"So many Tentacool!"
After arriving in the sky above the indicated sea area.
Ethan immediately saw countless Tentacool covering the entire surface of the sea.
Tentacool was a Water and Poison-type Pokémon. Precisely because of the existence of its Poison type, this Pokémon was extremely dangerous.
When they gathered in large groups, the toxins they released were enough to contaminate an entire sea area.
With the rise of the sea level, those toxic waters would eventually flood the areas where humans lived.
Under the immersion of those poison-laden waters, humans with fragile bodies would simply have great difficulty resisting.
Now, with so many Tentacool gathered beside the coast, for this city, it was practically a catastrophe.
It was no wonder that, after receiving the news, the Pokémon Hunters Guild had directly issued a recruitment order, summoning all nearby Pokémon hunters.
"Has everyone arrived?"
"Next, I ask everyone to act together to drive away these Tentacool."
"We must drive them away before the typhoon truly arrives."
The commander of the east coast, seeing that the Pokémon hunters in the surroundings had almost all gathered, immediately spoke.
"Don't worry, leave it to us."
The nearby Pokémon hunters nodded and released their Water-type Pokémon.
Now the weather was that of a typhoon, so it was not convenient for Flying-type Pokémon to enter battle.
Under these circumstances, they could only rely on Water-type Pokémon to face and directly drive away all those Tentacool.
Seeing this, Ethan also released Slowking and allowed it to participate in the battle.
Very soon, under the pressure of the Pokémon hunters, the Tentacool began to retreat quickly.
However, the number of Tentacool was truly too large, and the seawater could help them recover energy quickly.
Although the Tentacool were retreating little by little, a dark and dense mass could still be seen on the surface of the sea.
Moreover, the objective of those Tentacool was very clear. They did not retreat simply because the opponents in front of them were powerful.
"How strange. Under normal circumstances, these Tentacool should have already withdrawn. Looking at it this way, it seems these Tentacool did not gather here by coincidence."
Ethan frowned, vaguely feeling that the matter was not so simple.
While he reflected, the surface of the sea in the distance suddenly began to shake.
In the blink of an eye, an enormous wave dozens of meters high suddenly rose, dragging a terrifying pressure as it swept toward the coast.
"What a terrifying wave! Everyone, dodge quickly!"
"No, there's no time! Have the Pokémon act! We have to stop that wave!"
"Impossible! A wave of that level... not even an Elite-level Pokémon could safely stop it!"
Seeing the terrifying wave rushing toward them head-on, the Trainers standing beside the coast immediately became agitated, showing fear in their eyes.
But just as they were thinking about how to stop that wave, they saw a young man suddenly walk to the front of the crowd.
Beside him, a Slowking and a Lucario floated silently.
"Make it stop."
A calm voice sounded.
Immediately afterward, an intense blue light enveloped the two Pokémon and spread in all directions.
On the surface of the sea in the distance, the enormous wave continued advancing furiously, but in the next instant, the scene suddenly froze.
That wave maintained its posture of violent advance and was directly fixed in midair!
"What's going on?"
"Heavens, the enormous wave was directly controlled with telekinesis!"
"It's those two Pokémon! What terrifying psychic power!"
Seeing this scene, everyone exclaimed.
For some of them, it was the first time they had seen such powerful psychic power!
"Elite-level Pokémon!"
"Who on earth is that person?"
At the scene, some also perceived how powerful the two Pokémon were, and looked gravely at Ethan, who was at the front.
"It's Ethan, the Leader of the Solaria Town Gym!"
At that moment, someone in the crowd recognized Ethan and exclaimed.
"Solaria Town Gym? That newly founded Gym?"
"Wait, I remember that the Leader of that Gym is only twenty-one years old, right?"
"A twenty-one-year-old Elite-level Trainer? How is that possible?"
Some people reacted, and disbelief appeared in their eyes.
Having Elite-level strength at that age was simply unimaginable!
"Don't lower your guard. The real enemy is about to appear!"
Just as the Trainers present were still discussing, Ethan's voice sounded again.
The moment his words fell, the seawater began to whirl again, and an enormous figure suddenly emerged from the ocean.
It was a Tentacruel, but its size left everyone present stunned.
That Tentacruel's body was at least dozens of meters tall, even taller than the enormous wave from before.
As its tentacles continuously struck the water, the entire surface of the sea began to surge violently, with waves breaking everywhere.
"It seems the previous wave was this guy's doing."
"Such a huge Tentacruel... it seems that, just like that giant Dragonite from Dragon Valley, this is also a giant Pokémon."
At that moment, Ethan was also observing the enormous Tentacruel in front of him, and his eyes slowly narrowed.
In reality, when researching Totem Pokémon, he had already thought of giant Pokémon.
After all, in terms of size, Totem Pokémon could not compare at all with giant Pokémon.
Then, what relationship would exist between giant Pokémon and Totem Pokémon?
In addition, how did these giant Pokémon manage to break the limitations of their own species and reach such a size?
It could be said that the research value of giant Pokémon was not inferior to that of Totem Pokémon. They were extremely rare existences.
If he could find the reason why those Pokémon were so enormous and then apply it to other Pokémon...
Thinking of this, Ethan could not help remembering Sandslash and Kommo-o. If those two Pokémon could also grow to dozens of meters, their combat strength could probably rival that of a Legendary Pokémon, right?
"Artificially creating giant Pokémon may be extremely difficult. But if we manage to find the method to break the limitations of body size, then Cacturne's Growth move may be able to advance again."
Ethan thought again of his Cacturne. Currently, Cacturne's size increase through the move Growth was limited to a little over five meters. After reaching that size, for some reason, it could no longer continue growing.
If they managed to find the method to break the limitations of one's own body size, Cacturne's Growth move might really be able to advance again!
By then, a Cacturne dozens of meters tall, combined with its excellent combat techniques, could undoubtedly break through to the Elite level.
(End of chapter)