At night, a sister of a stray tail meow was coaxing her younger sister, the little stray tail meow, to sleep. Seeing the little stray tail meow, who was still energetic at night, chasing her own tail, the elder sister of the stray tail meow scared her: "If you don't sleep, the man in black will catch you."
Upon hearing the name of the man in black, the little stray tail meow's tail-chasing action paused. She shivered all over, then obediently lay down in front of her sister and began to sleep.
In different parts of the forest, many Pokémon were using such stories to scare their little ones, with an effect comparable to Zhang Liao's crying stop.
Let's rewind time back to the moment Xia Hu Na decided to go out for training.
Xia Hu Na put away his Poké Balls, found a clothing store, and bought a set of pure black clothes, along with a pair of black sunglasses. From afar, he looked like a black stick standing there.
After preparing this disguise that made him indistinguishable from a ghost, Xia Hu Na packed some dry food and entered the mountains.
Jing Hai City is not only by the water but also has mountains. Although not continuous mountain ranges, they are not simple small hills less than ten meters high.
Walking in the mountains, Xia Hu Na quickly found his first target, a Pokémon drinking water.
Xia Hu Na asked the system: "System, what is this Pokémon?"
The system quickly replied: "This Pokémon is Speed-focused, not high-level, theoretically a sure win."
Hearing this, Xia Hu Na used the shade of the trees to approach the Pokémon and suddenly jumped out. The Pokémon, startled while drinking water, almost fell into the small river.
The Pokémon, whose drinking was interrupted, turned its head and glared furiously at Xia Hu Na, then charged directly at Xia Hu Na who had disturbed its drink. Xia Hu Na didn't waste words and directly ordered Froakie to beat it to death. In a few moves, the Pokémon was knocked to the ground.
Looking at the Speed effort value that increased by one on the record board, Xia Hu Na thoughtfully waited for the unconscious Pokémon to wake up. After waking up, the Pokémon saw the dark Xia Hu Na and was about to flee when Xia Hu Na stopped it.
Xia Hu Na was quite skilled at calming Pokémon. With the system's help, he instantly figured out the Pokémon's preferences. He took out a Poké Block from his backpack and offered it.
Although suspicious of Xia Hu Na, instinct made it eat the Poké Block. The Poké Block was indeed a great weapon against wild Pokémon. After eating it, the Pokémon's relationship with Xia Hu Na greatly improved.
Xia Hu Na said to it: "I came to the mountain for special training. I'm sorry about what happened earlier."
After being persuaded by Xia Hu Na's smooth talk, the Pokémon agreed to keep his secret and left, going to play elsewhere.
And then, Xia Hu Na truly opened a new world. After obtaining the first effort point, he went mad in the mountains, grinding for effort points. However, because Xia Hu Na always chose to battle solitary Pokémon, and then waited for them to wake up before winning them over with Poké Blocks, Xia Hu Na's effort point grinding plan went smoothly, except that it spread rumors about a mysterious "man in black."
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Just as the little stray tail meow fell asleep under her sister's scare, not far from the two, Xia Hu Na was sitting by a campfire: "System, how was the result this afternoon?"
The system looked at Froakie's data panel: "You're really doing nothing. You've managed to get Froakie's double effort values over a hundred this afternoon. You even picked on low-level Pokémon. Your behavior is too wicked."
Xia Hu Na nodded with satisfaction upon hearing that Froakie's data exceeded a hundred: "If this continues, I'll soon max out the effort values, and I can be a little more unrestrained. Besides, I've won them over with Poké Blocks, so there won't be any trouble."
Xia Hu Na snuggled into his sleeping bag: "System, there's something I don't understand. Froakie's level is already fifteen with a full experience bar. I've also been grinding for so long this afternoon, why hasn't it evolved yet?"
The system glanced at Xia Hu Na: "You still have the nerve to say you've been grinding levels this afternoon? Don't you have any idea how you've been grinding? As for why it hasn't evolved, I can't quite figure it out either. I need to research it. You should sleep first."
Xia Hu Na listened to the crackling of the campfire and drifted off to sleep, while the system researched why Froakie hadn't evolved.
The night's rest greatly restored Xia Hu Na's stamina. The next morning, Xia Hu Na crawled out of his sleeping bag and stretched. He was then quite chilled by the sharp winter wind: "Ah, ah, can't sneeze, never mind."
Wiping his nose with his index finger, Xia Hu Na decided to finish grinding the remaining effort points first. As for the evolution issue, he would leave it to the system to research.
