dmims Chapter 851 Pearl Shell
Chapter 851 Pearl Shell
The horned deer's pupils suddenly contracted, because what was flying towards it was actually a tank skunk!
"It's time you learned your lesson," Yang Ming sneered. "Gengar, use Shadow Ball!"
The Shadow Ball quickly condensed in Gengar's hand, but instead of shooting at the Impala, it flew straight towards the Tank Skunk!
boom!
The Tank Skunk, hit by the Shadow Ball, instantly triggered its Detonate ability and quickly began to inflate!
boom!
The violent explosion kicked up thick smoke and dust, sending the skunk flying. The skunk was covered in blood, clearly injured by the explosion of the tank skunk, but it did not stop. Instead, it used the shockwave to speed away.
"Tsk, I didn't expect them to use the explosion to escape. That's ruthless," Yang Ming recalled his Pokémon and rejoined Red Sun.
“However, its forced escape will leave wounds that are difficult to heal, and in severe cases, it may even lead to its death,” Chi Ri said in a deep voice. “So for a long time to come, I think we will no longer be bothered by that kind of thing.”
Yang Ming nodded, his gaze following the direction in which the horned deer had disappeared, lost in thought. He had clearly seen the horned deer forcibly turn during the explosion; it wasn't just using the impact to accelerate, but more like an ancient instinct to activate its potential through damage.
"Should we pursue them?" he asked.
“No need,” Chi Ri shook his head, a rare complex emotion appearing on his face. “It’s too fast, we can’t catch up with it anymore, and it was hit head-on by the Tank Skunk’s detonation ability, and it used that speed while heavily injured… its ‘time’ is running out.”
Yang Ming wholeheartedly agreed.
They are unfamiliar with the environment of the pure white permafrost, and rashly pursuing them would only put them in danger.
A strong smell of blood permeated the forest.
With each stomp of its hooves, the griffin left deep and shallow bloodstains on the ground. Its vision began to blur, and all it could hear was its own heavy, broken breathing and the frantically pounding heart in its chest, as if it were about to explode at any moment. The wounds from the explosion burned with excruciating pain, and worse still, the ghostly energy of the Shadow Orb was like a malignant tumor, constantly eroding its life.
But it cannot stop.
"It seems the plan has failed."
In a snow-covered forest, the shadowy figure that once controlled Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina hovered silently in mid-air. Upon seeing its "master," the Fiend's nerves instantly relaxed.
The shadowy figure descended slowly, without any physical form, yet it seemed colder than the surrounding snow. Its "gaze" fell upon the horned deer, sweeping over the deep, bone-revealing wounds, the flesh blackened by shadow energy, and the pupils that were gradually losing focus due to excruciating pain and exhaustion.
"You're badly injured this time. It seems you were attacked by several Elite Four level Pokémon," the shadowy figure said with a hint of regret, it was hard to tell whether he was feeling sorry for his Pokémon or lamenting that his plan had failed. "If you had come back any later, I'm afraid even I wouldn't have been able to save you."
The elk tried to lower its head in submission and apology, but the muscles in its neck only twitched slightly. More blood gushed from the wound, dripping onto the pristine snow like glaring red plum blossoms. Its consciousness was slipping into darkness, and it could die at any moment.
The shadowy figure took out a small medicine bottle, unscrewed the cap, and instead of medicine, a wisp of eerie purple mist flowed out, seemingly possessing a life of its own, wrapping around the heavily wounded body of the monstrous deer. The mist touched the wound, emitting a faint sizzling sound, mutually consuming and neutralizing the shadow energy. The monstrous deer trembled in pain, but the necrotic black energy at the wound was visibly receding, and fresh flesh was struggling to sprout beneath the charred scars.
A moment later, the purple mist dissipated. The horned deer's terrifying wounds had shrunk into grotesque scars. Although its breath was still weak, the life-threatening crisis was over. It struggled to stand up, but its limbs still trembled uncontrollably.
"You should stay here and recover from your injuries," the shadowy figure said calmly. "I didn't expect those two to join forces and cause me to lose a precious pawn. It seems that the plan to control the Pearl Team will have to be put on hold for now."
"But it doesn't matter, I'll have plenty of opportunities anyway."
…………
Yang Ming and Chi Ri had finished cleaning up the battlefield. Looking at the pile of wild Pokémon corpses that was as high as a small mountain, Yang Ming felt a headache coming on.
"No, you really want to take these things with you?"
“Of course,” Chi Ri said, as he carefully cut a circle bear’s paw with Manuela without even looking up. “Before this, we were always short of food. If that horned deer hadn’t come to cause us trouble, we wouldn’t have been able to get so many ingredients.”
"In a way, we should thank that guy."
"But this meat is contaminated with the stench of skunks and tank skunks, how can you eat this?" Yang Ming frowned.
“It doesn’t matter. I’ve been eating skunk meat for days now, so this meat doesn’t smell as bad as it does,” Akari picked up the cut bear paw and sniffed it. “Sure enough, it doesn’t have much of a smell.”
I could smell this even from so far away! Sure enough, Chi Ri has eaten too much skunk meat and can't distinguish the smell anymore! Yang Ming couldn't help but mutter to himself.
"Um... thank you for earlier." The short-haired girl who had been controlled by the horned deer walked over and bowed deeply to the two of them. "My name is Zhubei, and I am the leader of the Pearl Team. Please take care of me."
Yang Ming withdrew his gaze from the mountain of corpses and looked at the girl in front of him, Zhu Bei, who claimed to be the leader of the Pearl Team. She did look very similar to Zhu Bei in his memory, only she looked thinner due to malnutrition.
“No need to be polite, we were just trying to protect ourselves.” Yang Ming said calmly. “But how did you end up here all alone, and being controlled by the monstrous deer?”
A hint of shame and lingering fear flashed across Zhubei's face: "I ventured into this forest to track down clues about the disappearance of my people. Before that, several villagers and hunters in the team lost contact here one after another, and the last messages they sent back were very vague, only mentioning 'the shadow of a deer.' I was worried that something had happened to the king, like the Mantis, so I came to check it out myself... and then I encountered that monstrous antler deer. Its eyes... were very strange. When I looked at it, I felt my consciousness being sucked in all at once, and then I knew nothing more."
"When I woke up again, all I saw was you on top of me..." As she said this, a blush appeared on her face.
"That was just to bring you back to your senses," Yang Ming coughed lightly. "By the way, Miss Zhubei, do you still have any awareness of what it was like when you were being controlled?"
“No? I don’t remember anything,” Zhubei shook her head. “But I feel really hungry. I probably haven’t eaten for days.”