By the second day, Huchen had won his challenge and moved to the spot closest to the Central Area.
Ahe also issued a challenge and entered the next-best area. Fortunately, the lapis lazuli there was much better than what could be found on the outskirts.
Perhaps out of consideration for Yong, neither of them chose the relatively weak Yuanzhi as his opponent.
The chubby boy secretly celebrated this for quite some time, convinced he had found the right person to lean on. Every mealtime, he would diligently head into the city to buy food for Yong, never bringing the same thing twice... even though Yong did not need him to.
Excadrill successfully found another lapis lazuli vein among some hills a short distance east of Oreburgh City.
Although the lapis lazuli there was much smaller than that in Oreburgh Mine, it was still enough to feed Larvitar.
As for Steelix and the others, Yong continued using the iron ore he had brought from home. Its quality was no worse than the lapis lazuli.
Their training settled into a steady routine.
Aside from Aggron, whose training Yong supervised personally, all his partners were progressing smoothly.
As for Aggron, perhaps spurred on by Larvesta or encouraged by Yong's supervision, it finally began gaining control over its own strength through earnest training.
Every attack carried the sharpness and weight of metal. Its "Aura" was slowly taking shape, though there was no telling how long that process would take.
Rhydon, however, was the first of his partners to make a breakthrough!
When it smashed a nearly meter-tall chunk of lapis lazuli to pieces with its bare hands, relying on its strength alone, its armor erupted in a flash of silver-gray light.
Large sections of old armor cracked apart from within, replaced by brand-new heavy