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

"Three...three moves released at once..."

Zou Mingli looked at the three-colored light emanating from Xiao Du, his face filled with an expression of shattered worldview.

Even a powerful Elite Four-level Pokémon needs a considerable amount of time to practice dual moves simultaneously at the third-tier difficulty level.

For example, his "Overlord Flower" only fully mastered this technique more than three months after breaking through to the Heavenly King level, and was able to skillfully use the third-level dual moves in parallel during battle.

How come this giant bee learns so quickly?

Can you even apply this knowledge to other situations and come up with a three-pronged approach?

This scene was even more shocking than when Mu Yun punched the Moon Bear away.

Okay, that was actually quite impressive too.

"Damn!"

Just as Zou Mingli was comparing which of the two things was more unacceptable, a cry pulled him back to reality.

A huge figure flew down from mid-air.

It was Mu Yun's other spirit—Bo Feng!

At this moment, he was enveloped in a faint white light, moving at an alarming speed, almost appearing as a blurry white streak in Zou Mingli's eyes.

However, upon closer inspection, one can see a hint of iron-like dark gray within the white shimmering light.

This was the two moves that Namikaze had just tried – Quick Attack + Steel Wing!

No, to be more precise, this technique should be called --

"A combination of moves!?"

Upon seeing the almost overlapping two-colored streams of light on Bo Feng's body, Zou Mingli's expression once again became tense, and he cried out in disbelief.

"A combination of moves? How is that different from using two moves simultaneously?"

Mu Yun was somewhat puzzled.

Isn't this also using two moves at the same time?

"Same, but not exactly the same."

Taking a few deep breaths to calm himself, Zou Mingli explained.

"If running two moves in parallel is like driving two cars on the same road, then combining moves is like driving a car and an airplane simultaneously on the same road, within the same width."

"The difficulty is even greater than the third-tier dual-move simultaneous attack. It requires an extremely high level of proficiency in the moves and control of energy. Even for a Champion-level Pokémon, mastering it would not be a matter of a day or two."

At least, his Vileplume, from breaking through to the Elite Four level to now, has only combined Paralysis Powder and Sleep Powder, both of which are Grass-type, into a combo move.

Even so, it took BaWangHua nearly a year to complete.

How come this little eagle skipped the dual-move combo and went straight to the highest difficulty of the move combination in the blink of an eye?

This is simply inhuman!

"Hiss!"

(So ​​that's how it can be done!)

Upon seeing Bofeng's performance, Xiaodu, who was standing nearby, instantly had an idea.

After a brief attempt, a faint white light mixed with pale green fluorescence flickered on its stinger.

Double needles + random strikes!

Holy crap!!

Zou Mingli couldn't help but mention the essence of Chinese culture.

What kind of monsters are these?!

Zou Mingli felt that his nerves were becoming numb.

He was clearly teaching the newcomers, so how come the newcomers are now teaching him?

"Instructor Zou, are there any other techniques or moves?"

Mu Yun said expectantly.

If the simultaneous use of two techniques was just a pleasant surprise for Mu Yun, then the combination of techniques was truly astonishing.

For most Pokémon, the combination of two moves might indeed increase their power, but considering the mental effort required, the cost-effectiveness might not be very high.

But Mu Yun's spirits are different.

Each of his Pokémon's moves has a bonus attribute; if he can use two moves at the same time, it means he gets double the bonus attribute.

Its cost-effectiveness far surpasses that of other Pokémon.

Therefore, he is now looking forward to learning other moves and techniques from Zou Mingli.

There might be a surprise!

"Forehead......"

Seeing Mu Yun's eager eyes, Zou Mingli fell silent.

If you're asking if there are any other moves or techniques, then there certainly are. But the key point is that even for his "Overlord Flower" technique, it's only at the training stage; he's far from being able to use it successfully, let alone teach it.

However, considering the self-learning ability of Mu Yun and his two elves, Zou Mingli felt that it wouldn't hurt to teach them a little.

