Elf: Make the Rockets Great Again

Lu Ming was already accustomed to this kind of "kneeling service". He casually threw out props and a few Poké Balls and said:

"Hey~, first find someone to help me estimate the price of these three 'poison needles' and these elves. I also need to buy some attribute gems later."

"Okay, I'll do it right away! Please wait a moment!" An Ran picked up the items and went to get an appraisal, while Lu Ming continued to sit and drink tea.

About ten minutes later, An Ran came back jogging and reported the auction house's estimated price to Lu Ming.

The three "poison needles" were of only primary quality, and the auction house offered a price of 110,000 each.

A few days ago, Lu Ming had already sold off the basic props he no longer needed, and the prices were basically the same.

As for the three "excellent-level" poison-attribute elves, the total purchase price was 150,000 based on their strength and potential.

As for the "senior-level" Gengar, he was only given 250,000!

In fact, considering the strength of the "senior level" and the rarity of the ghost series, this price is indeed very low.

But this is not really the auction house maliciously lowering the price. Rather, no matter where you are, the higher the level of the trading elf itself, the less cost-effective it is.

The reason is simple: the higher the level of the elves, the more fixed their fighting style is, and it is very difficult to readjust it.

Moreover, powerful Pokémon are often very mature in mind, and it is more difficult for them to develop feelings and form bonds with their trainers.

Especially for elves purchased from others, there is a certain risk of betrayal, so the price naturally cannot be increased.

The reason why Gengar can be sold for 250,000 is thanks to its ghost attribute, otherwise it would be much lower.

Considering the huge amount of resources required to cultivate a "senior-level" elf, it is no wonder that the higher the level of elves traded, the less cost-effective it is.

On the other hand, the last bad frog, which was only at the peak of the "ordinary level", was sold for 70,000 Alliance coins because of its better talent and strong plasticity in the future.

The price-performance ratio is very high, even more valuable than those three "excellent" elves!

In fact, Lu Ming was also slightly complaining in his heart, why Caesar's Pokémon was Gengar instead of Nidoking or Nidoqueen.

If so, he only needs to make a sacrifice in exchange for high-grade "ground gems", the market price of which starts at at least one million, and it is difficult to buy.

But after all, these were spoils of war that were obtained along the way, so Lu Ming wouldn't be too bothered or feel sorry about them.

However, the 700,000 Alliance Coins from the sale were spent instantly before they even arrived in the account.

Lu Ming went on a shopping spree for energy blocks and attribute gems with attributes such as ground, poison, rock, dragon, evil, general, and psychic.

Not only did he spend all the 700,000 yuan he had just earned in an instant, but he also lost tens of thousands more.

It was also thanks to the fact that the Nibi Auction House was not a small shop like the Qingyuan Mall, otherwise such a large-scale business like his would definitely cause a sensation.

After the transaction was concluded, Lu Ming stood up and was about to leave, but suddenly thought of something and asked An Ran:

"By the way, do you have 'metal film' for sale at your auction? I wonder how much it costs."

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Chapter 115 Metal Film is Too Expensive

"Do you have 'metal film' for sale at your auction? I wonder how much it costs."

An Ran's eyes lit up and she said, "Mr. Lu Ming has asked the right place!

Props like "metal film" not only have extremely precious raw materials, but also require post-processing, and not every place has the ability to produce them.

Our Nibi City is close to Mount Tsukimi, and has been rich in various metals and ores since ancient times. Our ability to refine "metal film" is second to none in the entire Kanto region.

Even if we look around the world, the only places that can match our Nibi City in the manufacturing process of "metal film" are Kanaz City in Fengyuan and Black Gold City in Sinnoh.

Especially in Kanto and Chengdu, anyone who wants to evolve Scyther and Onix through the "metal film" will give priority to purchasing them in our Nibi City.

As for the price, the "metal film" props that can generally support the evolution of Scyther or Onix will cost at least one million.

If you have high requirements for the future growth of the elves, it is best to choose high-quality "metal film", but the price will not be less than tens of millions.

Oh, by the way, I heard that the Steelix, the main character of the beautiful gym leader Ami from Chengdu's Asahi Gym, evolved using the high-quality "metal film" she bought from us!

"No less than 10 million! Hiss~, you really don't know how little money you have unless you become a Steel-type trainer."

The reason why Lu Ming asked about the "metal membrane" was, of course, to prepare for the evolution of his golden Onix.

But after all the consumption just now, let alone the high-end version worth tens of millions, even the economical version worth millions will have to be prepared for some time.

What's more, as a rare Pokémon of different colors, Lu Ming does not want Steelix's growth potential to be weakened at the evolution stage in the future.

If possible, he wanted to get a high-quality "metal film" for it.

An Ran respectfully escorted him all the way to the door, more than a hundred meters away. Lu Ming waved his hands repeatedly to get the beautiful shopping guide to stop.

This trip brought in nearly one million resources in total, but Lu Ming still felt that it wouldn't take too long.

After all, raising a combat elf is not like raising a pet, each one is very expensive.

And now he has six gold-eating beasts in his hands.

These nearly one million gems and energy blocks will probably be used up quickly during training.

And this is when he has the desert space plug-in, it will be even less sufficient for others.

"No wonder most trainers in this world only dare to raise one or two Pokémon. Most people really can't afford it."

