Mythical Pokémon Era: Global Ascension

According to Mu Xixi's information, the average Overall Evaluation of each regular member's Pokémon on the school team was around B+.

Of Roy's three Pokémon, only Riolu had currently reached a B- Overall Evaluation. Squirtle's Overall Evaluation was C+, while Vulpix had only just begun training.

As for how much evolving into Lucario would improve Riolu's strength, Roy had no experience and couldn't be certain. Time is a little tight...

Roy himself felt that becoming a regular member of the school team after only a little over two months of enrollment was indeed far too difficult... In just over two months, he would have to catch up to three or four years of progress.

Even though he was a player with cheats, Roy still felt immense pressure. "Awoo."

Little Vulpix was extremely sensitive to the emotions of others. Sensing Roy's urgency, she jumped onto his shoulder, stretched out her little tongue, and licked his cheek to comfort him. Roy reached out and scratched beneath Vulpix's belly, smiling. "Little one, training is going to be tough. Don't give up halfway through." "Awoo, awoo!"

Vulpix imitated one of Roy's usual gestures and patted her chest, indicating that she would be completely fine. "Good. That's the spirit!"

Roy already had a rough idea of how to train Vulpix.

The path of charm was one method of training.

Improve her beauty, use Calm Mind to strengthen her Inner Focus, practice Fairy-type Moves...

But that wasn't enough.

Charm was a means of control and interference.

If he wanted to use "charm" alone to make an opponent surrender without fighting... the prerequisite was that the opponent's Inner Focus had to be far weaker than Vulpix's, and their will had to be weak as well.

It could only be used to crush weak opponents.

Against opponents of similar strength, charm could only play a supporting role.

Vulpix still lacked offensive methods.

Roy didn't want Vulpix to become like a certain other fox with pitiful damage output—the Scratching Queen.

Unlike Riolu and Squirtle, who were training indoors, Roy brought Vulpix out into the wilderness beyond the town.

This area was not far from town and was considered a safe zone.

There was no need to worry about wild Pokémon launching surprise attacks.

Once they reached the wilderness, Roy gave his first command. "Vulpix, give it a try. Make it snow here." "?"

Vulpix tilted her head in confusion.

"Your Ability is Snow Warning," Roy said. "It's an innate ability that can influence changes in the weather. Feel it carefully. Just like your paws and your tails, it's something you were born with..." Abilities were special powers possessed by every Pokémon.

Most Pokémon Abilities could become a source of support. For example, Squirtle's Torrent Ability boosted Water-type energy and increased its power when its health dropped below a certain point.

But some Abilities instead made Pokémon weaker and created fatal flaws. For example, the Slaking that countless people found regrettable...

Slaking's talent and potential were even greater than those of pseudo-legendary Pokémon, yet because of its Truant Ability, it wanted nothing more than to lie down and sleep twenty-four hours a day.

Training? Battling? Dating? Mating?

Sleeping was better.

If Slaking's Ability were replaced with Guts, it could probably tear Legendary Pokémon apart with its bare hands. "Awoo!"

After listening to Roy, Vulpix closed her eyes and tried her hardest to grasp some hidden power within her body.

Strong Inner Focus meant strong control.

In just a few seconds, Vulpix's entire body glowed with an icy blue light.

Snow began to drift down from the sky.

Roy caught some snow in his hand. It was icy and cold, but it had no destructive power at all.

Seeing this, Vulpix lowered her head in disappointment, her ears drooping halfway. She had meant to summon Hail...

"Being able to successfully call forth snow and ice on your first try is already amazing," Roy said with an encouraging smile.

Another method of training was the power of ice and snow, centered around the Snow Warning Ability.

As a Trainer, watching competition recordings and learning the tactical concepts and strategies of others was a required course.

Could a Trainer's business be called stealing? It was called learning from others!

The inspiration for training Vulpix came from the tactics of a European Ice-type Elite Four Roy had seen in a recording of an Elite Four ranking competition.

That Ice-type Elite Four's ace Pokémon was Abomasnow.

Its Ability was also Snow Warning.

But unlike Vulpix, the weather summoned by that Abomasnow was an exceptionally violent Blizzard mixed with countless chunks of Hail.

It was merely an Ability, yet it felt as though two Pokémon were constantly using Blizzard and Hail Moves. Combined with the terrifying low temperature that froze muscles and joints stiff, opponents could barely move in that world of ice and snow.

Until the battle ended, that European Ice-type Elite Four's opponent had been unable to harm Abomasnow at all, unable to shave off even a single point of HP.

Roy decided to train Vulpix in this direction.

Once an icy world took shape, opponents wouldn't even be able to touch Vulpix. Combined with the interference of charm, she could completely toy with them in the palm of her hand.

At the same time, it would perfectly make up for Vulpix's shortcomings in physical strength.

Hail (Proficient Level): An Ice-type weather Move that summons Hail weather, dealing damage to all Pokémon other than Ice-type Pokémon. Price: 100,000

Blizzard (Beginner Level): Unleashes a fierce Blizzard at the opponent to attack, with a chance of freezing the target. Price: 500,000. To strengthen Vulpix's Snow Warning Ability as soon as possible, Roy exchanged for these two skills related to Snow Warning.

