Pokémon: Simultaneous time travel, this Ash is too versatile!

Chapter 227 The Three Brothers of the King of the Scrolls: Mega Charizard, Mega Sand, and Mega Crab! The Dawn of Primala's Evolution!
Ash's current top tier consists of five starter Pokémon: Pikachu, Gardevoir, and Lucario. However, this is only five Pokémon; the last one to become a main force is Lucario!
This position should have belonged to Pidgeot, but Lucario raised its strength to the professional level during the last Age of Heaven, making it on par with Pidgeot!
In the past two months, Pidgeot has raised its strength to the peak of its profession. Although Pidgeot is also at the peak of its profession, if the two were to fight, Pidgeot would be no match for Lucario. After all, there is no type advantage between the two, while Lucario completely overwhelms Pidgeot in terms of stats.

Pidgeot's only advantage is that it can fly, but Lucario has Aura Targeting. If these two were to fight, the former would be completely countered by the latter!
No matter how fast a Pokémon flies, once it's locked onto by Aura, it's doomed. Only Psychic Pokémon can use their Psychic powers to briefly evade Lucario's lock, but if Lucario is prepared, even Psychic Pokémon can't escape Lucario's aim.

Just like when Mewtwo and Lucario battled.

In terms of combat ability, Lucario is undoubtedly the main Pokémon, while Pidgeot can only take a backseat and become the head of the second team.

Aside from Gengar and Aerodactyl, which he doesn't use much, Ash also has Muk, Tauros, Butterfree, Kingler, and Primeape, which is on the verge of evolution.

This is Ash's second tier.

Aerodactyl and Gengar are outside the team because, in terms of level, they are the highest in the entire team. When Aerodactyl was first caught, it was a high-level gym leader, but now it has reached the Elite Four level... That's right, Aerodactyl is already an Elite Four member!
Although it's only at the beginner level of Heavenly King, it's still at the Heavenly King level!
Gengar has reached the Elite Four level. According to him, if he had a worthy opponent to fight, he should be able to advance to the Champion level. He is only a little bit of pressure away from becoming a Champion.

These two Pokémon may not be the strongest or second strongest in the team, but their level is definitely among the top two.

Besides them, Ash doesn't have a third Elite Four Pokémon.

Ash also plans to send these two Elite Four level Pokémon to the Indigo League. After all, this is an annual competition, and Ash has gone through many hardships to get to this stage. Naturally, he wants all the Pokémon in his hand to show off.

It doesn't make sense to exclude them from the competition just because they have a high rank. That would be too unfair to them. Is it their fault that they have a high rank?
And to be honest, against the group from the Indigo League, it really makes no difference whether you use Aerodactyl or not. Even if Charizard and the others were to come out, it would still be a complete rout.

They can't handle Gym-level Pokémon, let alone those that can fight across levels, so sending out Elite Four Pokémon is no problem, since it's all about crushing them, right?
In the second team of Pokémon, Pidgeot is naturally the team leader, and Butterfree is Ash's veteran team member. Although Ash has tried his best to improve it, the talent and potential of Bug-type Pokémon are limited.

In other words, Ash's Butterfree is considered to have outstanding talent among all Butterfrees; otherwise, it might not have reached the professional level by now.

Butterfree is at the intermediate professional level, which is quite a bit lower than Pidgeot's level. It would take Butterfree about a month to catch up between the two minor professional levels, so there is a significant difference in their progress.

It's worth noting that Butterfree was originally a higher level than Pidgeot, but now it has been surpassed. This illustrates the drawback of Bug-type Pokémon: they level up quickly in the early game but lag behind in the late game.

But then again, if those Bug Catchers knew about the professional-level Butterfree, they'd probably be begging Ash to explain how he trained it.

How strong or powerful rare Pokémon like Charizard and Blastoise can become has absolutely nothing to do with the Bug Catchers, but Butterfree and the others really do!
Besides Butterfree, they have many other Bug-type Pokémon. If they could know the secrets to improving Bug-type Pokémon, that would be the moment for many young Bug-catching boys to rise to prominence!

Unfortunately, most of the bug-catching boys are unaware that there is a bug-raising expert in Pallet Town.

When Muk was first captured, it was only at the early advanced stage, but it had a very high talent. This talent was not focused on its six-dimensional abilities, but rather on its stench.

The stinkier the smell emanating from a Muk Pokémon, the stronger its inherent qualities!
This is something that six-dimensional abilities cannot demonstrate.

Ash's Grimer is arguably the smelliest ever! Professor Oak said that he has encountered countless Grimer and Muk in his life, but none of them have ever smelled as bad as Ash's!
This is enough to show just how talented Ash is with Muk. After Ash caught it, he almost only trained Muk after returning to Pallet Town. Normally, Ash would just teleport Muk over, check on its condition, customize a training plan, and then teleport it back.

Ash admitted that he had indeed neglected Muk, rarely paying attention to it or visiting it after catching it, and hadn't even used it in a single battle.

However, Muk didn't care at all. Although its feelings for Ash weren't very deep, it still regarded Ash as its trainer and was willing to obey Ash's commands. Besides Ash, it also had deep feelings for Professor Oak.

Whenever it sees Professor Oak, it pounces on him and plays around. Although Professor Oak also dislikes the smell of Muk, it doesn't reject Muk and eventually gets used to it.

So what is Muk's current level when it was only at the initial stage of advancement?

Elite pinnacle!

This level increase far exceeded Ash's expectations. He caught Muk before arriving in Fuchsia City, which was about three months after he started traveling.

