Chapter 589 Encounter with Fire Goose
Although it was called a forest, the trees here were actually all dead. The ground was full of scattered limbs and internal organs, emitting a disgusting smell. Several flying Pokémon were hovering in the sky, half of their bodies had already rotted, revealing their stinking internal organs. These Pokémon, which should have been dead long ago, stared at the ground, as if looking for their next prey.
"We've finally arrived, the territory of Ifertal." Yang Ming muttered to himself.
In contrast to Xerneas, the god of life, Iphilthar is the god of death in Kalos, representing death and destruction. Legend has it that wherever it goes, all life will be turned into stone statues, turning it into a true life forbidden zone.
Yang Ming took a deep breath and slowly stepped into this land of death.
"Although it is the territory of Ifertal, it always gives me an unnatural feeling. Is it an illusion?" Yang Ming pondered.
Ifiltal is the god of death. Logically, there should be no life in this area. However, these Pokémon that look like rotting corpses have some characteristics of living things, which is very abnormal.
"If you think about it, it's not natural for Xerneas, the god of life, to be in a domain. It's strange that there are no wild Pokémon living in the domain of the god of life."
"According to the secrets my ancestors obtained, Ifiltal is more suitable as a biological weapon than Xerneas," Jamaica said slowly, "As early as three thousand years ago, the ancient Kalos Dynasty had already used Ifiltal as the core of the ultimate weapon."
Yang Ming had also heard about this history. The first generation king of the Carlos Kingdom, AZ, lost control of his emotions and developed a desire to destroy the world because of the death of his partner Pokémon. He created the first generation of the ultimate weapon, which eventually led to the demise of the first generation of the Carlos Kingdom.
"So it turns out that the Ifiltal was the initial activator of the final weapon..."
Jamaica continued, "Unlike the peaceful Xerneas, Iphiltal has been the object of contention among many powerful people for three thousand years. Every time it appears, it brings new power to mankind, and of course, death."
"Perhaps compared to peace, war is the greatest driving force for technological progress and human development. This is what our ancestors speculated at the time," Jamaica added.
Yang Ming did not comment on this.
Indeed, many great inventions in human history came from wars, but this does not mean that technology will not advance in peacetime. On the contrary, the regression of civilization and the collapse of order brought about by war will be much greater than the positive things created by war.
Is Ifertal's gift really a good thing?
Just as Yang Ming was thinking, the egg that had been hidden in his backpack suddenly moved.
Yang Ming's heart was shocked. Ever since he got it, the egg of this paradoxical species has shown no signs of hatching. Could it be that Iphiltal's death field can catalyze the hatching of the egg?
Before he could think about it, a toucan with half of its head completely rotted discovered them. It screamed shrilly and pounced on the two of them.
Yang Ming did not move at all, and looked at Jamaica: "Second brother, I have not seen your strength yet, this time you will teach it a lesson."
"Don't worry, Boss. I won't let you down."
A Turtlefoot flew out of the Poké Ball. It was a very burly Pokémon with four arms and covered with hard armor made of crystals, making it look very burly.
"Turtle Foot Armor, use rock blade."
Several huge rocks pierced the Toucans, smashing it into a bloody mess. Like the Pokémon in the psychedelic forest, the Pokémon here will completely dissipate after being defeated.
"It's not easy. Even an elite-level Toucan can be killed instantly." Yang Ming complimented.
"No, no, you're too kind, big brother."
At this moment, the zombie Toucans that had originally dispersed began to gather again, and the surrounding zombie Pokémon also began to approach here.
"It's not a good time to stay here, let's go!"
Along the way, they encountered many zombie Pokémon. The combat power of these walking dead was quite strong, and there were even quasi-king-level zombies.
The trainers active in this area are generally very powerful. They almost always act in organized groups of three or five, led by quasi-kings. Ordinary trainers simply cannot gain a foothold here.
"Vulpes, use poison bomb."
After knocking down a quasi-king-level Circle Bear, the two were about to move deeper when they suddenly heard the sound of fierce fighting nearby.
"Come back with us, Sister Xijiana. We won't make things difficult for you."
Yang Ming didn't want to meddle in other people's business, but when he heard this cold voice, Yang Ming's footsteps stopped instantly.
"This voice... is it Huoyan from the Fire Rock Team? Could it be that Xijiana was captured by her?!"
By the time Yang Ming and the other person rushed over following the sound, Xijiana had already been forced into a corner by Huoyan and a group of members of the Fire Rock Team.
"Your most severe father, the Great Shark King, is here. Sons, why don't you kneel down and greet me, your father?"
The members of Team Magma looked at this strange man wearing a Magikarp mask with confusion on their faces.
"Who is this person?" someone whispered. Even Xi Jiana frowned, not remembering that she had such a friend.
"My two friends, our Huoyan team has no grudges against you. We hope you won't interfere in what's going on here. We will remember this friendship in the future." Huoyan said coldly.
"You said we should leave, so we have to leave? Do you really think that I, the giant shark ancestor, am some insignificant character?" Yang Ming laughed strangely, "Second brother, let's take care of them together!"
However, Jamaica didn't listen to his words at all. At this moment, he was staring at Huoyan infatuatedly, his eyes scanning back and forth on Huoyan's snow-white legs unscrupulously, causing the latter to feel a chill.
"Shameless, vulgar, and lowly!" Huoyan cursed in a low voice, but it made Jamaica even more excited. "Woman, you have successfully attracted my attention."
"Second brother, do serious work, do big things!" Yang Ming couldn't help but yelled angrily. This idiot just acted like he was infatuated with a young rich woman, but now he can't even walk when he sees a beautiful woman. He really doesn't know what he's talking about.
"Ah? Sorry, brother." Jamaica finally came to his senses and rubbed his hands embarrassedly.
"How dare you humiliate Lord Huoyan? You deserve to be killed!" However, the members of the Huoyan Team could not stand such evil and launched attacks on Jamaica one after another.
"They actually dared to attack the brothers of my Giant Shark Ancestor, Rada, stop them!" Yang Ming quickly took action to stop the crowd, while hinting to Xijiana, signaling her to leave quickly.
After a brief moment of shock, Xijiana finally reacted, released the Tyrannosaurus, and fled quickly. Although she didn't know why the masked man in front of her wanted to save her, she couldn't miss this opportunity to escape.