I, Xiao Mao, want to become a Pokémon Master!

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Magneto conjures up steel balls the size of health balls around its body, which, under the manipulation of magnetism, shoot rapidly toward Geodude.

"Use hardening to block," Piao Tai hurriedly ordered.

Geodude crosses his arms to defend his face and hardens.

Clang! Clang! Clang...!

The steel balls, like bullets, kept hitting the small geomancy. With each impact, tiny pieces of stone could be seen falling off the small geomancy, and one round of attacks ended.

Geodude was already at its limit; if it weren't for its ability to explain itself, it wouldn't have been able to withstand this round of Magnet Bomb attacks.

"Cannon!" Shigeru didn't give Geodude a chance to catch his breath.

If we're talking about the Pokémon that Gary hates the most in the game, it has to be Geodude with the Sturdy ability. Geodude is very weak and can be one-shotted in the late game, but because of the Sturdy ability, it can't be one-shotted and requires an extra move.

The key is that Geodude can self-destruct. If you encounter one or two Geodude with the self-destruct ability, it's really torture. Anyway, if you can't kill me instantly, I'll just explode.

biu! !

Magneton fired a silvery-white beam that shot high above the ground, striking Geodude and blasting it away.

boom! !

The little geomancy stone fell to the ground and rolled several times before stopping, its eyes already spinning in circles.

“Geosphere is unable to fight, Magneton wins,” Iwao said.

"Come back, Geodude."

Hyota was not surprised by Geodude's defeat. If it weren't for the rules of the dojo tournament, he would have taken Geodude back long ago.

"Cranium! Come out!" Piaotai then sent out his second Pokémon.

Baton!

A one-meter-tall, bipedal, skull-bearing crested dragon makes its appearance.

【LV30 Headgear Dragon ♂/Near-King】

Piao Tai's Cranidoth has met the requirements to evolve into Warhammer Dragon, but it hasn't evolved yet. However, it could evolve at any time, and it only needs a little stimulation to trigger its evolution.

Warhammer Dragon is also very powerful, only attacking and not defending. Excluding Mega Evolution, Warhammer Dragon has the strongest physical attack stat among all Pokémon, even surpassing legendary Pokémon.

(bbcj) "Headed Dragon, use Rock Smash!" Piao Tai took the initiative to attack.

The Cranidos ran towards Magneton, but its running was methodical. It deliberately ran close to the protruding rock areas, using the protruding rocks as cover once Magneton attacked.

Xiao Mao saw through the other party's plan, but did not issue any commands. He simply watched quietly as the headgear dragon charged towards him.

Hyota was also full of questions. He was waiting for Shigeru to give orders so he could change his instructions accordingly, but Shigeru didn't say a word.

Seeing that the Craniosaurus had gradually approached the best position to launch an attack, Piao Tai didn't think too much and shouted encouragingly, "Alright, Craniosaurus, go!"

The Cranidos leaped onto the protruding rock, jumped towards Magneton, and smashed its head against Magneton.

"Gravity!" Xiao Shigeru calmly issued the command.

"Kuoyi!"

Magneto releases gravity, altering the surrounding magnetic field. The gravity spreads outward from Magneto, and the leaping Craniosaurus stops its forward lunge and plummets rapidly towards the ground.

"What...gravity..." Piao Tai hadn't expected Magneton to have this gravity trick up its sleeve.

Boom! !

Fortunately, the crested dinosaur was clever. Although its body was falling, its head was facing down, and it used its head to smash the ground to pieces, thus avoiding injury from the fall.

"Well done, Craniosaurus, use Flamethrower!" Piao Tai commanded.

"build!"

The crested dragon spewed flames into the sky.

"One hundred thousand volts!"

"Kuoyi!"

Golden arcs of electricity erupted from Magneton's body, and a bolt of lightning shot out, instantly piercing through the flames and striking Cranidoth.

"build!!"

Golden lightning covered the entire headdress dragon, ravaging its body. As the electricity dissipated, wisps of white smoke rose from the dragon's body, its eyes turned white, and it fell straight to the ground.

"Cranioth is incapacitated; Magnetonnaise wins," Iwao commanded.

Iwao remained calm. After all, he was quite old and had seen all kinds of competitions. He knew very well that Magneton was too high-level, and the Pokémon in Hyota's hands were no match for it for the time being.

"You've worked hard, get some rest." Piao Tai retrieved the defeated Cranidos, after all, Cranidos was his precious ace Pokémon, so he was naturally very distressed.

"Onix, it's all up to you." Piao Tai knew there was no way to salvage this gym battle, but he still wanted to see it through to the end.

Baton!

【LV28 Onix (male) / Gym】

Onix's level didn't exceed 30, so Gary was certain that Pikachu was just faking it.

"Magneto, use the beam cannon!" Gary commanded.

biu! !

Magneto fired a silver beam.

"Orochi, attack with sharp stones," Hyota commanded.

It has to be said that Piao Tai is indeed rich. All three of his Pokémon are below level 30, but they all know all kinds of powerful moves. It is certain that he mastered them through skill manuals.

