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

Unfortunately, the distance was too far, and the little bear cub hadn't learned any ranged moves yet, so it could only watch helplessly as the little diamond completed the Harden move upgrade.

After Little Diamond completed its hardening move, the bear cub finally got within a meter of Little Diamond.

Seeing that the teddy bear was close to the small diamond, the boy immediately gave the order.

"Little bear, use your claws with all your might!"

"Bear!" The bear cub imbued its paws with Normal-type energy and attacked the little diamond with all its might, alternating between its paws.

Su Hao calmly observed the scene before him and said, "Little Diamond, next!"

"Hey!" Little Diamond trusted Su Hao completely, so it abandoned its prepared dodge without hesitation.

"Ding!" A crisp sound came from the junction of the bear cub and the little diamond.

"Holy crap!" A spectator watching from the sidelines suddenly exclaimed, uttering the phrase "national treasure."

The bear cub, having unleashed its full power, stared blankly at the tiny diamond.

The small diamond-gray body surface was intact, but the Normal-type energy attached to the bear cub's paws was broken.

As Su Hao had expected, Little Diamond's defense was nothing short of monstrous. After using Harden once, it withstood the full force of the level 7 bear cub without taking any damage.

Pokémon: Teddy Bear

Attribute: [Normal]

Gender: [♂]

Feature: [Fast Track]

Level: [7]

Moves: [Grab, Lick, Round Eyes, Combo Slash]

Even with a full-force attack from a level two above Little Diamond, the Bear Cub couldn't break Little Diamond's defense.

Su Hao mentally raised the defense rating of Little Diamond again, and quickly said aloud, "Little Diamond, use Primal Power to take it away!"

The boy on the other side, who had been stunned, also realized what was happening and immediately directed the bear cub to get out of the way.

The bewildered bear cub finally reacted after receiving the boy's command, and just as it was about to adjust its body to dodge the attack ————————.

"Go!" Upon hearing Su Hao's command, Little Diamond immediately began to gather primal power. In just three seconds, it created a small basketball-sized rock in front of it and launched it while the bear cub was still adjusting its posture!

The stone flew straight towards the bear cub, which had no time to dodge, with unstoppable force.

With a loud "Boom!", the bear cub, struck squarely in the face by the rock, instantly died on the spot.

"Cub Bear! ——————." Seeing the cub bear instantly defeated, the boy, who had been full of confidence before the battle, shouted in disbelief.

Unfortunately, the bear cub had already lost its fighting ability and was in a coma, so it could no longer respond to the boy.

The surrounding onlookers also began to discuss it in disbelief.

"Holy crap, what's wrong with that Pokémon? This bear cub just easily defeated five Pokémon in a row, how come it can't even break through its defense with its full-force attack!?"

"Yeah, does anyone know what Pokémon this is? I feel like I've never seen it before."

At this moment, a boy wearing black-rimmed glasses stood up from the crowd and said something.

"As far as I know, this should be a Pokémon unique to the French Union - Diamond Smash."

Small diamonds are not common in the country.

"Small Diamonds have excellent defensive capabilities and are often used as the team's defensive end."

"But logically speaking, the small diamonds on record do not have such outstanding attack capabilities."

"That's all I know."

After hearing the explanation from the bespectacled boy, the boy holding the teddy bear that had lost its fighting ability turned his questioning gaze to Su Hao.

Su Hao nodded and said, "Indeed, my little diamond has excellent defensive capabilities."

After receiving confirmation from Su Hao, the boy breathed a sigh of relief and mentally told himself that his defenses were just too strong, and that the bear cub would definitely be able to break through them once it grew a bit bigger!

The boy had wondered why the little diamond could defeat the bear cub in one hit, but in the end he concluded that the bear cub had fought six rounds and was already tired.

"I lost this round, so I'm taking my bear cub to the Pokémon Center to heal." The boy said this to Su Hao, and after seeing Su Hao nod in acknowledgment, he ran towards the Pokémon Center.

Having won its first victory, Little Diamond bounced over to Su Hao and began to act cute through Su Hao's wave power.

"Hey hey~~ Hey hey hey!" (Trainer, Trainer~ I won!)

Looking at the little diamond bouncing around, seemingly seeking praise, Su Hao smiled, scooped it up with one arm, and stroked the diamond on its head, saying, "Hmm~ You won! Great job!"

At the same time, Su Hao also began to check the information about the small diamond.

Komugi: [Small Diamond] [Mutation 6.5%]

Attributes: [Rock, Fairy]

Gender: [None]

Characteristic: [Eternally Pure Body]

Level: [5→6]

Moves: [Tackle, Harden, Magic Dazzle, Meteor Beam, Reflect Barrier, Light Wall, Primal Power, Defense Split (New)]

As expected, Su Hao leveled up after defeating Little Diamond, a bear cub two levels higher than him.

