Elf: Starts with small diamonds, then mutates into Diancie.

Su Hao first nodded to him, then turned his gaze back to the fire-breathing dragon that was standing there, its presence subtly altering the surrounding environment. He was somewhat awestruck.

Is this the foundation that Liao Xingchen possesses as the strongest champion-level trainer on the surface...? It's truly terrifying.

Pokémon: Charizard

Attributes: [Fire + Flying]

Gender: Male

Characteristic: [Fierce Fire]

Tier: [Champion-level Mid-game]

Item: [Charizard Mega Stone x]

Liao Xingchen's Charizard stats are already the same as those of Lance and Steven, the Pokémon champions in Su Hao's memory, not to mention that he might also have Ho-Oh's Sacred Fire hidden... and this Mega Stone.

It makes sense. Liao Xingchen is the face of the Shenzhou Alliance, and it's been almost a month since he revealed his super evolution. With the data provided by his mother and the large number of super stones and evolution key stones collected by Grandpa Xia Jie in secret, it's not surprising that they prioritized gathering a set of Charizard super stones for Liao Xingchen.

It's just unknown whether he and Charizard have tried or mastered the power of Mega Evolution.

"I didn't expect you to be investigating this matter as well. But then again, this is the origin of your Everlasting Power, it would be strange if you weren't concerned." Liao Xingchen walked towards Su Hao, clearly intending to get to the point. "Regarding the plant energy extracted from these plants... do you have any leads?"

Su Hao nodded slightly and said, "After extensive investigation, I have identified a location that is very likely to be the target of their next attack, or perhaps one of their biggest targets."

"Where...where is that?"

"The Garden of Wonders is the territory ruled by Venusaur, one of the overlords of Viridian Forest. The plants there are all unusually large. It is inhabited by Grass-type Pokémon and some Water, Bug, and Ground-type Pokémon that have been accepted by them. The plant energy there is exceptionally concentrated in the entire Viridian Forest."

"The Garden of Wonders... I remember, the giant Venusaur there could unleash power almost at the Champion level when battling in its home turf of Viridian Forest. They dared to cause trouble on its territory..."

The two quickly exchanged information back and forth.

Not long ago, inside the Mysterious Garden.

The thick tree roots danced around like wooden dragons, each strike carrying terrifying power. There were hundreds or even thousands of these wooden dragons, just like the Thousand-Hand Guanyin in mythology.

Many exceptionally beautiful flowers grew from between the tree roots, and the center of each blooming flower continuously released a toxin that could kill ordinary Pokémon with a single whiff.

The Pokémon that controls these plants is naturally the renowned overlord of Viridian Forest, the one who created the Mysterious Garden—the giant Venusaur.

This Venusaur was almost twice the size of its kind. Its heavy body stood in the center of the Mysterious Garden, its angry eyes fixed on the human in front of it and the Pokémon beside him that was covered in withered yellow leaves and greedily absorbing the energy of the plants in the Mysterious Garden.

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Chapter 752 I Can Do Anything

The human was draped in a black hooded cloak, obscuring its true appearance.

But the snail-shaped Pokémon beside him, covered in green and dark green leaves and with objects resembling bamboo slips wrapped around its back, sent chills down the spine of the giant Venusaur.

Centered on it, a strange and calamistic power frantically eroded everything around it. All the energy of the plants and trees was stripped away by it and turned into nutrients to replenish itself. Its momentum had gone from being slightly stronger than its own to being so strong that it could not see any possibility of victory.

Staring intently at the green eye in the center of the strange Pokémon-shaped object formed by intertwined white tentacles, the giant Venusaur felt exceptionally powerless. Its usually sharp and powerful attacks had become weak due to the influence of that strange power.

Initially, it had a chance to defeat its opponent.

However, the opponent's strange ability seemed to weaken its own power, and because of that strange ability and the fact that it did not use its full strength at the beginning, it missed its only chance.

The surrounding trees and plants withered rapidly, and the clansmen and members of the Mysterious Garden that it had protected were already powerless and collapsed to the ground. Now, it was still suffering from the omnipresent and strange ability that was draining the energy of the plants in its body. At this moment, the giant Venusaur wished it could perish together with the opponent.

Lin Sen's face, hidden under his hood, was all smiles. Yes, it was this feeling of doing whatever he wanted. Wasn't it precisely for this feeling that he chose to leave the Divine Continent Alliance, which had been putting shackles on him at every turn, and instead chose to join the New Star with knowledge of the Four Great Calamities Treasures?

The thrill of controlling the life and death of others, the pleasure of wantonly toying with these lives, is not permitted within the Divine Continent Alliance.

But now, he can freely experience this feeling of pleasure, watching the giant Venusaur gradually change from confidence and arrogance to hatred of its own powerlessness, to despair, and hatred for him and the ancient snail who brought it despair.

The feeling of beating other people and Pokémon into the dust is so addictive!

Lin Sen's smile grew even more cheerful as he said to Gu Jianwo, who was greedily absorbing the energy from the plants beside him, "You should be more serious now. If you keep absorbing, you'll easily get caught. Your strength is far from being restored to its peak, so you can't beat that champion."

"Anyway, this forest is terrifyingly large, and there are plenty of opportunities to absorb the energy of the plants."

Gu Jianwo's green eyes looked at Lin Sen, and a vague, neutral voice rang in Lin Sen's mind: "Alliance, you are right. Because I have been sealed for too long, I am a little anxious to regain my power as soon as possible."

