I haven't decided on a name for my Pokémon trainer yet.

Ye Feng contacted Mew and asked it to send over Gengar, the Key Stone, and the Mega Stone. After all, he had left them at Yggdrasil to force himself to experience life and death, so there was no need for them now.

Ye Feng tried to get Gardevoir to Mega Evolve and use a Z-Move, but... the Z-Move failed during the process, and the Mega Evolution ended prematurely. The same thing happened with Gyarados and Aggron. Ye Feng and his Pokémon couldn't withstand such a drain on their energy, which was a real pity.

Perhaps in the future, when their strength has increased to a higher level, they will be able to do it, but for now, they can only choose to use one of them depending on the situation.

Mew was very curious about the existence of the Tapu family. After learning more about the great god, Illusion left with a thoughtful expression. Before leaving, he told Ye Feng to study Z-Moves carefully, as this might be an opportunity for him to break through his strength again.

Another pleasant surprise is that, under the appraisal of the Tapu family, Gengar also has the potential to develop its own Z-Move.

In this way, Gardevoir, Gengar, Arcanine, and Kingdra will be able to develop their own Z-Moves.

However, developing a unique Z-Move is not something that can be done overnight. First of all, just creating a unique Z-Crystal is not a simple task, not to mention that Ye Feng is pursuing an individual unique Z-Move.

Secondly, the Tapu family doesn't have the resources to teach four Pokémon at once and help them develop their own Z-Moves; that would be too much for them to handle.

Ye Feng spent another week, but he only completed a prototype, and it was still a long way from being fully developed.

However, there won't be much time left, since developing a unique Z-Move is based on a move that the Pokémon already knows, and Ye Feng's ability to guide natural energy on his own also played a significant role in this process.

Gardevoir naturally chose the Spiral Ball, since its high level of control over type energy comes from the Spiral Ball, which is also its most powerful attack.

Gardevoir's signature Z-Move fuses various elemental energy balls into a single attack. This fused ball is not only incredibly powerful but also retains the unique effects of each individual element, such as the fire-type burn, the ghost-type curse, or the electric-type paralysis.

Moreover, the trigger probability is higher than that of the basic attribute orbs—a friendly feedback from Tapu Koko.

However, currently only two or three attributes can be fused, and these attributes must not conflict with each other; otherwise, the attack will fail during activation.

Ye Feng had pursued attribute fusion for a long time without success, but it was finally achieved in his Z-Move. The reason for this might be that natural energy was added to the basic attribute energy.

Ye Feng was very confident in this move.

Sometimes he couldn't help but fantasize about Gardevoir holding a Spiral-type Z-Ball that combines 18 types, destroying the world—of course, to develop it to that extent would require an unknown amount of effort, and it might be a project he'd never see in his lifetime.

Gengar uses Shadow Ball, after all, it's their family's signature move—in its previous life, Gengar had many move sets to choose from, and Shadow Ball always had a place among them;

Inspired by the Spiral-type Z-Ball, Gengar's signature Z-Move is not only a huge power boost, but also possesses a powerful attraction due to its rotation. Gengar has also incorporated Fairy-type energy into it, so even when facing Normal-type Pokémon, it won't result in the awkward situation of hitting the opponent without causing any damage.

Arcanine chose Flame Strike.

After being upgraded to its exclusive Z-Move, Flame Blitz not only gets rid of the original move's damage reflection, but also further increases the probability of inflicting the burn status—of course, this is just icing on the cake, since once the exclusive Z-Move is used, the opponent will basically be wiped out without any surprises.

It also possesses an extremely high speed that surpasses Extreme Speed. Although it inevitably requires charging when activated, once it is used, the opponent has no time to react. Even with Gardevoir's reaction speed, it cannot avoid or use Protect to defend. It can be considered a move that is guaranteed to hit.

The Dragon King chose Meteor Shower.

After evolving into its own Z-Move, its power naturally increases significantly, and its appearance also undergoes a huge change.

The original meteor shower was an attack similar to small meteors falling, but King Thorn Dragon's exclusive move has transformed into a series of dragon-shaped energy attacks, which are not only cooler, but also have a larger range and density, leaving almost no room to dodge.

