Chapter 35 The Necromancer's Ambition
Chapter 35 The Necromancer's Ambition
With Lin Ye's encouragement, the originally heinous deserter Pumpkin Spirit suddenly became the leader of the two tribes in the grove, and also Lin Ye's first spokesperson or guide in the Sending God Mountain area.
As a traitor, Little Pumpkin was well aware of his situation. Without Lin Ye's support, his so-called leader would be dragged down by the devil in no time, and his fate would not be good.
Therefore, it became increasingly concerned about Lin Ye's attitude and attentive to the matters Lin Ye had entrusted to it.
Upon learning that Lin Ye needed information about the surrounding misty area, they immediately shared all the knowledge that the Wood Spirit and Pumpkin Spirit clans had about the area, including details of which Pokémon inhabited the area.
He even confidently promised Lin Ye that he would send members of his tribe to explore other areas, and that he would give him a lot of detailed information when he came back next time.
Lin Ye was very satisfied with this and affirmed the proactive attitude of "Guide Melon" who recognized the importance of adapting to the times.
According to the information they have provided, the groups of ghosts that gather most in this area are Gastly, Wraith, and a Float living in a pool of water.
Upon hearing this information, Lin Ye stopped paying attention and let the pumpkin spirit, who was acting as a guide, continue to gather information about the surrounding area, while he led the three ghosts to "expand their territory".
On the way, Lin Ye and the three ghosts discussed their ideas for conquering the Sacred Mountain! Zoroya seemed very excited, like a little fox eager to try out a new toy.
The Snow Fairy wasn't particularly interested in this, but she did say that she would be happy to accompany Lin Ye wherever he wanted to go, and she would do her best to assist him in any endeavor he wanted to accomplish.
But the one who was most excited about this matter was Dujian Sheath!
Upon hearing that Lin Ye intended to conquer Mount Songshen and become the ruler of all the Ghost Pokémon there, it was so excited that it almost lost its sword and immediately praised the other party for his lofty ambitions.
With this sacred mountain as a base for revival, how could we not attract geniuses, or fail to revive the empire!
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More than three hours later,
Lin Ye appeared beside a pool of water shrouded in mist. He carefully concealed himself and scanned the water's surface with his mental energy.
In that pool of water, jellyfish-like ghostly creatures could be faintly seen floating or lurking in the water.
These ghost jellyfish, some pink and some light blue, also have slightly different shapes, and are one of Lin Ye's targets—the Floating Group.
By this time, Lin Ye had already visited the Gastly and Wraith tribes, and this ethereal tribe was the last one he left to visit.
Before this, Lin Ye and his group of three ghosts had already defeated the two tribes and temporarily subdued them.
All the Gastlys and Wraiths were utterly subdued by Lin Ye's tyrannical power and had no choice but to submit.
Lin Ye didn't hold back and gave them a task, sending them to explore more distant areas to see if there were any graves or tombs occupied by other "professional" ghost Pokémon. He himself came to this area of water where light and airy creatures gathered as planned!
Although these ghosts are mostly just pretending to be friendly, trying to get through this temporarily.
But as long as he can use it once or twice for now, that's enough. Once his necromancy is further enhanced, he's confident he can recruit even more powerful ghost Pokémon species to his own use.
At this moment, he had already used his mental power to observe the floating creatures inside and outside the pool. There were about twenty of them. The strongest aura came from the only evolved form of the chubby creature in its group, whose strength had reached the peak of the "excellent" level.
"Their strength is about the same as the Gastly and Spectraloid groups from before."
"We'll do it the same way as before: focus our fire on taking out that chubby one first, and then the lighter ones will naturally collapse without a fight!"
Upon hearing this, the three ghosts transformed into shadows and emerged from hiding. They then split up and surrounded Fatty, before suddenly launching an attack.
Three attacks—"Ambush on Vital Points," "Shadow Ball," and "Revenge for Revenge"—suddenly bombarded Fatty.
The latter sensed something and hurriedly tried to defend itself, but then its body stiffened and it was firmly rooted to the spot.
"Peng~"
All three attacks, which were countered by the same element, hit, knocking the chubby character unconscious despite its high health.
Amidst the chaos, the surrounding members launched various counterattacks, but Lin Ye and the Three Ghosts easily defeated several of them in succession. After that, the members completely lost the courage to resist and were forced to acknowledge their leader.
Originally, they might have thought of stabilizing Lin Ye first and waiting for their leader to recover before making any further moves.
But when they saw Lin Ye extract the chubby primordial ghost energy out of thin air and transfer it to Zoroya, they all stared wide-eyed at this unfathomable human with great fear, and their rebellious intentions weakened a bit.
This was also the tactic and method Lin Ye used to defeat and subdue the Gastly and Wraiths groups.
The chubby Lin Ye, drained dry, was sent back to the bottom of the pool by the light-hearted creatures to recuperate. Even though the ghost energy here is abundant, it will take him several years to recover.
After dealing with these weaklings, Lin Ye, as usual, first chose a slightly weaker but outstanding one to be the clan leader, and then assigned it some intelligence-gathering tasks.
After doing all this, Lin Ye warned the Light Fluttering Clan a few more times before leaving, but his spiritual power suddenly sensed something unusual, and he paused in his tracks.
He sensed that a human was approaching him, surrounded by several powerful auras, clearly his Pokémon, whose energy fluctuations were not much weaker than his current lineup.
Lin Ye gave the three Pokémon a look. Froslass and Saberblade spun around and hovered on either side of him, while Zoroar transformed into its normal Dark-type form and stood in front of Lin Ye.
As the man approached, Lin Ye could see his face clearly; he was a handsome young man who looked to be about seventeen or eighteen years old.
The young man was handsome, but to be honest, he was not as good-looking as Lin Ye, especially with his bright green hair, which was quite eye-catching.
Furthermore, his eyes and brows exuded an arrogance, clearly indicating that he was a wealthy young man who had been born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
He was accompanied by three Pokémon, with an elegant Rainwing Moth leading the way. As it flapped its wings, the scales shimmered in the mist.
A poisonous rose followed closely by her, its flowers trembling slightly as she walked.
The most eye-catching of all was the handsome Pokémon following behind the young man, a four-legged creature with pure white fur and a sickle-shaped horn on its head.
It approached slowly, each step exuding an innate arrogance, and was practically a carbon copy of its trainer—it was Absol, the Pokémon known as the Calamity Pokémon.
Absol's strength has already reached the peak of "Excellent" level, and it seems that it is only half a step away from breaking through to "Professional" level. It is no less than the current Snow Fairy.
"Huh? There's someone else here! Hey, I'm planning to take one of these little rascals with me. Could you step aside and let me choose one in peace?"
"Master, where did this hothead come from? How dare he talk to you like that! I really want to teach him a lesson!"
"His brain's probably fried; looks like I need to use 'Frozen Wind' to cool him down!"
"Hmph! You ignorant brat, how dare you be so arrogant! If I were alive, you would have been dragged out and flogged eighty times!"
Lin Ye calmed the three ghosts down and said slowly, "I'm sorry, I've already contracted this fishpond. These little ghosts have also recognized me as their master. You should go fishing somewhere else."
"Accept you as their master?" The green-headed youth scoffed disdainfully. "Fine, fine, then call them and see if they agree."
"If they don't agree, you get out of here right now; if they do agree, I'll crawl out of here on my knees!"
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