“This is a Dark-type energy barrier,” Gengar said, his expression solemn.
“Why is there a Dark-type energy barrier here?” Mu Li asked, somewhat puzzled. Wasn't this a temple? Wasn't this where demons were sealed?
Ever since entering this area, Mu Li had felt a sense of unease.
This place was too strange; it was definitely not as simple as an ordinary sealed land.
Moreover, what kind of demon was sealed here anyway?
“Forget it, I won't think about it anymore. Let's save Zorua first,” Mu Li said, summoning Gardevoir.
“At this point, there's no need to worry about disturbing anything,” Mu Li directly ordered, “Break it!”
Pink Fairy-type energy shimmered around Gardevoir. The originally tough Dark-type barrier was corroded by the Fairy-type energy, and a hole directly appeared in it.
Through the hole, Mu Li saw Zorua lying on the platform, with red blood beginning to pool beneath him.
As soon as the blood flowed onto the platform, it seemed to come alive, continuously spreading along the platform, forming a strange, blood-red eye.
Zorua let out a painful groan and then seemed to lose all strength, collapsing onto the platform.
The blood-red giant eye on the platform began to emit bursts of blood-red light, and a blood-red eye gradually rose, flying into the air.
“What exactly is this?” Mu Li frowned, looking at everything before him.
The blood-red eye in the air emitted a blood-colored light that shone directly on the center of the two platforms. It was then that Mu Li noticed that the two platforms in the temple were like a yin-yang array, dividing the entire platform into two parts.
And in the most important part of the platform, an eye-shaped pattern appeared.
The blood-colored light shone on the eye pattern, and the pattern began to vibrate.
The vibration grew stronger and stronger, and even the originally solid stone bricks began to show some cracks.
The cracks gradually spread from the central eye to the platforms on both sides, and the platform split into two halves.
Perhaps due to this violent vibration, the Dark-type barrier also disappeared. Aside from two dark cracks, the entire temple seemed to have returned to its original quiet appearance.
Mu Li frowned tightly, looking at the sudden change, and a bad premonition suddenly arose in his heart.
“I sense an evil presence about to emerge,” Mewtwo suddenly appeared in front of Mu Li, separating Mu Li from the platform before him.
As soon as he finished speaking, a dark mist began to seep out from the cracks in the platform beneath Zorua.
The black mist gradually condensed in the air, and a huge, dark figure gradually took shape in the air.
Before long, a black giant appeared in the air. The giant's face had only one red pupil, and its torso had two orange-yellow eyes, just like a Halloween pumpkin head.
“Is that Dusknoir?” Mu Li frowned, staring intently at the suddenly appearing Dusknoir. “A giant suddenly appearing? Does it refer to Dusknoir?”
“Human?” Dusknoir's voice suddenly rang out. “Did you bring the evil demon cub to me and rescue me from the seal?”
Mu Li couldn't help but widen his eyes, pointing at Dusknoir in disbelief and saying, “You can actually speak human language?”
Dusknoir chuckled, “I have lived for countless years. What's so strange about speaking human language?”
Mu Li couldn't help but look at Gengar, saying irritably, “Look at him. You're both Ghost-types, so why can he speak, but you can only make whimpering sounds?”
Gengar's jaw almost dropped to the ground. “When did I make whimpering sounds?”
Mu Li waved his hand and said, “That's not important anymore. What's important is that he can speak. If you don't learn, you'll be eliminated by society.”
Gengar immediately became teary-eyed, squatting on the ground and drawing circles.
Mu Li looked at Dusknoir with some envy and asked, “That Dusknoir, do you have any special techniques for learning languages? Can you teach Gengar?”
Dusknoir was clearly stunned, but quickly recovered and changed the subject, “Human, why are you here?”
Mu Li asked in confusion, “I just walked in. But you, why were you sealed here?”
Dusknoir seemed to have been waiting for Mu Li's question and immediately struck a profound pose, as if lost in thought, “I was sealed here to save humanity.”
“Oh?” Mu Li raised an eyebrow and said, “Tell me your story.”
“Back then, the fox demon caused chaos and sought to open the gate to another world. I emerged at that time and, with my body, sealed the fox demon, protecting the peace of this world,” Dusknoir said with emotion.
“Can you speak normally?” Mu Li said irritably. “All that babbling, neither ancient nor modern. It's very hard to understand, okay?”
Dusknoir deliberately coughed and continued, “Simply put, there was a fox demon causing chaos in the world back then, and I, to protect world peace, used my body as a medium to have humans seal both me and the fox demon.”
“Fox demon? Are you talking about Zoroark?” Mu Li asked in confusion.
“Exactly,” Dusknoir nodded, pointing at the almost motionless Zorua and saying, “It's his mother.”
Mu Li frowned, and Mewtwo said in Mu Li's ear, “He's fine, just lost too much blood and fainted.”
Mu Li asked in confusion, “He looks like he's just been born. How could he be the child of the fox demon you mentioned?”
Dusknoir said, “You don't know, but when that fox demon was sealed, he used his last bit of strength to send his child out of the sealed area. However, his child was also affected by the seal, so he slept here for tens of thousands of years in the form of a Pokémon Egg. Until recently, he absorbed enough Dark-type energy and hatched from the egg.”
“Why did he become like this?” Mu Li pressed.
Dusknoir sighed and continued to explain, “Because he is the fox demon's last resort. He inherited the fox demon's bloodline, and his blood can unlock the seal here. He appeared here because he wants to use his blood to unlock the seal and save the fox demon.”
“What about Zoroark?” Mu Li asked.
“The seal directly separated the fox demon's soul from his body. Without the support of his body, the fox demon's soul was no match for me, and I quickly suppressed him,” Dusknoir said proudly. “He might have perished by now.”
“Perished?” Mu Li frowned tightly.
“He's lying…” Gardevoir's voice suddenly rang out, and Mu Li secretly nodded.
“Since you've been released from the seal, what do you want to do?” Mu Li didn't expose Dusknoir's lie but instead asked.
He wanted to see what this Dusknoir was up to and what he intended to do.
“The fox demon's soul cannot be completely destroyed. I need to use his bloodline to permanently seal him in another world,” Dusknoir finally revealed his true purpose.