About an hour after setting off, Ange and the others appeared in another forest.
According to the Ursaluna couple, there were Vital Mushrooms in this forest, and they had secretly come to dig them up to eat, only to be chased for miles by the owner of this place.
So, led by the Ursaluna couple, Ange and the others quietly entered the forest.
Upon reaching the interior of the forest, Ursaluna vigorously dug at the roots of a tree, and soon presented Ange with a ball of yellow stuff.
"Kuma~ Kuma~" Look, Vital Mushroom!
Ange took a look and it really was, so he quickly led his Pokémon to dig together.
There really were a lot of Vital Mushrooms here, existing just beneath the surface of the soil, growing in clusters near the roots of trees. As long as you dug around a tree, you could dig up a large patch.
Ange even worked with his Pokémon to dig up several smaller trees with their roots and soil, planning to take them back and plant them, to see if he could cultivate Vital Mushrooms himself.
If he could cultivate them, he would be rich. This was top-tier ingredient.
Just as Ange and the others were digging enthusiastically, a small dog-like Pokémon appeared not far away from them.
This Pokémon was crimson all over, with black stripes on its back and legs, and grayish-white mane covering its head and neck. The color of its tail was the same as the color of its head.
Ange immediately recognized its identity. It was a Hisuian Growlithe, the Scout Pokémon, Fire and Rock type. Also, its pack was the owner of this forest, as mentioned by the Ursaluna.
"Woof woof woof~~"
Seeing Ange and the others as intruders, Growlithe immediately barked loudly.
Ange secretly thought it was bad, and quickly said to everyone, "Run!"
However, just as everyone was about to leave, one Growlithe after another, and Arcanine, emerged from the forest, surrounding them.
The Arcanine here were also Hisuian Arcanine, Legendary Pokémon, Fire and Rock type, each with a dignified posture and powerful strength.
Seeing this, Ange shouted, "Prepare to fight!"
As soon as he finished speaking, all the Arcanine rushed up in a frenzy.
"Kabi~" Snorlax roared, blasting one of them away with an Ice Punch.
Latias and Latios simultaneously used Psychic, immobilizing several Arcanine rushing towards them in mid-air, then throwing them far away.
Diancie slapped her little hand on the ground, and sharp stone pillars rose from the ground, knocking the attacking Arcanine away one after another.
Ditto transformed into a Sylveon, and together with Sylveon, used Shadow Ball, jointly blasting away an Arcanine.
The two Basculegion stood back to back. The male used Wave Crash, controlling a large amount of water to knock away an Arcanine; the female used Shadow Ball, also knocking away an Arcanine.
Just as the Arcanine was about to press its attack on Ursaluna, Ange intervened in time, kicking the Arcanine away.
Then he flashed to the side of the Arcanine fighting the Obstagoon, and kicked it away as well.
The Arcanine were huge, each with a height of more than 2 meters, but Ange handled them with ease.
Also struggling was Claydol.
It was petite, and the strength it could exert was very limited, so it was hit by an Arcanine and became dizzy, which made it feel very aggrieved.
It was Hoopa, the omnipotent Hoopa!
Extreme anger stimulated the power of Hoopa originally belonging to Claydol's body, and its body began to burst out with brilliant light.
It was the light of evolution.
In the light of evolution, Claydol's body was constantly changing. Its head became bigger, its hands became thicker, and it lost its waist...
When the light dissipated, a brand new Pokémon appeared in front of everyone.
It was Claydol's evolved form—Golurk, the Automaton Pokémon, Ground and Psychic type. Legend has it that Golurk were mysterious Pokémon born from the clay dolls of a once prosperous ancient civilization 20,000 years ago.
Moreover, unlike other Golurk, Ange's Golurk had a golden ring on the horn on its head.
That was Hoopa's ring.
Golurk actually inherited a part of Hoopa's power.
