You may enter the Water Tower.
As soon as the words fell, Zhang Heng's head felt dizzy.
This was Zhang Heng's first time communicating telepathically with a Pokémon, so he took a while to recover from that state.
Hoo~ Zhang Heng exhaled a turbid breath, and a weight in his heart was lifted.
Because he had been worried about obtaining the water scroll, according to his memories from his original world, one needed to enter the Water Tower for training.
First, one had to capture a Kubfu and use only that Kubfu to pass all the trials.
From the few words of Urshifu just now, Zhang Heng understood that the rules of this world were not so rigid; as long as they were a Water-type Divine Beast or a Trainer of a Divine Beast, they could enter the Water Tower for training.
Then, he recalled that when he used the system's ability to check Urshifu's panel just now, it was a blank gray.
He communicated with the system in his mind again: "System, why can't I view Single Strike Style Urshifu's attribute panel?"
The system's mechanical voice sounded in his mind, Ding~
"Answering the host, because Single Strike Style Urshifu has not been captured, its information is protected by this world's rules and cannot be viewed."
Zhang Heng frowned and then asked, "So, I can only view a Divine Beast's information if it has a Trainer, right?"
Ding~ The system's mechanical voice sounded again.
"Yes, Host. When a Divine Beast is captured, its Divine Beast Field will weaken and it will no longer be protected by this world's rules."
Zhang Heng then asked, "Can all Divine Beasts be captured?"
Ding~ The system's mechanical voice continued to respond.
"There are Divine Beasts in this world that control natural forces, such as Kyogre, which possesses the power of the ocean, and Groudon, which possesses the power of the earth.
These have divine positions and cannot be captured.
Also, unique Divine Beasts cannot be captured."
Zhang Heng continued to ask, "Unique? Like Mew, or the spatial-temporal twin dragons, Pokémon of which there is only one?
Ding~
"Yes, Host. These unique Divine Beast Pokémon cannot be captured.
If one forcefully defeats and captures them, they will be crushed by this world's rules, causing the world to collapse or other consequences."
After hearing the system's explanation, Zhang Heng had more questions, such as who set the world's rules? Who created this world? And who endowed the system with such abilities?
Moreover, the system cannot bypass this world's rule protection to view the Divine Beast Pokémon's panel, which suggests that the system's abilities are still subject to this world's rules.
But Zhang Heng did not ask again, not only because the current situation left him no time to think, but also because he felt there were more oddities in this world that made him afraid to delve deeper.
Zhang Heng snapped out of his dazed state, looking up at Urshifu, whose gaze had already moved from him to the Aqua Blade Gang Leader.
Urshifu's thick, powerful legs suddenly exerted force, kicking out like a flash of lightning, carrying a sharp gust of wind and fiercely striking the already defenseless Drednaw.
With a dull thud, Drednaw's massive body flew straight back towards the Aqua Blade Gang Leader like a kite with a broken string.
The Aqua Blade Gang Leader, however, appeared unhurried.
He slowly extended his right hand, calmly pulling out Drednaw's Poké Ball from his pocket.
With a flash of light, Drednaw was instantly recalled into the Poké Ball.
Immediately after, the Aqua Blade Gang Leader slightly raised his head, coldly glancing at the Poké Ball in his hand, then disdainfully spat out a sentence: "Hmph, what a useless piece of trash!"
The Aqua Blade Gang Leader had prepared for Drednaw for so long, not only snatching an S-grade ground gem for it, but also losing some high-quality combat power.
He used two ground gems, hoping to directly break the Divine Beast Field with a terrain-altering skill, but Zhang Heng intervened.
Finally, he had no choice but to reveal one of his trump cards, a Z-Move.
At this moment, Nidoqueen, who had been guarding the Aqua Blade Gang Leader's side, had a solemn expression.
Her sharp eyes were fixed on Urshifu in front, her body slightly leaning forward, adopting a posture ready to face the enemy at any moment, as if fearing Urshifu would suddenly attack.
However, the Aqua Blade Gang Leader himself was exceptionally calm and composed.
He nonchalantly put the Poké Ball that had just recalled Drednaw back into his pocket, then reached out and pulled out another dark ball, entirely dark green.
He gently stroked the patterns on the dark ball's surface, his gaze once again falling on Urshifu opposite him, a hint of disdainful smile playing on his lips.
He spoke, "You, fellow, were already severely wounded in that battle with our Aqua Blade Gang Leader before.
Although you were lucky enough to escape to this territory of China, even if you were given some time to recuperate, your injuries couldn't have fully recovered so quickly.
In my opinion, you are probably at the end of your rope now, and no match for my Pokémon!"
Urshifu responded to the Aqua Blade Gang Leader's challenge with action.
It stood silently like a mountain, slowly spreading its thick and sturdy legs, and its hands began to move, setting up its unique and fluid martial arts stance.
The Aqua Blade Gang Leader also threw the dark ball in his hand, Bang—a white light flashed~ A Pokémon appeared, its entire body a mix of deep and light purple, with blue dots on its forelimbs and tail.
Its whole body was covered in a hard shell.
Its hooked claws and tail exuded a strong venom.
The appearing Pokémon's head strangely rotated 180 degrees, then it suddenly opened its mouth and let out a deafening roar at Urshifu, beginning to release the powerful might it contained.
This pressure clearly exceeded the range of all Elite Four Pokémon.
After seeing it clearly, Zhang Heng questioned, "Could it be a quasi-Champion Drapion?"
With that question, Zhang Heng squinted his eyes and began to use the system's ability to check its attribute panel.
Pokémon Name: Drapion
Attribute: Poison, Dark
Level: 78 (Quasi-Champion combat power)
Potential: Quasi-Champion
Tera Type: Poison
Nature: Naughty (Increases Physical Defense, Decreases Special Attack)
Ability: Battle Armor
Held Item: B-grade Black Sludge
Learned Skills: Thunder Fang, Toxic, Hone Claws, Pin Missile, Crunch, X-Scissor, Leech Life, Poison Impact, Toxic Spikes.
Zhang Heng scanned Drapion's attribute panel and said, "It really is quasi-Champion, and it's a Poison + Dark combination.
In terms of type effectiveness, it only has one weakness, Ground-type, and it also has the ability that counters Dark-type masters the most—Battle Armor."
It seems like there will be a tough battle…
