Chapter 160: Evolution!! Electabuzz!
"Bzzzt..."
The next moment, yellow electricity surged across Elekid's body, enveloping it completely.
Was Elekid afraid the electricity on its body would hurt him?
Kenji instantly understood Elekid's intention. It realized why Elekid had dodged his touch just now—it was afraid the stray currents flowing over its body would harm him.
After all, Kenji wasn't a superhuman from Pallet Town; taking a shock like that would likely knock him out cold.
But seeing the expression of pain amidst Elekid's endurance, Kenji's heart tightened. Just as he was about to recall Elekid into its Pokéball and rush it to the Wumeng City Pokémon Center for a checkup...
A brilliant white light suddenly flashed from Elekid's body.
This was...
Evolution Light!!!
Kenji's eyes widened. He recognized it at a glance—the light emerging from Elekid's body was the Evolution Light that only appeared during evolution!!
Elekid was evolving!!
Kenji's worry instantly turned to joy, and he put the Pokéball back on his belt.
Meanwhile, apart from Slaking, who maintained his indifferent attitude, the other Pokémon gathered around.
Beedrill appeared behind Kenji, while Ninetales appeared beside him, raising a hand to set up a Light Screen that encompassed all the Pokémon except Elekid.
"What's wrong?" Kenji looked at Ninetales, who had suddenly used Light Screen, and asked nervously.
Ninetales shook her head, simply replying that it was intuition.
Kenji refocused his attention on Elekid.
At this moment, the Evolution Light and electric sparks intertwined and flickered over Elekid's body.
Suddenly, the Evolution Light, which had been getting brighter, began to fade and dim.
Kenji stared blankly at this scene, momentarily confused. If a Pokémon resisted evolution, aside from stone-induced evolutions, most other evolutions could be forcibly interrupted during the process.
Could it be that Elekid didn't want to evolve??!
But Kenji racked his brains and couldn't think of any reason why Elekid would resist evolution.
Evolving into Electabuzz would allow it to eat even more food. There was no reason for Elekid to resist.
Just as thoughts raced through Kenji's mind, a shadow suddenly cast over them.
Kenji looked up, only to realize that dark clouds had covered the sky above.
Dense and oppressive, in no time at all, black storm clouds shrouded the entire sky, blocking out most of the sunlight.
Within those dark clouds, lightning surged, as if brewing something.
"This is..." Kenji's eyes widened. He withdrew his gaze, looked at Elekid shrouded in the dimming Evolution Light, and then looked back at the increasingly heavy and gloomy clouds above. A strange guess welled up in his heart.
These clouds... were they summoned by Elekid?!
Then next...
Kenji's heart skipped a beat. Immediately after, Ninetales took action. She instantly used Teleport, vanishing from the spot along with Kenji and the other Pokémon (except Elekid), reappearing a full hundred meters away.
Just moments after Ninetales teleported them away, the thunderclouds above began to rumble, seemingly gathering energy.
This scene instantly reminded Kenji of the "Lightning Tribulations" described in the cultivation novels he had read in his past life when a cultivator broke through a realm.
Except, if those cultivators failed their tribulation, they'd be struck half-dead.
He didn't know if there was such a thing as "failing evolution" for Elekid.
After all, the current Elekid had Static as its first ability and Galvanize (Electric Skin) as its second. Electric-type moves and natural lightning could still cause it damage.
"CRACK!!—"
As the lightning in the clouds accumulated to a certain point, a bolt as thick as a bowl tore through the air and smashed down. As Kenji predicted, its target was Elekid, who was in the midst of evolving.
The lightning was incredibly fast. By the time Kenji reacted, the lightning pillar had already vanished.
But Elekid, having been struck by the lightning, saw the dimming Evolution Light on its body recover its brightness, becoming even more dazzling and brilliant.
"CRACK!!!—"
"CRACK!!!—"
"CRACK!!!!!!"
Bolts of lightning, twisting like pythons, crashed down one after another, landing straight on Elekid. With each strike absorbed, the Evolution Light on Elekid's body grew more and more intense.
Time ticked by.
For ordinary Pokémon, evolution usually took about half a minute. But Elekid's evolution lasted for over ten minutes.
After more than ten minutes, the Evolution Light on Elekid's body gradually faded, and the thunderclouds above slowly dispersed.
The ground where it stood had turned black and brown from the lightning strikes, forming a patch of scorched earth.
And on that scorched earth stood a Pokémon. It was yellow with black lightning stripes covering its body, standing upright like a human, with a V-shape on its forehead.
...
Electabuzz (4-Star)
Gender: Male
Level: LV.39
Type: Electric
Base Stats: 670 (HP: 90, Attack: 115, Defense: 80, Sp. Atk: 130, Sp. Def: 115, Speed: 145)
Abilities: Static, Galvanize
Moves: Dynamic Punch, Focus Punch, Feint, Hammer Arm, Charge, Thunder Punch, Thunderbolt, Thunder Wave, Shock Wave...
Potential: Ultimate
"Crackle, crackle..."
Accompanied by the sound of surging electricity, Electabuzz opened its eyes.
"Ele!!!—"
Just as Kenji was observing the newly evolved Electabuzz from afar and checking its stats panel, Electabuzz called out.
Kenji turned to look at Ninetales.
Ninetales understood tacitly, knowing Kenji wanted a translation. She immediately said, "He says he's hungry."
Kenji: "..."
It seemed that after evolving, Electabuzz's personality hadn't changed much from before.
It didn't turn from timid to manic like Pupitar.
The only thing that changed was probably its appetite.
Elekid already had a huge appetite. Now that it had evolved into Electabuzz, its appetite had evolved too—it was at least double what it was as Elekid.
Perhaps due to absorbing the power of natural lightning, Electabuzz's level also saw a massive spike. Before evolution, Elekid was only level 35, but after evolving, it had leaped straight to level 39!
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