Chapter 360: Giant Crystal! Ice Rock Monster's Lair!

"Ice Eevee~!"

Although he was old, Ice Eevee's voice was always as clear as the cold wind blowing over spring water, very pleasant to the ear.

Mingzheng turned around and saw Ice Eevee sitting quietly on the ice bed, looking straight at him with his snow-white eyes.

After a long time... Ice Eevee slowly lowered his head.

"Ee~~~"

"You want food?"

Mingzheng was stunned. Even if the gym owner, Ice Eevee, was old and weak, he would not be unable to find any food.

No, it was this group of young ice elves!

Mingzheng looked at the elves playing around wildly, and didn't know how to start for a while.

"...I don't have enough food, and many of them are not suitable for them."

Mingzheng said, and he had already taken off his backpack and took out all the spare food he had prepared before.

"That's all"

Ice Eevee looked quietly, then turned his head and picked up something on the ice bed, and came to Mingzheng again with a light jump.

Then, a piece of white crystal was placed next to the food, obviously intending to exchange.

Mingzheng looked at the white crystal carefully, and suddenly raised his eyebrows. He took out another white crystal of the same material but much larger from his backpack.

"By the way, what is this thing used for?"

"Eh?"

Glaceon tilted his head, as if wondering why Mingzheng didn't know the use of this thing.

Mingzheng also tilted his head, indicating that I should know?

Seeing that Mingzheng really didn't know, Glacier slowly explained.

"Giant crystal?"

Mingzheng exclaimed, and looking at Glacier's huge body, he had to believe it.

And the first white crystal he got was also obtained near the giant Gyarados.

Giant crystal, as the name suggests, is a treasure that can allow the elves to break through the limit of the race and permanently become gigantic. The degree of gigantism depends on the limit of the elves' tolerance and the number of gigantic crystals.

"I want to ask, Glacier, how many gigantic crystals have you absorbed since you grew up?"

Glacier blinked.

"Bing yi (a lot)~"

"A lot..." Mingzheng looked at the two gigantic crystals on the ground, thinking.

Glaceon's answer was definitely to compare the number of crystals in front of him.

Then the two giant crystals now would not produce any qualitative change for any Pokémon.

If there is a need in this regard, I am afraid that more and more giant crystals will have to be found.

Then, which Pokémon of his is suitable for absorbing this crystal?

Gala gala!

Without any hesitation, Mingzheng made a choice.

Metal monsters feed on steel and metal ores. As long as they eat well enough, their size will never be too small.

Even now, it is much larger than its peers, and it absorbs the most good things among its companions.

There is no need to worry about the shuttlecock cotton. Reducing its size and improving its evasion ability are what it pursues.

Excluding the two Pokémon with the appearance of leaders, Nian Meier and Leafeon, it would be inconvenient to fight them if they were bigger.

Flare Ace, Edelweiss and Sefer are also agile Pokémon, so there is no need to pursue a large size.

Finally, we can rule out the Deerhorn and Moonbear. Both of them are special Pokémons that have received mysterious blessings. Their bodies are not small, so there is no need to make them bigger.

Then only Garagara and Blastoise are left. After the latter has been "re-cultivated", its own talent has reached the top level, and its characteristics and skills are a perfect match. There is no need to enhance anything else for the time being.

Only Garagara, which focuses on strong attack, is not big in size. Even if Mingzheng devotes all his efforts to cultivating it, it is only taller and stronger than its peers.

But if it encounters the same type of strong attack Pokémon, its small size becomes a disadvantage, which is why it is obsessed with skills.

But disadvantages are disadvantages after all, and it would be best if it can be compensated.

However... the giant crystal must be collected, but Garagara cannot be used rashly.

When we go back, we still need to ask Dr. Yamanashi to help test it.

"Glacier, where else can I get this giant crystal?"

Glacier looked at Mingzheng and knew that this little crystal was indeed not very useful.

"Ye Yi~Ye Yi~"

"Is that so? Thanks!"

Ming Zheng put away the two giant crystals, nodded to Glaceon again, and then walked out with Shuttlecock Cotton and Edelweiss.

The young ice elves followed him, thinking they were playing again.

But when Ming Zheng completely left the passage, no young elves followed him out.

Ming Zheng turned his head and said goodbye to Edelweiss and his new friend, Mimikyuu, with some emotion in his heart.

The Ice Cave is rich in resources, and the elves inside are often too prosperous. At this time, bloody fights will take place in the cave.

