Age of Elves: I started flashing with my handheld.

[Items to carry: none]

"Dual characteristics?"

Nanfeng was stunned when he saw Onix's stats.

The appearance of these two characteristics is already somewhat beyond common sense.

In both his past and present lives, Nanfeng had never heard of any Pokémon possessing two traits at the same time!

Furthermore, this waterproof property does not seem to exist in any of the spirits.

However, it seems very similar to the Crystal Onix in the anime.

Another characteristic is the shattered armor.

Suddenly I can understand why Onix, with its diamond-like body, has such weak defense, yet it is so fast that Garchomp can hardly catch up with it.

Garchomp's relentless attacks caused Onix's Shatter Armor ability to be triggered repeatedly. After a long battle, the hardness of Onix's body was probably shattered into paper.

Nanfeng could have ignored the pros and cons of this ability, since Shatter Armor is Onix's hidden ability, and once Onix evolves into Steelix, the ability will change to "Forced".

At that time, its defense may be reduced due to being attacked.

However, since Onix now has two abilities, will its Shatter Armor ability still become mandatory when it evolves into Steelix?

89. Tomb of the Great Rock Serpent

Nanfeng plans to evolve Onix into Steelix when he gets back.

After all, evolving into Steelix at level 40 isn't too early.

The required evolution item is "Metal Coat", which is a boosting item for Steel-type moves.

Nanfeng decided to use at least a treasure-grade metal membrane as an evolution item for the Giant Rock Snake.

However, before leaving, Nanfeng had one more thing to do.

In the handheld console, use Gardevoir to use Teleport to control the protagonist back to the Pokémon Center to heal Onix.

After the treatment was completed, Nanfeng released the Shiny Onix back into the real world.

The Onix's flash is crystallized diamond, which suggests that it must live in a diamond mining area.

Is there a diamond vein in Xiaoluoshan or the Dongyang Mountains?

Nanfeng speculated.

It's important to know that diamonds are the raw material for diamonds; they only become diamonds after being polished and carved.

If a diamond mine can be found, then enough rough stones can be found to make diamonds!

Therefore, Nanfeng chose to let the giant onyx lead the way and take him to see its former habitat. For this purpose, he also brought oxygen cylinders in advance and placed them in the secret base in case of emergency.

With two level 40 Pokémon, Onix and Garchomp, protecting him from the left and right, Nanfeng doesn't have to worry about being buried in the ground.

Just to be on the safe side, Nanfeng still sent out Gardevoir.

Gardevoir has reached level 38, and its teleportation distance has exceeded 100 meters. Even if rocks collapse, its psychic power can burst out instantly, making it easy to temporarily stop the collapsing rocks.

Indeed, the improvement in the Pokémon's strength gave him the confidence to explore new worlds.

The giant rock snake plunged into the cave it had just emerged from and began its downward descent.

Southwind lagged behind, perched on Garchomp's back, as it carried him downwards. Gardevoir, levitating in mid-air with its psychic powers, held a ball of light and accompanied Southwind.

Venture underground to find diamonds!

What kind of development is this?

If Nanfeng hadn't come to a world where elves exist, he would never have imagined that his life would come to this day.

In the future, I might even be able to travel to the underground and to outer space!

I'm actually a little excited about it.

Onix is ​​very fast, and Nanfeng discovered that many of the downward-sloping sections of the road were already there, and their size was even larger than the Shiny Onix itself.

It seems... that the path opened up by this giant onyx snake is not its own.

What kind of elf opened the path?

You should know that the Onix that I just caught is already thirty meters long and its head is a full three meters wide (Pokémon sizes are not based on the encyclopedia).

The space on this road is large enough to fit three giant rock snakes at the same time!

Nanfeng thought about it seriously for a while, and it seemed that no elf's size matched this specification.

"Could it be Steelix?" Nanfeng guessed.

However, I immediately thought it was impossible. It's normal for Steelix to be a size larger than Onix, but you're saying it's several times larger.

Steelix, the Overlord?

Could there be a giant rock snake's mother underground?

Nanfeng's face stiffened, but she immediately realized that the probability was not high.

Most Onix are solitary Pokémon. After breeding in the wild, young Onix begin to live alone. Their enormous size and excellent defense make them highly likely to survive, unless they encounter Aggron, Metagross, etc.

With a mix of trepidation and excitement, Nanfeng continued onward, soon reaching a depth of 500 meters underground, where he arrived at a vast, open area!

The sphere of light emitted a faint glow that spread in all directions, covering an area of ​​at least several hundred meters, but it did not reach the walls.

"Gardedor, send the orb into the air and increase its brightness."

Gardevoir immediately raised her hand gently, and the ball of light floating beside her flew higher and farther away. As it flew, the light became brighter and brighter, shining like the morning star in the boundless darkness.

Nanfeng's pupils gradually widened as the light arrived, until he was utterly shocked!

Before Nanfeng lay a vast expanse, the light seemingly only dispelling a small patch of darkness, its boundaries never visible. And even in this part of the area illuminated by the light, lay thousands of giant rock snakes.

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No, to be precise, it was a dead Onix.

A row of huge rocks are arranged in a string, each with a large snake head rock at the front. At first glance, it looks like a train lined up here, but it is certain that these are the dead Onix!

"How could so many giant onyx snakes have died here?"

