Chapter 663: Primal Reversion, Life Return
Time flew by.
A long, yet ordinary seven years passed in the blink of an eye.
On the endless expanse of the vast southern desert.
A ten-meter-tall black dragon stood on the sand, looking around.
The blue flames constantly churning at the tip of his tail and the corners of his mouth made anyone who looked at him feel a sense of terror.
After all.
Everyone knew in their hearts.
The owner of this continent was the master of these ghostly blue flames—the Dragon King.
"You will live here from now on. I don't think there's a place more suitable for you than this."
He turned his head.
Behind him were nearly two hundred Flygon.
Of course, this wasn't just the group from the Rocky Mountains, but also the Flygon clan the Dragon Clan found when they conquered this desert.
The two clans merged.
Thus forming the new Flygon clan today.
Regarding Kazuya's arrangement.
The Flygons nodded eagerly, especially the group from the Rocky Mountains.
They were absolutely thrilled.
When had they ever seen such a massive desert before?
They thought they were dreaming.
The warm climate here, the dry environment, the endless yellow sand—every aspect deeply attracted and tempted them.
This must be the legendary utopia.
There was no place more suitable for the Trapinch babies to grow up.
"I'll leave this place to you to guard. Be careful of the scorched earth to the south."
After leaving that instruction.
Kazuya headed straight north.
He flew all the way over the tropical rainforest, the volcanic mountain range, and then returned to the grassland.
Looking down from the sky at the increasingly exaggerated expanse of the flower fields in the distance, and the busy, tireless figure working within them.
Kazuya couldn't help but shake his head and smile.
Seven years had passed.
Whether it was him or the Dragon Clan.
The changes were naturally immense.
Let's talk about Kazuya first.
The biggest and most notable change was naturally the successful achievement of "Primal Reversion."
Primal Reversion was achieved two years ago.
Kazuya himself didn't even see the process.
Because he was sleeping at the time, and when he woke up, he had a black hide.
It was simply a natural culmination of conditions.
This was a matter of course.
Given the massive scale of the Dragon Clan today, the Dragon-type natural energy they provided was far greater than before.
The number of Dragon Clan members lost during the Rocky Mountain era war...
Had not only been replenished but had even increased by thirty to forty percent.
This was not only due to the efforts of the Dragon Clan members themselves, but the addition of new members couldn't be ignored either.
Overall.
The benefits of Primal Reversion were undeniable.
First was the increase in potential.
The change from orange to gold was quite significant, and coupled with Kazuya's own training...
He stepped into the Master stage, Lv. 90, this year, surpassing the Tyrantrum.
At this point.
The Tyrantrum was completely no longer Kazuya's match. Even in a basic head-to-head clash, the Tyrantrum's strength couldn't compete with his.
Kazuya was well aware in his heart.
If not for the potential boost brought by Primal Reversion, it probably would have taken him another two years to step into the Master stage.
This speed had surpassed his Sceptile period in his third life.
But this didn't mean his Sceptile period was weak.
On the contrary.
When he evolved into his third stage, Sceptile, in his third life, his talent was already comparable to his current Mega Charizard X form.
After all, Kazuya at that time had received Celebi's blessing before he was even born.
The reason his training speed couldn't compare...
Was purely because he was relatively lazy in his third life, wandering around with the big cat, following Liz's footsteps all the way north, and not focusing on training as intensely as he did in this life.
Secondly.
Another benefit of Primal Reversion, and the biggest one.
Was naturally the reinforcement of his combat power.
At the very least, it increased his power by about 15% compared to when he was a regular Charizard.
Moreover.
Temporary Mega Evolution ultimately couldn't compare to permanent Mega Evolution.
At this point.
Kazuya possessed the capital to go all out anytime, anywhere, without worrying about being unable to communicate with Cynthia at a critical moment.
Initially.
He had also worried.
After Primal Reversion, would he be unable to communicate with Cynthia?
After all, he no longer needed 'Cynthia's Heart' to Mega Evolve.
But facts proved Kazuya had overthought it.
[Cynthia's Heart] was primarily used for them to communicate across time and space, and secondarily as a medium for Mega Evolution.
Kazuya had gotten the primary and secondary functions reversed.
Even though Kazuya had already undergone Primal Reversion, he could still use this item to frequently check on Cynthia's status.
It was equivalent to a 'Vivre Card' in One Piece.
Aside from the biggest change, Primal Reversion.
The next ones were the 'Overlord Tag' and the 'Life Return' taught by Regigigas.
The former.
Was an unexpected gain when Kazuya conquered the desert a year ago.
He himself had no intention of becoming an Overlord.
But the Pokémon of the desert unanimously recognized Kazuya as the King of the desert, so the Overlord tag was forcefully placed on his head.
That night.
Kazuya's height shot straight up from 15 meters to 100 meters!
The flame on his tail was practically like a sun in the night sky.
Looking towards the grassland from the volcano and the swamp, one could see the blue firelight coming from there.
It was incredibly bizarre.
Not to mention the Dragon Clan members.
Even Kazuya himself was dumbfounded.
Was there a bigger Overlord than him in this world?
Perhaps there was.
If there was a Wailord Overlord in the sea.
Compared to Kazuya's distress at the time, the Dragon Clan members were thrilled one by one, overjoyed like a bunch of idiots.
