Monster Hunter: Farm Story Begins with Pokémon

Chapter 391 Infinite Possibilities (4k, supplemented on 5.23 days)
There are 18 stone slabs, even if they are combined in pairs, there are 153 possible combinations.

If three slabs of stone are fused, there will be 816 combinations. If four slabs of stone are fused, the number of combinations will be even greater, reaching 3060.

If all nine slabs of stone were combined, the number of combinations would reach a peak of 48620.

According to the introduction of the [Slate Fusion] skill, each combination can produce different effects. If all the permutations and combinations are counted, the possibility can even reach nearly one million possibilities.

Of course, the slate fusion is not that abnormal at this stage.

Bai Zhen can only fuse two stone slabs now. It is questionable whether he can fuse three or four stone slabs in the future, let alone nine stone slabs.

That might be an amazing feat that only Arceus himself could accomplish, not even Arceus' clones.

I took a detailed look at the three effects created by the fusion of the three stone slabs.

Bai Zhen quietly slipped into the yard while Huoya and Shuiyun were not paying attention. He was a little impatient to try out the fusion of the stone slabs.

When he arrived at the open space, Bai Zhen found his friends who were waiting for dinner.

Bai Zhen called over a heavy steel draft horse with thick skin and flesh.

The heavy steel draft horse came to Bai Zhen's side and was about to neigh happily, but Bai Zhen quickly blocked his mouth: "Shh! I sneaked out, you accompany me to experiment with the effect of the dual-attribute stone tablet."

The heavy steel draft horse nodded and snorted.

He stood about three or four meters away from Bai Zhen, ready to try to withstand Bai Zhen's moves.

Bai Zhen was the first to try the fusion of the two stone slabs of water and fire.

The fusion process went surprisingly smoothly even though it was Bai Zhen’s first time.

When the two slabs of source of life merged together, Bai Zhen found that his body temperature was rising rapidly.

His skin turned slightly red, and when his body temperature exceeded 100 degrees Celsius, steam began to hiss from his body.

Bai Zhen used the multi-purpose tool to transform a mirror and looked around.

The sight of steam coming out of his body reminded him of a certain Straw Hat Boy who was targeting the Pirate King. When that Straw Hat Boy entered Gear 2, this kind of steam would also emanate from his body.

Bai Zhen moved his body left and right.

His body temperature rose to hundreds of degrees, but he did not feel any discomfort.

From the looks of it, the dual-attribute slate can be used in its normal form.

In this state, Bai Zhen will not fall into the state of [Frozen] and [Frostbite].

The frostbite state not only causes a person to continuously lose health, but also reduces the power of special attack moves.

All individuals who want to launch a move need to mobilize the energy within their own body.

Frostbite will narrow the pathways of those energies, making the special moves used by the individual less powerful.

But when Bai Zhen gains the [Steam] effect, it makes sense that [Frostbite] cannot freeze his energy pathways.

"Let's try the [Steam] effect."

Bai Zhen tried to use the water gun move.

The water gun technique shot at the heavy steel draft horse, and the water ball evaporated like steam. The scorching hot steam burned the heavy steel draft horse in just a moment.

This purest fusion of attribute energy can directly enhance all moves of corresponding attributes.

The power of physical moves used by the burned heavy steel draft horse will be weakened.

This is easy to understand. When you have third-degree burns, even walking will cause you great pain. If you force yourself to fight and use aggressive physical moves, you will naturally be restricted.

After helping the Heavy Steel Horse heal its burns, Bai Zhen asked the Heavy Steel Horse to use the [Misty Field].

The fairy's energy protected the heavy steel draft horse, and Bai Zhen used the water gun again.

This time the heavy steel draft horse did not get burned.

The effect of [Steam] is to increase the original 30% or 10% burn suffix to 100%, and it does not have that kind of rule-level mandatory effect.

What should be blocked will still be blocked.

But the other effect is not certain.

Bai Zhen switched the fused slate and transformed it into a fused slate of fire + ghost.

The steam-like appearance of his body changed.

His hair suddenly burned with black flames, and black flame tattoos appeared on his torso. These lines covered his body, and even his pupils, if you looked closely, you could see a ball of black flame burning.

Overall, he looked like he had transformed into a great devil.

Bai Zhen used the Lava Storm with the least power on the heavy steel draft horse in the misty area.

The originally red flame turned extremely black.

It is called a lava storm, but it is more like a black flame storm.

