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After Qingwu rushed out of Ghost Mountain, he hurried to the nearby lakeshore with a grim expression, took off his black robe covered in slime, and had Magmar burn the black robe to ashes.
"Good thing I wore a full-body black robe." Now, only Qingwu's wrists were covered in the disgusting slime.
This slime needed to be cleaned off as soon as possible, otherwise the bacteria on it could invade the human body through damaged skin, possibly causing blood diseases.
Golbat was much worse off, with almost a quarter of its body covered in slime.
Golbat was so disgusted that it washed itself in the lake more than a dozen times before the slime was finally gone.
However, a repulsive odor still emanated from Golbat.
Qingwu had no choice but to pull out an Oran Berry from his backpack, using its citrus scent to cover up the smell.
Qingwu knew that this smell would cling like maggots to bone, and there was no way it would dissipate in less than a week.
Qingwu gently comforted Golbat, which finally calmed it down.
This was the last trial, and Qingwu believed there would be a tough battle, so he needed to determine the training direction for his Pokémon.
"Everyone, come out," Qingwu released Magmar, Squirtle, and Deino, his remaining three Pokémon.
Although this Magmar was a bit unruly, under Qingwu's carrot-and-stick approach, it had become quite obedient.
It would absolutely hit wherever it was told. Originally, Qingwu wanted to train Houndoom as his Dark-type Pokémon.
However, he hadn't found a Houndour with good aptitude yet, so he was temporarily using Magmar as a substitute.
Once he found a Houndour, Qingwu would send Magmar to the Day Care as a guardian Pokémon for the facility.
After all, the Day Care only had Gardevoir and Gallade, which was far from enough.
"Magmar, your skill usage is too poor. Your training task today is very simple." Qingwu snapped his fingers, and Golbat immediately used Air Slash on a dead tree. The tree instantly split into countless small wooden bowls, demonstrating Golbat's precise control over Flying-type energy.
"Magmar, what you need to learn is to use your flame techniques to boil the water in the wooden bowls, but the wooden bowls must not show any signs of burning." This was the training technique Qingwu wanted Magmar to learn.
It was a way to skillfully apply Fire-type energy by boiling water.
"Your weakness is that you rely too much on the power boost from lava and the Flame Orb. Without these external aids, you're like a toothless tiger; at most,
you can launch a few Flamethrowers before running out of stamina. So, you need to learn precise control over Fire-type energy," Qingwu's analysis was quite thorough.
Magmar thought about it and realized it was true. Without the amplification of the Flame Orb and lava, it always felt like its legendary power was unsustainable.
Because when it used Fire-type moves, it always liked to go all out, not knowing how to control the consumption of Fire-type energy.
Its Flamethrower was more powerful than other Fire-type Pokémon's, but it also consumed more energy than other Fire-type Pokémon.
(becb) Before, it relied on the continuous power boost from the Flame Orb to do as it pleased. Now, without the Flame Orb, it was like a poor peasant; it needed to learn to be frugal and live its life well.
Qingwu saw the expression on Magmar's face and knew that Magmar had taken his words to heart, so he gave Squirtle its task.
"Squirtle, you also need to start training now. Let's do something basic first. At this distance, fill these wooden bowls with water. Be careful not to spill any." Qingwu led Squirtle three meters away and drew a line on the grass.
Qingwu indicated that Squirtle couldn't cross this warning line. This method would improve Squirtle's shooting accuracy.
In his previous life, Qingwu had seen a trainer's Blastoise that had 100% accuracy even before Mega Evolution.
After Mega Evolution, with the boost from the Mega Launcher ability, Mega Blastoise was simply divine.
Qingwu once tried to get close to that trainer and asked how to train Squirtle. The trainer simply said, "Nothing but practice makes perfect."
The trainer described the general process of raising Squirtle to Qingwu.
Starting from when Squirtle was young, it underwent precise training: take a bowl, have Squirtle stand three meters away and use Water Gun, requiring Squirtle to release neither too much nor too little water, just enough to fill the entire bowl without overflowing.
At first, Squirtle couldn't control the amount and force of the Water Gun very well; either too much water filled the bowl, or too little, or the bowl was directly split in two by the Water Gun.
