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Chapter 20 Sacrifice and Robbery
A terrifying aura filled with malice swept through the entire valley, like a sleeping beast opening its eyes!
In an instant, all the frantically attacking ghost soldiers stopped in their tracks and looked toward the altar in the center of the valley with surprise and uncertainty.
The black ghost that suddenly emerged from the stone on the altar twisted and then expanded rapidly, transforming into a blurry and enormous eerie face!
The face was twisted and changed, as if it were both crying and laughing, with two bottomless vortexes around its eyes!
"It's a Flower Rock Monster!" Lin Ye's pupils shrank sharply, and a name flashed through his mind in an instant:
"They hid very well; I didn't detect them at all with my mental power."
As soon as the Rockruff appeared, it looked with its abstract and eerie gaze at all the exhausted ghost Pokémon in the ravine.
Its first targets were the "professional" level Eidolons and Dream Demons!
At this moment, they were both injured by each other and were also ambushed by the Flower Rock Monster, who trapped them tightly.
Actually, the Flower Rock Monster is only "professional level" and isn't much stronger than them in a one-on-one fight!
However, due to their advantage of being well-rested and having successfully launched a surprise attack, they now had the upper hand and instantly suppressed the two, who were already at their last gasp. They then immediately extracted pure ghost energy from the two.
At the same time, an energy vortex erupted from the Rockruff! Its target was none other than the Ghost-type Pokémon that had been injured and unconscious in the earlier melee in the ravine!
The dozens of Ghost-type Pokémon that were closest to it were forcibly pulled into the dark vortex before they could even struggle!
Their spirits began to twist and disintegrate during flight, and countless pure ghostly energies and negative emotions were swallowed by the vortex!
"How is that possible? While Ghost Pokémon can absorb the energy of other Ghost Pokémon, it only scratches the surface and cannot do it so thoroughly."
Otherwise, he would have been overwhelmed by countless resentments and exploded, and the energy that Zoroya had previously absorbed still needed me to convert using necromancy.
Lin Ye was puzzled at first, but he quickly understood that although the Rockruff absorbed the energy of these Ghost Pokémon, it was just a transit point!
These energies swirled around in the vortex and eventually merged into the newly formed "curse symbol," causing its power to surge wildly.
It seems that this "curse symbol" is in its early stages of formation, not yet fully finalized, and still in a crucial phase of energy compression.
The influx of ghostly energy at this moment can directly improve its quality.
Finally, the struggles of the Wandering Night Spirit and the Dream Demon weakened, the light in their eyes went out completely, and they turned into two dim phantoms, which were casually tossed to the ground by the Flower Rock Monster, their fate unknown.
Meanwhile, the Spiritrax had more energy freed up and was able to deal with the other Ghost Pokémon around it more quickly!
Several more shadowy figures emerged from the rocks beneath its ghostly face, frantically grabbing at the ghostly Pokémon that were still fleeing around it.
They were pinned to the spot by the shadows, and then their ghostly energy was arbitrarily drained.
Under the control and extraction of the Rockruff, almost all the Ghost Pokémon present were wiped out, with only a few escaping.
The "cursed symbol" had become even more profound, hovering silently in mid-air, moving without wind, its surface flowing with a ghostly light like liquid shadows, and the pressure it emitted was several times greater than before.
"Mid-grade! The Rockruff actually managed to upgrade the 'Curse Symbol' to a mid-grade item by absorbing the energy of these Ghost Pokémon."
The Flower Rock Monster seemed very satisfied with its "work," its eerie face becoming even more distorted with a sneer, emitting a tooth-grinding laugh as it slowly began to retract the suspended "curse symbol."
"Now! Let's do it!"
Lin Ye was not an indecisive person. At this moment, the Flower Rock Monster had suspended the "Curse Talisman" high in the air in order to refine it, which was the best opportunity to seize it.
The Snow Fairy gracefully raised her hand, and snow crystals scattered. Instantly, crackling freezing sounds began to echo around the Flower Rock Monster, and even some of the black mist was frozen instantly, forming a thick cage of ice crystals.
The Flower Rock Monster's mind was focused on the "Curse Symbol," so it was caught off guard and fell for the trap.
Although it was startled, it remained calm. While these icy energies were decent, their level fluctuations were significantly lower than its own.
Just as it was about to break through the ice, a dark energy accompanied by a ghostly wailing sound burst forth from the ground below and washed over it.
The sudden combo caught the Flower Rock Monster off guard, but Lin Ye made his move!
He had already formed a hand seal in front of him, and was rapidly chanting obscure and difficult incantations. Finally, he pointed a finger at the center of the altar.
The next moment, the "Curse Symbol" seemed to be grabbed by an invisible hand, instantly breaking free from the Flower Rock Monster's remote control and flying rapidly towards Lin Ye.
At this moment, Lin Ye was using a basic necromancy spell—Soul Drain!
This magic is what necromancers usually use to capture or transfer souls. It can directly capture souls and also works on items containing ghost energy.
Previously, he was able to catch the ethereal pumpkin spirit trying to escape, precisely because he used this magic.
At this moment, remotely seizing that intermediate "cursed talisman" filled with ghostly energy and resentment requires a long casting animation and a massive amount of magic power.
"Lin Ye, is this a superpower? Are you perhaps...?"
"More or less. This can't be explained in a short time, let's deal with the immediate situation first!"
As Lin Ye cast his spell, the Flower Rock Monster broke free of the ice. Due to its excellent combination of Ghost and Dark attributes, the "revenge for revenge" effect was minimal.
"Strong Chicken, unleash the most powerful 'Flamethrower'! Pumpkin Spirit, use 'Leech Seed'!"
May reacted quickly. Upon hearing the instruction, Combusken darted out like lightning, and the blazing flames it spewed from its mouth instantly transformed into a giant fire tornado, engulfing the oncoming Rockruff!
While there's no truth to the idea that fire counters ghosts, most ghost Pokémon prefer cool, dark environments and are naturally averse to fire and high temperatures.
Immediately, the Mighty Chicken's "Flame Vortex" caused the Rockruff's black mist face to let out an angry shriek, and its movements were momentarily halted.
But the next moment, a dark energy emanated from the twisted face of the Flower Rock Monster, which quickly dispelled the flames like a tide.
But as soon as the flames subsided, a seed fell from the sky, landing on the rock below the Flower Rock Monster. It then quickly sprouted and became a vine that wrapped around it.
At the same time, two beams of light, one black and one icy white, shot out by Zoroah and the Snow Fairy, simultaneously struck the Flower Rock Monster's distorted, ghostly face.
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