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The Vitality Candies truly worked. After training, he found that even Ralts's stamina had increased significantly.
"I didn't expect it to train so hard."
Jiang Chen looked at Nidonna. Among his Pokémon, Nidonna was the most diligent and hardworking in training. With Nidonna's dedication, coupled with Jiang Chen raising its talent to the level of an Elite Trainer, its future achievements would definitely not be too bad.
Currently, Nidonna's apparent strength was the strongest among Jiang Chen's Pokémon, second only to Dragonite. However, if it came to a real fight, Nidonna might not be able to defeat Ralts and Beldum. Jiang Chen's Shiny Ralts had terrifying psychic power, its telekinesis was unimaginably strong. This was partly due to Ralts's talent, and also thanks to the Mysterious Slate.
Nidonna's efforts also motivated the other Pokémon. Even Squirtle stopped complaining about how tough training was, because Nidonna's training was several times more intense than its own.
"Alright, Nidonna, come take a rest."
While hard training was good, too much could be detrimental. If training left hidden injuries, it could affect future achievements.
Nidonna, covered in sweat, came before Jiang Chen. Jiang Chen took out some nutrient solution and gave it to Nidonna. The weary Nidonna felt its body recover and regained its energy.
In the morning, he trained Pokémon. In the afternoon, Jiang Chen planned to explore the forest to search for suitable Pokémon. He walked for two hours but found nothing. Indeed, it required some luck to catch a satisfactory Pokémon.
"Change map."
Jiang Chen took out the map, checking nearby locations that had a good number of Pokémon.
"Anhua Valley, let's go there."
There were many Rock and Ground-type Pokémon there, and it also had caves, which many Pokémon liked to inhabit.
"It would be great if I could encounter a wild Larvitar."
Larvitar's final evolution was Tyranitar, the Sandstorm Tyrant. However, the probability of encountering a pseudo-legendary Pokémon in the wild was almost as low as winning the lottery's grand prize. The probability was even lower than that.
It all depended on one's luck. If one was lucky, they might truly encounter a pseudo-legendary when going out, just like Jiang Chen's father, Jiang Yuan. Jiang Yuan's Dragonite was caught when he was lucky enough to encounter a Dratini in the wild.
Encountering a Dratini with Champion potential, Jiang Chen even suspected his father was a Child of Destiny.
He had Alakazam take him to Anhua Valley. The common Bug-type Pokémon in forests were rarely seen here. Sandshrew, Diglett, and Geodude were more common here.
Rumble rumble rumble!!!
The ground suddenly shook, then a massive creature emerged from underground. Its body was at least eight meters long, entirely composed of gray rock.
"Onix."
Jiang Chen glanced at the Onix. The suddenly appearing Onix did not attack him. As long as it wasn't provoked, Onix's temperament was relatively docile. This was much better than Gyarados.
He scanned it and found it had Elite potential. Jiang Chen had no intention of catching it.
"Let's enter the cave and take a look."
Ralts perched on Jiang Chen's shoulder. He released Dragonite, Squirtle, Beldum, and Nidonna. If they encountered any Pokémon that attacked them, it would be a good opportunity for them to battle. Progress was often fastest during battles.
"It's so dark. Good thing I brought a flashlight."
In fact, even in the dark, Jiang Chen, possessing Aura power, could clearly perceive his surroundings. However, he was still more accustomed to having light. He looked up and saw several Zubat hanging upside down from the cave walls.
Without disturbing them, Jiang Chen continued forward.
"Is this cave usually uninhabited?"
Outside, he had seen a few trainers catching Pokémon, but after entering, he hadn't encountered a single person. However, after venturing deeper and circling around, Jiang Chen understood the reason: there were simply too few Pokémon inside.
As Jiang Chen was about to leave, he suddenly saw a flash of blue, and the figure was approaching him.
"Wobbuffet?"
'Good heavens, I didn't expect to encounter the Fruit God in this cave.'
Wobbuffet's expression looked quite comical, and its moves were also interesting, having no active attacking moves. But one couldn't underestimate it because of that. Its moves were all related to deflecting attacks. Besides that, it also had Destiny Bond, directly dragging you down with it.
'If you can't defeat me, I'll just reflect your attack and defeat you.'
[Wobbuffet]
Gender: Female
Strength: Elite Stage Three
Talent Potential: Elite
Attribute: Psychic
Ability: Shadow Tag
Moves: Counter, Mirror Coat, Safeguard, Encore, Destiny Bond
"Talent's a bit low."
"Sooonah~!"
Wobbuffet stood foolishly in front of Jiang Chen.
"Psychic-type attribute, so even if its talent is low, it's fine. I still have the Mysterious Slate."
Jiang Chen was genuinely interested in Wobbuffet, because battling with Wobbuffet was a lot of fun. One had to accurately predict the opponent's moves.
"After all, with the Psychic Slate, no matter how bad it is, it won't be too bad. Plus, I have Aura power and can communicate telepathically, directly giving commands in the Pokémon's mind. Wobbuffet is indeed suitable for me."
He guessed it came in front of him because of the Mysterious Slate's attraction. Since he hadn't found any other suitable Pokémon this time, Jiang Chen planned to catch this Wobbuffet.
"How about becoming my Pokémon in the future?"
"Sooonah."
Wobbuffet cried out, Jiang Chen wasn't sure if it was objecting or agreeing, so he just threw a Poké Ball directly.
Catching Wobbuffet was very simple; there was no need to battle. Just throwing a Poké Ball was enough; it wouldn't resist.
[DING! Congratulations to the Host for completing the mission 'Possess Six Pokémon,' gaining rewards: TM Water Spout, 10,000 points!]
"This mission is finally complete."
Jiang Chen put away his other Pokémon, then said to Alakazam, "Alakazam, you can take me back now."
There were no Pokémon in the cave that Jiang Chen found appealing. Meeting Wobbuffet was an unexpected bonus. Although Wobbuffet wasn't a rare Pokémon.
He had realized these past two days that it was almost impossible to catch a Pokémon with good talent and rarity in the wild. The Nidonna he caught wasn't rare. Its talent was good for ordinary people, but quite average for Jiang Chen. Luckily, he had something to boost talent potential.
As for Wobbuffet, although it was relatively rare in their area, Wobbuffet wasn't a particularly uncommon Pokémon, and its talent potential was even lower. If Jiang Chen didn't have the Mysterious Slate, he wouldn't have caught this Wobbuffet, no matter how interested he was.