The Pokémon's Path to Leveling Up

The battle ended quickly; the bouncy rabbit ultimately couldn't defeat the Six-tailed and died under its claws.

Ma Feifei stepped forward, took out the inner core from the bouncy rabbit's body, and handed it to Six-tailed. Six-tailed glanced at it and Swallow the inner core.

Immediately afterwards, Ma Feifei sensed a change in the aura within the Six-tailed Fox. The aura gradually grew stronger, and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth began to slowly flow into its body.

The Pokémon world begin to absorb the spiritual energy of the Azure Dragon Continent.

"Does that mean the Pokémon ranking system is the same as the spirit beasts in this world?" Ma Feifei pondered, looking at Six-tailed.

If that's the case, can Six-tailed evolve into Ninetales? And will Pokémon learn their most powerful moves as their rarity increases? These questions become mysteries because of the level system.

"Awooo~" After consuming its inner core, the Six-tailed Fox let out a long howl. It looked a few times stronger than before, and its aura was also stronger than before. However, it did not evolve to the second stage after consuming the inner core of the Bouncy Rabbit.

"It seems I need to absorb a few more inner cores."

And so, Ma Feifei and Yun Qingyang, along with Six-tailed, began its upgrade journey in Nine Heavens Mountain.

On the other side, Jiang Bieli was also on the outskirts of Nine Heavens Mountain, taking his Clefairy to search for and fight those first-tier spirit beasts. However, unlike Ma Feifei, Jiang Bieli was surrounded by many cultivators who had nothing better to do than watch how the little sprites in the book world evolved.

"Uncle Zhou, I'm a little nervous." Jiang Bieli felt like a monkey being stared at, and he was very uncomfortable.

Jiang Yizhou walked beside Jiang Bieli and said calmly, "It's fine to ignore it."

That's what she said, but Jiang Bieli still couldn't shake off the awkwardness in her heart, so she started to find topics to chat about to stop herself from thinking too much.

"Uncle Zhou, do you think my Clefairy can advance to become a high-level spirit beast?"

Jiang Yizhou shook his head and said, "I don't know either. There's no Spiritual Power fluctuation within its body. Spirit beasts without Spiritual Power generally can't advance; it's just that it's a spirit beast that came out of the world of the book, so perhaps it has some special abilities that we don't know about."

As a spirit beast that stepped out of the world of a book, it is a very shocking thing in itself, as this ability completely violates the laws of the world; but considering that even something that violates the laws of the world has occurred, who can guarantee that a little elf without Spiritual Power cannot advance to a higher-level spirit beast?

"What's the point of your speculation? Just find a spirit beast and fight it, you'll know for sure. Stop dragging your feet."

"That's right, didn't the shopkeeper say that your little sprite should fight against the spirit beast, defeat it, and swallow its inner core, then it can advance to the next level?"

"Stop discussing it, the sun will be setting by then. I've heard that the nights in Nine Heavens Mountain have been quite unsettling lately, with high-level spirit beasts appearing from time to time."

"Rumor has it that a Divine Beast deep within the Nine Heavens Mountain is causing trouble, often howling at night, which has caused some high-level spirit beasts on the outer layer to lose their minds and run around aimlessly."

The topic is starting to veer off course.

Jiang Bieli wanted to argue, but Jiang Yizhou stopped her.

"Second Young Master, let's go."

Jiang Yizhou remained calm and composed, as if nothing in the world could move him.

"Oh!" Jiang Bieli intently, then continued searching for a suitable spirit beast with Clefairy.

Soon, the two found a suitable first-tier spirit beast. Just like with Ma Feifei, without any surprises, Clefairy quickly killed it and devoured its inner core. The aura within its body also changed, just like the Six-tailed, as the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy began to surge into its body.

"It has begun to absorb the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy." The cultivators watching from the sidelines all gazed at this scene.

As expected, people can no longer judge the little elves by common sense. The idea that they can absorb the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy by devouring inner cores is simply too exaggerated.

However, no one seemed too surprised; it was as if everything was expected.

"It seems there's no progress," one cultivator remarked.

"How could it be so fast? We've only killed the first spirit beast, and it's still of the same level."

"Judging from the fact that its internal energy is gradually taking shape, it should be able to advance after absorbing three more inner cores."

Everyone could see the aura emanating from Clefairy's body, and the rate of increase was also evident. Based on the strength of a second-tier spirit beast, and considering the growth rate of Clefairy after consuming one inner core, it would need to consume at least three more inner cores. In other words, to advance from a first-tier to a second-tier spirit beast, it would need to consume a total of four first-tier inner cores.

"Too slow," one of the cultivators complained.

This is only the first rank, and it already requires consuming four inner cores; once the rank increases, it will consume even more inner cores, making it much more difficult for the little sprite to level up.

"Is it possible to absorb inner cores from cultivators of higher levels?" one cultivator asked.

"Absolutely! The Spiritual Power contained in the inner core of a second-tier spirit beast is ten times that of a first-tier spirit beast's inner core. Directly devouring a second-tier spirit beast should allow this little sprite to directly reach the second-tier spirit beast level." A cultivator agreed.

"Come on! You think this little sprite can kill a spirit beast that's far above its level? What a joke!" one cultivator objected.

Based on the strength ranking of spirit beasts, a first-tier spirit beast simply cannot defeat a second-tier spirit beast. Forget about fighting monsters of a higher level; first-tier spirit beasts don't even have brains. Besides attacking based on instinct, their thinking ability is less than that of a three-year-old child. How can they possibly fight monsters of a higher level? By ramming their heads against a wall?

"We could first severely injure the second-tier spirit beast, then let the little sprite finish it off!" a cultivator suggested.

"Didn't you hear what the shopkeeper said? It has to be a solo battle. What you're doing is cheating. Not only will it affect your Pokémon's evolution, it might even cause it to explode and die."

"How do you know it won't work if you haven't even tried? Does the shopkeeper's word mean it's the truth?"

That's just arguing for the sake of arguing.

"What's wrong with arguing? You disagree? If you disagree, let's have a go!"

"Come on then! I'm not afraid of you!"

"..."

So, as they were talking, a full-blown brawl broke out.

On the other hand, Jiang Bieli was unaffected. After observing that Clefairy began to absorb the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy after devouring the inner core of the first spirit beast, he was overjoyed and excitedly continued to take Clefairy to find the second first-tier spirit beast.

In less than half a day, Clefairy successfully defeated four first-tier spirit beasts and devoured their inner cores.

After consuming the fourth inner core, Clefairy's Spiritual Power increased more than tenfold, and its body also grew significantly taller. Originally, it could only reach Jiang Bieli's knees, but now it could reach Jiang Bieli's buttocks.

"Clefairy ~" Clefairy was very happy to have successfully advanced to a second-tier spirit beast, and kept calling out to Jiang Bieli.

Amidst the Growl, Jiang Bieli unexpectedly understood the information Clefairy was conveying to him.

Clefairy has gained a skill!