Ash, with his invincible physical body, wants to become a Pokémon Master.

Chapter 432 The Indigo Pearl

Beside the massive crater, machines were running at full speed, continuously injecting energy from the radiation into the magma.

As the output power of natural energy on the screen kept increasing, but the magma remained strangely calm, Himura couldn't help but ask the researcher next to him a question.

"Hey, are you sure this machine isn't broken? Why hasn't it been working for so long? Have the people at the other observation points sent back any data about that being?"

"That Lord Himura—not yet."

The researcher was also covered in sweat at this point.

"But the machine really didn't show any abnormalities. The energy contained in the meteorite was enormous, so there shouldn't be any problems—"

"should?!"

Upon hearing this, Himura flew into a rage.

Give me a positive answer!

"Such concentrated natural energy being injected into Hoenn's ley lines couldn't possibly have no effect; something must be wrong!"

Himura and his team's goal on this trip is to activate the ley lines hidden beneath the Hoenn region by using the natural energy contained in the ancient meteorite.

Groudon, as a legendary being that created the earth, is always closely associated with leyline activity whenever it appears.

If Team Magma can collect enough anomalous fluctuations through their numerous observation points throughout Hoenn, they will finally be able to pinpoint Groudon's hiding place.

But after all this time, the ley lines still haven't moved at all, and Fire Village can't wait any longer.

In the middle of the day, he set up camp next to the crater. Was it easy for him to be roasted like a piece of meat?

He immediately decided to go down to the platform closer to the crater to check if the instruments were malfunctioning.

However, just as he was halfway down, the researcher suddenly shouted excitedly.

"Captain Himura, the data has changed; it's fluctuating!"

"Really? I haven't even gone there yet. What's the reason?"

"Uh, it seems the instrument suddenly stopped emitting energy."

"what?"

Himura quickly turned his head, and then he saw Ash O, who had appeared beside the instrument at some point, curiously peering inside.

The firing nozzle of the instrument was crushed by his palm, and Xiao Zhi suddenly laughed as he felt the energy emanating from it.

"You people are all idiots. The energy of this meteorite can only have the opposite effect of inhibiting magma activity."

"They actually foolishly poured so much energy into the magma for so long, it was a complete waste of time."

"It's you, the guy who interfered with us in the Rock Cave!"

Himura scrambled down the hill, still somewhat remembering Ash. He pointed at Ash, his hands trembling with anger.

At this moment, the members of Team Lava also rushed over. Seeing that this person dared to interfere with Team Lava's plans, they were all furious.

"You brat, you actually damaged important equipment! We won't let you get away with this!"

"Oh, I'm really scared."

Team Magma's device was very well made, but in front of Ash, it was as fragile and easily broken as a large plastic toy.

Ash punched the device inside where the meteorite was stored, took out the meteorite, and then kicked Team Magma's device backward into the scalding lava.

With a bang, the instrument and Huocun's heart exploded together.

"No—!"

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"You despicable bastard, how could you do such a thing—everyone, tear him to pieces!"

Himura wasn't a researcher, and he didn't know just how tough the casing of his own instrument was.

Completely blinded by rage, he didn't have time to think about how Ash managed to smash the equipment with his bare hands; all he could think about now was getting his revenge.

However, the researcher who had been standing next to him was so frightened by the sight of Ash easily smashing the instrument's casing that he quickly took advantage of the chaos to sneak away.

Team Magma didn't have time to pay attention to him; they all released their Pokémon to surround Ash.

The pack of large wolfhounds instantly formed a battle formation, baring their teeth at the enemy.

"Hmph, this is a volcanic crater. Your powerful forest lizard can't exert much of its strength here."

"Just surrender obediently; that's the truly wise choice!"

Thanks to the deliberate cover provided by the Fire Goose, the information about Ash in the Fire Village was severely delayed, and they still thought that the strongest Pokémon in his team was the Grovyle.

At that moment, his confident and self-assured demeanor made him appear almost pathetic.

"They're all Dark-type Pokémon." Ash crossed his arms and looked around nonchalantly.

"They're Team Magma, yet they don't have a single Fire or Ground-type Pokémon. At least Team Ocean is all Water-type."

"But it's definitely less constrained by terrain, so go, Mighty Chicken!"

"Come on!"

With so many Dark-type Pokémon, this is a great opportunity for Combusken to practice, and Ash won't waste it, so he decisively sends it into battle.