While redistributing resources, some weak elves are directly eliminated until balance reappears.

In this way, a large number of ice elves who have lost their parents but are not recognized by their tribesmen either leave the Ice Cave and survive on the periphery.

Or, they come to the ice road where Glaceon is and live temporarily.

Glaceon is the patron saint of these young elves!

When they grow up and have a certain combat power, Glaceon will drive them away and not allow them to enter, including other adult Pokémon that try to invade.

As the only Glaceon in the frozen cave, it allowed Mingzheng to enter because it had no companions of the same species, just to take a look at the Leafeon beside Mingzheng.

As for exchanging food, it was for Leafeon's sake, otherwise it would normally just snatch it.

Looking back, the Snow Moth had already flown back to Mingzheng, and was clearly in a bad mood.

It was rare for it to see so many ice-type elves, so it was naturally happy.

But the Snow Moth also knew that sooner or later it would have to follow Mingzheng away.

"Let's go, we still have to go over there to take a look." Mingzheng pointed to the ice path where the Ice Rock Monster escaped.

According to Ice Eevee, the Ice Rock Monster clan occupied the ice path with the richest resources in the frozen cave, and it also had the most gigantic crystals.

Thinking about the giant Ice Rock Monster's burly body, Mingzheng was looking forward to what the giant Galagala would look like.

He didn't ask for much, and he would be satisfied if Galagala could be as big as a marsupial.

Soon, under the gaze of a group of elves outside the cave, one person and two pets strode into the ice path where the Ice Rock Monster was.

Compared with the ice path of Glaceon, the Ice Rock Monster's path is obviously much wider. The luminous moss that can be seen everywhere on the ice rocks is also the basic food of the Ice Rock Monster.

In this way, it can be seen that the Ice Rock Monster family lives a very comfortable life.

Not long after entering, a large number of Ice Pokémons appeared in front of Mingzheng. While staring at Mingzheng blankly, they were unwilling to move. It seemed that they had never thought that there would be an invasion by outsiders, and they didn't know what fear was.

Seeing this, Mingzheng took the two Pokémons and crossed over. Without encountering them, there was really no Ice Pokémon shouting or screaming, just staring at them blankly.

It took a full ten minutes for Ming to walk past the Ice Pokémon gathering place. Looking back, it seemed as if he had walked through an ice knife trap. It was a bit creepy after looking at it for a long time.

After that, there was a buffer passage of less than 100 meters. Mingzheng moved forward in a winding way and soon encountered the first Ice Rock Monster.

The Ice Rock Monster was sleeping soundly, with bubbles coming out of his nose. It was obviously a good dream.

Mingzheng still didn't disturb it, and even asked Jianzimian to sprinkle some more sleeping powder to help it sleep.

Continuing to go deeper, there were sleeping ice rock monsters all along the way, many of which had more or less injuries on their bodies, obviously the lucky ones who had just escaped from the war.

And with Jianzimian around, they would only sleep more soundly.

"Huh?"

Suddenly, Mingzheng looked at an ice rock monster that was nearly three meters tall when it lay down, and confirmed that it was a big guy that had never appeared before.

Jianzimian gave it sleeping powder at the right time, so that Mingzheng could observe it with confidence.

He also looked around the ice rock monster for a long time, and even jumped on its back, and finally grabbed a huge crystal the size of a fist from the crack on its back.

But the crystal was already translucent, and there were many fine cracks on the outside.

"It's almost absorbed."

Mingzheng shook his head and stuffed the giant crystal back. There was no need to collect the one that was almost used up.

However, this also proved that the ice rock monster clan did have a lot of giant crystals.

As they continued to walk further in, the number of ice rock monsters increased instead of decreasing, and Jianzimian also began to get busy, because more and more ice rock monsters were awake.

Fortunately, ice rock monsters are like turtles and have the same habits as turtles, that is, they like to sleep.

When sleepiness strikes and there is no warning from their companions, they prefer to lie down on the spot and take a nap first.

Soon, Mingzheng found the second three-meter-high ice rock monster, and also found a giant crystal in the crack on its back.

Unfortunately, this giant crystal was almost used up, and Mingzheng still didn't take it away.

It was not until he saw the fourth ice rock monster over 3 meters that Mingzheng obtained the first almost intact giant crystal.

With the harvest, Mingzheng was motivated, so he kept going deeper, searching for ice rock monsters over 3 meters.

Half an hour later, Mingzheng had harvested four more giant crystals, almost the size of a fist.

