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Besides Misty, Brock also made significant progress; his Rhyhorn has reached the peak of its advanced stage. When he first caught it, it was only at the normal high level. Now, in less than two months, it has crossed a major stage, which is a rather good rate of improvement.
However, to become a main fighting force, he still has a long way to go.
Currently, Brock's main fighting force is no longer the Pokémon in the Gym, but his Onix and Golem. Both Pokémon are now stuck at the professional high level, still some distance from breaking through to the Gym Leader Level.
After all, these two Pokémon are equivalent to Brock's second team. Although they have been with him since they were young, they were neglected in training. He put more effort into the main Pokémon of the Gym, which actually belonged to his parents.
It wasn't until he started traveling that Brock shifted his training focus to these two Pokémon of his. However, when these two Pokémon started their journey, one was only at the normal level, and the other was only at the advanced level.
Now, they have reached a point where they are only one minor level and one major level behind Misty's Starmie. If this isn't fast, then what is? You must know that Starmie was at the Superior level back then, a significant difference from Onix and Golem.
The reason these two Pokémon could catch up step by step is due to their efforts, and also because Starmie was stuck at the professional peak for a period. When these two Pokémon hit the Gym Leader Level bottleneck, it's uncertain how much time they will spend there.
However, Brock had a trick up his sleeve, which was Onix's evolution.
Onix needs a Metal Coat for trade evolution and cannot evolve through normal leveling up. So, Brock plans to use its evolution into Steelix to break through the bottleneck once Onix reaches the professional peak and gets stuck at that bottleneck.
This is also why Brock hasn't evolved Steelix yet.
Besides these two Pokémon, Brock also owns Zubat and Wartortle. These two Pokémon had actually evolved long ago; Zubat evolved into Golbat, and Wartortle evolved into Blastoise.
The former's strength reached the Superior peak, while the latter reached the professional initial level, on par with Misty's Blastoise.
These two Blastoise were once Ash's Blastoise's subordinates, and their talents were almost identical. They always trained together, ate, drank, and played without separation, happily following behind Ash's Blastoise, still treating Ash's Blastoise as their boss.
Therefore, their level progression was remarkably consistent, including evolution and skill learning.
This is Brock's improvement during this period. In terms of overall combat power, Misty still has the upper hand, as she brought her main Pokémon out, while Brock did not bring the Pokémon he had been training since taking over the Gym.
If Brock had brought out his Gym's main Pokémon like Misty did, those main Pokémon should now have the strength of Gym Leader Level high or even Gym Leader Level peak.
Under normal training, Brock would certainly not dare to think that way, but training alongside Ash, it seems like there are no bottlenecks. Even if they get stuck, they quickly overcome it. Ash occasionally comes up with special training methods perfectly suited for their Pokémon, as if custom-made.
In terms of nurturing talent, Ash is also an outstanding and unique Super Trainer!
But in reality—these were all the results of the Ashs from another world pooling their ideas. However, in the end, it's still Ash's own credit, isn't it? What? Are parallel world versions of himself not himself?
They're all him!
Finally, there's Ash's improvement. Charizard reached the Gym Leader Level a month and a half ago, and a month and a half later, it has already reached the Gym Leader Level high. It might seem a bit meager to only improve two minor levels in a month and a half, but one must consider what level is being improved!
Normally, Ash's Pokémon would gain a minor level every seven days and a major level every month, but that was before the professional level. After reaching the professional level, a Pokémon's improvement speed slows down.
No matter how Ash improves the quality of food, adjusts the diet, consults with the experts in the group, or acquires new training methods, the Pokémon's level is fixed. To improve quickly, unless you cheat and use the power of a divine proxy to possess them, it's impossible to achieve such a significant improvement in a short time.
Therefore, being able to raise Charizard's level by two within the Gym Leader Level in a month and a half is already quite good.
Originally, Charizard's level progression was a bit slower than other Pokémon because it needed to raise its ability values to S-rank before leveling up to maximize its ability improvement. Otherwise, it would be a step slow, and then every step would be slow.
