Chapter 213: Secret Realm Upheaval, Storm Gathering!
Hearing this, Yao Yifei hurriedly looked into the distance. After seeing Lu Li riding over on a Bidoof, Yao Yifei’s mouth corners slightly curved up.
Yao Yifei, who used Instant Teleport to intercept Lu Li, asked: “Why did you come out?”
“Were you just battling someone?” Lu Li asked in return.
Yao Yifei didn’t answer directly, but explained: “It’s already over.”
“That’s good then.” Lu Li nodded.
After confirming that Yao Yifei was really fine, Lu Li returned to the volcano to continue being Palu.
Lu Li stroked the Poké Ball at his waist and said earnestly: “Xiao Hong, you all have to work hard! I’m still counting on you to seek immortality for me.”
The Poké Ball shook gently.
Yao Yifei, listening nearby, had a speechless expression.
Rely on Pokémon for immortality?
What do you want to do? Go shear the wool of the Fairy God?
That the Fairy God could grant immortality was no secret; it was well-known among Elite Trainers.
This time, Yao Yifei didn’t leave, but said: “I won’t go out wandering. I’ll stay here to guard you, in case any accidents happen.”
Lu Li nodded.
The previous divination had indeed cast quite a shadow over him; it was good to have Yao Yifei guarding here.
………..
Two days passed in the blink of an eye.
Two days had already passed, and there was still no news from his grandson. As a grandson-spoiling maniac, Shen Bao finally realized something might be wrong.
Shen Bao didn’t dare hesitate and immediately brought the family’s last six Gym Level Pokémon into the secret realm.
“You’re saying that woman Yao Yifei hasn’t left this secret realm either?” Shen Bao asked the nearby Secret Realm Guard.
The Secret Realm Guard nodded.
“We haven’t seen Yao Museum Master come out. Young Master Shen went in following Yao Museum Master. You think…”
The Secret Realm Guard didn’t finish the words, but how could Shen Bao not understand what the other meant?
“If that woman Yao Yifei really harmed my grandson, I absolutely won’t let her get away.” Shen Bao said angrily.
That was his family’s third-generation only child, after all!
Most importantly, Young Master Shen was the trainer in their family most likely to break through to Gym Level.
If something really happened…
Rumble!!!
A bolt of clear-sky thunder suddenly rang out.
The originally cloudless sky instantly became overcast with dark clouds. No, more accurately, storm clouds were gathering.
“That’s…”
Shen Bao’s eyes widened in disbelief as he looked at the distant sky.
This scene was too familiar to him because 20 years ago he had witnessed the same scene, and it was still fresh in his memory.
That was the celestial phenomenon that appeared only when breaking through to Heavenly King Level.
At the eye of the storm-like gathering winds was the gathering of a Pokémon’s Attribute Origin as Attribute Energy, the mark of it.
Shen Bao was very familiar with that Overlord Mawile and had even dealt with it quite a few times.
But one thing was certain: without external help, that Overlord Mawile could never break through to Heavenly King Level in its lifetime.
Shen Bao immediately thought of the Fairy Gem on his grandson.
Could it be…
Thinking of this, Shen Bao, with a grim facial expression, turned and asked: “How’s it going? Any feedback from the locator system?”
“We haven’t located Young Master’s Poké Ball, but we have located the signal of Ancestor Rolycoly’s Poké Ball,” the person nearby hurriedly reported.
“Where?” Shen Bao asked excitedly.
“Please follow me, Family Head.”
With the locator’s help, Shen Bao finally saw that Poké Ball abandoned in the wilderness.
After picking up the Poké Ball, Shen Bao felt a sudden panic in his heart; he now had a rough guess.
His useless grandson might already be gone. Next, he just needed to ask Rolycoly to know, but facing such a cruel reality, Shen Bao still felt some resistance in his heart.
Biting his teeth, Shen Bao finally released Rolycoly.
The sleeping Rolycoly was awakened and looked around in confusion.
He remembered being knocked out in one hit by that Overlord Mawile before.
Anxious Shen Bao looked at Rolycoly full of expectation and asked: “Uncle Rolycoly, did you see Gong’er?”
Rolycoly listened, explaining and gesturing.
At this moment, a Poké Ball at Shen Bao’s waist flashed, and a Solrock flew out on its own.
“Rolycoly says the Overlord Mawile wanted to rob Young Master Shen’s Fairy Gem, then both sides clashed, and finally it was knocked out by the Overlord Mawile,” Solrock translated Rolycoly’s words via telepathy.
