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The Crystal Onix was captured in the Orange Islands. After research by Gary and Professor Oak, it was determined to be a special species from the Orange Islands.
Originally, Xiao Mao planned to use the liquid metal membrane developed by Silver Corporation to evolve it, but after thinking about it carefully, he decided to try using the top-quality metal membrane rewarded by the system to evolve Onix.
When they were in Blue Steppes Town, Gary would carry Onix with him, intending to let it evolve.
"clatter?"
Onix looked at Gary, wondering why Gary had come to him.
After capturing the Crystal Onix, Gary left it at Professor Oak's lab for him to study, and didn't really take care of it much.
This has resulted in Onix's friendship level with Gary being only 145. If it hadn't taught Gary a few moves, the friendship level would be even lower.
"Onix, I'm planning to let you evolve, but I don't know if it will be successful. Are you willing to give it a try?" Gary said.
Regular Onix can evolve using Metal Coat, while Crystal Onix is a special species, but its evolution method is the same as that of regular Onix. After all, Pokémon with different regional forms require the same items for evolution.
Xiao Mao felt that the same should be true for Crystal Onix. If it failed to evolve, the premium metal membrane would be wasted, since the metal membrane was meant to be applied to Crystal Onix.
"clatter!"
The Crystal Onix looked puzzled. It had never known that it could evolve, because as it was made of crystal, it could not dive too deep underground.
In particular, the Crystal Onix lives in the Orange Islands region, where the steel particles that create the metal membrane are located deep underground, and the Crystal Onix alone cannot enter such a deep place.
Therefore, Xiao Shi can deduce that since its appearance, no Crystal Onix has ever evolved.
"This is a metal membrane. If you apply a layer to it, you might evolve. I've prepared some more." Xiao Mao took out some more metal membranes from his backpack.
Because Onix was too big, Gary was worried that the top-quality metal membranes rewarded by the system wouldn't be enough, so he also bought some liquid metal membranes developed by Silver Corporation, which were specifically for evolution.
Asagi City is a port city in the Johto region, so it is naturally very developed. Naturally, the Fairy Department Store here sells liquid metal membranes.
Gary mixed the premium metal film and liquid metal film together, then equipped Onix with an Everstone. Gary and Gengar then applied the metal film to every inch of Onix's skin.
After half an hour of work, I finally managed to coat every inch of the Crystal Onix's skin with a metallic film. Its body looked very metallic, and the surrounding temperature dropped a lot, as if the air conditioner had been turned on.
"Alright, Onix, you can throw out the Everstone now," Gary said.
Crystal Onix nodded and tossed the Everstone out of its storage space. The next second, a white light of evolution shone from Crystal Onix's body.
The Crystal Onix's body began to change. Its originally thick, rocky body began to condense and gradually shrink. A bunch of steel spikes grew out of every two rocks on its body. Its tail also shrank to be as sharp as a nail. Its head became flat and wide, and its body also grew a little longer than before.
When the light of evolution faded, a giant Steelix, pure white as snow, appeared. The Steelix evolved from Crystal Onix has a pure white body, but it gleams with a metallic sheen.
【LV38 Steelix♀/Elite Four】
"Sigh~! Even with both methods used, the potential only increased by one level." Xiao Mao sighed inwardly.
Shigeru had been thinking of using two different metal films to boost Steelix's potential by two levels, but it seems he was overthinking it and wasted some top-quality metal films.
"...Da ne...!"
Steelix was shocked by its own evolution. It never expected that it would actually evolve, as none of its kind it had encountered in the wild had evolved.
Gary walked up to Steelix and touched its body. It felt cold to the touch, just like steel, but it kept emitting cold air. He tapped it, and it made a dull sound like striking steel.
Gary also took the opportunity to check Steelix's current stats.
[Pokémon: Steelix (Stone Islands Mode)]
[Attributes: Steel, Ice]
【Level: 38】
[Potential: King]
【Characteristic: Steel Will (Increases the power of Steel-type moves by 1.5 times.)】
[Skills: Impact, Harden, Bind, Falling Rocks, Piercing Sound, Dig, Ice Shards, Frozen Teeth, Ice Pillar Pursuit, Iron Wall, Avalanche.]
[Teacher's skills: Destructive Ray, Sleep, Stone Attack.]
[Intimacy Level: 195 (Maximum 255)]
Crystal Onix evolves into Steelix, becoming a Steel/Ice dual-type Pokémon and awakening the Avalanche move. Crucially, its ability changes to Steel Will, a significant boost for Steel-type Pokémon.
Steel Will is a unique ability of Meowth; no other Pokémon possesses this ability. It's surprising that Steelix, the evolution of Crystal Onix, has this ability.
Based on the comparison, a regular Steelix usually has two abilities and one hidden ability, which makes a total of three abilities. Therefore, the Steelix evolved from Crystal Onix should also have three abilities.
Unfortunately, Gary only has one Crystal Onix. To find out what Steelix's other two abilities are, he would have to breed a new Crystal Onix with different abilities.
244: A Chance Encounter with Ahong
"Let me boost your strength and see what skills you awaken." Gary decided to raise Steelix's level to 50 to see which skills it could awaken.
"Da ne!"
Steelix was overjoyed and readily accepted, having experienced the feeling of suddenly awakening a skill before.
Gary reached out and placed his hand on Steelix's cold body, using 12 Medium Rare Candies to instantly raise Steelix's level to 50.
Steelix: (ΩДΩ)!!
Steelix initially thought it was an awakened skill, but upon discovering that its strength had increased, several of its skills naturally awakened as well.
[Pokémon: Steelix (Orange Islands Form)]
[Attributes: Ice, Steel]
【Level: 50】.
