I, Zhulan's childhood sweetheart, was trapped in Xicui.

"Pie~"

Although he didn't know what the Stone of Change was, Paras felt a little lost, but he also knew that Xu Li was definitely doing this for its own good.

"I'll tell you again, if you feel like evolving, you must..."

When Xu Li was halfway through his speech, Paras added something that he had heard countless times.

"Pai Pai~Pai (Must tell Xu Li, and don't let him evolve)"

“Yes, you must remember it.”

"Pie~"

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After resting with the Pokémon, Xu Li continued to move forward.

Ahead is the Black Diamond Falls. You can hear the sound of the waterfall hitting the water. The terrain is getting lower and lower, and the grass on the right is already touching the water surface. There are many swimming weasels playing by the water.

Some swimming ring weasels rely on the inflated swimming ring on their necks to float on the water, with only their heads exposed, while others rotate their propeller-like tails to generate propulsion to swim in the water.

There are still many Magikarp in the river, but more of them are wandering under the Black Diamond Waterfall.

"Bu Yi——"

Seeing Xu Li and his group, a large swimming weasel floating on the water jumped onto the shore and pointed at the water otter to challenge him.

"Meeyo~?"

The water otter was a little confused, but also took a step forward to fight.

Pokémon in the wild seem to fight as soon as they make eye contact.

Chapter 15: Deep Red in the Eyes

"Bu Yi——"

Seeing the water otter accept the challenge, the swimming ring weasel used water jet, transformed itself into water first, and rushed towards the water otter with its entire body.

The water otter originally wanted to gather energy to strengthen himself on the spot, but seeing that the swimming ring weasel was very fast, it was too late.

He could only exert force with his right foot and roll to the side when the weasel was about to hit the water otter, barely avoiding the weasel.

The swimming weasel was not discouraged after dodging the water jet. It braked suddenly and turned over, grabbed a ball of mud with its claws, and threw it directly at the water otter's face.

The water otter hastily blocked part of the mud with a shell, but some of the mud also hit directly, interfering with the water otter's vision.

This is a mud-throwing move that can effectively reduce the opponent's hit rate.

The water otter couldn't see where the swimming ring weasel was and became a little anxious.

“Meewu——!”

"Water Otter, Calm, Water Waves"

Hearing Xu Li's instructions.

The water otter understood Xu Li's meaning, and a current of water appeared around its body, peeling off the mud on its body with high-frequency vibrations. The moment it saw the swimming ring weasel clearly, it attacked the swimming ring weasel with the waves of water mixed with mud.

"Gather your energy and then slash continuously"

While the swimming weasel was avoiding the water waves, the water otter closed his eyes and quickly gathered his energy. Then he raised the shell sword to gather dark green energy and rushed towards the swimming weasel.

"Bu Yi——"

The swimming weasel was not to be outdone. Seeing the dark green energy attack from the water otter, its claws also turned the same dark green as the water otter. It also used a series of slashes to confront the water otter head-on.

The water otter and the swimming ring weasel collided with their shell bells and claws several times in a row, each time more powerful than the last.

But in the end, the Water Otter gathered its energy, and with the recovery of the Shell Bell, the Swimming Ring Weasel was badly wounded and fell into a disadvantage.

Maybe it's been a while since I had such a satisfying fight.

Even though it was covered in wounds, the pure black pupils of the swimming weasel did not show any sign of retreat during the final collision. Instead, it was filled with the courage to fight to the death. It withstood the last consecutive blows and smashed its cold fist into the water otter's head, making a metallic collision sound.

boom--

That's the hard shell armor characteristic of water otters.

The water otter's continuous attack also hit the swimming weasel.

Both Pokémon flew backwards. Lurid was not seriously injured because of its hard shell armor, but Weasel had lost its ability to fight.

Xu Li threw the Poké Ball, captured the Swimming Ring Weasel, and ran to the Water Otter to check on its injuries.

"Mee-wu~Mee-wu~ (Heal her first)"

Seeing that the water otter's injuries were not serious, Xu Li released the swimming weasel and prepared for treatment.

When the surrounding Swimming Ring Weasel tribesmen saw that the Swimming Ring Weasel had been released, they surrounded Xu Li and the Swimming Ring Weasel, looking at the Swimming Ring Weasel worriedly and also looking at Xu Li warily, making chirping sounds.

"Bu~yi! Buyi~"

"I'm treating it!"

Xu Li took out the medicine for the wound. Although the members of the swimming weasel tribe were watching Xu Li's movements vigilantly, they also let Xu Li treat him.

Soon, the swimming ring weasel woke up and looked at Xu Li who was treating it without any hostility.

"Bu Yi~"

"Mee~"

"Bu Yi!"

The water otter rushed to the swimming weasel and talked to it, reviewing the battle just now and agreeing to fight again next time.

"Swimming ring weasel, come with us."

Xu Li also admired this swimming weasel. Judging from the battle just now, the swimming weasel was very good at fighting independently. Without the Shell Bell and Xu Li's reminder, the water otter might not be able to defeat this swimming weasel.

