"Aoouuu——"
At that moment, feeling the power inside its body like a mountain, the Mane Rock Werewolf couldn't help but roar.
After absorbing the negative energy from the remnants of the World Tree, its strength had increased more than tenfold.
The energy released from the black patterns covering its body seemed to awaken an ancient bloodline within it, giving the Mane Rock Werewolf the feeling that the "primitive forces" inside could no longer be controlled.
"Aoouuu (I have an unyielding heart, long sealed by worldly exhaustion. Now that the dust has settled and the light shines forth, illuminating thousands of mountains and rivers!!)" the Mane Rock Werewolf expressed the passion in its heart, and only today did it realize that I am me!!
It had an epiphany.
This was the day it had been waiting for!
"What do you mean?"
Fang Yuan was no longer surprised by such things, but it was the first time Mewtwo heard such a statement.
This dog, not very strong, was surprisingly cultured?
"Don't ask, if you do, it's be careful of Rocco."
Fang Yuan didn't want to explain too much and was afraid that the pretentious Rocco would brainwash Mewtwo too.
Putting Rocco with Venusaur and the Mane Rock Werewolf, the combat power system could still be kept under control. At most, it resulted in apocalyptic destruction, overturning seas and rivers, barely reaching Star Destroying level.
But if Rocco and Mewtwo hit it off, then the very path itself might get erased, and the entire river of time could be shattered.
Fang Yuan knew all too well Rocco's nonsense and Mewtwo's adolescent spirit.
When it came to the ability to bluff, Fang Yuan respected no one but Rocco; that was truly frightening.
......
The Mane Rock Werewolf was now extremely inflated with pride.
It felt that whether it was Milotic, Dragonite, Venusaur, they all were no match for it at this time.
The amplification from the Ancient Cultivation Method was much more outrageous compared to Mega Evolution or Z-Moves.
As the most precious crystal of the Super Ancient civilization, as the most important treasure of that ancient era, with enough meteorite resources and the right Pokémon, one could easily cultivate a Guardian God Level monster.
The Huge Gyro Dragon that stumbled into the Super Ancient Relic went from an ordinary Dragonite to an Ancient Super-gigantic Gyro Dragon, obtaining the power of a High-level Guardian in one fell swoop.
The current Mane Rock Werewolf was nearly the same, exhibiting near Guardian God Level power with every move.
The Mane Rock Werewolf scanned its surroundings with its gaze. All Pokémon, including Eevee, were already attracted by the commotion to witness the great change of the Mane Rock Werewolf. Feeling the Pokémon gathering around, the Mane Rock Werewolf eagerly wanted to show off in front of Fang Yuan and immediately began searching for an opponent.
Eevee, couldn't beat it; Armed Magnemite, tough chance; Glutton, too good at dodging, can't hit it; Dragonite, can fly so can't hit it; Milotic and Venusaur, their types counter its own...
The Mane Rock Werewolf fell silent. After the Ancient Super-gigantification, could it only bully the injured Brother Monkey?
It looked towards Monferno and Ditto.
Below, feeling the Mane Rock Werewolf's battle-intent gaze, Monferno showed a "???" expression.
You, dog, have some shame, will you? After all that picking, you settled on a patient???
Monferno bared its teeth and grinned; if it wasn't injured, no matter how large the Mane Rock Werewolf, a punch would have sent it flying.
In the end, the Mane Rock Werewolf still shook its head regretfully.
They're too small. With its current vision, no matter what the opponent's Pokémon, they all seemed too tiny.
The Mane Rock Werewolf didn't know how to extend itself to engage in an exhilarating battle with them to test its newly acquired power.
With such a body, could it still compete in official competitions??
The Mane Rock Werewolf had discovered a major problem.
Gaining strength without showing off is like walking in brocade clothing at night.
"Wuuu—," When the Mane Rock Werewolf was silent, Fang Yuan's voice reached its ears.
"Don't zone out. Sense the power of the black patterns on your body and see if there's a way to control them."
"As long as you can see the black energy flowing within the patterns, you should in theory be able to control your size."
Fang Yuan's words resonated in the Mane Rock Werewolf's "Soul," causing it to pause slightly and quickly catch on.
It had almost forgotten.
It quickly used its Wave Guide to sense the black patterns that had appeared on its body.
When it was with the Huge Gyro Dragon, it could see the power contained within the patterns on the Huge Gyro Dragon's body, but the Huge Gyro Dragon itself couldn't, which was why the Huge Gyro Dragon couldn't control its own size.
Now, as it was its turn to undergo gigantification, whether it could sense and control the negative energy merging with its own being would determine its fate from here on out.
If it could, it would completely master Ancient Super-gigantification and would take off from there.
