Fang Yuan temporarily settled in the Fire God Dojo.
Now, regardless of whether he had other important matters or not, this opportunity could not be missed.
The next day, Fang Yuan didn't mince words, directly treating the Fire God Dojo like his own home.
The area near the lava pool also became Fang Yuan's exclusive training spot for the week.
In the high-temperature environment, Fang Yuan took advantage of the external pressure to practice the Meditation Method.
By Fang Yuan's side, Eevee assisted him in his training. When Trainer and Pokemon meditated together, the results were exponentially better, both for the Trainer and the Pokemon, yielding greater gains.
The Self-detonating Magnetic Monster and the two Gear children were assigned to high-temperature training. The Klink and the newly caught Bulbasaur trained under the Sunny Day created by Eevee, while the Self-detonating Magnetic Monster was entrusted to the Magmar to swim in the magma with it.
The best way to train Steel-type abilities is with high temperature and high pressure.
Steelix's body was forged from the high pressure and heat underground, its body harder than any metal, ranking it at the forefront among all Steel-type Spirits.
Having just applied the Mysterious Coating to enhance the Self-detonating Magnetic Monster's Steel-type prowess, Fang Yuan needed to create some pressure for it now!
After all, getting stronger wasn't just about resources; one also had to undergo tempering, which is how to absorb resources fully.
The training tasks for Monferno and Ditto were simple: use the Forced Exerciser to train to the limit. Overloading training, these days, for Monferno meant that a single day's worth of intensive training could make up for ten days, with its consumption recovering extremely fast while wearing the Fire of Life's mantle and its comprehension of flame improving swiftly.
These seven days were Monferno's home field.
The environment beside the lava wasn't suitable for Milotic and Dragonite, so Fang Yuan arranged for Dragonite to continue getting accustomed to Nightmare Mode, fighting against Glutton in that state.
Although Nightmare Fast Dragon hadn't broken through to the Top Tier Domain, even Glutton with mastery over Black Flame could not defeat Dragonite in this state alone, for the simple reason that Nightmare Fast Dragon was constantly fighting in a state of Rest.
The Rest Move could be considered a very powerful Psychic Type ultimate move in the Pokemon series, able to restore one's entire physical strength and heal all abnormal status conditions. Although it wasn't as overpowered in reality, Dragonite's recovery speed in this state came close to Feather Nest, and was extremely terrifying.
Even if Glutton's Black Flame and Dream Eating were used simultaneously, it was still Glutton who would be worn down first.
At this time, Dragonite's state could be described as "can be one-shot, but impossible to be taken down."
Therefore, each time at the end of the fight, it was Eevee that would use the Ice Series Partner Technique combined with Milotic's Ice Type move to either defeat Dragonite in an instant or wake it up, and the problem would be solved.
The fierce battle between the irrational Nightmare Fast Dragon and Glutton would end with both sustaining heavy damage, with Glutton suffering even more. But this was exactly what was needed to train Glutton's physical strength to lay the groundwork for Mega Evolution.
And Milotic's task was, of course, training Healing type moves...
Although Monferno had the Fire of Life, it only had one opportunity to use it each day, and most of the time, Milotic had to heal Monferno. After the fights between Dragonite and Glutton, it also needed Milotic's healing, so its training tasks could only be to practice Healing type moves...
The seven opportunities to interact with the Fire of Life, Fang Yuan planned to give one to Eevee and six to Monferno.
Fang Yuan had also wanted to let Glutton try it out, but the Fire of Life inexplicably rejected it, which was the first time such a thing had happened.
Glutton, eager to devour the Fire of Life, gave up the idea upon realizing it probably wasn't even a match for a single flame.
The reason Fang Yuan gave Eevee and Glutton the opportunity to come into contact with it was to see if they had any chance of mastering the Fire of Life.
Eevee did not disappoint, and after contact, although it gained no substantial benefits, it took the opportunity to analyze the structure of the Fire of Life.
Powerful flames, life energy powerful enough to self-recover, and strong mental power constitute the entirety of the Fire of Life.
The flame is conscious not only because of the life energy but also because the mental power bestowed it with a spiritual consciousness.
Regrettably...
Although Eevee was aware of its components and had mastered these forces, it still couldn't create a Fire of Life similar to the one before its eyes.
Eventually, Fang Yuan could only let Rotom archive this data for future use.
"The owner of this flame must be even stronger than Emuritto and Manafei," Fang Yuan judged. Although Moltres is more common than Manafei and Emuritto, the latter two Pokémon only feel powerful in authority to Fang Yuan, not very strong in their own right.
On the contrary, this Moltres might not possess any special abilities, but it's definitely not weak.
Just this flame alone possesses top-tier might, and as its creator, that Moltres must have surpassed the Guardian God Level and reached Legendary Level in strength.
Now, Fang Yuan was curious where Master Tao had obtained this flame.
The third day.
Bathed in the mantle of the Fire of Life, Monferno's vitality seemed to be sublimated, its head flame becoming hotter and containing a powerful fighting spirit, indicating an improvement in Monferno's mastery of fire.
On the fourth day, the extreme training transformed Monferno's physical condition, and its mastery of the Fighting Attribute increased once again.
On the fifth day, Monferno successfully integrated the explosive nature into its Rage, mastering the Explosive Rage.
On the sixth day, Monferno used Explosive Rage while in Thunder Flame Mode, and the amplified Explosive Rage, influenced by the lightning power, sounded like thunder roaring, putting this flame on par with Glutton's Black Flame and Eevee's Sun Fire.
At this point, whether relying solely on its Lightning Armor or Explosive Rage, Monferno held master-level combat prowess, and in Thunder Flame Mode, although its energy did not undergo a qualitative change, it was powerful in every aspect, strong enough to threaten Eevee and Nightmare Dragonite.
The only pity was that the upgrade of Rage made it even harder for Monferno to unlock the second and third gates. Mastering Explosive Rage was much harder than ordinary Rage, and Monferno would sustain more damage as a result...
......
On the last day of their stay at the Fire God Dojo, the intensity of the Pokémon's training lessened, and with a cold towel around his neck, Fang Yuan walked inside the dojo.
"The most powerful aspect of the Nightmare State is almost perfect utilization of physical strength, spirit, 'Dreamland,' and 'Soul' power. It seems a visit to Nightmare Island is imminent," Fang Yuan mused, having already handled the paperwork for traveling abroad. Although he didn't know whether Darkrai would actually be on Nightmare Island, the trip was necessary.
Sighing softly, Fang Yuan was about to go back to his room to pack up when suddenly, a deafening noise was heard.
Subconsciously looking towards the dojo's battle area, Fang Yuan murmured to himself, "Another challenger from abroad? And from the looks of it, a remarkable Trainer..."