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After defeating the young man and getting five thousand Pokedollar, Ash and the others chose to set up camp nearby. It was already noon, time for lunch.
Brock went to prepare ingredients, Misty directed the Pokémon to make fire and boil water, while Ash was counting the harvest from their journey.
"One hundred and seven thousand Pokedollar! This wild battling is too easy money! If I were to work for a hundred thousand Poedollar, I might not even earn it in a year!" Ash said with emotion after counting his money.
In just six days, he had raked in nearly one hundred and ten thousand Pokedollar. This was the huge wealth brought by wild battling, and also because Ash had never lost a single match!
As everyone knows, gambling, where you win some and lose some, is completely different from always winning.
If you gamble three times, win two and lose one, you actually only get the money from one win. But if you win all three, you get triple, plus the time consumed, etc... The rewards from a winning streak and from winning some and losing some are simply incomparable.
And Ash was the former.
Throughout his wild battles, the strongest Pokémon he encountered was only Elite Level. This was already considered an extremely powerful Trainer in the wild.
Elite Level is equivalent to the intermediate difficulty in a Gym. Generally speaking, only Trainers who have traveled for at least half a year can own Pokémon of this level.
Trainers like Ash, who raise a Pokémon's level in a few days and advance a whole stage in two weeks, are almost non-existent.
So, Ash, with just one Elite Level Pikachu carrying a Light Ball, was already invincible in the wild!
After all, above Elite Level is Professional Level. At that level, who would play wild battles with you? They have more lucrative methods.
If a Professional Level Trainer came to play wild battles, it would be a complete dimensionality reduction strike—yes, I'm talking about Ash.
With Pikachu's current strength after carrying the Light Ball, even without any buffs, it could easily defeat an average Professional Level Pokémon.
After all, Pikachu is already at Elite Peak. Yes, Pikachu has leveled up again!
Besides Pikachu, the other Pokémon have also improved in various ways. Charmeleon has reached Advanced Peak, and Kirlia is also at the same level.
Squirtle evolved into Wartortle, reaching Advanced Mid-level, while Bulbasaur is only at Advanced High-level.
He, who was originally the highest level among the Royal Three Families, has now not only been surpassed by Charmeleon but even Wartortle is catching up to him.
This made Bulbasaur, who originally didn't want to evolve, a bit anxious. He couldn't help but wonder—is not evolving really the right choice?
Pidgeotto is still stuck at Advanced Peak, but it shouldn't be long before it reaches Elite Level.
Finally, there's Riolu. He has finally upgraded from Novice Beginner to Novice Mid-level!
This also means that his internal injuries have significantly improved, even almost completely healed.
This is all thanks to Ash's newly awakened Viridian Power. Without Viridian Power, Riolu would probably still be slowly recovering inside his Poké Ball, occasionally coming out for a meal, and then returning to the Poké Ball to continue lying down.
No wonder, that's how patients are; every day they're either lying down or on their way to lie down.
However, Viridian Power's treatment allowed Riolu to escape this life early. Now, most of Riolu's ability value aptitudes have returned to A-rank. In at most a week, he will fully recover and then join everyone's training.
After tallying the gains from this period, Ash did not go to help Brock and Misty prepare lunch but instead started giving everyone massages.
Among the Beginner Breeder skills, there is massage. However, previous massages could at most only relax muscles, making the Pokémon slightly more comfortable, without any other effects.
But after Ash's long-term learning from Breeder Ash in the group, and the Overlay of his newly acquired Viridian Power, the benefits of his massages for Pokémon are now simply incomparable.
Ash first went behind Charmeleon, pressing his hands on Charmeleon's shoulders. Viridian Power flowed into Charmeleon's body through his palms, and Charmeleon immediately showed a comfortable expression.
"Charmeleon, your training during this period has been quite good. Your body has grown again compared to last time."
"Roar~" Of course, because Ash has always given me the best recovery after my training.