Especially when thinking about the sky-high price of the "metal membrane" required for Onix's evolution, Lu Ming felt even more troubled.

However, he now holds two identities: the captain of the Nibi City Patrol Team and a grassroots cadre of the Rocket Team.

This means that Lu Ming can receive a basic salary every month without fail.

Although the Rockets' salary is in the form of points, they can also purchase the same energy blocks or attribute gems in the organization, which is almost the same as directly paying cash.

However, I had planned to find some time to practice the Earth King’s fighting skills.

Don’t waste time now, just fight in the wild, catch elves to make money, and improve your combat skills at the same time.

"I can't help it. This half-grown brat is eating me out of my house, not to mention he has six of them!"

Well, today is a rare holiday, so Lu Ming didn’t dare to delay. He quickly released the desert dragonfly and rode it to Yuejian Mountain.

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Moon View Mountain,

In the past, Lu Ming was very cautious and didn’t dare to go deep. But now he is brave and diligent. He rides a desert dragonfly and lands directly in the deep areas where few people go.

If an ordinary "senior-level" trainer comes here, he still has to be cautious.

Then Lu Ming doesn't need to hide his strength. With the three main forces all out, he will be able to dominate even Yuejian Mountain.

Of course, Yuejian Mountain is very large, and this is only the middle range, not the core area.

In the core area at the deepest part of Yuejian Mountain, even with Lu Ming's current strength, he would not dare to easily involve himself.

That is a place where only a very small number of super trainers who have surpassed the "senior level" dare to set foot and take risks.

"Desert Dragonfly, use 'Ultrasound' to see if there are any special spirits around."

Lu Ming was under financial pressure and did not dare to waste time, so he hurriedly asked Desert Dragonfly to find a job.

"Kaku~~"

The desert dragonfly spread its wings, and waves of sound spread out. Then its eyes focused on a place where rocks were piled up.

Lu Ming understood what he meant and threw two Poké Balls at the same time, releasing the Psychic Clay Doll and the Rogue Crocodile. The "Big Three" immediately surrounded the target in three positions.

Finally, the telekinetic clay doll with superpowers moved first. Its invisible mental force spread out, easily lifting the piled rocks into the air, revealing a Rhodon hiding among them.

Feeling threatened, Rhydon immediately prepared for battle, but when he realized that the strength of the three elves around him was not inferior to his own, he felt a chill in his heart and planned to "dig a hole" to escape.

However, none of the "three giants" under Lu Ming are experts in ground attributes, and "digging a hole" in front of them is somewhat like walking into trouble.

Suddenly, the solid ground beneath Longlongyan became soft, and his entire body sank into the ground.

It turned out that the desert dragonfly had stuck its tail into the ground at some point and used the "Quicksand Abyss".

While Rhydon fell into the "quicksand abyss", the other two elves did not show any mercy.

When it was trying to endure the exhaustion of the quicksand's stirring and was about to launch a "rockfall" counterattack, the many rocks in the air were locked by the telekinetic clay doll's mental power just as they were taking shape.

Although the control of the rock mass was not directly taken away by force, a stalemate was created, rendering Rhydon's attack ineffective.

The warlike Crocodile has been complaining that he hasn't had enough fights lately, and he wasn't satisfied with Gengar yesterday, so he naturally rushed towards Rhydon excitedly, as if he was facing a beautiful female crocodile.

Longlongyan was frightened by the naked look and immediately shouted that there was a hooligan.

The rogue crocodile bared his teeth cruelly and said with a silly smile: "How do you know my name?"

Even though the name was called correctly, the rogue crocodile did not hold back at all. He swung his body and his tail formed a thick "water element whip", which lashed towards the trapped Rhydon.

This was the first time it used "Water Tail" after evolving, but its power was much stronger than when it was a crocodile.

There was a loud "boom", the ground shook violently, and the heavy rock body of Longlongyan was forcibly pulled out of the sand pool.

But at this moment, Longlongyan, who had escaped from the "Quicksand Abyss", looked very embarrassed, and the hard rock armor on his body was covered with scars.

"Water Tail" has a fourfold restraint on Rhydon. If it weren't for its best defense, it would have been killed instantly.

Although he still had a trace of consciousness, he was barely breathing. Knowing that there was no possibility of escape, Longlongyan became furious on the spot, his whole body lit up with silver light, and he was about to perform the "Big Bang"!

"Here we go again!"

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Chapter 116

"Oh my god! Another Big Bang!"

The three main forces came to Lu Ming in an instant. The pink halo in the eyes of the telekinetic clay doll was extremely bright, and its superpower formed a wall of light.

The rogue crocodile condensed the rock in front and directly aggregated it into a rock wall.

The next moment, the aperture of the explosion expanded rapidly, and the powerful shock wave from the self-explosion of the "senior-level" elf rushed over madly, easily breaking down the rock wall built by the rogue crocodile in an instant, and shattering it into powder.

After breaking through the rock wall, the power of the shock wave weakened a little, but it still instantly smashed the pink light wall condensed by the mental power of the telekinetic clay doll into cracks.

The mental light wall only held out for a short while before it finally broke apart and the shock wave continued to rush forward.

But at this point, most of the power of the "Big Bang" had been consumed.

In the end, the Desert Dragonfly only released a sound wave of the "Noisy" skill to block its remaining energy.