Putting away the Ultra Ball containing Zeraora, Ace didn't linger.
The invasion of the Ultra Beasts was bound to slow down the Aether Foundation's actions. Seizing this opportunity, Ace needed to quickly collect the remaining Z-Crystals, and then evolve Cosmog into either Solgaleo or Lunala.
"Aerodactyl, I'm counting on you."
Aerodactyl grasped Ace and swiftly flew with him towards the last island, Ula'ula Island.
…
While Ace sped up his collection of Z-Crystals, Green and the others returned to the Pokémon League to report on their operation.
The destruction of Team Plasma was a rare good thing for the Unova region.
Because of this, Green, as the leader, gained quite a few benefits.
"Finally done."
Green walked out of the meeting room, stretching lazily. "It was really troublesome, wasting my vacation time."
"But it's an unexpected gain that you managed to deal with a dark organization during your vacation."
Alder said with a smile, "I didn't expect the League to reward you with that Pokémon. To be honest, that Pokémon is very strong, and even I am a little tempted."
"Is that so? Then I'll try training it."
Green said with a smile. Gaining a powerful Pokémon was also quite nice for her.
Cynthia, on the other side, took a phone call, then turned to Green and Alder, saying, "I have something to take care of, so I'll head back now."
"Is it about Sinnoh?"
Alder asked curiously.
"More or less. The situation is a bit tricky, and it looks like I'll be busy for a long time."
Cynthia sighed slightly. After becoming Champion, her free time was noticeably less than before.
"Then Cynthia, you should hurry and get busy. I'm also preparing to return to Alola soon."
Green said to Cynthia, waving her hand.
"Then I'll be on my way."
Cynthia nodded and said to Green, "Say hello to Ace for me, and also tell him to find time to return to Sinnoh. I need his help with something."
"Sure, I'll pass on the message."
Green readily agreed, then watched Cynthia quickly leave the League headquarters in her efficient manner.
After Cynthia left, Alder also departed. Seeing this, Green also boarded a plane to return to Alola.
Meanwhile, Ace, having sped up, spent a day successfully collecting the remaining Z-Crystals.
Then, on the third morning, Ace got up early and, with the help of Aerodactyl, reached a small island near Poni Island called Exeggutor Island.
Ace came here for the purpose of finding an item.
Specifically, the Sun Flute and Moon Flute that could help Cosmog complete its ritual.
Ace arrived above the small island and was enthusiastically "greeted" by the Exeggutor on the island.
It wasn't that these Alolan Exeggutor attacked Ace, but rather that these creatures were not afraid of people at all and were extremely curious. Seeing an outsider land, they all gathered around, looking at Ace with curiosity.
Looking at the dense crowd of Exeggutor below, Ace finally understood why the island was named Exeggutor Island.
Because there were genuinely so many Exeggutor here!
With no other choice, Aerodactyl flew Ace in a wide circle, doing its best to avoid these Exeggutor, and finally landed in a place with a relatively smaller number of them.
But even so, these overly curious Exeggutor lowered their heads, looking at Ace with curiosity.
Ace, finding himself completely stared at, had no choice but to take out some Berries from his fanny pack to feed these Exeggutor, which allowed him to escape from the crowd.
"According to the information I gathered, Exeggutor Island was once also a trial site for the Island Challenge. So it should be over there."
Ace oriented himself and walked toward the higher ground of the small island.
Following a not-too-obvious path, Ace reached the highest point of Exeggutor Island.
And there, neatly placed on a platform, were two uniquely shaped vertical flutes.
"Is this it?"
Ace walked forward and picked up the two vertical flutes. The system scanned them, and quickly confirmed that these were indeed the Sun Flute and Moon Flute that Ace needed.
After a moment of hesitation, Ace put down the Sun Flute.
The Cosmog he caught, even if it wanted to evolve in the future, the path to Solgaleo was essentially blocked.
The reason was that the Ghost-type energy residual from Gengar within Cosmog's body had already fused with Cosmog.
Originally, to gain freedom, Cosmog had integrated Gengar's power, maintaining the Shadow Ball Gengar had left there. This also paved the foundation for Cosmog's subsequent evolutionary path.
In other words, compared to the Psychic/Steel-type Solgaleo, the Psychic/Ghost-type Lunala was more suitable for the current Cosmog.