However, Charizard has four ability stats that have S-rank potential. To train them all to S-rank, the time taken to level up naturally needs to be extended.
But the benefits of doing so are also obvious: as long as it doesn't encounter a Pokémon with equally S-rank potential that has been trained to its limit, Charizard can be invincible at its own level!
Coupled with the fact that Charizard can now skillfully use Sacred Fire on its own, ordinary Elite-level Pokémon are no match for the current Charizard.
Gardevoir also improved. Gardevoir is even more outrageous than Charizard; all of its ability stats have S-rank potential, but its level-up speed is on par with Charizard's, also currently at the Gym Leader Level high.
Because in her mind, there is Mewtwo's psychic origin. As long as she can develop power from the psychic origin, Gardevoir's psychic power can rapidly increase. An increase in psychic power is equivalent to an all-around amplification of Gardevoir's strength!
The usual areas for diligent training are physical fitness and attack speed. Other aspects are all amplified by the psychic origin. In terms of cross-level combat ability, Gardevoir might not be as good as Charizard, having only one skill capable of cross-level combat: Mewtwo's exclusive skill, Psystrike.
Using it once drains all of Gardevoir's power; it's a skill where it's either success or death, with extremely low room for error.
However, in terms of level progression, Gardevoir is much stronger than Charizard. Don't let their current identical levels deceive you; Gardevoir reached the Gym Leader Level high seven days ago, while Charizard only reached it two days ago. The gap between them is gradually widening.
The most important reason for this is... Mewtwo stepped in to help Gardevoir develop her psychic origin. That was originally Mewtwo's own. For Mewtwo to guide it out was incredibly easy; Gardevoir no longer needed to repeatedly undergo MEGA Evolution to stimulate it.
The power guided out by Mewtwo is simpler, more direct, and purer, and it is absorbed faster.
Neither Ash, Gardevoir, nor Mewtwo ever imagined that such a day would come, where Mewtwo would help the 'enemy' who stole its psychic origin, actively assisting the other party in absorbing its own power. It was simply like seeing a ghost.
Compared to Gardevoir, who has a cheat, Charizard can only work even more tirelessly to stimulate the power of the Rainbow Wing within its body; he also has a cheat!
It's just that this cheat doesn't come with the help of the giver (Ho-Oh). Relying solely on his and Ash's power, it is extremely difficult to draw out the power from this 'stubborn mule' that is the Rainbow Wing.
Charizard did think of a method, but it was sternly rejected by Ash: to beat him half to death, forcing the Nirvana power within the Rainbow Wing to activate.
Putting aside the probability of this, Ash would never stand by and watch his Pokémon get beaten half to death, let alone do it himself. That is absolutely impossible!
Using such a method to improve himself, isn't that just purely spiteful towards Gardevoir?
Charizard is indeed not afraid of hardship or fatigue, but that kind of improvement method is beyond what 'tired' and 'hardship' can describe; it's pure self-abuse! So Ash would absolutely never agree.
Charizard subsequently had no choice but to abandon the idea of using that method for improvement and obediently proceeded with regular training. Unless one day Ho-Oh is found and Ho-Oh guides out the power of the Rainbow Wing, otherwise, Charizard can only hope to encounter a life-or-death battle to possibly activate the Rainbow Wing's power.
Besides these two constantly comparing elder siblings, the team's big brother, Pikachu, has already reached the Gym Leader Level peak.
Ash finally understood why Pikachu's reincarnation was called an S-rank lottery. Originally, due to reincarnation, Pikachu's level had become lower than Charizard's and Gardevoir's, but now it has inexplicably surpassed them!
While his six-dimensional ability potential far exceeds that of a normal Pikachu, there is still some gap compared to Gardevoir and Charizard. Theoretically, his level progression should not necessarily surpass those two Pokémon.