As expected…
Even though he had anticipated it, Shen Bao’s heart still clenched fiercely upon hearing the news.
“Oracle… do you know where that woman Yao Yifei is now?” Shen Bao asked with a grim facial expression.
Solrock replied: “Can’t find her. There’s a Psychic Type Pokémon of comparable strength by her side; it blocked my senses.”
Hearing this, Shen Bao glared viciously at the distant storm gathering spot.
“No matter what, my grandson’s death is definitely related to you!”
Thinking of this, Shen Bao directly ordered: “Follow me!”
He couldn’t just watch that Overlord Mawile break through to Heavenly King Level, or he’d never get revenge in his lifetime.
No matter how many twists were behind this matter, one thing couldn’t be denied: his grandson’s Fairy Gem was in the Overlord Mawile’s hands.
And that beast even wanted to use the Fairy Gem to break through the barrier and step into the legendary Heavenly King Level.
How could that be possible!
He absolutely wouldn’t allow it!
Solrock looked at Shen Bao somewhat helplessly and asked: “Are you sure you want to destroy the breakthrough opportunity of an Overlord Pokémon about to break through to Heavenly King Level?”
“Oracle, my grandson is dead,” Shen Bao said through gritted teeth.
“But your Shin Family is still here. Are you sure you want to sacrifice the Shin Family’s future for a grandson who’s already dead?” Solrock asked in return again.
Emotionally out of control, Shen Bao roared: “So what? The Shin Family is already out of heirs!”
The Shin Family had only one heir per generation. No need to mention himself, and his son had long lost fertility due to excessive indulgence in his youth.
Now Young Master Shen died in an accident before even marrying; the Shin Family was thoroughly without heirs.
Hearing this, Solrock felt helpless too.
The Shin Family ending up like this was well-deserved. In fact, every generation of the Shin Family had many illegitimate children outside.
But coincidentally, every Family Head’s Madam was extremely jealous, and those mistresses and illegitimate children raised outside all died from various accidents.
They knew full well what was happening, choosing to turn a blind eye and let their Madam clean up the illegitimate children and lovers outside.
Playboy, cold-blooded, ruthless, selfish—these were traits of nearly every Shin Family Family Head. Without these, perhaps the Shin Family wouldn’t have ended up without heirs.
Was Shen Bao reluctant to lose his grandson? Not necessarily; what he couldn’t accept was the Shin Family being without heirs.
Solrock could only helplessly follow Shen Bao toward the storm’s center.
The Shin Family was without heirs, and the task entrusted by the trainer, it ultimately couldn’t complete. In that case, it would accompany its descendant in one last frenzy.
That way, it could go pursue the trainer.
In fact, not just Solrock thought this way; the other Pokémon in the Poké Balls at Shen Bao’s waist thought the same.
This was Pokémon—pure and foolishly loyal.
………..
“It’s about to break through…”
Yao Yifei narrowed her eyes, gazing into the distance.
Overlord Mawile breaking through to Heavenly King Level was something Yao Yifei had long anticipated.
Pokémon Secret Treasures generally had two usage methods.
Breakthrough was like a Pokémon opening a door. The first method was slow absorption, like teaching how to pick the lock. The benefit was subtle and silent, with no downsides.
The second was violent breakthrough, directly forcibly absorbing the Pokémon Secret Treasure, then using the massive Attribute Energy to violently break the bottleneck. The downside was only able to break through once in a lifetime.
Overlord Mawile chose the latter because it knew the former might not succeed, but the latter was 100% success.
As for being limited to Heavenly King Level for life?
As the overlord of a small secret realm, its ceiling was only Heavenly King anyway.
“Hope no accidents happen.”
Yao Yifei glanced worriedly at the passage behind her.
She was indeed a bit envious of Overlord Mawile breaking through to Heavenly King Level, but only a bit. Now Yao Yifei only hoped the breakthrough wouldn’t affect Lu Li.
Lu Li also sensed the surrounding Attribute Energy becoming much more active.
But Lu Li, focused on Steel Refining, didn’t pay attention to such minor details.
………..
“Warning! Warning! Massive energy fluctuation change in Deep Gray Secret Realm!”
“Suspected Overlord Pokémon breaking through to Heavenly King Level. All staff members, prepare for defense.”
The outside world was thrown into chaos because of Overlord Mawile’s breakthrough.
When a Secret Realm Overlord breaks through, it causes chaos in the Attribute Energy within the secret realm. For example, Overlord Mawile is Steel-type and Fairy Attribute.
Then during Overlord Mawile’s breakthrough, other Attribute Energies in Deep Gray Secret Realm would weaken, making Pokémon of those attributes abnormally irritable.
