r18novel Chapter 787 This move is divine!
Chapter 787 This move is divine!
Li Shuwen went down the mountain specifically to buy ingredients, all in order to impress the mysterious guest.
There aren't many supply points along the road to victory, and the ingredients available are limited. If you want to cook a decent meal, you have to go to the market in town.
He carried a bamboo basket and moved among the stalls, selecting the freshest vegetables, the best quality meat, and the most exquisite seasonings.
Cynthia was already waiting at the agreed-upon restaurant.
She rarely took a break from her work with the league. Dressed casually, without makeup, and with her hair casually tied back, she looked like an ordinary girl next door.
When she saw Li Shuwen come in, her eyes lit up, and she waved to him. "Over here, over here."
Li Shuwen walked over, placed the bamboo basket at her feet, and sat down opposite her.
He pinched Cynthia's cheek. "You've lost weight. You haven't been eating properly. No matter how hard you work, you still need to eat three meals a day."
Cynthia nestled in his arms. "Okay, housekeeper."
The two ordered a few dishes and chatted as they ate.
When Li Shuwen mentioned the mysterious guest, Cynthia put down her chopsticks. "You mean that person? I've heard Kikuno-senpai mention him."
"She said she encountered that mysterious figure when she was training on Victory Road in her youth. At that time, he was using a Steel-type Magneton and 'Notify Us'."
Li Shuwen nodded, "Now it's Big Tail Stand and Double Tail Hand."
"Kikuno-sensei said that the mysterious person would use a different type of Pokémon every ten years."
"He uses every attribute very well, and his appearance has hardly changed over the past few decades."
Li Shuwen pondered, "It seems to be another old senior who has lived for who knows how many years."
Cynthia placed a piece of sweet and sour pork ribs into his bowl. "Didn't you say he loves your desserts? Try to make him happy. If he's happy, he'll answer any question you ask seriously."
Li Shuwen smiled. "That's what I think too. With my cooking skills, gaining his approval shouldn't be a problem."
Cynthia smiled too. "Of course."
After finishing their meal, the two lingered at the restaurant entrance, reluctant to part.
Cynthia straightened his collar. "It's cold up here, wear more clothes."
Li Shuwen grasped her hand. "I understand."
"You also need to eat properly!"
Cynthia tiptoed and gently kissed his lips.
"Yes, sir!"
Then he turned around and walked quickly toward the station.
Li Shuwen stood there, watching her figure disappear into the crowd, then picked up his bamboo basket and walked up the mountain.
In the peach orchard, the mysterious guest was dozing off under a large tree.
Li Shuwen didn't call him, but set up the stove, lit the fire, and cooked the food on his own.
Sweet and sour pork ribs, honey-glazed chicken wings, candied sweet potatoes, osmanthus-flavored glutinous rice lotus root, braised pork belly, steamed sea bass, garlic broccoli, shrimp and scrambled eggs, chicken soup, and that box of mochi.
The fragrance permeated the forest.
Mysterio's nose twitched.
He opened his eyes a crack and looked this way.
It closed its eyes again. After a while, it opened them again, this time wide open.
He stood up from under the tree, walked to the stove, squatted down, and looked at the braised pork bubbling in the pot. "You're a very good cook."
The mystery shopper didn't stand on ceremony and started eating with his chopsticks.
Each dish should be savored slowly and carefully, with eyes closed, for a long time.
"The sweet and sour pork ribs have the perfect sugar-sour ratio, and the honey-glazed chicken wings are cooked to perfection."
He glanced at Li Shuwen and, taking the initiative, said, "Sit down, let's eat together."
The two sat facing each other, eating and chatting. The mystery visitor asked, "Where did you get your guitar?"
Li Shuwen thought for a moment, "It was a gift from a senior. He said this guitar could enhance the power of Pokémon, but I've never been able to use it well."
Mysterio put down his chopsticks. "That guitar is a divine weapon. It's like it contains a powerful and determined amp-like creature."
"You only have a superficial understanding of music, so you can't perform well."
He paused for a moment, then said, "I'm different. I improve my Pokémon with the Soul-Slaying Poem. You rely purely on this guitar. The deeper your understanding of music, the greater the power the guitar can unleash."
Li Shuwen humbly asked for guidance. "Senior, could you teach me music?"
Mysterio glanced at him. "Yes. But you'll have to cook."
Li Shuwen readily agreed, "No problem."
The seven-day intensive training began.
Mysterio taught him music theory: notes, rhythm, chords, and modes.
Li Shuwen already had some understanding of music, but it wasn't systematic enough, and he learned very quickly.
He taught him to play the Poem of Murder, the nuances of each note, the structure of each melody, and the variations in rhythm.
Li Shuwen practiced one song after another, progressing from awkwardness to proficiency, from proficiency to fluency, and from fluency to emotion.
He began to understand what the power of music was.
It's not musical notes, it's not melody, it's emotion.
It is the resonance between people and music.
He played the Poem of Soul Killing, and the power of the guitar was unleashed, causing the ribbons of fairies and elves to flutter.
