Pokémon: Hard work pays off, moves can be upgraded infinitely.

The New Year's atmosphere gradually faded with the arrival of another heavy snowfall.

After Liu Jianhao and Liu Yingying left, Mu Yun's life returned to normal.

With regular training, the end of the winter break is drawing ever closer.

Finally, on the day before school started, Xiao Tie accumulated enough Limit Break Points to complete the enhancement of his special ability.

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[Ding! Cocodora (Iron Head)'s ability enhancement complete! The original ability, Sturdy, has been replaced by the new ability, Absolute Defense!]

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[Ding! During the potential enhancement process, Cocodora seems to have gained a new understanding of Steel-type energy and has learned the move Iron Head!]

[Ding! With the blessing of special insights, CocoDora's proficiency with the move - Iron Head has improved. Current proficiency level: Mastered!]

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[Iron Head (Mastery, 0/100): During the use of this move, head hardness +100%, and overall body hardness +50%.]

[Iron Head: A Steel-type physical attack move that uses its hard, iron-like head to strike the opponent, with a chance to cause the opponent to flinch.]

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[Ding! Cocoa's level has increased to 20!]

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【Sprite: Cocodora (Iron Head)】

【Characteristic: Absolute Defense (When using any type of move, gain an additional level of physical defense, with no upper limit to the effect, and the multiple defense buffs will not cause any stacking pressure or negative effects)

Additionally, after the trait takes effect, its Special Defense gains the same defensive effect as its Physical Defense, meaning that its Special Defense base stat and Special Defense level bonus are equivalent to its Physical Defense base stat and Physical Defense level bonus.

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With the addition of absolute defense, Xiao Tie's defensive capabilities received a qualitative leap.

If he learns to combine rock grinding, which increases movement speed, with pounce, it's hard to imagine how varied the expressions of his opponents will be.

With its extremely high defense, super-fast speed, and incredibly powerful attack, this iron lump is truly something that anyone who attacks it will know.

"Meow!"

(It's impossible to damage it!)

Shin-chan, who had evolved into his Tire Cat form, looked at Tetsuya, who didn't even blink an eye under his attacks, and pouted helplessly.

Before evolving, she couldn't beat Xiao Tie or the Third Sister. After evolving, she still couldn't beat Xiao Tie or the Third Sister.

Isn't this all a waste of evolution?!

Tired, destroy it.

Having exhausted the last bit of energy in his body, Shin-chan lay on his back on the ground, feeling unwell.

"Don't be discouraged. Once you evolve again and learn moves of other types, you'll have a chance!"

Mu Yun fed Xiao Xin a Grass-type Energy Cube to comfort him.

"Meow?"

(Really?)

Upon hearing this, Shin-chan immediately sat up and exclaimed excitedly.

"real."

Mu Yun nodded.

Once Shin-chan evolves into his Magic Masked Cat form, he will learn many powerful Fighting-type moves. At that time, he can use Transform to change both of his types to Fighting, which is super effective against Steel and Rock, and deal up to eight times the super-effective damage.

Even with Xiao Tie's amazing defense, he absolutely couldn't withstand it.

Of course, this is all based on the premise that Xiao Tie doesn't fight back. Otherwise, with Xiao Xin's physique, if Xiao Tie touches him even once, it could be the end of him.

"Meow!"

(I want to evolve, I want to become stronger!)

Shin-chan immediately perked up and was full of fighting spirit.

"Lots!"

(Me too!)

Xiao Tie, who was standing to the side and didn't understand what was going on, looked at Xiao Xin, who was full of fighting spirit, and echoed him.

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Time passed gradually during training.

Soon, the winter break ended, and the final countdown to the senior year of high school began.

On the first day of school, Wang He had them play a test match.

Without a doubt, Mu Yun once again dominated to take first place.

Afterwards, Wang He did not stop the competition, but instead let the top eight, as well as a few others, play against each other one by one to determine the exact rankings.

At first, Mu Yun thought that Wang He was testing their specific strength. It wasn't until the afternoon, when Wang He called him and the other six to the principal's office, that he realized Wang He's intention.

"Training camp selection?"

Looking at the document that Principal Xu Defu had just given them, Liu Jianhao and the others, except for Mu Yun, all showed puzzled expressions.

"That's right, the reason I called you here is to talk about this."

Xu Defu said, "This is a special training camp jointly organized by three provinces in Northeast China. All students who join this training camp can be recommended for the Trainer major, and those who perform exceptionally well can even be directly recommended for the Trainer major at Heijiang University."

"Because of Muyun's outstanding performance in the provincial competition last time, our school received a total of six application slots, and Instructor Wang He recommended the six of you to me."

After listening to Xu Defu's words, they all understood what had happened in the morning's battle.

It turns out it was a selection process for spots in this training camp.

"Direct admission! Does this mean I don't even need to take the written exam?"

Wu Tu asked, his eyes shining.

Finally, I don't have to study anymore!

Although his grades are decent, it doesn't mean he enjoys studying.

If it weren't for the requirement of passing written exams for trainer professions, he wouldn't want to read a single book.

Wouldn't it be better to train with Onix?

"That's right, Wu Tu."

Xu Defu said with a smile.

"Yay! I want to sign up!"

Wu Tu excitedly picked up the pen and filled out the form in a few quick strokes.

The same applies to the others.

Although they had good grades and did well on their own exams, being recommended for admission was obviously a safer option.

If given a choice, admission through direct recommendation would naturally be better.

As for Mu Yun, he didn't care whether or not he was guaranteed admission.

He consistently ranked first in his grade in academic subjects, and his Pokémon strength was equally impressive, so the college entrance exam was just a formality for him.

The reason he wanted to go was simply because of the first long-term mission he triggered in Chi Duoduo's bedroom last year.

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[Long-Term Mission 1: College Entrance Exam Training Camp: To select combat geniuses, a multi-resource training camp with numerous guaranteed admission spots has begun!]

[Task Requirements: Successfully participate in the training camp and achieve a higher ranking within the camp.]

[Time Limit: Before the end of the training camp.]

[Mission Rewards: Successful participation will reward you with 500 points. Other rewards will be determined based on your final ranking (including but not limited to a large number of points, energy cube recipes, skill learning and memorization, special abilities, etc.)]

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The 500 points earned from registration are not of much concern to Mu Yun at the moment.

What he was really looking forward to was the special ability included in the reward.

It is well known that there are gifted people in this world.

Although the abilities of gifted individuals are varied and unique, without exception, they are all quite remarkable.

If possible, Mu Yun would really like to acquire a special ability such as wave guide power or superpower.

For no other reason than to provide some protection when fighting melee monsters.

It wasn't that Mu Yun wanted to get involved himself; his main concern was preventing Lao Liu from launching a sneak attack in the wild.

Even if he wants to train bodyguard elves in the future, Mu Yun still desires his own strength.