Chapter 827: Mega Darkrai
The Windswept Plains.
A large plain situated between Lumiose City and Santalune City.
The "Pallet Town Route 1" of the Kalos region, the first leveling ground for countless novice Trainers after leaving their starting town.
At this moment.
At the edge of Kazuya's vision, a Serperior was sleeping on the ground.
This Serperior possessed formidable strength, roughly at the level of a high-tier Elite Four.
For Kazuya, a high-tier Champion, it naturally wasn't a well-matched opponent, but it was clearly sufficient for testing his strength after Mega Evolution.
"Ah-woo."
Kazuya tossed a Reversion Pill into his mouth.
Not going to lie.
This pill wasn't small.
It was bigger than a large honey pill of Liuwei Dihuang Wan (a traditional Chinese medicine).
If he were still human, swallowing this thing would truly not be easy.
Kazuya chewed a bit and felt a bitterness in his mouth, even a hint of a bloody taste.
This taste couldn't be called good at all, making his stomach somewhat want to rebel against his brain.
He didn't savor it much.
And swallowed it directly.
The medicine took effect very quickly.
Kazuya could feel his body first weaken for a moment, then immediately become full of vitality and power.
That feeling...
He was quite familiar with it.
It was a bit like terminal lucidity before death in his previous lives.
Too morbid.
Kazuya raised his hand and scratched his head.
He silently counted in his heart; from swallowing to his body's condition stabilizing, the whole process took about ten seconds.
This speed was already very fast.
Of course.
If it were a Snorlax eating it.
Perhaps three seconds would be enough.
"My hands..."
Kazuya first glanced down, then his eyelids twitched slightly in surprise.
He had hands.
More accurately...
His hands had taken on a concrete physical form.
A Darkrai's hands, just like its legs, can change shape within certain limits, somewhat like a shadow.
But now it was different. His hands had become like bone claws, losing the ability to shapeshift, but their durability had increased.
Kazuya walked to a nearby lake and looked at his reflection in the water.
"Not bad, not as ugly as I imagined, just that this thing is a bit big."
Kazuya raised his hand and scratched the red substance hanging from his neck.
The discomfort wasn't that strong.
After all, in his previous life when he was a Gardevoir, he also had a red, hard horn protruding from his chest.
"Status."
"The changes aren't significant, but my potential turned 'Red'..."
Kazuya glanced at the panel and withdrew his gaze.
Apart from potential, height, and weight, there were no changes on the panel, so there was no way to gauge the strength through it.
As expected.
Therefore.
The next second, Kazuya disappeared from his spot.
With a Teleport, he appeared behind the Serperior and slapped this magical beast awake.
"Hiss-ah!!"
The Serperior was scared half to death, bouncing up like a spring, instinctively whipping its tail at the Kazuya standing right next to it.
Leaf Blade.
A leaf glowing with green light slashed past Kazuya's eyes.
He reached out and grabbed it.
Crack—!
Sparks flew.
The attack of a high-tier Elite Four Serperior couldn't even break the defense of Kazuya's palm.
"Mm, physical defense has increased significantly, this is a good thing."
Kazuya nodded, secretly recording the data.
He was originally prepared to be injured.
After all.
With Cynthia's heart power aiding him, he wouldn't be affected by the shadow energy corruption, so he was completely unafraid of testing his physical durability.
He casually grabbed the Serperior and threw it dozens of meters away.
Then, he waited.
He didn't dare to attack now, afraid of one-shotting the Serperior.
So he planned to let the Serperior attack first, allowing him to test his HP, dual defenses, and speed across several rounds.
Fortunately, after being corrupted, the Serperior didn't have much rationality left.
Startled awake by Kazuya, the last shred of its wisdom had been swallowed by anger, so it didn't plan to flee.
Vine Whip.
Leaf Storm.
Seed Bomb.
Solar Beam.
One skill after another was tanked head-on by Kazuya's physical body.
He became increasingly clear about his body's stats.
"Next is dual offenses and speed."
After a murmur.
Dark Void.
Boundless darkness instantly enveloped the sky and earth.
The Serperior in the distance rolled its eyes back and collapsed on the ground.
Not asleep.
But instantly dead.
"..."
Kazuya blinked and looked down at his hands.
If it's a one-shot kill.
Then he couldn't test the upper limit of his damage.
Coincidentally.
The commotion the Serperior made just now wasn't small, attracting nearby magical beasts.
No time to mourn the Serperior.
Next to enter the arena is an Elite Four-level Bouffalant!
Bouffalant is one-shot!
Next to enter the arena is an Infernape!
Five minutes passed.
Kazuya's Mega Evolution state automatically deactivated.
He licked his somewhat dry lips, clearly still wanting more.
"Strong."
A simple one-word evaluation was enough.
The power boost from a Mythical Pokémon's Mega Evolution compared to an ordinary Pokémon's Mega Evolution is on a completely different level.
Having Mega Evolved as a Sceptile, Lucario, Charizard, and Gardevoir in the past, Kazuya naturally had the qualifications to make such a statement.