Hail was fine, but the price of Blizzard made Roy's heart ache.

"Even if Blizzard is a powerful advanced Ice-type Move, this price is outrageously expensive. A mere Beginner Level Move Disk costs five hundred thousand..." Roy sighed as he looked at the fewer than nine hundred thousand points he had left.

Like Draco Meteor, jokingly called the "ultimate Dragon-type Move," Blizzard was also the "ultimate Ice-type Move."

Move manuals of this level weren't available on the market at all. They were national strategic resources, impossible to buy even with money... At Vulpix's current level, using Blizzard even once would probably drain all of her stored energy.

And this was only Beginner Level.

Of course, Roy couldn't afford the Proficient Level Blizzard either, with its price tag of five million.

Picking up the Move Disk, Roy held it before Vulpix's eyes.

Very quickly, Vulpix was hypnotized, her eyes going blank.

It was called hypnosis, but Roy had asked Riolu about the process of using a Move Disk.

In truth, it was more like one's consciousness being pulled into a space, where one watched another version of oneself continuously use the Move, teaching its principles, energy circulation paths, and so on... in the easiest possible way to understand, until one had completely mastered it.

After learning Hail and Blizzard, Vulpix used the power of Snow Warning once more.

This time, not only was the temperature lower, but the hailstones falling from the sky were also enough to hurt someone.

"Very good."

Roy nodded. His line of thought had been correct. As long as Vulpix could deepen her understanding of Ice-type Moves and integrate it into her Snow Warning Ability, the power of the weather could undergo a transformation.

Breathing out a cloud of frost, Roy put on the thick winter coat he had prepared in advance and continued training with Vulpix.

"Vulpix, keep it up. Try again."

"This time, lower the temperature a little more!"

"Awoo!"

Vulpix responded sweetly, icy blue light flashing repeatedly across her body.

Roy didn't know whether he could pass the school team's selection battle. The time left for him was simply too short!

Or perhaps Roy's goal was simply too grand, too arrogant.

Becoming a regular member of the Sheng Hai University school team as a first-year student was an utterly outrageous goal.

All Roy could do was give it his all and draw out the potential of his Pokémon. Riolu, Squirtle, and Vulpix were likewise wholeheartedly dedicating themselves to training so as not to disappoint their Trainer's expectations.

Success or failure would depend on the next month.

International Poaching Ring (Fourth Update)

November 10th, Monday.

Sheng Hai University was especially lively today.

The reason was simple: the Sheng Hai University school team would be holding its expansion selection battle today.

Although the National University League had long been stuck in the awkward situation of Jing University and Jinghua University competing for the championship while every other school merely made up the numbers, that did not dampen the enthusiasm of the various school teams... If they couldn't win the championship, runner-up, top four, or even top eight would do.

As long as they performed brilliantly in the competition, even without winning the championship, they would receive official support.

Moreover, the experience gained from participating in a competition of this level and clashing with powerful opponents was itself a precious reward.

Sheng Hai University Pokémon Battle Center. "There are so many people..."

Mu Tianyang held two cups of milk tea and squeezed through the crowd. At last, he found his little sister in the stands. "You took forever."

"It was time already, and the crowd suddenly got bigger. What could I do?"

Mu Tianyang hurriedly explained, handing over the milk tea as he spoke.

Mu Xixi accepted it, but her eyes kept sweeping the surroundings as though she were searching for something.

"Still no news from that kid Roy." Mu Tianyang took out his phone and checked WeChat. The screen was filled with messages sent from his account, more than a hundred of them... Yet only three had actually been sent by him... The rest?

Naturally, the little princess beside him had commandeered his phone to send them.

Between male friends, it was enough just to know that you weren't dead. Even if you didn't reply, or only replied with a "1," it didn't matter. Who would be this clingy?

"Don't worry. We don't know where that kid went, but Professor Xing repeatedly assured us that he's perfectly safe..." Mu Tianyang reassured her.

"I know." Mu Xixi rolled her eyes at him. "I'm not worried about his safety. I'm worried whether he'll make it in time to register for the selection battle..." Mu Tianyang didn't think much of it. "Chief Recommended Students have the right to directly challenge regular school team members, so he doesn't need to fight through these elimination rounds. As long as he comes back before the selection battle ends, being a little late doesn't matter." But the problem was that Roy wasn't normally someone who would be late. Since he was late, something must have held him up. And who knew how long it would hold him up for... Mu Xixi sighed in frustration but didn't say any of this aloud.

If she said it, Mu Tianyang would probably think she was overthinking again.

Perhaps that was the difference between how men and women thought.

There was no use worrying when they couldn't contact Roy, so Mu Xixi turned back to watching the matches.

The commentator's voice echoed across the arena.

"Unfortunately, contestant Lin Shixian has fallen in the quarterfinals of the selection battle..."

On the field, Bulbasaur was getting beaten up yet again.

Lin Shixian's opponent was a third-year Recommended Student, also the disciple of a Gym Leader. There was nothing strange about losing.