The urgent matter at hand for Qing Wu now was to find an active volcano to allow Charmander to successfully evolve.
Charmander was already on the verge of evolving, and other Fire-type Pokémon eggs were also close to hatching. If Qing Wu wanted to improve the quality of these Fire-type Pokémon, he needed to take them to an active volcano and immerse them in lava.
After soaking in top-tier Fire Stones and the blood of a King-tier Charizard, Charmander's quality had now become dark green, and it emitted a green glow. If it could hatch in volcanic terrain, it might be able to break through the green quality bottleneck.
After returning to the breeding house, Qing Wu put the Pokémon egg into his spatial backpack. The Pokémon Qing Wu brought this time included Combusken, Ditto, Exploud, Gastly, and Charmander. Qing Wu planned to enter the Smoldering Mountain as a bounty hunter, meaning he was going with the Smoldering Squad.
Primeape was entrusted to Great Wolf for training. Now, Great Wolf officially became the instructor for Qing Wu's Pokémon. Besides Fearow, Raticate, and Arbok, who were training with Gastly, all other Pokémon would receive training from Great Wolf. This saved Qing Wu a lot of effort.
Some training plans Qing Wu arranged also gave Great Wolf a new perspective. So, the training became increasingly perverse. Many Pokémon suffered endlessly, their strength growing rapidly, enjoying themselves.
"Gastly, you hide in my shadow and protect my safety." Qing Wu felt that Gastly was very proficient in using Ghost-type skills, and its Fire-type skills were also not bad.
But could Poison-type skills really only be used to lower the opponent's probability? Qing Wu brought Gastly to Smoldering Mountain this time to see if Gastly could awaken the Fire attribute under the flame power of the volcano.
Pokémon could awaken attributes beneficial to themselves under certain conditions, especially Gastly, which was originally a Fire-type Pokémon transformed into a Ghost-type, making it easier to awaken the Fire attribute. After all, Qing Wu remembered that the best Fire-type trainer in this world, Gastly's trainer, was also known as the "Ghost Dancer who controls flames."
Smoldering Mountain is located north of Purple Willow City. Taking a cable car can reach the top of Smoldering Mountain. The top of Smoldering Mountain is an active lava layer, with gray volcanic ash floating year-round. This volcanic ash covers the bushes, and a silvery white expanse is quite beautiful.
Autumn Leaf Town in Lush Zone is a town covered by volcanic ash. Here, volcanic ash floats for many years, forming a characteristic industry. People here plant fruit trees and vegetables using volcanic ash because the volcanic ash is rich in trace elements, making the fruits and vegetables grown here extremely delicious and nutritious.
Autumn Leaf Town has also formed a unique industry: using volcanic ash to make glass. The beautiful, colorful glass wheels made from volcanic ash are in short supply in Autumn Leaf Town.
The glass products made in Autumn Leaf Town all have special effects: blue whistles can clear sleep, yellow whistles can clear confusion, red whistles can increase capture rate, and white whistles can reduce encounter rate.
Qing Wu wanted to obtain these whistles, so he had to collect enough volcanic ash to exchange for them. Qing Wu arrived at the top of Smoldering Mountain very smoothly. Smoldering Mountain is an active volcano.
Fiery red lava is continuously gushing out of the rolling black smoke at the top of Smoldering Mountain. The rumbling sound presses down on the surrounding four layers.
Scalding, red-hot rocks are thrown high into the sky and then fall rapidly, leaving thousands of red streaks in the smoky sky. This is a common sight on Smoldering Mountain. Smoldering Mountain is not as safe as humans imagine.
Above Smoldering Mountain, toxic volcanic ash forms clouds that reach the sky. Huge thunderclouds and black clouds cover the volcano. Forked lightning encircles the smoke plumes erupting from the volcanic crater, presenting a doomsday scene.
Qing Wu led Exploud into the interior of Smoldering Mountain. The heat from the outside of Smoldering Mountain was not enough, and it was not suitable for Charmander's evolution.
Qing Wu felt the rolling volcanic ash mixed with hot air. The steam rising into a huge bubble, heat spreading in all directions. Soon, Qing Wu was drenched in sweat.