Nanfeng did not believe that all of these Onix were killed by the Shiny Onix that he had just tamed.

Because the Onix that was released earlier was only defeated by it, and was not killed.

Despite their massive size and serpentine form, Onix has a surprisingly good temperament. Fights between members of the same species in the wild are extremely rare, except when it comes to competing for the best resources to reproduce. They mostly drive away any Pokémon that invade their territory; as Pokémon that feed on minerals, they rarely kill.

......... .. ...

Furthermore, many of the Onix that died here were larger, rounder, and darker than the Flash Onix.

It is said that the older the Onix gets, the rounder its body becomes, and the harder and darker its body becomes.

"Roar~~" The Shiny Onix called out softly to Southwind. It was still moving in, but at a much slower pace.

Southwind jumped off behind Garchomp and followed on foot behind Onix.

As Nanfeng walked and looked around, he noticed that many of the giant rock snakes here had no injuries, and their arrangement was not messy at all, just like each train has its own railway.

“These giant rock snakes weren’t killed, it’s more like they were placed here after they died, or they gradually died after arriving here,” Nanfeng pondered, clearly the latter guess was more likely.

The sphere of light in the sky moved forward with the south wind, gradually dispelling the darkness in the distance.

Strange things also began to appear.

Steel!

Steelix have started appearing! And like all of them, they are all dead.

(Writing this suddenly reminded me of the "Grave of the Motorbeasts" episode from Digimon Adventure 4 that I watched when I was a kid.) VII.

90. A magical sugar soup?

The deeper you go, the fewer Onix you'll encounter, and the more Steelix you'll find.

Furthermore, the Steelixes are gradually getting bigger.

Until they came to a pool of water...

This is a small pond with a radius of about three meters, filled with a yellowish-brown liquid that is thick like coffee?

Nanfeng didn't realize that this was the water from an underground river.

The giant onyx lowered its head and drank its coffee.

Suddenly, a Poké Ball on Nanfeng's waist opened, and Akodora jumped out of it. Its short limbs swung rapidly as it eagerly went to the pond to have coffee with Onix.

Nanfeng was filled with questions. What was going on?

Cocoa was thirsty too?

It's absolutely impossible for it to be that simple! This guy usually disdains the bathwater of the "Kouga Greninja" in the yard, and always drinks boiled water like Nanfeng does. How could he possibly drink the dirty water here?

Cocoa, Onix.

They share the common trait of being Rock-type and possessing extremely strong defensive capabilities. If Rock Slug evolves into Steelix, then both will have the Steel type.

Suddenly, a white light interrupted Nanfeng's thoughts, emanating from Cocodora.

This light from the south was all too familiar; it was the light of evolution.

"It evolved after drinking some water?" Nanfeng remembered that Cocodora's level was only 30, and he had leveled up by using the Exp. Share device. It was still 2 levels away from evolving into Cocodora.

Could it be that Cocoyado, like Greninja, possesses an extremely strong belief in becoming stronger? Is it exceptionally gifted?

Soon after, the light faded, and Cocodora evolved into Cocodora.

【Kadola (Steel, Rock)】(Shiny)

【Level: 32】

[Characteristic: Heavy metals (body weight doubles)]

Individual Values: HP (31), Attack (31), Special Attack (27), Defense (31), Special Defense (31), Speed ​​(26)

[Skills: Tackle, Harden, Metal Claw, Rock Tomb, Roar, Headbutt, Protect, Rock Slide, Iron Head]

[Item to carry: Hard rock]

The attribute panel is normal, but this level is not normal!

When will my level increase from 30 to 32?

Nanfeng glanced at the yellowish-brown liquid in the small pond.

"Could it be related to this thing?" Nanfeng rubbed his chin.

Having just completed its evolution, Kedora continued to lie by the pond, drinking the yellowish-brown liquid. Soon, Nanfeng saw from the attribute panel that its level had increased to level 33.

It really is!

"It can directly level up a Pokémon... so did you add some Rare Candy to this?" Nanfeng found it unbelievable.

However, the reason why Onix was able to reach level 40 without any decent opponents around has been found. It turns out that it leveled up by drinking the liquid here.

After reaching level 33, Kodora stopped drinking water, curled up its tail, and let out a drowsy howl towards the south wind.

"Kora~~ (Turn off the lights, thank you)"

I'm going to sleep.

"It doesn't seem to be your nap time yet..." Nanfeng tried to wake Adolphin, but found that it ignored him. On the other side, Onix, like Adolphin, lay down on the ground and started to sleep.

Their sleep is not a sleep of being in a negative state, but rather a sleep as if they have used up all their energy and choose to sleep and rest in order to recover their energy.

"Drinking the water here can increase your level, but it will consume stamina, so you need to sleep to recover?" Nanfeng guessed.

I don't know if my guess is right.

However, one thing is certain: this strange, yellowish-brown liquid is definitely something good!

Nanfeng waited for a while, and it was almost time for dinner, but neither Kodora nor Onix woke up.

Since he didn't know how long they would sleep, Nanfeng could only recall them all to their Poké Balls first, and then have Garchomp take him back to the ground.

The next day, when the south wind came again, Adolphin and Onix were still fast asleep in their Poké Balls, and it was unclear how long they would sleep. Even after Nurse Joy treated them at the Pokémon Center, they were still sleeping.