Chapter 101: Karoo!!!
After arriving at the new home and assigning the rooms, naturally, it was time for training.
The Pokémon each had their own arrangements. Riolu was holding the wooden stick substitute that Li Wei had prepared for it, using and practicing with them at a rate of basically one every half hour.
What Eevee needed to do was to hide at home and train in other attributes. The attributes she currently needed to cultivate were Dark-type energy and Fire Attribute Energy.
Because in the previous period, in order to win the Grand Festival, Eevee had trained very targetedly in Psychic Attribute and Ice Attribute. In order to quickly maintain the balance of energy in her body, Li Wei chose targeted treatment: first train abilities corresponding to those attributes, then complete the rest of the attribute energy in her body.
Currently, Eevee only needed to hide in a shady place to practice skills and go to the sunroom at home to bask in the sun.
For her, calling this period a vacation would not be an overstatement.
Besides basic training, Li Wei and the others inevitably gathered together for sparring.
For example, on the first morning after arriving here, he received a battle invitation from Zhou Fengjue.
Rather than calling it an invitation, it was more like a straightforward knock on the door, followed by an unceremonious, “Li Wei, come on, let’s fight.”
Of course, Li Wei, who had no reason to refuse, naturally agreed.
However, the Pokémon he sent out was neither Riolu nor Eevee in her Glaceon form, but the Magikarp that was about to evolve.
For Magikarp’s evolution, Li Wei had done a lot of research, and he had also reviewed all the knowledge and data about Magikarp in his mind. Combining this with the conditions of the real world, he came to this conclusion.
The conditions for Magikarp’s perfect evolution might not only be energy reaching saturation, itself realizing it can’t keep slacking off, and tens of thousands of Splashes. Beyond that, the most important part of evolution is needing to undergo a process of self-breakthrough.
Magikarp evolving into a dragon is very similar to the ancient legend of the carp leaping over the dragon gate.
In the legend, the dragon gate is located above a waterfall, and to turn into a dragon, one needs to swim upstream against the waterfall to achieve breakthrough.
In both the game and reality, Magikarp cannot learn the Waterfall skill, but in the game, Gyarados can learn this skill by leveling up.
This seemingly Easter Egg-like game setting inexplicably aligns with research in the modern Pokémon World.
But if evolving just required scaling a waterfall, there would be no reason why there isn’t a clear theory on Magikarp evolution even now—after all, a big reason many people don’t want to buy cheap Magikarp is that many trainers can’t get Magikarp to evolve.
Based on this phenomenon, they believe that not all Magikarp can evolve.
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But through this, combined with the game’s claims from Earth and modern research, Li Wei realized one thing.
If Magikarp has a clear setting like ‘Waterfall,’ then the so-called miracle of evolution shouldn’t be limited to just scaling a waterfall.
The real reason Magikarp evolves lies in ‘breaking through itself.’
As a weak little carp, scaling a waterfall could be called a heaven-defying feat for them, not an overstatement. Completing an unprecedented great achievement, breaking through itself, making Magikarp itself realize it has gained incomparable powerful strength—this should be the reason that awakens the genes in its body and prompts its evolution.
Li Wei, who was preparing to verify this and put it into practice, of course wouldn’t miss this opportunity to train Magikarp. And Magikarp, who fundamentally didn’t know what shame was, of course wouldn’t refuse such a good thing as being thrown out to battle.
Magikarp vs Grovyle
A simple four-person battle unfolded in Li Wei’s courtyard.
Through Aura, Li Wei clearly sensed that compared to the Provincial Competition, Grovyle’s strength had obviously become much stronger, with its energy more restrained. In Aura observation, it was a clump of green concentrated together.
“Grovyle, Quick Attack using X-Scissor!”
Even though what Li Wei sent out was a Magikarp, Zhou Fengjue didn’t let his guard down. Although his impression of this Magikarp was only nagging and loving to eat, since Li Wei had taken it as his third Pokémon, it must have something extraordinary about it. So he set aside the strong disdain in his heart for Magikarp as a species of Pokémon and treated it seriously.
Grovyle’s speed was faster, and the energy gathered on the leaf blades of its double arms during X-Scissor was much stronger than when it battled Morpeko before.
“Magikarp, Quick Attack.”
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The instant Li Wei called out this skill name, Zhou Fengjue was stunned, and Grovyle, who was in the midst of attacking, was also dumbfounded.
As a nurtured Pokémon, it could more or less understand a lot of human language. It definitely knew the skill name ‘Quick Attack,’ and according to the common sense stored in its DNA, a mere Magikarp—did it even qualify????
