Bottom-tier trainers in the Pokémon world

The Crown Temple is an important castle located in the Galar region, inhabited by the legendary elf, the Calycerin King, who once ruled the Galar region.

The Calycerin King has two other legendary elf mounts: the white horse "Snowstorm" and the black horse "Ghost Horse".

The only ice-type, powerful, and horse-type spirit he could think of was the Snowstorm Horse, one of the Calycerin King's mounts.

However, logically speaking, after Calycerin went into seclusion, it should have stayed at the Crown Temple with its two horses and not gone out. How could it have gone to Mt. Coronet in the Sinnoh region and left footprints?

Still referring to the fragments of this stone slab.

However, this was just Xia Yan's guess; he really didn't know the specifics.

But the immediate problem is...

The fragments of the stone slab were right in front of us.

You can't take it with you.

You can't take it with you!

It's like having a mountain of gold right in front of you, and a beautiful woman just finished taking a bath... cough cough.

Xia Yan stood still, watching the Pokémon try one by one.

"Perhaps... it can."

After thinking for a moment, Xia Yan took out a Poké Ball. With a flash of red light, a milky white cocoon appeared next to the broken stone slab.

That's right, it's the cocoon of the "warm baby" fire moth.

With the appearance of the fire moth, the temperature in this small space noticeably warmed up.

Xia Yan tried to bring the cocoon closer to the stone slab.

then.

The thin layer of ice covering the broken stone slabs has begun to melt!

However, the melting process is very slow.

After all, the Volcano Moth had fallen into a deep sleep. Normally, it would be fine to let "it" incubate its eggs, but to ask it to melt the ice crystals that might have come from the Snowstorm Horse was really asking too much of it.

but.

Xia Yan has another ruthless trick up his sleeve.

He took out a dark red stone about the size of a washbasin from his backpack.

One sleeping Volcarona won't do, but adding a fragment of Primal Groudon's carapace should work, right?

The shell fragments were placed together with the cocoon of the fire moth.

really.

The ice melted much faster all of a sudden.

And as the ice layer gradually disappeared, fragments of stone slabs that had been frozen inside for countless years gradually came into Xia Yan's view.

But the shape of the broken stone slabs surprised Xia Yan.

He thought that since Jynx was able to obtain a fragment of a superpowered stone tablet by chance, then the stone tablet fragments frozen here should also be superpowered stone tablets, right?

As it turned out, he had been making assumptions.

These are indeed fragments of stone slabs frozen in ice, but they are not entirely derived from one type of stone slab.

All I saw was...

The stone, about the size of a palm, is a deep black color, exuding a strong aura of malevolent energy.

The grotesque stone slab!

The familiar Dark-type stone slab!

But Xia Yan wasn't too disappointed, because there were some small fragments interspersed among the black stone slab fragments.

For example, there are three types of mixed fragments: pink ones from the Magic Slab, turquoise ones from the Jade Insect Slab, and dark brown ones from the Earth Slab.

This can be seen.

When Arceus chose to shatter his own stone tablets to quell the unrest, how powerful was the impact of the successive explosions of the tablets?

The reason why Xia Yan couldn't identify its species when he saw it fall was because...

Some of the slab fragments at the epicenter of the explosion were fused together due to the immense force of the impact.

The fragment that the jerk of lips obtained was probably one of the pieces that accidentally fell off.

Then another problem arose in front of Xia Yan.

These are the pieces that have been mixed together.

How do we separate them?

Chapter 116 Warm-up Before the Competition

Return to the Pokémon Center in Random Town.

The main purpose of this operation was to restore the Pokémon's condition and competitiveness, and the result satisfied Xia Yan.

After a period of rest, the elves showed no signs of decline; in fact, they were in better condition than expected.

At the same time, Kadabra completed its final transformation and evolved into Alakazam, becoming the second of Xia Yan's Pokémon to evolve to its final form.

Furthermore, thanks to the enhancements brought by evolution, it successfully crossed the threshold of Gym Leader level, becoming the first of his main Pokémon to officially enter the Gym Leader level, surpassing Beedrill.