Although the lion representing the sun, Solgaleo, was more majestic, perhaps because his starter Pokémon was a bat, Ace was more drawn to Lunala's form.
Considering both factors, Ace put down the Sun Flute and chose the Moon Flute.
After putting away the Moon Flute, Ace was about to leave Exeggutor Island when his phone in his pocket rang.
Ace took it out and saw it was Green's number, so he answered.
"Hello, Ace, where are you?"
Before Ace could speak, Green's somewhat anxious voice came from the other end of the phone: "I'm at the Tidal Song Hotel, and I ran into a very unique Pokémon. My newly acquired Pokémon made it go a bit wild, so could you please come and help? I'm having a little trouble holding it off."
Ace was stunned for a moment. He hadn't expected Green to have already returned to the Alola region and run into an Ultra Beast on the loose.
But what was this about an Ultra Beast going wild?
And with Green's strength, how could she be unable to handle one rampaging Ultra Beast?
Ace quickly recalled the "newly acquired Pokémon" Green had mentioned.
Perhaps the rampaging Ultra Beast wasn't the main point; the real key should be Green's newly acquired Pokémon!
"I understand, I'll be right there. I'm near Poni Island right now, wait for me five minutes."
Ace replied, then immediately hung up the phone, released Aerodactyl, and after Aerodactyl entered its Mega Evolution mode, it carried Ace swiftly toward the Tidal Song Hotel on Akala Island.
On the other side, Green hung up the phone, rubbing her temples with a slight headache, and said helplessly, "Five more minutes, huh…"
The camera angle shifted to the side, where a colossal tornado, nearly a hundred meters wide, was formed by countless flying leaves. The swirling leaves were cutting deep marks into the ground.
These razor-sharp leaves made the onlookers dare not approach.
And within this tornado, dimly visible, were a long, snake-like Pokémon and a humanoid Pokémon!
Chapter 339: Shiny Serperior
As Ace approached the Tidal Song Hotel, he immediately saw the gigantic whirlwind mixed with leaves.
Looking at the scene before him, Ace was shocked.
"Can Leaf Storm form on this scale?"
With doubts in his mind, Aerodactyl brought Ace down near the Tidal Song Hotel.
Little Green was currently commanding her Blastoise and other Pokémon to resist the Leaf Storm as much as possible, preventing it from spreading further.
"Aerodactyl."
Ace called out to Aerodactyl, and Aerodactyl nodded, understanding Ace's intention.
With a flap of its wings, Aerodactyl soared into the sky, quickly reaching the very top of the Leaf Storm.
Looking at the raging Leaf Storm below, Aerodactyl violently flapped its wings, instantly forming an identical tornado from high in the sky.
However, compared to the Leaf Storm's rotational direction, Aerodactyl's tornado was clearly counter-rotating.
Accompanying Aerodactyl's charge, its tornado met the Leaf Storm—violence against violence.
The wind forces neutralized each other, and the original Leaf Storm gradually crumbled under Aerodactyl's assault.
As the outer Leaf Storm dissipated, Ace and the others could see the situation inside clearly.
On the already shattered ground, a Serperior held its tail high, with concentrated Grass-type energy gathering at the tail to form a Leaf Blade. The Serperior was glaring menacingly, pointing the Leaf Blade at a Pokémon hovering in mid-air.
In mid-air, a Kartana also raised both its arms, its Leaf Blade similarly condensed, but compared to the Serperior, clear injuries could be seen on Kartana's body.
Kartana, a Grass/Steel-type, was at a disadvantage against the purely Grass-type Serperior?
Ace glanced at the deep blue Serperior, guessing that the power of this Shiny Serperior was what made it so strong.
In a flash, Kartana moved, its arms crossed, launching a Psycho Cut slash toward the Serperior.
Serperior's body moved, its tail, concentrated with the Leaf Blade, whipped out like a lash. The Leaf Blade and Psycho Cut collided. Serperior retreated half a meter, while Kartana was directly sent flying, instantly leaving a long scar on its body.
"Hiss, the Attack power is so high."
Ace gasped, the Physical Attack of this Serperior was unbelievably high.
"Could it be the Contrary Ability?"
