Listening to Caterpie's question, Mark smiled with satisfaction.
Though Caterpie often left him laughing and crying over little things, it had never disappointed him when it truly mattered.
Its strength had surged several times. Now it had even become the Caterpie King and gained the extremely powerful move Self-Regeneration, yet none of that had made Caterpie arrogant or lose itself.
And that was indeed the truth. He and Caterpie still had a long road ahead of them.
According to the information he had looked up in the Pokemon Index, the powerful Legendary Pokemon in this world truly possessed the power to destroy heaven and earth. They were nothing like the underwhelming ones in the Pokemon games, anime, or manga specials, which could not only be used by humans but sometimes even captured.
The Legendary Pokemon of this world were incomparably powerful, far beyond humanity's ability to contend with. It was said that only Legendary Trainers could barely hold their own against them.
Beyond that, the Trainers and Pokemon of this world were also somewhat stronger than those in ordinary Pokemon worlds.
In the Pokemon games and anime, many of the Pokemon used by Gym Leaders across various regions had not even reached their final evolution.
But in this world, even Gym Members from third-tier towns used Pokemon in their final forms.
Yes, the threshold for becoming an Official Trainer in this world was very high. Besides passing a written test, one also needed to own a Pokemon that had reached its final evolution, and that Pokemon had to master many moves.
According to Uncle Qian Three, a Pokemon reaching its final form seemed to be only the beginning.
As for what came after that beginning, whenever Mark asked Uncle Qian Three, the man would always be vague. He told Mark