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The perfect Stage Four of Repaying Kindness signified, in Fang Yuan's theory, that Eevee's control over Life Energy was thoroughly refined.
This meant that Eevee could then use Life Energy to greatly enhance its own physical strength, the effect of its moves, and its racial potential.
This comprehensive enhancement was somewhat similar to Mega Evolution and Bond Phenomenon.
However, fundamentally, it was closer to the Bond Phenomenon of Xiaozhi's Greninja.
As for Gratitude 3.5, it was a period of understanding the principle of the Life Orb thoroughly, situated between the third and fourth stages as a buffer.
At this stage, although it could not yet strengthen physical strength or racial potential...
Eevee was already able to enhance its moves with the Payback Technique without relying on any external objects.
It allowed the Payback Move to have the effect of a Helping Hand.
The difference lay in the Helping Hand's strict restrictions on the object being amplified, whereas Payback had none.
Moreover, Helping Hand could only amplify the power of offensive moves, but Gratitude 3.5 could also amplify the effects of status moves.
Even moves like Sand Splash could be enhanced.
Using Emotional Energy and Life Energy to enhance moves has been depicted in the animation as well, such as Xiaozhi's Greninja's Golden Healing Throwing Knives.
A common Water-based Move like Flying Water Shuriken, under the enhancement of Bond Phenomenon, completely changed in form and nature, with a significant transformation in effect... such a thought was indeed unthinkable.
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Imperial Capital.
By now, Fang Yuan had already left Moon Mountain.
After Eevee mastered the Magical Defense feature to control Life Energy and combined it with the Payback Technique to develop Gratitude 3.5, there was no need to stay at Moon Mountain any longer.
Now, Fang Yuan planned to take Eevee to test more changes brought by Gratitude 3.5.
They first came to a deserted area near Moon Mountain.
After finding a remote and vacant space, Fang Yuan and Eevee planned to use Gratitude 3.5 to enhance all moves and observe.
The first one was...
"Sand Splash!"
At Fang Yuan's command, Eevee, standing on the open ground, gently waved its paw.
Boom~
A vast cloud of dust was swept up, surging forwards, rapidly obscuring the view in front of Fang Yuan and Eevee.
Eevee was merely using the Payback Technique for a simple execution, without the skill of Counter Shield.
Looking at the huge dust cloud before him, Fang Yuan fell silent for a moment.
A basic Sand Splash used by Eevee, although still merely Sand Splash with no destructive power, seemed in terms of momentum to be not from a Normal type Pokémon, but like it came from an Attribute Spirit skilled in Ground.
Gratitude 3.5 version was indeed powerful!
Fang Yuan and his team continued experimenting.
The Collision Move Tackle, amplified by Gratitude, now had power surpassing that of a head-on collision.
Quick Attack also possessed greater speed and strength than before, exceeding the power of Gratitude's Third Stage.
Most offensive moves like Confusion, Psyshock, Shadow Ball, and Iron Tail had their power increased under Gratitude's amplification.
Eevee judged the increase to be about 30%.
This was the same as when using the Life Orb; it was a gain, but nothing surprising—merely as if Eevee had absorbed a Life Orb.
The amplification effects on status moves and combination skills were the key to significantly enhancing Eevee's combat power.
Sand Splash had already been tested.
Then came Shadow Clone.
Shadow Clone, Eevee could now effortlessly create dozens of indistinguishable clones.
Light Wall and Reflect Wall both had significantly increased duration and strength.
The Swap Field move was faster, and its effective range had doubled.
The enhancement effect of Sunny Day was evident in the duration and the amplified ratio.
Future Sight could now see further into the future...
Refresh and Heal Bell also had their effects increased on top of the original.
Fang Yuan was delighted.
In terms of combination skills, Sun Fire turned a deep orange-red, and the level of the flames seemed to have increased.
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Spiral Shadow Ball can now be used by a single individual without relying on Substitute or Helping Hand moves.
"How does it feel?" Fang Yuan asked Eevee.
"Bwoo!!" Eevee nodded, feeling invincible!!
