The Power of Terastallization

"Terastallize, Swampert!"

As the words fell, Luo Mu gripped the Terastal Orb in his hand. The originally dark Terastal Orb suddenly lit up with a blue glow, a strange energy known as "Terastal Energy."

The Terastal Orb, overflowing with brilliance, was thrown by Luo Mu towards Swampert's head, forming a perfect parabola.

Swampert's eyes were fixed on the Terastal Orb above, as if responding to it. The Terastal Orb instantly erupted with a dazzling, gem-like brilliance.

The light cascaded down from mid-air, transforming into crystals that emanated a charming halo, enveloping Swampert's entire body. The next moment, a crisp shattering sound, like breaking glass, accompanied the explosion of the crystals.

At this very moment, amidst the scattering crystal shards and starlight, Swampert's transformed body appeared before Luo Mu, Pepper, and Master Dogue.

Swampert's body was now covered in what looked like gems, radiating a dazzling glow.

On its head, a Terastal Gem resembling a crown had appeared at some point, and above the gem was an object that looked like a cross-section of the Earth.

This object was composed of pure Terastal Energy and was filled with various elements.

Oceans, plains, mountains, the inner core, outer core, mantle, crust, and so on.

It gave off a bizarre and surreal feeling.

Luo Mu murmured, "Terastal. Ground."

Pepper was even more excited than Luo Mu, who had initiated the Terastallization. With a face full of excitement, he hugged Master Dogue, his feet tapping rhythmically on the ground.

"It's Terastallization! So cool, so awesome!"

Pepper's face showed longing. When would he be able to Terastallize Master Dogue?

Luo Mu looked confused. Why was Pepper so excited?

Compared to Mega Evolution, Z-Moves, and Gigantamax, the art style of Terastallization was indeed a bit out of place.

However, as one of the four major systems, the potential of Terastallization was undeniable.

Luo Mu beckoned with his finger. Swampert, feeling the novel energy within its body, slowly walked over and crouched beside Luo Mu.

Luo Mu poked the crown of Terastal Ground, his expression strange. "It's actually physical. I wonder how hard it is."

Because of Luo Mu's action, Swampert also noticed the strange object that had suddenly appeared on its head and looked displeased.

It had wondered why it felt top-heavy while walking just now; it turned out this cumbersome thing had been added. Although it didn't feel very heavy, it affected its balance and the precision of its movements. In high-level battles, such a subtle difference could be enough to decide the outcome.

Luo Mu saw Swampert's displeasure with the Terastal Crown and chuckled, "You'll get used to it. This is a great thing to enhance your power."

"Swampert."

Swampert raised its arms to touch the Terastal Crown, responding with a dejected grunt.

Watching Swampert's movements, Luo Mu's mind suddenly conjured several special ways to use this Terastal Crown, but he shook his head, dispelling these thoughts.

He had already retired; why was he still thinking about battle strategies?

Shaking off some thoughts that shouldn't be on his mind right now, Luo Mu said to Pepper, "Follow me, brother. I'll show you something big!"

"Okay!"

Pepper nodded heavily, following Luo Mu and Swampert, who was getting used to its Terastallized body, with Master Dogue in tow.

A moment later, Luo Mu and the others arrived at a farming area overgrown with weeds and littered with gravel.

Pepper blinked, looking at the scene before him in disbelief.

Although he was young, he often read books due to his parents.

Therefore, he could naturally tell that what Luo Mu called a "farming area" was actually wasteland where even potatoes might not grow!

To reclaim wasteland into land suitable for cultivation would require a massive amount of manpower and resources. Perhaps the power of Pokémon could speed things up?

Pepper suddenly turned to look at the Terastallized Swampert, realizing something.

Luo Mu and Swampert exchanged a tacit glance. Without a word, Swampert struck a pose and began to gather its Ground-type energy.

As it gathered energy, Swampert was startled.

It felt as if the vast Ground-type energy within its body had been tinged with the same radiant glow as during its Terastallization. As it unleashed the move, Swampert, along with Luo Mu, was stunned into silence.

Swampert stomped heavily on the ground, as if the earth itself was turning over. Layer upon layer, waves of sparkling, earth-yellow energy surged outwards in all directions.

The Ground-type move, "Stomping Tantrum"!

The waves swept over everything. All the gravel and weeds were overturned by the immense power of Stomping Tantrum, eventually turning to dust. The weeds were uprooted, and even the solid ground became slightly loosened soil.

Before the area was designated, Luo Mu had specifically asked Serperior to use its high-level Pokémon's Intimidate to drive away the Pokémon living beneath the wasteland into the nearby forest.

With such a large-scale operation, there would be no unexpected casualties.

Swampert's eyes widened. It dazedly touched the Terastal Crown on its head, then looked at its feet.

It felt that it hadn't used much energy for this Stomping Tantrum, expecting only to disturb a small area of the ground. However, with the boost from the mysterious Terastal Energy, Stomping Tantrum, apart from not causing the violent tremors of an Earthquake, had a power almost equivalent to Earthquake!

If Stomping Tantrum was like this, what would Earthquake be like?

At this moment, Swampert deeply understood why Luo Mu had said what he did. This strange Terastallization simply and directly increased its power out of nowhere!

If it had had this thing back then, perhaps it could have achieved a better result against that Aurorus?

Swampert fell into thought.

Pepper held Master Dogue, a blush of shock or excitement coloring his pure white cheeks as he murmured, "So strong. Is this the power of a Champion-level Trainer's Pokémon?"

Luo Mu snapped out of his surprise. While he knew Terastallization's power wouldn't be weak, witnessing it firsthand still startled him with the extent of the enhancement.

Is this system truly on par with Mega Evolution, Z-Moves, and Gigantamax?

Luo Mu predicted that once Swampert had fully mastered the power of Terastallization, he would have a significant advantage against Luxray due to type matchups.

Next, Luo Mu and Swampert completely renovated all the wasteland in the farming and ranching areas. The "corpses of stones" that once littered the land turned to dust, and the weeds were uprooted, awaiting cleanup.

Once everything was finished, Swampert deactivated Terastallization. Relishing the feeling of power from not long ago, Swampert gazed intently at the Terastal Orb in Luo Mu's hand.

Sensing Swampert's gaze, Luo Mu glanced at the dull, black Terastal Orb in his hand and grumbled, "A system that requires recharging after a single use is a terrible design!"