Chapter 309: Innately Divine Melmetal
“I hope your Pokémon can break through its own limits next to the divine item.” Lu Li said with a blessing.
“With a Tier 1 Divine Item there, I believe my companion will break through its own limits.” Freya also confidently nodded.
Hearing this, Lu Li curiously asked: “Why does it have to be a Tier 1 God? Wouldn’t a Tier 2 God or Tier 3 God work?”
Freya looked at Lu Li in confusion and said: “You don’t know the gap between divine items?”
Lu Li similarly asked in confusion: “Gap? Are you talking about the effect?”
“Not just the effect.” Freya shook her head, then turned her gaze to Yao Yifei: “Don’t tell me you don’t know about the side effects of divine items?”
Hearing this, Lu Li instantly became serious.
“Divine items have side effects?” Lu Li asked nervously.
Freya nodded: “However, this side effect isn’t significant for ordinary people and can even be ignored. For you, though, this side effect could really be fatal.”
“This is the latest research result from our American Alliance in recent years. Pokémon that break through using divine items will have their growth potential limited. A Pokémon’s upper limit cannot exceed the divine item it borrows from.”
“In other words, if you use a Tier 3 God divine item to break through a Pokémon’s qualification or strength limit, that means your Pokémon’s strength can at most not exceed Tier 3 God, which is master level.”
Yao Yifei, who had been worried beside them, felt relieved in her heart. Her chances of breaking through to champion now seemed slim, and things like the Divine Realm were not something she should consider at this stage.
Yao Yifei complained: “You scared me to death! I thought there was some fatal flaw.”
Lu Li’s facial expression turned grim. If that was the case, then the Land Cloud Divine Item was somewhat redundant, and the Ancient Sword Leopard’s broken sword couldn’t be used anymore either.
For ordinary people, this truly wasn’t a side effect, but for him, a cultivator, this was an epic-level nerf.
In less than half a year, he had reached this degree using knowledge from the Cultivation Hundred Arts. Lu Li no longer thought Tier 3 God would be the end point for Tropius and the others.
“This matter is indeed very important to me. Thank you, Freya.” Lu Li sincerely thanked her.
Freya didn’t show modesty and directly smiled while nodding: “Then this can count as my first merit for joining the Lu Family.”
Lu Li nodded heavily. This merit definitely had to be credited to Freya.
“Looks like I can’t use these things anymore.” He helplessly complained.
Yao Yifei comforted: “Tier 1 God and Tier 2 God divine items can still be used.”
Lu Li shook his head: “Tier 1 God is okay, but Tier 2 God, forget it.”
“That’s fine too. After all, what got you to where you are today wasn’t divine items, and your Pokémon haven’t been affected by these divine items either.” Yao Yifei comforted.
Lu Li also felt somewhat fortunate in his heart. Luckily, Gimmighoul had used a Law Crystal back then to help Tropius and the others break through.
Lu Li asked in confusion: “But doesn’t the Jiuzhou Alliance know about this?”
Yao Yifei shook her head: “Maybe they know, maybe they don’t, but so what?”
For ordinary people, master level is the pinnacle. Even those with the best talent wouldn’t dare hope their Pokémon could grow to the degree of a Tier 2 God.
Lu Li also nodded.
Indeed, for humans, the ceiling of this world is master level. The difference between using a Tier 1 Divine Item and a Tier 3 God divine item isn’t actually that big. The only difference is perhaps efficiency.
But so what? Which master-level trainer would care about something like that?
After assigning tasks to everyone, Lu Li also started getting busy.
First was the research on the pills needed for Freya’s Pokémon. This wasn’t too troublesome for Lu Li; it could be solved in about half a day.
Then came the plain and ordinary training routine.
On the second day of the plain training routine, Milotic suddenly brought new good news.
That day, Lu Li was training Charizard’s aerial combat ability by the lake when Milotic, who had been lurking at the bottom cultivating in seclusion, emerged from the water.
“Na~”
（Lu Li, the secret technique you mentioned to me before seems to have new progress.）
Milotic excitedly cried out, her cry full of excitement.
Lu Li directly left Charizard and stepped onto the water surface to come before Milotic, excitedly asking: “Really?”
Milotic nodded heavily.
