Pokémon: Join Team Rocket at the Beginning

Chapter 782 Unknown Totem "!" and "?"

After a while, Kebin completed the translation of the ancient Sinnoh text.

"My friend, all life is born out of encounters with other life."

As Kebin translated this sentence, Yang Ming fell into deep thought.

Isn't it said that the Pokémon world was created by Arceus, and that the ancient Sinnoh people were all followers of Arceus? Why would they carve such a message into the ruins?

"I always feel that there may be some inside story behind Arceus' creation of the world..." Yang Ming thought to himself. Every time he mentioned Arceus' name, his brain would ache from time to time, as if he had touched some taboo.

Just as everyone was lost in thought, the entire ruins suddenly shook violently. The wall originally engraved with ancient Sinnoh characters collapsed, and two unknown totems flew out.

However, these two unknown totems were different from the unknown totems Yang Ming had seen in the Alufu ruins before. Their appearances resembled the punctuation marks "!" and "?".

"A special form of an unknown totem..."

There are a total of 28 different shapes of unknown totems, 26 of which resemble the letters "AZ". These 26 unknown totems are relatively common; the rarer "!" and "?" are special among the unknown totems.

With the appearance of the two unknown totems, the surrounding space seemed to distort. The unknown totems, in the form of a "!", emitted a powerful beam of light, shooting straight towards Yang Ming. Yang Ming subconsciously dodged to the side, and the beam of light brushed past his shoulder, leaving a charred pit on the ground.

An unknown totem in the shape of "?" quickly spun around everyone, stirring up a whirlwind that made everyone unstable.

Kebin shouted, "These two unknown totems don't seem to want us to continue exploring!"

Before he finished speaking, a large number of unknown totems flew out from behind the collapsed stone wall. They were all in the ordinary "AZ" form and seemed to be controlled by the two unknown totems before.

"Ha, kill them." Yang Ming said coldly.

Hao understood what he meant and immediately released Vaporeon to fight.

"Vapeek, use Surf!"

Vaporeon spewed a torrent of water, forming a massive wall of waves that swept towards the Unknown Totems. Many of the "A-Z" Unknown Totems were blown away by the current, but the "!" and "?" Unknown Totems nimbly dodged and controlled the others to launch a counterattack. They released strange rays of light, interweaving into a vast net that enveloped Vaporeon.

"Vauld, use Freeze Beam!" Hau quickly ordered. Vauld opened its mouth and shot out an icy blue beam, freezing and shattering some of the light. However, the Unknown Totems were numerous, and their attack became increasingly fierce.

At this moment, the Black Gold Gym Leader, Hyouta, also joined the battle. He sent out a Rhydon to charge towards the group of unknown totems.

"Rumble Rock, use Rockslide!" Piaotai said sternly.

A large number of eyes fell from the ceiling, fiercely smashing into the unknown totems. In an instant, the unknown totems fell in groups, directly clearing most of the battlefield.

"It seems that these unknown totems are nothing special." Hao breathed a sigh of relief. He thought there would be a tough battle, but he didn't expect that the enemies here were so weak.

Just when everyone let down their guard, the unknown totem that looked like "!" suddenly started to move. It glowed all over, and golden energy spurted out of its body and shot towards Vaporeon.

"Oh no, it's the awakening power!" Piao Tai reminded.

The awakening power is the only move that the unknown totem can learn and use. The power and attributes of this move vary depending on its user. The awakening power used by the unknown totem in front of us is obviously an electric-attribute move.

"Vape, get out of the way!" Hau shouted hurriedly.

However, the unknown totem was incredibly fast, and Vaporeon couldn't dodge it. It was hit by the awakening power and fell to the ground trembling. "Vaporeon!" Haou cried out in pain.

"What a strong awakening power!" Yang Ming's heart sank. Most of the unknown totems were very weak and relied entirely on group combat. However, the unknown totem in front of him could severely damage Vaporeon, who was about to reach the quasi-king level, with just the awakening power of low power. It was enough to show that its strength was not weak.

The "!"-type Unknown Totem was about to press on when it was stopped by Hyouta's Rhydon. Hyouta, a former Gym Leader, was highly experienced in the field and well-versed in the nature of awakened powers. He knew that the Unknown Totem, with its Electric-only awakened powers, would be completely powerless against the Ground-type Rhydon, which was why he used Rhydon as a shield for Vaporeon.

But at this moment, an even stranger scene happened.

Suddenly, "!" The awakening power emitted by the unknown totem began to change color, from the original golden yellow to emerald green. With a scream, Rhydon was knocked away by the green awakening power and couldn't even stand up.

"The awakening power actually changes its attributes on the battlefield?!"

Everyone's expressions turned grim. With the exception of Taro, the excavation expert, nearly every one present was a master Trainer. How could they not know the nature of awakened power? The fact that this unknown totem could change its attributes mid-battle was beyond comprehension.

"Everyone, don't fight any longer, follow me and retreat!" Yang Ming shouted and immediately escaped from the collapsed stone wall.

Seeing this, the others did not dare to fight any longer and immediately followed Yang Ming in retreat.

And two unknown totems were also chasing closely, one following behind.

"Although these two unknown totems are not weak, we can deal with them. Why should we flee without a fight?" Cattleya was a little puzzled. In her opinion, she and her group were definitely capable of killing these two unknown totems.

"There's something strange about these two unknown totems. If we kill them rashly, the situation might get worse," Yang Ming explained.

"Then you shouldn't have escaped through the secret cave these two monsters came out of," Cattleya complained. "Maybe their lair is behind the wall?"

"They can't do that," Yang Ming said confidently. "If my guess is correct, those unknown totems just now are almost the entire force of the Ruins. Even if there are unknown totems guarding the back of this cave, their number is definitely not too many."

The result was just as Yang Ming had expected. There were more than a dozen unknown totems guarding the cave entrance. When they saw humans trying to break in, they immediately took up a fighting stance, ready to stop Yang Ming and his group.

"You don't know how to live or die," Yang Ming threw a Poké Ball, "Rada, hurry up, I'm in a hurry."