Pokémon: I picked up a reborn Eevee at the start of the game

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By now, Huoxing was no longer the arrogant and domineering person she had been. She lay awkwardly on the back of the Mk Eagle, her face full of fear and blankness.

The fear stemmed from the power of that mysterious legendary Pokémon, while the stunned silence was because... who would have thought that Xia Chen was that legendary Pokémon!

Even the most imaginative person wouldn't dream of something like this, right?

Huo Xing desperately hoped this was all a dream, a nightmare he could wake up from immediately.

But a scream behind her immediately shattered this unrealistic fantasy.

Xia Chen's clones have already dealt with the Galaxy Team members who were behind him, and the next one will definitely be himself!

She clenched her teeth, which were almost bleeding, and kept throwing Poké Balls backward, regardless of what kind of Pokémon it was or whether it could fly.

What kind of human being could someone who could rise to a high position in a dark organization like Team Galactic, which is willing to do anything to destroy the world?

At this moment, all the elves who had been with her for who knows how long became her tools for escape.

Huo Xing didn't know whether he was doing this to help the elves defeat Xia Chen, or to evoke Xia Chen's kindness so that he would save the flightless elves and buy time for his escape.

But this split entity was far from being as kind as she had imagined. Without even glancing at the falling elves, it flew straight toward the Starhawk.

The Deoxys Split had an indifferent look in its eyes, like an emotionless machine. After the Starhawk entered its firing range, a mental shock shot out from the [pseudo-energy core] in its chest, which emitted a faint glow.

After a colorless and invisible energy fluctuation, the figure on the Mk Eagle exploded into a blood flower and quietly vanished.

The split entity glanced at the target silently, then flew off to pursue its next target.

Such things are happening all over the nameless island today.

Although Deoxys's clones were far fewer in number than the Galactic Team's forces in this operation, each clone possessed at least the strength of a Champion.

Given the vast disparity in strength, almost no one could withstand a single mental shock from the split entity.

Meanwhile, Garchomp, the only creature with Champion-level strength, is being completely dominated by Gullardon.

In less than ten minutes, the scattered members of Team Galactic were all wiped out.

However, it wasn't completely over yet. Not only the Galaxy team members, but also the dozen or so Gym Leader level Pokémon witnessed the entire transformation process. They couldn't be allowed to escape.

The split entities continued their pursuit, and after another ten minutes, they scattered the stunned elves back to their respective locations.

Xia Chen used Deoxys's power to erase their memories of seeing him transform, and everything finally settled down.

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"I'm going to... sleep... for... a while again..."

"Being with you... feels so good... and it seems to be beneficial to my recovery..."

"I want...to do it again..."

Deoxys's voice stopped abruptly, and Xia Chen also broke free from the transformation effect, returning to a normal human.

This transformation took much longer than the last one, and it also created several split entities and a huge barrier large enough to cover the Big Pot Lake, presumably because the energy was insufficient to continue supporting the transformation.

Xia Chen gently stroked the crystal core, which had dimmed again, and put it in his pocket. Then he summoned Sylveon and Milotic.

Even the well-informed Xianbu was taken aback by the mess in the clearing in the woods.

Four bound corpses with withered skin, piled high with unconscious elves, and fresh bloodstains scattered throughout the woods.

What just happened here?

Xianbu stared at Xia Chen in shock and asked, "Buyi? (You just turned into Deoxys again?)"

Xia Chen nodded. "Yes, there's been a slight change. It's a long story. They're all members of Team Galaxy, and they've come for Guleton..."

It took Xia Chen several minutes to explain the whole story, and the elves nodded in understanding.

Little Doron felt a little sad. He wasn't sad for the Galaxy Team members, but for the real victims of this incident, the two Doron Mecia.

His own kind was so cruelly harmed. He grew up on Dragon Island and was later subdued by Xia Chen. When had Little Dragon, who had always lived in the sunshine, ever seen anything like this?

Zoroark, who had experienced the darkness of this world before meeting Xia Chen, comforted him, "Zoro... (Don't be too sad, at least Xia Chen has avenged them, hasn't he...)"

Little Dragon was silent for a moment, then suddenly said, "Messi (May I go see them?)"

Xia Chen didn't know what he was thinking, or if he just wanted to see what was going on. In any case, he brought Little Dragon to the scene of the incident, and the other elves followed and gathered around.

Half an hour had passed since the beginning of the incident, and the two Doronmesia who had died early on... were now unrecognizable.

The person who placed the poison gas bomb inside their bodies also placed a small explosive bomb inside them to allow the poison gas to spread quickly.

In short, unless those legendary spirits who possess the power to reverse life and death arrive, they have absolutely no hope of being saved.

"Messi..."

Doronmecia lowered his head sadly, as if mourning the death of his kin.

He originally wanted to see if it was possible to revive them by combining them with some kind of mechanical synthesis through his synthetic system.