"Buyi? (What does that mean?)"

"Just travel with us and improve your strength. You're eager to fight, right? Traveling together will give you more opponents."

When the swimming ring weasel heard Xu Li's words, he looked at Xu Li with shining eyes, but after a moment, he shook his head dejectedly.

"Buyi~ (No~ I have to take care of my people)"

"Take care of the tribe? What does that mean?"

"Bu Yi~Bu Yi~"

The general meaning is that the group of swimming weasels is currently wandering. It has its own mission, which is to find a new territory for its group to live and reproduce, and cannot travel with Xu Li.

Xu Li just noticed that this group of swimming ring weasels did not have any evolved snorkeling weasels. They were all swimming ring weasels and should be very young.

"I have an idea. There's a place with plenty of food. You won't have to worry about food or water, and they'll take care of you. However, your freedom will be restricted, and you'll have to cooperate with human research. Would you be willing to go there?"

Xu Li described in detail the treatment of the swimming weasels in Dr. Laben's breeding and research area, but the swimming weasel still shook its head.

"Buyi~ (No)"

Xu Li looked at the deep red hidden under the black eyes of the swimming weasel, blinked, and stopped persuading him.

"Well, I respect your choice. Once your tribe is stable, come travel with us."

"Bu Yi! (Good!)"

"That's the agreement."

Swimming Ring Itachi nodded excitedly.

Next, Xu Li and the members of the swimming ring weasel tribe also greeted each other. It can be seen that these swimming ring weasels are indeed not very old. They were looking at Xu Li warily just now, but now they are bold enough to climb onto Xu Li's body and play with each other.

After spending a few days with the swimming weasels, it was time for the swimming weasel tribe to continue looking for a habitat, and it was time for Xu Li to set off again.

In this way, Xu Li left most of his supplies, including many energy blocks, tree fruits, medicines for injuries, various medicines for treating abnormal conditions, and even a lot of sticky pills and silencing sprays for the swimming ring weasel to use.

After teaching the swimming weasels how to use these supplies, Xu Li bid farewell to the swimming weasel tribe.

I believe that with this batch of supplies, the swimming weasel tribe will at least have a smooth life in this obsidian wilderness.

【Swimming Ring Weasel♀

Attribute: Water

Level: Lv21

Features: Free to roam

Moves: Dip, Lightning Flash, Bite, Water Jet, High-Speed ​​Star, Freezing Fist, Mud Throw, Combo

Favorability: 71 (It looks forward to meeting you again)]

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As we continued to move deeper along the river, the sound of the waterfall became louder and louder.

When I opened the system, a prompt appeared.

The friendship of the swimming ring weasel clan

[Gained characteristic: Water attribute affinity +1]

The water attribute affinity has increased by one. Will it become a succubus of water Pokémon if it continues like this? Xu Li thought wildly.

If I gain the friendship of another group of swimming weasels, will the water attribute affinity be increased?

He placed the Poké Ball of the swimming ring weasel at the bottom of the system backpack, picked up the little cat monster next to it, and stroked the mane on the little cat monster's cheek hard. Hmm, it felt a little numb.

"Why is Kitty still so light? She needs to eat more."

"Bingu~"

The little cat monster still responded to Xu Li a little stiffly. After all, Xu Li gave it a scary first impression. However, Xu Li did not persecute it afterwards and gave it delicious food and drink, which gradually changed the little cat monster's impression of Xu Li.

Then Xu Li turned around and asked the water otter like a head teacher.

"Water Otter, do you know what problems this battle has exposed about us?"

"Mee~"

"I won't be able to remind you every time things get chaotic, but that's my fault. I'll focus more on training you to fight independently."

"Mee-no!"

Chapter 16 Two Magikarp

The tunnel in front of the Black Jade Waterfall shown on the map is now blocked by a large rock, and Xu Li plans to change the route and go back.

Walking along the river, seeing more and more Magikarp in the river, Xu Li was thinking about whether he should capture a Magikarp.

The Great Cruelty is a divine pet that can help you pass the level and a first-generation killer weapon.

Thinking of this, Xu Li squatted by the river and scattered some bait to attract Pokémon.

Soon, a Magikarp floated up and ate it, then looked curiously at Xu Li on the shore, with a dull look in his eyes and bubbles coming out of his mouth.

This Magikarp is not afraid of people. Xu Li poked the Magikarp's hard skull and was a little confused as to why curiosity and dullness appeared in the same eye.

Xu Li had heard a lot of comments about Magikarp in the Pokémon world, saying that it was famous for being unreliable.

It is physically weak, mentally dull, and useless. It has no strength or speed and can only jump randomly. It is the weakest Pokémon in the world, and has survived to this day only by relying on its amazing reproductive ability.

Magikarp is weak, but Gyarados is not weak.

He took out the Poké Ball, reached out and touched Magikarp with the Poké Ball. Magikarp turned into white light and was absorbed into the Poké Ball. Without any struggle, he captured it directly.

Magikarp♀

Attribute: Water

Level: Lv15

Features: Free to roam

Moves: Water Splash, Impact