In the past.
Ranking them according to the percentage of power boost.
Tier 0 was absolutely the Bond Phenomenon of Cynthia and Lucario.
Tier 1 was the Ancient Charizard's Natural Reversion and Sceptile's suicidal Primal Reversion.
Tier 2 was the Mega Evolution of Cynthia and Lucario using a Mega Stone.
Tier 3 was Cynthia's cross-time-and-space assisted evolution.
And this time.
The power boost ratio from Mega Evolving via the Reversion Pill could reach the Tier 1 level.
But Kazuya believed this wasn't the Reversion Pill's credit.
The Reversion Pill is a subordinate derivative of that Sceptile incident.
In terms of drug concentration, it completely cannot compare to the former, so the degree of enhancement naturally couldn't compare either.
Then this could only be attributed to the Darkrai species itself.
The Mega Evolution of a "god".
Compared to the Mega Evolution of an ordinary Pokémon.
Is indeed worlds apart.
"This form is somewhat similar to the path of Mega Mewtwo Y..."
Kazuya stared at his hands, which had reverted to their original state, mentally drafting a stat distribution chart.
As everyone knows.
Charizard and Mewtwo's Mega Evolutions both have "X" and "Y" branches.
The former focuses on physical attack.
The latter focuses on special attack.
And based on the data collected just now.
Kazuya judged that Darkrai's evolution leaned towards the Mega Y path.
Of course.
Darkrai itself is also a Special Attack-oriented Pokémon.
This kind of Mega Evolution is the normal path.
The original Darkrai's base stat total was 600, and now it was at least 700.
Kazuya did a simple allocation in his mind, and the resulting data table was as follows:
HP: 70 + ?
Attack: 100
Defense: 115
Special Attack: 150
Special Defense: 115
Speed: 150
Everything was estimated conservatively, and the resulting chart had at least seven hundred points.
Because HP couldn't be tested.
So Kazuya wasn't sure if HP had increased.
If it had.
Then the stat boost from Mega Evolution would be more than 100 points.
Base stats do not represent combat power.
But through this method, one could see how much it had been strengthened from the original foundation.
For example.
Darkrai's base Attack stat is 90, and it became 100.
Then the enhancement percentage for the Attack stat is: (100 - 90) / 90 ≈ 11%.
If Kazuya's own Attack stat was 100 as the initial value, then after Mega Evolution, this value would reach 111.
From this, one can see.
How terrifying Mega Evolution is on a "god."
"I hit the jackpot, but I have to use them sparingly."
Kazuya looked at the small bottle in his hand, carefully counting the number of Reversion Pills inside.
This thing was made from Mew's blood.
The raw material itself was scarce.
Later, Sycamore's failed experiments and tests used up quite a bit, resulting in not much stock remaining.
Unless it was a particularly difficult battle with low odds of winning.
Otherwise, it's best not to use the Reversion Pill.
This thing must be saved for life-and-death situations.
"Only a few dozen pills? No, this is definitely not enough. I have to find Team Rocket and have Giovanni make more."
Kazuya looked at the bottle in his hand, his grip tightening slightly.
This thing wasn't just for his use.
He naturally had to reserve a few for Mewtwo and the others.
Not to mention Mewtwo, Scizor, and Lucario.
Dragonite and Skitty.
Although they didn't have much lifespan left.
Using the Reversion Pill might carry a heavy cost for them.
But compared to losing their lives, losing a bit of lifespan was nothing unacceptable.
So Kazuya would also give them a few Reversion Pills to keep as trump cards.
This made the supply even more inadequate.
With such a small amount.
How could it support them until the end?
That guy Giovanni could absolutely make this kind of thing, and Team Rocket definitely had Mew's genetic information in stock.
And that Mega Evolution injection, as long as the materials are found, perhaps Giovanni could manufacture that as well.
All these things had to be considered.
Although he might not be able to manufacture the Mega Evolution injection Kazuya needs, he might be able to make one for Dragonite!
Dragonite doesn't have much lifespan left.
But if she could achieve permanent Mega Evolution.
Her lifespan would increase by at least one or two hundred years, and her strength would experience a leap in growth.
One or two hundred years.
Kazuya felt that was enough to save the world.
After all.
In a hundred years, almost all the survivors would be dead, at least the vast majority of humanity.
If the world wasn't saved by then.
It would probably be a lost cause anyway.
So all this had to be taken into consideration.
At worst, he would make a deal with Giovanni when the time came.
In short.
There was nothing more important than the lives of his companions.
When the time comes, any price could be negotiated.
"Before leaving, I need to ask AZ for some data, and see if there's any intelligence on Dragoniteite and Moon Stones while I'm at it."
Kazuya muttered a few words, then put the Reversion Pills away safely.
He looked up towards the southeast.
Estimating that his companions were probably almost back.
"About time. Wandering the Kalos land for three years should be the limit."
Kazuya analyzed based on his experiences over the past decade.
More than three years.
He was afraid other Demon Gods would come blockading the door.
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