**Chapter 225: Mad Bai Ye**
Bai Feng and Heliolisk helped Lopunny up and comforted it, saying, "Train more, and you'll adapt quickly. You performed very well in the battle with Bai Ye just now!"
"Mii lu~"
Lopunny narrowed its eyes happily upon hearing this.
"Alright, let's go back. Have you guys eaten breakfast yet? I haven't!" Bai Feng said to the Pokémon.
"Sha nai~" We have!
"Mii lu~" We have!
"Ai bo~" We have!
"We've all eaten. Unlike you, you woke up so late!" Senior Ninetales complained to Bai Feng.
Bai Feng: "I woke up late? You just ate too eagerly!"
...
Just like that, they chatted and laughed as they returned to Fangxing Mountain. What Bai Feng didn't notice was Bai Ye following behind him, looking a bit dejected.
Before, besides Senior Ninetales, Xatu, Togekiss, and Mewtwo, it was the most powerful being on Fangxing Mountain. Now, seeing Lopunny about to surpass it, it felt powerless and a little jealous.
Time flew by, and a month passed in the blink of an eye. During this month, Lopunny engaged in high-intensity battles every day, training in turns with each of them, from Bai Ye to Senior Ninetales, from Senior Ninetales to Xatu and Togekiss, and then to Mewtwo.
About a week and a half after the Mega Stone was transplanted, Lopunny defeated Bai Ye for the first time in a morning battle. Since then, it became very difficult for Bai Ye to win against Lopunny.
In every battle after that, whenever Bai Ye lost to Lopunny, its mood would become very irritable, anxious, powerless, and lost.
About another week after that, Lopunny started having back-and-forth matches with Togekiss and Xatu, eventually holding its own. From then on, its strength roughly stabilized.
If it wanted to continue growing stronger quickly, it would have to rely on Bai Feng constantly activating its Hidden Energy Circuits.
Lopunny's Hidden Energy Circuits were naturally easier to light up than those of other Pokémon. It was believed that in the future, its speed of getting stronger would still be unmatched.
Bai Feng had interacted with the Pokémon of big shots like Grandma Meipulu and Mr. Bryan. In his estimation, Lopunny's current strength was roughly comparable to the ace Pokémon of a Pokémon League Elite Four Trainer. Bai Ye was slightly weaker, barely reaching the threshold of the Elite Four level.
The more Bai Ye realized Lopunny's rapid change, the more anxious its heart became, as if something was chasing it.
So, ever since losing to Lopunny, Bai Ye's training became even more rigorous. It spent almost most of its day in Trevenant Forest, to the point that Bai Feng hardly saw it except when it was sleeping at night.
Bai Feng had also been a bit busy during this time because the Ecological Park on Fangyuan Mountain was finally nearing completion. This meant his Pokémon Storage Service would begin, and he started a series of preparatory tasks for the Pokémon Storage Service, unconsciously neglecting Bai Ye.
One day, Dongyu drove up the Mountain in the car Bai Feng had given him.
Bai Feng himself was now using the newly purchased car, and the Aircraft was parked in the storage room at Home. The only problem was that he didn't have a Pilot yet, so the Aircraft was just gathering dust at Home.
Dongyu came up the Mountain today because the Ecological Park was officially completed. He was there to hand over the project with the Construction Team and pay them the remaining engineering fees.
However, just as Bai Feng was planning to go with Dongyu to Fangyuan Mountain to see the newly built Ecological Park, Carbink suddenly appeared beside him.
Bai Feng looked at Carbink in confusion and asked, "Carbink, why are you here? Didn't you go to Trevenant Forest with Mother?"
"Meixi~ meixi~" Bai Feng, it's bad, it's bad! Something happened to Bai Ye!
Carbink shouted anxiously at Bai Feng.
Hearing Carbink's words, Bai Feng's expression changed. He didn't even bother to ask Carbink what exactly happened and immediately said to Dongyu, "Brother Dong Yu, I'll leave the matters at the Ecological Park to you. I have something I need to go out for."
Seeing Bai Feng's anxious expression, Dongyu quickly said, "Go ahead. I'll handle the Ecological Park matters; you don't need to worry."
Bai Feng nodded, then summoned Dragonair, hugged Carbink, and rode on its back, urging Dragonair to rush towards Trevenant Forest.
Dragonair's white wings on either side of its head spread out to their maximum, carrying Bai Feng and Carbink, and with a "whoosh," they disappeared into the sky above Fangxing Mountain.
As it continuously digested the power brought by the Zygarde Core, Dragonair was also growing rapidly at the speed of a rocket, its flying speed increasing day by day.
At this moment, because he was too anxious, Bai Feng didn't even realize how Carbink had returned from Trevenant Forest.
