Chapter 123: Max Quantity, Giant, Incarnation
The Poacher General Captain, standing on the shoulder of the Steel God Pillar, Registeel, was momentarily smug.
Because that man who was once the strongest was now also troubled by "his own Pokémon." Looking at Steven's grave expression, the General Captain's ego swelled to its absolute limit.
"What Middel Champion? Under my power, he can also only struggle to hold on!"
Articuno fought one against three without falling into the slightest disadvantage. The cold frost brought by the flap of its wings even occasionally froze onto Steven's Pokémon, making their movements difficult.
"Omm—"
Registeel emitted a restless sound, as if it couldn't wait to fiercely vent its desire to destroy everything.
"Very good, Registeel."
The General Captain laughed at the sky.
"Unleash your [Hyper Beam]! Destroy everything once again... Ugh, what the heck is that???"
The scene he inadvertently saw made the General Captain momentarily stunned.
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Verdant Leaf City, inside the roofless Pokémon Center.
"Ah, Rio, why did you suddenly run back into your Poké Ball?"
Míng Rìzhào was somewhat caught off guard. This fellow had rummaged through her crossbody bag, taken out that strange stone, stuffed it into her hand, and then run back into his Poké Ball on his own.
"…"
Riolu's Poké Ball shook in Míng Rìzhào's hand.
"What do you mean? You're saying you want me to throw your Poké Ball out with all my might?"
The young girl was completely baffled.
However, seeing that the energy orb looked like it was about to explode in the next second, Míng Rìzhào did as Rio said, picking up the Poké Ball with one hand and preparing to throw it.
"What? With both hands? That's not necessary, your Poké Ball is only this big, I can do it with one hand..."
Before her voice had fallen, Míng Rìzhào felt the Poké Ball in her hand become scalding hot. The entire Poké Ball changed from its normal upper-red, lower-white color to a glowing, entirely white style, retaining only a red line in the middle that flowed with an unknown energy, blooming with a mysterious color.
"What!"
And what made the girl's eyes widen the most was that this "all-white" Poké Ball actually, "thump, thump, thump," continuously grew larger, finally becoming the size of a basketball.
"What is this?"
Not only did the General Captain ask this question, but even Míng Rìzhào, who could only hold this large "Poké Ball" because it was too heavy, was so surprised her mouth hung open.
"Throw it out!"
Rio said to the girl via telepathy.
"And then shout..."
The girl strenuously lifted the large "Poké Ball" above her head, then, with all her might, threw it, shouting from her mouth.
"Riolu, Dy-na-max!"
Just then, the long-brewing energy suddenly erupted. A beam of light with extremely destructive power roared out.
And the moment before the [Hyper Beam] erupted.
The giant "Poké Ball" flashed with a dazzling light.
"Boom—" "Boom, boom—"
Max quantity, giant, incarnation!
Its name is...
Dynamax!
Accompanied by a dark red reflection, Riolu's figure seemed to inflate.
Continuously getting bigger, bigger, bigger!
It only stopped changing when its form was comparable to Registeel's.
Steven, still entangled with Articuno,眯 (narrowed) his eyes.
"I... Ri... o... am... here..."
A voice as loud as rolling thunder came from above. Míng Rìzhào also stared blankly up at her Pokémon.
Rio looked at himself, changing from his original size until he could look Registeel level in the eye.
"Is this Dynamaxing?"
Rio, in the dark red light, felt the changes in his body.
A giant body, abruptly enhanced strength, vigorous energy. Even the hailstones that were originally the size of fists now seemed as small as grains of rice, not hurting or itching at all when they hit his body.
Before he could finish marveling, what greeted him was that ferocious [Hyper Beam].
"[Aura Sphere]!"
Perhaps because of the Dynamaxing, Rio felt it was abnormally difficult to speak, so he simply recited the move's name in his heart, then raised his hand, attempting to gather his own Aura energy.
However, Rio had forgotten that after Dynamaxing, a Pokémon can only use Max Moves.
Fortunately, he remembered in an instant and quickly glanced at his light screen.