"Well... it's time to get a little more serious."

Lin Sen spread his arms wide, his pupils flashing with an alarming light: "Come on, let me witness that breathtaking moment!"

The malice surrounding the ancient shrew began to writhe; unlike death, it was a different kind of pure aura of destruction that began to spread.

"As you wish, a great catastrophe—"

The giant Venusaur witnessed the embodiment of the so-called disaster, and the entire Mysterious Garden, which was still barely clinging to life, withered instantly in the face of that power and hatred.

Before losing consciousness, the giant Venusaur, which only trusted its own power, had never prayed so devoutly.

I beg you, God of the Forest, at least save my people and my subjects. I am willing to pay any price for it.

The giant Venusaur's consciousness completely vanished at this point.

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Above the Viridian Forest, an orange figure and a black figure streaked across the sky at high speed, causing the treetops to sway slightly from the wind pressure they generated.

Those were Liao Xingchen riding a fire-breathing dragon and Su Hao riding a celestial warrior eagle.

After meeting up with Liao Xingchen, they had a brief exchange and agreed that they should set off for the Mysterious Garden as soon as possible.

Su Hao heard from Liao Xingchen that the giant Venusaur had lived in Viridian Forest for generations.

Perhaps I can communicate with the giant Venusaur and put it into an early warning state to prevent that unknown enemy from taking advantage of the situation.

Thanks to Charizard's unbridled display of Champion-level power, no wild Pokémon dared to block their path, and they arrived at the Mysterious Garden deep within Viridian Forest in just over twenty minutes.

Sitting

Behind the fire-breathing dragon, Liao Xingchen's eyes, hidden behind his goggles, looked at Su Hao and the enormous Emerald Warrior Eagle beneath him, much to his surprise.

Although the Charizard didn't choose to fly at full speed to accommodate Su Hao and the Emerald Warrior Eagle, it was absurd that the Emerald Warrior Eagle could keep up with the Charizard's flight speed.

However, Liao Xingchen could still discern some of the clues.

Look at the swirling wind around the huge black wingspan of the Emerald Warrior Eagle; this shows that the Emerald Warrior Eagle has an exceptionally good understanding of the principles of wind, which greatly reduces the drag on its flight.

Moreover, the blue-green flame-shaped crest feathers on the head of the Green Warrior Eagle, which resembled burning eyes, were emitting a faint glow in the night. Liao Xingchen remembered that the Green Warrior Eagle seemed to be a Psychic and Flying type Pokémon, and that crest actually contained the Green Warrior Eagle's spiritual power.

Mental strength likely played a significant role during the flight.

Honestly, every Pokémon this kid has is so special; it makes me a little envious.

Liao Xingchen sighed and was about to strike up a conversation with Su Hao next to her when she noticed that his expression suddenly turned strange.

After patting the fire-breathing dragon to bring it a little closer to the Emerald Warrior Eagle and Su Hao, Liao Xingchen frowned and asked, "Su Hao, what's wrong?"

Su Hao's hand, gripping the feathers of the Emerald Warrior Eagle, tightened slightly. His eyes, also hidden behind his goggles, were tightly closed. His voice was heavy as he said, "It's too late..."

"What's late?"

"Something's happened at the Mysterious Garden! We're too late!"

Liao Xingchen's pupils contracted, and she asked incredulously, "Are you serious?!"

You know, the Garden of the Unbelievable has that giant Venusaur in charge, so how could something happen to it?

Su Hao's eyelashes fluttered, and he opened his eyes. He pushed up his goggles, looked at Liao Xingchen with a serious expression, and nodded slightly. "That's right. Just now, the forest consciousness sent me a distress message. It's in a lot of pain. Something has happened to the entire Wonderland Garden."

"!!!"

Liao Xingchen looked surprised, not only because of the incident at the Mysterious Garden.

Unexpectedly, he learned from Su Hao that the Viridian Forest truly possesses a forest consciousness. Was it because of this consciousness that it sent a distress signal to Su Hao, the person it had chosen?

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Chapter 753 is titled "The Brief of Calamity".

"This is...too tragic."

Liao Xingchen and Charizard couldn't bear to look away, their fists clenched.

Masado observed his surroundings through Liao Xingchen's shadow, his expression extremely serious.

The forest was deathly silent, the plants were withered, and the ground was covered with dead leaves that smelled of decay.

An aura of destruction lingered here, with countless wild Pokémon lying on the ground, their lives hanging by a thread, their bodies covered by withered leaves as if draped in a rotting coat.

Yes, this is almost identical to the scene that Hua Beibei showed him in Su Hao's memory. Apart from these wild Pokémon whose plant energy and even life force had been forcibly extracted, there was no difference.

"The power of time...it's truly amazing."

As if mocking himself, Su Hao gently stroked the emerald warrior eagle whose face showed worry, as if to reassure it not to worry. Then, he took a step, crushing countless withered leaves, and arrived at the center of the battlefield.

There lay a giant Venusaur, its massive body covered in withered leaves, and the flowers blooming on its back looked as if they lacked energy and nutrition, exuding an aura of decay.

If left unchecked, death will probably come as expected.

The same goes for other wild Pokémon whose lives are hanging by a thread; for some reason, the perpetrator left them with a breath of life.

"An unprecedented power, as if it existed solely to destroy everything around it."

In Su Hao's mind, Rashiram, with an unusually serious expression, spoke.

Su Hao said firmly, "I have seen this kind of power before."