His thick black robe was soaked by Qing Wu's sweat as if it had been washed. The poisonous smoke made Qing Wu's eyes red. This was a restricted area for humans. Even the Lava Squad members would not easily approach the interior of Smoldering Mountain.
The entire Smoldering Mountain is enormous, a super large volcanic cluster. Lava flows within it. Qing Wu walked among countless Fire-Breathing Pokémon and Explouds in the lava.
Their bodies were immersed in the scorching lava, just like taking a hot spring bath. The nearest town to Smoldering Mountain is Yanli Town, a hot spring town built using the residual heat of the volcano. Every household has hot spring water. A red-haired girl stands in front of a white-haired old man.
"Grandpa, when will you teach me the Fire Dance skill? Fifteen-year-old Azusa, holding her grandpa's hand, said coquettishly. "Now is not the time. You cannot control the power of fire. This is a very dangerous thing for you.
Be a little more patient." Grandpa stroked Azusa's little head, chuckling. Azusa's grandpa, Kenjila, was once one of the four great Elite Four of Lush Zone, known as the "Fire King." For unknown reasons, Kenjila quickly retired.
After retiring, Kenjila returned to Yanli Town and continued to serve as the gym leader of the Yanli Dojo. Kenjila knew he had a mission: to closely monitor the movements of Smoldering Mountain. Only Kenjila, the Fire King, could overcome the dangers of Smoldering Mountain and explore what was happening inside Smoldering Mountain.
Legend has it that the Lava Squad built a base on Smoldering Mountain, but Smoldering Mountain is enormous, and its veins extend for hundreds of kilometers. So, Kenjila has not yet discovered the true location of the Lava Squad's base for the time being.
"Oh, I hope Groudon doesn't wake up yet. Otherwise, Lush Zone will never have peace again." Kenjila sighed, saying, "Leaving aside other things, just the volcanic eruption caused by Groudon's awakening would be unbearable for the nearby residents."
Groudon is the continent god sought by the Lava Squad, and is known alongside Kyogre as a walking natural disaster. Once Groudon appears, countless lava will flow from its entire body, and the areas it passes through will become a land of lava.
"I really don't know what these Lava Squad members are thinking, to actually want to awaken Groudon. I truly don't know how they die." Kenjila came over. He knows that once Groudon awakens, he'll have to pay with trainers' lives to stop it. The last time Groudon awakened was twenty years ago. The trainers of Lush Zone used all their strength to make Groudon fall back into sleep.
Deep within Smoldering Mountain's core, the temperature here had already reached over a hundred degrees Celsius. Qing Wu, wearing insulated equipment, only then alleviated the scorching skin irritation.
The Red Orb in Qing Wu's hand, like a hidden gem, continuously absorbed the chaotic ash and ground-type energy in the air. A massive volcanic rock smashed towards Qing Wu. Lava flowed down this volcanic rock.
"Exploud, use Leer." A black shadow flashed by. Exploud accurately split the volcanic rock into countless small pieces. A red item suddenly emerging from the volcanic rock caught Qing Wu's attention.
"Exploud, grab that red item," Qing Wu said to Exploud with a hint of joy. Exploud manipulated the power of wind, forming a small whirlwind. Timely, when the red item fell into the lava, it was caught by the whirlwind. Qing Wu looked at it. This was actually a high-quality Fire Stone.
"It seems there's a Fire Stone mine nearby," Qing Wu said, picking up the Fire Stone with an insulated glove. The surface of the Fire Stone was very rough; this was a naturally formed Fire Stone.
"This Fire Stone can allow Charmander to directly absorb it." The Fire Crystal was already an item born with Fire-type Pokémon. Forcibly seizing the Fire Crystal would damage Charmander's quality.
Qing Wu had long anticipated Charmander's evolution, so besides consuming Text Creation resources to create the necessary tools for Charmander's evolution, the Lava Amplifier, Qing Wu also prepared quality evolution medicine for Charmander.
However, Qing Wu wasn't clear to what extent this quality evolution medicine could boost Charmander's quality. After all, Qing Wu's main Pokémon in his previous life wasn't Charmander, nor did he have a dedicated scientific
researcher to study Charmander's evolution. Qing Wu could, after some time, directly perform Charmander's evolution test. This would, besides gaining a wave of prestige, also allow Text Creation to make a huge profit.