Golurk (Bent Spoon)
[Type] Ground, Psychic
[Ability] Levitate
[Gender] Genderless
[Level] 44
[Moves] Hyperspace Fury, Harden, Mud-Slap, Confusion, Teleport, Hyper Beam, Solar Beam, Guard Split, Power Split, Sandstorm, Calm Mind, Rapid Spin, Psybeam, Imprison, Cosmic Power, Psychic, Dazzling Gleam, Light Screen, Reflect, Dig, Shadow Ball.
[Individual Values]
HP: 31
Attack: 31
Defense: 31
Sp. Atk: 31
Sp. Def: 31
Speed: 31
When Ange saw Hyperspace Fury in Golurk's move list through the Eye of Observation, he knew that Golurk had indeed inherited part of Hoopa's power.
He saw Golurk manipulating the ring on its head to fly up. When the Arcanine charged at it again, it was transferred to the side of another Arcanine.
In this way, the two Arcanine bumped into each other.
With Hoopa's ring in hand, Golurk played with several Arcanine, making them spin around.
Seeing this, Ange breathed a sigh of relief.
Although there were many Arcanine, Ange's side was strong, and soon the Arcanine were defeated and retreated.
Knowing they were no match, the Arcanine finally stopped attacking forcibly, and instead surrounded Ange and the others from a distance.
Just as Ange was thinking about which direction to break through and leave, a majestic roar suddenly came from the depths of the forest.
Hearing this sound, all the Arcanine subconsciously straightened their postures, their faces full of awe.
Before long, a tall figure slowly walked out of the shadows of the forest.
It was an Arcanine, and also one of the Ten Kings.
"Roar!!!!!" The Arcanine roared angrily at Ange and his party, and a rolling wave of air came head-on.
The King jumped to the center and scanned Ange and his party one by one, as if questioning:
Are you the ones causing trouble?
Ange stepped forward and explained, "We came here just to dig up some Vital Mushrooms, and we didn't mean to offend you."
"Awoo~" You are humans. Humans are not allowed to exist here.
The King roared angrily.
Ange asked calmly, "What do you want to let us leave?"
The King looked down and said, "Defeat me, defeat me and you can leave!"
Ange replied, "Okay, it's a deal."
After speaking, he looked at the Pokémon behind him.
Diancie took the initiative to stand up and said, "I'll do it!"
Ange hesitated slightly, because in terms of level, Diancie was much lower than King.
However, after a moment of hesitation, he chose to trust Diancie.
Diancie came to face King and immediately activated Mega Evolution. Facing one of the Ten Kings whose level was higher than its own, it didn't dare to be careless in the slightest.
Seeing the suddenly evolved Diancie, King was stunned. What kind of ability was this? It could actually control its own evolution!
But before it could think too much, Diancie had already launched an attack.
A yellow beam of light was controlled by Diancie and shot towards Arcanine – Power Gem.
Arcanine leaped and dodged the attack. After landing, it stomped heavily on the ground, and in an instant, countless sharp rock pillars rose from the ground, stabbing towards Diancie.
Diancie remained calm, quickly conjuring two diamond spears in its hands. With rapid swings, all the rock pillars were shattered.
Then, it suddenly hurled the two spears, fiercely piercing towards Arcanine.
Arcanine's heart skipped a beat at the sight, and it quickly used Extreme Speed to dodge.
But as soon as it ran to a certain spot, it suddenly felt its body sinking. Looking down, it realized that the ground beneath its feet had somehow turned into sand, and the sand was constantly sucking it down.
Arcanine struggled desperately, but failed to break free.
At this moment, Diancie was already charging up the move Moonblast.
Moonblast required charging, and it was the perfect time to use it.
Diancie gathered its power, increasing its Special Attack by one stage, and then a thick golden beam of light shot out.
Boom!!!
Accompanied by a loud noise, countless dust clouds rose, engulfing Arcanine.
Seeing this scene, the surrounding Arcanines and Growlithes began to whimper.
Could it be that their invincible King had been defeated?
However, just as everyone was waiting for the dust to settle to see the result, a figure wrapped in flames suddenly burst out of the dust, and with lightning speed, rammed fiercely into Diancie.
Caught off guard, Diancie was sent flying, smashing through several large trees.