The small-power lava storm trapped the heavy steel horse inside, and when the flames died out, the heavy steel horse's body was covered with blazing black flames.

The black flame effect ignores the misty area's [will not fall into abnormal state] effect.

Bai Zhen asked about the feeling of the heavy steel draft horse.

In summary, the damage of black flame is not actually very high, it will only cause the Heavy Steel Horse to feel some pain, but the fact that it cannot be dispelled or resisted also makes people feel very uncomfortable.

There are only three ways to remove the black flame. One is for the target to be burned to ashes, and the other is for Bai Zhen to remove it himself.

Apart from this, there is almost no other common method to remove this black flame.

Unless the opponent possesses an ability higher than the stone tablet, considering that the stone tablet is the most advanced attribute item in the entire universe, perhaps only Arceus, who also possesses the stone tablet, can remove it.

"This black flame feels very similar to the Amaterasu of the Hokage."

Bai Zhen looked at the black flame in his hand and suddenly had an idea.

"Can the fused slate be handed over to the clone temporarily?"

The clone is a part of Bai Zhen, so the stone slab can naturally be temporarily handed over to the clone.

Unlike skills, the temporary transfer of slates is very flexible.

Bai Zhen can take it back at any time when needed.

Thinking of this, Bai Zhen summoned his shadow clone.

He tried to transfer his fusion stone tablet to his clone, and after three attempts, Bai Zhen finally succeeded.

When the fusion stone slab entered the body of the clone, the purple flame on the body of the Resentful Tiger Dragon clone instantly turned into black flame.

Every fire-based move that the clone uses next will be accompanied by the effect of [Black Flame].

"It's really possible!"

During the experiment, Bai Zhen was surprised to find that the damage of black flames could be accumulated.

The highest black flame level can reach level 10.

Level 1 black flame is like boiling a frog in warm water; it makes people feel uncomfortable but does not cause significant damage.

However, as long as you continue to use fire-type moves, the level of Black Flame will accumulate. When it reaches level 10, the burning damage caused by Black Flame is equivalent to the [Poison] status damage caused by the Queen's Poison Arrow, which is much higher than the normal [Poison] damage.

In addition, during the experiment, Bai Zhen also discovered a restriction requirement for the transfer of the fusion stone slab to the clone.

Simply put, the attributes of the clone must include the attributes of the fusion slate.

For example, the attributes of the clone of the Resentful Tiger Dragon are [Fire] + [Ghost], so Bai Zhen can transfer these two stone slabs to the clone, but Bai Zhen cannot give the fusion stone slab of [Water] + [Fire] to the clone of the Resentful Tiger Dragon. If he does so forcibly, the clone will only explode on the spot.

Another example, if Bai Zhen can create an clone of Bolkanian's soul power, Bolkanian will have the three attributes of [Water], [Fire], and [Ghost].

Then any combination of the three stone slabs, or even the three stone slabs after they are integrated, can also be transferred to the avatar of Porkanian.

“This rule is really interesting.”

After Bai Zhen released his clone, he tried the effect of [Dark Sea] one last time.

The effect of the dark sea is very interesting.

When Bai Zhen transformed his attributes into water + ghost attributes.

Bai Zhen's appearance changed again.

His arms gradually turned into the shape of water, the color of the water was darker than the night sky. Six black jade balls with a diameter of about ten centimeters floated beside him. These jade balls were all made of water.

The effect of the Phantom Sea is that it will reduce the enemy's speed by 1 level and cause them to cower (fear).

When Bai Zhen used the water gun at the heavy steel draft horse, the color of the water gun turned black.

When the water gun exploded, the Heavy Steel Draft Horse's body was wrapped with seaweed-like ghost energy. The weight of that energy was extremely heavy, and even the strongest Pokémon would be restrained.

At the same time, according to Chonggang Lanma, when the water gun hit him, he felt a chill, and then countless screams rang in his mind, and he was really scared.

After listening to the description of the heavy steel draft horse, Bai Zhen remembered the resentment he absorbed when he created the resentful tiger dragon clone. It seems that the resentment is now in the monster slate. When he uses the dark sea effect, these resentments will control the enemy for a few seconds.

This can be considered a blessing in disguise.

In addition to the changes in moves and skills, the pure water summoned by Bai Zhen using the Water Drop Slate and the aquatic creatures he created also turned into a black sea.