"Pikachu, Thunderbolt Cover! Combusken, Double Kick!"

The two Pokémon coordinated skillfully. Pikachu unleashed Thunderbolt, striking the ground around Ash and kicking up clouds of dust, successfully obscuring the vision of the attacking forces.

Then, taking advantage of the cover of the smoke and dust, the Mighty Chicken darted back and forth, occasionally unleashing a double kick.

With its type advantage, the Mighty Chicken can easily take down an opponent with a single kick, and it can easily knock down two large wolfhounds in one turn.

Despite their seemingly numerous numbers, the enemies are utterly no match for the Mighty Chicken.

The Combusken was thoroughly enjoying itself, kicking with increasing vigor and becoming more and more addicted, the entire Pokémon was caught up in the exhilarating excitement of battle.

It's supposed to be an acceleration feature, but right now it's as excited as if it's been set on fire.

"Cha-mao! Cha-mao! Cha-mao—"

"hateful!"

Hearing the screams and thuds of people falling to the ground all around him, Himura finally couldn't stand it any longer.

When they came to the volcano for this mission, they didn't bring the infrared goggles that were standard equipment for the lava team. Unexpectedly, the smoke and dust made them completely blind.

"You bunch of useless trash, can't you see or smell anything? A wolfhound is a dog, you know!"

"But the smoke and ash from the crater is too pungent, Captain."

Himura clicked his tongue and could only release his own Gnatif.

Normally, as a leader, he would never do this kind of dangerous, suicide mission, but now he has no choice.

"Goblin, use Wind Surge! Blow away all the smoke and dust around here!"

"Bat~"

The Pokémon he personally raised were indeed much stronger than the soldiers'. With a single flap of its wings, Zubat stirred up a gust of wind that swept away the dust on the field.

But the moment the smoke cleared, he was completely dumbfounded.

"What happened? They all collapsed?"

At this point, all of Team Lava's big dogs were dead, lying on the ground, unable to get up.

Even the last remaining large wolfhound, which still had some strength, had its head firmly stomped under the feet of the strong chicken.

Faced with the powerful rooster towering above, the large wolfhound could only be kicked unconscious and rendered incapable of fighting, under its disdainful gaze.

At this moment, the Mighty Rooster waved its thick arms and roared to the sky, as if a war god had been reborn.

"Well done, strong chicken, but there's still room for improvement in your skills."

Ash was a little disappointed that he hadn't defeated all the enemies and made a final show of bravado before the smoke cleared.

"In short, remember that pride comes before a fall, and you still need to keep working hard!"

"Qia Mao".

Upon hearing this, Mighty Chicken immediately put away its arrogant nature and returned to Ash's side.

At this moment, Himura's narrow eyes darted around, and his usually quite clever mind finally cleared up. He realized that Ash was not someone he could mess with right now.

Almost instantly, he demonstrated the qualities of an excellent leader, and without hesitation, he led his men away.

"Goblin, Black Mist!"

There was no boasting or threats; his turn around was swift and decisive. Ash deserves a perfect score of 10.

Their speed in making a run for their lives was astonishing, even comparable to the Rockets of yesteryear.

"As expected of one of the biggest evil organizations in the Hoenn region, their escape skills are just as good as those in the Kanto region."

Ash didn't stop them; he simply let them board his helicopter and escape through the air.

Ash wouldn't care if they were caught by the League.

Since they were caught by me, I can teach them a lesson and let them go as long as I don't cause any big trouble.

After all, Ash still needs them to find Groudon.

Even the Marines at the control center, Ash asked Sen to pretend to come and rescue them.

This would allow A-Quan to build up his prestige within the organization, while also ensuring that the members of the Ocean Team would continue to serve him.

"So, this is a meteorite left over from the ancient times? It doesn't look particularly special."

Ash tossed a basketball-sized meteorite in his hand as he walked toward Professor Solitude, who was tied up by Team Magma not far away.

The strong chicken immediately lunged forward with its claws, cutting the ropes binding Solans and helping him to his feet.

"Thank you so much. Otherwise, if bad people had used the meteorite for some terrible things, I really wouldn't know what to do."

Solance dusted himself off and smiled as he thanked Ash and the others.

"It's all part of our job," Xiao Zhi said with a smile, waving his hand to indicate that it wasn't important.