For about a month after capturing Muk, he didn't train it himself. It wasn't until a month and a half after returning to Pallet Town that he began training Muk personally.

But besides Muk, Ash has more than a dozen other Pokémon to train, plus he has to give Blastoise extra training. Under these circumstances, isn't it astonishing that Muk can reach the elite level?
In terms of improvement speed, Muk is among the top in the team. Although its strength is not yet among the best in the team, at this rate of improvement, Muk may well take the lead in Ash's team.

Besides Muk, Magmaagi, which has been trained by Gengar, is now at the elite peak level. It should actually be able to reach the professional level by now, but Magmaagi has not chosen to level up.

Because he is currently at a very critical moment, that is, another kind of power is being born within him!

Knowing that Primeape had the potential for further evolution, Ash had been intentionally training it in that direction. This was the reason why Gengar trained Primeape – to use Ghost-type abilities to guide the generation of Ghost-type energy within Primeape.

The results are good now. The Ghost-type power within Primeape is slowly growing. Once it can grow into a complete Ghost-type, that will be the time for Primeape to evolve!
But Ash always felt something was strange: why was the evolution of Primeape so complicated?
It's not just Primeape that gains new types after evolving. Take Charizard and Lucario for example: Charizard gains the Flying type after evolving, and Lucario gains the Steel type.

Both of these Pokémon gained new types after evolving, but it wasn't as complicated as Primeape's evolution, which required cultivating type power within its own body. Ash asked the experienced players in the group about this, and Champion Ash gave him an explanation that he only vaguely understood: Primeape's evolution is not allowed in this world.

The evolved form of Primeape is called Forsaken. Forsaken was actually discovered when the Padina region was introduced. Since the Padina region doesn't exist in Ash's world right now, the rule for Primeape to evolve is temporarily not allowed.

For Primeape to evolve now is practically defying the heavens, which is why it seems so difficult.

To put it bluntly, even if a Ghost-type is born, Primeape might not be able to evolve. This feeling of being on the verge of evolution is the most difficult moment.

However, if Primeape could evolve, the benefits would be enormous, as it would be the world's first Primeape to evolve into Forsaken, and it would be an evolution that defies the odds.

Evolution is as difficult as it is beneficial. The most obvious benefit is that after evolving, Primeape's level increase is not just a small increase like other Pokémon. In addition, Primeape's aptitude will be blessed by the heavens because it is the only evolved form in the world, thus gaining an improvement.

Ash doesn't know what a gift from heaven is, but he does know that evolving will greatly increase one's level.

Therefore, Ash's goal in training his Primeape after returning was to get it to give it its all and successfully evolve.

To this end, they even poured the power of leveling up into the Ghost type. The Ghost type's attributes are indeed growing stronger day by day, but no matter how much they improve, it's still just a little short of being fully formed!
This is far from Ash's initial prediction that it would evolve very soon. Ash is currently planning to have his Primeape break through to the professional level first, and then talk about evolution later.

As the experts in the group said, evolving Primeape is going against the grain and it's not easy to accomplish. The probability of failure is also quite high, so let's put evolution aside for now and focus on leveling up.

Finally, there's the situation with Tauros and Kingler. Tauros's situation is similar to Muk's; Ash never used it in battle after catching it, and he didn't even train it much.

It was only after he returned to Pallet Town that he began to personally train Tauros, and his bond with Tauros quickly deepened.

Ash is absolutely adept at handling Pokémon, but with so many wings and no ability to use Double Team, he can't manage them all. As a result, Tauros only progressed from its initial Advanced level to its current Elite level, which is less than the improvement he made with Muk. It's just average.

Finally, there's Krabby, the last Pokémon Ash caught. When he caught it, it was only at the intermediate level, but Krabby's training was second only to Charizard and Gardevoir among all the Pokémon.

Charizard Gardevoir is known as the most tiring member of the team. Although Pikachu's level is higher than theirs, Pikachu's training time and intensity are actually not as high as those two Pokémon.

Even Krabby's training intensity and time are greater than Pikachu's!

It's not that Pikachu isn't hardworking, it's that they're too hardworking!

To paraphrase Pikachu—who can beat them?!

He just needs to follow his own normal pace. If he tries to be as intense as them, he'll probably be so exhausted he'll question his very existence.

However, in order to prove itself, to repay Ash's kindness, and to make up for its lack of talent, Krabby trains very hard and ranks among the top three in the team.

This also caused the giant crab to evolve into a mongrel crab in just two short months!
The level has reached the beginner elite level, which is a leap of one major level and two minor levels!
Although Kingler's level in the team isn't high and its stats aren't top-tier, Ash believes that it will showcase its style at the Indigo League and make the world remember its name!

……

After the troop selection was over, Ash didn't plan to continue training. He thought he could relax for a couple of days, as he would be heading to the Indigo Plateau tomorrow. He would let the Pokémon roam freely during this time, and he would just play around with them.

It's not good to be too tense.

"Ash, the research results for that black dumbbell are in!" Just as Ash was about to dismiss the group, Professor Oak suddenly appeared in the backyard with the black dumbbell.

Gengar glanced casually at the black dumbbell and looked away, but the next second, it suddenly focused its gaze on the dumbbell in Professor Oak's hand, and then instantly floated to Professor Oak's side: "Ash, is this dumbbell yours?!"

"Um...yes, what's wrong?"

"Give me this; I need it very much!"

"Sure, but what use would you be?"

"Hey, haven't you been struggling with how to get the Ghost type to come out of your Infernal? If you still can't get the Ghost type to come out after using this thing, I'll cut off my head and let you kick it around like a ball!"

(End of this chapter)