"Good!"
Team Dark's leader stood up.
The excited light in his eyes was impossible to suppress.
Professor Shen's words made even him feel tempted.
Just imagine it—
If it could truly make a Pokémon's body larger, its stamina deeper, its move range wider, and its power stronger…
That would be a qualitative improvement. A leap.
This kind of transformation was practically like reforging a Pokémon from the inside out.
No exaggeration—this kind of massive, all-around enhancement could basically be considered forcibly raising a Pokémon's strength by an entire tier.
Of course…
Exactly how big the increase was still needed testing before they could draw any conclusions.
He strode forward.
His leather shoes clicked crisply against the floor.
Those hurried footsteps matched his mood perfectly—
Impatient, and full of anticipation.
Reaching Professor Shen, he extended his hand and took the wristband.
He narrowed his eyes slightly and examined it carefully.
This wristband, along with the crystal set in the center, was the same purple color.
As for the material…
He couldn't tell what it was made of.
But it felt heavy in his hand—most likely a composite made from multiple materials.
From within the purple crystal, strands of powerful energy fluctuations rippled outward.
That completely different aura left him almost intoxicated.
"Let's go to the training field. I want to test its power!"
He fastened the band onto his wrist and spoke with barely contained urgency.
They took an elevator deeper underground.
What awaited them was a vast subterranean training ground, spanning several thousand square meters.
Following Professor Shen's instructions, Team Dark's leader buckled the band snugly around his wrist.
The instant it was secured…
He clearly felt an inexplicable connection form between his body and mind and the purple crystal.
"Next, you only need to release your Pokémon, then guide the power inside the band and gather it onto your Pokémon," Professor Shen said.
Before he even finished speaking, Team Dark's leader nodded.
He tossed a Poké Ball from his waist.
"Meow!"
Persian emerged and landed soundlessly on the ground.
Long limbs, a well-balanced frame, a fluffy tail—
Its movements were light and elegant, radiating a noble bearing.
At a glance, it was obvious it had been raised extremely well.
The moment Professor Shen saw Persian…
His emotions tightened with tension.
This Persian was Team Dark's leader's ace Pokémon.
A terrifying existence that had already stepped into the high end of Champion level.
A one-in-a-million genius within its species.
Every stat comprehensively crushed and surpassed other members of its kind.
And it was a natural-born assassin.
Many of Team Dark's assassination missions had been carried out by it.
So when Professor Shen faced Persian and felt that killer-like icy aura…
He couldn't help but swallow down his unease.
Team Dark's leader stared at Persian.
He steadied his breathing, focused his mind, and—just as Professor Shen had instructed—began to slowly guide the energy within the band.
This step sounded simple.
But when he actually tried to do it, it was difficult.
Sensing the aura inside the crystal wasn't hard.
But—
Drawing it out was extremely difficult.
It required powerful mental strength to accomplish.
Fortunately…
This boss of Team Dark happened to possess mental strength far beyond that of ordinary people.
After repeated attempts to communicate and synchronize…
That hidden power inside the crystal began to respond to his intent and guidance, slowly being drawn outward.
Strands of aura seeped out,
wrapping around Persian little by little.
At first,
a strong sense of vigilance and unease surfaced in Persian's eyes.
This completely unfamiliar energy aura made it restless.
However—
Out of trust in its Trainer,
it forcibly suppressed the impulse to withdraw.
It stood perfectly still,
watching as the increasingly dense energy slowly approached.
When its body was finally bound by those ribbon-like purple currents…
it felt its muscles begin to ache.
After the purple energy pierced through its surface and entered its body,
it instantly merged with the attribute energy within.
As it flowed,
it continuously reacted with its muscles.
A fierce swelling pressure surged through it.
The next second—
Persian realized in shock that its body was rapidly expanding and growing larger!
In an instant, its height shot up from one meter to five meters!
Its length jumped from one and a half meters to fifteen meters!
From a big cat—
it became a colossal prehistoric beast in the blink of an eye.
(End of Chapter)
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