"clatter!!"

Rock blades appeared around the giant onyx, shooting towards the cannon, but the rock blades could not stop the cannon at all. They turned into dust the moment they touched it, and could not stop the cannon barrel from advancing.

boom! !

The cannon beam struck the large rock, blasting its massive body away, sending it crashing to the ground, unable to rise again.

"Orochi is unable to battle, and Gym Leader Hyota's three Pokémon have been defeated. The winner of this Gym Battle is challenger Gary," Rocky announced.

After the dojo battle ended, Shigeru defeated three opponents in a row, successfully winning his second badge.

"You're really strong. None of my current Pokémon are a match for you. Let's meet at the World Championships next time," said Hyota.

"Is Mr. Hyota planning to participate in the World Championships?" Shigeru asked, somewhat surprised.

“Yes, I’m a gym leader, so I’m qualified to participate,” said Hyōta.

"See you at the World Championships sometime, but...shouldn't you give me the badge?" Shigeru reminded him.

"Okay, I'll go get it."

Piao Tai quickly went to get the badge and gave it to Xiao Mao.

"This is the Coal Badge, proof of defeating the Black Gold Gym."

"Thank you."

Xiao Mao accepted the coal badge.

[Ding! Mission complete. Rewards have been sent to your inventory.]

523: Evolution, Garchomp

"Let me see what the random reward item is this time?"

After leaving the Black Gold Gym, Gary immediately checked the Pokémon items he had received as a reward in his inventory.

[Supreme Ice Stone: When used on a Pokémon with potential below Legendary, its potential increases by 1.]

"Evolution Stone...!"

Xiao Mao said in surprise.

This is the first time I've been rewarded with an evolution stone after having the system for so long. However, this evolution stone is quite valuable. Legend has it that using it on Pokémon with potential below a certain level will increase their potential.

However, Gary doesn't need this top-grade Ice Stone for the time being. There's only one Ice-type Pokémon in the Sinnoh region, and Gary already has one, so it's impossible for him to raise another one.

Therefore, this top-grade ice stone can only be used by Gary in the future for the ice-type Pokémon he will be using.

"Then the only option is to go for the whale."

There aren't many Pokémon that can be evolved using Ice Stone; there are only six in total. They are Sandshrew and Vulpix in their Alola regional forms, Eevee and Rumble in their Galar regional forms, and Crabcrab and Wailord in their last two forms.

We already have Glaceon, and Sandshrew and Crabcrab have too low base stats and aren't good for allocation, so they're definitely out.

Only the Six-Tailed Fox, Daruma Baboon, and Whale Walker are worth training. However, Daruma Baboon is too difficult to use. The Six-Tailed Fox can be used to form a snow team, but Whale Walker is the core of the snow team - the damage dealer.

Whale's base stats are higher than the other two. More importantly, it's tough and durable, and its single Ice type makes it impossible for any opponent to one-shot it. It can also be used in conjunction with Snowy Weather for a first-strike attack.

The only drawback is the power of its Ice-type physical attacks; none of them can break 100. The Ice-type moves that can break 100 are all exclusive moves. The only Ice-type physical attack that Whaley can learn is the Ice Whirl, which has a power of 80.

"I'll get a Whale." Xiao Mao decided to breed a Whale from now on, since he couldn't waste the top-quality evolution stones rewarded by the system.

Next, Shigeru redeemed the Stealth Rock skill.

There's no way around it; Rock-type moves are very useful. We already have Stone Edge and Rock Slide, and there aren't many Rock-type moves to begin with. Stealth Rock is quite useful, as it stays active from the start.

If the opponent's prepared Pokémon do not have the move to remove Stealth Rock, they will be at a great disadvantage, as every Pokémon they send out will be attacked by Stealth Rock.

Gary also taught Mega Tyrannosaurus and Garchomp the Stealth Rock skill.

Next, Xiao Mao prepared to go to Huayuan Town.

Gracidia is located north of Flower Garden and is the only way for Shemi to travel to Gracidia. Because Flower Garden was built by humans, people would go there to pick Gracidia flowers and bring them back every time they bloomed.

Some Shemi would sneak into Garden Town, absorb the pollen of the Gracidia flowers, transform into their sky form, and leave.

To capture Shaymin, you can only stay near Flower Garden Town and sometimes go to the wild to search for it. After all, Shaymin is a very timid Pokémon, and when it is not in its Sky Mode, it disguises itself as grass to hide.

Gary rode Magneton and flew northwest. At Magneton's speed, it would probably take a week to get there.

"Let Garchomp evolve."

After thinking for a long time, Gary decided to evolve Garchomp, since he still had a relatively large number of Medium Rare Candies stored up.

In the Sinnoh region, Gary is destined not to catch too many Pokémon; catching one or two more would be his limit, and his stockpile of mid-level Rare Candies would be more than enough.

Having decided to evolve Garchomp, Gary hurried to the Pokémon Center, gave Magneton to Nurse Joy for treatment, and rented an indoor training area nearby.