Qing Wu walked another section of the path and then entered a cave. This cave was discovered by Combusken. Combusken's feathers could detect where the Fire-type energy was most concentrated. Inside this cave, Qing Wu saw it filled with dense Fire Stones.
"This scene feels somewhat familiar. Could there be Groudon in this cave?" Qing Wu recalled seeing Groudon in the Fire Cave on Trial Island, which also had Fire Stone caves. This cave was exactly the same as the cave where Groudon was located.
However, there was a slight difference: this cave did not have Fire Crystals being born, but the number of top-tier Fire Stones was more than that on Trial Island. Qing Wu saw four Fire Rose Buds, which were between Fire Crystals and top-tier Fire Stones, still unbloomed.
"Gastly, come help me collect them." The Gastly brand harvester went online. Gastly grinned slyly. The top-tier Fire Stones were swept away by Gastly. At the same time, Gastly also collected some regular Fire Stones.
"Exploud, exploud." Combusken pointed at a spot and said to Qing Wu, "This should be where the Fire-type Pokémon are hatched."
Qing Wu carefully took Charmander's Pokémon egg out of the Pokémon incubator and replaced Charmander's top-tier Fire Stone with a Fire Crystal. Fire Crystal was Qing Wu's name for the Fire Stone that had not yet evolved into a Fire Crystal. Qing Wu placed these four Fire Crystals at the four corners of Charmander's Pokémon egg to secure Charmander's Pokémon egg.
After doing this, Qing Wu slowly poured the blood of Charizard on Charmander's Pokémon egg. This bottle of blood was Qing Wu's last remaining stock.
The moment the blood touched Charmander's Pokémon egg, Charmander's Pokémon egg shone with a bright white light. Instantly, the volcano became calm, and even the lava had no such vigorous activity.
Amidst the calm, the rolling lava at the mouth of the volcano suddenly moved. Thick, surging lava displayed destructive power. Sheets of fire sea surged across the sky, and countless lava splattered. Flames rushed over, extending their fangs and claws.
This Charmander Pokémon egg seemed like a phoenix reborn from fire. The entire Pokémon egg was surrounded by fierce flames. Judging from the temperature emanating from the flames, it was 1000 degrees, 2000 degrees, 3000 degrees; the temperature continuously soared.
When the flame turned into a fierce white light, the Pokémon egg hatched, and countless cracks appeared on the eggshell. A Charmander, almost the same size as a Charizard, broke out of the eggshell. It opened its mouth and let out a sky-shaking dragon roar. Its beautiful voice echoed throughout the cave.
After Charmander was born, it swallowed its eggshell. Just as Charmander wanted to swallow the fire...
When it was about to swallow the Fire Crystal, it was hastily stopped by Qing Wu.
"Charmander, wait a moment. This is an item for Charizard's evolution. Once it has evolved, I'll give it to you." Qing Wu extended his hand in an "Erkang pose," stopping Charmander from its eager attempt.
Charmander is an orange, reptilian, bipedal lizard-like creature with some dinosaur-like features. Charmander has four small, visible teeth in its mouth, both upper and lower. Its belly and the underside of its tail are cream-colored.
Qing Wu glanced at Charmander's tail; the flame on it was easily over a meter high. The stronger Charmander's strength, the stronger the flame on its tail.
The flame of this Charmander was white, indicating a considerably high temperature on its surface. A slight carelessness would result in burns from the flame on Charmander's tail.
Pokémon: Charmander (Green)
Gender: Male
Level: 5
Attribute: Fire
Ability: Solar Power
Basic Skills: Fire Fang, Slash, Ember, Growl, Rage, Cut, Flamethrower, Metal Claw.
Inherited Skills: Dragon Dance, Outrage, Blast Burn, Dragon Pulse, Dragon Ascent.
This Charmander's Dragon-type bloodline awakening level was very high, and it inherited Dragon-type skills. This Charmander's parents must be powerful Dragon-type Pokémon, very possibly Dragonite or Salamence, or other such Dragon-type Pokémon.
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