"That's all the result of your own efforts. I just give you a massage after your training, and the final recovery is a bit exaggerated," Ash said with a chuckle, Charmeleon's data appearing in his eyes.
[Species: Charmeleon]
[Gender: Male]
[Attribute: Fire]
[Level: Advanced Peak]
[Ability: Blaze]
[Skills: Tackle, Growl, Ember, Smokescreen, Scary Face, Flamethrower, Belly Drum...]
[Six-dimensional Abilities: Physical Attack A (S) Special Attack A (S) Defense B (A) Special Defense B (A) HP A (S) Speed S (S)]
Charmeleon not only reached Advanced Peak level, but his ability values also did not fall behind. He basically reached the limits of his previous level, or close to the limits, before upgrading.
Now, he has just upgraded to Advanced Peak not long ago, and both his attacks and HP are A-rank. This means that before upgrading, he had already maxed out these abilities to S-rank, but they regressed due to the level increase.
In addition, due to the influence of the weighted vest, Charmeleon's progress in speed was extremely fast. Not long after upgrading to Advanced Peak, his speed has already reached S-rank.
If outsiders knew that Ash's Pokémon not only level up quickly but also have such an increase in ability values, they would probably tie Ash up and interrogate him for three days and three nights in a dark room.
This speed is simply too incredible!
However, for Ash, he didn't feel much. Although he didn't have much money, the things he gave his Pokémon were almost all the best.
Although the ingredients Pokémon ate were not the world's top, they had exclusive food carefully prepared by him and Brock for the Pokémon.
The food they prepared was tailored one-on-one; each Pokémon had its own exclusive recipe, and it was still constantly being improved.
The dishes made with these exclusive recipes could not only satisfy the corresponding Pokémon's taste buds but also keep their bodies in a relatively perfect state.
With their mood and body adjusted to the best, how could a Pokémon's improvement not be fast?
Secondly, after Pokémon battles, Ash would always give them a massage. A massage with Viridian Power attached is not just about recovery and relaxation.
Massage techniques are one aspect, but the most important is the Viridian Power Ash adds. This is a power that even the world's top Breeders cannot possess. This power allows Pokémon to heal various injuries in their bodies to the greatest extent after battle and absorb the experience of the previous battle to the maximum, maximizing their physical training.
Although Ash is not yet a world-class Breeder, he can do things that even world-class Breeders cannot.
However, there is still some gap compared to Breeder Ash in the group.
According to the big shots in the group, Breeder Ash's dishes alone have magical effects comparable to special abilities, and his dishes even glow... In short, he still has a long, long way to go to reach Breeder Ash's level.
"Alright, massage finished. Next one," Ash said loudly, patting Charmeleon's broad shoulders.
Hearing this, Charmeleon's eyes showed a hint of reluctance, but he still obediently moved aside for the next Pokémon.
Kirlia sat quietly on the small stool in front of Ash, enjoying the comfort Ash brought her at this moment.
"The little one has grown up. If you keep improving, you'll evolve into Gardevoir," Ash said with emotion while massaging Kirlia and looking at her data.
Generally speaking, before the Professional Level, if a Pokémon is willing to evolve, it can reach its final form.
Now Kirlia is at Advanced Peak, so there isn't much distance left until her last evolution.
"Kirlia" I'll do my best, Ash
"You don't have to try so hard. Your training has been excessive recently. Even with my treatment, you shouldn't push yourself so much. Out of more than sixty battles, you alone fought almost twenty, and often took on two or three opponents at once."
Ash recalled Kirlia's desperate appearance, speaking with a hint of heartache.
The most desperate fighter in the wild battles on this journey wasn't Pikachu, nor Charmeleon, but Kirlia.
During her Ralts period, this little one enjoyed princess-like treatment. She barely had to battle, and even when she did, she easily defeated opponents because Ash mostly chose easy targets for her.
Ash knew Kirlia's talent was high, and he knew she could become very strong and possess powerful battle abilities, but during her Ralts period, he had grown accustomed to treating her like his younger sister.
