Bulbasaur's evolution, Mega Evolution, currently doesn't make much difference to the strength of Fang Yuan's team lineup.
Only when Venusaur can possess top-level combat power after its Mega Evolution will it truly be considered the seventh main force within Fang Yuan's Team.
However, this evolution wasn't completely without value.
Besides getting one step closer to the main force position, from now on, Fang Yuan and the others could be self-sufficient in terms of food.
Absolutely fresh and pollution-free.
And it was nourished by the purest Power of Nature.
"This, I'll give it to you once you can stand on your own," Fang Yuan said, smiling at Venusaur after using the MEGA Venusaur to mature the plants at the research institute, as he withdrew the Super Stone.
"Bwoo!!!"
Venusaur lowered its head, looking at Fang Yuan with eager eyes, asking when "standing on its own" would be.
Now, Venusaur was very much looking forward to the next Mega Evolution, preferably during a battle.
Fang Yuan put away the Super Stone and remarked, "Standing on your own refers to strength. Once your strength catches up to the likes of Monferno, only then can Mega Evolution become a regular strategy. So you need to work hard. Being close to the top-level threshold is just the beginning."
"Such a system of Mega Evolution creates a heavy burden on both Trainers and Pokemon, hence unless there's a special situation, we won't be utilizing Mega Evolution again in the short term."
Venusaur: (⊙.⊙) A heavy burden? Not really... just a bit tired, a little rest is all I need, at least I won't be out for days after getting stronger like Brother Monkey.
"Let's leave it at that for now, I wouldn't lie to you," Fang Yuan said.
He had noticed that Venusaur had fallen in love with Mega Evolution, albeit just once.
Unfortunately, aside from ripening Top-Level Tree Fruit, there wasn't much room for MEGA Venusaur to showcase its abilities.
Thus, Fang Yuan could only seal the Super Stone again, letting it serve as motivation for Venusaur to improve... after all, it had just evolved and still had a great deal of growing to do.
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Arranging the Spirit Egg and Bulbasaur's evolution had taken up two days of Fang Yuan's time. Once he was done, Fang Yuan immediately led his Pokemon on the Road of Champions.
Different from when he first came to the Road of Champions as the national university champion, this time Fang Yuan returned as the Fifth King and a top-level researcher. The Trainer Association immediately expressed their intent to provide Fang Yuan with a secretary to handle his trivial daily matters.
However, Fang Yuan found it to be a bother and decisively refused. No secretary could be as handy as Rotom.
"Tomorrow's the selection of those who were eliminated, right?" Fang Yuan walked slowly from the harbor and asked the Flying cell-phone Rotom beside him.
"Yes, Rotom."
Cell-phone Rotom nodded. Aside from Fang Yuan and the other four, the dozens of Trainers eliminated in the last selection who had returned from their training expeditions would be reassessed by the Association, based on their performance, in a new round of selections.
The top five from that selection would have the chance to challenge the five Trainers of the current second team.
Victory would give them the opportunity to replace them.
"Should I go take a look?" Fang Yuan mused to himself. In the end, no one should challenge me, right? Surely not, surely not?
If no challenge arises, then whether he watched the final selection or not didn't matter.
"Whether you attend tomorrow's final selection or not is up to you, but don't forget the important meeting in the afternoon, Rotom," said Rotom.
"I remember it," Fang Yuan responded.
"Forget it, I'll still go take a look, at least I can go and cheer on the people I know."
All of Fang Yuan's Pokemon had hit a bottleneck and were unlikely to break through in the short term.
With two months left, there was no need to overstrain and train desperately.
The most important thing before a match is to relax and maintain a normal training intensity. With his current strength, there was no need for excessive pressure for the world tournament.
Having made his decision, it wasn't long before Fang Yuan arrived at the accommodation area, staying at the same villa as last time.
Fang Yuan was okay with it, but for Eevee, this place was filled with painful memories.
Where you fall is where you rise again. It had once suffered a soul-crushing disconnection here, but now Eevee was determined to work tirelessly in this place. With its Mental Power breakthrough reaching the top level, its Substitute Technique made progress and could now create four Substitutes.
Including its original body, that made five bodies.
Of course, just like before, the more bodies there were, the weaker Eevee's control over the Substitutes became.
One original body and one Substitute were the most harmonious form of the Substitute Technique. In this state, Eevee's Stand-in Combo Attack was most powerful.
Multiple Substitutes, at present, were valuable because they effectively trained Eevee's mental Coordination Ability in this state.
If it weren't for the foundation of operating two, three, or four at once prior... even with Mew's Help in perfectly integrating the Destruction Gene, it wouldn't have been easy to directly possess top Second Stage strength. Coordination Ability was key to quickly mastering new powers.
"Bwoo!" Eevee jumped onto the couch and lined up five cell phones neatly on it, its gaze filled with color.
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The afternoon, three o'clock.
The Trainer Association held a special meeting for the five second-team members in preparation for the upcoming world tournament.
The meeting was presided over by the three individuals responsible for the replacement selections: Master Ma Chen of the Twelve Earthly Branches, Ms. Liu Qin, the Association's General Secretary, and the Four Heavenly Kings Yun Kai.
"Everyone has arrived, right?"
As the last person to arrive, Fang Yuan, took his seat, Ms. Liu Qin looked around and said.