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Chapter 519: The Frozen World?
Chapter 519: The Frozen World?
Unova Region, Giant Cavern.
A labyrinth of intricate passageways, covered in frost, with numerous branching paths.
Ordinary people wouldn't dare venture here, not only because of the complex layout but also due to the frigid temperatures within the Giant Cavern, which would deter most from even approaching, let alone venturing deeper.
Even Jinghe felt the cold, rubbing his arms to warm himself.
Fortunately, Azure Flame Blade Demon held a burning sword, dispelling the chill as it moved closer to him.
It was hard to imagine how the Plasma Team could have captured Tyrantrum if it were still in the cavern. If Tyrantrum knew how to shrink, the entire Plasma Team would likely have been turned into ice shards upon entering.
Jinghe had thought that the previous open space was Tyrantrum's territory, allowing it to display its full strength, but now it seemed that the cavern was truly Tyrantrum's domain.
Fortunately, Ice Nine Tails could sense and respond to the distribution of cold, allowing them to locate Tyrantrum's lair; otherwise, the numerous branching paths would have been a significant problem.
There might be many Ice-type Pokemon outside, but none were seen inside the cavern.
Even after Tyrantrum's capture, the remaining chill deterred other Ice-type Pokemon from approaching.
However, the Geometric Snowflakes were an exception.
They were an extension of Tyrantrum's power.
As Jinghe and his group entered the cavern, they encountered some Geometric Snowflakes, but they posed no real threat.
Finally, as their vision cleared, Azure Flame Blade Demon's fire illuminated the cavern.
"This is the true Giant Cavern."
Looking at the vast cavern, covered in thick layers of ice, with cold air seeping in from all directions, Jinghe couldn't help but exclaim.
"Woof!"
Ice Nine Tails scanned the area, immediately locking onto the solid ice in one corner of the cavern.
Even Jinghe could sense the chill there was more intense than in the surrounding areas.
This was truly Tyrantrum's legacy, the source of the spreading cold.
Cold.
Even though Jinghe was accustomed to Ice Nine Tails' freezing abilities, he could feel the chill without even getting close.
Thick, tangible cold mist enveloped the area.
"Hmm?"
Gramps curiously extended his hand, wanting to touch it to see if it was mist or something else.
Result:
Crack!
As his fingers approached, a layer of frost quickly covered them, spreading rapidly over his entire body.
The next moment:
Gramps froze into an ice sculpture.
Fortunately, the ice sculpture couldn't truly seal Gramps, and he transformed into black mist, leaving behind a lifelike, hollow ice sculpture.
"Hmm?"
Looking at his crystal-like ice sculpture, Gramps' cunning eyes lit up.
It was indeed cold, and even as a ghost accustomed to the chill, he felt it.
But it was also genuinely fun.
"Yo!"
Seeing this, Tyrogue imitated Gramps, wanting to see if he could make an ice sculpture of himself. Jinghe stopped him.
"Don't go there!"
Didn't he know he was twice as weak to ice?
Azure Flame Blade Demon waved, and a faint blue flame, like a sword's glow, was extinguished by the white frost.
"Yo."
Tyrogue shrank his neck.
Wow, even flames could be frozen!
The little guy immediately suppressed his urge to try.
"Go, Nine Tails."
Noticing the longing in Ice Nine Tails' eyes, Jinghe gestured with a nod.
"Woof!"
Ice Nine Tails responded with a long howl and gracefully jumped into the white mist, heading towards the ice block left by Tyrantrum.
As Ice Nine Tails entered, the mist, which had been spreading outward, stopped and began to gather around it, as if it had found a new "master."
Jinghe led the little ones around the cavern, staying away from the white mist and Tyrantrum's ice block. Although it was cold, it didn't pose a significant threat.
"Yo!"
Tyrogue clenched his tiny fist and pounded it against the nearby ice wall.
Bang!
With one punch, the ice wall didn't budge, only shedding some ice chips.
The little guy, unconvinced, swung his fists again, but there was still no significant change, only leaving a few white marks.
"Yo."
Tyrogue scratched his head.
"Cha!"
Gigaforg, carrying a hammer, approached and signaled Tyrogue to step back. Then, he placed the hammer behind him and slammed it onto the ground.
Smashing ice blocks was his specialty.
The next moment:
He gripped the end of the hammer's handle, clenched his teeth, and swung the hammer with such force that his twin ponytails flew up. The hammer struck the ice wall.
Boom!
With a loud, dull sound, cracks appeared on the ice wall, as if it were a torn piece of cloth.
"Yo!"
It worked!
Tyrogue jumped up and shouted.
Hammer Girl, give it another whack, another whack!
"Chop!"
Gigaforg, of course, didn't hold back. He sprang up, swung his hammer in a full circle, and slammed it into the ice wall again.
Boom!!