Suddenly, without paying attention, Ash's hand slipped while throwing the meteorite, and the meteorite fell from his hand.

Dr. Solans was immediately alarmed, and Ash quickly reached out to grab him.

But in that instant, Ash exerted force and crushed the entire meteorite.

"Ah, it's broken!" Solans turned ashen with shock, and Ash was incredulous as well.

"What's going on? Aren't meteorites supposed to be extremely hard?"

Is it like a diamond, only hard but brittle?

At this moment, Solans finally calmed down and carefully observed the meteorite on the ground.

"I tried many cutting instruments before but couldn't cut through its surface, but Xiaozhi, you crushed it with just one squeeze. Is it because you're special?"

Ash quickly used his telekinesis to carefully collect all the small pieces of meteorite that had broken off from the ground.

He then unexpectedly discovered a round crystal emitting a blue light that seemed particularly dazzling in the small meteorite pile.

Ash moved it out of the package of rubble and placed it in his palm. Suddenly, a notification sounded in his mind.

[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have obtained a new legendary item: "Indigo Orb" +1]

[Indigo Orb: An orb that emits a blue glow, said to contain ancient, mysterious power.]

"What? An indigo orb?" Ash exclaimed.

This should be a matching set with the crimson jewel he obtained earlier, and it belongs to Kyogre.

No wonder Team Magma failed to activate the ley lines using the meteorite's energy; it turns out the meteorite contained an indigo orb symbolizing Kyogre's power.

It would be a miracle if the earth veins could be successfully activated then.

Natural energy has no inherent bias, so the Lava Team's plan might actually succeed.

However, once Kyogre's power is mixed in, it becomes completely useless.

While Ash was surprised by the appearance of the indigo orb, Professor Solence didn't notice at all.

At this moment, Solans's eyes shone brightly as he stared intently at the cluster of meteorite fragments.

"Oh, so this is what the inside of an ancient meteorite looks like."

He took out the instruments he carried with him and began to study the pile of meteorite fragments with great enthusiasm.

"The natural energy is still abundant, and the total amount has not decreased at all—it's truly incredible."

"That PhD —"

The camera flashes kept going off, but Ash was still using his telekinesis to keep the meteorite fragment from dispersing.

But now Dr. Solans acted as if he didn't exist, constantly taking pictures and samples of the meteorite fragments, completely ignoring the fact that Ash was still there.

Ash called out several more times before Solance finally reacted.

"Ah? Sorry, sorry, Ash. That's just how I am. I can't control myself when I encounter such a rare meteorite."

After saying that, Solans picked out a small piece from the meteorite fragments in front of Ash and gently placed it into the container he carried with him.

"Alright, this is enough for my next research."

"Ash, as agreed before, the remaining meteorites are yours."

"Will this be alright, Doctor?"

Seeing how generous the other party was, Xiao Zhi felt a little embarrassed.

Although I really wanted it, it seemed too greedy to take so much of this meteorite since it was found by someone else.

However, Solans didn't care at all.

"It's alright. I owe you a lot for saving me this time. Besides, you were recommended by Champion Michael, so I can rest assured that I can entrust something so precious to you."

Seeing that the other party had said so, Xiaozhi accepted it without hesitation.

With his powerful mental strength, Ash slowly pieced together the large mass of meteorite fragments back into their original form, much like playing with a jigsaw puzzle.

Except for the very center where the indigo jewel used to be, it's exactly the same as before.

With a forceful squeeze using telekinesis, the meteorite fragments miraculously reformed into a single entity through the binding of natural energy.

"Mission accomplished! I had long suspected that the natural energy in meteorites was so concentrated and viscous, and I didn't expect it to actually work!"

Ash happily stored the ancient meteorite in his spatial storage, said goodbye to Solance, and flew back to the center of Mt. Chimney with Pikachu.

Meanwhile, in the system space, the triangular organ, which was placed with the ancient meteorite, suddenly began to spin violently after sensing the rich natural energy.

Meanwhile, in an unnamed cluster of meteorites in the ozone layer.

A black Rayquaza, who was fast asleep on a large meteorite, suddenly felt a pang of hunger and immediately raised its head, still half-asleep, to look around.

Its face, which looked a little silly from sleep, revealed an indescribable confusion.

"Lie-hoo~ Lie-hoo~" (What's wrong with me? I suddenly have an urge to fly down.)

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