Onix Nest

Inside the cave, Yu Hai resumed the dull, tedious task of hunting Diglett. This time, he kept at it until noon before leaving the cave, once again drenched in sweat. After catching over a hundred Diglett, he still had not encountered one with high Potential.

This was not something he could force. It mostly depended on luck. With good luck, he could catch one right from the start.

With bad luck, it would be like the Magikarp—he could search for half a month without catching one. It really was torturous.

If only they could be bought with money like Magnemite. Unfortunately, the people running Breeding Houses were all shrewd, and it was too difficult to find a bargain.

Diglett were very common Ground-type Pokémon. They had no market at all in the Black Market, since nobody bought such common Pokémon. The Breeding Houses in the Department Store did have them, but after considering the price, he decided to forget it.

There really was no shortcut. He could only keep catching them slowly. After returning to camp for lunch, he basked in the sun with the Pokémon again.

Lying beneath the shade of a tree, he took out his little notebook and wrote down the Pokémon that had recently evolved: Magmar, Poliwrath, Swampert, Lucario...

Magmar's future direction had already been decided. He only needed to continue focusing on the Fire-type path. From here on, it merely needed minor adjustments, which would not greatly affect its future development.

Poliwrath was already strong enough. It only needed to train step by step, with no need to alter its previous training. Waterfall bursts remained Poliwrath's foundation. At most, he could add Swift Swim and train them together.

Swampert was in roughly the same situation as Poliwrath. Waterfall bursts were its foundation as well, along