But they're all shattered into pieces... It doesn't seem possible at all.

Zoroark, standing beside him, gazed thoughtfully at a spot in the clearing where two orbs of light, visible only to her, floated silently.

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Undoubtedly, these are fragments of the souls of two Dorgon Messiahs.

Under the astonished gazes of Xia Chen and his companions, Zoroark walked over and gently gathered it in his hand.

Xia Chen was stunned for a moment. Was there... something there just now?

Or is there something that only Zoroark can see, but no one else can?

Xia Chen remembered something called "the Yin-Yang Eyes" from folk tales of his past life, and suddenly shivered.

But upon closer reflection, given that there are already extraordinary beings like elves in this world, it's not surprising that ghosts or souls exist.

Besides, I'm already a superpowered person, what am I afraid of?

After calming himself down a bit, Xia Chen sent a wisp of his Aura towards Zoroark's hand.

You don't know until you investigate, and after some probing, I actually discovered something unusual.

Zoroark does indeed possess two non-physical entities, or even entities that do not exist in the material world, that are somewhat similar to his own spiritual power.

Xia Chen asked, "Are these their souls?"

Zoroark asked in surprise, "Zoro... (You... can see them?)"

Xia Chen shook his head. "I can't see it, but I can sense it using waveguide."

Zoroark nodded thoughtfully, then said, "Zoroark (Yes, to be precise, it's a fragment of a soul, a byproduct of an elf's death; after a period of time, it will go to the spirit world.)"

"The spirit world?"

Xia Chen had heard of this place; legend had it that the Night Demon was a messenger traveling between the real world and the spirit world.

However, both the game and the animation were only briefly mentioned, without much further explanation.

Out of curiosity, he pressed on, "Where is the spirit world? How do they get there?"

Zoroark shook his head. "Zoro... (This... I don't know either. Perhaps the other side of the world is the spirit world?)"

Every day, elves and humans die in this world, so it's unrealistic to gather them all in one place to go to the spirit world. Therefore, Zoroark guesses that the passage to the spirit world exists somewhere around us, or... everywhere.

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"Forget about that for now. What do we do now that we have Doronmesia's soul?"

The affairs of the spirit world are none of Xia Chen's concern; what he cares about now is whether the two dragons, Messiah, can be saved.

Regardless, these are two lives that have been dragged into this incident because of him.

From a causal point of view, it was precisely because Xia Chen wanted to find the evolution of the Doronmesia that they were transformed into weapons.

If he could save them, he would still want to save them.

Zoroark shook her head again. She only knew how to use soul fragments to nourish the Tree of Souls; how to revive soul fragments as elves was truly beyond her comprehension...

Wait, there does seem to be a way?

She recalled the spirits she had "exorcised" in the spirit world, which must have been transformed from spirits who died in the real world.

If we compare fragments of the soul to seeds, then the unconscious entities or intelligent seeds in the spirit world are the trees that blossom and bear fruit.

Perhaps the spirit world is the soil, water, air, and sunlight they need to grow?

Zoroark wasn't sure, but she thought it was worth a try.

Time in the spirit world is independent of the outside world, so there is no need to consider external factors. With a thought, Zoroark entered the gray fog space.

Over time, nourished by fragments of the soul, this tree of souls has grown to two or three meters tall.

The three branches that originally represented different functions have become the thickest branches on this tree.

However, the branch of [Power of Fear] has never blossomed, mainly because in reality, there are almost no things that truly "distinguish between the superior and the inferior, and decide life and death."

Speaking of which, there were some souls who died in fear today...

Zoroark decided to go out and collect some later, so that their souls could become fertilizer for the tree.

Pulling herself out of her thoughts, Zoroark picked up a smooth, round fragment of a soul from the ground; it was one of the treasures she had accumulated over this period.

Judging from its size and luster, this fragment of soul could "buy" at least twenty hours of time in and out of the spirit world.

She specifically chose this one because it was older, wanting to stay inside for a while to see if the environment of the spirit world could really have any effect on the two Doron Messiah soul fragments.

As Zoroark clutched the soul fragments in his hand, about to toss them into the branch of the [Gateway to the Spirit Realm], he suddenly noticed something unusual about the two Doronmesia soul fragments.

They seem to be... devouring that large fragment of the soul?

Zoroark stopped what he was doing and began to observe the three soul fragments with curiosity.

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The two fragments of Doron Messiah's soul were quite weak; even when poured into the Spirit Gate, they couldn't last for more than two hours.

But what's strange is that the two weak soul fragments are actually devouring a more powerful being.

Could it be because the two Doron Messiahs had only recently died, and their soul fragments were still "fresh," while the one being devoured had already lost consciousness?

Soroyak speculated.

She felt this conjecture was highly likely, because the feeling these kinds of soul fragments gave her could be described with one word...chaos.