The Altar of the Sunne.
Besides witnessing Cosmoem evolve into Solgaleo firsthand,
Alola's late-blooming Pokémon—
Totem Kommo-o and its clan were another sight he couldn't miss.
Baimu had made the trip to the Altar of the Sunne, so naturally he intended to take the Dragonium Z while he was here, even if he would have to return to Poni Island sooner or later.
"Pretty bright in here."
He walked slowly into the palace, and the light before him suddenly dimmed.
The ceiling was riddled with holes. Weak sunlight seeped through them, barely illuminating the vast space filled with tangled roots and crumbling ruins.
Baimu considered his surroundings, then stamped his foot.
"Gengar!"
Shiny Gengar burst from his shadow, spun a full circle like a dancer, and landed with its left claw across its chest and its right claw behind its back, bowing as though to accept applause.
What a show-off.
Unfortunately, no one watched its carefully rehearsed entrance. Baimu's attention was entirely on the Jangmo-o and Hakamo-o popping up all around them, unable to restrain themselves any longer.
"Jangmo!"
"Hakamo!"
Raspy growls rang out as the fierce-looking Pokémon glared at them.
In a sense, they guarded the Altar of the Sunne, blocking this necessary passage and driving off intruders by force.
But they were only the underlings.
The real boss would appear at the very end!
Crash!
With a tremendous bang, dust billowed and rubble flew through the ruins. An enormous tail swung back and forth, its broad oval scales clattering like cymbals.
"Kommo-o!"
A thunderous roar followed. A sound wave shot through with blue light whipped up a fierce wind that blasted straight toward Baimu and Gengar!
Clanging Scales!
"Gengar!"
Gengar darted in front of its trainer, but the sound wave still swept its ears backward and left it