Chapter 259: The sky cleared, the rain stopped, Master Mao, I'm good to go again!

Seeing Ash so sincere, even her worries were taken into account,

Marill immediately agreed.

Leaving several girls to continue feeding on the beach reef, Ash took Marill back to the backyard of Oak Laboratory,

He found a flat, wide grassland.

Both sides took their positions,

Copy 1 activated,

Gardevoir's Ability instantly became Mighty One 1.

【Ability】: Mighty One 1 (Physical Attack increased to 2.5×)

Just Gardevoir's base Physical Attack, 65×2.5 equals 165.5, rounded to 166 base Physical Attack,

Then add IVs, EVs, and the boost from the item Magnet.

At this point, if Gardevoir uses Thunder Punch, it will be very scary!

Bang!

Accompanied by continuous flashes of golden lightning, illuminating the backyard at dusk,

Marill finally fell under the consecutive attack of Gardevoir's Instant Teleportation + Thunder Punch,

After losing consciousness, it shot out like a cannonball, only stopping when it hit Ash's Snorlax's belly.

The golden current spread over Marill's whole body, and also spread to Snorlax.

But while the attack was highly effective against Marill, it had little effect on Snorlax.

Not only is Snorlax not weak to Electric, it's also at a higher level, and besides, this was merely the aftereffect of the attack.

【Ability Enhancing……】

【Ability】: Copy 2 (Copies the opponent's corresponding level Ability)

【Enhancement Mission】: Defeat Fairy/Psychic-type Elite Four opponent;

Ash's final choice was still Marill.

It's a pity,

The gap between Elite Four and Gym level is too great, even with Instant Teleportation to make up for the speed difference,

But Elite Four-level Pokémon have undergone a qualitative leap in all aspects, with reaction speed and movement speed greatly increased,

Moreover, Gardevoir wants to break defenses and can only use physical Thunder Punch, making close combat inevitably risky of being caught.

Even if Hypnosis is used, the final result is still failure.

Elite Four-level, the Pokémon's willpower has also increased somewhat.

With Gardevoir's mere 5-star Gym-level strength, trying to hypnotize an Elite Four-level Pokémon is nothing short of daydreaming.

Finally Ash came to a conclusion: let's practice more.

If you're weak, practice more.

As for Snivy,

Ash continued to help Snivy level up, while not forgetting to have Snivy practice new moves.

After the previous experiments,

Ash asked Professor Oak to improve the Energy Block.

So that the Energy Block, from a simple compressed food, one piece is enough to keep the gluttonous Snorlax from going hungry.

It expanded to an effect similar to when Haricots eat Eggfruit and spit out flames from their mouths.

The new version Energy Block, or rather, the Skill-learning version: Energy Block,

Increased elemental energy, hunger resistance unchanged, but the energy nature became much more volatile; weak Pokémon eating it could even risk bursting.

As Snivy ate the green Energy Block,

it immediately spouted a beam of sunlight from its mouth, over and over, until the Energy Block's energy was completely used up.

During this process, Snivy carefully sensed the workings of Grass energy.

Combined with video instruction, it finally learned Leech Seed, Root, Grassy Terrain, Grass Knot, Vine Whip, Giga Drain, Magical Leaf, Leaf Storm.

Its efficiency is incomparable to the original Energy Block.

However,

Although this version of the Energy Block is helpful for learning skills, it also carries considerable risk.

Snivy endured much hardship in this process, thanks to the protection of Genesis Power.

Ordinary trainers, if they lack healing waves or similar constant healing, had best not try it casually.

Record the usage experience; Ash plans to later remind Professor Oak not to casually sell this version of the Energy Block.

After Grass type,

Ash then gave Snivy the purple-black Energy Block to eat.

As the Energy Block entered its body, Snivy's skin instantly turned purple-black and its body began to tremble.

A foul odor accompanied Snivy spitting out a purple-black liquid mixed with green, which spread, causing plants along the way to wither.

His gaze fell on those green liquids, and a flash of joy crossed Ash's eyes.

Looking at Snivy's status, sure enough Snivy had learned the Poison-type move Gastric Acid.

【Gastric Acid: Status move, spit gastric acid at the opponent's body; any gastric acid that sticks removes the opponent's Ability effect】

This move originally wasn't that strong.

But when facing boosted Abilities, it becomes especially useful.

Take Machamp for example; most Machamp Pokémon have low base Attack.