Sometimes, it even leads to Secret Realm Pokémon impacting the Secret Realm Entrance, the so-called Secret Realm Pokémon tide.
Upon receiving this news, the Dugtrio Legion Regiment Leader directly cursed: “Damn it! Why was there no sign of this? Didn’t they say Overlord Mawile couldn’t break through without external help in its lifetime?”
“Quickly report this to the Mayor and Pewter Gym Leader, then legion assemble and guard the Secret Realm Entrance to the death!” The Regiment Leader hurriedly began arranging.
In fact, when a Secret Realm Overlord breaks through, it’s also when some Evil Organizations like to cause trouble most.
Because at this time, the secret realm itself is a powder keg, the kind that ignites at a touch. Those with malicious intent love to stir things up then.
Soon, the clerk came to report.
“Regiment Leader, the matter has been reported, but…”
The Regiment Leader irritably scolded: “Spit it out! This isn’t the time for suspense.”
“But Pewter Gym’s Acting Gym Leader seems to have left the Gym for something.”
Regiment Leader: “???”
At such a critical time, even the Acting Gym Leader isn’t there? What does Pewter Gym want?
The Regiment Leader was furious. Ever since that Qu Sujin came to Deep Gray City as Gym Leader, he hadn’t done a single thing a Gym Leader should.
Pewter Gym opened on the first day, and that damn Qu Sujin left on the second. Originally, his son Qu Gang was actually okay.
Though an Acting Gym Leader, he was no different from a normal Gym Leader, but at the critical moment, the fool dropped the ball too.
“Have the Mayor contact the Qu Family! If something happens here, I’ll report straight to Alliance Headquarters!” the Regiment Leader roared.
This concerned the lives of a city’s people; he absolutely wouldn’t allow any oversights.
Dugtrio Legion could guard one side, but what if the other side had issues?
By normal duty division, Dugtrio Legion guarded against Pokémon from the secret realm; enemies from the real world were the Gym Leader’s responsibility.
“What about the Shin Family? Call them for support too. They’ve taken so many benefits; they can’t slack off at the critical moment, right?” the Regiment Leader asked again.
The nearby clerk immediately reported: “Shen Bao took all his family’s Pokémon into the secret realm today and hasn’t come out yet.”
Hasn’t come out?
A bad premonition flashed in the Regiment Leader’s mind; he knew Shen Bao entered the secret realm to find his grandson.
“Hasn’t found his grandson yet?” the Regiment Leader asked puzzled.
The clerk nodded.
The Regiment Leader hurriedly asked: “I remember Yao Yifei, Yao Museum Master, is also in Deep Gray Secret Realm?”
“Yes, Yao Museum Master and her younger brother are still in the secret realm and haven’t come out.”
Regiment Leader: “…”
His intuition told him that Overlord Mawile’s breakthrough was definitely related to these two parties.
The Regiment Leader sighed, then waved his hand: “Continue requesting support. See if we can contact Yao Museum Master. If any change happens, hope Yao Museum Master can help.”
“Right, also have the whole city on alert and prepare for civilian evacuation.” The Regiment Leader stopped the clerk about to leave and added another safeguard.
………..
After arriving at the Mawile camp, Shen Bao’s eyes flashed with murderous intent.
“Break through to Heavenly King Level? I don’t agree!” After saying this, Shen Bao directly ordered: “Oracle, please use Psychic Power to tell Overlord Mawile to stop the breakthrough, then ask where my grandson is.”
Solrock nodded, then slowly floated into the sky under pressure.
The breaking-through Overlord Mawile naturally sensed Shen Bao and others’ arrival but chose to ignore them.
After Solrock used Psychic Power to question it, Overlord Mawile was even more puzzled.
As a worldly-wise Pokémon, Overlord Mawile dared swear to Arceus that it really hadn’t done anything to that human’s kid.
After all, its target from start to finish was only the Fairy Gem; after grabbing it, it left directly, even holding back during the snatch.
For example, that Rolycoly knocked out in one hit—if it had other intentions then, that Rolycoly would be dead.
“I don’t know. Now please leave! Or face my wrath!” The interrupted Overlord Mawile was equally angry.
Shen Bao grew even angrier upon hearing Rolycoly’s relay.
You stole my grandson’s Fairy Gem to break through, and now you say you don’t know? Do you take me, Shen Bao, for a fool?
Furious Shen Bao instantly made a decision.
Posting early today on purpose, will try to update another tonight to make up for yesterday. Thanks to all the big shots for support.