Fortunately, at the critical moment, it erected Reflect in time, so it didn't suffer too serious injuries. Moreover, Fire-type moves were not very effective against it.
After knocking Diancie away, the figure landed steadily. It was none other than Arcanine.
However, its condition was not good at this time. Having taken Diancie's full-force attack, it was now covered in wounds.
After Diancie got up from the ground, it faced off against Arcanine, and then both sides launched an attack at the same time.
Diancie slapped its small hand on the ground, and countless rock pillars rose from the ground,衝击向 Arcanine.
Arcanine, on the other hand, used Flare Blitz, charging towards Diancie wrapped in flames.
Soon, Arcanine collided with the rock pillars, breaking and shattering one after another.
Of course, while breaking the rock pillars, it was also constantly taking damage.
As the saying goes, a burst of energy, then a decline, and then exhaustion. The more rock pillars were broken, the weaker Arcanine's momentum became.
Just as it was about to approach Diancie, the last rock pillar was not broken, but instead knocked it away.
Bang!!!
Arcanine fell heavily to the ground, eventually losing consciousness.
Seeing this scene, the surrounding Arcanines and Growlithes exclaimed in shock.
After hesitating for a moment, Ange said to Latias, "Latias, use Heal Pulse on Arcanine."
"Woo ~" Latias agreed, controlling a pink halo to fall on Arcanine.
Before long, Arcanine woke up slowly. When it discovered that Ange had healed it, it was very surprised.
Ange asked, "Can we leave now?"
Arcanine hesitated for a moment and then nodded in agreement. It was a Pokémon that kept its word.
"Then goodbye!"
Seeing this, Ange recalled Diancie, Snorlax, Sylveon, Ditto, Latias, Claydol, and the two Spiritomb into their Poké Balls, then rode on Ursaluna's back and quickly left the forest with Latios and Obstagoon.
After leaving the forest, Ursaluna said with lingering fear, "That was close! I didn't expect to attract King."
After speaking, it said to Ange with excitement, "Also, Ange, you're so amazing. Your Pokémon can even defeat King. It seems I really didn't choose the wrong person!"
Ange smiled and said, "My strength is just okay, barely passable."
At this moment, Ange suddenly thought of Claydol. Since it had inherited a portion of Hoopa's power, could it summon Diantha and Cynthia to his side?
Thinking this, he released Claydol and told it his thoughts.
Claydol was currently in high spirits, feeling that it could definitely do it, so it controlled the ring and began to summon.
The ring continued to grow larger, and blue light surged within it, but after more than ten minutes, there was no response from within.
"It seems it failed," Ange said with a sigh.
Claydol didn't expect that it only had this one ring left, and it was so useless, so it angrily smashed the ring onto a rock not far away.
With a bang, the rock was smashed to pieces, and the ring was bounced away, landing in the grass.
But after being angry for a while, Claydol was a little reluctant to part with its only remaining ring, so it silently floated over to pick up the ring and put it back on its head.
Seeing this, Ursaluna wanted to say something more, but suddenly, a strange phenomenon appeared in the sky in the distance, as if two huge holes had appeared, and countless purple-red light overflowed from them.
"What happened?" Ursaluna looked in horror at the direction of the holes.
Ange frowned and said, "I don't know either."
After thinking for a moment, he said to Ursaluna and the others, "Let's go take a look! Maybe there are clues there that can help us leave this place."
There was also one thing he didn't say: he felt that if Cynthia and Diantha saw this commotion, they might also go to investigate, so they could reunite.
In fact, just as Ange thought, Cynthia and Diantha had indeed seen the anomaly and were heading towards the location of the anomaly.
Not only Cynthia and Diantha, but the ten Kings of this region also saw the change.
The Lilligant and Arcanine that had fought with Ange, the Scizor that had fought with Cynthia, and the Avalugg that had fought with Diantha, as well as Wyrdeer, Ursaluna, Spiritomb, Obstagoon, Electrode, and Braviary, were all heading towards the location where the change had occurred.
Although everyone didn't know what had happened, their intuition told them that they had to make this trip.
