Pokémon: Simultaneous time travel, this Ash is too versatile

Chapter 461 Starting Again: Half a Month of Special Training for Elite Four Peak Pikachu and Froakie!

The appearance of Professor Shuri also relaxed Ash's tense nerves. Although he had promised Mei that he would find Professor Shuri, no matter how confident he was, Professor Shuri had been missing for quite some time.

The Alliance's salvage team couldn't find a single trace of Dr. Xiuli. Even with all his amazing powers, they might not be able to find him.

Before he could even make a move, the unknown totems had already found Dr. Xiuli, or rather, released him.

That unknown space should be where the Unknown Totem lives, but for some reason Dr. Xiuli was imprisoned there, while the Unknown Totem was taken away by the rescue team and brought to Xiaomei's side.

Ash guessed that Professor Shuri must have accidentally activated the power of the Unknown Totem, thus being trapped inside the Unknown Totem's space.

The unknown totem, having exhausted its power to open the space, transformed into a regular puzzle piece and was eventually taken away from the ruins.

Then, Xiao Mei accidentally unlocked the power of the unknown totem. Her wish was to find her father, but she was mentally unstable due to the loss of her father at a young age and mistook the Yan Emperor in her father's keepsake for her own father.

Therefore, the unknown totem exerted its power, bringing forth the Yan Emperor, who replaced Xiao Mei's father in her heart, and causing Xiao Mei's real father to be forgotten in the ruins.

Now that the unknown totem has lost its guiding entity, it begins to return to its original location in the ruins space, while Xiaomei...

His father was also released because of the return of the unknown totem.

All of the above are just Xiaozhi's guesses.

As for the actual situation, even Professor Hideki himself didn't know. After Professor Hideki regained consciousness, Ash asked him about the situation, and Professor Hideki only said that he had discovered the existence of the Unknown Totem, and then fainted due to a mysterious force.

When he woke up, he saw Ash, but he didn't remember anything that had happened in between.

Since Dr. Xiuli doesn't remember what happened during that time, it's hard to figure out the cause and effect of his disappearance. But that doesn't really matter. As long as Dr. Xiuli is safe and sound, the reason doesn't matter.

Furthermore, it's a good thing that Dr. Xiuli doesn't have any memories of that period. After all, he has been missing for a long time, and it's unknown what kind of mental impact it would have on him if he had stayed in that space alone for so long.

At least now, according to Ash's examination, Dr. Shuri's mental and physical health are fine.

If everyone is alright, then all is well.

After bringing Professor Shuri back to Pallet Town, Mei was reunited with her father. Professor Shuri didn't know how to express his gratitude to Ash, but Ash said it was nothing.

As for his gains—he actually gained quite a lot on this trip. Not to mention subduing the Hades Dragon, his own aura power also increased, to an unprecedented degree.

It's possible that he completely drained all the aura power in his body this time, or it could be because it was his first time performing a group aura fusion with many partners—in any case, this power increase even surpassed the accumulation of all his previous training.

According to Ash's estimation, once he fully recovers, his strength will likely reach a new level!

He currently possesses mid-level Divine Realm Aura Power; any higher and he'll reach high-level Divine Realm! That's on par with Mewtwo!

This power will surely give the scorching sun, which is secretly watching, a huge surprise!

Besides himself, Gardevoir and the others also experienced an increase in power. After recovering from a battle that completely depletes one's own power, their strength generally improves by leaps and bounds.

This is why you need to battle against Pokémon of the same level or even those of a higher level. Only by unleashing your full power can you grow stronger faster and accumulate experience more rapidly.

In addition, Giratina's Poké Ball has been researched and transferred over. It is a gray and black Poké Ball with gold trim, which gives people an indescribable sense of nobility just by looking at it.

It looks almost identical to Mewtwo's Poké Ball in terms of texture. You can imagine how difficult it is to make a Poké Ball that is infused with a portion of the divine essence.

There are probably only a handful of people in the entire world who can make this kind of Poké Ball.

Among the people Xiaozhi and his friends know, only the old man with steel could make it.

After creating Giratina's Poké Ball, Professor Oak's request for approval came through: it granted Ash two more Pokémon holding slots.

Ash originally had seven Pokémon holding slots, but now he has nine. Professor Oak did not report the reason for the increase, but given his position, it wouldn't be difficult for him to help someone else add two more Pokémon holding slots.

Not to mention that this person is Ash. Even considering Ash's own status, he could easily add two more Pokémon slots.

As for who these two Pokémon carrying slots are for—they are naturally for Lugia and Giratina.

Since Lugia joined Ash, it hasn't always stayed by his side. Previously, it was to take Lugia back to find its mother, who wasn't Ash's real Pokémon yet, so it was always with him.

However, after Lugia became Ash's Pokémon, Ash's Pokémon slots became insufficient. After all, he now had quite a few Pokémon, and rotating them for training made the slots too cramped.

So, Little Lugia was often teleported back to Professor Oak's lab by Ash, and Professor Oak used this opportunity to conduct a lot of research.

There are now two more Pokémon slots available. One is specifically for Giratina, and the other is naturally for Lugia.

Ash's three additional holding slots correspond to two legendary Pokémon and one artificial legendary Pokémon, which couldn't be more reasonable.

However, this reasonable reason cannot be reported to the League, otherwise some blind people in the League might target Ash.

Not everyone in the Elf League is purely kind.

After dealing with the matters in Pallet Town, Ash and the others said goodbye to Hanako and then had Mewtwo take them back to their starting point before coming to Pallet Town, which is Erimoire City.

Returning to Erimo City, Ash felt as if a day apart had been an eternity. Although only a few days had passed, it felt like an eternity to him. Perhaps it was because so much had happened in those few days that he felt this way.

