Following the path, Xia Mu finally arrived before a large door carved with spiral patterns.
“Is this the end?”
Taking a few steps back, Xia Mu looked at Snivy.
“Mew!”
Snivy nodded.
Its Vine Whip lashed out with a ‘swish’, striking fiercely at the spiral pattern in the center of the stone door.
Rumble!
The next moment.
The ground trembled, a roaring sound erupted, and accompanied by falling dust, the stone door opened with a crash.
Light burst forth.
The sudden brightness was dazzling.
But Xia Mu’s heart was filled with satisfaction.
Finally, he wouldn’t leave empty-handed.
However.
As his eyes adjusted to the light, Xia Mu looked closely.
“Holy cow, why is it empty?!”
Inside the stone door was a hall like a plaza, with no gold as imagined, nor special murals, only a circular stone platform resembling an altar in the center of the plaza.
Torches lit up one by one, illuminating the entire hall.
Upon entering the hall, Xia Mu scanned his surroundings.
Besides the torches, there were only the ubiquitous spiral patterns found throughout the ruins.
“Since I’m already here…”
Xia Mu looked at the nearest spiral pattern.
Whoosh!
Without needing to be told, Snivy skillfully took action.
Click!
The stone slab lowered.
Nothing happened.
???
Looking at the gradually rebounding stone brick, Xia Mu’s expression was puzzled.
However.
Xia Mu quickly noticed.
On the floor of the hall were four larger stone bricks, precisely located to the top, bottom, left, and right of the altar.
“It seems that they might need to be pressed down simultaneously…”
It’s just that.
Xia Mu calculated.
Sprigatito, Snivy, plus himself.
“One short… use something from my backpack?”
Xia Mu was a bit worried that if an accident occurred after triggering the mechanism, it could very likely halve his already meager assets.
“If only there was something that could replace the items in my backpack…”
Looking around fruitlessly, just as Xia Mu was considering whether to take everything out of his backpack, a familiar figure passed by the stone entrance.
“Sandile?!”
Xia Mu’s eyes lit up.
And at this moment.
Sandile, feeling uneasy from the “bang bang bang” noises, had intended to quietly peek at what mischief the human it had encountered earlier was up to, and was stealthily peeking in when…
That intense gaze.
Sandile’s body stiffened.
Oh no!
It’s doomed~~
Under Xia Mu’s fiery gaze, Sandile tried to act cute, then revealed the sharp teeth in its mouth.
Then it was beaten up by Sprigatito.
That’s for digging holes everywhere!
That’s for scaring people!
The cat cursed very harshly, and Sandile cried very miserably.
…
Under Sprigatito’s fierce gaze, Sandile’s big eyes welled with tears, its mouth tightly shut, shrinking back onto the stone brick with extreme grievance, not daring to move an inch.
Observing this scene, Xia Mu rubbed his chin with his right hand and nodded.
“As expected of a cat whose final evolution has the Dark-type, it still has a mischievous side to its personality, super fierce…”
While Xia Mu was still commenting, Snivy, who hadn’t forgotten its purpose, had already stood in its position, and conveniently used its Vine Whip to place Xia Mu and Sprigatito in their positions as well.
Click!
Rumble!
Just like when the stone door opened, or rather, even more intensely.
It felt as if the entire hall began to shake.
At the same time, the patterns in the center of the altar began to rotate until they formed a spiral pattern like those on the stone slabs.
Light burst forth.
This time.
Xia Mu would not leave empty-handed.
Appearing in the center of the altar with the light was an extremely tall Pokémon.
“Golurk!”
At this moment, Xia Mu finally understood why he felt those patterns on the stone slabs were familiar.
Those spiral patterns were exactly the same as the patterns on Golurk’s body.
Looking up at the tall Golurk, Xia Mu raised his phone and blinked.
“This must be five or six meters tall, right…”
If Xia Mu remembered correctly, a typical Golurk was only about two to three meters tall, and a Golurk over five meters…
Frankly speaking.
Xia Mu felt that even if he jumped, he might not be able to reach its knees.
Just then.
Golurk’s eyes lit up, and the next moment, a purple beam of light shot out fiercely.
Boom!
Fortunately, Xia Mu never let his guard down, and rolled to the side to avoid it.
At the same time, Xia Mu tossed with his right hand.
The Poké Ball in his hand accurately struck Golurk’s body, and a red light shot out, drawing it inside.
Watching this scene, Xia Mu took out another Poké Ball with his right hand, while shouting to Sprigatito and Snivy:
“Get ready! As soon as Golurk comes out, focus your attacks! Sprigatito use Leafage, Snivy use Magical Leaf!”
“Mew!”
“Nya ha!”
Before he finished speaking.
Bang!
The Poké Ball exploded violently, and before Golurk’s body could even land, it was subjected to the concentrated attacks of Sprigatito and Snivy.
However.
Golurk is, after all, a final evolution Pokémon, at least Level 43 or above, not to mention this one, which has been in the ruins for who knows how many years; Xia Mu didn’t even dare to imagine its exact strength.
Boom!
Golurk landed with a crash, raised its hands, and accumulated energy.
And Xia Mu seized the opportunity, throwing a Poké Ball behind his back.