Pokémon: I just became a Gym Leader, and Cynthia proposed to me.

Chapter 557 What does it mean for a man to be more beautiful than a nine-tailed fox?

Kikuko thumped her lower back one last time. "What I'm trying to tell you is that the vengeful spirits sealed inside the Spirit Bone Tower are very good at bewitching people."

"Her illusion magic is very strong, so you must be careful and not venture into the fifth floor. Her methods of isolating the fourth and fifth floors are sufficient to hold off ordinary trainers."

"But if it's the two of you, it probably won't have any effect at all."

Li Shuwen nodded. "I understand. I will remind Cynthia to never enter the fifth floor."

Kikuko, however, looked at Li Shuwen and said, "No, Cynthia is alright, but Nayuta will probably target you first."

Li Shuwen was puzzled. "Why?"

Kikuko said calmly, "With your abundant yang energy, which female ghost wouldn't be tempted?"

"If I can absorb your life energy, I estimate that Nayuda could not only break the seal, but could even be resurrected directly."

Cynthia narrowed her eyes, revealing a powerful killing intent.

If she dares to lay a hand on her man, she'll smash that vixen's head in!

Li Shuwen raised an eyebrow. Nayu Da?

Judging from the name, it sounds like a combination of famous fox spirits such as Tamamo-no-Mae and Daji.

Li Shuwen was somewhat surprised. He hadn't expected that even though he had tried his best to conceal his true energy, Ju Zi still managed to see through his disguise.

"Grandma Kikuko, how did you sense that my life energy was so strong?"

Kikuko smiled faintly, "I've been in contact with Ghost-type Pokémon for fifty years, which has caused considerable damage to my body."

"But it also gave me some special sensory abilities, similar to Ghost-type Pokémon, making me very sensitive to life energy."

Li Shuwen nodded, thinking of Professor Oak, who was the same age as Kikuko, whose physical body could withstand the punch of Regigigas, the Regigigas.

Kikuko, on the other hand, had reached the point where she would fall off her bicycle.

Not only does Pallet Town have a nurturing environment, but it also has a large population of ferocious Ghost-type and Poison-type Pokémon.

How could Kikuko's health possibly be good?

Li Shuwen thought of a special tree fruit he had just obtained from the Misty Forest.

Perhaps we can help Kikuko recover and allow her to enjoy her later years in peace.

You definitely can't move as fast as Professor Oak.

But at least they can live a normal life and won't fall off their bicycles.

I can also ask Kikuko for advice on Gengar training techniques.

In this world, the trainer who knows Gengar the most is probably Akiko.

Li Shuwen released Gengar, and Cynthia released Rockruff. The two of them entered the Spirit Bone Tower.

Kikuko looked at the purple fat guy circling around Li Shuwen with some surprise in her eyes. She didn't expect to see a Gengar with such a pure aura!

Ghost-type Pokémon are most easily influenced by their trainers.

The reason why Li Shuwen's Gengar has such a pure aura is not only because Gengar has good talent, but also because Li Shuwen, the trainer, has a righteous spirit.

Kikuko has never seen a single righteous ghost like this in all the years she's been raising Gengar.

The first three floors of the columbarium are the normal shrines for enshrining Pokémon.

Until they stepped onto the stairs leading to the fourth floor.

The Flower Rock Monster's expression finally changed, and it spoke up to warn Cynthia to be on her guard.

The wave-guiding power released by Li Shuwen also allowed one to sense a peculiar energy fluctuation emanating from the surrounding area.

The environment on the fourth floor suddenly transformed into an ancient maze.

Li Shuwen and Cynthia were like stumbling into an unexplored ancient tomb.

Cynthia reached out and touched the wall next to her.

He then took out a small knife and scraped off some powder from the stone. "It really is a stone?"

"Shuwen, what do you think?"

A blue light flashed in Li Shuwen's eyes. "Some of these are real stones, and some are illusions. The fox demon's illusions can distort people's perceptions."

"Moreover, the fox demon's illusions have a bit of a superpower feel to them."

As we all know, superpowers really do allow you to conjure things.

Most hypnosis techniques are nine parts deception and one part truth.

For example, you might think you've had a feast, but it's actually just leaves, or even something you don't want to know.

However, Nayuda's illusions seemed to be half real and half fake.

Even Li Shuwen's wave-guiding power could sense the wave-guiding of the stone through the illusion.

Cynthia was somewhat surprised, "Even sealed inside the stone, the power she exudes is still so strong?"

"If she hadn't been sealed away, wouldn't her power be even greater?"

Li Shuwen shook his head, "No, Nayuda used the energy generated by the Pokémon buried in the Spirit Bone Tower. It wasn't entirely the fox demon's personal power."

