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Chapter 172 The mask is the real body, Ponpo's special crystallization! (Bonus chapter for monthly votes, 2021)

Although Ponpo's little brain doesn't quite understand terms like "Taijing Energy" or "Taijingization".

But she could hear the certainty and comfort in Xia Chi's words.

So Pengpeng stopped panicking because of the mask's strange changes and instead focused on feeling the power surging within her body.

Driven by the energy of the Taijing, the Taijing gem at the top of the mask suddenly burst into dazzling light.

Within the core of this light, the small mask that originally just covered Egui Peng's face underwent an astonishing transformation!
Vines grew wildly along the edges of the mask, twisting and swelling like the roots of an ancient tree. Then, the outline of the mask expanded rapidly as if it were being inflated.

In the blink of an eye, it surpassed Ponpo's petite body and transformed into a huge totem that floated above its head, almost covering half of the space!

(Ponpo's special crystallization)
"Boni!"

As if sensing the strange power that Tai Jinghua had given her, a loud and clear shout came from under Tai Jinghua's mask!
The enormous green grass mask tilted slightly forward, and from its gaping maw, azure flames erupted and ignited!
At the same time, a sharp shriek came from the void.

The sonic dragon, its body wreathed in starlight, spread its crystalline wings and swooped down!

Egui Peng neither dodged nor evaded, but instead thrust the huge green grass mask on his head forward and then swung his thorny vine club heavily!
boom--

A dull thud, like a giant log striking the ground, resounded loudly in the empty cave.

Then, the sonic dragon that had suddenly swooped down flew away into the distance at an even faster speed than it had come, like a baseball being hit by a bat!

Behind them, the research lab inside the Poké Ball, Noivern, suddenly shuddered.

I couldn't help but feel a little sorry for this kind of spirit I had never met before.

Brother, are you coming home for dinner tonight?

After the dragon died and the dragon grieved, the Soundwave Dragon turned its gaze to the Evil Phantom that had been sitting quietly on its back.

This further solidified my resolve; even if she were to dance on my head on the way back, I would never utter a single "no."
After hitting a perfect home run, Ergui Peng turned around a little embarrassedly, "Boni."

Sorry, I couldn't control myself the first time I used too much crystallization.
Xia Chi said indifferently, "It's fine, let it live or die on its own."

My original plan was to capture one and leave it at the research institute for Dr. Futu and his team to study star crystallization if it didn't fly too far.

But given the current situation, let's just leave it at that.

Anyway, there's more than just one spirit in the Zero Void.

"Bonnie~"

Unhappy at not being blamed, Ponpo wanted to jump into Xia Chi's arms and snuggle up to him, but then she realized that the crystallized mask in front of her was really in the way.

He immediately distanced himself from Xia Chi by two or three meters.

"Boni!"

For the first time, Ponpo hated the existence of the mask so much. She wanted to take it off, but found that it was as if it were welded to her face and could not be removed.

Xia Chi reminded him, "Don't rush, try controlling your energy."

The essence of Tai Crystallization is to use sufficient Tai Crystal energy to activate a certain attribute potential that already exists within the spirit's body.

Theoretically, it should be controllable.

As expected, after Ponpon actively dissipated the thorny vine stick in her hand and then stopped the energy activity in her body, the mask detached from the crystallization.

Finally back to normal, Egui Peng happily jumped into Xia Chi's arms.

"Bonnie~"

It scared me to death! I thought I was going to stay in this weird shape forever!
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Futu and Professor Orin were somewhat shaken. Exploring the Zero Void definitely required a reliable trainer to accompany them.

Otherwise, these Pokémon, which have been dwelling here for who knows how long, could very well prevent civil officials like them from ever returning.

As they explored forward, the Rotom phone took photos, while the researcher monitored the concentration of cosmic energy within the cavity in real time.

Following behind Ponpo, Dr. Orin asked, "So what is that [Star Crystallization]?"

"Strictly speaking, [Star Crystallization] is also a type of Tai Crystallization. It is the phenomenon of Tai Crystallization occurring in Pokémon with the Tai Crystallization attribute [Star Crystal]. You can understand it as an enhanced form of Tai Crystallization."

Xia Chi explained, "Or rather, the crystallization itself is a weakened form of [star crystallization], because it can only activate a specific attribute within an elf, while star crystallization can enhance all attributes."

Dr. Orin exclaimed in surprise, "All attributes!"

She thought that crystallization was already incredible, but who would have thought there were even more experts!
However, Xia Chi said, "But this is not necessarily a good thing. Because it strengthens all attributes, Star Crystallization cannot change the attributes of the Pokémon itself. The power boost of each attribute's move can only be applied once."

The inability to change attributes means that Ice-type and Bug-type Pokémon, which originally hoped to turn their fortunes around with "Tai Crystallization", still retain their original attribute design.

A type-specific bonus can only affect one move, and is not as good as a permanent bonus from a single type.

After all, in actual battles, which Pokémon switches to a different type of move after using one?

Don't they all just seize on a certain weakness of their opponent and relentlessly attack it?

"Therefore, in most actual combat situations, Star Crystallization is not as useful as Crystallization."

Dr. Orin doesn't care about that; she's not a trainer.

She nodded thoughtfully and said, "Even so, the research value of star crystallization is definitely higher than that of terrestrial crystallization."

Xia Chi: "."

Dr. Orin, you're really stubborn!

But then again.

Star Crystallization should be a great mechanic for Tire Cat.

Xia Chi Ning thought to herself.

Cats are inherently capable of switching freely between different states; being too rigid or fixed would be a burden.

After Star Crystallization, the first use of each attribute move, combined with the mechanism of [Transformation at Will] itself, will have a double damage bonus!

The game limits the number of moves to four, but in reality, there are a full eighteen types of moves with different attributes for you to choose from.

However, the only problem is...
The game's setting is that once crystallized, the [Transformable] property will no longer be effective.

I wonder if [Star Crystallization] in the real world will be slightly different.

While chatting about crystallization, the four of them arrived at a huge cluster of crystal stones hanging down like stalactites.

"It would be great if we could collect some samples of this crystal."

Looking at this magnificent and enormous crystal pillar, Dr. Orin sighed with emotion.

Xia Chi's lips twitched. "Just tell me you want my help. It's not like I'm unwilling."

He pointed to the crystal pillar and said, "Pongpeng, bring me some of this down, but don't use too much force yet."

Although we know that after millions of years of crustal movement and changes, this place is destined not to be too fragile.

But the Zero Hole is thousands of meters deep below the ground, so if it were to collapse, there would be nowhere to run.

(End of this chapter)