“Quasi-Elite aptitude? Not bad, this reward is good.”
Jiang Fan nodded secretly in his heart.
Pokémon aptitudes are divided into Novice, Normal, Superior, Quasi-Elite, Elite, Champion, and God.
He hadn't seen a single Quasi-Elite aptitude until now.
He originally guessed that he would only see them on the main Pokémon of Gym Leaders, or on the Pokémon of children from large families.
At this moment, a prompt appeared again.
“Do you want to use the Skill Disc?”
“Use.”
Looking at the prompt, Jiang Fan didn't hesitate at all.
Immediately after, a disc appeared before his eyes that only he could see.
It displayed six skills: Flame Charge, Fire Spin, Sacred Fire, Sunny Day, Blast Burn, and Flare Blitz.
“Sacred Fire!”
Although all six skills were powerful Fire-type moves, Jiang Fan immediately locked onto Sacred Fire.
This was the exclusive skill of the Legendary Baokemeng Ho-Oh and Entei; if Charmeleon mastered it, that would be incredible.
At this moment, the disc began to spin.
Jiang Fan frantically chanted “Sacred Fire” in his heart.
Three seconds later, the spinning stopped, and the pointer landed on Sunny Day.
Jiang Fan sighed, only able to comfort himself inwardly.
“What a pity, but it’s acceptable. From now on, Charmeleon can essentially give itself an attack BUFF, doubling the power of its Fire-type moves, and it won’t be as afraid of Water-type moves.”
Immediately after, he pressed the Poké Ball.
A flash of light, and Charmeleon was released.
At this moment, after its aptitude was enhanced by the system, it had undergone new changes compared to before; not only was its body much sturdier, but the flame on its tail was also much more dazzling and hot.
And Jiang Fan, looking at the Refresh Charmeleon, widened his eyes, and surprise surged up at a visible speed.
The reason was that in the information bar above Charmeleon's head, the 'Blaze' ability disappeared, replaced by a new ability.
“Pokémon: Charmeleon (Shinny)”
“Level: 20 (In a positive emotional state from winning streaks, with a desire for battle, upgrade speed is twice as fast at this time, 29 days until next level.)”
“Aptitude: Quasi-Elite”
“Affection: 42 (-25 to 42)”
“Ability: Sun Power”
“Gender: Male”
“Skills: Scratch (30%), Growl (30%), Ember (30%), Smokescreen (30%), Dragon Breath (30%), Sunny Day (10%)”
“Description: This is a Charmeleon that has recovered its fighting will. When it was a Charmander...”
“That’s great, Charmeleon’s ability actually changed to Sun Power. The power of its Fire-type moves in Sunny Day battles will be terrifying,” Jiang Fan thought, his heart pounding with excitement.
The effect of Sun Power is to slightly deplete HP while raising Special Attack in clear weather.
Under Sunny Day and harsh sunlight, it depletes a small amount of HP, and Special Attack directly increases by 1.5 times.
This means Charmeleon gets a double BUFF.
With this thought, Jiang Fan was so excited that he wanted to test the skill’s power on the opposing Golbat right now.
“Charmeleon, Sunny Day!” he ordered with a wave of his hand.
“Rua~”
Charmeleon received the command and roared towards the sky.
This scene stunned the five people present.
“Sunny Day? A Charmeleon can use Sunny Day? Is that guy out of his mind?” Zuntou Nan cursed directly.
“What exactly is going on? How come after the Smokescreen skill, I’m getting more and more confused about this battle?” Temu, the bald man beside him, couldn't help but scratch his head.
“Grandpa, can Charmeleon learn Sunny Day?” Li Nai asked Old Man Fuji.
“Uh... Grandpa’s old laboratory did a study. Charmeleon’s evolution, Charizard, can learn it, but the learning process would be extremely difficult, requiring not only high aptitude but also a large amount of resources for practice.”
Old Man Fuji looked at Jiang Fan; he felt he was understanding this young man less and less.
