Kebi's gaze quickly shifted from the Hoenn noble to Roselia.
Roselia
lv70 lv28
Ability: Natural Cure
Potential: Blue (85/100)
Roselia needs to carry Rose Incense for its Pokémon eggs to hatch into Budew.
However, according to the breeding knowledge Kebi possessed, Rose Incense actually simulates a special natural environment.
In a garden rich in natural power, Roselia can lay Budew eggs.
But the Hoenn region is hotter than the Sinnoh region, so even if there are Budew, they will quickly evolve due to environmental influences.
Unless it's a low-temperature environment like a snowy mountain, Trainers won't see Budew in the wild.
If Budew evolves too early, it will waste a good opportunity to accumulate potential and improve its potential through evolution.
In daily training, the speed of potential improvement is difficult to accelerate.
Piplup
lv70 lv15
Ability: Torrent
Potential: Purple (14/100)
Today was Kebi's seventeenth day of training Piplup, and Piplup's potential had only improved a little, and this improvement only came after he plundered rare materials and raised the quality of the Pokémon food by another lv70.
Purely relying on training, it takes even longer to improve a bit of potential.
Without enough resources, wanting to make progress can only be achieved by putting in more sweat.
Xiao Shun, the Hoenn noble who chose to participate in the Gorgeous Competition, also put in effort and sweat for his goal.
But Kebi believed that Xiao Shun and Roselia's resilience was not as good as his and Piplup's.
Just now, Piplup knocked Poochyena out with one slap.
That was because Piplup started by hitting the big tree with bundled ropes with its wings, then directly hitting the rough bark, and now hitting hard Rocks with its wings.
Every step made Piplup's wings tougher and more powerful.
When Piplup evolves into Prinplup, it will automatically learn the steel attribute move, Metal Claw.
However, Piplup cannot learn Metal Claw; at least, Kebi hasn't found any relevant records.
The reason is simple: Piplup's wings do not have the strength of Prinplup's, and cannot support the requirements for using Metal Claw.
Kebi, however, didn't think so; he believed that as long as Piplup's wings were specifically trained, Piplup could learn Metal Claw!
The power of the steel attribute is contained within Piplup's bloodline, waiting for Piplup to unearth and use this power.
Empoleon's greatest pride is its wings; the sharp edges of its wings can cut through huge ice floes, and its large wings give Empoleon a speed that rivals the fastest jet skis.
Empoleon's close combat and displacement heavily rely on these large wings.
That's why Kebi made Piplup strengthen its wing training from a young age.
After its wings became powerful, Piplup could even fly a short distance in the air for a brief period.
It's just that the flying speed is too slow to be used in battle.
Kebi had Fearow take Piplup to learn how to glide with the wind, which might become Piplup's trump card.
Xiao Shun's Roselia was a suitable opponent to fully unleash Piplup's potential.
“Roselia, I'm counting on you.”
Xiao Shun lowered his head and gently sniffed the red rose in his hand.
“Rose~”
Roselia elegantly walked onto the battleground and aimed the roses in its hands at Piplup.
“Just like you did just now, the first move is yours.”
Kebi directly waved his hand, “Run, use Bubble Beam.”
“Use Magical Leaf to shatter all the Bubble Beam.”
However, Kebi's purpose in having Piplup use Bubble Beam was not to attack Roselia, but to change the field.
Magical Leaf danced in the air, shattering some bubbles and creating dazzling specks of light under the sunlight, but it passed through most of the Bubble Beam.
Roselia simply moved slightly to avoid the Bubble Beam's attack.
The colorful bubbles hit the ground, and the originally dry ground quickly became wet, with slippery bubbles and water stains remaining.
Xiao Shun frowned, realizing that he had encountered a difficult opponent.
Piplup's attack speed was very fast, yet it chose to use Bubble Beam to create advantageous terrain, limiting Roselia's range of movement.
He was accustomed to fighting according to the Gorgeous Competition style, and he was going to suffer a loss.
“Roselia, use Magical Leaf to lay a path on the ground.”
Kebi's mouth curled into an arc. Since he was already a step behind, there was no way he could catch up.
“Use Hydro Pump!”
Xiao Shun's expression changed, “Use Petal Dance with full power to block it.”
Piplup moved its hands, forming a blue vortex in front of it, and a water column thicker than Piplup itself rapidly gushed out from the vortex.
Petals flew everywhere, the same color as Kebi's hair.
But under the impact of the water column, a large opening was easily torn, striking Roselia's delicate body fiercely.
Roselia fell backward, its body covered in slippery foam.
Roselia habitually laid Magical Leaf on the ground in front of it, ignoring the fact that the ground behind it was also sprayed with bubbles by the moving Piplup.
During training, Kebi intentionally enhanced the speed of Piplup's Bubble Beam and the stickiness of the bubbles.
Bubble Beam would affect the enemy's attack speed; Kebi weakened the power of Bubble Beam and increased the effect of reducing speed.
Looking at the disheveled Roselia, Xiao Shun desperately racked his brain, thinking of a way to break the situation.
“Use Sunny Day!”
“Charge up, use Drill Peck!”
Hydro Pump had wet the half of the field where Roselia was, and Piplup took a few small steps, then directly lay down on the ground and slid.
With a sweep of its wings, Piplup rapidly approached Roselia.
So fast!
Xiao Shun hadn't expected that Bubble Beam was not only used to restrict Roselia, but the slippery bubbles also served to accelerate.
After getting close to Roselia, Piplup pushed off the ground with its feet, flapped its wings forcefully, and rotated its body to stab its sharp beak into Roselia.
Before being hit by Drill Peck, Roselia successfully launched Sunny Day into the sky, and scorching sunlight shone down.
But Roselia had no chance to absorb the sunlight and release Solar Beam.
Kebi knew very well that Solar Beam was just a means, and the purpose was to remove the slippery foam clinging to Roselia.
Not using Water Gun was because he didn't want to help Roselia take a bath.
By using Solar Beam, Roselia would release a large amount of light and heat, which could be used to evaporate the sticky foam adhering to its body surface.
Is Xiao Shun's skill so poor that he's being overwhelmed by a lv70 15 Piplup?
Piplup landed smoothly, and Kebi continued to give commands.
“Chase it, use Pound.”
Xiao Shun's eyes became serious, “Use Poison Sting for defense.”
After being hit heavily with two hooks, white needles grew on Roselia's flowers, and it swung its flowers, wrestling with Piplup.
It completely lost its elegance.
“Peck!”
Not only its wings, but Piplup also used its beak, and its savage fighting style made Roselia very uncomfortable.
Xiao Shun gritted his teeth slightly; he could only hope that Piplup would get poisoned now.
But Roselia had never trained the Poison Sting move.
Even Roselia's inherent toxicity hadn't been cultivated because Xiao Shun found it not elegant enough.
Even though victory was almost locked in, Kebi frowned slightly.
This outcome was not what he wanted.
At this moment, a purple flash appeared on Piplup's face, its body paused, and it was knocked away by a flower from Roselia.
Kebi unconsciously clenched his fists; the opportunity he had been waiting for had arrived!