Guided by Carbink, Dragonair quickly brought Bai Feng to Trevenant Forest. Although Bai Feng had always been curious about this place, he didn't expect to arrive in this manner.
From a distance, Bai Feng saw a tall Trevenant active in the forest. Its height even surpassed most of the trees in the forest, making it very conspicuous.
No, it wasn't just active; it was battling someone. Only the sound of an explosion was heard, and large areas of trees in the forest fell to the ground. Immediately, panicked Phantump flew from the forest into the sky.
Bai Feng focused his gaze and saw that it was Bai Ye who was battling Trevenant and destroying the forest.
At this moment, Bai Ye's state was very wrong. The aura around it was extremely violent, and every attack carried immense destructive power, completely disregarding the surrounding environment.
Trevenant gradually became no match for Bai Ye and soon fell under one of Bai Ye's Moonblasts.
Seeing their Leader injured, the Phantump flew over anxiously. At this moment, Bai Ye launched another Moonblast, a silver light pillar sweeping towards the Phantump.
In this critical moment, Xatu used Teleport to appear in front of the Phantump. A Light Screen was erected by it, successfully blocking Bai Ye's Moonblast.
"Bai Ye! Mother!"
Bai Feng flew closer on Dragonair, shouting Bai Ye's name loudly, but Bai Ye showed no reaction to Bai Feng's calls. Seeing Xatu obstructing its actions, it shifted its attention to Xatu. Another Moonblast shot out.
Xatu was worried about the Phantump and Trevenant behind it, so it didn't dodge. It quickly flapped its wings, and air slashes appeared, colliding with Bai Ye's Moonblast.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Explosions continuously occurred in the air. Xatu dealt with Bai Ye while also attracting its attention, causing the battleground to gradually move away from the Phantump and Trevenant.
Without the restraint of the Phantump and Trevenant, it could truly fight Bai Ye without holding back.
Seeing that Bai Ye ignored him, Bai Feng finally remembered to ask Carbink what had happened.
"Meixi~ meixi~"
However, Carbink's logic was confused, and its narration was disjointed. Bai Feng couldn't understand what it was trying to express at all.
"Let me tell you!"
At this moment, a voice suddenly sounded in Bai Feng's mind, and immediately after, a phantom of a Pokémon appeared beside him.
"Jirachi?"
Seeing this Pokémon, Bai Feng couldn't help but exclaim. He had always been curious about the secret hidden in Trevenant Forest. He didn't expect it to be Jirachi, one of the Mythical Pokémon!
"Yo, hello, human. We finally meet! I didn't expect you to know me! You truly are an extraordinary person."
Jirachi greeted Bai Feng playfully. It had heard countless stories about this human from Bai Ye and Carbink. Although it was indeed curious about this human, it had never thought of meeting him before.
If something hadn't happened to Bai Ye, it wouldn't have asked Carbink to invite this human to Trevenant Forest, nor would it have revealed itself to him.
"What exactly happened to Bai Ye?" Bai Feng couldn't care less about the Mythical Pokémon that appeared before him at this moment, nor did he think to ask why it was just a phantom. He only cared about what had happened to Bai Ye.
Jirachi explained, "Recently, Bai Ye has been feeling somewhat irritable for some reason. When training, it's always been too eager for quick results. It seems very anxious to get stronger. It's been in this state for many days..."
Just today, Bai Ye actually tried to absorb the power from Xerneas's broken horn. Both Jirachi and Trevenant had warned Bai Ye not to do this, as once the power of Xerneas's broken horn disappeared, the life force in this forest would also weaken.
But Bai Ye didn't listen. It actually secretly absorbed the power of Xerneas's broken horn behind Jirachi and Trevenant's backs.
But don't forget how Xerneas's broken horn came to be. It was knocked off by Yveltal. Therefore, a trace of death energy that even Jirachi hadn't detected was hidden inside the broken horn.
When Bai Ye absorbed Xerneas's power, it also absorbed that trace of death energy into its Inside the body. By the time Jirachi discovered it, it was already too late.
Affected by the death energy, Bai Ye lost its consciousness and began to wreak havoc in Trevenant Forest. Even the Life Pool where Xerneas's broken horn was originally deposited was destroyed by it.
Although Jirachi could temporarily control Bai Ye, it couldn't do anything about the death energy within Bai Ye's Inside the body and was even afraid of being eroded by the death energy. Therefore, it could only send Carbink back to ask Bai Feng for help.
This was because Jirachi had heard from Bai Ye and the others that Bai Feng had successfully helped Lugia expel Yveltal's power before.
After listening to Jirachi's explanation, Bai Feng instantly realized his neglect of his Mother during this time. He hadn't even noticed that his Mother was having psychological problems.
"It's all my fault!" Bai Feng said, his face full of guilt.
Jirachi said, "Saying this now is useless. Let's quickly help Bai Ye expel the death energy from its Inside the body!"