However, Pikachu inexplicably surpassed them at rocket speed. Now, at the Gym Leader Level peak, when he goes all out, battling Elite-level Pokémon is no problem at all. If he adds two buffs, he can definitely contend with Champion-level Pokémon!
This is Great Pikachu Teacher, the eternal ace.
The improvement of the three powerhouses is very gratifying, and the improvement of other Pokémon is not slow either. Ash treats all Pokémon equally in special training, and for some Pokémon, he even specifically gave extra training, such as Blastoise.
Compared to Charizard and Venusaur, Blastoise's improvement speed is really slow, and its combat power is far inferior to theirs. Unlike other Pokémon, their relationship is different.
The name of the Kanto Starter Pokémon is deeply ingrained in everyone's hearts, and being influenced by it will also affect the Pokémon.
Blastoise naturally knows the term 'Starter Pokémon'. Furthermore, Charizard and Venusaur joined the team almost at the same time as him, with a difference of no more than ten days.
In this situation, their strength, if not evenly matched, should not have such a large gap.
As a result, Charizard and Venusaur have now left him who knows how many streets behind. No matter how hard he tries to catch up, it is difficult to do so.
Blastoise even fell into depression for a time. Fortunately, Ash gave him special tutoring, allowing him to stand up again.
Blastoise's MEGA Evolution possesses the new ability Mega Launcher, which amplifies all of Blastoise's pulse-type moves by fifty percent.
It seems like just a powerful amplification ability, but Ash detected a crucial point from it.
Pulse, also known as Aura, is precisely the field Ash is familiar with. In terms of Aura, there are probably very few people in the entire world stronger than him. Blastoise has the potential to learn Aura. After learning to control Aura, Ash can use his power to help Blastoise improve.
For Blastoise, having assistance that can enhance Water-type power is naturally the best, but if there's no choice, then prioritizing strength improvement is the way to go.
Compared to Charizard and Gardevoir, Blastoise's disadvantage is that the power he enhances is not Water-type power, but Aura power. Combining Aura with moves can indeed greatly increase the power of moves, such as Water Pulse. If the pulse within it is strengthened, then the overall power of Water Pulse will increase, and the probability of confusing others will also increase.
But the problem is that Blastoise learning Aura is like starting from scratch, so this path is very difficult and not suitable for the current Blastoise.
However, compared to Charizard and Gardevoir, Blastoise's advantage is having God Domain Level personal guidance, and it is unreservedly given power adjustments, enhancements, and fusion.
The other two only have divine substances for improvement. Although Mewtwo also helps Gardevoir, it can only help Gardevoir develop her own psychic origin. Ash, however, can directly become one with his Pokémon, and his help to Blastoise far exceeds Mewtwo's help to Gardevoir.
With Ash's special tutoring, although Blastoise's level is only professional peak, its strength has advanced by leaps and bounds. Without Ash's intervention, a MEGA Evolved Blastoise can go six-four against Charizard not using Sacred Fire.
Charizard six.
Ahem, after all, it's a professional peak fighting a Gym Leader Level high. Even if it enters the Gym Leader Level through MEGA Evolution and has type advantage, wanting to battle a Pokémon like Charizard, which inherently has the capital for cross-level combat, is still a bit too difficult.
If it weren't for the incredibly tricky Aura power Ash taught Blastoise, Blastoise's chances of winning wouldn't even be four-tenths; two-tenths at most.
The last of the Starter Pokémon, Venusaur, has also reached the Gym Leader Level mid. Like Charizard and Blastoise, its level doesn't represent its true strength. If it goes all out, without relying on Ash's Aura Fusion, Venusaur can still contend with Elite-level Pokémon!
It's still somewhat difficult for Blastoise to catch up with those two, but with Ash's help, there's at least some hope. Before, Blastoise could only watch the gap between them widen, eventually reaching a point where it was completely out of sight.
Now, with Ash's help, Blastoise can barely keep up with Charizard and Venusaur. When Ash finds a God Domain Level item suitable for Blastoise, that's when it will fully catch up to the two!