Countless ice crystals shattered, and the ice blocks shattered into pieces. Tyrogue's head jerked up, and he immediately bit down on a piece of ice that had sprayed out.
Crunch—Crunch—
Hmm, not bad at all.
Wow, after all that, it was just for a bite of ice?
Seeing this, Jinghe couldn't help but think to himself.
Hmm? But...
After the ice chunks fell off, Jinghe stepped forward and saw the pitch-black rock wall, full of pits and depressions, and even reflecting a hint of metallic luster.
"This is..."
Meteorite Crater! Legend has it that thousands of years ago, in the same year that the Xiaka family obtained the Gene Wedge, a meteorite fell from space and crashed near Cage Eye Town, forming the Giant Cavern.
But this legend was not recorded, and no one could confirm its authenticity. After the Giant Cavern was formed, it was always shrouded in frost, and all companies and teams attempting to excavate and explore it had to put their projects on hold.
Now it seems that this legend is true.
Rumor has it that Tyrantrum is actually the embodiment of the meteorite.
But Xiaka once said that Tyrantrum is actually the shell of Czechrom and Lechram after their split, and it is a shell that has gained self-awareness.
As far as Jinghe knows, Xiaka is right, and the Gene Wedge is the key to reuniting Tyrantrum with Czechrom and Lechram.
In the movie, when Keldeo encountered Tyrantrum, it already had the ability to transform and fuse Czechrom and Lechram, which is why it was called the "Surface Supreme Dragon."
But when Jinghe asked Keldeo and the three Saint Swordsmen earlier, Tyrantrum didn't show any such ability.
"Yoohoo!!"
Seeing this, Tyrogue immediately spat out the ice chips in its mouth and then pounced, gnawing at the rock wall.
"Yoohoo! Yoohoo!"
It bit down on a protruding part of the rock wall, shaking its whole body up and down, trying to bite off a piece, but it didn't seem that easy.
Jinghe: "..."
The only thing that could make Tyrogue "lose control" was probably seeing rare minerals.
Gigaforg's eyes were also burning with excitement.
The rock wall of the meteorite crater was rich in rare metal elements, which was also what he was passionate about.
Seeing their expressions, Jinghe lightly touched his forehead.
Originally...
Ice Nine Tails absorbed the remaining Ice-type energy of Tyrantrum to stop the spread of frost, which made sense.
If Tyrogue and Gigaforg were to chisel away all these rock walls...
"I wonder what Tyrantrum's reaction would be when it returns and finds its 'home' has been 'stolen'."
Tyrantrum: "I just went out for a nap, and my home is gone?"
"Forget it, anyway, Nine Tails still needs time, and Tyrogue and Gigaforg can't possibly chisel away the entire cavern."
Once Ice Nine Tails finishes absorbing, let it restore the ice wall.
Anyway, with the temperature here, even if Tyrantrum doesn't return for several years or even decades, the ice won't melt.
And so...
Tyrogue and Gigaforg started "chiseling" the rock wall, and Azure Flame Blade Demon joined in to help at their invitation.
Time passed.
Ice Nine Tails' absorption speed became faster and faster.
The huge ice block disappeared, and the temperature in the cavern also warmed up slightly. More importantly, the frost that had spread and diffused from the "Giant Cavern" stopped.
The residents of Cage Eye Town only felt a slight drop in temperature, thinking it was a spring chill, and not many people paid much attention.
The most important thing was that the wild Pokemon living outside Cage Eye Town, near the Giant Cavern, returned to their habitats after the frost dissipated.
Looking at the cavern, which looked like it had been gnawed on by something, Jinghe's mouth twitched slightly.
He had somewhat underestimated Tyrogue's appetite and Gigaforg's abilities.
Fortunately, Ice Nine Tails had completed its absorption.
Most of the frost in the cavern had dissipated.
"Roar~~"
When Ice Nine Tails appeared in front of Jinghe again, it didn't seem to have changed much.
But upon closer inspection, it could be seen that Ice Nine Tails' originally white fur seemed to have become even more crystal clear and translucent, like real ice crystals, each strand distinct.
But what attracted Jinghe's attention the most was what Ice Nine Tails was holding in its mouth.
It was two pieces, each the size of a palm, mostly white with a small portion of gray-black, and the texture was somewhat like rocks.
"Scales?"
Jinghe took the two scales from Ice Nine Tails' mouth.
Instantly, he felt a piercing chill, and his fingertips began to go numb.
Hiss—
He immediately used Wave Guide to isolate himself, and it felt much better.
"This is, Tyrantrum's scales?"
And it seemed that they weren't ordinary scales; they were the reverse scales of a dragon?
No wonder the frost continued to spread even after Tyrantrum disappeared.
It was because of these two scales that Tyrantrum shed.
"Roar~"
Ice Nine Tails nodded, it also felt the same way.
Two Dragon Scales
After a moment's thought, Jinghe handed one of the scales to Ice Nine Tails, "You can keep this one."