"If it can't, Mewtwo, we'll have to rely on you to tailor a Poké Ball capable of containing a Mane Rock Werewolf this big," Fang Yuan said helplessly.
After all, he had already analyzed the pros and cons with the Mane Rock Werewolf: if it could only maintain such a large size forever, then the Mane Rock Werewolf was doomed to a solitary life, keeping company with the World Tree. Hopefully, the World Tree would be fine.
"Okay."
When it came to technological modification, Mewtwo was still quite confident.
Fang Yuan and Mewtwo had prepared for the worst-case scenario: that the Mane Rock Werewolf wouldn't be able to immediately control the Ancient Power and would need further effort and training.
However, sometimes, talent is just so unreasonably unfair.
What the Huge Gyro Dragon struggled to achieve for hundreds of years, what the entire Pokelandis Empire's sole Giant Spirit managed to accomplish through its training, was somehow completed by the Mane Rock Werewolf in just a breath of time after it first encountered the power of Ancient Super-gigantification...
The Mane Rock Werewolf didn't find it difficult at all to perceive the power within the black patterns. Everything vanished into thin air in front of its Wave Guide, and controlling the negative energy in its body to return to the patterns was but a thought away for the Mane Rock Werewolf.
As the patterns on its body began to flicker with black light, the Mane Rock Werewolf's hundred-meter-long body started to shrink slowly: fifty meters, thirty meters, twenty meters, ten meters...
"Ao Woo——"
However, during the process of shrinking, the Mane Rock Werewolf abruptly felt its strength fading away.
The black patterns that covered its body seemed to be the storage place for negative energy. When it released the negative energy to strengthen its body, it would grow in size and power. By controlling the negative energy back into the patterns, it would shrink and its strength would wane as well.
When the Mane Rock Werewolf returned to a size of four to five meters, roughly the same size as a Venusaur, at that point, its strength was only at an ordinary top-tier level.
Mane Rock Werewolf: (⊙.⊙)
Fang Yuan, Mewtwo, the hurriedly arriving Eevee, and others exchanged looks with the Mane Rock Werewolf.
The King of Polcrandis never said that shrinking in size would also decrease strength, did he?
Why, when it came to the Mane Rock Werewolf, did the strength also shrink along with the body size?
Fang Yuan was initially quite happy that the Mane Rock Werewolf could control its size. But, lo and behold, as its body shrank its strength also vanished.
In that case, it would still be unusable in a regular battle. What happened to adding a Rock-type core mainstay to the team?
"I... I didn't know that...!! Our Polcrandis Empire's strongest Guardian God didn't lose any strength when it shrank in size. Maybe, perhaps the Mane Rock Werewolf's control is still not perfect," Old Wang's soul was once again summoned by Fang Yuan and the others for questioning.
After intimidating Old Wang a bit, Fang Yuan sealed it back into the Stone Orb.
At that point, the Mane Rock Werewolf also fell into deep thought. So there should be a way to control the power within the super ancient black patterns at any size, right?
There should be, right...?
It suddenly looked at Fang Yuan with a foolish grin, "Don't rush, don't rush. I'll study it now. Anyway, the position of the Rock-type Mainstay on Fang Yuan's Team, I, the Mane Rock Werewolf, have claimed it."
The Mane Rock Werewolf assured full of confidence.
"No rush, take your time to study. But, mainstay??"
"Don't you enjoy getting hit?" Fang Yuan questioned doubtfully.
Mewtwo also showed an odd expression: enjoy getting hit? That's a strange fetish.
Mane Rock Werewolf: ╰(*°▽°*)╯Almost forgot about its own role.
...........
Fang Yuan wasn't sure if the Mane Rock Werewolf's gigantification could be deemed successful, but for now, it seemed to be the best possible outcome.
After reaching its limit in gigantification, the Mane Rock Werewolf possessed Quasi-guardian god level strength. And here at the World Tree, there were still remnants containing negative energy that it hadn't absorbed, meaning its true limit might be beyond that of a Quasi-guardian god.
However, under normal circumstances, the Mane Rock Werewolf would most likely keep to a 3 or 4-meter physique for combat, only being able to exhibit the strength of a basic top-tier first phase, which was still a distance away from Fang Yuan's standard for a core mainstay.
But regardless, as long as they could help the Mane Rock Werewolf to exert the power of a hundred-meter physique while maintaining a small size, then everything would be considered a complete success. All of this, Fang Yuan didn't plan to rush into developing anymore.
Having been here for a month and more, Fang Yuan also felt it was about time to go home.
The World Tree should be very surprised by the Mane Rock Werewolf's changes. As long as the Mane Rock Werewolf doesn't gigantify inside the World Tree, then there should be no problem...