Just then, Little Diamond, who was being held by Su Hao, suddenly said, "Hey hey hey." (Trainer, after defeating Teddy Bear, I suddenly felt my body become stronger and my energy increased.)

Su Hao thought to himself that this was the improvement brought about by the upgrade.

“You’re not mistaken, this is my ability. As long as we keep defeating our opponents, we can become stronger and stronger,” Su Hao explained to Little Diamond.

system:?

"Oh, I see~"

Chapter 7 Improvement

In the evening, Su Hao and Xiao Suizuan, who had played against seven or eight students of the same age, returned home with tired steps.

Su's father will likely be away from home for the next few days. With the recent sightings of poachers in the ecological reserve near Yangcheng, Su's father, as the officially appointed local curator, will definitely have to go and hunt them down.

As for Su Hao's mother, Ms. Su Qing, she is often not at home.

As a research doctor studying the mysteries of Pokémon evolution, Ms. Su Qing often goes into seclusion for long periods of time, something Su Hao has been used to since childhood.

Back in his room, Su Hao found a small bed next to his own.

Su Hao felt a warmth in his heart. He had mentioned it to his father last night, and it was already prepared so quickly. He figured his father must have specifically instructed the housekeeper he hired to handle this before going on his mission.

As Su Hao entered, Xiao Suizuan saw the extra small bed in the room and looked at Su Hao with surprise.

"Oh right, this is the little bed that Dad prepared for you. Let's go thank Dad together when he comes home in a few days."

Su Hao explained to Xiao Suizuan that this was something his father had prepared.

"Hey hey~!" (Little Diamond will thank Daddy when he gets home!)

"Then let's go try it out and see if it's comfortable." Su Hao gestured for Little Diamond to try it out.

Little Diamond lay on its little bed, and Su Hao covered it with a small blanket.

Before long, the little diamond fell asleep peacefully.

Su Hao thought that Xiao Suizuan must have been exhausted from today's battle, which was why she fell asleep as soon as she hit the bed.

Thinking this, Su Hao took out a fist-sized pink diamond from his system space.

After taking out the diamond, Su Hao placed it next to the smaller diamonds.

The pink diamond spontaneously emits a gentle energy that surrounds the small diamonds upon contact with them.

That's right, this is the Pink Diamond from the Beginner's Gift Pack that Su Hao received after obtaining his starter Pokémon. It has high-grade Rock and Fairy Energy that are perfectly suited to Small Diamond.

Seeing that the little diamond had also begun to unconsciously absorb energy, Su Hao opened the little diamond's information panel.

Pokémon: [Small Diamond] [Mutant 6.5%]

Attributes: [Rock, Fairy]

Gender: [None]

Characteristic: [Eternally Pure Body]

Level: [8]

Techniques: [Impact, Harden, Magic Flash, Meteor Beam, Reflection Barrier, Light Wall, Primal Power...]

After a day of fighting, Little Diamond's level rose from level five to level eight.

At the same time, the progress of the mutation into Diancie also increased by 0.5%.

Su Hao specifically asked the system if there were any other ways to accelerate the mutation process besides waiting for the Diancie Super Stone to subtly improve the mutation progress.

The system replied yes, the initial ten pink diamonds can be used to increase mutation speed by absorbing their energy, because the energy in the pink diamonds comes from Mega Diancie.

At the same time, leveling up through battles can also accelerate the mutation speed of the small diamond.

Because the little diamonds are different; they were bathed in Xerneas's fairy aura before birth and during their infancy. They have already unlocked the "lock" that allowed them to become Diancie.

However, the other small diamonds are different. Without unlocking this "lock," no matter how they are upgraded, they cannot transform into Diancie.

In short, Little Diamond already possessed the qualities to become Diancie; the system's existence merely accelerated this process.

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Chapter 8 The Outskirts of the Forest

On the second day of winter vacation, Su Hao and Little Diamond took the Steel Crow taxi to an unnamed forest outside Yang City.

The Nameless Forest has been explored countless times by trainers both inside and outside Yangcheng, and the distribution of Pokémon within it has long been thoroughly familiarized by wave after wave of trainers.

The outer perimeter of the Nameless Forest is mostly populated by beginner-level Pokémon; you can only encounter normal-level Pokémon if you venture further in.

Therefore, this forest is the first choice for novice trainers to catch trainers in the wild every year.

Although the ecology here is very suitable for novice trainers to explore, most trainers have been spending the last few days either getting used to their starter Pokémon or playing against each other.