Elf: Start with small diamonds, then mutate into Diancie!

"Find the way?" Su Hao stroked his chin, lost in thought.

This term sounds familiar to me?

“Yes, find the path.” Xia Jie nodded slightly and continued to explain to Su Hao, “What is your Pokémon good at? Does it have any special talents in a certain area? Develop those talents and determine the path your Pokémon should take in the future.”

"For example, my Pokémon is good at using fire with a certain psychic quality, which can cause more damage to Pokémon with weak psychic abilities."

Xia Jie lightly tapped the Poké Ball in his hand, and a Pokémon resembling a fox appeared amidst a flash of red light.

------------

伽勒尔地区

Chapter 421 But... it seems like I already have all the Pokémon in my team.

A fox Pokémon with shimmering golden fur, silky smooth body hair, and an elegant and noble demeanor appeared before Su Hao.

The moment this Pokémon appeared here, the blazing sun seemed to favor its vicinity, showering down a vast expanse of sunlight.

Its nine smooth and long tails swayed gently, exuding an air of the unknown and mystery, while also revealing that it was in a good mood.

"Nine-Tails... or it has the Solar Beam ability."

Su Hao's eyes widened slightly, his eyes filled with longing for the nine-tailed fox in front of him.

The soft and thick fur must be so nice to pet.

Unfortunately, this Nine-Tails is probably my grandfather's age, which feels a bit immoral, so I'll pass.

Xia Jie greatly admired Su Hao's excellent observation skills, as he was able to determine the characteristics of the Nine-Tailed Fox based on just a few details when it appeared.

Nodding in satisfaction, Xia Jie continued, "This is a technique I've studied my whole life. Take a close look."

"Nine-Tails, use Flamethrower on the ground!"

Upon hearing this, Su Hao strained his eyes, trying not to miss any detail.

Nine-Tailed Fox let out an elegant cry, and a pillar of orange-yellow fire, scalding hot, shot out from its mouth toward the nearby muddy ground.

Xia Jie smiled and asked Su Hao, "So, did you notice anything different about this flame compared to others?"

Su Hao observed for a while and even tried to probe with a waveguide.

He quickly discovered the hidden power within the seemingly ordinary pillar of fire of the Nine-Tails.

First of all, it's hard to spot the pinkish-purple hue hidden within the pillar of fire unless you look closely.

And the familiar power sensed by the waveguide...

With two Psychic-type Pokémon in the team and having lived and eaten with Mewtwo for almost a month, Su Hao quickly recognized that the pillar of fire that spewed flames also contained a certain amount of spiritual energy.

Without hesitation, Su Hao answered under Xia Jie's increasingly surprised gaze: "It's psychic power. The pillar of fire contained psychic power that only Psychic-type Pokémon and a small number of other Pokémon can skillfully use!"

Xia Jie was surprised that Su Hao had revealed the secret hidden in the jet of flames so accurately, but considering the two special abilities he possessed, it made perfect sense.

With such abilities combined with the trainer's talent, it's only been a few years since Grandson became one of the Elite Four and even the Champion.

Xia Jie decided to give Su Hao another big gift before he left, but unfortunately, the only thing he had was something whose origin he still didn't know, but which should be very useful to Pokémon.

Thinking of this, Xia Jie praised, "You're right, the flames contain the spiritual power of the Nine-Tailed Fox."

Su Hao asked, "Does adding mental energy to flames have any special effects, like being extremely effective against Poison-type Pokémon?"

“It’s impossible for the effect to be perfect, because that would involve creating your own moves.”

Xia Jie shook his head. If he could create a move with dual attributes, he would be the former champion instead of the former king.

"Listen carefully, this secret technique merely adds some different properties to the flames at best."

"For example, the effect of Nine-Tails's flame attack is, in game terms, [burning the opponent's mental energy upon impact]."

"My Firestorm Beast, for example, has the Flame Burst trait, which further enhances the power of the flames."

"That's why I want your Blazing Roaring Tiger to learn Explosive Combustion from it. Giving fire the Explosive trait is the easiest way."

"By further developing the unique properties of the flames, one can achieve the power to break through to the Heavenly King level; this is the so-called path."

Xia Jie finished speaking in one breath, then looked at Su Hao with expectant starry eyes, as if waiting for him to change his mind and become a trainer specializing in fire-type skills.

Faced with Xia Jie's expectant expression, Su Hao hesitated for a moment, then swallowed the words that might raise the blood pressure of an elderly person: "But it seems that the Pokémon in my team all have a clear path to follow."

Diancie also has the power of the Radiant God to develop, Milotic has Latios feeding it to continue on the path of ultimate special attack, and Dragapult has many hidden effects to look forward to.

The Azure Warrior Eagle can continuously comprehend the power contained within the Silver Feather, Lucario can cultivate the combination of Aura and Psychic Power, Yeev's path of swordsmanship has long been taking shape, and MetalGreymon's Destruction Gene is like a treasure waiting to be explored.

