It had been more than two months since Tetsuya came once, and he only exchanged for some supplies. This made the Shadows quite puzzled. After all, he had exchanged for 150 Poké Balls last time.
"…Only exchanging these?" a Shadow asked.
Tetsuya glanced lightly, "Hm, is there a problem?"
"You exchanged so many Poké Balls last time. You don't only have these ten Pokémon left, do you…? Right now your points are near the bottom. In another three months, it will be a new round of eliminations. You'll suffer losses then."
"Hn, with such inferior Poké Balls, what kind of Pokémon can be caught?"
Tetsuya threw out a sentence and left.
"…"
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After leaving the Shadow Team's base, he decided to change direction. Kanta was in the direction of that mountainous area, and he did not want to be disturbed by him for the time being.
To the north, a place he had not explored yet. Hopefully there would be some benefits.
However, the Pokémon in his hands were already complete. Of course, encountering powerful Pokémon that could serve to train his own Pokémon would already be good enough. Since he had no way to obtain them, then he would only, well… kill them.
He would never let those people from the Shadow Team benefit!
Tetsuya did not walk very fast, basically only moving for half a day. Training was conducted in the morning, advancing in the afternoon, while looking for opponents with battle value. Of course, compared to Piloswine, Haunter, Beedrill, and Houndoom, valuable opponents had already become scarce.
When encountering such strong opponents, it was basically these Pokémon taking turns to battle.
The one that fought the most was naturally Golett. Golett's current strength was not very strong, and many opponents were its training targets.
Training, battling, and exploring the path in the forest… before he knew it, another two months had passed.
Each Pokémon seemed to have become somewhat weathered.
The improvement in strength was undeniable, and battle experience had accumulated quite a bit. Along the way, quite a number of Pokémon had been eliminated, and twenty Poké Balls had already been filled.
Tetsuya's own food supply was also running out, but having finally reached this place, he was unwilling to leave without finishing exploring it. He could only grit his teeth and move forward. As long as there was Pokémon in the forest, he would not starve.
In these two months, Piloswine had also finished learning all of its "level-up" moves. Amnesia could greatly improve its Special Defense. Piloswine's physique had also steadily improved through daily persistent training.
Now, letting Piloswine evolve into Mamoswine was not impossible, but two-thirds of the Eternal Ice still remained. If it evolved into Mamoswine without absorbing all of the Eternal Ice, it might not be able to maintain Hail. A solid base was the most important.
At the current rate, it would take at least another two and a half years to absorb all of the Eternal Ice. By then, Piloswine's physique would definitely be robust enough. After evolving into Mamoswine, it could then begin practicing Curse and Fissure. The use of these two moves required a strong physical condition, at least, for Tatsuya's requisites.
There was no need to mention Haunter. It had already reached a stagnation phase. Without toxin-based stimulation, it could not evolve into Gengar. The only things that could be improved now were its psychic power and the continuous use of moves without relying on psychic assistance.
After this elimination round ended, Tetsuya had already made a decision to venture into the poisonous forest, hoping that the Poison-type Pokémon inside could stimulate Haunter's evolution.
In these two months, Ditto mainly cooperated with Tetsuya in [Shadow Dagger] throwing. With Ditto's physical condition and speed greatly improved, Tetsuya's role had become smaller and smaller. Within twenty meters, Ditto could independently lock onto targets and hit them accurately.
Beedrill mainly continued Speed training in these two months.
Training must avoid impatience.
Beedrill itself had a violent temperament, so from time to time it needed to vent. Some unlucky Pokémon inevitably fell victim to it, but its Speed had indeed improved. At this rate, in another half year, its speed would be no different from Agility. With accumulation over time, the results would eventually show, and Tetsuya was also looking forward to that day.
Houndoom's level had already been quite high, and it had dominated many moves. It mainly continued polishing and linking its existing moves. With further improvement in physical condition, its power became even more formidable. Now even Piloswine was not confident it could completely defeat such a transformed Houndoom.
The one that had improved the most was undoubtedly Golett. Its previous "training" had not stopped, because Tetsuya discovered that although energy had covered Golett's entire body, the energy sealed within it was far more than that. While continuing that kind of training, the energy would form a second layer of coverage.
With the first layer already covering it, the second layer formed much faster. In two months, the second layer had already covered its entire chest, and its strength had steadily grown imperceptibly. Along the way, most battles were handled by Golett.
As its level increased, it had learned four new level-up moves: Shadow Punch, Iron Defense, Stomping Tantrum, and Mega Punch. With the Iron Fist Ability, these punching moves all manifested full power.
The once obscure Golett was now gradually shining…
After remaining silent for more than half a year, it finally had its stage to show itself!
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There was only one month left before the second elimination round.
Tetsuya planned to finish exploring this area.
In the afternoon, Tetsuya was walking through the forest as usual when three dummies approached him.
Calling them dummies was not entirely accurate, but at this moment, they truly were.
The three walked forward blankly, their eyes empty and expressions stiff.
It seemed they had fallen under a Pokémon's Hypnosis. In this area, only a valley remained ahead. Could there be a Pokémon capable of using Hypnosis?
Tetsuya casually took the backpacks of the three people, took the Pokéfood inside, threw it on the ground, and headed toward the valley.
Since it could use Hypnosis, he could not act recklessly!
Tetsuya proceeded cautiously, step by step, advancing slowly through the forest until reaching the entrance of the valley.
The environment of the valley was indeed uniquely favorable. A stream flowed into it. The trees inside were positioned in an orderly manner, ensuring both shade and sufficient sunlight. It was definitely maintained by Pokémon.
This Pokémon's intelligence must not be simple!
At the entrance of the valley stood more than a dozen Exeggutor. They appeared to be the guards of this place. Exeggutor were Grass/Psychic-type Pokémon, adept at using Hypnosis. With their formation like this, it could be said there were no blind spots.
Unless one defeated them within their line of sight, it would be impossible to escape their hypnotic waves.
Now it depended on Haunter!