In the following days, Fang Yuan and his friends became good pals with the group of Pippi.
The Pippi with the Attractive Body Feature shared and exchanged tips with the Ugly Fish on how to show off their charm.
Occasionally, they would even use Captivate to guide the Ugly Fish in using Charm Moves.
Of course, these were just minor interactions that Fang Yuan did not pay much attention to.
After all, these Pippi hadn't really developed their features; they were just like novices sparring with each other, as long as they were happy.
Unfortunately, Sun Eevee's Ability Swap Moves hadn't been developed to the extent that it could swap the features of other Pokemon.
The purpose of Ability Swap Moves is to exchange one's own features with those of a designated target, but at a certain level of development, it can directly swap the features between two designated targets using one's own power.
If Sun Eevee had already developed the Ability Swap Moves to that level, Fang Yuan would be able to let the Ugly Fish experience the Attractive Body Feature ahead of time.
An Ugly Fish with the Attractive Body Feature, now that's an exciting thought.
The Ugly Fish was having a pleasant interaction, and the leader of this group of Pippi, Ghostss, was having a blast as well.
After Ghostss discovered the striking similarities between Picoxi and Gengar, it entered its shadow and then attempted to possess it, wrapping it with Ghost Energy.
Because Fang Yuan had said that doing so might lead to evolution...
Fang Yuan was just spouting urban legends.
He even told Ghostss the ghost stories about how Picoxi would turn into a Ghostss after death and then slowly level up and eventually evolve into Gengar and other such varieties.
These urban legends did indeed scare Ghostss and Picoxi.
Urban legends are, after all, just urban legends, and they obviously wouldn't happen in reality, but their attempts did give Picoxi the experience of piloting a Gundam.
Ghostss, hiding in Picoxi's shadow, summoned a huge and terrifying phantom—the Dark Phantom—to envelop Picoxi's body, creating the visual effect of Picoxi being at the center of a giant phantom, controlling the Dark Phantom.
"Tsk..." Fang Yuan glanced over, and while it looked cool, it would have been cooler if he and Picoxi could switch places.
But for now, Fang Yuan could only dream about it, as Picoxi could remain unaffected in the midst of the huge terrifying phantom formed by the Dark Phantom, but if it were him, it wouldn't necessarily be the case.
After all, there is a great difference between the human body and that of Pokemon.
And if Ghostss covered the huge phantom with Black Flame, even Picoxi would find it hard to stay there any longer.
Unless...
The Black Flame could selectively cause damage under Ghostss's control.
This was not entirely out of the question. For instance, Trainers who were recognized by Ponyta and Rapidash would not be harmed by their flames.
This was not an isolated case; Fang Yuan recalled instances where the flames of Moltres had a consciousness, able to selectively cause different levels of harm to different targets.
However, Fang Yuan was clueless as to how to achieve that extent.
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During this time, the Self-detonating Magnetic Monster worked earnestly on strengthening the Electromagnetic Storm, practicing the commonly known Move, Shadow Clone. With its current power, it wouldn't take long to master Shadow Clone and form advanced energy avatars.
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The Fierce Fire Monkey was striving to adapt to using Rage without the Bone Club.
As for the Lightning Armor, so far, the Fierce Fire Monkey had made some progress.
During the winter break, on the sixteenth day of training, it could only activate one arm with Thunder Energy, enhancing the arm's strength, and it was only able to throw a single punch.
But now, several months later, it could simultaneously activate its torso, limbs, and tail, significantly increasing its overall physical strength, defense, speed, and explosive power!!
Unfortunately, the current state of the Lightning Armor was still a fleeting brilliance.
The most important link, Mimic the Charge characteristic to increase healing ability, was not very successful, which meant the Fierce Fire Monkey could not reduce the physical damage caused by activating its body in Lightning Armor mode.
Another very important feature of the Lightning Armor, which had not manifested in the Fierce Fire Monkey, was to use the bursting Thunder Energy inside the body to improve the speed of neural transmission, which is what Eevee excels in — reaction speed!!
When bursting with full force, the body's speed was too fast, and not being able to keep up with the reactions was a fatal weakness for the Fierce Fire Monkey.
But since using Thunder to increase the reaction speed sounded far too risky, possibly involving the brain, Fang Yuan didn't dare let the Fierce Fire Monkey try it blindly.
Therefore, the Lightning Armor could only be considered to have made minor progress. Another reason was that when the Fierce Fire Monkey first started training Lightning Armor, the Pokemon it Mimicked were not very good at developing abilities, including only a few at a professional level, let alone at a master level.
So, in order to further refine Lightning Armor, they would have to wait until Fang Yuan had the opportunity to take the Fierce Fire Monkey to see more powerful beings. After Mimicking better-developed abilities, the Fierce Fire Monkey itself would have a deeper understanding of the corresponding features, and its strength, defense, speed, and explosive power could be improved once again!
As for the deficiency in reaction speed, Fang Yuan thought that it was not without other solutions. After evolving, Monferno would be able to learn meditation. Chimchar had learned the Tenxin Ryu Style Meditation from the dojo master before, which trained reaction speed. Perhaps after evolving and combining that with meditation, Lightning Armor could reach a high level of mastery.
If the damage brought by the Lightning Armor couldn't be resolved in battle, then they would have to put the Fierce Fire Monkey through devilish training for its resilience and physical strength. After leaving the battlefield, applying salves and consuming Gold Energy Blocks would both be solutions.
Besides, if they could tame Qiao Yiyi, her Chansey, a Pokemon with MAX healing type capabilities, would be a blessing for a Fierce Fire Monkey that often came out of battle killing a thousand enemies at the cost of eight hundred of its own hits.
"Is there a possibility for Ugly Fish to grasp the Life Droplet after evolving?" Fang Yuan had also fed Ugly Fish Gold Energy Blocks to replenish its life force, hoping it would be able to learn moves like Water Ring and Self Restoration after evolving.
There was a Water Master in England whose Ride Dragon mastered the magical move Life Droplet, which could heal itself and its allies, no less potent than Chansey's Healing Fluctuation. However, it seemed that few Pokemon could master Life Droplet, and the difficulty of understanding it was very high!!
But Fang Yuan thought that Milotic, capable of mastering moves like Water Ring and Self Restoration, wasn't without hope…
If Milotic could become the team's medic, it would be the greatest unexpected gain for Fang Yuan.
Yet… even if Milotic were fortunate enough to master Life Droplet, Fang Yuan couldn't help but laugh at the thought of the Fierce Fire Monkey, covered in flames, Thunder Energy, and wounds, being suddenly doused by Milotic with water.
Too tragic.
After spending half a month in the Moon Mountain Scenic Area…
The main event finally arrived. Eevee, after some experimentation, found that indeed the Magic Guard Feature greatly assisted in controlling Life Energy.
Sun Eevee, after repeatedly Ability Swapping with some Pippi, gradually became skilled in this auxiliary technique. Although it was impossible to master the other capabilities of the Magic Guard Feature, the trick to assist in controlling Life Energy was certainly learnable by Eevee, given its advantageous conditions.
Indeed, that was the case. In just half a month, Eevee had mastered this technique.
This implied that,
the Payback Technique, from the Third Stage, had taken a small step toward the Fourth Stage, bringing a significant enhancement to Eevee, although it was still short of Fang Yuan's ideal perfection of the Fourth Stage.
But in the short term, it should enable Eevee to break through its present limitations.
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