"It's the move Skill Swap. But I didn't expect Lucario to be able to forcibly memorize the swapped ability."
"Under normal circumstances, a move like Skill Swap can almost only last for the duration of a battle."
Professor Reynolds also intervened at that moment, very surprised by Lucario's ability.
The special breeding method centered on the Inner Focus ability had given Lucario infinite possibilities.
Of course, not even Professor Reynolds and the others knew that Lucario also mastered that legendary and almost cheating ability: the power of Aura.
Only in this way had Lucario's special battle style been created!
Boom, boom, boom!
In the field, Regirock stood up again.
It could be seen that, at some point, it had grabbed a stone with its hand and put it into its mouth.
By absorbing the rock, it used its own special ability to quickly recover its wounds and its energy.
Seeing this, Lucario also did not immediately act to stop it. It calmly stepped back and positioned itself in front of Ethan.
"Regirock, do you want to become my companion?"
Ethan spoke to Regirock again. Now he and Lucario had already shown enough strength.
That was the premise for obtaining the recognition of a proud Legendary Pokémon like Regirock.
"Reggiickk!"
The answer to Ethan was a roar.
Regirock still seemed unconvinced. It lifted a stone and threw it toward Lucario.
Facing the attack of the enormous rock, Lucario swung the bone in its hand and directly shattered it to pieces.
With a flash, Lucario quickly approached Regirock and used the move Bone Club following the momentum.
Boom, boom, boom!
An intense battle erupted again in the field.
With the help of the Sand Force ability, the power of Lucario's Bone Club move had increased terrifyingly.
Therefore, in frontal combat, Lucario directly suppressed Regirock!
With another rumble, this time Lucario once again added Fighting-type energy to the bone, and with one strike, it sent Regirock flying!
"Hmm?"
"It seems you still aren't convinced. Then our battle continues."
Seeing Regirock get up again and roar, Ethan spoke.
With Lucario completely suppressing Regirock, what he wanted was to completely subdue this Regirock.
"Reggiickk!"
After a series of battles, Regirock also began to show fatigue.
It quickly retreated to an enormous rock and used those stones to recover energy and heal its wounds.
"This way, it will never end."
"It can recover its energy and wounds without limit using rocks. No wonder it is called the Eternal Pokémon!"
Seeing this scene, Alex also began to worry.
Although Lucario was suppressing Regirock now, if time dragged on, Lucario would undoubtedly also grow tired.
"It seems it wants to play dirty. In that case, Lucario, use Life Dew."
Seeing that Regirock refused to admit defeat, Ethan shook his head.
Lucario nodded and used the move Life Dew. A large amount of water vapor enveloped its entire body, making its own energy recover quickly.
When Regirock finished healing, Lucario had also recovered and once again maintained pressure on Regirock.
In addition, after every round of battle, Lucario also used the move Calm Mind to recover its own mental power while increasing its special attack and special defense, making the power of its special attacks become more and more terrifying.
"Lucario, use Hadouken (Focus Punch + Focus Blast)."
Seeing that Lucario had pushed its special attack to the limit, Ethan spoke directly.
In the next instant, Lucario was seen extending both hands to the sides, and energy condensed in each one.
In one hand, Focus Blast; in the other, Focus Punch. When it brought both hands together, the two energies of the same source fused into one and were forcefully launched.
With the increase from the move Calm Mind, that move could truly be described as devastating.
Amid a series of explosions, Regirock's rocky skin shattered, and its entire body flew horizontally.
Boom!
The loud sound of its fall also shook the hearts of Professor Harris and the others.
Lucario's strength was truly too great. Not even an Elite-level Legendary Pokémon was a match for it!
"What do you think?"
"This is the strength of Lucario and me."
Ethan spoke again to Regirock, which was struggling to stand up.
This time, Regirock remained silent.
Evidently, after so many battles, Regirock had already realized that it was not a match for Lucario.
"It seems you still haven't decided. Then I'll show you the full power of Lucario and me."
Seeing Regirock's attitude, Ethan smiled again.
Lucario understood the intention and closed its eyes at the same time as Ethan.
In the next instant, a bright white light appeared over Lucario's body.
Within the white light, Lucario's figure changed and transformed into Mega Lucario.
Immediately, an energy fluctuation even more powerful than before appeared over Mega Lucario.
"It appeared! Lucario's form change!"
Seeing Mega Lucario appear, Professor Harris's eyes lit up.
In reality, he had long wanted to study this form of Lucario.
However, he had too many research projects on hand. In addition, Ethan and Lucario had been training all the time, so the matter had been delayed.
Of course, he did not know that this was Lucario's Mega Evolution, but rather considered it another kind of form change of Lucario.
Form changes, a method similar to evolution, were no secret. Many Pokémon possessed that ability. For example, Castform and Cherrim could change form according to the weather.
And among the cases most similar to Lucario's was Darmanitan, a Pokémon that possessed two forms: normal mode and Zen Mode.
Some special Darmanitan, when their energy fell below half, changed from normal mode to Zen Mode.
After going from normal mode to Zen Mode, Darmanitan, which originally only had the Fire type, changed its attributes to Fire and Psychic, and its racial power also increased greatly.
Now, seeing Lucario change form, naturally they considered it another form change of Lucario. After all, evolving and then returning to the previous form was something that had still not occurred.
As for how to activate that form change, in the outside world, there were already many guesses, but Ethan insisted that not even he knew, and that Lucario's form change was only accidental. The others could not do anything about it either.
Regarding Mega Evolution, Ethan did plan to reveal it to Professor Harris and the others. After all, that was precisely the purpose of starting the Life Transition experiment. It was just that now was still not the time.
(End of chapter)