His body glowed with a pink light, and fairy energy surged within him.
Close your eyes, feel the melody, and watch the ribbons dance in the air like a real elf.
The flames of the blazing chicken change from orange-red to bright gold, and the temperature rises, but it doesn't get out of control. Instead, it becomes more concentrated and solid, burning quietly yet powerfully.
The salamander's scales glowed with a faint blue light, and dragon energy surged within its body.
He looked up to the sky and let out a long roar, his voice filled with exhilaration.
The electric current of the Electrify Beast doesn't surge violently; instead, it flickers rhythmically, like it's dancing, its tail swaying to the melody.
Lucario's Aura power, a blue light seeping from its body, is as warm as sunlight.
The golden Gyarados hovered in mid-air, with three energies flowing within its body: water, dragon, and flight. What was originally somewhat chaotic began to straighten out, flow, and form a cycle under the guidance of the Soul-Slaying Poem.
Mysterio's eyes lit up when he saw the golden Gyarados.
It wasn't just ordinary brightness; it was the kind of brightness a hungry wolf sees when it spots its prey.
He walked over and looked the golden Gyarados up and down, his brow furrowing deeper with each look. "You didn't raise this golden Gyarados properly."
Li Shuwen was taken aback for a moment. "I've taken care of everything. Training, diet, rest—it's all the best."
The mysterious figure shook his head. "You've taken good care of them, but you're going in the wrong direction. For this kind of special individual, you should balance the energies of water, flight, and dragon to form a perfect triangle."
"Extraordinary Pokémon should be trained using extraordinary methods."
He gestured, "Water, dragon, and flight—these three forces form a cycle. This way, the dragon nature won't only be present when using dragon-attribute skills, and the base power will be much stronger."
"Your Golden Gyarados currently has 3.5 Water-type, 5.5 Dragon-type, and 1 Flying-type. The Flying-type is too weak, the trio is unstable, and its power cannot be fully utilized."
Li Shuwen suddenly realized, "Then how should we adjust it?"
"If your flying ability is too weak, improve it. Fly more, use flying-attribute skills more often, and eat more food that can enhance your flying attribute energy."
The mysterious man pulled a piece of paper from his pocket, which was covered with recipes written on it.
"This is a recipe for adjusting the energy ratio. Follow this diet and you'll see results in seven days."
For seven days, the golden Gyarados ate a special diet, flew countless times, used Hurricane countless times, and practiced Aerial Ace countless times.
He flew higher, faster, and more steadily.
On the evening of the seventh day, the mysterious guest instructed Li Shuwen to use his waveguide power to examine the water.
Four, Dragon Four, Flight Two.
The perfect trio has been formed.
The golden Gyarados roared to the sky, and the three energies surged within its body, no longer chaotic, but each performing its own function and cooperating with each other, its power surging within.
Mysterious Man clapped his hands. "Very good. Let your Golden Gyarados fight my Pokémon."
He took out the Poké Ball.
A pink light flashed, and a Pokémon appeared from the light.
Its pink body resembles a kitten, with a hint of fantasy about it.
But it's a Ditto.
Li Shuwen blinked. "A Ditto?"
Mysterio gently patted Ditto's head. "Ten years ago, the League accidentally obtained a fossilized eyelash of Mew and attempted to clone Mew."
"The experiment failed, producing only a bunch of Dittos with various defects. This is just one of them."
Li Shuwen understood. "So that's how it is."
He thought of Mewtwo, the ultimate weapon created using Mew's genes.
Ditto and Mewtwo are likely clones of Mew's abilities in two different directions.
Ditto copied the transformation, and Mewtwo copied the superpowers.
"Ditto, transform!" Mysterio commanded.
Ditto's body began to transform, elongating and expanding, scales appearing, a crest appearing, a tail appearing—Golden Gyarados. Two identical Golden Gyarados faced off in the air.
The mysterious guest did not use the jade flute.
He calmly gave the commands: "Storm, Water Cannon, Dragon Pulse, Dragon Dive, Waterfall, Water Tail."
"Use all your skills, go all out."
Ditto's transformed Golden Gyarados uses the same moves as Golden Gyarados.
Storm against storm, two tornadoes tearing at each other in the air.
Water cannon against water cannon, two jets of water colliding.
Dragon's Wave clashed with Dragon's Wave, and two beams of purple light exploded outwards.
Dragon God swoops down against Dragon God swoops down; the two giant dragons collide.
Waterfalls meet waterfalls, two jets of water colliding.
The two streams collided head-on.
Each collision resulted in a draw, and each shockwave shook the ground.
Ditto not only has the appearance of a golden Gyarados, but also its strength, speed, and moves.
Li Shuwen can use any of the Golden Gyarados.
The golden Gyarados, panting heavily, looked at its identical counterpart opposite it, its eyes filled with resentment.
His strength, speed, and skills are similar to his opponent's; fighting back and forth will only result in mutual destruction, so a change is necessary.
Swallows return.
It recalled the skills that held a crucial position in the lineage of this veiled dojo.
Thinking of my companions, who have forged their swords and returned to their nests countless times.