Adding the previous ones, there are seven pieces, which is enough for Galagala to use anyway.

Mingzheng stopped at the right time and did not bother those big guys anymore. Instead, he asked Jianzimian to use the sleeping powder with all his strength. He also wanted to see what was in the deepest part of the cave.

After walking quickly for more than ten minutes, Mingzheng finally came to the huge cave at the deepest part.

A narrow glacier flows through the middle, which has become the most important water source for the ice rock monster group.

In the undulating cave, there are ice rock monsters everywhere, awake or asleep. A few ice babies also snuggle up to their parents and dare not run around.

And on the gentle slope at the deepest part of the cave, there is a giant ice rock monster seven or eight meters high, staring at the direction outside the cave with wide eyes.

So, this one and the one caught outside are a pair?

Looking at the position where the giant ice rock monster is standing, it is just on the left side of the gentle slope instead of the middle. Mingzheng feels that his guess is almost right.

However, such a large ice rock monster would naturally be much more resistant to sleeping powder.

However, it was not the first time that Jianzimian did this. After Mingzheng's instructions, it worked diligently.

Invisible sleeping powder was sprinkled in large quantities, and then it was transported to the sky above the entire group of ice rock monsters using the tailwind, with a focus on the location of the giant ice rock monster.

Then, the sleeping powder was sprinkled on the giant ice rock monster first. After it became a little sleepy, Jianzimian removed all the tailwinds in the cave and let the sleeping powder fall.

Bang~ Bang~ Bang Bang Bang~

A series of dull sounds of falling to the ground were heard, and most of the ice rock monsters fell without any warning. A few who realized something was wrong and wanted to shout, but their sleepy voices were powerless to save the situation.

Soon, the only sounds left in the cave were the snoring of the ice monsters. Mingzheng, with the snow moth and the shuttlecock cotton, began to explore around recklessly.

The first place he went to was naturally the side of the giant ice monster.

Before he got close, Mingzheng saw a lot of white crystals embedded in the ice wall behind it. The number was not large, but it was much more than what Mingzheng had picked up before.

No wonder there were so many big ice monsters here. I think there must have been more white crystals before.

"Metal monster, pry some down!"

"Beta!"

He ordered the metal monster to pry, and Mingzheng continued to explore the surroundings.

The shuttlecock cotton and the snow moth also dispersed, looking for something they thought was special.

Mingzheng was mainly near the gentle slope, and he always felt that the good things would definitely be controlled by these two giant ice monsters.

But after a while, the snow moth that flew to the left side of the cave started to cry.

"Did you find anything?"

"Ying!"

Mingzheng trotted over, and then saw the snow moth grab a crown-shaped piece of solid ice from the crack of the ice wall.

Non-melting ice, top-grade!

Mingzheng smiled, admired it for a while, and then handed it to the snow moth.

"Take it, absorb more ice energy from it when you have time, it will be good for you"

"Yingying!"

The snow moth took it happily, and then put it on its head, obviously treating it as an ice crown.

"Be careful not to drop it."

"Yingying!"

Continue searching.

Soon, they found a lot of ice-attributed treasures, but none of them were as good as the top-grade non-melting ice, which made Mingzheng a little disappointed.

On the other side, Jianzimian replenished the sleeping powder for the ice rock monsters while looking left and right, but still found nothing.

Seeing that the snow moth had flown back to Mingzheng, Jianzimian hurried back.

Just halfway through, a series of crisp bells suddenly sounded, and Jianzimian paused in his heart, secretly saying that it was not good.

Sure enough, in the place where the bells were everywhere, the ice rock monsters woke up one after another. When they were still a little confused, the giant ice rock monster had already roared!

Enemy invasion!

In an instant, all the ice rock monsters cheered up and looked around, and immediately found Mingzheng and his group.

At this time, Mingzheng's face was also not very good. He looked at the three sisters sitting on the backs of the ice rock monsters at the entrance of the cave.

The healing bells just now were made by them.

It seems that the ice rock monsters invited the sisters to treat their injuries.

I didn't expect that I was blocked inside without paying attention.

Swish!

The cutting sound rang out, and the golden metal claws of the metal monster flashed by. It turned out that the nearest ice rock monster had already thrown an ice ball at them!

Jianzimian, cotton spores, and tailwind!

Metal monsters, bullet punches to open the way!

Snow Moth, Sai Fuhao, protect the rear!

Command and reinforcement only took a moment, and in the blink of an eye Mingzheng had already led a group of elves and ran towards the exit at a high speed.

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