"Let's go, head towards Yanmo City. This time it might take about a month."

Xiao Zhi opened his phone and glanced at their destination. This trip would take them across several cities to reach Yanmo City.

They passed by other gyms along the way, but none of them had gyms from other places stationed there, and the gym leaders themselves weren't particularly strong, so they weren't part of Ash's challenge plan.

However, while these gyms along the way do not meet Ash's challenge goals, they can provide Serena with some practice opportunities.

Ash originally planned to go straight to Blackrock City, since Cynthia had said she would be waiting for them there.

However, we cannot keep Cynthia waiting too long.

However, Cynthia said that she would also take her apprentice to see other parts of Johto, so Ash didn't need to rush and could just call her when they were almost at Blackrock City.

Since Cynthia had said so, Ash decided not to rush straight to Blackrock City. Instead, he planned to find some gyms that Serena could challenge on the way to Blackrock City, so that Serena could gain some battle experience.

It would be best to get the badge, but it's okay if you don't; just consider it as gaining experience.

Time flies, and half a month has passed.

On the streets near Origami City, Ash is commanding Froakie to battle Pikachu.

"Froghead, Iaijutsu!"

Ash's voice rang out in an open space on the outskirts of Asagi City.

Froakie stomped its feet on the ground, its body transforming into a blue streak of light, white light condensing on its right forearm as it slashed straight at Pikachu.

Pikachu's ears twitched slightly, and its body dodged to the side. Froakie's Iai Slash grazed the tip of Pikachu's ear without touching a single hair.

After landing, the frog quickly turned around, ready to launch another attack.

"Let's stop for a moment."

Ash raised his hand, stopping Froakie's movement. He walked up to Froakie, squatted down, and pointed in Pikachu's direction.

"Frog, do you know why you can't hit it?"

The frog shook its head, its eyes filled with confusion.

"Your Cut is already very fast, but you're releasing the power too early." Ash reached out and grabbed Froakie's forearm, simulating the trajectory of the attack. "You unleashed all your power the instant you started it."

"While this method is very powerful, the force begins to diminish before reaching the target, and the body's inertia makes it difficult to adjust direction along the way."

Frog looked down at its own arm, then at Pikachu across from it.

"One more thing, your shoulder always twitches before you make a move." Ash pointed to Froakie's shoulder. "Pikachu uses this to predict your attack path. You need to learn to hide the signs of your power so your opponent can't see your movements."

The frog nodded thoughtfully.

"But speaking of which," Ash stood up and patted Froakie on the shoulder, "Pikachu's level is much higher than yours."

"It's normal that you can't hit him right now."

"Pikachu!" Pikachu protested from the side.

"I know you've suppressed your physical strength to the same level as the frog, but as a peak Heavenly King, even if you've suppressed your strength to the advanced elite level, your level of power control is far beyond what the frog can match."

If Pikachu were to fight Froakie at its normal strength level, even if Froakie exhausted all its energy, it wouldn't be able to touch a single hair on Pikachu's head.

So during training, Ash had Pikachu suppress its power to the same level as Froakie. If Pikachu used more power, it would lose.

However, even if Pikachu controls its power, it's not something Froakie can easily fool. Suppressing its power doesn't change the fact that Pikachu is originally at the peak of the Elite Four.

That's right, in the past two weeks, Pikachu's level has successfully returned to the top of Elite Four!

This speed of upgrade was unprecedented, even for Ash Ketchum; it was simply too fast—so fast that even he found it unbelievable.

The leveling speed of a Pikachu after its third evolution is several times faster than before.

In just over half a month, he went from intermediate Heavenly King to peak Heavenly King—you should know that even the Froghead only advanced two levels from peak Advancement to intermediate Elite.

Although both involve raising a level by two, the difference in value between Pikachu's two levels and Froakie's two levels is completely incomparable!

Froakie's improvement speed is already quite fast, but Pikachu is even better.

No wonder the experts in the group said that his Pikachu is unique even in the entire Pokémon world, rarer than legendary Pokémon, and has even more terrifying potential!

Pikachu is already this overpowered at level 3; according to the experts in the group, Pikachu can even reach level 7.

What would a Pikachu of that level look like?

"Froakie, you have quite a few problems too." After saying Pikachu, Ash turned around and commented on Froakie. "Although Pikachu has more experience, the main reason why you are struggling so much is that you haven't fully mastered the power at this level yet."

He paused, then continued, "As your level increases, your physical abilities also improve, but the way you use your power is still stuck in your old habits."

"While your Iaijutsu just now unleashed all your power, the excessive force created a fatal flaw in your technique. Iaijutsu emphasizes speed, ruthlessness, and precision, with momentum and footwork moving in unison to lock onto the opponent and deliver a fatal blow!"

As he spoke, Xiao Zhi casually picked up a tree branch, tucked it into his waistband, and then swung it out suddenly!

A strong gust of wind swept through the air, and as the branches swept past, it seemed as if the air itself was being torn apart at that moment!

The frog opened its mouth slightly, staring at the broken branch, unsure of what to say for a moment.

Although he had long known that his trainer was extraordinary, he had never heard of a human who could unleash the Pokémon move Cut with a single tree branch.

"Well, that's roughly the feeling. The rest is just a matter of practicing more. Although Cut is a very weak move, I feel that in your hands, it can unleash power far exceeding the move's inherent strength." Ash casually tossed the branch aside and said to Froakie with a serious expression.

"Gie Luo!" Frog nodded seriously, then used its energy to create a blade and continued practicing on the spot.

"Ash! Froakie! Pikachu! Time to eat!" Brock's voice came from afar.

"They're here!!"