"Lucario, what did you mean by calling me back to the Trial Tower just now?" Qing Wu asked as he communicated with Lucario.
Just after cleaning up the battlefield, Qing Wu had been preparing to head to the volcanic region to evolve Torchic when Lucario suddenly called out to him.
It had asked Qing Wu to return to the Trial Tower, but Lucario had not explained why.
"Qing Wu, you must be wondering why the five poisonous magical beasts in the Trial Tower—the Poison Pokémon, as you call them now—have been able to reproduce for over a thousand years. Even while lacking water and food, they still possess such powerful combat strength. That's because there's a Sacred Land of Poison at the bottom of the Trial Tower."
Aside from devouring one another between species, the main reason the Poison Pokémon could continue surviving was the energy radiating from the Sacred Land of Poison.
"I have a question. Gliscor isn't a Poison Pokémon, so why was it sealed underground in that lightless place?" Qing Wu found it very strange.
"I'll explain that. At the beginning, humans didn't understand Pokémon very well. Since Gliscor could use Cross Poison, Toxic, and other moves, they classified it as a Poison Pokémon."
"However, Gliscor survived by relying on the glowing mushrooms and moss growing on the rock walls."
"Aren't you curious why all the Pokémon that broke out had evolved to their final stages? Why have you never seen their young?"
"Of course, that excludes the Poison Pokémon that secretly laid eggs without my discovering them."
"The reason is that after all the Pokémon Eggs appeared, I placed them in the Sacred Land of Poison. Once they absorbed enough Poison energy and completed their final evolution, I moved them into various caves and settled them