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[Status]
Pokémon: Elite - Riolu (Dynamax) (Aura Glimmer State) (Male)
Level: lv24
Type: Fighting
Ability: Inner Focus (Prevents flinching)
Special: Aura Heart-Control (Can mobilize Aura energy for telepathy, environmental scanning, object perception, and simple control of Aura energy)
Max Moves: Max Strike (lv3), Max Steelspike (lv3), Max Guard (lv2), Max Knuckle (lv2)
Moves (Unusable): Quick Attack (lv3), Metal Claw (lv3), Aura Sphere (lv2), Brick Break (lv2), Detect (lv2), Counter (lv1), Dig (lv1), Rock Smash (lv0), Agility (lv0)
Evaluation: A Pokémon excellent at Aura Perception, possesses a certain tacit understanding with its trainer. In a Dynamax state, HP and Attack will be enhanced.
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(Note 1: To avoid padding the word count, the attribute points for this have been omitted.)
(Note 2: Didn't expect it, did you? I can even pad the word count with this note.)
"Max Strike? Max Steelspike? Max Guard? Max Knuckle? These are my new Max Moves?"
Besides being more powerful than normal moves, Max Moves also have various special effects.
The Normal-type move [Quick Attack] converts into the Max Move [Max Strike], which can lower the opponent's Speed.
The Steel-type move [Metal Claw] converts into the Max Move [Max Steelspike], which can enhance our side's Defense.
And those status-type moves, like [Detect], all convert into [Max Guard], which can completely block the opponent's attacks, including Max Moves, though using it consecutively can easily fail.
Finally, there were moves of Riolu's own type, Fighting-type moves, which all converted into the Max Move [Max Knuckle], which can increase our side's Attack power.
Facing the imposing impact of [Hyper Beam], Rio naturally chose that one move.
"[Max Guard]!"
A light wall rapidly spiraled open in front of Rio, staunchly blocking the [Hyper Beam].
"Boom!" The energy beam crashing against the light wall stirred up a shockwave, which was all reflected back towards Registeel and the General Captain.
In the shockwave, the General Captain was almost blown off.
"No matter what you are, you must disappear!"
Having finally stabilized his body, the triumphant expression on the General Captain's face was gone, replaced by a ferocious look.
He looked hatefully at the Pokémon before him that had grown larger for some reason, the veins on his forehead bulging.
He leaped up, jumping from Registeel's shoulder, and then landed on the ground with the help of his own Pokémon.
"Registeel, smash him for me!"
"Thump!" Registeel took a step, charging heavily towards Rio.
His body, after Dynamaxing, seemed to have become abnormally heavy. Rio subconsciously wanted to dodge to the side, but instantly remembered that behind him were his trainer and Nurse Joy.
If he dodged, he would expose them to danger.
"Then come on! Let's clash head-on!"
Rio gritted his teeth and transmitted his situation and the opposing Registeel's data to Míng Rìzhào via telepathy.
He believed his trainer could give him appropriate guidance. After all, even if the size difference was eliminated, there was still a certain gap between Rio and the divine beast Pokémon opposite him.
"Luckily, Registeel's level seems to have dropped from lv75 to lv50 for some reason. Then I still have a fighting chance!"
"But, the trainer column, why is it displayed as..."
Rio couldn't help but let his thoughts wander.
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[Pokédex]
Encounter Progress: 80/100
Battle Progress: 48/50
[Real-time Analysis]
Pokémon: Miracle - Divine Beast - Steel God Pillar - Registeel (Genderless) (Dark Control)
Level: lv50 (Originally lv75)
Type: Steel
Trainer: 口口口口 (Redacted)
Ability: Light Metal (A Pokémon with this ability has its weight halved)
Miracle: Body of Ten-Thousand-Times-Refined Steel (An extremely hard body tempered over tens of thousands of years, almost impossible to break)
Moves: Heavy Slam (lv5) (Originally lv7), Lock-On (lv5) (Originally lv7), Metal Claw (lv5) (Originally lv7), Iron Defense (lv5) (Originally lv7), Amnesia (lv5), Hammer Arm (lv5), Stomp (lv5), Ancient Power (lv4), Flash Cannon (lv4), Hyper Beam (lv3)
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Míng Rìzhào, after receiving Rio's telepathic message, hadn't fully recovered her senses.
Although the girl couldn't see Rio's light screen, at least some key information had been completely transmitted to her.
Rio's telepathic message continued to come.
"Xiao Zhao, in my current state, I can only use 3 moves. I've already used [Max Guard] to block the [Hyper Beam], so there are only two chances left. We have to find the right opportunity."
The young trainer, knowing the urgency of the matter, immediately entered a state of combat analysis.
She firmly gripped a broken piece of wall to prevent herself from being knocked over by the tremors caused by Registeel's steps.
She closed her eyes, and various tactics flashed rapidly through her mind.
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