As the white light dissipated, a majestic and powerful Monferno, engulfed in flames, charged directly towards the Moltres hovering in mid-air.
Facing the sudden Sucker Punch from Monferno, Moltres merely flapped its wings gently, conjuring a Heat Wave that blew Monferno away, sending it plummeting into the lava.
【Moltres】
【lv70 lv80】
【Ability: Pressure (Development 1.1), Flame Body (Development 1.8)】
【Aptitude: Red (33/100)】
【Status: Recovering from severe injury】
【Stats: 876】
【HP: 136】
【Attack: 151】
【Defense: 129】
【Special Attack: 191】
【Special Defense: 130】
【Speed: 139】
Such stats were not exaggerated, but why did Moltres also have two abilities?
Could this be a privilege of Legendary Pokémon?
But why did Diancie, whom he had captured, only have one ability?
It seemed Diancie only had one ability; only after Mega Evolution would Diancie's ability change to Magic Bounce.
For Diancie to master a second ability, she might need to master the ability of autonomous Mega Evolution.
Kebi thought it might be worth trying to train Monferno, similar to training Iron Palm, constantly grinding Monferno's fists with medicine to see if it could develop a bit of the Iron Fist ability.
Even if it didn't develop the Iron Fist ability, grinding Monferno's fists wouldn't be a loss.
Monferno leaped out of the lava, the flames on its tail intensifying threefold.
After evolving by bathing in Moltres's flames, Monferno gained a bit of Moltres's ability to absorb lava to restore its status.
Just this one point was enough for Monferno to benefit for life.
【Monferno】
【lv70 lv32】
【Ability: Blaze (Development 0.33)】
【Aptitude: Purple (38/100)】
【Status: Burning brightly】
【Stats: 506】
【HP: 83】
【Attack: 100】
【Defense: 63】
【Special Attack: 88】
【Special Defense: 58】
【Speed: 114】
【Skills: Scratch, Glare, Spark, Flame Wheel, Fire Punch, Dig, Flare Blitz, Flamethrower, Mach Punch, Fire Spin, Brick Break.】
Having just evolved, Monferno's power had not yet been fully developed.
Over the next week, putting it through rigorous training to fully develop its hidden abilities would likely increase its stats by another 5 to 10 points.
Moltres let out a clear cry, flapped its wings, and soared into the sky.
Two flame-like feathers drifted down, landing perfectly in Kebi's and Ya Sha's hands, seemingly in gratitude for their rescue.
Ya Sha, holding the feather, jumped up excitedly.
"I have Moltres's feather again!"
Kebi sensed the power contained within the feather and said faintly:
"This is no ordinary feather; this feather contains Moltres's Safeguard power, which can block an attack for you in a critical moment."
"You must guard such a life-saving item carefully; don't let the dog eat it again."
Ya Sha waved her hand, "Arcanine isn't stupid; it knows what it can eat and what it can't."
Kebi looked at the burning feather in his hand, which was Moltres's Safeguard skill, making Moltres outside his Psychic prediction range.
But Moltres could not escape human high-tech, and the poachers who possessed high-tech could not escape the Psychic's predictions.
First Zapdos, then Moltres; Kebi had a premonition that he would definitely encounter the last of The Legendary birds, Articuno.
Among The Legendary birds, Kebi's favorite was Articuno.
It definitely wasn't because Articuno was the most beautiful that Kebi liked it the most. Stroking his chin, Kebi pondered... was there a chance to capture Articuno?
To capture Articuno, Kebi could currently only rely on Tyranitar.
If he could meet Articuno after Diancie had grown, the chances of capturing Articuno would be much higher.
Diancie was still very young; Kebi could only push Tyranitar.
Since capturing Tyranitar, Kebi seemed to have never put Tyranitar through high-intensity training.
Ya Sha carefully tucked Moltres's feather close to her body, then looked at Kebi with great interest and said:
"You've finished what you wanted to do; can we have a battle now?"
Kebi shook his head, "Did you forget that Blaziken and her child are still waiting for us at the foot of the mountain?"
Although Kebi had used his Psychic ability to capture the leader of the poacher organization and Squad A, Squad C, Squad B, who were responsible for perimeter security, and Squad D, who were chasing Moltres in their aircraft, were still fighting with the police officers.
The volcano where Moltres was forced to undergo its rebirth by fire had been pre-designed with traps, just waiting for Moltres to fall into the pocket.
If Kebi hadn't descended like a divine soldier and controlled the leader with his Psychic ability, Moltres would have truly been captured.
"As the bane of Mt. Chimney's poachers, shouldn't you, Ya Sha, go and round up the remaining poachers?"
Ya Sha's ambition immediately ignited, "You're right! Quickly send me to the scene."
Kebi smiled knowingly, "No problem."
After sending Ya Sha to the scene of the battle between the police officers and poacher Squad B, Kebi used Teleport again to return to Blaziken and her child.
Upon seeing Kebi, Blaziken breathed a sigh of relief and collapsed to the ground.
"I left in a hurry just now; now I'll heal you."
To protect her children, Blaziken had taken many direct hits from the poachers' attacks.
Under Kebi's treatment, Blaziken and the Torchics quickly recovered their health.
The two unhatched Poké Balls were both blue aptitude, and were highly likely to hatch today or tomorrow; it was impossible for them to improve to purple aptitude.
However, the smallest Torchic, who must have just hatched, was different.
Unlike her two older brothers, who were scared and burrowed into their mother's arms, she indignantly pecked at the poacher's thigh with her beak.
【Torchic】
【lv70 lv1】
【Ability: Speed Boost (Development 0.07)】
【Aptitude: Purple (3/100)】
This Torchic was not only exceptionally talented but also very bold, truly a natural fighting Pokémon.
If given the chance, Kebi hoped that when Torchic evolved, it could bathe in Moltres's flames, and when Combusken evolved, it could bathe in Ho-Oh's flames.
Blaziken also had some elements of a legendary fire bird; compared to Monferno, Torchic could actually inherit the rebirth by fire trait of Moltres and Ho-Oh more effectively.
With the feather Moltres gave Kebi before leaving, Kebi could use his Psychic ability to vaguely predict Moltres's location.
For example, now, holding Moltres's feather, Kebi could sense that Moltres was flying north.
Kebi blew on the feather, watching the flickering flames.
【System, Check-in!】
【Check-in at Mt. Chimney, Moltres, received rewards: one life crystal, one Sacred Ash, skill disc: Brave Bird.】
The skill discs provided by the system could be viewed repeatedly, but currently, only Fearow could use Brave Bird.
Fearow just happened to be lacking a powerful finishing move.
Since Tyranitar was going to undergo rigorous training, as good brothers, Fearow should join too.
Fearow in its Poké Ball shivered involuntarily.
What intrigued Kebi the most was this life crystal.
【life crystal: A treasure that absorbs energy and converts it into life force.】
Just such a short description.
Kebi rubbed the crystal, took out a cup, poured some water, and placed the life crystal in it, activating the life crystal's power.
Soon, the water in the cup was infused with a hazy green life energy.
Once the life crystal returned to normal, Kebi took out the crystal, took a sip of the water, and felt the fatigue from high-intensity use of his Psychic ability being completely swept away in a short time.
Indeed, this life crystal was the greatest treasure, even more precious than a handful of Sacred Ash!