"Come out, Queen of the Night."

With this in mind, Zou Mingli opened a Poké Ball.

"Hey, Queen Flower, could you please teach them the technique of energy replacement?" Zou Mingli said.

"Dafu?"

(ah?)

The Queen of the Night tilted her head slightly, her small, bean-like eyes filled with confusion.

Trainer, do you want to listen to what you're saying?

Energy replacement, is that something I can do?

"It's alright, just tell me what you know," Zou Mingli said.

"Dafu~~"

(Okay then~~)

The Vileplume didn't understand what its trainer was doing, but it still obediently looked at the eager Beedrill and Pidgeot to the side.

"Dafu~~Dafu~~"

The little flower raised her hand and waved it as she spoke.

"Instructor Zou, what kind of technique is energy replacement?" Mu Yun asked curiously.

If we talk about instant ball-handling techniques, simultaneous double-handed techniques, and technique combinations, these are techniques whose names are easy to understand.

That energy replacement is indeed quite difficult to guess.

"As you know, Pokémon are divided into eighteen types, and their moves also have eighteen attributes. However, when a Pokémon uses a move, it's not enough to just mobilize energy; it also needs to convert that energy into the corresponding attribute of the move," Zou Mingli said.

Mu Yun nodded.

He knew that.

The release of a move consists of two steps: the first step is the conversion of energy attributes, and the second step is the mobilization of energy.

So, is this technique related to the first step?

Could it be that mastering this skill will allow you to use Water-type Flamethrower or Grass-type Quick Attack?

Mu Yun guessed.

At the same time, Zou Mingli continued, "And the energy replacement technique is applied in this step."

"As you know, there are resistance and restraint relationships between attributes, but the energy of a spirit itself does not have any attributes. In other words, when a spirit uses only the most basic attribute-less energy, there will be neither restraint nor resistance."

"This energy substitution technique allows a Pokémon to change its type to 'none' without altering the way the move is executed, thus enabling it to use a non-type move."

"In general, this requires a higher level of control over Pokémon energy, and even Elite Four level Pokémon find it difficult to master."

Zou Mingli sighed.

The reason why Pokémon can master the third gear and dual moves in parallel more quickly after breaking through to the Elite Four level is because the "path" has become wider.

However, whether it's a combination of moves or an energy swap, the requirements for the "path" are not high; the main thing is the precision of energy control.

"Is it possible to substitute the eighteen attributes for each other during the execution of a technique?"

After listening to Zou Mingli's words, Mu Yun asked curiously.

Simple, attribute-less moves don't seem very useful.

After all, this way you neither benefit from attribute bonuses nor from attribute counters, making it utterly useless.

I knew you'd ask that.

Upon hearing Mu Yun's words, Zou Mingli finally revealed a knowing smile.

Sure enough, anyone who hears about this technique will be curious.

"In fact, this technique was created specifically for this purpose."

"But unfortunately, even a champion-level Pokémon can only use non-elemental moves by suppressing energy conversion, and cannot convert between the eighteen elemental energies at all."

As for why he couldn't do it, Zou Mingli didn't know either.

After all, matters at the champion level are far beyond the reach of a mere near-Champion level trainer like him.

(Near-Elite Rank Trainer: A trainer who possesses an Elite Rank Pokémon but has not yet reached the top three in an Elite Rank certification tournament.)

All he knew was that while this technique had no future, it could be used to understand and appreciate the details of energy usage, and it was also very effective in refining one's mastery of energy.

"No one can do that...?"

Mu Yun felt somewhat regretful.

He originally thought the best effect of this move was the replacement of the eighteen elemental energies.

In this way, Shin-chan doesn't need to specifically learn moves of all eighteen attributes. He only needs to specialize in a few moves and then replace the energy attribute among them.

As for using this technique to hone energy control skills?

Mu Yun suggested that it would be faster to grind for skill proficiency.