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Chapter 343 Round Settlement: Full-Rank [Dragon Attribute Bond] Unlocked!

[The Prismatic Rank Orb has been activated. Congratulations, host, you have obtained: 1 Light Equipment Upgrade Device, 1 Basic Equipment Forging Box, and 1 Golden Shovel Crown!]

The long-lost system notification sound rang in Xia Chi's mind. The cold, mechanical voice sounded surprisingly pleasant at this moment!
There was no other reason than that the [Golden Shovel Crown] that he had been longing for and regarded as the key to turning the tide of the future battle had actually been dropped by Brother Tongzi!

[Golden Spatula Crown: Team size +1, +1 equipped Pokémon slot, +10% to all stats!]

It's simple and straightforward, yet it's the most direct way to improve things at this stage!
Xia Chi said without hesitation, "Brother Tongzi, equip Reshiram with the [Golden Shovel Crown]!"

[Equipment successful. Host can now view the sprite "Reshiram's" panel information!]

With the system notification, the Reshiram avatar, which had been grayed out and unselectable, finally lit up.

Ignoring the other two items, the "Light Equipment Upgrader" and the "Basic Equipment Forging Box," Xia Chi's consciousness eagerly entered the system's spirit information.

I clicked on the brand new, chibi-style Reshiram avatar that radiated pure white light.

【Rahiram】

[Attribute: Dragon/Fire]

[Gender: Female]

【Level: 90】

[Ability: Turbo Flame (Can be used against the opponent regardless of their ability)]

【能力：生命2942（+458），物攻753（+142），物防731（+139），特攻963（+182），特防753（+143），速度717（+119）】

[Moves: Azure Flame, Interlaced Flames, Large Flame Burst, Reverse Scale, Dragon Pulse, Flame Fang, Dragon Claw, Dragon Dance, Earth Power, Psychic, Solar Beam]

[Equipment: Golden Spatula Crown]

【Bond: Dragon Attribute (5) At the start of the battle, the Bond Spirit will deploy a "Dragon Field" centered on itself, dealing (1/2/3%) of its current HP damage per second to all units except itself! (The range is affected by its own strength); within the field, the power of the Bond Spirit's Dragon Attribute moves is increased by (30/40/50%), and after each Dragon Attribute move is released, the Bond Spirit's all attributes are increased by (10/15/20%), up to a maximum of ten layers, six Dragon Bond (after the all attribute increase reaches the maximum, the damage dealt by the Dragon Field is doubled, and the Bond Spirit recovers an equal amount of HP!)】

【羁绊：火（3）羁绊精灵的招式能够点燃目标，在5秒内持续造成共相当于目标10%的当前生命值的纯粹伤害，点燃期间，目标受到的所有治疗效果降低33%，同一目标最多迭加（1/2/3）层点燃！（六火羁绊：每层点燃还将使目标受到的所有来源伤害加深20%！））】

【Bond: Turbo Flame (1) Reshiram's flames can burn the entire world to ashes. Each time he releases an attack, he gains a "Overheat" status. Each "Overheat" stack increases Reshiram's damage by 20%, up to a maximum of 30 stacks! When the "Overheat" stacks reach 10, Reshiram enters the "Overdrive" state, doubling the maximum number of "Ignite" stacks, and the damage caused by Ignite will be converted into Reshiram's stamina recovery! When the "Overheat" stacks reach 20, Reshiram's next fire-attribute attack will unleash "Azure Flame Judgment," detonating all Ignite stacks on the target, dealing pure damage equal to 20% of the target's maximum health per stack!】

【Bonds: Legendary Shadows (1) The reputation of legends imbues Pokémon with mystery, granting them a higher potential! The level cap is increased to 120. After breaking through level 100, all stats increase by 20% for each level gained!】

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It's all settled!

When Xia Chi finished browsing through Rahiram's incredibly luxurious information panel, he felt no longer anxious about the "coronation ceremony" ten days later.

Level 90!
This is the highest-level Pokémon Xia Chi has ever encountered!

Even without equipment bonuses, Reshiram's terrifying special attack, approaching four digits, is already close to being a fully-equipped Poppo.

More importantly, the higher the base stats, the greater the benefits from equipment and percentage bonuses.