Ace pondered internally, but quickly dismissed the idea.
The Contrary Ability continuously boosts Special Attack by using Leaf Storm; it has nothing to do with Physical Attack, does it?
So where did this Serperior's extraordinarily high Physical Attack come from?
"I'll have a good look later."
Ace's interest was piqued. He threw a Premier Ball, and Ninetales, shrouded in high temperatures, lunged at Kartana.
The Grass/Steel-type Kartana was quadruply weak to Fire. Coupled with a Serperior that possessed an extremely exaggerated Attack power, Kartana didn't last long. It was hit by Ninetales' nine Flamethrowers and instantly fell to the ground, scorched black.
"It's over."
Little Green wiped the sweat from her forehead, walking up to the Serperior with a sense of helplessness.
Gazing at the arrogant Serperior, Little Green stroked its body and said to Ace, "Thank you, Ace. I just acquired this Serperior, and I didn't expect its strength to be so great that I'm having a hard time controlling it."
"It's nothing."
Ace waved his hand, closely examining the Shiny Serperior. The system quickly scanned the Serperior, and a data file appeared before Ace's eyes.
Pokémon: Serperior
Gender: Female
Level: 65
Ability: Overgrow
Shiny Ability: Energy Compression
Nature: Serious
Potential: Top-tier
Energy Compression: Can compress the energy within the body's energy organs, allowing the organs to store more energy. Both the quality and quantity of the energy far surpass that of regular moves.
Ace was suddenly enlightened.
In gaming terms, this Serperior's PP value directly exceeded the original number, and the power of the same move was approximately three times that of a regular one.
Therefore, even without the Contrary Ability, this Serperior's ability enhancement was terrifying.
Don't forget that Grass-type Pokémon generally know the move Growth, which increases both their Physical Attack and Special Attack stats with each use.
When this Shiny Serperior uses Growth once, it is roughly equivalent to a regular Pokémon using Growth three times. After a few turns, the Attack increase provided by Growth is extremely significant.
Moreover, because the Shiny Serperior possesses the Energy Compression Ability, its energy organs have also made its physical body incredibly tough, so the ceiling for increasing its strength via Growth is also much higher.
For regular Pokémon, using Growth six times is usually the physical limit, but this Serperior might be able to use it more than six times, possibly even higher.
Then, recalculating that one use is equivalent to three uses by others, it's equivalent to a direct increase of nearly ten times.
For regular Pokémon, this is an absolute obliteration!
Ace couldn't help but admit that after figuring out the details of this Serperior, his research desire was burning fiercely.
Ace felt that the concept of Energy Compression was not too difficult. As long as he had a suitable sample, arranging this effect for each of his own Pokémon shouldn't be a problem.
As soon as he thought of this, Ace felt an urge to immediately enhance the strength of his own Pokémon.
But Ace quickly calmed down.
The first issue was the lack of samples—he couldn't just dissect Little Green's Serperior.
Secondly, learning this kind of Energy Compression required accumulated time.
It couldn't be achieved overnight.
Just as Ace and the others finished dealing with Kartana, the Island Kahuna Olivia and members of the Aether Foundation arrived late.
Olivia glanced at Kartana, then looked at Ace and the others, nodding to them.
Afterward, the Aether Foundation members began to recover the half-disabled Kartana.
Ace didn't pay attention to any of this. After all, Ultra Beasts weren't the important thing. Ace needed to evolve Cosmog into Lunala as quickly as possible, and then use Lunala's power to enter the Ultra Wormhole.
Ace didn't pay attention to the Aether Foundation members, but the Aether Foundation members were particularly mindful of Ace's actions.
After ensuring that Ace wouldn't easily intervene, they quickly captured Kartana and then rapidly withdrew with it.
Olivia watched the Aether Foundation members leave, then walked up to Ace and Little Green, offering her sincere thanks, "Thank you for protecting this island."
"It's nothing, just doing what we can."
Little Green smiled slightly, recalling her Pokémon.
Ace, meanwhile, looked at Olivia and asked, "Olivia, I have something I'd like to ask you."
"What is it? Anything I know, I will surely tell you."
Olivia said seriously. She was certainly willing to help with whatever Ace was asking about.
"What I want to know is this..."
As Ace spoke, he took out the Moon Flute.
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