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

While the outer perimeter isn't congested yet, Su Hao can enjoy a full-on battle with Little Diamond.

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After Su Hao and Little Diamond officially entered the forest, no Pokémon attacked them immediately.

Many Pokémon with strong aggressive tendencies, such as Spinosaurus and Rattata, simply closed their eyes and pretended not to see Su Hao and Diamondback after they saw them.

Because people come here every year, most of the Pokémon on the outskirts are no longer willing to jump out and attack people. After all, it's too annoying to fight one person and then have many more people come.

Just as the guide said, the Pokémon on the outskirts of this area don't necessarily work if they don't have food.

Having no other choice, Su Hao took out a small box of general-purpose Pokémon food from the backpack he was carrying.

Su Hao took out a handful of elf food and walked quietly to the spot where Little Dara was pretending to be blind.

When Su Hao walked five meters away from Little Rada, Little Rada, who was pretending not to see him, immediately opened his eyes and bared his teeth at Su Hao and Little Diamond.

Although the little Rattata was wary, its longing gaze at the elf food in Su Hao's hand betrayed it.

Upon noticing this, Su Hao immediately released his waveguide, connecting it to Little Rada and conveying a sense of goodwill to it.

As the waveguide conveyed their goodwill, Su Hao spoke to Little Rada: "We mean no harm. As long as you fight my Little Diamond once, the food I have is yours. And if you get injured, we will treat you."

"Rada Rada!" After hearing this, Little Rada felt that the human in front of him was somewhat trustworthy, and immediately got into position to fight Little Diamond.

Pokémon: Rattata

Attribute: [Normal]

Gender: [♂]

Characteristic: [Escape]

Level: [12]

Moves: [Tackle, Tail Wag, Quick Attack, Focus Charge, Bite]

Little Rada is four levels higher than Little Diamond, but Su Hao predicts that Little Diamond will still be able to easily finish the battle.

Rattata, a small, pale purple Pokémon, is agile and has particularly impressive front teeth.

The front teeth are Rattata's primary means of attack.

Its sharpness is enough to easily bite through even the hardest wood.

Rattata first used Normal-type energy to gather in its front teeth. According to Su Hao's observation, it should be the Normal-type move "Focus Energy". Focus Energy allows the Pokémon that uses it to more accurately target the opponent's weaknesses.

After using Focus Charge, Rattata immediately used the Bite move to charge at Smash.

"Use impact!" Su Hao chose to let the small diamonds collide head-on.

"Hey hey!" The little diamond shone with a white luster and crashed straight into the oncoming little Rattata.

"Bang—" The sound of collision came, and sure enough, Little Rattata was directly knocked away by Little Diamond, while Little Diamond was completely unharmed.

The little Rada, who had been knocked flying, struggled to get up but was too exhausted from the impact and could only watch helplessly as Su Hao walked over.

Su Hao took out the wound spray from his backpack again and sprayed it on the little Rada's somewhat red and swollen head.

The medicine took effect quickly, and Su Hao left the food he had promised to give to Little Rada behind and continued searching for opponents with Little Diamond.

Lured by Su Hao's food, many wild Pokémon were defeated by Diamondback's powerful punches.

As evening approached, a flash of light appeared on the gray body of the small diamond that had defeated Nidoran, and its aura solidified once more.

Su Hao treated Nidolan's injuries as usual, then handed him the food before turning his gaze to the panel of the small diamond.

Pokémon: [Small Diamond] [Mutant 7%]

Attributes: [Rock, Fairy]

Gender: [None]

Characteristic: [Eternally Pure Body]

Level: [11→12]

Moves: [Impact, Harden, Magic Dazzle, Meteor Beam, Reflect Barrier, Light Wall, Primal Power, Guard Split, Knock Down (New)]

In one day, Little Diamond's level increased to level twelve, and it also learned a new move, "Smash," which can now be used to deal with Pokémon that are flying in the air.

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After completing a day of training, Su Hao and Little Diamond took the pre-arranged Steel Crow taxi home.

Su Hao hung the empty backpack on the wall and conjured the pink diamond out of thin air.

That's right, the backpack can conceal Su Hao's ability to conjure objects out of thin air through the system, but there's no need to put on an act in the private room for now.

After placing the pink diamond next to the small diamond, Su Hao turned on his computer in his room and found the Pokémon educational animation "Pikachu the Princess and Her Knight Gallade" to play.

Besides battling, Su Hao also hoped that Little Diamond could have some other hobbies. After all, the Shenzhou Alliance usually pays four times the salary for overtime work, and Pokémon also needs a balance between work and rest. Su Hao decided to let Little Diamond watch cartoons today.

The animated series "Princess Pikachu and Her Knight Gallade" tells the story of how, after Princess Pikachu's country was occupied by villains, Princess Pikachu and her knight Gallade were sent away by the king in advance to avoid disaster.

Next, Princess Pikachu and Knight Gallade meet many friends on their travels, and finally storm into the kingdom's castle with their friends, defeat the villains, and rescue the king.

With meticulous production and Pikachu's highly professional acting skills as Princess Pikachu, even a clichéd plot can keep viewers hooked.

Not to mention Little Diamond, who was already engrossed in watching the anime with her pink diamond headband, even Su Hao himself found the animation very interesting. It truly deserves its 9.8 rating on the Pokémon movie website.

