Pokémon: I picked up a reborn Eevee at the start of the game

As per the established procedure, Lucario consumed the Steel-type Crystal Shard.

"How is it? Any reaction?"

Xia Chen looked at Lucario lying flat with considerable tension.

The latter remained calm and shook his head.

Xia Chen breathed a sigh of relief. The Steel-type Pokémon's natural immunity to Poison had worked?

Even Guleton could clearly feel some kind of toxic energy mixed with Taijing energy invading his body when he ate the Taijing fragments.

In any case, this is a good thing, but the antidote prepared in advance is no longer needed.

After consuming the fragments of Taijing, the next step is naturally to attempt Taijingification.

Xia Chen handed Xilona a smooth, round crystal bead, which she accepted solemnly.

Unlike Mega Evolution, Crystallization does not require a deep bond between the trainer and the Pokémon.

For an elf who consumes a fragment of Taijing, it's like obtaining a special pass, enabling them to absorb and activate Taijing energy and complete Taijing transformation.

However, the necessary sense of ritual should not be omitted.

Cynthia held the Crystal Orb in both hands, her expression solemn and serious. "Lucario, are you ready?"

The already stern-faced dog's expression became even more solemn. "Luca! (Ready!)"

After saying that, it closed its eyes and began to absorb the energy inside the crystal bead.

Just like the research institute during the Great Battle of Tiangu, the Taijing Pearl emitted several dazzling white lights.

Of course, the scale and intensity of the light cannot compare to the spectacular sight of the entire lower level being illuminated as bright as day that day, but this is the first time that an ordinary elf has undergone such a crystallization, which is equally exciting.

All the light poured into Lucario's body, and then, translucent crystals began to appear and cover her fluffy blue-black fur, which quickly spread throughout her entire body.

Finally, the design concludes with a complex, abstract pattern that seems to represent the properties of steel appearing on the head.

Taijing Steel Lucario, now officially in attendance!

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"Wow, you're so cool, dog!"

Xia Chen exclaimed in praise.

Lucario glared at Xia Chen with his cold, sharp eyes, clearly disliking the title.

The onlookers stared in awe at Lucario's dramatic transformation.

Putting aside its practical combat effectiveness, the appearance of this crystallized material is truly beautiful!

Get one for me too!

The elves all gazed longingly at the different types of crystal fragments inside the instrument.

Xia Chen watched this unfold, then turned to look at Shirona, "Shall we move on to the next one?"

Although Lucario succeeded, because it is a Steel-type Pokémon, it is still impossible to test whether the effects of the Poison Serum are effective on ordinary Pokémon.

Cynthia nodded and introduced her ace Pokémon, "Garuda, you're next?"

The spindle-headed Garchomp was quite pleased; she couldn't be without what Lucario had, especially since Crystallization could temporarily change its fourfold weakness to Ice.

Garchomp naturally chose the Steel-type Crystal Shard as well, for reasons that have been analyzed previously.

The steel attribute perfectly compensates for all the shortcomings of the earth dragon, making it a perfect match.

After consuming the same amount of Taijing fragments, Garchomp exhibited a normal rejection reaction.

Perhaps due to its champion-level strength, Garchomp's situation isn't too bad.

To avoid any accidents, Xia Chen quickly injected the plant with the flower poison serum, and then anxiously awaited the final results of the experiment.

The rejection reaction was completely eliminated within three minutes after the serum injection, and the results obtained by instrument examination were the same.

At this point, Xia Chen finally felt completely relieved.

The research on terecrystalline crystallization has now been successfully completed!

Stretching, Xia Chen smiled at Xilona, ​​"It's a good thing you came, Nana, otherwise I probably wouldn't have thought of going towards the Crystal Flower."

Cynthia's expression was strange. "What...did you just call me?"

Xia Chen then realized that in his smugness, he had called Shirona by such an intimate nickname, and immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

"Uh... I'm a little sleepy. I haven't slept much lately... I'm a bit groggy..."

Xia Chen yawned guiltily and hurriedly fled the scene. Suddenly, the blonde beauty in the room burst out laughing, her smile as radiant as a flower.

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The first thing to do after discovering the crystallization was naturally to arrange for all of their own Pokémon to be crystallized.

Choosing the right type for your Pokémon is an art. While Steel, Water, and Fairy types are indeed powerful, you can't just pick them blindly, as that would be detrimental to the diversity of your tactics.

Apart from the weak Burning Bug and the already crystallized Guleton, Xia Chen spent a whole day studying the crystallization attribute choices of the Pokémon.

First is Sylveon. Her Mega Evolution form is already excellent enough to perfectly switch between any two attributes.