In the Dark Sea, even wood cannot float and will sink directly to the bottom of the water. If there are water-type Pokémon in the Dark Sea, it will be very difficult for them to swim. Moreover, soaking in the Dark Sea will also make them see horrible hallucinations.

After experimenting with the effects of the three stone slabs, Bai Zhen became more and more looking forward to the fourth stone slab.

Before that, he used the resonance of three stone slabs to confirm the location of the emerald stone slab.

The location of the emerald stone slab is erratic. At first, he sensed the location of the emerald stone slab on Mount Sending Gods and found it was in the Sinnoh region. Later, when he was at the center of the universe, Bai Zhen used three stone slabs with 100% power to sense the location of the emerald stone slab.

He discovered that the green slate could be teleported anywhere in the world at will.

The erratic speed made it difficult for him to find the stone slab.

Finally, with the help of Arceus' power, Bai Zhen was able to sense and capture the location of the emerald stone slab.

On February 2rd of next year, the Emerald Slate will appear in the Alola region for one day, just like the Yokai Slate.

If Bai Zhen wants to find the Emerald Slate, he must go to the Alola region before February 2 next year.

As for the other stone slabs, Bai Zhen didn't feel them at the moment.

Either the distance is too far, or it is hidden in a corner of the world that cannot be sensed.

If we can get more stone slabs in the future, we can search for the whereabouts of stone slabs in a wider area.

Just when Bai Zhen finished experimenting with the effects of various fusion stone slabs.

The window behind Bai Zhen suddenly opened. Huo Ya looked down at Bai Zhen and asked, "Why did you sneak out?"

Huoya looked at Bai Zhen who was squatting in the corner strangely.

In front of Bai Zhen there was a large basin filled with clean water.

Bai Zhen looked like a child, playing in the water.

After Bai Zhen releases the fused stone slabs, the dark sea will also be released and turn into ordinary water.

Bai Zhen coughed lightly, stood up as if nothing had happened and said, "I came out to get some fresh air."

"Hmm~?" Huoya looked at Bai Zhen suspiciously, and soon she smelled a faint burnt smell in the air.

Seeing that Huoya was about to discover it, Bai Zhen hurriedly explained: "I just let the shadow clone and the heavy steel draft horse try to fight."

"Okay~ dinner is ready, go wash your hands."

Bai Zhen nodded and returned home.

After Bai Zhen enjoyed a good dinner, he received treatment from Jigglypuff.

"lucky~"

Jigglypuff patted the bandages on Bai Zhen's body and said it was okay.

Bai Zhen thanked Jigglypuff: "Thank you, you've worked hard."

His injury this time was very serious and he would not be able to recover in a day or two. It would take at least ten days.

He can only take a short break during this period.

Bai Zhen had just finished his treatment not long ago when Qi Shu sent him a text message.

Bai Zhen took out his cell phone and took a look.

It was about Qishu and him agreeing to challenge the Glass Bottle Gym in three days.

Huoya was sitting not far from Bai Zhen. Even if Huoya didn't look deliberately, she could still see the information about Qishu.

Huoya asked: "Can this gym battle be postponed temporarily?"

Bai Zhen sighed helplessly, "That's unlikely, because this time Qishu has already chosen the theme of the cooking competition, not only has it already released a preview, but it has also invited guests. It's not realistic to change the topic at the last minute."

Huoya also understood that it would be inappropriate to postpone it further at this time.

Huoya asked, "Then you don't have to participate in the gym battle in three days, right?"

"Well, if we consider the number of views, it would be better if I were to go on stage myself."

Huoya grabbed Bai Zhen's sleeve with one hand, her eyes full of worry.

Bai Zhen patted Huoya's hand and comforted her, "Don't worry, if I really have to go on the field myself, I will send my shadow clone. If the clone is broken, I will surrender."

The shadow clone will not consume Bai Zhen's physical strength, nor will it transfer damage to Bai Zhen himself.

Huoya stretched out her little finger: "Let's make a deal, don't force yourself."

Bai Zhen hooked Huoya's little finger and made an agreement.

Of course, he wouldn't joke with his own life, but he also didn't want to lose in an ordinary gym battle.

To be on the safe side, the strength of each partner must be strengthened.

There are still some ingredients and exclusive refreshes for the Resentful Tiger Dragon left to be used.

Taking advantage of these opportunities should allow everyone to take their strength to the next level.

(End of this chapter)