Chapter 454: Tyrant's Inheritance
After leaving the high mountain snowfields of the Himalayas, Basalt didn't rush to South River University in Hangzhou immediately. Instead, he went to the Cyan Province first.
In the secret realm of the Qaidam Desert, Basalt saw Pupitar, whom he hadn't seen for a long time. After cultivating in the secret realm for a long time, Pupitar's sand control ability had obviously made great progress.
Even though Basalt was kilometers away, when the spatial gate opened and Basalt stepped into the sandstorm, he couldn't escape Pupitar's perception.
"Pu-pi~"
Pupitar, who was originally cultivating, suddenly sprayed a powerful airflow from the holes in its body, lifting its body straight into the sky, completely ignoring Mother Tyranitar who was still by its side.
"Raaahr~"
Mother Tyranitar showed a helpless expression. Son is grown up, can't keep him anymore!
But at the same time, a look of reminiscence appeared on her face. Back before she evolved, she could also soar freely in the sky. Although her strength became stronger after evolution, she also lost the ability to fly. Indeed, there are gains and losses.
"Pupitar, long time no see!"
Seeing Pupitar flying over, Basalt jumped directly from Bronzong, landed on Pupitar, and hugged it tightly. Snuggles!
"Eh? Haven't seen you for a while, you've grown taller?"
Basalt was slightly surprised. Because carefully, he found that Pupitar's body had grown a whole circle larger, and its skin color was deeper and harder, which could be distinguished by touch.
"Pu-pi~ Pu-pi~"
Pupitar shook its body, showing a proud expression. In these few months, it had obtained the inheritance of the Tyranitar family and cultivated constantly. Whether it was sand control ability, skill development, or combat methods, there were qualitative improvements.
"Then I have to take a good look later!"
Basalt showed an expectant look. Father Tyranitar was an existence capable of wrestling with the Registeel. Just leaking a little bit of its inheritance to Pupitar would be enough for Pupitar to walk sideways (dominate) among the Pro-level.
However, limited by strength, Pupitar obviously couldn't develop the inheritance to Father Tyranitar's level. But the road for Basalt and Pupitar was still long. Who could say what would happen in the future?
Led by Pupitar, Basalt saw Mother Tyranitar again. The mother-in-law's attitude towards Basalt was extremely kind and amiable, much better than the previous two times anyway. Pupitar's younger brother, Little Larvitar, was still the same; insufficient accumulation, hadn't evolved.
The only pity was that Father Tyranitar still didn't appear.
But Basalt didn't mind. He was most curious about Pupitar's changes now, so he said, "Pupitar, quickly show me your cultivation results!"
"Pu-pi~"
Hearing this, Pupitar's eyes lit up, and it couldn't wait to start demonstrating.
First was skills. Pupitar gathered strength slightly, condensed a huge amber energy ball, and blasted it out fiercely.
"This is... Ancient Power!"
Basalt raised an eyebrow but wasn't very surprised. As a super genius of the younger generation, Basalt's threshold was too high; this small ripple obviously couldn't move him.
Immediately after, Pupitar used Rest and Snore, giving Basalt a small surprise. Because the Rest move allowed Pupitar to recover stamina, and Snore ensured it wouldn't completely lose its ability to resist in sleep, becoming a sitting duck.
However, Basalt was still not satisfied. Father Tyranitar was a Heavenly King-level Pokémon; don't bring out such childish stuff. He wanted top-tier secret technique inheritance. Top-tier! Understand?
"Pu-pi~ Pu-pi~"
Pupitar moved its body. Because it knew if it didn't show some real skills, it might be looked down upon by Basalt!
Thus, Pupitar's sand control power activated. The sky-filling sandstorm gathered frantically towards Basalt. Basalt could fully feel the flow of sand on his body surface. In the blink of an eye, the sand formed a round sphere around Basalt, trapping him inside.
Sand Control Secret Technique: Sandstorm Prison!
"Starting the demonstration by using me as a guinea pig now?"
Basalt's mouth twitched violently. However, this was a demonstration; Pupitar didn't use force. Otherwise, with Basalt's weak physique, he would have been shredded directly by the sand.
Basalt reached out and touched the prison wall. Although it was a temporary prison condensed from sand, Basalt felt the touch of rock. This indicated that the prison's confinement performance must be strong!
"This sand control power is amazing!"
Basalt was overjoyed. Finally, some hard stuff!
Then the next second, the Sandstorm Prison suddenly disappeared and retreated, turning back into flowing sand, flowing to where Pupitar was, protecting itself in the middle.
Basalt was stunned at first, then reacted and praised, "So the Sandstorm Prison can not only trap enemies but also protect oneself!"
Immediately after, the sound of Pupitar sleeping soundly rang out again in the prison.
