Chapter 30

Everywhere here were forests that blocked out the clouds and sun, with waist-high grasses and shrubs scattered all around.

If one carelessly got lost, they would likely be unable to determine their orientation at all.

Moreover, mosquitoes and insects were everywhere here; fortunately, Su Yu was dressed securely enough, otherwise he would surely have been bitten by these pests.

After entering, Su Yu immediately released his Combusken.

"Combusken, I'm counting on you to protect me from now on."

Su Yu said as he patted Combusken's head.

"Cha-mo!" Combusken raised its arm, as if saying, "Leave it to me."

Su Yu continued marching steadily toward his intended destination.

After walking for half an hour, Su Yu chose a spot nearby to rest.

Barely had he sat down when he heard a rustling sound coming from the surrounding grass.

"Combusken, get ready!"

"Cha-mo!" Combusken also stared intently at the grass, prepared to attack immediately upon detecting any threat.

In an instant, a completely black dog emerged from the undergrowth.

Two bone-like protrusions ran along its back, and each of its ankles bore a similar bony structure.

It was precisely the canine-type Pokémon, Houndour.

Upon seeing Combusken, Houndour's eyes also showed a hint of wariness.

Su Yu immediately checked Houndour's attributes.

[Name: Houndour (Fire/Dark)]

[Gender: ♂]

[Level: LV.9 (Novice)]

[Ability: Flash Fire (When HP is low, the power of Fire-type moves increases)]

[Potential: Elite]

[IVs: HP (17), Attack (21), Sp. Atk (16), Defense (20), Sp. Def (18), Speed (20)]

[Moves: Ember, Leer, Howl, Smog, Bite]

[Description: Excels at cooperating with partners. If made a companion, it will obey its Trainer's commands very well.]

It was a Houndour with utterly ordinary attributes and level.

Seeing that its level was not high, Su Yu decided to grind some experience points for his other two Pokémon.

"Come out, Bagon!"

"Tong-wei!" As soon as Bagon appeared, it let out a domineering roar.

"Bagon, use Brick Break!"

Out in the wild, Su Yu had no intention of reasoning with Houndour.

He directly ordered Bagon to strike first.

Striding forward on its thick, powerful hind legs, Bagon's forelimbs began to glow with white light.

Within a few steps, Bagon reached Houndour and swung its attack.

Sensing danger, Houndour grew alert and leaped sideways to dodge the strike.

It then opened its mouth wide, emitting a white glow, and lunged to bite Bagon.

It was precisely Bite!

"Let's dodge too, Bagon!"

Bagon was equally agile and successfully evaded Houndour's attack.

Immediately after, it landed another Brick Break squarely on Houndour.

"Whine!"

Fighting-type moves deal double damage against Dark-types.

Letting out a miserable cry, Houndour collapsed to the ground.

[Bagon defeated Houndour and gained 60 experience points.]

Strictly speaking, this counted as Su Yu's first time commanding Bagon in battle.

Therefore, Bagon was extremely happy, its eyes squinting into slits.

"Well done, Bagon."

Su Yu quickly stepped forward to offer encouragement.

"Tong-wei." Bagon also rubbed its head against Su Yu's palm.

After securing victory, Su Yu immediately departed with his Pokémon.

As they walked, Su Yu continued grinding experience points for Bagon.

[Bagon defeated Beedrill and gained 70 experience points.]

[Bagon defeated Raticate and gained 50 experience points.]

[Bagon defeated Oddish and gained 70 experience points.]

[Bagon has sufficient experience and leveled up to Lv11!]

Su Yu was in no hurry to search for his treasure.

The most important thing was still to raise his Pokémon's levels.

Thus, the entire morning passed with Su Yu and Bagon spending it grinding levels.

Bagon had also officially reached level 12.

It had to be said that the Experience Gain skill was truly a divine ability.

With it, one could rapidly increase a Pokémon's strength.

A single morning of improvement surpassed an entire week of prior training.

Bagon also sensed the growth in its own power and let out a joyful cry.

040: Camping by the River, a Couple of Nidoran and Nidorina!

At noon, Su Yu set up camp beside a small stream to take a proper rest.

After all, stamina was indispensable for fighting well.

The most critical factor was that Su Yu was simply too hot!

Although the windbreaker had excellently blocked mosquito bites.

The fully wrapped clothing had nevertheless soaked his back with sweat.

If he did not rest a while longer, Su Yu felt he would sweat himself sick.

"Phew, this is truly comfortable."

Taking off his windbreaker, Su Yu uttered a sigh of bliss.

This feeling was just like someone baking under forty-degree heat who suddenly stepped into an air-conditioned room.

Su Yu took out his prepared supplies, drew some water from the stream into a portable pot, and set it to boil.

Since it was a wild stream, there was no need to worry about water quality.

It was on an entirely different level from the rivers inside the city.

"Combusken, use Ember to start a fire."

In the wild, carrying a Fire-type Pokémon was incredibly convenient.

Not only could it serve as a bodyguard, but it could also start a fire at any time.

Afterwards, Su Yu took out his pre-prepared Energy Cubes and summoned Shinx, who had been staying inside its Poké Ball.

"Shinx, come out and eat as well."

Su Yu distributed the corresponding Energy Cubes among the three Pokémon.

Because his breeding direction for these Pokémon differed, the Energy Cubes were specially made.

For instance, Combusken's Energy Cubes contained certain berries that could increase a Pokémon's speed.

Shinx's were designed to boost Special Attack, while Bagon's enhanced both Strength and Special Attack.

After eating and drinking their fill, Su Yu once again led his Pokémon forward to continue grinding levels.

One could only say that the wilds were indeed a holy land for level grinding.

This time, Su Yu decided to continue forward along the stream.