However, while Mega Evolution is great, it consumes the trainer's mental energy. In non-emergency situations, using Crystallization is a good alternative.

Analyzing Sylveon's three weak attributes—poison, steel, and fire—it turns out that these three attributes share a common weakness: ground.

From this perspective, Taijing flooring seems to be a good choice.

Another approach is to go for the ultimate burst damage route, directly using the Crystal Fairy skin, which has a 1.5x power bonus from the Fairy skin, plus the double amplification from Crystallization.

After that loud noise...

It can only be described in four words—utterly terrifying!

Xia Chen hesitated for a while before deciding to strengthen his strengths rather than make up for his weaknesses.

First, there's Zoroark's Move-Move Fruit, and Sylveon's Ground-type coverage move, Earth Power. Furthermore, the ability that Xia Chen named [Elemental Power] after Mega Evolution is already a coverage method, so there's no need to cover any more gaps.

After writing the word "fairy" after the fluffy, cute cartoon avatar of Fairy Cloth, Xia Chen continued to think.

Next up is Milotic.

No need to think about it, just use crystal water without thinking.

Water is an excellent defensive attribute, not to mention its strong offensive capabilities.

The exclusive move that Xia Chen named [Leaping in the Abyss] can directly activate rainy weather.

With 1.5x damage in the rain and double damage from Taijing... it's just another mage with extremely high damage output.

Gardevoir... follows the same logic as Sylveon, a fairy.

Zoroark excels at using unpredictable Ghost-type moves for offense, and mindlessly uses Ghost Crystal to boost its damage output.

Dorambaruto...this guy is actually quite suited to crystal steel.

To be precise, most Dragon-type Pokémon are well-suited to using Crystal Steel, which is effective against Fairy-type Pokémon.

Next, Goodra, who is weak to Ground and Fighting types, would be a good choice for Crystal Flying.

Finally, there are Sai Fuhao and Cangyan Rengui.

The former, Evil, is a decent crystal attribute, capable of countering the original weaknesses of Ghost and Evil.

More importantly, Xia Chen's team doesn't have any Dark-type Pokémon, making it a great addition to the team.

As for the final Azure Flame Blade Demon... given his passion for fire, the Crystal Flame is the perfect choice.

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The crystal attributes of all the elves were determined, and over the next few days, Xia Chen and Cynthia carried out crystallization modifications on the elves.

This also indirectly verifies the reliability of the combination of Taijing fragments and flower poison serum.

The experiment was a great success. All eleven animals, including the seven from Xia Chen's side and the remaining four from Xilona's side, passed the test without any rejection or side effects.

However, this is not the end of the story. The phase of promoting and popularizing Tai Crystallization to the general elf population has come to a temporary end. There is still a lot of follow-up information about Tai Crystallization that needs to be explored and researched.

"So, we still can't do without your help here!"

Xia Chen looked sincerely at Cynthia, who was about to return to fulfill her duties as champion after her vacation, and tried to persuade her to stay.

"The experimental data requires more individual crystallized sprites, and only you can help me, Nana."

He deliberately spoke the last two words in a weak and indistinct voice, mainly so that he could vaguely evade questions from Cynthia.

Fortunately, Cynthia didn't dwell on that and instead seriously considered Xia Chen's invitation.

She was already quite interested in the crystallization mechanism, and with Xia Chen's sincerity, she went along with it and stayed.

As for the Sinnoh League? They've cancelled it!

Anyway, it's not the first time...

Time flew by and it was early February. With the help of Cynthia and Orin AI, the research on crystallization was progressing rapidly.

There are three most important achievements.

Firstly, all Pokémon that have undergone crystallization can use crystal energy to unleash a move that Xia Chen named [Crystal Burst].

Its power is similar to that of main offensive moves like Flamethrower and Thunderbolt, and its move type changes depending on the Pokémon's Crystal type.

This discovery was of little use to Xia Chen, because his Pokémon didn't need to worry about not knowing a certain type of move.

But this is a boon for other ordinary Pokémon with limited skill pools.

Imagine a Garchomp that's become a Fairy-type but doesn't know any Fairy-type moves—wouldn't that be completely useless?

[Tai Crystal Burst], which changes based on the Tai Crystal's attribute, is a perfect move for covering blind spots.

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The second major discovery was a safer method for crystalline modification—

Using fragments of Taijing and flower poison serum as raw materials, you can make a safe and harmless stir-fried Taijing fragment dish.

Such a bizarre method was naturally conceived and tried by Xia Chen, and unexpectedly, it actually worked.

According to the scientific principles of my previous life, heating would destroy proteins, and this stuff would most likely become ineffective.

But now that we're in the world of elves, talking about science seems a little silly.