, only to find that the latter also had a solemn expression.

“This is impossible…” Kalita murmured, her voice barely audible, “The Earth Sword… how could this be…”

At this moment, the blade of the Earth Sword had completely detached from the mountain.

It hovered high in the sky, casting a huge shadow that shrouded the entire Eindook in darkness.

Under their watchful eyes, the Earth Sword that had flown into the air, and the gap in the mountain it had "pulled out," began to emit a faint green light.

The green light quickly solidified into a substance, like viscous plant essence, green and ethereal, and began to slowly flow out, spreading outward from a gap like water, flowing down the mountainside, into the forest below, and continuing to extend into the distance.

There were no unusual occurrences while it was crossing the forest, but as soon as it passed through the forest and entered the barren plateau in the distance, the plateau, which was originally devoid of vegetation, began to grow wildly with grass and even formed several water sources.

In just a few dozen seconds, what was originally a barren land was transformed into a huge oasis!

Hikari hugged Piplup, his mouth agape even wider than Ash's, and it took him a long time to finally manage to utter, "Is this... magic?"

This is certainly not magic.

In other worlds, the most likely cause of such a miraculous scene would be magic.

But here, there is only one possibility.

That is the power of Pokémon!

“This isn’t magic,” Wu Si suddenly said. “This must be the power of the dragon vein.”

"Dragon Vein?"

Upon hearing this unfamiliar word, Makomo, Hikari, Ash, Iris, and Cilan all turned to look at Wusi, while only Kalita seemed to realize something, her face instantly turning pale.

Makomo turned to look at Xia You, and seeing that the latter's expression was calm, she knew that Xia You must also know something.

She adjusted her glasses and looked at Wu Si curiously: "What is a dragon vein?"

It's no wonder that Mako doesn't understand.

After all, this isn't Earth. Besides China, who else uses this term?

Not to mention, she is also a Pokémon professor and a scholar who admires science, so she naturally scoffs at the idea of ​​dragon veins.

“I also saw it in the library here.” Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Wu Si smiled and said, “After arriving in this city, in addition to looking at the scenery, I also went to the library for a while and learned about the history of this city. According to the records in the ancient books, the people of the earth—that is, the builders of this city—possessed a power called ‘dragon vein’.”

Makomo frowned slightly: "I haven't seen this word in any academic literature."

“That’s what it’s written in ancient books.” Wu Si smiled slightly. “It’s not a scientific term, it’s just what the ancients said. They called the energy flowing beneath the earth ‘dragon veins.’ They believed that this energy runs through the entire continent, connecting all life and nature. The reason why the people of the earth were able to build a city on this mountain and maintain the ecological balance around the Sword of the Earth for thousands of years is because of their control and utilization of the dragon veins.”

Makomo opened her mouth, seemingly wanting to refute from a scientific perspective, but swallowed her words back.

She glanced at the green light spreading across the plateau in the distance and murmured, "The energy does exist, but the concept of 'dragon veins'..."

“The name doesn’t matter,” Xia You interrupted her. “It’s just a matter of expression or name. Perhaps in other places, this energy is called by another name. What’s important now is that this power has clearly been awakened.”

At this point, he turned to look at Kalita, who was still silent to this day.

“Miss Kalita, as a local, do you know what’s going on?”

Seeing that everyone's eyes were focused on her again, Kalita opened her mouth, then hesitated, "I..."

Now everyone could see that she knew something, but was also hesitant.

Of course, Xia You didn't expect her to say anything.

Just kidding, I've seen the movie version, who could know more than me?

Forget about dragons or dragon veins, forget about the Sword of Earth. To him now, they're all just that. No matter how it turns out or what kind of threat he faces, he has a way to deal with it calmly.

this is the truth.