Chapter 27 Mega Evolution! Mega Lucario
"Lucario, are you ready? To embrace a new transformation."
'Lucario' (Yes, Master Xia Mu)
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Holding the Evolution Key, Xia Mu and Lucario, now wearing the Mega Stone, locked eyes.
The connection, amplified by Aura, allowed Lucario to know what its master was about to do.
For Lucario, this was magical, as it meant another evolution.
The Growlithe, Beedrill, and Gyarados present were all curious about what their master meant by evolution.
As Xia Mu's Pokémon, they knew their master was extraordinary, seemingly capable of many unexpected things.
Especially Beedrill, who had also received a Mega Stone from Xia Mu.
Although it didn't know how to use it, it was instinctively excited.
Just moments before, its strength was far less than it was now, but drinking the delicious beverage Xia Mu had given it had greatly enhanced some of its abilities.
He seemed to have inexhaustible energy, and his speed seemed to have undergone a sudden transformation.
It wasn't a sudden burst of power; this enhancement felt like a reward for his hard work, like a dreamlike experience of extreme training.
This subconsciously made him realize that he needed to work even harder to improve his physical attack and speed, only then could he become stronger.
Now, with yet another enhancement method available, how could he not be excited?
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The three little ones remained silent, quietly watching Xia Mu and Lucario as bystanders.
"Come on! This is the first... Mega Evolution."
Holding the Evolution Key in his hand, Xia Mu gave the command, and the key suddenly emitted a dazzling seven-colored light,
creating a special connection with the Mega Stone worn by Lucario.
Drawn by some force, the light from the Evolution Key and the light from the Mega Stone intertwined and merged, finally enveloping Lucario's body.
Mega Evolution, perfectly executed.
As the light dissipated from Lucario, a unique mark of Mega Evolution appeared for a fleeting moment.
This signified successful evolution.
Mega Lucario!
In appearance, its hands and feet turned blood red, numerous black stripes appeared on its body, its skin and fur were darker and thicker, and sharp spikes grew on the backs of its hands and feet… In short, it was far more imposing than before, its aura far surpassing its pre-evolution form.
Finally, its size was not only taller but also more robust, its entire body brimming with extreme explosive power.
Because of Mega Evolution, Xia Mu could feel Mega Lucario's aura expanding to its limit.
That immense aura energy seemed to be the source of Mega Lucario's immense power.
Moreover, his aura and Mega Lucario's aura were connected, seemingly complementing each other in some way, and he too had become stronger in a sense.
"This feeling is truly amazing. If my aura were strong enough, could I also unleash aura attacks like Aura Missile?" Xia Mu thought to himself.
In the original story, some special abilities could be materialized, just using different methods.
This thought remained in his mind; Xia Mu figured he could try it out once he had a sufficiently powerful aura.
Then, Xia Mu snapped out of his reverie and pulled up Mega Lucario's current attribute panel.
Xia Mu was mainly focused on its ability.
Sure enough, after evolution, nothing else changed; the biggest change was that its ability changed from Righteousness to Adaptability.
With this ability, moves of the same type would have significantly increased power.
It was the same as the ability change after Beedrill evolved into Mega Beedrill.
'Lucario~ Lucario~ Roar~' (Xia Mu, did I really evolve again? I feel so strong now!)
Mega Lucario said to Xia Mu.
He was also showing off, incredibly excited.
He'd just used the power of Mew Awakening during the day to increase their friendship level and complete their evolution. Then,
tonight they underwent Mega Evolution; Mega Lucario was definitely getting a little cocky.
"Yeah, this is Mega Evolution, also called Super Evolution. Because we're so in sync, we were able to use an Evolution Stone and an Evolution Key to complete this special evolution, boosting our strength in a short time," Xia Mu explained.
The three little ones gathered around, their eyes shining.
Desire, eagerness, excitement…
especially Beedrill, who already had a Mega Stone.
Growlithe and Gyarados wanted it too, but they could only wait.
Xia Mu didn't directly buy Gyarados's Mega Stone partly because he considered Growlithe's feelings.
Right now, Growlithe hadn't evolved yet, and Arcanine didn't have a Mega Stone.
Knowing that everyone else could evolve while he couldn't, Growlithe would definitely be sad.
As Pokémon that wanted to become stronger, Xia Mu's Growlithe, Beedrill, and Gyarados all yearned to evolve and become even stronger.
Unlike the problem Pokémon Ash caught in the original series, none of them evolved.
The idea that they could become stronger without evolving is nonsense.
It's true that Ash's Pokémon defeated some of their final evolved forms in the anime, but that was mostly by shortcuts.
Take his starter Pokémon, Squirtle and Bulbasaur; if they had evolved into Blastoise and Venusaur, Ash's strength would have been far greater than in the original series.
Reaching the top four in the Indigo League, or even winning, wouldn't have been impossible. Unfortunately, Charizard, which could have dominated, wouldn't have obeyed.
Ultimately, this is related to Ash's immature training methods at the time.
He talked about respecting his Pokémon, but in reality, he didn't know how to guide them, was overly compliant, and didn't try to change them, emphasizing his own trainer characteristics—this was the beginning of a mistake.
This led to various bizarre things later on, such as casually giving away his Pokémon.
To put it bluntly, he squandered a great opportunity.
Anyone else would have done a much better job.
Of course, Pikachu is an exception among the non-evolving problem children. With
its cheat codes and protagonist status, it's definitely different.
In real-world terms, it's blessed with great luck. It
becomes stronger when facing strong opponents and weaker when facing weaker ones.
When powerful, it can even defy legendary Pokémon, even defeating Arceus; when weak, it can't even beat a rookie's Snivy, getting unilaterally crushed. "
Stupid" became a common nickname around that time.
Ash's evaluation comes to mind: at first, he was just a childish Ash, or at worst, a silly Ash.
Later, he finally achieved the title of "wise" thanks to his Greninja, but then the style suddenly changed, and he reverted to being a childish Ash.
In short, even though Ash eventually became the Pokémon World Champion,
in Xia Mu's opinion, this was undoubtedly full of exaggeration and forcibly pushed up by a group of champions.
Xia Mu is very familiar with the original anime plot. Although many plot points have been forgotten over time, subconsciously, whenever he encounters certain familiar things, some long-forgotten memories are still awakened.
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