[Potential: King]
【Characteristic: Steel Will (Increases the power of Steel-type moves by 1.5 times.)】
[Skills: Impact, Harden, Bind, Falling Rocks, Screech, Dig, Ice Shards, Frozen Fangs, Icicle Pursuit, Iron Wall, Avalanche, Body Lightening, Hail, Iron Tail, Icicle Slam.]
[Teacher's skills: Destructive Ray, Sleep, Rock Slam, Mount Tai Slam.]
【Intimacy Level: 255 (Maximum 255)】
Steelix has reached level 50 and awakened 4 new moves, all of which are pretty good. Unfortunately, it lacks Steel-type moves and currently only has Iron Tail.
Steelix, with its steely will, definitely doesn't have enough with just one Steel-type attack move, and unfortunately, Steel-type physical attacks aren't very powerful.
Steelix possesses the powerful Steel-type move Europa Special Attack, but as a physical attacker, even if it learns a Steel-type Special Attack move, and has Steel Will and STAB boosts, the damage it deals can only be described as considerable.
"Come on, Steelix, let's test your overall abilities first," Gary said.
Gary didn't know much about Steelix's base stats, so he could only conduct various tests. He figured its HP and Speed stats should be the same as a regular Steelix, but its Attack and Defense stats were the key.
After a period of testing, it can be confirmed that Steelix is just like the regular Steelix, with high physical defense and stronger physical attack moves than special attack moves, making it clearly a physical attacker. In terms of defense, its special defense is also no different from the regular Steelix.
Overall, Steelix's base stats are similar to the regular Steelix, the only difference being its type. Additionally, due to its Steel Will ability, Steelix's Steel-type moves (BBCI) are more powerful, making it significantly stronger than the regular Steelix. However, it has two additional weaknesses of 4x, which is somewhat troublesome.
After recording the data of Steelix, Gary went to the teleporter and teleported Steelix back to Professor Oak, then teleported Eevee over.
Steelix spent three days with Gary, not because Gary didn't want to use Steelix in battle, but because Gary was going to challenge the Azure Gym next.
The Azure City Gym Leader uses a Fighting-type Pokémon, Steelix. Steelix has two additional 4x weaknesses, one of which is Fighting. Even though Steelix has high physical defense, the 4x weakness means that being hit by a Fighting-type move will cause very high damage.
Therefore, there's not much need for Steelix to stay by your side. It's better to teleport Eevee over, since Eevee with its Anticipation ability can help Gary avoid some unexpected dangers.
"Bah!"
Once back by Shigeru's side, Eevee immediately started acting cute.
Gary patted Eevee's head and taught it the skills he had acquired from challenging the gyms.
Shigeru didn't stay long in Asagi City. After resting for one night, he took a boat to Azure City the next day.
It takes about an hour to get from Asagi City to Azure City by boat, so Shigeru didn't plan to go inside the cabin. Instead, he stood on the deck outside the ship, enjoying the sea breeze and admiring the sea view.
"Bah!"
Shigeru and Eevee were enjoying the sea breeze when Eevee sensed someone approaching. Upon seeing who it was, Eevee cried out in surprise.
"what happened?"
When Shigeru heard Eevee's startled cry, he noticed Eevee looking behind him and turned around. He immediately saw a boy about his age walking towards him.
"Ah! It really is you, Xiao Mao." The boy behind him immediately recognized Xiao Mao and quickly walked over.
"Hiro!!"
Shigeru was also surprised, but he quickly calmed down because Hiroshi had also come to the Johto region for a trip, but he didn't participate in the Silver Tournament.
"Haha, I didn't expect to meet you here. It's been a long time!" Ah Hong said happily.
Meeting an old friend in a foreign land still made Ah Hong very happy, and Xiao Mao was no exception.
“Yes, I didn’t expect to meet you here. Did you come to the Johto region to participate in the Silver Conference?” Shigeru asked.
“No.” Ah Hong shook his head and said, “I’m here on a trip. I don’t think I’m strong enough to win the League Tournament right now, so I won’t participate.”
Having participated in the Quartz Conference once, Ahong is well aware of his current level, especially the huge gap between himself and Xiaoshige. Ahong plans to hone his skills for another two years before considering whether to participate in the League Conference.
"That's a real pity. With your strength, you should have had no problem making it into the top eight of the Silver Tournament," Xiao Mao commented.
Ah Hong felt embarrassed. He was only in the top eight in the Quartz Tournament, and he was only in the top eight in the Silver Tournament. Wasn't he just standing still and not making any progress at all?
"Then let's skip it. I'll train on my own for a while. By the way, are you going to Azure City?" Ah Hong asked.
“Yes, to participate in the Silver Tournament, you need to collect gym badges recognized by the Johto League. The Azure City Gym is one of the gyms recognized by the Johto League,” Gary said.
“That’s perfect. I was planning to train in Azure City for a while anyway. How about we have a Pokémon battle?” Ahong challenged.
[Ding! Mission issued: Defeat Ahong / Reward: Bronze Crown x1!]
Xiao Mao was stunned. He hadn't expected that A Hong's challenge would trigger a system-issued task.
Strange, after all, Hiro isn't really the main character. Even Kenta's challenge against himself didn't trigger a mission, but Hiro's challenge against himself did. I really don't understand how the system's mission triggering mechanism works.
However, one rule remains unchanged: the system will only issue a task when someone challenges you.
"Okay, how do we play?" Xiao Mao asked.
"How about a three-on-three match?" Ah Hong suggested.
3v3 is the most suitable, as it can detect the skill level of both the Pokémon and the Trainer.
"No problem." Xiao Mao readily agreed. Having not seen him for several months, Xiao Mao was also very curious about A Hong's current strength.
In the original storyline, Hiro didn't catch many new Pokémon; he mostly used his original main Pokémon.