Charmeleon had just evolved from Charmander, meaning this Sunny Day could only have been learned during its Charmander stage.
But if Charmander had such high aptitude that it could learn a move like Sunny Day, how could it have been abandoned by its former Trainer and subjected to torture in the underground arena?
So, it could only have mastered it after Jiang Fan arrived, but how long had he been at Pokémon House?
A moment later, what truly shocked the few people present actually happened.
The originally cool, overcast sky suddenly became scorching hot, and dazzling sunlight pierced through countless leaves, falling onto the ground.
Sunny Day, it really appeared!
And under the sunlight, Charmeleon suddenly became as dazzling as the sun itself.
It roared, and the flame on its tail gradually changed to a greenish-white.
Ability Sun Power, activated!
“Charmeleon, Ember!” Jiang Fan decisively commanded.
Charmeleon received the command, immediately flicked its tail, and a greenish-white fireball nearly a meter in diameter was flung out, smashing towards the Golbat in mid-air.
“Golbat! Air Cutter.”
Temu, the bald man, seeing Jiang Fan suddenly attack again, quickly ordered a counterattack, while also gasping at the greenish-white fireball.
Is this really the skill Ember?
“Hoh-kah~”
At the same time, Golbat obeyed Temu’s command, flapping its wings, forming streams of wind blades that cut towards the greenish-white fireball.
But when the wind blades touched the greenish-white fireball, it was like a blade entering fire; although some parts were weakened, most of the flames still remained and rushed towards Golbat.
Whoosh---
The fireball finally struck Golbat, directly burning its entire body with greenish-white flames, causing it to let out a miserable cry.
“Golbat, hold on! Use Wing Attack to make the flames dissipate with speed.”
Temu said anxiously, completely unable to understand how Charmeleon’s combat power had changed so dramatically after being recalled to its Poké Ball and then released again; it had clearly been suppressed by Golbat just a moment ago.
On the other side,
Golbat, in the flames, received the command and struggled with its wings again, bursting out of the flames, the flames on its body visibly weakening as it flew.
But it ultimately fell into a burn status, with a portion of the flames stubbornly clinging to its body.
Jiang Fan saw this and issued a new command: “Charmeleon, Dragon Breath, unleash it when Golbat is paused due to the burn status.”
Charmeleon opened its mouth, and scorching energy gathered within.
Under the enhancement of Sun Power, the speed of Dragon Breath’s condensation and its power also received a boost.
About three seconds later, at the moment Golbat’s flying speed slowed down due to the burn, a strong, scorching aura erupted from Charmeleon’s mouth.
“Golbat, quick, dodge!” Temu shouted excitedly.
But it was too late; this attack directly carried Golbat, breaking through four trees in the forest before stopping.
Finally, it fell miserably from the tree trunk.
It lost its ability to battle.
Facing this result, Temu, the bald man, found it somewhat hard to accept.
He never expected that a Charmander would first defeat two of their Pokémon consecutively to evolve, and then defeat his ace main Pokémon.
“Damn it, that Charmeleon’s Poké Ball should have been in my hands,” Temu fumed.
“What do we do, Big Brother Temu? It seems this mission can’t be completed,” Guizhi, the Zuntou Nan, came to his side and said nervously.
“What else can we do! If we can’t beat them, of course we run. Otherwise, do you want to go to jail?” Temu glared at him, took out a Poké Ball.
After recalling Golbat, he took off running like a madman.
However, as he fled, he didn't forget to leave a harsh warning.
“You boy, just you wait, I’ve got my eye on you.”
But what he received was Jiang Fan ordering Charmeleon to use Ember.
This scared him so much that his frantic running speed actually increased.
On the other side, the Zuntou Nan, seeing his big brother running so fast, also wanted to tell his other partner to run quickly.
But looking left and right, the person was already gone.
By the time he wanted to run again, Charmeleon was already in front of him.
“You run so hesitantly, changing your mind constantly. Brother, you should just go to jail.”