Even if you use Protect to defend, against so many attacks, Protect can only help the Pokémon struggle for a while.

Secondly, the original Meteor Shower would significantly reduce the special effects, but now the reduction is much smaller, and with further development, this reduction will be further reduced. According to Tapu's estimate, this negative effect will completely disappear after this move is completed.

At this point, the four Pokémon have completed the initial development of their exclusive Z-Moves, and all that remains is to continue training.

Ye Feng has been staying in the island's secret realm for more than half a month now.

While the four Pokémon were developing their own unique moves under the tutelage of the Tapu family, Ye Feng and the other three Pokémon were also busy.

Aggron and the others continued practicing general Z-Moves. After all, while general Z-Moves aren't as powerful as exclusive Z-Moves, they are still very strong moves and can greatly help improve their strength. Meanwhile, Ye Feng, with Rotom's help, collected receipts and completed a basic paper on Z-Moves.

This paper doesn't need to be as detailed as Mega Evolution. It's enough to let trainers know that Z-Moves are no weaker than Mega Evolution, and even surpass Mega Evolution in terms of burst power.

Most importantly, mastering Z-Moves is much easier than Mega Evolution.

The rest can be learned by them after they personally experience Z-Moves.

"You've already chosen the island's ruler?" Ye Feng was surprised to receive this news from Tapu Komatsu.

Tapu Koko stated that he has selected several suitable trainers from those who entered the Secret Realm during this period, but they still need to undergo a final test. Only those who pass the test will be qualified to become the ruler of the island.

Ye Feng never interfered with the selection of the Kapus, but he did contact the outside world, Master Du and others, including Shang Yixue, Xiao Yichen, Zhang Qiang and others, and secretly revealed the matter of the island's master to them.

Regardless, Ye Feng still hoped that someone from his own country could be selected.

After learning that there were four legendary Pokémon in the secret realm, the exploration teams from other countries dared not act recklessly. They all behaved themselves, trying to befriend the dominant Pokémon while searching for the existence of the guardian deities, hoping to gain some benefits from them.

As for which four lucky individuals were chosen to become the island's rulers...

Ye Feng didn't know that.

He no longer had time to care about that; something more important had happened.

Having successfully mastered the Z-Move, the bottleneck in a Pokémon's strength has finally begun to loosen, and the opportunity to break through to the Master level is just around the corner!

Chapter 388 The Application of Natural Energy and the Possibility of Breaking Through to Master Level

Although Ye Feng had indeed fantasized about breaking through to the Master level by comprehending natural energy before he started learning the Z-Move, he still felt a little incredulous when he actually faced this moment.

Master level, that's master level!

Although they have personally witnessed many legendary Pokémon and quite a few near-legendary Pokémon, and even Master Wang, Master Ye, and Master Yu have reached this level through Mega Evolution, excluding the limited number of Mega Evolutions, Master level remains the ceiling of human trainers' strength.

Ye Feng once aspired to become a master trainer and has been striving towards that goal ever since.

After the Pokémon's strength reached the high ceiling, he constantly hoped that they would cross the threshold of Master level, not through Mega Evolution, but through their own hard power to reach Master level.

Although I have a master-level Gengar, it wasn't raised by me, so I don't feel any sense of accomplishment.

Moreover, even though they clearly know that the threshold is right in front of them, they can't touch it no matter what, let alone cross it.

The experiences gained from others, whether accumulated over time or from life-or-death situations, are not easily replicated.

But now, Ye Feng has finally taken a big step closer to his ideal!

After unleashing an all-attribute Z-Move, the bottleneck that had bound Gardevoir for so long began to loosen, and after developing its own signature Z-Move, that bottleneck finally began to crack and break.

The day after Ye Feng mastered his exclusive Z-Move, he opened his eyes to find Gardevoir standing silently in front of him, its eyes sparkling with excitement as it looked at him.

Before Ye Feng could even regain his senses, Gardevoir couldn't wait to unleash its aura, which had increased dramatically—true master-level strength, not the kind achieved through Mega Evolution!

Ye Feng excitedly picked up Gardevoir and lifted it high in the air. Gardevoir, who had maintained the aloof demeanor of the Psychic Queen since its evolution, also showed a rare, bright smile.