While Beedrill offered its congratulations, it also felt a sense of pressure.

After all, it was the first Pokémon to follow Xia Yan and has always been the strongest member of the team. Now that it has been overtaken by Alakazam, it must feel a bit of a sense of urgency.

Sensing Beedrill's mindset, Xia Yan immediately offered him guidance.

In fact, Beedrill is only one step away from being a Gym Leader level Pokémon. What gives it an advantage over other Pokémon is that even at the Elite level, it has already sensed the situation of Gym Leader level Pokémon through Mega Evolution.

What it lacks is simply an opportunity.

Opportunities are something you can't rush; they come naturally when they come. The more you search for them when they don't come, the more you'll get stuck in a quagmire of struggle.

Xia Yan understood Beedrill's mindset.

So, to put Beedrill at ease and in accordance with Beedrill's own requirements, Xia Yan increased its training volume.

The accumulation now is for a better explosion in the future.

Actually, besides Beedrill, what Xia Yan cared about and considered more was Togekiss.

He had prepared the Light Stone needed for Togekiss to evolve into Togekiss well in advance, and it was a top-quality Light Stone from Regigigas.

Such evolution stones belong to the very top tier among all evolution stones.

If Xia Yan wanted, Togekiss could evolve at any time.

What he was considering was the timing of Tokiji's evolution.

Or more accurately, whether Pokkiku has fully realized the potential of this form.

Only when Togekiss fully unlocks its current potential will it have no regrets after evolving, and its future growth potential will not be affected.

However, Xia Yan concluded that Pokkigu did not meet this requirement.

Togekiss didn't even feel that it had to evolve; its desire to evolve wasn't very strong, even with the pressure from Alakazam's appearance.

However, Xia Yan wasn't in a hurry.

Togekiss's mindset is more relaxed and cheerful; it doesn't have the same intense pursuit of power as Beedrill or Alakazam.

Although Xia Yan, as a trainer, really hoped that Togepi would evolve quickly so that he could fully realize his vision of "Togepi".

Once Togekiss evolves into Togekiss, its control over energy will experience a qualitative leap, which will greatly enhance Xia Yan's overall strength.

However, as a fellow trainer, Xia Yan was unwilling to use his status as a trainer to forcibly change Togekiss's mindset or alter it significantly.

Otherwise, would Pokkiku back then still be the "Teacher Pokkiku," "social butterfly," and "joker" he is today?

Therefore, he chose to follow the elf's own will.

When Togekiss truly desires to evolve, Xia Yan will not refuse.

However, it has two sword sheaths.

To evolve Dual Blades into Aegislash, you also need an evolution stone, specifically a Dark Stone.

However, Xia Yan does not currently possess a suitable Dark Stone.

He didn't even want ordinary dark stones.

After all, he already possessed a top-tier Light Stone, and if the Dark Stone were of poor quality, he wouldn't allow the dual sword sheaths to be used carelessly.

He has a minimum standard in mind.

At least.

It must be a Dark Stone of the highest quality.

However, this quality of Dark Stone is extremely rare and hard to come by.

Even Xia Yan specifically asked Daigo to keep an eye on it, but so far he has not been able to get any news.

Fortunately, like Togekiss, Dual Scabbard still has a lot of potential to be explored in this form.

As for the little fire monkey...

It's still early; it has only recently begun to adapt to Xia Yan's battle rhythm and has entered a high-speed adjustment period. It is still quite a distance away from evolving.

After a day of practical battles, Xia Yan originally planned to continue his training on Mount Tianguan the next day, looking for some powerful wild Pokémon to practice against. However, plans changed.

The unexpected arrival of a certain person changed Xia Yan's plans.

Of course, it's changing for the better.

"Senior Xia Yan."

Xia Yan felt a slight flutter in his heart as he watched the tall, slender girl with round-framed glasses sweetly call him "senior."

Who could resist a pretty female student?

The relationship between senior students and junior students.