Imagine that the equipment bonus is also 10%, but the base value is 100 and 1000, which is a whole order of magnitude different!
Not to mention, the [Dragon Attribute] bond also comes with a terrifying growth effect: "Every time a Dragon Attribute move is used, all stats increase by 15%!"
Xia Chi himself was somewhat surprised when it came to the Dragon attribute bond.

He never expected that, after the [Dark Attribute] bond was the first to reach the maximum level, the second most likely to reach the maximum level would be the Dragon attribute.

However, upon careful reflection on recent experiences...

Reshiram, Hakkar, Milton, and Latias—the four Pokémon I recently captured are all Dragon-type.

In addition, the Victini [Victory Star] synergy grants "+1 to all non-unique synergies".

Only one piece of the puzzle remains to activate the powerful Six Dragons Synergy.

It just so happens that there's a "Golden Shovel" lying quietly in the warehouse, which can be used as a base for crafting. If we're lucky, it might actually be possible to craft a "Dragon Attribute Bond Emblem"?
Xia Chi remembered the formula for synthesizing the Dragon Emblem; she had tested it when she was trying to create the Evil Emblem bond.

You can craft it by combining a [Golden Spatula] and a [Negative Cloak].

However, these are things that need to be considered later.

At this moment, Xia Chi's attention was completely drawn to Reshiram's astonishing exclusive bond—Turbofire.

This bond doesn't add any fancy special attack or speed stats; its effect is simple and straightforward.

Each layer of "overheating" increases by 20%, and with a maximum of 30 layers, that's 600%!

Without a doubt, this is an extremely powerful damage-dealing synergy.

In addition, the "Azure Flame Judgment" effect after 20 layers of overheating is even more powerful.

Ignite the "Ignite" effect from the Fire synergy, dealing 20% ​​of maximum health as damage per stack!
Ideally, if Ponpo could wear the "Fire Stove Mask" and form a mid-tier four-fire synergy, the maximum number of ignition layers could reach 2.

In addition, Reshiram's own unique synergy provides a "double the maximum number of Ignite stacks" effect when he has 10 stacks of Overheat.
In theory, Reshiram's "Blue Flame Judgment" can instantly reduce a full-health target's maximum health by up to 80%!
Is this the legendary "full health is the kill threshold"?
It doesn't sound very practical.

Of course, that might sound a bit idealistic.

After all, by the time Reshiram has stacked 20 stacks of Overheat, the opponent will probably have already been melted by the ever-increasing terrifying damage.

But the true value of this bond lies in dealing with those "monster" level opponents with ridiculously long health bars and terrifyingly high defense.

As is widely known, legendary elves have terrifyingly long health bars, and the longer they live, the longer they have health bars.

In that Hoenn battle, neither Ponpo in the beginning nor Mega Rayquaza in the end truly depleted Groudon and Kyogre's life force.

We simply defeated them.

This clearly demonstrates the terrifying life force of these legendary spirits, who have existed almost since the beginning of the world.

Like Reshiram himself, who has survived for thousands of years, his panel displays a health value of over three thousand!

It has already broken through the limitations of racial stats.

One can imagine that Zekrom, and even the fused Dark Kyurem, are such monsters.

Reshiram is perfectly capable of becoming such a "monster slayer"!
At that time, if Reshiram can end the fateful battle with Zekrom as quickly as possible...

The situation on the entire battlefield will be reversed in an instant!

All I can say is that Brother Tongzi's "Golden Shovel Crown" came at the perfect time.

Once Reshiram unlocks his full bond power, the sheer strength he unleashes will surely leave Team Plasma in awe and question their very existence.

Of course, if you can add the right equipment, it will be even more powerful.

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Thinking of this, Xia Chi turned his gaze to the other two items that had been opened from the magic orb.

The "Light Equipment Upgrader" is self-explanatory; it's used to upgrade ordinary equipment into more powerful Light equipment.

This "Basic Equipment Forging Box" was the first time Xia Chi had opened it.

He clicked on the detailed description out of curiosity.

[Basic Equipment Forging Box: When used, it randomly yields 4-8 basic equipment items!]

It was pretty much as I imagined, but with a slight lottery element.

However, the minimum is 4, which is still quite reasonable.

