Leaving aside how Mega Ampharos faced Sena's Froslass, who could also Mega Evolve, let us turn our attention to Tong Hua, who had ventured deep underground.
At the bottom of the dim staircase lay, unexpectedly, an enormous underground ice lake.
"Good thing we have Celebi's Flash. We need to find the Blue Crystal and get out of here!"
"Lah-wa!" The two Celebi flew ahead, glowing, while Minccino and Purrloin clung to Tong Hua and he held Smoliv in his arms. "Mwoo!"
"I can sense it. There's a powerful Aura up ahead!"
"Ah-ma?" Steenee looked puzzled and turned toward Riolu.
"Aura? What's that?" Steenee tilted her head and asked curiously.
"It's a kind of energy unique to each person. Like fingerprints, it lets you tell who someone is."
As Riolu explained, he took Steenee's hand. A warm Aura flowed into Steenee through their point of contact. "How amazing!" Steenee marveled at the warm energy flowing through her body, as though she could faintly "see" Riolu's steadfast, friendly heart.
"This is the power of Aura. Aside from identifying people, its greatest use is conveying emotions.
"They say powerful Aura can trigger the Bond Phenomenon, but I've never managed that yet.
"All I can do is condense it into an Aura Sphere to attack."
As the two Pokémon chatted, they followed Tong Hua across a broad stretch of the ice lake.
The cold and the slippery surface of the lake forced Tong Hua and the Pokémon to slow down.
They had to take every step carefully, afraid of slipping. The two Celebi flew a little lower, using their light to illuminate the path beneath Tong Hua's feet as much as possible.
They could already see a blue crystal half a person's height floating at the very center of the ice lake!
It gave