Chapter 17

Speaking of Larvitar…

Ash's gaze swept around,

As far as the eye could see, the surroundings were filled with grass, trees, a natural environment rarely visited by people,

This time, there's no need to worry about causing a commotion,

He then took out a Moon Ball and released a Shiny Larvitar,

A red retrieval beam shot out,

The little girl Shiny Larvitar appeared once again in everyone's sight,

Although it was the second time seeing it,

The Shiny Larvitar's light-blue bangs, orange-textured horns, and fair skin smooth and translucent like milk still gave the four a huge visual shock and surprise,

Yurie's eyes lit up, "It's really adorable! Ash, may I touch her? I promise just a quick, gentle touch!"

Ash shook his head, not hastily deciding for Larvitar,

Although if he spoke up…… Larvitar might perhaps give……

Forget it, Larvitar might not even give him face,

"You ask yourself; if you get consent, then it's fine."

Upon hearing that, Yurie inevitably felt a bit disappointed,

Yet she still held great anticipation, looking toward the Shiny Larvitar,

Facing Yurie's anticipation,

The Shiny Larvitar without hesitation raised both hands, crossing them in front of its chest,

Baa!

After refusing Yurie, the little guy immediately locked onto the top of Ash's head, aiming to occupy the high ground,

But this time, Ash had a hat on his head,

When trying to lift Ash's hat and wear it on its own head, it was instead pushed up high by its orange antennae,

The little guy then wanted on the spot to poke a hole in the hat that seemed to be Ash's actual body,

Ash stopped it on the spot,

He took the hat and placed it on Pikachu's head,

Pikachu skillfully lifted its hand to adjust the hat properly, "Pika~"

At this moment,

Ash's head, left shoulder, and right shoulder were respectively occupied by the Shiny Larvitar, the hat-wearing Pikachu, and the Froakie,

The scene was quite comical for a moment, also making people especially envious,

Serena also released her only two Pokémon,

The appearance of Larvitar, although it did not bring the same huge shock as the Shiny Larvitar,

but personally witnessing Serena also having captured a Larvitar,

indeed gave the siblings a considerable impact, their hearts filled with envy.

The good news is, the Shiny Larvitar won't let you touch it, but the regular Larvitar will,

Yurie finally succeeded in her dream with Serena, touching the Larvitar,

The Vulpix also showed great interest in the new companion Larvitar during this process.

Like Ash,

Serena, who aims to become a performer, also needs to raise her Pokémon's level.

Otherwise, without enough skill combinations, the performance would become very monotonous and boring,

When it comes to training, having Latios follow nearby would no longer be suitable, otherwise wherever they went, no brave wild Pokémon would step forward to challenge,

Ash did not recall Latios,

but instead let Latios, using its racial talent, refract light to achieve invisibility while flying up to the sky to silently guard everyone.

Externally, this appears as Latios suddenly disappearing entirely,

"Huh? Where's Latios?!"

Latios's disappearance caused Serena, Clemont, Yurie, and several Pokémon to feel bewildered,

Only the two Larvitar and the Froakie,

relying on psychic ability and faint Waveguide Power, given that Latios was not deliberately using psychic power to conceal, they sensed some clues,

staring at a certain spot in the air,

that spot was exactly where Latios was, but as Latios gradually ascended, it flew out of the perception range of the Larvitar and Froakie,

The three Pokémon instantly lost their tracking target,

Ash rubbed the Froakie's head, smiling as he unveiled the secret of Latios's invisibility,

Upon hearing this, Serena and the other two suddenly understood,

At this moment,

Ash's gaze turned toward the Shiny Larvitar and the Froakie,

"In a while we'll go challenge the Gym; at that time you two will both take the field, so you need to keep improving your strength~"

"Croak~"

Upon hearing that, the Froakie immediately showed a face full of determination, with high fighting spirit!

The Shiny Larvitar was also full of enthusiasm, a posture eager to try.

Even beside, Serena's well-behaved Larvitar couldn't help but show a hint of longing.

They began to look forward to themselves and Serena appearing on the performer's stage, shining brightly!

