Ash's Pokémon Travel Has Big Problems

This is completely beyond Marshadow's comprehension... The Rainbow Hero's trial shouldn't be like this.

Candidates should struggle in the predicament it guides them through, wander in the darkness it lays out, and finally find a glimmer of light in the cracks of despair, making a choice worthy of the name "Rainbow Warrior".

This is the true strength of the Rainbow Warrior.

The problem now is that the original process has gone wrong.

This time, the examiners completely deviated from the rules, and they actually succeeded.

Is this power a waveguide?

Marcia is quite knowledgeable; she can recognize the waveguide.

Although this waveguide is somewhat strange... it is closer to the power of the world's bottom wave, carrying a [dark] rhythm that makes even its shadowy body tremble.

It reminds it of a great terror that watches over everything in the [Destroyed World]... Giratina, the Dark Dragon, where strong light shines and shadows are born.

But a waveguide is a waveguide.

This fundamental nature will not change... it is impossible to transform into the power of Hades Dragon.

...But now the problem is that the plan has been disrupted.

On the meticulously arranged stage, the protagonist suddenly jumped down, dragged the director out, and even punched him.

Masado hovered in mid-air, momentarily at a loss.

What should I do next?

Should they simply announce that the test must be repeated?

Then what about its behavior of possessing Cross and causing all this chaos?

A farce?

Its thought process, which is not known for its complex thinking, is like a tangled mess.

Marshall's true nature is that he is timid, weak, and shy.

As someone with social anxiety, they are not good at handling such unexpected situations... due to a lack of awareness, they also tend to act in extreme ways.

Therefore, it is easy to go from one extreme of social anxiety to another.

...In short, the thought process is very abstract.

The power of shadow stirred instinctively, yet it had lost its clear objective.

Just as Marcia was lost in a brief moment of confusion, an even more unsettling feeling quietly descended upon her.

It was neither an attack nor hostility.

Rather, it's a kind of... ever-present "sense of being watched".

It was as if countless invisible eyes were silently gazing at it from all directions, from every corner of the void.

It can even "sense" the shape of those gazes—they are not based on light, but on some more fundamental fluctuation, rippling out like water, firmly enveloping it.

It's that trial participant!

Marshadow abruptly focused his burning pupils back on Ash.

The boy remained in the same posture after throwing a punch, but it was as if a third, invisible eye was slowly opening.

A mysterious and profound realm spread out from Xiaozhi. In Xiaozhi's perception, the world had lost its color and form, transforming into a vast landscape composed of countless flowing rhythms and interwoven waveguides.

[Achievement: First encounter with the Mythical Beast Marshadow - Completed]

[Reward: Waveguide Mind's Eye - Dark Sky Domain]

In this realm of pure perception, Martha's ability to become shadowy and concealed seems to have lost its function.

Everything in the world has its own waveguide.

Everything in this world naturally contains shadows.

However, the waveguide in the shadow is not easy to detect.

This made the naturally timid and weak-willed Masado feel even more uneasy, as if he were being exposed to the light of a shadow.

Marshadow could even sense that the familiar rainbow feather on Ash's body was shining with an unprecedented intensity.

Marshadow is Ho-Oh's messenger, but its power is itself countered by Ho-Oh.

Shadows are not darkness, but they are born from light shining on darkness.

In this junkyard environment made up of "shadows," Ho-Oh's feathers shone brightly and intensely, like a lighthouse in the night, stinging Marshadow's instincts that belonged to the shadows.

Darkness can only exist because it depends on light; there is darkness only when there is light.

—Light and darkness are not in direct conflict; the area between them is shadow.

A realization dawned on Ash's mind, and it was also subtly transmitted to Marshadow through the omnipresent Aura Field.

This made Marcia even more irritable.

It doesn't like the feeling of being seen through and understood.

Its role is to test, to create difficulties, rather than to engage in this kind of deep "communication" with the person being tested.

Xiao Zhi – Requesting communication.

Marshall—No!

Chaotic thoughts need an outlet, and confusion needs to be dispelled by action.

Martha's thinking is simple and direct. After a brief downtime, she quickly chose the most familiar path—returning to the original plan.

Now that the pretense has been torn away, let's present you with the choice in the most direct and brutal way.

"Gu..."

A low, inhuman cry escaped from Masado's throat.

