I'm not a Pokémon succubus.

"Ow!"

Finally, Apprentice Bear made up his mind and mustered up the courage to bury his legs!

"Wow..."

The sound of water sounded.

However, the familiar feeling of suffocation when falling into the sea did not come.

Apprentice Bear only felt the cool sea breeze blowing on his body which was covered with sea water, and the wet hair made him feel even colder.

Looking down, I saw that my feet were now stepping on the clear water.

The soles of my feet touched the water, and I felt the waves brushing against the soles of my feet, but I didn't sink into it at all...

"Ow?"

All of a sudden, Apprentice Bear's mind went blank.

It raised its head blankly and looked at Aisha on the shore.

Did I succeed?

"Ow?"

Apprentice Xiong lowered his head again and stared at his feet standing on the water.

Really successful?

Learned it?

Can I really stand on the water like Marillion?

"Congratulations."

There was a round of applause.

The bear apprentice looked up at Aisha who was smiling at him and clapping.

“You learned it.”

"Ow!"

Apprentice Xiong was so happy that he couldn't contain his smile.

Looking at its appearance, Aisha also showed a relieved smile, but she was not too surprised in her heart.

It did not surprise him that his disciple Xiong could learn to 'tread water'.

As mentioned before, the 'treading water' technique is simply a way for water-attribute Pokémon to expand their use of their water-attribute energy.

As a water-type Pokémon, unless it is a Pokémon that is difficult to communicate with like Psyduck or a Pokémon with dull talents, learning this skill is only a matter of time.

Xiaozhi's little crocodile can even dance within the waves...

Although Bear Apprentice is not a water-attribute Pokémon.

However, one of its evolutionary forms, the Martial Bear Master Combo Style, which evolved by inheriting the secret techniques of the Water Tower, is a Fighting and Water-attribute Pokémon.

In other words, just by learning a secret technique, the bear apprentice could evolve into it. There was at least enough water-attribute energy hidden in the body of the bear apprentice to evolve into a water-attribute Pokémon. Aisha boldly guessed that the bear apprentice could use this power before evolving and learn to tread water.

It turned out that his guess was completely correct!

Apprentice Xiong has really learned how to 'tread water'.

"After all, if even a bear apprentice is considered 'dull', then there probably won't be any 'talented' Pokémon in this world."

Looking at his bear disciple who was having a blast above the sea, Aixia crossed his arms and muttered to himself with a look of emotion on his face.

As for Apprentice Xiong, he gradually loosened his pace.

At the beginning, it only dared to walk on the sea surface step by step, carefully but steadily, as if it was afraid that it would fail because of its recklessness and fall into the water again.

However, once it became proficient in walking on the sea, the bear apprentice's bold character was exposed.

It ran wildly on the sea and even learned the technique of landing steadily after jumping.

Soon, it mastered the trick of using fighting moves while standing on the sea.

Now, Aisha also began to carefully observe the fighting style of the bear apprentice.

"Um......"

Aixia watched the bear disciple's every move carefully on the shore with a serious look in her eyes.

Very strong—Aisha was the first to come to this conclusion.

Ursa is a standard Pokémon that does not evolve but continues to grow stronger.

It has obviously been in Master Ma's martial arts school for many years. During this time, although the bear apprentice has not evolved, it has been receiving Master Ma's careful teachings and has mastered the power that it can control in its current form to perfection.

Its explosive punch and Qi-combining punch even amazed Aisha.

The farmer's three punches, the swallow's return, the mind hammer and the slam are also excellent exercises.

This is not surprising.

After all, the person who has been guiding it is Master Ma, a veteran champion-level trainer.

"Really..."

Aisha clicked her tongue.

"Just waiting for an opportunity to evolve."

That’s right, what Apprentice Bear is waiting for now is an opportunity to evolve.

It has been stuck at the bottleneck of its current strength for a long time. During this period, Apprentice Bear could only improve his strength indirectly by constantly honing his skills.

If you want to truly become stronger again, you need to inherit the secret skills of the Twin Fist Tower and evolve into a powerful martial arts bear master.

"Ah."

Aixia calculated the strength of his bear disciple after his evolution.

If nothing unexpected happens, once it completes its evolution, it will be able to become the first-tier combat force within its own team.