They couldn't consider Kazuya's troubles in his daily activities.
They only knew that their boss was incredibly mighty and unparalleled in the world.
A hundred-meter body.
Was extremely troublesome.
Even daily eating needed to be controlled.
Kazuya practically forced himself to reduce his daily activity consumption and eat only once a week.
Even when he ate, he would go to the sea to eat the countless sea fish.
Fortunately, heaven always leaves a door open.
Just as Kazuya was thinking about how to put on an act to let his own dragon snatch the position of desert Overlord...
He stepped into the Master level.
This wasn't the key.
The key was.
Previously, Regigigas had been teaching him the skill to make his body bigger and smaller, but Kazuya had never been able to learn it.
He didn't know whose fault it was.
He guessed it was probably his own fault.
After all, that was a move only Legendary Pokémon could master; a regular Pokémon like him shouldn't be able to learn it.
He had already given up at that time.
But who would have thought.
When Kazuya became a Master-level Pokémon.
He instantly understood how to use that move, and taking another look at his status panel.
A new move, [Life Return (Taught)] had appeared in his skill list.
Trying it out.
Kazuya's massive body shrank directly from a hundred meters to ten meters.
He wanted to continue shrinking.
But he found that this was his limit.
There was ultimately a gap between ordinary Pokémon and Legendary Pokémon.
Kazuya had become a Master, seemingly one step closer to becoming a 'God', but he was ultimately not a God.
So he couldn't shrink himself down to a little over three meters like Regigigas could.
Later, after some research.
Kazuya also understood the requirements for comprehending 'Life Return'.
It required long-term training.
It could only be mastered when the physical strength and total energy reached a standard and formed a balance within the body.
It could be called the ultimate profound secret of body control.
Most primary Legendaries, whether creations of the Creator God or creations of nature.
It could be said that from birth.
Their physical bodies and energy had already reached a state of perfect harmony.
So most of them knew this move.
Of course, there were exceptions.
Mewtwo, the artificial god, did not know it innately. Perhaps he had the qualifications to learn it later, but there was no need.
For ordinary Pokémon to learn this move, the conditions were extremely harsh.
It could be said.
The vast majority of Pokémon.
Basically had no chance of comprehending this move in their entire lives.
After all, the standard wasn't simply Lv. 90.
It was just that Kazuya happened to reach this standard at Lv. 90, and coupled with Regigigas's teaching, he was able to learn this move.
Setting aside who an ordinary Pokémon would learn this move from.
Just this standard alone.
Would shut out 99.99% of the Pokémon in the world.
Physical strength.
A Lv. 90 Charizard definitely wasn't enough.
But a Lv. 90 Mega Charizard X was just enough; the advantage of this form happened to lie in this area.
Plus, Kazuya had practiced Aura in four of his six lives, and in every life, he took the warrior route.
Physical strength had always been the first priority on his path of cultivation, so it naturally wouldn't be lacking.
Kazuya suspected that his physical strength in his first two lives had already met the standard.
Compared to the other condition.
Physical strength was relatively easier to achieve.
The area where he hadn't met the standard before...
Was the total amount of energy.
There were many ways to increase a Pokémon's total energy.
For example.
Increasing level, practicing energy, having a Breeder improve physical condition...
These were all paths.
But these paths were definitely not enough.
Like during his fourth life as Empoleon, Kazuya's final level was roughly Lv. 93.
But he felt that his total energy at that time wasn't as high as it was now.
Was it because Kazuya didn't train hard enough in that life?
Of course not.
The key lay in that life...
He was just an ordinary Empoleon born in the League Era, and even had genetic defects when he was first born.
If he had the conditions of this life:
Naturally massive physique, excellent genetics inherited from both parents, achieving Primal Reversion, obtaining the Overlord tag...
He definitely could have surpassed his current self.
But the problem was.
Achieving even one of these conditions was as difficult as ascending to heaven, let alone achieving all of them.
Even if one did achieve them.
How many individuals could achieve a balance between their physical strength and total energy?
Was that something a normal creature should be able to do?
Even Kazuya himself didn't know when his body had reached this balance.
If he hadn't suddenly comprehended Life Return and specifically researched it, he would never have discovered this point.
Therefore.
The move Life Return.
Wasn't a move ordinary Pokémon should have.
It was the mark of a God.
If an ordinary Pokémon could truly master this move.
It meant the essence of their physical body had long since transcended the mundane.
They had reached the most perfect and natural state.
The most crucial point was.
There was no need to force oneself to learn this move.
If Kazuya hadn't been deeply troubled by his body size.
He would never have wasted so much time on this move, 'Life Return'.
This move wasn't as broken as the Life Return in the One Piece world, where eating enough food could instantly restore one to full health and even allow localized body transformations.
Life Return in the Pokémon world.
Had no other use besides changing body size.
Body size naturally affected combat power, and it wasn't a small effect either; it could change an individual's combat mindset and habits, but...
For the battles the vast majority of Pokémon would face in their lives.
Did they need to specifically change their body size?
Kazuya had been in this world for thirty years, fighting with all sorts of body sizes, and had almost never been troubled by body size in battle.
What a joke.
An opponent you couldn't beat.
Could you beat them just by changing your body size?
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