Even the Blazing Roaring Tiger, propelled by electric current, has pseudo-advanced to a magnetic field rotation. The only real hope is to find more wondrous lightning.

For example, the fragments of the lightning stone tablet obtained after completing the three major trials can be given to it for cultivation.

It's only a matter of time before he cultivates into a Magnetic Field Mad Tiger.

Looking at it this way, he realized that he had already met the conditions to become a superstar, and all he needed to do next was to grow step by step.

After a long silence, Su Hao could only feign an awkward yet polite smile to fool Xia Jie.

In a way, this technique is similar to enchanting in some games.

In other games, you enchant items with various effects; here, you add a certain property to fire.

I just don't know if there's an upper limit; if there isn't, it's just too overpowered.

If you add the fire traits of two legendary fire-type creatures like Moltres, Ho-Oh, and Reshiram to Incineroar's flames all at once, wouldn't it be amazing?

Su Hao voiced his doubts, only to receive Xia Jie's response that he was overthinking things.

"If that were possible, I, your grandfather, would have been recognized as the strongest person in the world."

"However, it is said that the fire attribute of Pokémon can indeed be added to the fire attribute of Pokémon, but unfortunately, such legends are very hard to find."

As if remembering something, Xia Jie shook his head and sighed for a long time.

.............

As night deepened, after Su Hao and Xia Jie finished their dinner, the Blazing Roaring Tiger followed the Firestorm Beast back to the villa where Xia Jie lived.

The first day of learning about explosive flames has made progress, but it will take a few more days to fully master it.

Naturally, Su Hao decided to stay there.

In the evening, as Su Hao and Xia Jie sat in front of the television watching the local news, a news item that seemed very fitting for Yundu, a fighting capital, caught Su Hao's attention.

[The day has finally arrived! The grand event woven together by martial artists and Fighting-type Pokémon—the Fighting Capital Doubles Tournament!]

This year's prizes are equally generous, and we've also invited Chen Qing, one of the Four Heavenly Kings of the Divine Continent Alliance and a fighting king, as a special guest!

The tournament winner and his Pokémon will have the opportunity to participate in a doubles exhibition match alongside Chef Chen and his Pokémon!

[Registration details are below. Scan the QR code to follow our official WeChat account and fill in the required information.]

[Note: Only the Fighting-type Pokémon registered before the competition is allowed to be used throughout this tournament.]

------------

Fire-breathing dragon, baby duck

Chapter 422 How can I, so weak, contend with that group of warriors?

"what?"

What did he see?

Humans and Pokémon team up for double battles? What's that all about?

Is the fighting capital really going this far?

"You've come at just the right time; the Fighting Capital Tag Team Tournament starts around this time every year."

"This is normal. The strongest martial artists nowadays can even physically fight against professional-level Pokémon."

Seeing Su Hao's surprise, Xia Jie, who was already used to it, thought Su Hao was making a fuss over nothing.

Among his old friends from his younger days were many strong individuals who could fight against superhuman strength.

Xia Jie couldn't help but feel a little curious about his grandson's health.

He casually remarked, "Don't you have a Lucario in your team? Why don't you give it a try?"

He knew a little about Su Hao being a special ability user, and all special abilities except for wave guidance were banned in this competition.

Even if Su Hao couldn't defeat the martial artist on the other side, he could still dodge while letting Lucario battle the opponent's Fighting-type Pokémon.

The more Xia Jie thought about it, the more he felt that Su Hao could try participating in the competition.

Moreover, the match might also involve encountering someone from that old guy's school.

Su Hao raised his voice slightly, shouting incredulously, "I'm participating!?"

Seemingly believing that Su Hao was afraid of hand-to-hand combat, Xia Jie explained:

"It doesn't matter whether you can beat those big guys or not, it can give Lucario some experience in battling Fighting-type Pokémon."

"Anyway, the strength of Pokémon in each major tournament is roughly the same as that of martial artists. After all, they are martial artists, not trainers, and their strength is probably around the elite level to the early stage of professional level."

Su Hao remained silent.

He realized that he and Grandpa Xia were not on the same wavelength at all.

What he was trying to say was, what if he accidentally hit someone with a wave missile and left them paralyzed from the waist down?

No... I seem to still have the power of the eternal flame and life energy as a foundation. As long as the treatment is quick, the other party won't become paralyzed.

Or perhaps it would be better to leave the opponent and their Pokémon to Lucario while you stay on the sidelines and don't participate in the battle?

Hmm... This might be promising?

Su Hao is very interested in having a doubles match against Chen Qing, one of the Four Heavenly Kings of the Fighting Series, in the exhibition match.

If he grits his teeth and works hard, maybe he'll complete his Four Heavenly Kings puzzle?

This competition might also be an opportunity for Lucario to break through to the professional level?

Double happiness! Yay!

Despite having already made up his mind, Su Hao still hesitated and asked, "Should I sign up and give it a try...?"