[Bonus Chapter]
│ "Use Lunge Punch!"
Bai Chen gave the command.
Buzzwole gathered all of his strength into his fist—
and swung a devastating blow straight at Nergigante.
A thunderous crack followed.
The spikes on Nergigante's forearm shattered completely.
A wave of psychic backlash surged straight into her brain.
She fell into a confused state.
Bai Chen immediately sensed the natural energy around them
being drawn violently into her body—
A faint red glow began seeping from her pores.
Through their linked minds,
The space in Bai Chen's vision began to distort slightly.
He took a deep breath
and activated Psychic Force,
strengthening his mental defenses
against the growing, murderous bloodlust pouring into him.
Meanwhile, on the rooftop of Lillie's mansion,
Tapu Koko had appeared silently.
He gazed at Bai Chen and Nergigante,
concern flickering in his eyes.
Ever since Bai Chen returned,
Tapu Koko had been observing him—
and seeing him deliberately trigger Nergigante's forbidden power
made even the guardian deity uneasy.
Nergigante's mind was pure chaos.
When she opened her eyes again,
a faint red tint had overtaken them.
She lunged at Buzzwole—
Once again using Ruinous Claw.
But this time,
the power was noticeably higher.
Buzzwole was sent flying with a single blow.
Nergigante followed,
hammering him relentlessly.
There was no sign of confusion at all—
She was simply tearing into him without restraint.
Three minutes passed.
Now the red glow on Nergigante's body
was clearly visible to the naked eye—
A shade even deeper and more ominous than Ultimate Aura.
Bai Chen's expression tightened.
Even with Psychic Force reinforcing his mind,
The slaughter intent transmitted through the bond
was still corroding his will.
He could feel Nergigante's mental state—
The confusion acted like a switch,
unlocking a forbidden instinct deep in her body.
Her combat strength was skyrocketing,
But at the same time,
The Nergigante he knew
was being completely drowned out
by pure, primal killing instinct.
The battle dragged on for more than ten minutes.
Buzzwole was nearing his limit
when Bai Chen finally activated the Bond Stone.
Brilliant light enveloped Nergigante.
The murderous intent was forcibly suppressed—
fading like a receding tide.
Nergigante blinked, confused,
seemingly unaware of what had just happened.
Bai Chen exhaled deeply
and patted her head.
│ "Looks like we still have a long way to go.
We'll take it step by step."
He took a Max Potion
and walked over to Buzzwole,
treating his injuries.
Even though Nergigante was 15 levels lower,
once she partially released her sealed power,
Buzzwole couldn't keep up with her at all.
Yes, Buzzwole had lost power
after Bai Chen absorbed his Ultra Aura—
But it still proved Nergigante's terrifying potential.
After healing him,
Bai Chen's eyes glowed gold.
He looked around.
The entire garden around Lillie's home
was completely drained—
All natural energy is gone.
Flowers and plants were already withering.
│ "I take it back.
My Nergigante isn't restricted-class…
She's taboo-class!
No—something beyond taboo!"
Nearby,
Zinogre watched her, horrified.
He used to think
that with enough effort
He could surpass Nergigante someday—
But now he knew
He was still unbelievably far behind.
Basarios, meanwhile, was panicking.
The stronger Nergigante got,
the more tragic his future sparring became.
│ "When is it my turn to be the strongest dragon…"
That night
Bai Chen triggered the state four more times—
and realized something important.
Late at night,
he did not train.
Instead, he sat on the rooftop,
holding Nergigante in his arms as he thought.
│ "That murderous intent inside her…
It's definitely not a second personality.
It's power.
Her original form.
But something—either the system or something else—
sealed that form away
and cut off her ability
to absorb natural energy freely."
Energy cannot appear from nowhere.
The power inside Nergigante
couldn't be innate infinite fuel.
He had once thought
she simply had overwhelming energy sealed inside.
But now he confirmed something else:
Nergigante's massive potential
was being suppressed
because she lacked the energy to fuel it.
Like a phone:
Originally a Pro/Max flagship beast,
But because the battery couldn't support the hardware,
All her internal specs were throttled
to 1% output—
turning her into a "Lite" version.
Today's events made everything clear.
When she triggered that forbidden power,
the surrounding natural energyShe
was sucked into her like a black hole.
Her boost was directly proportional
to how much natural energy was available.
In the first daytime battle,
She absorbed the natural energy
of the entire 500-meter radius—
Her power skyrocketed.
But afterward,
with less energy available,
Her boosts became weaker.
Earlier, she needed only 10+ minutes
to overwhelm Buzzwole—
Now she needed over 20
just to keep pace.
The core reason:
Less natural energy →
Less returned performance →
Not showing her true form / "specs".
As for confusion triggering the state—
When her conscious mind is suppressed,
her body fights purely on instinct
and instinctively absorbs natural energy
to strengthen itself.
Her beating Buzzwole senseless while confused
was clear proof.
Losing control was tied to
her own innate killing instinct.
She couldn't yet handle it with rational thought,
so she slipped into berserk states.
Absorbing natural energy + returning to original form.
Put together, two key ideas emerged—
And Bai Chen thought of two legendary Pokémon…
Groudon and Kyogre.
They could use massive natural energy
to revert to their ancient forms—
Primal Reversion.
Based on his observations today—
Nergigante resembled them.
She also had a "true form."
activated by absorbing natural energy.
She just lacked the mental stability
to control her own instinctual killing will.
But in theory—
Nergigante could achieve something like
a Primal Reversion.
All she needed
was control over the bloodlust.
Bai Chen murmured:
│ "If she can't handle full release at once…
We'll break it into stages.
First 10%.
Then 20%.
One step at a time."
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