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A few minutes later, all hundreds of Pokeballs had been collected by John.
Before coming, John had already tested that Gardevoir's Secret Power could also open his secret base in the Hisui Region.
He could also exchange Pokemon through the computer in the secret base, or exit the game and switch to reality to replace Pokemon.
Therefore, John's previous worries had been unnecessary.
He could change Pokemon anytime he wanted.
John handed these hundreds of Pokeballs to Gardevoir, who turned around, entered the secret base, imported them all into the computer, and sent them to the ranch.
After handling that, John fell back to face Regice, the floor boss of this level.
"Gardevoir, let's go."
Mega Gardevoir walked gracefully and came to John's side.
As if sensing the incoming powerful enemy or feeling the temperature change in the air, Regice began floating from the ground at a distance of several hundred meters.
Different from the pattern on Regirock's head, the dots on Regice's head were yellow and arranged in a "+" shaped formation.
After it activated, its seven yellow dots flashed red, and it launched an attack on John without any preamble.
It opened with a three-skill combination.
"Blizzard!"
"Icy Wind!"
"Ice Shard!"
Arms like crystal pillars waved slightly, and hundreds of meters around became shrouded in wind and snow.
The other hand waved again, and a wave of coldness rushed toward them, mixed with sharp icicle spears. The effect was quite impressive.
"Barrier." Gardevoir raised her hand slightly.
An invisible Barrier immediately blocked both her and John.
No matter how fierce the Blizzard and Ice Shard were, the Barrier remained motionless.
The gap was too large.
The Regice before them had a slightly higher level than Regirock, but the level was still limited to 83.
Still a one-shot kill.
"Psychic."
John gestured slightly.
Mega Gardevoir's movements mirrored her Trainer's exactly.
The wind and snow obscured John and Akari's vision, but a crisp sound soon reached their ears.
A "thud", as clear and sharp as a steel needle falling to the ground.
Soon, the wind and snow dissipated naturally.
Regice was still in front of the stone platform it guarded, but it was no longer floating. Instead, it was embedded in the solid floor.
Completely unable to battle.
John casually tossed a Pokeball.
Easy capture.
Mega Gardevoir used Psychic to retrieve the Pokeball, and in front of John appeared Regice's attribute panel.
[Regice (Ice-Type)] (Legendary Pokemon)]
[Level: 84]
[Ability: Clear Body (Under normal circumstances, stats will not be reduced by opponent or ally moves and abilities)]
[IV's: HP (31), Attack (31), Sp. Attack (31), Defense (31), Sp. Defense (31), Speed (31)]
[Moves: Icy Wind, Ice Shard, Blizzard, Charge Beam, Bulldoze, Ancient Power, Stomp, Ice Beam, Curse, Amnesia, Hyper Beam, Explosion]
[Held Item: Pearl of Origin]
This panel looked familiar.
John silently pulled out the Pokeball containing Regirock.
Well, except for some differences in the name and skill columns, everything else was identical.
Same ability, stats, and held item!
"Is 6IV really this common?" John muttered, silently picking up the Pearl of Origin.
He didn't know if it was an illusion, but John felt that the Pearl of Origin on Regice was slightly larger than the one on Regirock.
Therefore, if the Ice Golem carried a Pearl of Origin, then the Steel Golem among the three legendary golems should also have one.
John stood up and walked toward the fourth floor.
The key stone that opened the third underground floor was the same as the one John had obtained on the second floor, also the legendary Pokemon item Rock of Life.
Tyranitar would be thrilled.
The fourth floor was no longer an ice cellar, but the overall atmosphere was somewhat eerie.
There weren't many Pokemon living here either.
But no matter how small, they were still worth collecting, so John accepted them all.
Following the same procedure.
He let Gardevoir handle it herself.
John walked quickly with Akari to the stairs leading from the fourth to the fifth floor.
Standing here, guarding the key and stairs, just as John expected, was the last of the three legendary golems.
[Registeel LV88]
Registeel's upper body was gray and spherical in shape. Seven red dots on its head formed a hexagonal pattern. And surprisingly, it had palm structures.
Its friends Regirock and Regice only had arms but no palms and fingers.
Combined with the style of its steel body, John always got a solid, heavy, alien technology vibe from it at first glance.
CLANG! CLANG!
Registeel stepped forward with its short legs, making steel tapping sounds on the ground that echoed loudly.
It seemed Regigigas had been quite fair when creating the three legendary golems.
It gave Registeel more dexterous hands but took away its long legs, and unlike Regice, it couldn't fly.
"For a steel type..."
"Then let's use Garchomp." John sent out his ace again. "High Horsepower."
High Horsepower, an upgraded version of the standard ground-type move.
Garchomp descended in colorful light, switched to "battle stance" through MEGA evolution, raised its head and roared "Roar!"
It charged forward.
Third floor.
After sending urgent messages to their leaders, Sabi and Palina arrived belatedly with their team members.
"Why is there no noise?" Palina was confused. "Are there no Pokemon on the third floor?"
There had been plenty of Pokemon on both the first and second floors. If John was battling, there would definitely be some commotion.
There had been some just a moment ago, but it seemed like that was it.
Thinking the battle was intense, they'd quickly brought people over to help.
"Probably not," Sabi replied casually, beckoning team members to move quickly.
She knew John's strength, those ordinary Pokemon couldn't possibly slow John's progress.
Soon, both teams arrived at the bottom of the stairs to the fourth floor.
The scene before them—
The wind and snow had stopped, icicle spears lay broken everywhere, and the stone platform was already empty.
Palina's eyes widened when she saw this scene, and her mouth twitched.
"Wait, at the time we sent the message, he single-handedly cleared the third floor?"