The days passed one by one in this warm yet fulfilling training.
The Pokémon were growing at an astonishing rate.
In just three short days, Larvitar had passed the newly hatched stage and grown into a "big baby" nearly 0.6 meters tall and weighing as much as 70 kilograms.
From a little lump that would wobble and fall after taking two steps, it gradually became able to run a short distance alongside everyone in the camp.
Larvitar loved clinging to Dongshu.
Whenever Dongshu trained, it obediently squatted nearby as a little spectator. When hungry, it hugged its rare soil and gnawed on it with a look of utter satisfaction. When sleepy, it curled up on Dongshu's lap or beside Chansey's soft belly and slept soundly.
Looking at the sleeping Larvitar, Dongshu smiled faintly before turning his gaze toward the Pokémon diligently undergoing special training nearby.
During this wilderness training, all of his Pokémon had improved rapidly.
Wartortle's training seemed to have reached a bottleneck.
Its Hydro Pump was becoming more and more powerful, the shell on its body ever sturdier. Its Aqua Tail could slice through the air with a piercing whistle, and the energy accumulated within its body had already reached saturation.
It seemed to need only one opportunity to complete its final evolution.
Using the Rare Candy exchange function in the System Store, Dongshu checked Wartortle's level and was startled to find that it had already reached Lv34.
In the games, Wartortle needed to reach level 36 before it could evolve into its final form, Blastoise.
Only two levels remained before evolution.
Meanwhile, through repeated sparring matches with Wild Pokémon, Haunter had gradually become proficient in battle.
Its control over Shadow Ball had become increasingly refined, and it had learned Moves such as Hypnosis, Payback, Nasty Plot, and