As soon as they turned a corner, they heard the sounds of fighting ahead.

"Boy, this precious jade is mine. You'd better put it down; you can't carry it!"

"Hmph, old man, whoever gets it first gets it. If you want it, just snatch it from me."

"Then don't blame me for being ruthless, Nightmare, Shadow Ball!"

"Who's afraid of who? Haunter, Shadow Claw!"

Li Shuwen raised his hand, "Let's change direction, let's not go that way."

Cynthia shifted her gaze, "Then let's go to the right."

After stepping into the passage on the right, the sounds of fighting that had been clearly audible just moments before vanished instantly.

Li Shuwen explained, "Just now, it must have been the fox demon using the precious jade to try and lure us over to do something."

Cynthia gave a disdainful smile. "A clumsy fox spirit!"

Just then, a rumbling sound suddenly came from ahead.

It turned out to be a large, round rock that occupied the entire passage, rushing towards them at high speed.

Cynthia said calmly, "Granita, use Dark Pulse to shatter the stone."

Li Shuwen raised his hand. "No, don't attack. This is fake."

"Gengar, Shadow Punch."

Gengar flashed purple light in mid-air and appeared in front of the large rock, throwing a punch.

The imposing boulder shattered instantly, like a balloon punctured by a needle.

Li Shuwen pointed to the wall behind him, "The fox demon's goal is probably to lure you into destroying that wall."

Cynthia looked closely and saw that the wall depicted special symbols used by ancient people to seal away demons and monsters.

Li Shuwen looked at it and said, "This special symbol looks exactly like an unknown totem."

Cynthia smiled and said, "Because Unown is a Pokémon with power, as long as you master the right method, you can utilize the power of Unown."

"Of course, this method seems to have been completely lost. Even if some remnants remain, they are completely unable to exert their due power."

Li Shuwen nodded. "Let's keep looking ahead."

Originally, Li Shuwen had planned to train Gengar at the Spirit Bone Tower, but since entering, he has been training himself the whole time.

After turning another corner, Li Shuwen discovered that an old woman had suddenly appeared in his waveguide vision.

Li Shuwen narrowed his eyes slightly. "Cynthia, I think I see a fox spirit."

Cynthia frowned. "Where?"

Li Shuwen led the way, and after the two turned three corners, they arrived at a room that resembled a shrine.

In the dim candlelight, an old woman dressed as a witch was praying devoutly before the shrine.

But Li Shuwen could tell at a glance that the old woman was not human.

Beneath the old woman's skin lurks a soul filled with resentment.

Li Shuwen asked, puzzled, "Respected priestess, I have a question. A thousand years have passed, why can't Nayuda's resentment be quelled?"

The old woman slowly raised her head and stared at the dark ceiling.

Li Shuwen also looked up and saw some patterns depicted on it.

The mottled patterns depict a story of a fox demon bewitching a king, leading to the downfall of a dynasty, and a sorcerer sealing the fox demon away.

The old woman's hoarse voice rang out, "Let me tell you a story too. Once upon a time, there was a nine-tailed fox who fell in love with the mighty king who went out to suppress a rebellion."

"But she was only a nine-tailed fox and couldn't go to see the king, so the nine-tailed fox asked the celestial maiden who lived on the sacred mountain for help."

"The celestial maiden instructed the Nine-Tailed Fox, granting it the ability to transform into a human. With the beauty's help, the mighty king's work in suppressing the rebellion went very smoothly for a time."

"However, both the beauty and the king underestimated the rebels' ambitions. When the rebels discovered that the beauty was actually a nine-tailed fox, they accused the king of using the power of a magical beast to harm a loyal lord."

"Finally, they gathered mages to kill the Nine-Tailed Fox and seize the king's throne."

"If you were the Nine-Tails, what would you do?"

Cynthia coldly replied, "I'm human, why should I worry about what a fox demon would do?"

"Shuwen, don't forget, Granny Juzi said that fox spirits are the best at deceiving people!"

The old woman let out a hoarse, mocking laugh, her eyes gleaming red. "Well said! You're a human! You're a human!"

The old woman's dry, bark-like skin quickly became fair and beautiful, like the finest mutton-fat jade, and her hunched body straightened.

Beneath the shrine maiden's robes, nine snow-white tails extended forth. "A thousand years of grudge, how can it ever be appeased!"

In the blink of an eye, the fox demon transformed from a dying old woman into a stunning beauty.

She flashed a seductive smile, her eyes sparkling as she looked at Li Shuwen, "Little brother, am I pretty?"

Li Shuwen said calmly, "If you hadn't pretended to be an old woman in the first place, the seductive effect might have been better."

"Besides, your level of allure is nothing at all."