"Don't be arrogant,"
"The improvement is just passable; it's fair to say the 18 million wasn't wasted," Fang Yuan said, "But you still need to work hard to develop up to the Fourth Stage of Repaying Kindness, and even the Fifth Stage."
Eevee: ◔‸◔?
The effect of Gratitude 3.5 is to amplify the effects of moves that Eevee has already mastered.
For offensive moves, the amplification of power is about 30%, which is consistent with the amplification ratio of the Life Orb.
For status moves, it amplifies their effects, and Fang Yuan estimates the ratio will not exceed 50%.
What Fang Yuan regrets and feels is lacking is that there hasn't been a qualitative change in the moves themselves.
They have not become as overwhelmingly powerful as Z-Moves, nor as flashy and cool as Xiaozhi's Golden Healing Throwing Knives.
In summary, Eevee has perfectly mastered the function of the Life Orb through the Payback Technique, and then extended its function.
Eevee is now quite full of itself, feeling that with the Payback Move, any move in its possession can achieve unparalleled results.
Even now, Eevee feels confident enough to challenge Luo Kuo.
A Life Orb only strengthens the power of its offensive moves.
This kind of amplification isn't very significant in terms of overall combat power, because no matter how powerful a move is, it's useless if it doesn't hit the opponent.
The outcome of a battle is determined by many factors, and the power of moves is just one of them.
Now, Gratitude 3.5 enhances all of Eevee's moves, an increase in combat power that can't just be summarized by a Life Orb.
By amplifying Quick Attack, it has increased its movement speed...
By amplifying Future Sight, it has gained greater control over the overall battle situation...
By amplifying various status moves, it has raised the ceiling of their tactical use...
"Alright, next, think about how you can multi-task," Fang Yuan said.
With the enhancement from Repaying Kindness, Substitute Technique has broken through its previous limits; currently, Eevee can create two substitutes.
Substitute is different from Shadow Clone; its quantity doesn't increase with the mastery level of the move.
Having two substitutes is unprecedented, at least Fang Yuan has never heard of it; barring Legendary Pokémon, Eevee might be unique in this regard, which Fang Yuan believes is the biggest gain from Gratitude 3.5.
Eevee: ≖‿≖✧
"Bwoo~~"
Eevee is of the same mind; what limited it to using only two mobile phones was the Substitute Technique. Now that it can create two substitutes, the days of triple-screen binge-watching must not be far off.
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With the further development of the Payback Technique, Eevee has truly become a Skill Master.
With the Payback Move, it's expected that learning new moves in the future will be quick and easy for Eevee.
This kind of enhancement effect is equivalent to the years of hard training of other Pokémon.
"I wonder when it will reach the Fourth Stage of Repaying Kindness..." Fang Yuan murmured to himself.
Gratitude 3.5 version has given Fang Yuan hope of becoming one of the Four Heavenly Kings.
If Eevee can thoroughly comprehend the functions of Gratitude 3.5, it might soon achieve Master-level combat power.
Sun Fire... Spiral Shadow Ball... Such combination moves are terrifyingly powerful with the amplification from Repaying Kindness.
Thus, Fang Yuan is very much looking forward to the Fourth Stage of Repaying Kindness.
The Fourth Stage of Repaying Kindness... at least would not let Eevee's potential fall short of the Glutton that can undergo Mega Evolution.
As for the Fifth Stage of Repaying Kindness, Fang Yuan already has some ideas.
If the template for the Fourth Stage of Repaying Kindness is Mega Evolution and the Bond Phenomenon,
Then the template for the Fifth Stage of Repaying Kindness is Z-Moves and Primal Reversion.
The essence of Z-Moves is light, and the essence of Primal Reversion is Natural Energy...
The Fifth Stage of Repaying Kindness involves Natural Energy - Solar Energy, as well as the Destruction Gene.
The Sun Visualization Technique and the Destruction Gene are the most critical core of it.
Although Fang Yuan is just fantasizing for now, this development blueprint genuinely gives him the vision of cultivating Cloth God into a Legendary Pokémon.
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