On this day, Xia Hu Na's speed of grinding effort points was even faster than yesterday. The reason was that a Pokémon that had been defeated by Xia Hu Na yesterday saw Xia Hu Na again. After another spar and receiving another Poké Block from Xia Hu Na, the atmosphere in the mountains changed. The Pokémon that had been ground down yesterday were re-emerging and were being ground down by Xia Hu Na again. Some Pokémon even brought their families to be ground down by Xia Hu Na.
Looking at the rapidly dwindling Poké Blocks in his hand, Xia Hu Na's face turned green. Even though he had prepared a considerable number of Poké Blocks, he couldn't sustain such a rate of consumption. If not for the first trial version of the new spatial backpack developed by the Pokémon Alliance, he wouldn't have been able to hold on.
By the way, the Pokémon Alliance's research and development efficiency is quite good. In just over a month, they have conquered the comprehensive application of Poké Ball technology in backpacks. While they have given the first version of the backpack to some high-level trainers, they have also sent one to Xia Hu Na, hoping that this young trainer can provide some suggestions.
Returning to the main topic, Xia Hu Na looked at the number of Poké Blocks decreasing in his backpack and said to the system: "System, please keep an eye on it for me. Tell me when the effort points are finished grinding so I can stop."
The system looked at the queue stretching for dozens of meters and asked Xia Hu Na: "Host, do you think you can stop? There are so many Pokémon, and you only want Special Attack and Speed effort values. Isn't this causing trouble?"
Xia Hu Na thought for a moment, then asked the system: "System, what type is Diancie?"
The system scanned Diancie's Luxury Ball:
Name: Diancie
Level: lv6
Ability: Clear Body
Effect: None
IVs: 6V
EVs: 0
Stats: HP 23, Attack 18, Defense 24, Special Attack 18, Special Defense 24, Speed 12
Moves: Tackle, Rock Throw, Harden, Glitter
Synchronicity: 23‰
Xia Hu Na's head spun looking at these stats: "System, what effort values do you recommend for Diancie?"
The system looked at him gleefully: "Host, regarding Diancie, the system's recommendation is the same as for Froakie."
Xia Hu Na was stunned: "The same meaning is, grind Special Attack and Speed?"
The system glanced at him: "Don't you know who you are? A perfectionist who pursues both strength and sentimentality. Your Diancie will definitely know Rock-type Diamond Storm and Fairy-type Moonblast. Right?"
Xia Hu Na looked at Froakie still in a fierce battle: "Of course. Alright, you don't need to say more. I understand what you mean. And what do you mean by 'will definitely know'? Does she have any other useful STAB moves?"
Having confirmed that Diancie would grind Speed and Special Attack effort values like Froakie, Xia Hu Na sighed. At least he couldn't keep grinding effort points in this place. If the Pokémon here developed the habit of coming to him for Poké Blocks, it would be troublesome. It wasn't that Xia Hu Na lacked Poké Blocks, but that this would reduce the Pokémon's wild survival ability.
Froakie ground for a while longer. As Froakie's effort values reached their limit, Xia Hu Na stood up: "Alright everyone, our special training ends here for today. We're going home to rest. Goodbye everyone."
Seeing Xia Hu Na about to leave with Froakie, the Pokémon at the back of the line, and those who couldn't grind Special Attack and Speed effort values, became agitated and surrounded Xia Hu Na, wanting to reason with him.
Xia Hu Na looked at these Pokémon who felt they were losing out if they didn't take advantage, and became angry: "Damn it, I didn't expect that not only people in this world have this kind of rotten behavior, but Pokémon do too."
Xia Hu Na reached for the Poké Ball at his waist. Just as he was about to release Braixen to clear the area, he saw Froakie knock down two Pokémon with Water Pulse.
Froakie's attack ignited the fuse for the brawl. Soon, various skills were flying. Froakie was fighting alone against many, but was not at a disadvantage.
However, after all, two fists are no match for four hands. A Poochyena jumped onto Froakie's head from behind, about to bite down.
"Froakie!"
Xia Hu Na, agitated, shouted with all his might, and the endangered Froakie's body began to glow with a dazzling white light.
"System, is it evolving?"
"Hmm, although I don't quite understand, it is indeed evolving."
Xia Hu Na was not dazed by Froakie's evolution. They were still surrounded by many Pokémon. Xia Hu Na directly released Braixen and shouted: "Braixen, use Hyper Beam!"
An incredibly brilliant beam shot out from Braixen, piercing directly through the group of Pokémon. The Pokémon suffered heavy casualties instantly. Seeing the large number of fallen Pokémon, the other Pokémon seemed to be scared out of their wits and did not continue to attack Xia Hu Na.
Xia Hu Na, panting, recalled Frogadier and Braixen into their Poké Balls. Without looking back, he walked out of the encirclement from among the "corpses" of the Pokémon.