Xiao Ran had never intended to use it. Even if it really had no side effects, it could easily leave a Pokémon's foundation unstable, requiring a long time afterward to shore it up.
But danger now lurked on every side, and he urgently needed strength to protect himself. That made this branch immensely valuable.
With a Gym Leader Class Pokémon, he would be able to do so much more.
Whether it's my Legendary Pokémon or Elite Four Yun, both have already been completely exposed.
So if anyone wants to attack me next, they'll definitely keep Elite Four Yun occupied first. Whoever comes after me will probably be Gym Leader Class, or even at the threshold of the Elite Four level.
Xiao Ran kept analyzing the situation.
There were only so many Elite Four Trainers. Sending one to hold Yun Mengqiu back would already be their limit. They probably couldn't send two Elite Four Trainers just to deal with him.
But a group of Gym Leaders wouldn't be easy to handle either. Qiu Yuxuan was only a newly promoted Gym Leader, still far from the threshold of the Elite Four level. She couldn't help him much.
In the end, the only person he could count on was himself.
If Gardevoir and Diancie reach Gym Leader Class and then undergo Mega Evolution, could they hold their own against an Elite Four Trainer? Xiao Ran wondered.
If he really was going to use the branch's power, it would have to go to Gardevoir or Diancie, since he had their respective Mega Stones.
But he needed to think carefully about which of them should use it. Power gained out of nowhere like this could all too easily lead to unforeseen problems.
*Gardevoir was born in the Wilderness Area, so there's inevitably a wild streak