After only a brief glance, Su Hao forced himself to sit down at the desk, took out his notebook, and began to organize today's training situation and the training plan for the future.

Little Diamond currently possesses Harden and Double Wall moves, so its defensive capabilities don't need further enhancement for the time being.

Instead, before transforming into Diancie, she needs to hone her attack abilities.

As your small diamond level increases, you'll definitely encounter a wider variety of opponents.

There will definitely be opponents who use status ailment moves. At this time, the slow speed of the small diamond will make it a natural target, and it is almost impossible to avoid getting a status ailment.

Su Hao has come up with two solutions. One is the [Mysterious Guardian] move, which can prevent the opponent from being affected by abnormal moves. Unfortunately, it is quite difficult for Little Diamond and Diancie to learn Mysterious Guardian, but they can learn it quickly through the system's training function.

Learning Mysterious Guardian requires 1000 system currency.

Su Hao and Little Diamond fought for two consecutive days before finally obtaining 100 system currency by completing the ever-present task of "fight and win".

Rather than spending more time collecting the currency, Su Hao preferred the second option—enhancing the offensive capabilities of the small diamonds.

Su Hao remembered that this was how Diamond Smash was described in the Pokédex in his previous life.

"A high-energy beam of light is emitted from the gem embedded within the body, wiping out all incoming enemies."

Smash should be very adaptable to light-type moves, such as Magic Dazzle and Meteor Beam. You can start by having Smash use these types of attacks.

And so, Su Hao planned until the city was completely quiet. Little Suizuan, who had been watching cartoons until she fell asleep, was carried to her crib by Su Hao.

Su Hao turned off the bedside lamp and lay down on the bed, slowly drifting off to sleep.

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Chapter 9: Battle Against Two Best Friends

Half a month later

Su Hao and Little Diamond did not continuously engage in battles and level up during the past two weeks.

A significant portion of the time was spent on special training to improve Little Diamond's ability to use the moves [Magic Flash] and [Meteor Beam].

Using the diamonds present throughout Little Diamond as a medium, the rock and fairy-type energy gathered within Little Diamond are conducted to unleash the Magic Flash and Meteor Beam moves.

The magical sparkling attacks released by the diamonds have a wider range and greater power. They can also shrink into a shield to protect the small diamond fragments from the opponent's energy attacks.

Meteor Beam is released through the diamond on the top of Scrambler's head. As a powerful move, ordinary Pokémon need to charge up their Special Attack for a considerable period before unleashing Meteor Beam, and during this phase, the Pokémon cannot move freely.

Similarly, Little Diamond releases its moves through diamonds. With diamonds serving as an excellent energy transfer medium, the condensation time of the Meteor Beam move is reduced by one-third, greatly lowering the cost of its use.

Yesterday, after completing its special training, Little Diamond, with its Magic Shiny Shield and Meteor Beam's ultimate damage output, even surpassed its level, easily defeating the level 25 Normal Pokémon Scyther with its level 17 beginner-level Pokémon status.

In the past two weeks, although Su Hao and Little Diamond didn't focus on leveling up, their daily training, absorbing the energy of the Pink Diamond, and defeating the Flying Mantis yesterday directly pushed Little Diamond from level 12 to level 18. It's just a little short of leaving the beginner level.

Pokémon: [Small Diamond] [Mutant 10%]

Attributes: [Rock, Fairy]

Gender: [None]

Characteristic: [Eternally Pure Body]

Level: [18]

Moves: [Impact, Harden, Magic Dazzle (Shield), Meteor Beam, Reflect Wall, Light Wall, Primal Power, Defense Split, Frenzy...]

After Little Diamond reached level 18, Mutant Diancie's progress also reached 10%.

Little Diamond has now absorbed the first Pink Diamond. The Pink Diamond did not increase Little Diamond's level, but it did increase the upper limit of energy that Little Diamond's body can hold.

With more energy, the small diamonds will have stronger moves and greater endurance.

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Today, Su Hao, Li Hua, and Jiang Chengcheng arranged to have a Pokémon battle to test the results of their two weeks of training.

In the three-person group chat, Su Hao suggested setting the location in his own private training room.

After all, the training room is spacious and offers a high degree of privacy.

After agreeing to a battle, the system suddenly appeared and issued a mission.

[Ding! The task requirements have been met. The task is now being issued.]

[Win today's match against my best friends Li Hua and Jiang Chengcheng!]

[Reward: 500 System Currency, 2 Guardian Skill Learning Machines]

The system issued a task after a long absence, and Su Hao became even more determined to win today's battle.

Because winter is not over yet, the weather outside is very cold.

Unlike the cold weather outside, the training room is very comfortable due to the central air conditioning, and you can even wear short sleeves and shorts inside.

Wrapped up tightly in layers of clothing, Li Hua and the baby titmouse nestled in his arms performed a miraculous comeback upon entering the warm training room.

On the other side, Jiang Chengcheng was at the opposite extreme from Li Hua. The girl was wearing a thin training uniform (similar to Cai Dou) and, like the arm strength next to her, seemed completely unafraid of the cold.

After two weeks of individual training, Su Hao saw the Pokémon data of the two Pokémon scanned by the system.