Once Machamp is gone, it's not as simple as a toothless tiger; at most it's like a toothless Corgi.

How smelly!

The few female onlookers and Ash's Pokemon all retreated outward the instant the gastric juice and sludge wave appeared, completely unable to accept it.

On the contrary, Grimer excitedly charged into the sludge wave.

Combined with his unique physique, it was as natural as raindrops falling into the sea.

After the gastric juice came Coil.

As one of the few status moves capable of raising three stats simultaneously,

Coil complements Earth Power perfectly,

Earth Power raises Special Attack, Special Defense, and Speed, whereas Coil boosts Attack, Defense, and Accuracy.

Both moves are originally learnable by Snivy,

Upon revisiting them now, he learned them in no time.

By the way, Ash also had Snivy learn Toxic, the Poison-type move known by Generation VI's Xerneas.

The three Poison-type moves are none directly attacking the opponent, yet each is more troublesome than the last.

Truly befitting Poison-type.

……

Dusk was drawing to a close,

Pitch-black night gradually blanketed the earth,

Let Hoopa teleport a Suicune over to cleanse the poison on the grass, and gave Suicune a box of food-version Water-type energy blocks as payment.

Passing through the ring, he arrived in the Johto region.

Suicune glanced back at the vanishing ring and the box of energy blocks hanging from its neck, a flicker of surprise and uncertainty in its eyes.

Sniffing the tempting aroma coming from the box,

Although Suicune can survive without eating, it inevitably grew interested in the energy blocks.

Seeing that no one was around,

Suicune lifted its forepaw and pressed the switch with its chubby paw,

Snap,

A water-blue energy block dropped, and Suicune immediately stepped forward, grabbed it in its mouth, and shoved it in.

It was moist and juicy upon entry, full of fresh fragrance, and Suicune's eyes lit up.

After checking the remainder in the box, Suicune felt it could enjoy them for a while.

Facing the stars in the night sky, Suicune sensed something and, upon raising its head, locked its gaze firmly on the direction of Masara Town.

After finishing its meal, it would go take a look.

……

Meanwhile,

At the Masara Town Research Institute, after a day of waiting, Xiao Mao finally obtained the longed-for Verdant Stone.

Upon obtaining it,

Xiao Mao immediately clutched the Verdant Stones and rushed to the backyard,

greeted Ash and the others,

Xiao Mao then gathered his partners.

After trying each one, he finally got a response from the Spearow.

A dazzling white light of evolution rose,

【Pokemon】: Brave Eagle (♂)

【Form】: Verdant appearance (not yet reached evolution level, but due to unknown power influence it prematurely evolved into the Verdant form)

【Type】: Psychic+Flying

【Ability】: Tinted Lens (damage doubles when attack is not very effective)

【Level】: 40

【Base Stats】: Total 510, HP 110, Attack 83, Defense 70, Sp. Atk 112, Sp. Def 70, Speed 65,

"Brave Eagle!?"

Xiao Mao was overjoyed, and as Bulatenuo and Da Mu came out, they too were surprised.

"I never thought Brave Eagle would also have a Verdant form."

"Congratulations, Xiao Mao."

Amidst everyone's praise, Xiao Mao's Mind couldn't help but be filled with heroic fervor, his fighting spirit blazing as he looked toward Ash.

"How about it, Ash, want to have a battle?"

As the words left his mouth,

Recalling past experiences, Xiao Mao quickly regretted it, wishing he could give himself a big slap right then.

However,

When his gaze swept over Ash's Pokemon,

Upon seeing the Shiny Snivy (Yi Se Teng Teng She), his eyes lit up.

"Bulbasaur can't beat it; can your newly arrived Shiny Snivy beat me?"

"Hmm, Shiny Snivy is rare, about on par with the Verdant Brave Eagle; let's battle with your Shiny Snivy."

Using rarity as an excuse, everyone felt no awkwardness.

Da Mu, noticing the grandson's shift in attitude, curled the corners of his mouth.

Knowing to embellish the opponent, thereby reducing the suspicion of bullying that would arise if Brave Eagle challenged Snivy.

Xiao Mao's approach to handling things had become much smoother.

Feeling inside, indeed adversity still trains people.

Ash, in this process, glanced and saw that the level had already risen to 35, and the Snivy, with a full set of dirty tactics and move combinations, had a strange expression.

"Alright, then it's settled with one word."

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