Once he had the idea, Fang Yuan immediately had Eevee begin to execute it.
"First, condense energy, but don't attack," he said.
"Bwoo..."
Eevee pondered for a moment, then returned to the state before an attack.
Energy flowed throughout its body, which felt warm and brimming with power; this was the sensation of its potential being unearthed.
In this state, Eevee's physical strength's upper limit greatly increased.
"Bwoo..."
After maintaining this state for eight or nine seconds, Eevee began to tremble, its expression becoming strained.
It felt its body was about to give out. Although tapping into bodily potential through emotional energy could instantly grant a burst of explosive power, it also placed a considerable strain on the body.
"Attack!"
Seeing this, Fang Yuan quickly said, and Eevee finally let out a sigh of relief, releasing all of its energy in one go, instinctively charging toward the rubber wall.
...
When Eevee slowly walked back, Fang Yuan hesitated before asking, "After I said attack just now, did you feel like you were using the Tackle move?"
"Bwoo." Eevee thought back and nodded.
During that time, it not only couldn't sense any other energy, but it also had a hard time controlling its own body, subconsciously releasing the energy in the form of a Tackle.
The stimulation of its bodily potential brought about sudden strength; it was normal for Eevee to not control it well.
However, the power of Gratitude was indeed strong, currently counting as Eevee's strongest move.
In terms of destructive power alone, Quick Attack and Bite fell short.
"Is there a way to have the emotional energy mainly affect specific body parts?"
"Like, the limbs, or the tail?" Fang Yuan asked.
Eevee shook its head, not sure, but it was willing to give it a try.
It fell into that state once more...
The Soothing Bell swayed, and Eevee's expression grew more earnest.
"Bwoo!!" It glanced at the pebble at its feet and flicked its body hard, whipping its tail at the target; the next moment, the pebble shot out and hit the rubber wall.
The force... probably wasn't as strong as when Fang Yuan threw it.
But this experiment by Little Eevee had already illustrated some issues.
Through conscious control, the form of the Payback Technique's attack could change!
In less than a week's training, Eevee's tail could not possibly have achieved such strength.
This naturally wasn't Iron Tail, but Gratitude.
However, compared to using its tail to execute Gratitude, for Eevee, it was more effortless and more powerful to use the Tackle method.
Just like the Long-eared Rabbit, their ears have always been their weapon for attacks, and using ears as a medium to perform the Payback Technique is completely unproblematic.
But to make Eevee use its ears to execute the Payback Technique would simply be daydreaming.
"Without a doubt, emotional energy can also unearth potential in other body parts, allowing those parts to instantly achieve extraordinary strength and power." Fang Yuan said with a smile.
His hypothesis was already half-successful.
At the same time.
After Eevee had recovered, it swung its tail around; it indeed felt its tail was filled with power after that move.
"Next, switch to the limbs..." Fang Yuan said.
Eevee nodded and tried its best to let the emotional energy dig into the potential of its limbs and then attack according to the feeling it had just experienced.
However, the attack they had imagined, with the speed of Quick Attack, did not materialize.
Instead, Eevee jumped up in a panic...
It was like charging up for a high jump... Eevee's eyes met Fang Yuan's at the same level mid-air.
Fang Yuan: "..."
Eevee: "..."
Then, due to not being properly prepared, Eevee lost its balance in the air and fell to the ground.
"Bwoo..."
After painfully getting up, Eevee glanced at Fang Yuan with a look of complaint; this was completely different from what they had expected.
"I didn't ask you to use Aqua Jet. Don't exert force upward!"
"Once your legs have gained strength, you must kick back against the ground like Quick Attack. Because the action of force is mutual, when you kick back, the ground will give you an explosive power to move forward," Fang Yuan said helplessly.
He understood that this was because Eevee was still unable to control that strength well.
There was no need to rush this.
From the way its tail attack had gone, as long as Eevee adapted, it could certainly learn to control the power skillfully. By that time, Eevee's Payback Technique would not be so simplistic.
If at first Eevee's Rage Move was comparable to a Collision move,
Now, Eevee's Payback Technique was akin to a Wild Charge Technique.
Once it adapted to using emotional energy to simultaneously dig into the potential of its legs, the Payback Technique could be upgraded to a move "with the speed of Quick Attack and the power of a strong collision."
Having both speed and power would make the Payback Technique into Eevee's next trump card.
"Bwoo..." Eevee cried out with a sad face, calling out twice.
It already felt soreness in its tail and legs, those two moves just now seemed to have overburdened it...
Especially the tail, super painful!
"Have you started to feel pain? I'll take you to the Spirit Center right away."
Without another word, Fang Yuan took Eevee to the Spirit Center.
In the end, as the examination results came out, Fang Yuan's speculation was completely confirmed.
The Payback Technique, which broke through the existing form's limitations, had a very good training effect on the corresponding body parts!
Eevee wasn't severely hurt; this was just a manifestation of the long training session. The check-up told Fang Yuan that Eevee now urgently needed to replenish a large amount of nutrition.
"Just as I thought, Eevee's training for its tail wasn't as intense as it was for other parts of its body, so its adaptability was also slightly weaker. The sudden excavation of potential caused Eevee an effect similar to overload training,"
Overload training is very common among athletes. Once they adapt to a certain load stimulus, they must timely and appropriately increase the load beyond the original level for their athletic abilities to continue to grow.
Eevee was now in an overloaded state. Once it had replenished enough nutrients and had ample rest, the pain would recover. Following that, whether it was the strength in its legs or its tail, Eevee would see significant growth.
This is the benefit of breaking through the original form's limitations to excavate the body's potential.
Compared with direct training, Eevee would save several hours of effort, making the process extremely efficient!
But the price is also significant. Although Pokémon have much stronger adaptability than humans, if they do not promptly replenish a large amount of nutrients, they will definitely sustain hidden injuries.
The increased efficiency of training also means that Fang Yuan needs to invest more resources.
"Let's just take this as a good thing for now..."
"With this, as long as Eevee makes proper use of the Payback Technique, it will soon be able to master Iron Tail."
"After the leg strength increases, the speed can be faster too!"