Before, he had chatted with Milotic about the “Death Makeup Technique” that appeared in anime, and most importantly, he had heard of similar secret techniques in the real world.
Arbok could gain some special state amplification by changing the patterns on its abdomen. Milotic didn’t have any special patterns, but the colors of the scales on her body were actually quite rich.
In human eyes, Milotic was mainly red, but in the eyes of Pokémon with particularly rich visual cells, Milotic’s scales were actually colorful, with color varieties even more abundant than the rainbow in the sky.
It was through the Spiritual Vision Eye that Lu Li discovered this, so he wondered if Milotic could develop a secret technique similar to the Death Makeup Technique this way.
However, Lu Li hadn’t held much hope before, after all, Milotic wasn’t Arbok, and the possibility of replicating the Death Makeup Technique was slim.
Later, after obtaining Gimmighoul’s mask, Lu Li brought up this idea again. Gimmighoul enhanced attributes through the mask, so Lu Li thought if Milotic could comprehend something from it.
Actually, Lu Li hadn’t held much hope at first either and had only occasionally reminded her, but Milotic really took it to heart.
“I just achieved invisibility in the water by adjusting the colors of my own scales.” Milotic explained.
Invisibility in water?
Lu Li raised his eyebrows. This was quite a stretch from the Death Makeup Technique.
Lu Li curiously said: “Demonstrate it for me.”
Milotic nodded, then dove under the water surface.
After turning off the Spiritual Vision Eye, Lu Li found he had indeed lost track of Milotic. Only after turning it on again did he see Milotic had been in the water right under his feet.
“It’s something, but not very practical.” Lu Li felt it was a pity but didn’t show it.
He couldn’t dampen Milotic’s enthusiasm. After all, she was their princess at home; oppressive education wouldn’t do.
Milotic’s invisibility was purely visual deception. She couldn’t hide her aura or anything, which meant this secret technique could only bully Pokémon with lower strength.
Lu Li suggested: “Milotic, you could try changing the reflection of your own scales to enhance your charm or blind the enemy’s eyes.”
“This seems like what humans call makeup, right?” Milotic thoughtfully nodded after listening, indicating she remembered.
Worried that Milotic might “get lost in play,” Lu Li reminded: “But you can just research this occasionally. The most important thing now is still improving your own strength and skill hit rate.”
After instructing Milotic, Lu Li was about to go check on Onix when he bumped into the Starry Sprite who had just arrived via Teleport.
The Starry Sprite reminded via telepathy: “Lu Li, those nuts in your basin seem to be reviving!”
“What?”
Hearing this, Lu Li’s eyes lit up. Calculating the time, Melmetal was indeed about to revive.
“Quick! Take me back with Teleport.” Lu Li excitedly urged.
The Starry Sprite nodded, then brought Lu Li via Teleport to the basement.
Just arriving in the basement, Lu Li sensed the energy in the basement was surging.
More precisely, the activity of Steel-type attribute energy was dramatically increasing.
This was very unscientific, because ordinary Pokémon couldn’t cause such range-wide energy fluctuation changes.
Only Pokémon at gym level or above could generally do this.
Countless Steel-type attribute energies were gathering, then continuously surging into the basin.
After activating the Immortal Spirit Eye, Lu Li even saw Power of Law that was almost materialized.
Connecting to laws was a ability only Heavenly King Level Trainers had, yet the Melmetal seemed to possess it from birth, meaning their growth speed before Heavenly King Level would be very fast.
Just like Tropius before. The difference was that the Melmetal would be even faster than Tropius, because they were innately connected to laws, meaning the Melmetal wouldn’t lack energy for growth.
If their Life Origin hadn’t been restricted, Lu Li even suspected these Melmetal would emerge as Heavenly Kings.
The Steel Essence in the basin was completely consumed, and dazzling white light enveloped the entire basin. This white light was just like the white light when a Pokémon Egg first hatches.
After the white radiance faded, several small Melmetal stood in the clean basin.
The newly revived Melmetal looked very small, with the largest being less than five centimeters, and the smallest only three centimeters.
“Tan… tan!”
The Melmetal cried out incomprehensibly, then kept bouncing and jumping in the basin. They seemed to want to jump out of the basin but couldn’t because it was too high, so they anxiously jumped in place.