And right after that, something that shocked them for thirty years happened: after a very ordinary Splash, Magikarp actually twisted its body, slapped the ground hard, and launched forward at an extremely fast speed.
“Magikarp, Hydro Pump!”
While charging straight ahead at high speed, Magikarp rapidly gathered massive Water Attribute Energy in its wide-open mouth. After a brief Charge, with a boom, it fiercely launched it out.
“Slash it!”
Discovering that Grovyle couldn’t switch skills in time or change its movement direction, Zhou Fengjue gave his Pokémon a makeshift command.
But what happened next once again exceeded his expectations.
The Hydro Pump wasn’t severed by Grovyle’s X-Scissor. The sheer cohesion of the water flow and the Water Attribute Energy contained within made this Hydro Pump truly like its skill name—a cannonball—striking Grovyle rapidly, precisely, and fiercely.
Grovyle recoiled in pain, and Magikarp, still maintaining its ‘Quick Attack’ state, smoothly arrived behind it.
“Seize the opportunity, Magikarp! Continue Quick Attack, then use Double Kick.”
It’s over—Zhou Fengjue suddenly realized something utterly terrifying: he couldn’t understand a single command Li Wei gave to his Pokémon.
Quick Attack too, and this Double Kick too—even separately, he knew what they were, but this····Magikarp·····are you sure about this??
But having just experienced the Quick Attack charge, Zhou Fengjue discovered that this Magikarp really could use such a skill.
Ah this······
“Grovyle, Agility for Defense!”
Not knowing what skill it was, he had no way to make corresponding defensive countermeasures. In this situation, Zhou Fengjue decided to command his Pokémon to dodge the sudden bizarre attacks from Magikarp through evasion.
But······
How could a specially trained Magikarp be fooled by ordinary Agility, or fail to keep up with a mere Grovyle’s Agility!
This was the strength he had honed day and night!
To play frisbee together with big brother Riolu and big sister Eevee, no one knew how much he had paid!!
To happily have swimming pool parties with them, no one would know how many Splash practices he secretly did at night!
Now he was no longer the Magikarp that could only flop around when dehydrated!
He too was now a powerful being who could assist big brother Riolu and big sister Eevee in battles against Mimikyu and Dragonair!!!
Narrowing its eyes and focusing its energy, at this moment, Grovyle’s movement speed wasn’t fast in Magikarp’s eyes. It easily locked onto Grovyle’s position.
‘Hmph, compared to the speed of the balls big brother Mimikyu throws, this is practically crawling!’
Thinking this in its heart, it Charged once again, then slapped its tail on the ground and fiercely rushed toward the direction it predicted. While charging, it completed the waist twist, flip, and Charge motions in the air, moving into the Charge posture for Double Kick it had practiced in Tianyuan Gym!
Magikarp Exclusive · Double Kick as Double Slap · Modified!!!
With a complete Charge and carrying powerful impact force, Magikarp’s attack precisely hit Grovyle. The sudden fish tail slap attack left Grovyle unable to parry for a moment and could only be beaten back steadily by Magikarp.
“Finish it! Magikarp! Use Iron Tail!!”
Sure enough, to the end, Zhou Fengjue still didn’t figure out Magikarp’s skill pool or the meaning contained in Li Wei’s commands.
Magikarp received the command and once again leaped high from the ground, and this Jump was higher than any previous one. Zhou Fengjue recognized it—this was the skill that only a rigorously trained Magikarp could master—Jumping!
At this moment, Magikarp recalled the technique learned from Riolu: gathering the energy in its body to a specific part. Holding its breath and focusing energy, it concentrated all the Water Attribute Energy it could control into its tail, locking onto Grovyle on the ground in a defensive stance.
“Karoo!!!!”
With a shout full of momentum, Magikarp’s tail precisely struck Grovyle.
The massive energy and tough Strength directly knocked Grovyle to the ground, while Magikarp used the momentum to leap and land on the ground, glancing sideways at Grovyle, which was now down on the ground in a ‘unable to battle’ state, and curled the corner of its mouth.
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“Karoo!!!”
【This battle is a victory for the diligent Magikarp!!!】
py one book:
Why does this world have no Pokémon, only soul spirits? Are the Pokémon all dead?
Why is everyone’s dream to become a spirit tamer instead of a Trainer? Communicating with souls and soul spirits allows using Pokémon power?
Can someone tell me where this is and where my Pokémon went? My dream is to become a Pokémon Master! I want to go home!