Although it was a bit odd for an Ice and Fairy-type like Ice Nine Tails to possess a dragon scale, the Ice-type power of Tyrantrum on the scale would still greatly benefit Ice Nine Tails.
"Roar~"
Naturally, Ice Nine Tails didn't refuse.
"And this one..."
Jinghe's gaze swept across the area.
He locked eyes with Rapid Dragon, who had taken a half-step back, wearing a sheepish smile.
Jinghe couldn't help but smile, "Rapid Dragon, this one's for you."
"Roar!"
Rapid Dragon, being a dragon-type, naturally desired the scale of a legendary dragon. However, Tyrantrum was an Ice-type dragon, and Rapid Dragon had a four-fold weakness to Ice-type attacks. Carrying such a scale might freeze it to death.
"I believe in you." Jinghe handed the scale to Rapid Dragon.
"Roar!"
Hearing Jinghe's words, Rapid Dragon reluctantly accepted the scale.
"..."
Rapid Dragon: "..."
With a four-fold weakness to Ice-type attacks, if Rapid Dragon didn't strengthen its resistance, it would end up like A-Du, completely controlled by Ice-type Pokemon.
The title of the Flying-type Elite Four was not given lightly.
This was the experience of Tyrogue.
After all, Tyrogue had a four-fold weakness to Grass-type attacks, but now it uses the branch of the World Origin Tree to clean its teeth and as a chew toy.
Rapid Dragon, with its four-fold weakness to Ice-type attacks, could also improve its resistance to Ice-type moves.
It could simply use Tyrantrum's scale as a hand warmer.
"You don't want to lose to Ice-type dragons in the future, do you?"
To be honest, the combination of Ice and Dragon-type attributes was quite unfair to other Dragon-type Pokemon.
It was only slightly better than the 'Dragon Traitor' Super Qixi Qingniao.
And there were other Ice and Dragon-type Pokemon besides Tyrantrum, like the semi-legendary Pokemon Jishijia from the Padia region.
"Roar!!!"
Hearing this, Rapid Dragon immediately put aside its reluctance and nodded vigorously.
It had always been competitive with other dragons.
Even as it took the scale, its toothy grin was quite amusing.
"Ice Nine Tails, could you help restore this cave?"
Looking at the chaotic cave, Jinghe couldn't help but twitch his eyes.
"Tyrogue, Gigaforg, you're done!"
"Burp~"
Tyrogue burped, patted its belly, and reluctantly glanced at the damaged rock wall before nodding.
"Chop!"
Gigaforg wiped the sweat from his forehead, patted his hammer, and looked satisfied.
He felt that the next time he used the Ice Hammer, its power would be even greater.
As they finished, Ice Nine Tails opened its mouth, and a chill emanated from its body.
The damaged rock wall was instantly covered in thick ice crystals.
Hmm? Jinghe looked at Ice Nine Tails in surprise.
The speed at which the ice crystals formed and the power of the Ice-type move... "Ice World?"
He hadn't seen Tyrantrum use 'Ice World', but he had a bold guess.
After all, Ice Nine Tails' Ice-type moves had significantly increased in power.
However, in the Pokedex, there were no changes in Ice Nine Tails' move list.
Crack! Crack! Crack!
The ice crystals covered the damaged rock wall.
It was as if the entire world had returned to the freezing cold, ice-covered world.
This time, Ice Nine Tails had gained a lot.
In no time, the cave was restored to its original state.
"Roar~~"
Ice Nine Tails let out a soft cry towards Jinghe, as if it had just released a trivial freezing beam.
The chill in the air made it much easier for Ice Nine Tails to use its Ice-type moves.
"If there's an opportunity in the future, perhaps I can ask Tyrantrum for advice."
Of course, this would require Tyrantrum to return and have a chance for friendly communication.
"Let's go back."
Stopping the chill from spreading further, Tyrogue had a hearty meal, and Gigaforg collected a lot of metal. This trip wasn't in vain.
Now, Jinghe needed to inform Adek about Tyrantrum's disappearance and the possible further actions of the Plasma Team.
To prepare him.
Additionally, the Genesect problem needed to be addressed.
After breaking free from Akroma and the Plasma Team's control, they would likely search for a new home.
But for a three-billion-year-old Pokemon like Genesect, finding its original home was almost impossible, so they would have to build their own, potentially causing widespread destruction.
"How do I feel like I'm becoming their nanny every time I help the Genesects?"
Jinghe thought to himself.
Exiting the intricate cave, they were greeted by Keldeo, who had regained his resolve, and the three Saint Swordsmen, who had slightly recovered.
They expressed their sincere gratitude to Jinghe and his Pokemon.
Moreover, they offered to help Jinghe whenever he needed them.
At the same time, they could teach Jinghe's Pokemon the 'techniques' of swordplay.
(End of Chapter)
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