"Right!" Bai Feng cheered up and shifted his gaze to Bai Ye.
With Bai Ye's original strength, it would be no match for Xatu at all, but at this moment, in the battle with Xatu, it was not falling behind at all. This was due to absorbing the power of Xerneas's broken horn.
Seeing that dragging this on was not a method, Bai Feng waved his hand, and a space passage appeared. Togekiss was also summoned by him from the Distortion Space.
Following Togekiss out was Tranquill. It had been training with the couple, Xatu and Togekiss, in the Distortion Space. Today, seeing its Master and Mistress successively called out by Bai Ye, it followed its Mistress out of curiosity.
"Goo goo goo~~~" What happened?
However, no one was in the mood to answer Tranquill's question at this moment.
"Togekiss, please help Xatu subdue Bai Ye!" Bai Feng said to Togekiss.
"Kiss~"
Togekiss nodded, flapped its wings, and appeared behind Bai Ye in the blink of an eye. At the same time, it sent out an Air Cutter, aiming directly at Bai Ye's back.
Bai Ye was currently dueling with Xatu, but it seemed to have eyes on its back. The moment Togekiss's Air Cutter attacked, it freed a hand, waved it gently, and a Light Screen immediately appeared beside it, blocking the Air Cutter.
Seeing Bai Ye distracted, Xatu seized this good opportunity. Its eyes suddenly emitted a radiance, which turned into a purple circle, trapping Bai Ye squarely.
The light circle disappeared the moment it trapped Bai Ye.
This was the move Imprison. As long as there was overlap between Bai Ye's move pool and Xatu's, Bai Ye would be unable to use those moves.
As fellow Psychic-type Pokémon, there was a lot of overlap in their move pools. At the very least, Bai Ye's strongest defense methods at this moment, Light Screen and Reflect, could no longer be used.
"Kiss~"
"Dio~"
This was a great opportunity! The couple exchanged glances, understanding each other perfectly. A pitch-black energy ball appeared simultaneously in front of them.
It was the Ghost type move Shadow Ball, which is a counter to Bai Ye!
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Two Shadow Balls attacked Bai Ye from the left and right. The irrational Bai Ye at this moment didn't realize its moves had been sealed. It calmly extended its hands to both sides, intending to create Light Screens to defend against the Shadow Balls.
However, the expected Light Screens did not appear.
"Sha nai!!!"
Bai Ye was hit by both Shadow Balls simultaneously and fell to the ground with a scream.
The moment it fell to the ground, it still wanted to use Psychic on The Earth to prevent itself from being hurt by the fall, but Psychic also couldn't be used.
Boom!
"Sha nai!" Bai Ye fell to the ground, letting out another cry of pain.
Bai Feng felt terrible hearing this. He almost wanted to shout at Xatu and Togekiss, "Go easy on it!" But he couldn't. They had to defeat Bai Ye quickly so they could have a chance to help it expel the death energy from its Inside the body.
Ever since it mastered Fairy Aura, Bai Ye's life force had become very tenacious. It wasn't easy for ordinary attacks to knock it down.
Indeed, after taking two Shadow Balls that were a counter to it, and both being full-power attacks equivalent to Elite Four-level Pokémon, it still propped itself up with its arms after falling to the ground, showing its tenacious life force.
A cold radiance flickered in Bai Ye's eyes. It looked at Xatu in the upper left and Togekiss in the upper right, and immediately prepared to fly up to meet them.
However, it had only flown about a meter from the ground when two beams of radiance suddenly flashed in the sky. Immediately after, two rings of light descended from the sky, hitting Bai Ye one after another. Bai Ye was blasted back to the ground again, this time even smashing a Deep Pit into the ground.
It turned out that Xatu had already set up its Psychic type ultimate move, Future Sight.
Future Sight has strong power, but its drawback is that it takes some time to take effect after being initiated. Of course, it also has an advantage: it is swift and concealed when it takes effect, making it difficult to guard against.
Despite taking a Future Sight, Bai Ye still didn't lose consciousness. It let out an inarticulate wail and struggled to stand up. After absorbing the power of Xerneas's broken horn, its life force seemed to have become even stronger.
Togekiss was quick-witted. Before Bai Ye could fully stand up, it sent another Air Cutter down. This time, Bai Ye finally couldn't hold on. Its eyes closed, and it fell straight down.
"Mother!"
Bai Feng exclaimed and quickly urged Dragonair to fly downwards. Before Dragonair could land, he impatiently jumped off Dragonair's back, quickly ran to Bai Ye's side, and picked Bai Ye up from the ground.
Looking at the injured Bai Ye, Bai Feng's heart was broken. It was all his fault. If he hadn't neglected his Mother, how could his Mother have become like this?
At this moment, his guilt reached its peak.
(End of this chapter)