"As expected of a legendary Pokémon...it's truly terrifying."

Aisha sighed.

At the same time, the determination to improve the favorability of the bear apprentice has been strengthened.

"Ah."

He turned and looked behind him.

There is a complex terrain on Kai Island.

Master Ma obviously had a reason for choosing to buy the island.

First of all, in the waters near the Isle of Armor, Aisha and Marillil have proved with practical actions that these Megalodons in the sea are not dangerous to trainers and Pokémon with sufficient strength. Instead, they are a group of sandbags that can be used to improve their own strength.

The second is the terrain that already exists on Kai Island.

Here, there are all kinds of terrains including plains, forests, caves, etc.

There is even a small desert area at the end of the cave, which is very suitable for Charizard and young Kiras to train.

"Coach Ai!"

From behind, a familiar voice came from far away.

Aixia turned around and saw Caidou, wearing the special training clothes of Master Ma's martial arts school, waving at him on the grassland in the distance.

"It's noon, Master Mi Ye is calling us back for lunch!"

"understood!"

Aisha responded to Caidou's call.

He then realized that he and Marilulli had gone out early in the morning and taught his apprentice the skill of 'treading water' on the beach for several hours. It was already noon.

“Time flies when you work hard.”

Aisha smiled helplessly.

He looked at his bear apprentice who had already run to the distant sea, and Marilulli who was even further away.

"Mariluli, the bear apprentice, is back!"

"dew!"

Marilulli immediately responded to Coach Ai's call and trotted back to the shore.

Aisha took a look at its condition - there were some scars on its body from the battle, but they were not serious.

"Ah."

Aisha's expression was very satisfied.

Marill can heal such injuries by herself with the Water Ring.

In the battle this morning, Mariluri almost completely defeated the megalodon population in this sea area, beating them to a pulp.

"After today, I'm afraid these megalodon sharks will never dare to run rampant on the sea again."

"Lu~"

Listening to Aisha's words, Marilulli smiled embarrassedly and touched her head.

After this morning's continuous fighting, it also reaped a lot of rewards.

The first thing was the energy of the sea soul, which quickly merged into her body. Marilulli felt that she was becoming stronger all the time.

Secondly, it is the new skill that I have mastered...

"dew!"

Without hesitation, Marilulli told Aisha about the fighting method that she had learned during the battle, which combined hardness and softness and took both into account.

"oh, I understand now."

After listening to it, Aisha showed an expression of "as expected".

At the beginning, when he was watching from the shore, he noticed the changes in Marilulli's fighting style.

Now, after listening to Marilulli's detailed narration, he started to have special thoughts in mind.

"The water flows continuously."

While silently reciting the name of this move, Aisha turned her head and looked at the spire of an ancient tower standing on the beach at the other end of the island in the distance.

That is the Water Tower, one of the Twin Fist Towers.

It is also the location of the secret technique, Water Flow Combo.

After listening to Marilulli's story, Aisha discovered that its fighting style was at least seventy percent similar to the Water Flow Combo, the exclusive move of the Martial Arts Bear Master's Combo Flow.

This is a technique that Mariluri figured out herself...

Well, it's not that it can't keep the water flowing.

Even if she couldn't learn this move, Water Flow Continuous Strikes, as the exclusive move of the martial arts bear master's combo style, is a move that embodies the essence of the knowledge and skills of countless fighting masters from ancient times to the present. These skills can also help Marill to improve her fighting style.

"Ow..."

Apprentice Xiong was standing by, looking at Marilulli with envy on his face.

When Marilulli was talking about the skills she had learned, she did not avoid the bear apprentice next to her.

Therefore, Disciple Xiong heard everything.

Therefore, it felt deep admiration for Mariluri's intelligence.

"hehe."

Seeing the look on Apprentice Bear's face, Aixia smiled even more happily.

After observing the bear apprentice's fighting style and personality for a whole morning, Aisha has determined that the bear apprentice's evolutionary direction must be the combo flow.

So......

"Mari Luli."

Aisha introduced Apprentice Bear to Mariluri and said, "This is Apprentice Bear, our new friend."

"I taught it the technique of 'treading water' this morning. During this time, it will fight with you in the sea, fighting against the Megalodons together, and exercising together."