Spirit Dimension: Tricking Groudon at the Start

It knew, of course, that it couldn't fly.

It shook the Master Ball twice.

"First, sense your surroundings. Are there any human detectors, monitors, or anything like that?"

Caution is the mother of safety. Su Yi didn't want anyone to know he had Groudon.

After confirming the area was safe, Su Yi released Groudon again.

"Ugh..."

Although Groudon had controlled its size, its weight remained the same. As soon as it appeared, it plummeted towards the ground.

It looked like the earth would shake once more.

Su Yi communicated with the Ability Designation Card mentally.

Designated Pokémon: Groudon!

Designated Ability: Levitate!

[Ding! Pokémon designation successful, Ability designation successful. Congratulations to the host, Groudon now possesses the Levitate ability!]

An invisible force descended. Groudon felt as if something entirely new had appeared within its body.

Su Yi watched, overjoyed, as Groudon actually began to float, no longer falling.

Groudon could finally fly!

This meant that even if he challenged other Mythical Beasts with Groudon in the future, he wouldn't lose face!

"WROOOAR!!"

A roar that shook the heavens and earth echoed out!

Su Yi's expression changed.

"Groudon, stop roaring! Someone will find us if you keep it up. Go back into the Master Ball for now!"

Su Yi quickly left the area.

Suppressing the excitement in his heart, he walked while opening the [Mysterious Scroll]!

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining a Treasure Map!]

A treasure map?

Good. The targets of treasure maps were usually in hidden locations, perfect for training his four Pokémon.

Based on the route provided by the treasure map, Su Yi identified the location and set off in one direction.

At that very moment, all the major high school Spirit Academies received an important message from the Pokémon League!

"Please closely monitor the actual situation of the candidate trainers in the Spirit Primal Forest. If necessary, Heavenly Kings may be dispatched directly!"

Clearly, Groudon's uncontrollable roar earlier had likely been noticed by the Pokémon League!

The roar was simply too loud.

Unfortunately, Su Yi's caution meant they would never find the source.

Following the treasure map's location, Su Yi spent half a day and arrived at the specific cave indicated on the map.

Inside the cave, Pokémon sounds could occasionally be heard.

"Frogadier!"

"Frog!"

Su Yi took out Frogadier.

Frogadier looked at Su Yi, unsure who its opponent would be this time.

"Frogadier, as we enter this cave, wild Pokémon could appear at any moment. Stay vigilant at all times."

"Frog!"

Frogadier nodded, as if to say, "Leave it to me."

At the same time, Frogadier's eyes held a hint of excitement, as this was an experience it had never had before.

Let's go, into the cave to find treasure!

Initially, there was some light inside the cave.

As Su Yi and Frogadier ventured deeper, the light inside the cave diminished, and visibility decreased.

When Su Yi and Frogadier were completely deep within the cave, there was no light at all.

They had to stop temporarily, allowing their eyes to adjust to the surroundings.

"Wooooh..."

Suddenly, a low growl approached.

Upon hearing the growl, Frogadier instinctively turned its gaze towards a certain spot.

It sensed the approach of other wild Pokémon.

Su Yi held his breath, his palm resting on another Pokeball, the one belonging to Trapinch.

If the situation turned bad, he could summon Trapinch immediately.

At the same time, he realized that the current situation was an excellent training opportunity for both himself and Frogadier.

Darkness represented the unknown, and the unknown often brought fear.

However, Su Yi wasn't afraid because the System's Eye of Investigation had already revealed what the growling Pokémon was.

A lv.22 Geodude.

"Pokémon": Geodude

"Quality": White

"Level": lv.22

"Type": Rock, Ground

"Ability": Sturdy

"Learned Moves": Tackle, Minimize, Rollout, Harden, Mud Sport, Rock Throw, Knock Off, Magnitude, Bulldoze

Just an ordinary Geodude.

However, the Geodude was a bit angry, seemingly because Su Yi and Frogadier had tresaken its home, a place no trainer had ever entered.

There was no helping it.

Su Yi had no choice; according to the route on the treasure scroll map, the so-called treasure should be deep within this cave.

Wild Pokémon in a rage were difficult to communicate with; a battle was the only option.

"Waaah!"

The Geodude let out a strange cry and unleashed Rollout on Frogadier!

It turned its body into a sphere and charged forward rapidly!

From the sound and movement, Su Yi knew the Geodude was attacking Frogadier.

This was a natural reaction from a wild Pokémon, believing that defeating the trainer's Pokémon would leave the trainer helpless.

"Frogadier, sense its sounds and movements, lure it close, then use Water Pulse!"

Su Yi needed to end this quickly.

Who knew how many wild Pokémon were in this cave.

Frogadier held its breath, using the sounds made by the Geodude to judge its position.

"Ffrog!"

Frogadier leaped, and in the darkness, Su Yi could only make out a rough silhouette.

He knew Frogadier hadn't succeeded the first time.

After hitting Frogadier once, the Geodude's Rollout didn't stop; it turned around and charged again.

This time, Frogadier knew to try again without Su Yi needing to speak.

Its eyes were fixed on the direction the Geodude was charging from.

"Ffrog!"

It dodged sideways, perfectly!

Water Pulse!

The pale blue Water Pulse slammed hard into the Geodude, dealing quadruple damage!

The Geodude fell directly.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host, Frogadier successfully defeated Geodude and gained battle experience!]

They continued onward.

Finally, there was light ahead.

Su Yi and Frogadier exchanged a glance, both feeling the other's joy.

The light ahead was from glowing stones on the cave walls.

RUMBLE!

A lv.25 Graveler charged towards them!

"Ffrog!"

Frogadier's Slash struck fiercely, deflecting Graveler's attack.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host, Frogadier performed excellently and activated a hidden reward, Skill Awakening Card: Water Gun!]

Just what they needed!

"Use, target Frogadier!"

[Ding! Congratulations to the host, upon using the Skill Awakening Card, Frogadier successfully awakened Water Gun!]

Water Gun, a long-range Water Type skill, saved the day!

"Frogadier, Water Gun!"

Su Yi pointed at the Graveler. Frogadier, feeling the newly awakened skill within, unleashed a Water Gun!

"Chaa!"

The Graveler was hit by the Water Gun.

However, it wasn't comparable to a Geodude. Although Water Gun dealt quadruple damage, it barely held on.

But what awaited it was a Water Pulse from Frogadier charging forward!

[Ding! Congratulations to the host, Frogadier has successfully defeated Graveler, gaining battle experience, and its level has risen to Lv. 21]

Another successful victory!

Su Yi, Frogadier, and the two Trapinch, had defeated over a dozen wild Pokémon one after another, finally arriving at the deepest part of the cave.

There were no treasures here as imagined.

The unknown stones on the walls were quite beautiful.

Su Yi found a heart-shaped glowing stone, and also picked up some others with attractive shapes, putting them away.

He could give them to Su Xiyan later; she would surely like them.

Besides the stones on the wall, there was only one enormous, strangely shaped stone.

Needless to say, the so-called treasure was probably hidden inside it.

"Trapinch, I'm counting on you, Crunch!"