Chapter 874 867: Growth Through Devouring!

Spirit World.

Accompanied by a sudden darkness before his eyes, Ethan entered a completely gray world.

Immediately, the power of death began to invade him.

The last time he entered the Spirit World, he had needed Lucario's protection.

But this time, as his mental power had become stronger and stronger and the strength of his soul had been continuously excavated, when that power of death integrated into his body, it instead made him narrow his eyes in comfort.

At this point, Ethan could no longer be considered an ordinary human. He could be completely seen as a psychic.

This point also brought him enormous convenience in exploring the Spirit World.

According to the records of the Thorne family, the Spirit World was filled with an aura of death. If a normal living creature entered there, its life would be eroded by that power of death.

That erosion came from two aspects: the body and the soul. Therefore, to enter the Spirit World, one had to prepare double protection for the body and the soul.

This was also the greatest obstacle for Pokémon researchers exploring the Spirit World.

After all, even Mega Lucario, who after Mega Evolving had strength close to the Elite level, had only been able to protect Ethan for a while back then. That was far from enough to sustain an exploration of the Spirit World.

Currently, the exploration of the Spirit World by Pokémon researchers depended mostly on Ghost-type Pokémon.

Now, Ethan was probably one of the few humans in this world capable of freely exploring the Spirit World.

Without delaying, Ethan immediately began his exploration journey through the Spirit World.

Stepping on the gray ground, Ethan took out the map of the Spirit World provided by the Pokémon Researcher Guild and reviewed it.

Back then, when the Pokémon Researcher Guild explored the Spirit World, they started from the Ancient Battlefield. Therefore, he only needed to follow the directions on the map to find that vein of Dusk Stones.

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In the gray and gloomy world, everything was desolate.

Accompanying Ethan were Lucario and Lampent.

Lucario mastered life energy, so it could also move freely there.

"Lammppett!"

After entering the Spirit World, Lampent became very active.

The aura of death that filled the Spirit World was undoubtedly a great supplement for Ghost-type Pokémon.

Fuu, fuu, fuu~

As Ethan continuously approached the Dusk Stone vein, the energy fluctuations around them also became denser and denser.

The gloomy wind blew in gusts. What confused Ethan was that in this entire area, there was not a single Ghost-type Pokémon.

As a supergiant-sized Secret Kingdom, the Spirit World could completely be considered a sacred land for Ghost-type Pokémon.

But the silent environment at that moment did not have the feeling of a sacred land at all.

"Lucario, aura power."

Ethan stopped his steps and spoke to the Lucario beside him.

If it was not that those Ghost-type Pokémon had consciously hidden themselves, then something had happened in the Spirit World.

"Luucaarr!"

Lucario closed its eyes and fully activated its aura power.

Suddenly, it opened its eyes and turned its gaze toward the depths of the Spirit World.

"You say there's a Chandelure chasing a Gengar?"

After hearing Lucario's answer, Ethan was surprised. He felt that this matter was perhaps not that simple.

"Take me there."

Hearing Ethan's words, Lucario nodded.

With the activation of the move Teleport, the figures of Ethan, Lucario, and Lampent disappeared together.

When they appeared again, they saw purple flames rising into the sky in the distance, directly dyeing the firmament purple.

"What terrifying energy fluctuations!"

Ethan's expression changed. Lucario and Lampent also changed expressions.

"Chaandeelll!"

Among the roaring flames, a Chandelure appeared on the field.

The purple flames burning all over its body coiled, and a Gengar in front of it was directly dragged into them.

After devouring Gengar, the flames on Chandelure's body burned even more intensely.

The feeling was as if firewood had been thrown into the fire.

"It devoured it!"

"This Chandelure is growing through devouring!"

Seeing this scene, Ethan's face changed, and an inexplicable chill arose inside him.

Although he knew that Chandelure could absorb souls to grow, directly devouring Ghost-type Pokémon was still far too brutal.

In the distance, after devouring Gengar, Chandelure directly turned its gaze toward Lampent, showing greed in its eyes.

"That gaze... does it want to devour my Lampent?"

Ethan's eyes narrowed slightly. Although this Chandelure was very strong, setting its sights on his Pokémon was overestimating its capabilities far too much.

"Lammppett!"

Ethan's Lampent looked at Chandelure and also showed an expression of wanting to try.

"It seems you want to face this Chandelure."

"Then go ahead, Demonic Fire Shadow!"

Hearing Ethan's words, Lampent let out a cheerful cry.

With the activation of the move Substitute, dozens of Lampent appeared on the field.

Immediately after, those Lampent began to approach one another, fully activating the Flash Fire ability. They fused all the flames and burned with the most dazzling purple fire.

Among the roaring flames, its form changed rapidly, until it finally transformed into an enormous demonic figure of fire. Its terrifying aura pressed directly toward the Chandelure on the other side.

"Chaandeelll?"

Seeing the Demonic Fire Shadow in front of it, Chandelure was stunned.

Its little brain did not manage to react immediately. How had a single Lampent suddenly become this?

And moreover, that aura so powerful... who was really the final-form Pokémon?

Why was the aura of a Lampent even stronger than its own?

"Forward, use Night Shade."

Without paying attention to Chandelure's bewildered expression, the Demonic Fire Shadow moved in a flash. Its figure appeared beside Chandelure and extended a hand forward.

Seeing this, Chandelure reacted quickly. A dark ball shot out at great speed and collided directly with the Demonic Fire Shadow.

Boom!

A violent explosion resounded.

Under the attack of Chandelure's Shadow Ball move, the extended hand of the Demonic Fire Shadow was shattered at once, turning into countless sparks that flew everywhere. This also made Ethan freeze in surprise for an instant.

Although he knew that this Chandelure, which had grown by devouring, was very strong, being able to withstand the attack of the Demonic Fire Shadow was still unexpected.

Of course, that could only count as having blocked the Demonic Fire Shadow's attack. It did not cause any real damage to Lampent.

Among the burning flames, the hand of the Demonic Fire Shadow grew back, and once again it pounced toward Chandelure with claws and teeth bared.

Boom, boom, boom!

On the field, flames rose into the sky. The two Fire- and Ghost-type Pokémon became tangled in battle.

Without a doubt, under the attack of the Demonic Fire Shadow, Chandelure retreated step by step, and the energy inside its body was consumed rapidly.

If the battle continued like this, the only final result for Chandelure would be defeat.