Its small figure suddenly erupted with overwhelming shadow energy, spreading rapidly like thick ink dropped into clear water.

Don't let Marcia's small size fool you; she may look cute and cuddly, but she's not strong at all.

But in reality, he was one of Ho-Oh's messengers.

Even if Marshall is weak, he can't be that weak.

Even if it is weak.

It is also a power belonging to the legendary level.

This level of power cannot be described by intuitive data.

However, its shadow power is not very good at destruction; it is rather silent and stealthy.

at the same time.

It is located far away in the urban area of ​​Heiyun City.

Those slimes and sludge that were originally just blindly surging in search of food seemed to have received some kind of instruction.

Within their bodies lies a [aggregated poison bait] enveloped in the power of shadow.

Of course, this thing can't kill Muddy or Grimer; in fact, it can make them quite happy eating it.

However, these [aggregated poison baits] had been slowly released under the influence of shadow power.

Now, Marshall has taken the initiative to activate all the medicinal properties of these poisoned baits at once.

For the Muk, what was initially a bit of fun has now become an overreaction.

They emitted a cacophony of pain and madness as they surged madly toward a central point.

A slow torrent of purple and yellow figures formed.

Although Grimer is very enthusiastic and proactive.

However, their physical structure is ultimately just a lump of mud, so their movement speed is still too slow.

To many trainers and citizens, these stinky slimes, mixed with all sorts of garbage and debris, begin to blindly move towards a single goal.

Everyone had a feeling that something extraordinary was going to happen there.

But no one dared to follow.

This applies to both Xiaogang and Xiaoxia.

A large gathering of Poison-type Pokémon can turn an area into a highly toxic zone.

Unless you are immune to toxins or have high enough toxin resistance, your strength is not the decisive factor in whether you can survive.

At the target point of the Muddy Slug Flood, the largest quantity of [aggregate bait] is stored, which is also a very large Muddy Slug.

The Mud, the Mud monsters, collide, squeeze, and merge with each other.

Countless purplish-black, viscous bodies converged and expanded like rivers flowing into the sea.

finally.

A colossal, mountain-like mass of stinky slime, exuding a suffocating stench and an ominous aura, rises from the heart of the city.

...A unique and dramatic change in Pokémon.

...similar to the giant stinging jellyfish that existed in Kuroba City at the time.

...However, since Grimer is a Pokémon that can naturally fuse, Marshadow doesn't have to expend too much effort in the process, making it much easier for him.

The giant Mud, a colossal body formed from the fusion of millions of individual Mud creatures, almost completely obscured the sky over that area.

It wriggled, emitting a deep, thunderous roar.

Giant Mud: Hungry!

Giant Mud: I'm so hungry!

However, despite this situation, this type of Pokémon is actually not very aggressive towards living creatures.

Normal organisms and substances are not in their diet.

So what the giant slime targeted was the abandoned factory area.

Giant Grimer: Eat!

Giant Mud: Hungry!

Giant Mud: Food!

As the giant slime moved, buildings began to collapse with a rumbling sound.

The giant sludge headed toward the abandoned factory area.

Those abandoned buildings and tools were, in his eyes, the perfect food...you could say they were marinated in all sorts of toxins.

Besides the ordinary citizens and trainers who started to flee, there were also enthusiastic Grimer fans cheering.

Friends of Mud A: "It's the god of stinky mud!"

Friends of Sludge B: "He is the great King of Sludge!"

Friends of the Mud C: "This is retribution for your abandonment!"

Friends of the Silt Association D: "..."

Meanwhile, at the landfill.

The giant dust mountain, fully infused with the power of Marshado's shadow, also emitted a deafening roar.

Its already enormous body expanded even further, as if inflated, frantically devouring all the garbage around it.

Rusty car wrecks, twisted steel bars, mountains of plastic waste... everything is absorbed into its body and becomes part of its power and size.

Its height exceeds thirty meters, and it can be said that almost every type of garbage and waste in Black Cloud City can be found on it.

It symbolizes the Black Cloud City of the past.

It is the abandoned Black Cloud City of the past.

Its oppressive aura made the entire landfill tremble.

An eerie silence fell over the battlefield in an instant.

Only the earth-shattering roar caused by the birth of the two colossal beasts remained.

Xiao Zhi's mind-reading ability clearly "saw" all of this.