Walking in the forest, if asked what type of elf is most suitable as a sparring partner, undoubtedly it is the insect and grass type elves, which are the most numerous.

Wanting to raise one's level more efficiently and as quickly as possible,

Mastering moves that counter both insect and grass types is the best choice.

Furthermore, given that the White Sandalwood Dojo is an insect-type dojo,

While learning counter-type moves to speed up leveling, it amounts to specialized training for the White Sandalwood Dojo.

Among all attributes,

Those that counter insect type are flying, fire, and rock,

Those that counter grass type are flying, fire, poison, bug, and ice,

Flying and fire, which counter both types simultaneously, are naturally the first choice!

Guagua Pao Wa cannot learn fire-type moves, but can master flying-type moves,

Ash plans to teach Guagua Pao Wa the skill of acrobatics,

In the game, acrobatics has a base power of only 55, the same as Swallow Return,

But its special effect is very strong,

If no item is held, the move's power doubles, reaching an astonishing 110!

Knowing that a base power of 110 is already comparable to powerful moves like violent wind, thunder, and water cannon!

More importantly,

In reality, the upper limit of acrobatics has been further enhanced,

The condition for triggering the special effect changed from not holding an item to a special force technique.

Mastering this force technique allows the move's power to double!

Although the learning difficulty is high, the benefit is that it eliminates the original version's flaw of being unable to hold an item,

With practice makes perfect, as long as one keeps training, they can fully master it and turn it into muscle memory, thereby achieving permanent doubling!

The situation of the differently colored La Lu La Si is different from that of Guagua Pao Wa,

La Lu La Si itself masters the fire-type special attack move Magic Flame, which can simultaneously counter insect and grass types,

While Guagua Pao Wa is learning the skill,

one can directly jump into leveling up, first raising the level.

However, this inevitably means having to act separately,

battling and mastering skills,

the former is practicing the proficiency of already mastered moves,

whereas the latter is starting from scratch, with obviously higher difficulty,

Ash plans to focus on Guagua Pao Wa's side,

Ash shared his thoughts with the three, entrusting the differently colored Laru Lasi to follow Se Mei in leveling up, while Ash also left the max-level skin god with the three to keep them safe,

He left an agreement that at noon mealtime, he would proactively come to find and meet up with the three,

According to the map's indication,

Ash alone brought the Ribbit Bubblefrog to the location marked on the map,

a rocky canyon,

As far as the eye could see, white-gray desert and gray-brown rock occupied 90% of the canyon,

There were few weeds and forests here,

The sun shone directly down, making it extremely hot,

Although the environment was harsh, the complex terrain was just right for giving the Ribbit Bubblefrog a place to practice its acrobatics,

Ash took out his phone,

He played the teaching material previously used to train the Blazefire Monkey in acrobatics, letting the Ribbit Bubblefrog learn by following the video,

At the same time, he did not forget to take out Professor Da Mu's specially made flight energy block from his backpack,

To make up for the Ribbit Bubblefrog's insufficient total flight energy,

so that when the Ribbit Bubblefrog practiced its skills, it could promptly mobilize sufficient flight energy supply,

The advantage of doing this is also obvious,

Just on the first attempt, the Ribbit Bubblefrog had almost mastered the acrobatics,

Of course, this does not include the special force technique!

Time flew by,

As noon approached, the Ribbit Bubblefrog had basically grasped the essentials of the acrobatic movements,

Even the mobilization and condensation of flight energy had become second nature,

It no longer needed the assistance of the energy block,

Occasionally it could even muster a burst, successfully using the special force technique to produce greater destructive power,

If this state is maintained, there could be significant Progress within a day,

Although it wouldn't reach a 100% success rate, it would at least not be too low,

He looked up at the sky; the time was already late,

It was almost time for the lunch appointment with Se Mei,

Just as Ash was about to recall the Ribbit Bubblefrog and go to meet up with Se Mei,

The energy block he casually tossed to the Ribbit Bubblefrog, however, attracted a petite uninvited guest,

A flash of red suddenly shot past Ash and the Ribbit Bubblefrog's eyes!