Xia Chi felt that he had always been lucky when it came to "drawing the lottery prize".

So he didn't bother to bring over the sleeping Victini to try and get some luck; instead, he simply muttered in his mind, "Open the Basic Equipment Forging Box!"

[The Basic Equipment Forging Box has been opened. Congratulations, host! You have obtained: Stormbreaker*1, Needlessly Large Rod*2, Gauntlets*1, Giant's Belt*1, Tear of the Goddess*1, and Negatron Cloak*1!]

From four to eight random draws, seven basic equipment items were obtained.

Overall, I was quite lucky.

To his even greater surprise, he actually obtained a crucial [Negative Cloak]!

With that, the last piece of material for the [Dragon Attribute Bond Emblem] is complete!

After careful consideration, Xia Chi decided to craft a [Jeweled Gauntlets], a [Archangel's Staff], and a [Strucker's Challenge Gauntlets]. This would allow him to use up all the basic equipment except for the [Negatron Cloak].

The first two items are also suitable for equipping Reshiram.

As for Bloodhand, this piece of equipment is more suitable for warriors. It is more suitable for warrior-type spirits. Xia Chi originally reserved it for Hakron, which debuted earlier.

However, the current Hakron is still in its growth stage and its combat power is limited.

With a major battle imminent, maximizing combat power must be the top priority.

Xia Chi thought for a moment and decided to keep it for the time being, and then redistribute it according to the situation on the battlefield.

The newly acquired [Light Equipment Upgrader] was not to be wasted, so Xia Chi used it without hesitation on Reshiram's core damage-dealing item, [Jeweled Gauntlets].

The upgraded spell explosion has a qualitative change in effect.

[Radiant Jewel Gauntlets: +20% Special Attack, +20% Critical Hit Chance, Critical Hit Damage +250%!]

This critical hit damage, combined with Reshiram's already terrifying base special attack value and the massive damage boost from her exclusive synergy, makes for a truly powerful attack.
I dare not even think about it!
With this allocation, Reshiram, whose special attack ability was already outstanding, became even more formidable.

The only thing that Xia Chi found a little regrettable was that Reshiram himself didn't have a special attack boosting move like [Trick].

Xia Chi did manage to get a [Trick] "Move Learning Device" two months ago, but unfortunately it has already been used by Latias.

After distributing the newly crafted equipment, there's one last thing to do.

That was the formula for synthesizing the [Dragon Attribute Bond Emblem]. Xia Chi remembered it.

"Brother Tong, combine the Golden Spatula and the Negative Cloak!"

[Detected crafting materials: Golden Spatula, Negative Polarity Cloak. Crafting path: Fairy/Dragon attribute synergy emblem. Please confirm the required emblem type.]

Xia Chi replied without hesitation, "Forge dragon-attribute ones!"

[Forging successful! Congratulations, host, you have obtained: Dragon Attribute Bond Emblem *1!]

With the system notification, a majestic dragon emblem with an ancient and mysterious design appeared in the system's inventory.

At this point, Xia Chi's team's second max-level bond will finally appear.

Because of the previous existence of Hextech [Emblem Equipment+], the Bond Emblem itself can provide an extra equipment slot for the equipped elf.

Therefore, Xia Chi doesn't need to worry about who has a vacancy; she only needs to choose the most suitable Pokémon.

Considering that the requirement to trigger the Dragon Bond is to "use a Dragon-type move", Xia Chi thought it over and decided to give the bond emblem to Lao Ban.

Dragon Dance, Dragon Claw, Outrage, Dragon Tail, and even Dragon Pulse—Rauban, whose appearance is quite typical of Dragon-type Pokémon, actually knows quite a few useful Dragon-type moves.

It's the perfect tool to complete the last synergy.

As the emblem took effect, the count of the Dragon attribute bond in the system interface finally jumped from "5" to a golden "6"!
The Six Dragons Bond is activated!
At this point, Xia Chi had finally distributed and consumed all the generous rewards from the Prismatic Orb.

It can be said that in order to prepare for the upcoming decisive battle, Xia Chi has poured most of his resources into Reshiram.

And the returns from this dedication are astonishing and visible to the naked eye!
The current Reshiram is equipped with two powerful pieces of equipment, unique synergies, and the added benefit of the Six Dragons synergy.