"What's going on? Didn't you already demonstrate the Rest skill?" Basalt was a bit confused.
Mother Tyranitar smiled slightly. To help her son demonstrate the results, she condensed a rock projectile beside her and blasted it at the Sandstorm Prison. The sturdy Sandstorm Prison was easily broken like paper in front of Mother Tyranitar, revealing the sleeping Pupitar inside.
However, when the light shone on Pupitar's face, a semi-transparent white light shield automatically appeared around its body, lasting for three to five seconds.
Defense God Skill, Protect!
"This is... Sleep Talk? A fixed-direction Sleep Talk!"
Basalt was shocked! Sleeping Pokémon can only use two moves: Snore and Sleep Talk. Protect isn't an option. For Pupitar to use "Protect," it must have been achieved through "Sleep Talk."
Ordinary Sleep Talk randomly selects one of the Pokémon's moves to use. But being specifically demonstrated by Pupitar, Basalt didn't believe Pupitar using "Protect" just now was a coincidence.
Obviously, this was the secret inheritance of the Tyranitar family, setting up two barriers to protect oneself during sleep. If an opponent wanted to hurt Pupitar, they must first break the Sandstorm Prison, then wait for the Protect shield to disappear.
Basalt stared at Pupitar, feeling that things might not be over yet.
Sure enough, when the protective light shield disappeared a few seconds later, Pupitar happened to open its eyes, seamlessly connecting with the Protect skill.
"Pu-pi~"
Pupitar regained vitality.
"Good! Good! Good!"
Basalt couldn't help applauding. This combo obviously exceeded Basalt's threshold; he expressed great approval and liking!
Seeing this, Mother Tyranitar also showed a gratified smile. Her son's learning ability under Basalt's training far exceeded her younger son's. Sometimes she even thought about entrusting her younger son to Basalt for training for a period. This little guy, relying on her doting, was simply too naughty and disobedient! Headache!
However, this was just the beginning.
Immediately after, Pupitar demonstrated the combo of Dragon Dance + Sandstorm Prison. Pupitar, who originally had poor progress with Dragon Dance, seemed like a different person; the execution of Dragon Dance was countless times smoother.
And as the airflow whistled, the Sandstorm Prison appeared again to protect it, preventing it from being sneak-attacked by opponents while buffing.
Have to say, this Sandstorm Prison was really useful, capable of both offense and defense.
However, Basalt's imagination was still lacking.
After completing the buff, Pupitar's speed and strength both received boosts, momentum rising steadily, so it actively removed the Sandstorm Prison.
But just then, a big hole suddenly broke open on the ground beside Basalt. It turned out the strong Pupitar had unknowingly used Dig to come to Basalt's side for a sneak ambush.
"Pupitar? You? Then that..."
Basalt was stunned for a moment, then looked helplessly at the "Pupitar" inside the Sandstorm Prison.
Only to see that "Pupitar" wave its hand first, then weather away directly, turning into a pile of sand.
"This is... Substitute?"
Basalt exclaimed, "And a sand substitute capable of movement!"
The Substitute move can indeed condense an energy substitute to block hits. However, limited by the Pokémon's control over elemental energy, a Pro-level Pokémon's substitute obviously couldn't achieve the lifelike, indistinguishable level of Double Team.
Because Double Team isn't physical, just needs to look like it, while Substitute is a real entity. Crucially, not only physical, but it must also be able to move; otherwise, how can it block hits for the main body?
Thus, Pokémon with insufficiently strong elemental energy control could only abandon the image and ensure the blocking function first.
But the current Pupitar bypassed "normal elemental energy" directly and used sand instead. Relying on super strong sand control power, making a sand substitute with a lifelike appearance was obviously not a big problem for Pupitar.
These were just the new moves and new applications Pupitar learned. Besides that, the power of Pupitar's other moves also received significant improvement under Mother Tyranitar's full guidance.
"Raaahr~"
Seeing Basalt show a satisfied expression, Mother Tyranitar also felt proud. Moving her heavy body, she instructed Basalt with a few words.
"Tyranitar says Pupitar has learned the inheritance of their lineage roughly. Wait until it evolves and consolidates, then come back again."
Bronzong quickly took charge of translating, making Basalt overjoyed. Obviously, some of the Tyranitar family's inheritance could only be mastered by Tyranitar; Pupitar couldn't master them yet.
"Raaahr~ Raaahr~ Raaahr~"
Tyranitar called out a few more times.
"Tyranitar says Pupitar is already on the verge of transformation. At this time, you need to help it save energy and let it fight with all its might; this is more conducive to its evolution!"
Hearing this, Basalt was overjoyed, hugging Pupitar, "You kid, finally about to evolve?"
Once Pupitar completes evolution, it will be a fully evolved pseudo-legendary! If so, Basalt really wanted to try if he could sweep the First Division League!
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