Age of Elves: I started flashing with my handheld.

The last opponent, victory is within reach!

The Garchomp suddenly lunged forward, plunging its two sharp claws into the ground.

Instantly, the soil beneath the Thunder Beast began to churn, resembling a whirlpool on the sea, threatening to swallow it whole at any moment.

"Quickly use Lightning Flash to get out of the quicksand hell area!" Tie Xuan shouted.

The Thunder Beast's speed is undeniable. Just as the quicksand hell showed signs of sinking and churning, it generated electricity under its feet and darted out quickly. Even though the quicksand hell was extremely vast, it still managed to escape its range.

But... Garchomp arrived at the outer edge of the quicksand hell first, and when it faced the Electabuzz trying to escape, it immediately used a Dragon Claw attack!

"Go back!" (Seven.)

75. Secret Technique: Rock Smash

The Dynamax that had just escaped was slapped back into the quicksand hell by Garchomp.

Then there is no more then.

Garchomp stood guard beside the quicksand hell, coldly staring at Electabuzz until it was completely swallowed up. The double damage from the quicksand hell was an unbearable burden for Electabuzz.

If the referee hadn't declared the battle over, and if it weren't for the game, Nanfeng would have had a hard time saying whether that Thunder Beast could have survived in the quicksand hell.

Back in my dorm room, text appeared on my handheld console.

[Defeat Thunder Beast LV37, gain 2010 experience points]

[Garuda's level has been increased; current level is 35]

[Defeat Mauville Gym Leader Ironwhirl and win a prize of 6200]

[Tie Xuan: I'm numb!]

[Iron Whirl: It's up to you now. After defeating the Mauville Gym and obtaining the "Electric Badge," your Rock Smash will be upgraded to the true HM Rock Smash.]

[Iron Whirl: I'm giving you this "Electric Wave" move cooldown and my training tips for Electric-type Pokémon as a small token of my appreciation. I also hope to meet you in a future Pokémon Championship, and I hope you can face the battle with a big laugh and never forget your original passion!]

"That feels so good~" Nanfeng breathed a sigh of relief.

The last time I challenged the Mauville Gym, my three Pokémon were only able to see the second Pokémon of the Iron Spin.

But now he has used a single Pokémon to sweep through the gyms.

With a Pokémon that has a type advantage, especially one that can grant immunity to the opponent's moves, battles become exceptionally easy.

Garchomp's strength is one factor, but type advantage is the biggest reason why this battle was so easy.

Mauville Gym is an Electric-type Gym, but Electrode, Magneton, and Electabuzz cannot attack with Electric-type moves. This is equivalent to removing their claws and fangs, reducing the battle difficulty from 10 to 3!

Don't be too simple.

However, if Combusken were to fight, even just against Raichu, it would likely be an extremely difficult battle.

Check the receipt.

"Awooo!!" Garchomp suddenly jumped out of the Poké Ball, staring longingly at Nanfeng.

I've swept aside my opponents! Is it time to eat?

"Alright, alright, let's eat!" Nanfeng took out a box of Pokémon cubes that he had prepared beforehand and handed it to it.

Garchomp carefully took the box with its two claws, opened its mouth, turned the box upside down, and the whole box of Pokémon cubes went into its mouth.

Before it could even chew, the Pokémon cube fell straight down its throat and into its stomach.

Garchomp was completely dumbfounded.

Oh, I... I didn't taste anything at all...

Nanfeng found it funny to watch Garchomp eat ginseng fruit with the same gusto it did to Pigsy.

It's like an emoji: happiness, snap, gone!

Nanfeng thought for a moment, then took out three Pokémon Cubes and tossed them to it. "You did well today, these three are an extra reward. There won't be a next time!"

"Clang! (The boss is generous!)" Garchomp used its claws to pierce the three Pokémon cubes together and slowly licked them like it was eating candied hawthorns.

My happiness is spicy again~~ㄟ(≧◇≦)ㄏ

Nanfeng turned back to examine his haul.

[Electric Badge: Increases the power of all Electric-type moves for the entire team by 10%, and Rock Smash is upgraded to "Historic Rock Smash"]

Each badge seems to deal 10% damage?

Nanfeng figured that if he defeated eight gyms, he would get a 10% bonus to each of his eight attributes. He reasoned that gyms in other regions would also give him badges.

I wonder if the boosts from the badges given by the gyms can be stacked. If they can...

Seven regions, at least fifty-six badges, bringing a minimum increase of 560%. Assuming it is evenly distributed across eighteen attributes, each attribute can receive more than 30%.

The more Nanfeng thought about it, the more terrifying it seemed, and the more he thought about it, the brighter his future appeared!

Let's look at the other props.

Electric Wave is on cooldown. It's an Electric-type move with a guaranteed hit, but unfortunately I don't have an Electric-type Pokémon, so I'll leave it for now.

Iron Whirlwind's breeding tips include three Pokémon that he used in battles.

Nanfeng wasn't interested in any of these three Pokémon.

Even if the lightning ball accidentally hits a flash, Nanfeng would at most use it as a controllable grenade.

Magneton and Electabuzz are alright; the former can evolve into Magneton Blast, while the latter has Mega Evolution.

But the prerequisite is that it's a shiny Pokémon. If it's not shiny, Nanfeng has no interest in training it. Among Electric-type Pokémon, the only one he'd like to train that isn't a legendary Pokémon is... Ampharos.

There don't seem to be any Mali sheep nearby.

Let's put that aside for now. I don't currently need an Electric-type Pokémon, especially since my next gym is the Fire-type Lava Citadel Gym, which doesn't require an Electric-type...

In addition to the content on raising Pokémon, Nanfeng also extracted several training methods for Pokémon skills from it.

