Masochistic Physique?!

Source: Pokémon Master

"Fang Yuan, move aside. I'm going to beat this guy to death!"

Luo Ke gathered a Blast Burn in her mouth, her red pupils filled with frustration at his failure to live up to expectations as she glared fixedly at the Lycanroc behind Fang Yuan.

"Awoo... whimper, whimper."

"Luo Ke, calm down..." Fang Yuan wanted to figure out what had happened.

"So what happened?"

"If it was Lycanroc's fault, I'll be the first not to forgive it!!"

Lycanroc:

"Fine."

Luo Ke also wanted Fang Yuan to judge who was in the right, so she reluctantly dispersed the Blast Burn.

It all started a month ago.

Back then, in order to make the World Tree forgive it, Lycanroc had proactively suggested that the World Tree beat it up to vent its anger.

After Mew passed on the message, the World Tree was also very "generous," immediately saying that it would forgive Lycanroc after beating it a hundred times.

Afterward, Lycanroc followed Mew back to the World Tree.

Getting beaten up had its pros and cons. It couldn't be beaten to death anyway, so it could just treat it as physical conditioning.

Hadn't Infernape's Defense and Willpower been built through getting beaten up too?

However, a dog's constitution could not be compared to a monkey's.

Infernape had developed incomparably strong Willpower from its daily beatings.

But Lycanroc was different.

After being beaten up for a long time, Lycanroc's Steadfast Ability had not improved at all. Instead, during that process, it had automatically learned the move Double Team.

Some Trainers also liked to call this move Counter.

It was the signature move of Team Rocket's lucky Wobbuffet in the anime. After taking Physical Attack damage, it could return it to the opponent at double the force.

Learning the move from