It can be said that he has surpassed Ponpo and become the ceiling of combat power in the team.

When Xia Chi's consciousness finally snapped out of the busy system settlement and returned to reality.

The night outside the window had grown even deeper, and time had quietly slipped towards four in the morning.

Perhaps the previous battle at sea had exhausted their mind and energy, because Miaoha and Pengpeng had already snuggled up next to Xia Chi and fallen into a deep sleep.

The other elves in the room were the same.

Tyranitar occupied a corner of the room, and with its even, heavy breathing, its ferocious and terrifying appearance seemed to have a somewhat endearing contrast.

Sister Fa was fast asleep on the chandelier hanging from the ceiling, her twin ponytail-like wings fluttering unconsciously.

Even Victini, who is usually the most energetic, is now lying on the head of the martial arts bear master, seemingly already asleep.

Master Xiong sat upright on the ground, looking more like he was meditating than sleeping.

Late November nights in Lianyi Town were already a bit chilly.

Xia Chi tucked the blanket around Ponpo next to her, and then fell into a deep sleep herself.

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The day after the battle, Xia Chi was awakened naturally by her biological clock.

Sunlight streamed through the gaps in the heavy curtains, casting warm dappled patterns on the floor.

The room was quiet except for the long, steady breathing of the elves.

Last night's fierce battle had clearly exhausted everyone's energy. Miaoha lay sprawled out without any regard for appearances, with one long leg draped over Xia Chi.

Ponpon curled up into a little green ball, hugging her little pillow tightly.

Xia Chi gently moved Miao Ha's long leg off her body, finally freeing herself.

He tiptoed out of bed, afraid of waking his tired companions.

After washing up, even though it was almost noon, Xia Chi still completed her daily morning exercise without fail.

Although calling it "midday meditation" might be more appropriate.

After taking a shower, feeling that most of her fatigue had been washed away by the water, Xia Chi finally felt refreshed and went to the lobby to find breakfast.

Cynthia was alone in the spacious living room.

She sat by the window, the bright sunlight casting a soft glow on her signature long, golden hair.

She was intently looking at her phone screen while sipping her black tea.

Several slices of toast spread with raspberry jam and a salad were placed in front of her; she was clearly enjoying her brunch.

Xia Chi sat down opposite her naturally, took a crispy-looking croissant from the food basket without any hesitation, and poured herself a warm cup of Moo Moo fresh milk.

"Is Cattleya still not awake?"

Xia Chi chewed on the dry, fragrant bread in his mouth and turned to ask.

Cynthia brushed a strand of blonde hair behind her ear and nodded, saying, "Hmm, she must have been too tired last night. Let her get some more sleep."

Although Gadria did not launch an attack last night, maintaining a superpower barrier strong enough to withstand the aftershocks of the legendary Pokémon's energy for an extended period of time undoubtedly took a huge toll on her mental strength.

Seeing that Cynthia looked at her phone screen again after saying a sentence, Xia Chi couldn't help but ask curiously, "What are you looking at? You seem so focused."

Cynthia gently placed her phone on the table, her tone tinged with complexity: "Looking at the aftermath of last night's events, the Kanto Alliance is probably about to face an unprecedented earthquake."

Xia Chi nodded knowingly.

The mastermind behind the dark organization that has been deeply involved in the Kanto and Johto regions for many years is actually a highly respected veteran gym leader.

The exposure of this scandal is enough to cause a huge upheaval within the Kanto Alliance, triggering a series of trust crises, power reshuffling, and thorough investigations.

Cynthia analyzed, "Gibbon originally wanted to seize control of the Four Cloud Gods and confront the League directly. But in the end, he didn't get the Four Cloud Gods, and he also lost the Three Legendary Birds. He'll probably have to behave himself for a while."

Behave yourself?

Xia Chi chuckled and shook his head.

Those two words don't even exist in that guy's dictionary.

Mewtwo's plans and its covetousness of other legendary Pokémon—these hidden ambitions will never be extinguished.

However, he will act more discreetly in the future, moving from the forefront to a deeper behind-the-scenes role.

Regardless, in the short term, the Rockets, who suffered heavy losses in this operation, do need to lie low and lick their wounds.

(End of this chapter)