It features electromagnetic levitation, electric fields, electromagnetic waves, 100,000 volts, and crazy volts!

All five skills are excellent.

Finally, we come to the main event: Rock Smash transforms into "Secret Rock Smash".

First observe the changes in the game, then test the actual effects.

Secret Technique: Rock Smash: Power 70. Ignores target's defense buffs when attacking, and has a 100% chance to reduce the target's defense by 1 level.

"Hiss..." Nanfeng gasped for breath.

The Secret Technique: Rock Smash is pretty overpowered!

Rock Smash itself has a power of 40, a significant increase, but still not very high. The key is its additional attribute: ignoring the target's defense boost, meaning this Pokémon is a hard counter to defensive Pokémon.

As for the decrease in defense, what used to be a 50% probability has now become a 100% probability.

Ignore defense boost + 100% defense reduction.

Nanfeng thinks that the Secret Technique: Rock Smash is even more terrifying than the Secret Technique: Iai Slash!

Let's test it in real life.

Running from the room downstairs, the south wind released Cocoa Dora.

"Cocodora, rockfall!"

"Cola~~"

Cocodora tilted its head back and roared softly. A huge rock, half a person tall and more than a meter wide, fell from the sky.

Nanfeng immediately replaced it with a strong chicken.

"Break the rocks!"

With a light jump of 0.7, the Mighty Chicken slammed its right hand, which shimmered with brilliant light, as it struck a rock falling from mid-air.

"Bang!" A very crisp sound, completely different from the sound of force penetrating rock that was usually heard!

The next second, the huge rock was pierced through the middle, sending rocks flying like shotgun shells.

Nanfeng took in the whole scene and stroked his chin, pondering the changes in the broken rocks.

The power increase has already been experienced through the game's numerical values, and this power increase is not a sudden increase in brute force, but rather more like... a concentration of force.

In the past, Mighty Chicken's Rock Smash would shatter rocks into pieces, but now it concentrates its Rock Smash in a small area, causing only minor damage.

(I'll start adding extra chapters next week, because I'll be going out for the next three nights and will be away from home one day.)

76. A family should be together, all together.

After defeating the Mauville Gym, Southwind should head left to Greenshire. Heading up leads to the Greenshire Tunnel. Yes, this is the place where Southwind helped Grandpa Hatch and the man from Devon Corporation retrieve Lillard and the suitcase from Team Aqua. (I think I misspelled Grandpa Hatch as Happy... because Lillard is called Little Pi, I remembered them together.)

If you go straight west from here, you'll reach the city of Kanaz.

The opening of this road means that Nanfeng will no longer have to take Old Man Hachi's small boat.

However, the Kalu Tunnel is currently blocked by fallen rocks. Nanfeng, with his strong chicken, used rock-breaking to break the rocks, and the construction team leader immediately ran out from behind them.

[Ryuji: Thank you so much for helping me break through the huge obstacle in my life. I have no way to repay you, so please accept this move!]

[Gained skill cooldown "Monstrous Strength"]

Superhuman strength is also one of the secret techniques.

However, it can only be upgraded to HM Strength after Southwind defeats the Furnace Gym.

Nanfeng received the skill cooldown, and Long Er suddenly gave her a big hug, but it wasn't for Nanfeng, but for a petite girl.

[Ryuji: Darling, I'm sorry, 17, I'm late]

[Aman: No, darling, you've come at just the right time!]

I was caught off guard and fed a mouthful of dog food (a Chinese slang term for witnessing public displays of affection).

Just as Nanfeng was about to leave, the girl suddenly broke free from Long Er's embrace, came to Nanfeng, and handed him an invitation.

[Aman: My benefactor, my wedding with Ryuji is in three months. Please be sure to attend.]

Nanfeng's lips twitched slightly. "I'm already in the game, and I still have to attend weddings and give a gift?" (So many people are getting married during the National Day holiday; the gift money alone has wiped out a month's salary. Ugh.)

However, Nanfeng remembers that the wedding invitation storyline is not in the game.

I accepted the invitation, which also contained a ship ticket for the Broken Waves.

The Broken Waves? That ship's name sounds familiar.

Ryuji and Aman left, all lovey-dovey.

As Nanfeng walked down the Kalu Tunnel, he encountered a long-haired man wearing a plaid shirt and glasses. He apologized, but he didn't have his glasses, as they seemed to have fallen to the ground and he couldn't find them.

Nanfeng took out the treasure detector that Professor Birch had given him and quickly found a pair of glasses, but they weren't the glasses of the man with glasses. They were a Pokémon item called "Black Glasses" that could increase the damage of Dark-type moves by up to 30%.

"Holy crap, something worth over ten million is just thrown on the ground like that?" Nanfeng was shocked.

At the same time, he felt that he had underestimated the treasure detector that Dr. Birch had given him.

This thing can actually find treasure!

Putting away his black glasses, Nanfeng returned the way he came, heading north from Violet City onto Route 111.

After clearing out the trainers along the way, they arrived at the door of a small house. An uncle who called himself the "Winning Streak Family" stood at the door blocking the way. Upon seeing Nanfeng, he grabbed him without saying a word and wanted to battle him.

Father "Qingyan": Aoguyan LV16, Shewenxiong LV16.

With that kind of strength, even Nanfeng felt embarrassed to bully him.

Then... let Garchomp go!

Haruhiko: ? ? ? Are you a devil?

One minute later.

[Father Haruhiko: I can't accept this!]

Qingyan turned and ran back into the house. Before Nanfeng could leave, an older woman came out.

[Mother Anjiang: Who bullied my husband! It was you, wasn't it? Enough with the nonsense, come and fight me!]

Without a word, Nanfeng was immediately pulled into the battle scene.