"Let me improve your strength and see what skills you can awaken." Gary decided to raise Steelix's level to 50 to see what skills could be awakened.
"Steelix!"
Steelix was immediately delighted and accepted it happily. It had experienced the feeling of suddenly awakening skills before.
Gary put his hand on Steelix's cold body and used 12 Intermediate Rare Candies to directly raise Steelix's level to 50.
Steelix: (QAQ)!!
Steelix thought it was an awakening skill, but found that its strength had also become stronger, and naturally, a few skills had also awakened.
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[Pokémon: Steelix (Orange Islands Form)]
[Attribute: Ice, Steel]
[Level: 50]
[Potential: Elite]
[Ability: Will of Steel (Steel-type skills increase power by 1.5 times.)]
[Skills: Tackle, Harden, Bind, Rock Throw, Screech, Dig, Ice Shard, Ice Fang, Ice Pursuit, Iron Defense, Avalanche, Autotomize, Hail, Iron Tail, Icicle Crash.]
[Professor Skills: Hyper Beam, Rest, Stone Edge, Body Slam.]
[Intimacy: 255 (maximum value 255)]
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Steelix was upgraded to level 50 and awakened 4 new skills, which were all pretty good. Unfortunately, there were a few Steel-type skills, and currently, there was only one Iron Tail.
Steelix, who has the Will of Steel, has only one Steel-type attack skill, which is definitely not enough. Unfortunately, the power of Steel-type physical attack skills is not high.
Powerful Steel-type skills are special attacks, but Steelix is a physical attacker. Even if it can master the Steel-type special attack skill, with the bonus of Will of Steel and this attribute, the damage caused can only be evaluated as considerable.
"Come on, Steelix, test your comprehensive ability first," Gary said.
Gary didn't know about Steelix's Species Strength, so he could only conduct various tests. The physical strength and speed should be the same as ordinary Steelix, and the key is attack and defense.
After a period of testing, it can be determined that Steelix is the same as ordinary Steelix, both of which have high physical defense.
The damage caused by physical attack skills is stronger than special attack skills.
It is obviously a physical attacker.
In terms of defense, special defense is no different from ordinary Steelix.
Comprehensive evaluation: Steelix's racial ability is similar to that of ordinary Steelix.
The only difference is the different attributes.
In addition, it is related to the Will of Steel ability.
The Steel-type skills used by Steelix will be more powerful, which is much stronger than ordinary Steelix.
However, in terms of resistance, there are two more 4x weaknesses, which is a bit of a headache.
After recording Steelix's data, Gary went to the teleporter, teleported Steelix back to Professor Oak, and teleported Eevee over.
Steelix spent three days with Gary. It was not that Gary did not want to fight with Steelix, but that Gary was going to challenge Cianwood Gym next.
The Cianwood Gym Leader used Fighting-type Pokémon. Steelix had two extra 4x weaknesses, one of which was Fighting. Even though Steelix had high physical defense, the 4x weakness restrained it. If it was hit by a Fighting skill once, the damage caused would be very high.
So there was no need for Steelix to stay around, so Eevee was teleported over. After all, Eevee with the Danger Prediction ability could help Gary avoid some sudden dangers.
"Eevee!"
Eevee, who returned to Gary's side, immediately acted like a spoiled child.
Gary touched Eevee's head and taught Eevee the skills he had gained from challenging the gym during this period.
Gary did not stay in Olivine City for long. After a night's rest, he took a boat to Cianwood City the next day.
It takes about an hour to get from Olivine City to Cianwood City by boat, so Gary did not plan to go to the cabin to take a car. He stood on the deck outside the ship, enjoying the sea breeze and the sea view.
"Eevee!"
Gary and Eevee were enjoying the sea breeze when Eevee sensed someone approaching. When he saw the approaching person clearly, he screamed.
"What's wrong?"
Gary heard Eevee's scream and found that Eevee was looking behind him. He turned around and saw a boy about his age walking towards him.
"Ah! It's really you, Gary." The boy behind him immediately recognized Gary and walked over quickly.
"Ritchie!!"
Gary was also surprised, but then he calmed down because Ritchie also came to the Johto Region to travel, but he did not attend the Silver Conference.
"Haha, I didn't expect to meet you here. Long time no see," Ritchie said happily.
Ritchie was very happy to meet old friends in a foreign land, and Gary was no exception.
"Yes, I didn't expect to meet here. Did you come to the Johto Region to participate in the Silver Conference?" Gary asked.
"No." Ritchie shook his head and said, "I came here to travel. I don't think my current strength is enough to win the championship in the Alliance Conference, so I won't participate."
Having participated in the Indigo Plateau Conference once, Ritchie is very clear about his current level, especially the gap between himself and Gary is very large. Ritchie plans to stay in training for another two years and then consider whether to participate in the Alliance Conference.
"That's a pity. With your ability, you should have no problem entering the quarterfinals of the Silver Conference," Gary commented.
Ritchie was embarrassed. He was in the quarterfinals of the Indigo Plateau Conference, and he was still in the quarterfinals of the Silver Conference. Isn't it standing still? There is no progress at all.
"Forget it. I'd better practice on my own for a while. By the way, are you going to Cianwood City?" Ritchie asked.
"Yes, to participate in the Silver Conference, you must collect the gym badges recognized by the Johto Region Alliance. The gym in Cianwood City is the tenth gym recognized by the Johto Region Alliance," Gary said.
"That's perfect. I was planning to train in Cianwood City for a while. Let's have a Pokémon battle. What do you think?" Ritchie challenged.
[Ding! Task released: Defeat Ritchie/Reward: Bronze Crown x1!]
Gary was confused. He didn't expect that Ritchie's challenge to himself would trigger the system to release a task.
Strange, after all, Ritchie is not the protagonist. Even Jimmy's challenge to himself did not trigger the task, but Ritchie's challenge to himself triggered the task. I really don't understand the system's task triggering mechanism.
However, there is one rule that does not change at present. It must be someone else challenging oneself, and the team will trigger the system to release the task.
"Okay, how do we play?" Gary asked.
"How about a three-on-three battle?" Ritchie suggested.
3v3 is the most suitable, and it can detect the level of Pokémon and Trainer.
"No problem." Gary agreed decisively. After not seeing each other for a few months, Gary was also very curious about Ritchie's current strength.
I remember that in the original plot, Ritchie didn't capture many new Pokémon and used the Pokémon from the beginning.