Rulio

On the training ground.

Zephyr stood in the center of the field with his hands behind his back, while Luo Sa and the other three stood in four different directions.

"The body is our greatest treasure, and training is the process of uncovering all the treasures hidden within it!"

Starting from the fundamentals, Zephyr began explaining to the four of them what training truly was.

"In other words, the foundation of a powerful body lies in uncovering its hidden treasures. Those treasures are the innate potential every person is born with!"

"Some people are born with powerful physiques, while others are born with incredible speed. That is talent, and it is also potential that has been awakened from birth!"

Zephyr truly deserved his reputation as the chief instructor of the Navy's Elite Camp. Having trained countless admirals and vice admirals, just a few pointers from him benefited them immensely.

Next, Zephyr began explaining how to uncover the body's potential. The simplest method was to break through one's physical limits.

Take running, for example. Your limit might be only one thousand meters. Once you reached that limit, continuing onward meant breaking through it. The longer you held on, the more potential you would uncover.

Of course, it sounded easy but was difficult in practice. Breaking through once or twice was manageable, but the farther one went, the harder it became.

However, after so many years of accumulated experience, the Navy had long since developed many methods for breaking physical limits. This was also the fundamental reason the Navy stood above the seas!

And when these methods were trained to their limits, they became what were now known as the Marine Six Styles!

It could be said that every technique of the Marine Six Styles was the embodiment of a type of physical potential developed to its utmost limit.

"Alright. As a reward for entering the Elite Camp, you may now each choose one of the Marine Six Styles to learn!"

At last, Zephyr spoke the words they had all been eagerly awaiting.

The principle behind Soru was to stomp the ground more than ten times in an instant, using the resulting recoil to generate explosive speed for movement.

That was the official explanation for Soru, but after learning its specific training method, Luo Sa realized that he had been thinking about it far too simply!

Beyond the most basic principle, it required a great many techniques to support it.

That was only reasonable. After all, the Navy had developed it through countless years of accumulation. If it were that simple, wouldn't everyone be able to learn it?

According to the records, there was no limit to Soru from beginner to mastery. There was only faster—never fastest!

A blazing sun hung high in the sky, giving off the last lingering warmth of late summer.

"Pant, pant, pant~"

Luo Sa sweated freely, beads of perspiration soaking his back like rainfall. Yet even so, he did not stop, still gritting his teeth and persevering.

"Hold on a little longer. Then I'll be able to break through that limit!"

Luo Sa forcibly endured the weakness flooding his body, making his leaden legs continue to move.

"Will that newcomer be alright training like that?"

The veteran soldiers training nearby watched Luo Sa grit his teeth and persist, somewhat worried.

"Hmph, he's overestimating himself. Trash like that actually got first place in the Ranking Tournament? Looks like this batch of recruits is nothing special after all!"

"That's true. It's already been half a month, yet this Luo Sa still hasn't even gotten started with Soru. You know, Soru is famously easy to learn but hard to master. He's already broken our Elite Camp's record!"

"A record? What record?"

"Obviously, the record for taking the longest to get started with Soru!"

"Ahahaha~~"

A group of veteran soldiers laughed without restraint. These past days, they had been so thoroughly suppressed by the three monsters—Drake, Smoker, and Sakartam—that they could barely breathe.

Now, they wanted to vent it all on Luo Sa, the Ranking Tournament champion who stood above those three.

"The ignorant are truly fearless!"

Drake snorted coldly. Having lost to Luo Sa, he knew Luo Sa's strength better than anyone!

Soru?

Even an ordinary beginner probably would not be able to keep up with his movements, would they?!

"What a headache. Luo Sa's already this strong, yet he still trains so desperately. If I don't work harder too, I probably won't even be able to keep up with you."

Smoker took a hard drag from the cigarette in his mouth.

"Luo Sa, you bastard, don't think about leaving us behind!"

Sakartam suddenly leaped out, instantly racing to Luo Sa's side and running shoulder to shoulder with him.

Drake and Smoker exchanged a glance, then both sighed helplessly and followed after the two in front.

Luo Sa glanced at Sakartam in slight surprise. As for this former enemy who kept trying to befriend him, he was finding him harder and harder to understand.

"Hey, hey, hey, what are these recruits doing?! Are they determined to step all over us upperclassmen?" A veteran soldier sprang up from the ground, his expression shifting uncertainly.

"No way. We're upperclassmen—how can we lose to these recruits?!"

Another veteran soldier shouted as he chased after Luo Sa and the others.

The other veterans exchanged bitter smiles and helplessly followed as well.

"This guy..."

"Looks like this batch of students is far stronger than the previous ones!"

Leaning against a tree, Zephyr wore a gratified smile.

Although Luo Sa did not seem particularly talented at Soru for now, with that kind of perseverance, he was bound to achieve great results no matter what he trained in!

That night, after a full day of training, Luo Sa lay alone on the beach.

"Sigh, if you put the Ditto Fruit aside, my talent can only be considered average!"

Luo Sa let out a long sigh.

In truth, this was within his expectations. After all, when the original owner of this body had been a Celestial Dragon's slave, he had already tried every possible way to improve his strength!

But all of those efforts had ended in failure!

"Looks like I can only bet everything on this Pokémon!"

Taking a deep breath, a sharp glint flashed in Luo Sa's eyes.

His consciousness entered his body. After more than twenty days of desperate training, his Transformation Energy had already reached 285 points!

In a flash of white light, Luo Sa transformed into a Winged Gull and flew toward the distant horizon.

Riding the wind, Luo Sa first flew around aimlessly before casually choosing a direction that deviated from his target.

While flying, he continuously adjusted his course. It took him a full two hours before he finally reached Seagull Island.

With a bird cry, Luo Sa drove the seagulls out of the cave and burrowed inside.

The next moment, a dazzling white light abruptly lit up the cave!

As the white light twisted and stretched, a humanoid canine appeared within it.

With a blue body, black legs and ears, and blood-red eyes set in its canine head, it was none other than Riolu, the wildly popular Fighting-type Pokémon!