After Squirtle could perfectly control the distance and force of its Water Gun, these bowls were replaced with freely moving targets, gradually increasing Squirtle's shooting accuracy from easy to difficult.
Later, that Blastoise never missed a shot in battle, whether it was a Flying-type Pokémon soaring in the sky, a Normal-type Pokémon running rapidly on land, or a Pokémon moving at high speed in the water.
As long as Blastoise attacked, it would not miss; it would always hit the target.
"Come on, Squirtle, you can do it," Qingwu patted Squirtle's slick little head, cheering it on.
"Aron, your Rock-type moves are already proficient. Now, you need to focus more on using Steel-type energy," Qingwu said seriously to Aron.
After all, Aron's evolved form, Aggron, was a very powerful Pokémon. As one of the Steel-type powerhouses, Qingwu didn't want to waste Aron's aptitude.
"Today, you'll use Metal Claw a thousand times and Iron Head a thousand times against the lake water." Qingwu had his reasons for making Aron use its moves against the lake.
Aron was already afraid of water, and doing this could reduce its aversion to it.
Secondly, Aron's Metal Claw was very powerful, and there weren't that many rocks for Aron to practice on.
Moreover, by having Aron use its moves against the lake water, Qingwu wanted to see if Aron could comprehend the principle of "using softness to overcome hardness."
After being assigned its training task, although Aron felt a strong resistance to water in its heart, it still diligently and meticulously carried out Qingwu's instructions.
"As for Deino," Qingwu looked at the "One-Punch Man" in front of him, a Deino that would exhaust its stamina after a single Dragon Pulse.
"Then, first, run a hundred laps around this big tree." Qingwu looked at the large tree by the lakeside, big enough for five or six people to embrace, estimated to be about 5 meters in diameter.
A hundred laps would be at least 5 kilometers, so Qingwu wanted Deino to build up its stamina before doing skill training.
Dragon-type Pokémon naturally have long growth cycles, so Qingwu was not in a hurry.
"Golbat, you're the only one left," Qingwu looked at Golbat's move list. It hadn't learned moves like Steel Wing or Wing Attack yet.
Golbat had always been trained by Qingwu to excel at long-range attacks, and it hadn't learned many close-range moves.
"Golbat, see if you can learn Wing Attack." Qingwu explained the principle of Wing Attack to Golbat. Golbat thought about it and realized, isn't that just infusing Flying-type energy into both wings and then attacking the enemy?
Having already learned Tailwind, there was no reason Golbat couldn't learn Wing Attack.
Golbat's wings were quickly infused with Flying-type energy, and it swiftly charged towards a tree that was 2-3 people wide, but it didn't manage to cleanly split a section of the trunk in two.
It only made the tree rustle, and countless leaves fell from the tree to the ground. Even a Caterpie fell from the tree and then quickly scurried back up.
"Golbat, did you notice that when you were about to hit the trunk, your Flying-type energy didn't converge as smoothly? Instead, it dissipated the moment you hit the trunk." Qingwu immediately saw Golbat's problem.
"Squeak," Golbat nodded in agreement. It indeed felt that the Flying-type energy instantly dissipated at the moment of impact with the tree trunk.
"Keep practicing; you'll get it after a few more tries. Oh, and don't neglect Shadow Ball training either," Qingwu said, lovingly patting Golbat's head.
He suddenly remembered that he had some unused Pokéblocks in his backpack. When he went to take them out, he suddenly found that many Pokéblocks were missing.
"That's strange, I remember I didn't use that many Pokéblocks. Where did my memory go wrong?" Qingwu remembered clearly that he had stored many Ghost-type specific Pokéblocks in his backpack.
He had used some on Ghost Mountain, but not such a large amount.
"Good thing there are still some Pokéblocks in my wristband." Qingwu quickly checked his wristband, and the Pokéblocks there were perfectly intact.
Qingwu didn't dwell on such a small matter; he was now fully focused on preparing for the trial.
Qingwu remembered that this trial was quite grand. Not only had the Four Generals arrived, but even Giovanni had come.
If he could take first place, it would be a direct path to meteoric success.
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