But the surprises weren't over yet.

That afternoon, Arcanine became the second Pokémon in the team to break through to the Master level.

The next day, though late, King Thorn Dragon successfully broke through.

Gengar, already a master-level creature, has also made considerable progress in its strength.

After all, it grows up in the wild without undergoing scientific breeding. Although the proper breeding of Pokémon has only been around for a little over a hundred years since the invention of the Poké Ball, it is still far superior to the wild environment.

Therefore, although Gengar is also a Master-level Pokémon, it is still slightly inferior in terms of basic strength compared to the Pokémon of those veteran Master Trainers.

This time, Gengar also underwent a transformation, completely solidifying its master-level strength.

Of course, even among masters, there are differences in skill.

Gardevoir and the others are slightly inferior to Gengar, but they have already accumulated a very deep foundation, so once they break through, they are no longer ordinary Master-level strength.

Using some settings from a certain fantasy novel, taking the Dragonite of the most senior Master Jing as the benchmark, its strength is currently at the ceiling of Master level. Then Gengar is at the mid-to-late Master level, Gardevoir is at the mid-Master level, Arcanine and Kingdra are slightly weaker, but they also have a stage of early to mid-Master level.

Although the journey had been long and arduous, the breakthrough itself had been rather uneventful, lacking any earth-shattering, dramatic scenes. Ye Feng found it somewhat dull…

At the same time, the bottlenecks for Gyarados, Aggron, and Togekiss have also shown signs of loosening.

However, they were unable to develop their own Z-Moves, so they did not break through using natural energy like the other three Pokémon.

However, Ye Feng already had a next idea: the domineering aura of the Alora Islands.

In the Alora Islands, there are places with particularly rich energy. According to Tapu, they initially thought these were remnants of energy left over from when the Radiant God bestowed light upon the Alora Islands.

After the Tapu family mastered the Z-Move, they discovered that those special energies were actually natural energies that had gathered together for some unknown reason—perhaps they were attracted by light.

Over the long years, the Tapu family controlled these locations; and by chance, they discovered that these locations not only had abundant natural energy, making training with Pokémon twice as effective, but also that the natural energy would spontaneously surround the Pokémon, forming a special aura that could enhance the Pokémon's strength to a certain extent.

The giant Pokémon on the island are like that; the Tapu family calls this aura the Overlord Aura, and the Pokémon that controls the aura are called Overlord Pokémon.

These locations also became the places where the Tapu family trained their dominant Pokémon.

This aura can passively and comprehensively enhance a Pokémon's various stats. While it may not be as powerful as a Z-Move or as significant as the boost from Mega Evolution, its advantage lies in the fact that once fully mastered, the aura will exist permanently as a passive buff without requiring any additional cost.

Unfortunately, this aura cannot last long. Most spirits can only let the aura envelop them for a few hours. After all, it is not their own energy, and the aura will slowly disappear over time.

Only a few exceptionally gifted Pokémon can fully control their aura, allowing the dominant aura to permanently envelop them, and under the influence of this aura, their bodies will become enormous.

Therefore, it is extremely difficult to fully master the aura of a dominant Pokémon. Under the training of the Tapu family, there are only a dozen or so such dominant Pokémon on the island.

Even the most talented one took several years to successfully master the aura of a dominant being.

It's countless times more difficult than developing a custom Z-Move.

Ye Feng certainly didn't want his Pokémon to master the Overlord Aura. He was self-aware enough that he couldn't even develop his own Z-Move, so how could he possibly master the more difficult Overlord Aura?

His idea was that since the Overlord Aura is essentially a collection of natural energy, perhaps it could be developed like a custom Z-Move, by enveloping oneself in the Overlord Aura to further comprehend natural energy.

Gyarados, Aggron, and Togekiss might be able to use their Totem Aura to break through the Master level threshold, while Gardevoir and the others can use this opportunity to familiarize themselves with the power of Master level and solidify their basic abilities.

I shared this idea with the Tapu family.

The four Tapu had witnessed firsthand how the development of exclusive Z-Moves helped Gardevoir and the others break through to Master level, so they were quite convinced of Ye Feng's methods of training Pokémon.

Therefore, he readily agreed to Ye Feng's request.

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