Chapter 878 871: Primal Evolution and Life Energy

"Arcanine, faster, faster, even faster!"

On the field, Arcanine's entire body was wrapped in flames.

Under the reinforcement of the move Extreme Speed, its speed rose to the peak.

On the other side, Chandelure was completely enveloped within the Demonic Fire Shadow.

The purple flames burned without ceasing, resisting Arcanine's frantic attacks.

"It's not enough, not enough, not enough!"

"Arcanine, use Outrage!"

Opposite him, the young man roared with all his strength, making Arcanine display all of its power.

The move Flame Charge, plus the move Extreme Speed and the move Outrage. At that moment, Arcanine had completely transformed into a demonic fire dog.

The Demonic Fire Shadow and the demonic fire dog collided with each other. Flames rose to the sky, even giving the illusion that hell had descended.

"It seems he is a very pure Trainer."

Seeing the passion for battle shown by the young man, a smile appeared on Ethan's face.

At the same time, he also learned that the young man's name was Sylas Blaze. Like dry wood and blazing fire, he was a Trainer full of passion.

Under these circumstances, Ethan also had the intention of helping him. And that, in the same way, was part of the responsibility of a Gym Leader!

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"Thank you, Leader Ethan, for having such an intense battle with me!"

After the battle, Sylas thanked Ethan. Although he lost in the end, he obtained a great gain.

At the same time, during the battle, he also noticed that Ethan had given him an opportunity.

Through the step-by-step pressure of the Elite-level Chandelure, he had managed to stimulate all of Arcanine's potential.

Although Arcanine did not manage to break through the limit in one go, it also obtained a lot, becoming one step closer to the Elite level.

"It was a very exciting battle."

Ethan smiled, walked over, and shook Sylas's hand.

According to his performance, Sylas had naturally passed the Gym evaluation.

However, Ethan also knew that what Sylas wanted was not the badge, but a battle.

Therefore, during the battle, he did not hold back at all. And that was precisely what Sylas was grateful for.

"Next time, I'll come visit you again."

Sylas bowed toward Ethan and slowly left the Gym.

"It really was an exciting battle."

"That Trainer from the Champion Road isn't much older than me, and yet he has already reached the peak of the Quasi-Elite level."

"It seems the Champion Road really is a place that cultivates monsters."

Seeing Sylas leave, Naira also came to Ethan's side. She looked at him and then added, "Of course, you're even more abnormal. How much time has passed? And you already made Lampent complete its evolution and raised its strength to the Elite level."

"Chandelure already had a very strong foundation. I only helped it find an opportunity." Ethan spoke modestly.

His gaze also turned toward the direction in which Sylas had left. Recalling the words Naira had just said, he felt that perhaps he could try challenging the Champion Road.

Now, among the Pokémon he had in his hands that had reached the Elite level were Melmetal, Lucario, Charizard, Regirock, and Chandelure.

Although he was still a little short of reaching his goal of six Elite-level Pokémon, the Champion Road could also be considered an excellent training place.

On the Champion Road, his Pokémon could obtain countless battle opportunities.

Through battles, Cacturne, Flygon, Garchomp, Tyranitar, and the others could also grow, thus finding the opportunity to break through the limit toward the Elite level.

Moreover, on the Champion Road, one did not only fight against Elite-level Trainers. On the first floors, one faced professional-level and Quasi-Elite-level illusory Trainers. Only later would Elite-level Trainers appear.

Although each challenger only had one opportunity to challenge the Champion Road, there were also other methods to obtain challenge opportunities. For Ethan, that was not difficult.

Now, he had already made all the breeding plans he could for his Pokémon, and they had completed them very well.

In that situation, battle could be considered an excellent catalyst, capable of allowing Pokémon to break through their limits in combat.

"Challenging the Champion Road."

"For you, it really is a very suitable training place. Back then, Master Leo also ascended to the Elite level after tempering himself on the Champion Road."

After hearing Ethan's words, Naira nodded with great approval.

"Thank you for your support, Senior Sister. When I leave Solaria Town, I'll have to keep troubling you with the Gym."

Ethan smiled at Naira, making her face blush slightly.

"Don't worry. I will protect this place well."

Naira clenched her small fist and guaranteed it.

After leaving the Pokémon Gym, Ethan and Naira arrived at the research institute.

At that moment, inside the institute, the research on life energy was still ongoing.

After Piloswine successfully evolved into Mamoswine, during this period, the protagonist of the research had always been it.

After so much time of research, the study on primal evolution was also gradually reaching its final stage.

"Mamosswiinn!"

Seeing Ethan, Mamoswine excitedly ran toward him.

"It seems that during this time you've adapted quite well to your new body."

Ethan patted Mamoswine's thick leg, making it narrow its eyes happily.

"Professor Harris, is there any news about primal evolution or life energy?"

Ethan turned to Professor Harris beside him and asked.

"Yes, we've made some discoveries."

"The process of primal evolution seems to consist of activating the ancestral power within the body through life energy."

"So I was thinking: is there some way to master this process of life energy change to make Piloswine actively complete primal evolution and evolve into Mamoswine?"

Professor Harris pondered for a moment before speaking, which also surprised Ethan.

Using life energy to make a Pokémon return to a primal form... wasn't that precisely Mega Evolution?

If Professor Harris truly managed to research this method of using life energy, then they would really be very close to Mega Evolution!

After talking a while longer with Professor Harris and expressing his own opinions, Ethan also mentioned the matter of going to the Champion Road to train.

Before that, Ethan planned to take Mamoswine with him so it could also train a bit on the Champion Road.

In the Illusory Tower, the first ten floors were made up of professional-level illusory Trainers. That level was just right for Mamoswine to temper itself.

Hearing Ethan's plan, Professor Harris agreed without thinking.

In his current research, the data from Mamoswine's primal evolution had already been almost completely extracted. What he had to do next was continuously study those data and, through his own research on life energy, summarize the life energy changes during Piloswine's evolution into Mamoswine, in order to reproduce primal evolution.

Moreover, the increase in Ethan's Mamoswine's strength would also further stimulate its potential, perhaps giving him new discoveries.

After exchanging ideas, Ethan took out a Poké Ball, recalled Mamoswine, and put it into his backpack.