First, the view was wide open; second, he could rest whenever he wanted.

Walking beside the river, listening to the rushing sound of the flowing water.

Su Yu felt the tranquility of the world for the first time in ages.

Before long, Su Yu encountered a pair of Pokémon coming to drink water.

They were a blue one and a purple one traveling together.

They looked similar, both sporting large ears.

The only difference was that one had spikes on its head.

These two Pokémon were none other than Nidoran♂ and Nidoran♀.

"Good heavens, starting to date at such a young age; truly, only Pokémon would do that."

Seeing new experience babies, Su Yu naturally would not let them go.

"Shinx, Bagon, I'll leave this to you two. Use Thunder Shock and Dragon Breath."

"Meow." Shinx also welcomed his first battle, immediately emitting yellow light from his whole body as he charged at Nidoran♀.

Meanwhile, Bagon targeted the other Pokémon, Nidoran♂.

He opened his mouth and spat out an energy ball.

The two Pokémon, still drinking water, sensed the danger and leaped aside in unison.

However, Nidoran♀ was ultimately a step too slow and got hit by Shinx's Thunder Shock.

"Nini!"

Nidoran♀ let out a cry of pain, and Nidoran♂ nearby, seeing his beloved partner injured, naturally shouted angrily.

"Ni!"

The spikes on his head immediately lit up, and he spat a cluster of spikes straight at Bagon.

It was precisely the move Poison Sting!

"Bagon, use Ember to burn away the poison spikes."

Bagon opened his mouth once again, but this time he released a Fire-type move.

Although Ember's power couldn't compare to Flamethrower, burning away the poison needles was effortless.

The moment the poison needles collided with the embers, they turned to ash.

Seeing his attack fail, Nidoran♂ immediately pounced forward.

He bared the two large incisors by his mouth, seemingly intending to crush Bagon.

"Bagon, meet him head-on and use Headbutt!"

Facing Nidoran♂'s close-quarters combat, Bagon felt no fear.

He lowered his head slightly, positioning his hard skull at the front.

Then Bagon began to run across the ground, meeting Nidoran♂'s attack head-on.

"Thud!"

Nidoran♂'s hard incisors collided with Bagon's skull.

However, although his incisors were large and sharp weapons.

Against Bagon's skull, they were still far too weak.

After the frontal collision, Nidoran♂ was sent flying directly by Bagon.

Once Nidoran♂ hit the ground, Bagon followed up with another Dragon Breath.

"Boom!" The Dragon Breath struck Nidoran♂ on the ground, kicking up clouds of dust.

As the smoke cleared, Nidoran♂ had also lost the ability to battle.

[Bagon defeated Nidoran♂, gaining 80 experience points!]

Nidoran♀ nearby, seeing her boyfriend defeated, actually struggled to stand up from where she had been lying on the ground.

Su Yu felt somewhat surprised upon seeing this scene.

Could this be the power of love?

"Shinx, use Thunder Fang to attack her!"

Although Nidoran♀'s spirit was admirable, Su Yu would not show any mercy.

Shinx's sharp fangs glowed with yellow electricity as he rushed toward Nidoran♀.

Although Nidoran♀ had stood up, she lacked the stamina to dodge Shinx's attack.

"Zzzt."

Thunder Fang bit into Nidoran♀, emitting bursts of electric sparks.

In the end, Nidoran♀ also collapsed to the ground, unable to battle.

[Shinx defeated Nidoran♀, gaining 70 experience points.]

"Meow." Shinx let out a happy cry.

041: Obtaining Leftovers, Continue Forward!

Su Yu looked at the fallen Nidoran♀ and curiously used Appraise Eye.

[Name: Nidoran♀ (Poison)]

[Gender: ♀]

[Level: LV.8 (Novice)]

[Ability: Poison Point (Sometimes poisons the opponent upon contact.)]

[Held Item: Leftovers]

[Potential: Ordinary]

[Individual Values: HP (13), Attack (15), Special Attack (11), Defense (17), Special Defense (12), Speed (10)]

[Moves: Bite, Growl, Poison Sting, Scratch, Fury Swipes]

[Description: It crushes Berries with its hard incisors to eat. Compared to the male, the tip of its horn is slightly rounder.]

Seeing the held item slot of Nidoran♀, Su Yu was instantly overjoyed.

He had been wondering why Nidoran♀ had suddenly managed to stand up just now.

It turned out it was holding Leftovers.

Leftovers are also called leftover food.

Their effect is: When held, a Pokémon's HP will slowly recover during battle.

It is a very excellent held item.

Su Yu ordered Combusken to take the item off Nidoran♀.

He dared not approach personally; otherwise, if he were pricked by Nidoran♀'s poison barb, it would be dangerous.

Seeing that the two Pokémon were providing him with both experience and an item,

Su Yu also had Combusken move the two Pokémon to a safe location.

Su Yu handed the Leftovers to Combusken.

"You hold onto them for now; they'll be useful to you. I didn't expect to obtain such a treasure so soon."

"Cha mo."

Afterwards, Su Yu continued his exploration forward along the stream.

Along the way, he encountered quite a few Pokémon.

Such as Bellsprout, Oddish, Slowpoke...

It could be said that the Pokémon here were far more numerous than those commonly seen within the city.

On the road, Su Yu also took out his phone and opened the Pokémon Item Exchange.

The Pokémon Item Exchange is a trading institution established by the official government of the Xia Kingdom.

Everyone must undergo real-name verification on it, allowing them to trade many items needed by Pokémon inside.

Evolution stones like Fire Stones and Water Stones can also be purchased here.

Su Yu then checked the price of Leftovers.

500,000!

That's right, the price of a single Leftovers was exactly five hundred thousand!!