Having said that, Li Shuwen no longer concealed himself and unleashed his full charm.

"Look at me again, what do you think of me?"

Nayuda was stunned. Under the full force of Li Shuwen's demonic aura, her eyes began to glaze over.

A cold glint flashed in Cynthia's eyes. "Granita, Dark Pulse!"

Sensing Cynthia's cold emotions, the Rockruff unleashed its most powerful Dark Pulse without hesitation.

The pitch-black ring relentlessly pounded against the fox demon's body.

"what!"

The fox demon let out a shrill scream, and was transformed from a stunning beauty into a tattered, transparent nine-tailed fox.

These broken marks indicate that the Nine-Tailed Fox went through a fierce battle before being sealed away.

The fox demon was furious. She was confident in her ability to use charm, yet she had fallen for a man's charm!

Why is it that a man is more charming than her?

Is that correct?

Li Shuwen said, "Gengar, Shadow Ball at its maximum power!"

Gengar quickly condensed a shadow ball larger than itself.

Then he slipped into the shadow passage and slammed the shadow orb onto the fox demon.

Caught off guard, the fox demon was shattered into countless colorful specks of light flying everywhere.

Only a red crystal remained on the spot, falling to the ground.

Gengar instinctively stuck out its tongue, wrapped it around the red crystal, and tried to pick it up and take a look.

Unexpectedly, as soon as it was picked up, the red crystal turned into a stream of energy and merged into Gengar's body.

Li Shuwen quickly released his Aura power to examine Gengar's body.

They are worried that Gengar might be controlled by the fox spirit's methods.

Otherwise, such a powerful fox demon would be completely unaffected by the evil wave of the Flower Rock Monster.

However, it was shattered by Gengar's Giant Shadow Ball.

There's definitely something fishy going on!

As a result, after Li Shuwen checked it, and Cynthia had the Flower Rock Monster check it as well, they found no problems.

The cautious Li Shuwen decided to go out and ask Juzi.

Seeing them return so quickly, Kikuko asked curiously, "Could it be that she sensed your strength and didn't want to come out to see you?"

Li Shuwen recounted what had just happened, omitting the part about how he used his demonic aura to seduce the fox demon.

Kikuko was also somewhat surprised, "That's the fox spirit's Killing Stone, Gengar just ate it like that?"

Cynthia said, "To be precise, the Killing Stone actively merged into Gengar's body."

Kikuko released a Gengar, and together they examined the chubby boy's body.

"No problem. The Killing Stone is like a tonic for your Gengar. If any other Gengar ate it, its evil energy would definitely affect their minds."

"But your Gengar is different; it's completely immune to this effect."

The chubby purple guy immediately broke into a bright smile. Sure enough, it was because he was the most evil Gengar in the world, and his evil surpassed that of this fox demon, so the fox demon couldn't affect him.

Kikuko's Gengar was very surprised. Among ten thousand Gengars, there wouldn't be one that exudes such a sense of justice.

Gengar is always either full of bad intentions, half-full of bad intentions, or not very bad.

But this was the first time Kiku had ever seen a Gengar with such a sweet and delicious filling.

This kid must have done a lot of good deeds, right?

Just by looking at the chubby boy's eyes, Kikuko's Gengar knew that the kid definitely didn't have a clear understanding of his own abilities.

Everyone else is using curses, but the purple fat guy is using blessings.

Kikuko paused with her wooden staff. "Perhaps I won't even need to lift a finger. You and your Gengar can appease the fox spirit's resentment."

Li Shuwen nodded. "After all, he's the most evil Gengar in the world, and I believe he can definitely do it."

Li Shuwen said this on purpose, hoping that Kikuko and Gengar wouldn't let it slip.

A flash of surprise crossed Kiku's Gengar's eyes. "Brother, you really have a clear understanding of yourself."

The purple fat man was extremely excited and couldn't wait to rush in, purify the fox demon, and once again prove his title as the most evil Gengar in the world.

Inside the Spirit Bone Tower, the Nine-Tailed Fox was also reflecting on the battle that had just taken place.

What was that lunged at her and instantly shattered the clone she had painstakingly created?

It looks like a Gengar?

Big eyes, and kind of cute?

Of course, this wasn't the most infuriating thing for the fox demon.

It's unforgivable that she lost to a man in terms of beauty!

Nayuta's eyes were bloodshot; if it weren't for those damned human mages, her charm wouldn't have diminished to this extent.

But when she thought about how Li Shuwen had just completely overwhelmed her with sheer numbers without any skill, Na Yuda felt resentful.

If she could devour Li Shuwen, she could return to her peak and even become more beautiful.

In this way, the king will surely fall in love with her again.