Chapter 793 787: Mega Garchomp

"It seems I will have to find a way to capture another Water-type Pokémon that can serve as a mount."

Ethan crouched down and stroked the seawater in front of him, watching the ripples spreading over the surface while thinking silently.

In reality, he had once had two Water-type Pokémon, Kingdra and Gyarados, but both had left the team over time.

In addition, Slowking had now stayed behind in the laboratory helping with the research, so, under normal circumstances, he really did not have a single usable Water-type Pokémon on hand.

In ordinary times, that might not be a big problem, but if he intended to explore the depths of the Pacific Ocean, having a powerful Water-type Pokémon was extremely important.

Not only could it serve as a mount on the water, but it would also facilitate exploration under the sea.

"Now that I think about it... I still have a Keldeo horn in my hands."

"Keldeo is a Water-type Mythical Pokémon. If I could capture it, that would be perfect."

Ethan took the Keldeo horn out of his backpack, looked at it for a few moments, and then put it away again.

Of course, that was only thinking for the sake of thinking. Finding the trace of a Mythical Pokémon was not exactly easy, let alone capturing it.

"Right now, I don't have time to go searching for an ideal Water-type Pokémon. It would be better to cross the Pacific directly. Although, among all the Pokémon I have with me, only Charizard can fly long distances."

"But, when necessary, Garchomp can also fly for a short time. And there is also Lucario, who masters its psychic power and the move Teleport."

After thinking for a good while, Ethan finally mounted Charizard and set out, advancing quickly toward the depths of the Pacific.

Throughout the journey, Charizard's flight was very stable.

When the dragon tamers headed to the Vast Poni Canyon Secret Kingdom back then, they had already mapped the route in advance.

Because of that, by following that safe route, no danger appeared during the journey.

But, just as Ethan had imagined, Charizard's endurance was still not enough to sustain such a long flight. Fortunately, he had Garchomp and Lucario.

"Come out, Melmetal. Let's look for the entrance to the Vast Poni Canyon Secret Kingdom from that time."

After reaching the nearby sea area, Ethan took out Melmetal.

After evolving into the Mythical Pokémon Melmetal, its perception of the spatial magnetic field had become much stronger.

Although there was still a certain distance, Melmetal detected the entrance of the Secret Kingdom almost immediately.

Then, thanks to Lucario's move Teleport, Ethan and Melmetal moved to the exact point, and it was Melmetal who opened the dimensional passage to the Secret Kingdom.

"We finally entered... the Vast Poni Canyon Secret Kingdom."

Looking at the familiar environment around him, Ethan finally let out a breath of relief.

If the Vast Poni Canyon had been like that mobile desert Secret Kingdom, constantly changing position, things would have been quite troublesome. Fortunately, that was not the case.

"From now on, the true exploration of the Secret Kingdom begins."

Ethan took out two Poké Balls and released Sandslash and dark Kommo-o.

In Sandslash's case, it was now already a Totem Pokémon, so perhaps it could discover something special inside another Secret Kingdom that had also bred Totem Pokémon.

And as for dark Kommo-o, naturally, he had brought it because this was the place where Totem Kommo-o had once lived. Perhaps it could perceive or discover something special there.

"Sha!"

Hearing what Ethan said, Sandslash immediately became excited and began to extend its senses.

At the same time, Kommo-o also examined the surroundings, and it did not take long for it to find some traces left by members of its same species.

"Melmetal, now try to detect the exit of the Secret Kingdom."

Seeing that Sandslash and Kommo-o had already set into motion, Ethan turned toward Melmetal.

This time, in coming to the Vast Poni Canyon Secret Kingdom, his intention was not simply to study this place, but to use the Vast Poni Canyon as a support point to access other Secret Kingdoms through dimensional fractures.

He had already tried that method once, when he was in the snowy Secret Kingdom of Mount Coronet. Back then, by pure luck, he went from the Nosepass Secret Kingdom to the Piloswine Secret Kingdom.

If he repeated that strategy, it was not impossible that he could find other Totem Pokémon in other Secret Kingdoms of the Alola region, or even one or two Ultra Beasts.

As for Ultra Beasts, beyond the secret they might hide about the Totem aura, they themselves were already extremely powerful Pokémon. The potential of some Ultra Beasts was not inferior to that of legendary Pokémon; in fact, perhaps it would not be exaggerated to consider them as such.

Now that Melmetal had already fully adapted to its new body and its new capabilities, its ability to open passages in the fractures between Secret Kingdoms had also become stronger.

"Zzzt!"

Melmetal nodded and also began to perceive the environment.

While watching those three Pokémon go into action, Ethan also released Garchomp.

Since Garchomp had just joined the team, Ethan had not yet prepared any training plan for it.

And now that he had a little time, he immediately began to study it in depth.

As for talent, Garchomp was irreproachable.

And, furthermore, there was another point that was even more important: right now, Ethan already had Garchomp's Mega Stone in his possession.

Therefore, when designing Garchomp's training, he felt he could do it directly based on Mega Garchomp's characteristics.

Mega Garchomp was even larger than before Mega Evolving. Its head and shoulders became more streamlined, five pairs of white bone spines appeared on both sides of its abdomen, and a pair of red spikes also grew from its knees. Due to excess energy, its arms and wings fused together, turning into huge scythe-shaped blades.

"Mega Garchomp's arms and wings fuse and transform into huge scythes..."

Ethan reviewed the information he remembered about Mega Garchomp and immediately fixed his attention on that crucial detail.

In addition, he remembered perfectly that his Garchomp had already mastered the ability to generate air blades from its wings while running at high speed. That meant Garchomp's talent in that aspect was very high and that there was room to deepen it even further.

Perhaps, starting from there, he could focus especially on developing Garchomp's cutting ability. If that were combined with the terrifying speed it could reach, close to the speed of sound, then without a doubt it would become an absolutely terrifying assassin.

And, furthermore, Garchomp's Ability was Sand Veil. If that were combined with that terrible cutting power and such speed, then it would be a completely elusive attacker, capable of appearing and disappearing without leaving a trace. And, considering that it had lived its whole life in the desert, it would fit perfectly into Ethan's desert system.

As long as Garchomp followed that development line, once it completed Mega Evolution, its strength would once again experience a qualitative leap.

After Mega Evolving, the power of the slashes launched with those enormous scythes born from the fusion of arms and wings, added to its monstrous speed and its ability to launch surprise attacks... perhaps it could even kill a legendary Pokémon of the same level in a single blow.