At least that’s how it seemed to Lu Li.
“What cute little guys. Don’t you think?” Lu Li gently stroked the Starry Sprite’s fur.
The Starry Sprite also curiously looked at the seven little ones in the basin.
Next up for experimentation was whether the Melmetal could evolve individually.
“I hope I can make a pill in the real world like Melmetal Candy.” Lu Li thought silently in his heart, then reached in to scoop out the seven little ones from the basin.
The little ones who were picked up didn’t act shy but curiously sized up the human before them.
Looking at the innocence in these little ones’ eyes, Lu Li also confirmed one thing: the Melmetal were newborns, not reincarnated.
This was even better, because it would be more conducive to building bonds with the Melmetal.
It was worth mentioning that Lu Li didn’t see Power of Rules or authority on these little ones, meaning these Melmetal weren’t deities but normal divine beasts.
“What a pity. I wonder if they have to wait until the Melmetal evolve before becoming gods.” Lu Li curiously guessed.
Lu Li brought the seven little ones out of the basement.
These little ones were actually quite pitiful, having stayed in the dark underground for who knows how many years, then in the basement for nearly half a year.
Lu Li felt it necessary to let these little ones see the outside world.
Just out of the basement, Lu Li ran into Yao Yifei and the others who were in the living room.
They had gathered here because of the energy fluctuations in the house. Seeing Lu Li come out holding Pokémon they hadn’t seen before, Freya curiously came over.
“This is… a kind of unseen Pokémon?” Freya looked at the Melmetal in surprise.
“This…” After seeing the Melmetal’s appearance, Yao Yifei’s pupils shrank.
Heads like nuts, and exactly seven of them. Yao Yifei recalled Lu Li’s words from a few months ago that sounded like a joke.
Yao Yifei asked incredulously: “This can’t be…”
“Hahaha!”
“How about it? Scared, aren’t you?” Lu Li, holding the Melmetal, teased.
Yao Yifei, who was indeed shocked, blankly nodded.
The shocked Yao Yifei muttered to herself: “I thought you were just talking big… I didn’t expect it to actually be real.”
In fact, neither she nor Ekaterina had taken Lu Li’s words to heart back then.
After all, that was a divine beast. No matter how good one’s luck was, you couldn’t pick up a whole nest at once, right?
And most importantly, your divine beasts came in nests!
“Did you poke a divine beast nest?” Yao Yifei complained with a complex expression.
Even Freya, who wanted to tease a bit more, was dumbfounded.
Listening to their conversation, Freya said incredulously: “What! These little ones in front of me are divine beasts?”
Lu Li proudly nodded: “What can be confirmed is that Melmetal are indeed divine beasts.”
Because his body was that of a youth, Lu Li also had a bit more youthful playfulness.
Before, Yao Yifei and the others didn’t believe it and even brushed it off, but now he could finally prove it emphatically.
Lu Li placed the seven little ones on the coffee table and sat on the sofa.
After sitting down, Lu Li casually asked: “Where’s Wei?”
“Wei should still be running around the lake. Didn’t you see her?” Yao Yifei asked.
“I saw her. I thought she had come back.” Lu Li turned his gaze to the little ones on the table.
Seeing that both Yao Yifei and Freya were very interested in these 7 little ones, Lu Li finally spoke: “The situation is quite complicated now.”
“So… these little ones are really divine beasts? I can’t see anything special about them, except that I’ve never seen them before.” Freya asked eagerly.
“That’s exactly why I said the situation is complicated.” Lu Li said helplessly.
“That Melmetal are divine beasts is beyond doubt. The current problem is, I don’t know what Melmetal’s evolution route actually is.” Lu Li said helplessly.
Yao Yifei hurriedly asked: “What do you mean? Is there a problem with this divine beast called Melmetal’s evolution method?”
“As far as I know, Melmetal has two evolution methods. The first is feeding with some special item, and the other is fusion evolution.”
Freya: “Is it that you haven’t found the evolution item?”
Lu Li shook his head: “No, it’s the fusion evolution issue. If it’s fusion evolution, I’m not sure how many Melmetal will evolve into Melmetal.”