Pikachu and Charmeleon were battle partners, while his sister was someone he needed to protect behind him.
So, during her Ralts period, she rarely battled, but after evolving into Kirlia, when a battle came, she stood at the forefront more than anyone else!
Roadside wild battles weren't all one-on-one; some were two-on-two, some were three-on-three.
Like the young man who just gave five thousand Pokedollar, that was a three-on-three battle.
Generally, the more Pokémon that participate, the bigger the stakes.
In the battles over the past few days, Kirlia repeatedly engaged in one-on-two and one-on-three battles, mostly against opponents of the same level.
Trainers willing to engage in wild battles are usually not bad, and most of them have Advanced Level Pokémon. It was through this desperate fighting style that Kirlia eventually reached Advanced Peak.
Charmeleon's speed in reaching Advanced Peak was even a step slower than Kirlia's.
It's worth noting that Charmeleon has a rainbow wing inside him, which significantly boosts him in all aspects!
Whether it's combat power, vitality, flame refinement, level increase, ability value increase... the rainbow wing can provide a boost. This is the terrifying effect a divine item can have when it meets a matching Pokémon.
Ralts's aptitude is stronger than Charmeleon's, and its origin is also incredibly mysterious, allowing it to learn many skills it shouldn't be able to. However, even with the rainbow wing, Charmeleon still surpassed Kirlia in terms of improvement speed.
Yet, Kirlia, through her desperate fighting style, managed to surpass Charmeleon.
Now these two are quite competitive; they are both vying for the second spot in the team. As for the first, that's naturally Pikachu; the big brother is not that easy to surpass.
Pikachu's motto is, 'Let you be strong, he will steadily improve.'
Although this fellow only has six A-rank aptitudes, he is strangely unique. After leveling up, his ability values don't decrease, and his improvement speed is steady yet fast, with no bottlenecks whatsoever.
This means his improvement speed is not at all slower than Kirlia's, firmly securing his position as the team's big brother.
As for Gastly... he was already Elite High-level when he joined, so what's there to compete for in rankings? If anything, his seniority belongs to the grandfather generation, why would he compete for attention with the juniors... After finishing Kirlia's massage, Ash successively gave full body massages to the remaining Pokémon, as well as Misty and Brock's Pokémon. Now Ash has become the team's professional masseuse.
Not only Pokémon, but even Brock and Misty occasionally enjoyed Ash's massages. The comfortable and relaxing techniques, combined with the Viridian Power's blessing, were indeed irresistible.
But to be fair, for Brock's Rock-type Pokémon, all Ash could do was use brute force to loosen their rocks and then infuse some Aura Power. That was considered relaxing for them.
After all, Pokémon like Graveler and Onix simply cannot be relaxed through massage techniques!
They don't even have a bit of muscle all over their bodies, so how can you massage them?
"Dinner's ready!" Misty called out to Ash, carrying a plate of food and placing it on the small table.
Brock was sorting out the food for each Pokémon.
Seeing this, Ash led everyone towards the dining table. But just then, a sudden change occurred: a figure suddenly pounced on Ash.
Ash instinctively grabbed it with a backhand, directly seizing the extended wrist of the figure.
This was a furry Pokémon, with a nose somewhat resembling a pig's nostrils, small and slender arms, and a long tail extending from its back.
"Mankey?"
The Pokémon caught by Ash was a Mankey, which is relatively common in Kanto.
Mankey are mischievous by nature. Many Trainers resting in the wild would be ambushed by Mankey. Caught off guard, they would not only be beaten black and blue by Mankey but also have many of their belongings stolen.
Therefore, in the wild, many experienced Trainers would consciously guard against Mankey, but people like Ash, who had never been ambushed by a Mankey, had no such precautions.
This time, being able to catch the Mankey was entirely due to Ash's superhuman reaction speed; otherwise, the Mankey would have truly succeeded in its sneak attack.