Chapter 335 - 335: The Mysterious Pokémon
The stone pillar was filled with ghost-type energy, which clashed with Slowpoke's psychic energy, creating substantial resistance. The deeper they went, the greater the pressure, similar to the feeling of diving in deep water.
Slowpoke, using all its strength, barely managed to reach the bottom of the pillar. According to the psychic scan, there was a larger space beneath the pillar, where the ghost-type energy was almost completely stagnant.
With that amount of energy, if any ghost-type Pokémon lived there, in about three or four years it could reach the elite level. If it actively absorbed the energy, the time would be even shorter.
However, only those who could endure that concentration could survive. For Pokémon like Gastly, entering that area would feel like drowning, and for common ghost-type Pokémon, it would be impossible to survive in that space for long.
If a non-ghost-type Pokémon stayed there long enough, it would eventually transform into one, though it's unclear what kind of Pokémon it would become.
"The deeper we go, the stranger it gets. Could it be that Umbra didn't destroy the pillar because he guessed what lay beneath? Or is it because there's something else hidden that I can't perceive yet?" Cain wondered.
Cain believed the second option was more likely. If he could detect the space beneath the pillar, there was no reason Umbra wouldn't know about it. There must be something more hidden.
"Haunter, with your current power level, you shouldn't have trouble absorbing the energy coming from this pillar. Stay here and absorb as much as you can; it should benefit you quite a bit," Cain told Haunter.
Haunter nodded with a mischievous grin and floated toward the opening where the purple energy emanated. The energy was absorbed by Haunter without causing the slightest disturbance, like a drop of water dissolving into a river.