The exhausted warriors launched their final charge.
The golden Gyarados traced an arc in the air, weaving through Ditto's storm.
The arc was beautiful, cutting in from Ditto's blind spot and circling around behind it.
It slammed hard into the back of Ditto's head.
Ditto's body shuddered violently, and it plummeted from the sky to the ground. Pink light seeped from its body, and it transformed back into Ditto.
He curled up on the ground, trembling all over.
Mysterio looked at the Golden Gyarados. "When its Flying-type energy percentage is 1, its Aerial Ace definitely won't be this fast or this agile."
"Now that the energy ratio is balanced, we can fly faster and turn more flexibly, so the power of the Swallow Return naturally increases."
"Most importantly, your Swallow Return move...it's divine!"
He crouched down, gently stroked Ditto's head, put it back into its Poké Ball, stood up, and looked at Li Shuwen.
"I've taught you everything I needed to. You've learned everything you needed to. Your Pokémon have improved a lot in the seven days of intensive training. Especially this golden Gyarados, it has found its own path."
"Remember, balance is not the same as average. The ratio of Water 4, Dragon 4, and Flying 2 is not fixed. It can be slightly adjusted according to his growth, but don't make major changes."
Li Shuwen bowed deeply. "Senior, thank you for your guidance."
The mysterious figure waved his hand. "After you leave, don't mention me to anyone. I don't want any trouble."
He vanished instantly, leaving only a single sentence echoing through the forest.
"Here's the sheet music. Practice it well. Your Pokémon has great potential, don't waste it."
Li Shuwen continued up the mountain.
After walking a few steps, a young man wearing glasses jumped out from behind a tree and blocked his path. "I heard you had a fight with Mysterio?"
He pushed up his glasses. "Let's have a fight. I want to see just how good you are to earn Mysterio's approval."
"I'm Rex, ranked 13th on the OK list."
Li Shuwen stopped and looked him over.
Dressed in a suit and tie, with shiny leather shoes, gold-rimmed glasses, and hair gelled, he didn't look like the type to be practicing asceticism in the mountains.
"Where did you hear that from?" Li Shuwen asked.
Rex didn't answer, instead throwing out a Poké Ball. "Scizor, let's show him our strength."
A flash of white light, and the scythe spreads its wings.
His entire body was covered in red metallic armor that gleamed coldly in the sunlight, and his hands were huge pincers with blades as sharp as knives.
His eyes were cold as he looked at Li Shuwen across from him, without any expression.
Li Shuwen raised his hand and threw out a Poké Ball. Blaziken appeared from the white light, its ankles glowing with flames that danced in the sunlight.
"Blazing Chicken, Blaze Punch!"
Blaziken's right fist burst into crimson flames as it charged toward Scizor.
The scyther's pincers gleamed with a metallic sheen as it unleashed its bullet punch.
Their fists collided with a loud bang, sparks flew, and both Pokémon were pushed back simultaneously.
The scyther's pincers are very hard, and its bite force is very strong. A Flame Punch only leaves a scorch mark on it.
Rex frowned slightly.
"Metal Claw!"
The Scizor's pincers gleamed with a silvery-white light as it reached out to grab Blaziken.
Blaziken leaps up with amazing jumping ability, easily landing on top of Scizor's head.
Flame Kick ignited crimson flames on its right foot as it kicked towards the Scizor's head.
The scyther raised its pincers to block.
boom!
The Flame Kick was blocked, but Scizor lowered its head slightly; the force of that kick was too great.
"Air Slash!"
The Scizor unleashed two invisible air blades from its pincers, slashing towards Blaziken.
"Flame Blast!"
Blaziken opened its mouth, and a pillar of crimson fire shattered the air blades.
Rex's gaze behind his glasses turned serious.
"Scizor, acrobatics!"
The scyther's body tumbled in the air, its pincers striking down alternately with great speed and at tricky angles.
Blaziken was forced to retreat repeatedly, and a bloody gash appeared on its shoulder from the sharp pincers.
"Blazing Chicken!" Li Shuwen's voice rose.
Blaziken looked up at the Scizor tumbling through the air.
His eyes were sharp; he saw it—it was a broken butt!
The scyther's acrobatic skills are dazzling, but not without flaws.
It pauses briefly between each roll.
The Blaziken regained its footing, and its body burst into bright golden flames.
Flame Charge!
Its body shot towards the scythe like a golden meteor.
The scyther's acrobatic skills continued as it tumbled through the air.
Blaziken slashed in during his pause, the intense flames striking his lower back and quickly spreading throughout Scizor's body.
The scyther let out a painful howl, then plummeted straight down, crashing to the ground and instantly losing consciousness.
Rex stood there, silent for a long time.
He recalled his Scizor, glanced at Li Shuwen, and said, "I'll be back!"
After saying that, he turned and left.
The leather shoes made a crisp sound as they stepped on the gravel, and then gradually faded into the distance.
Li Shuwen watched his retreating figure, then recalled his Blaziken and continued up the mountain.
These rich kids are simply lacking in education.