"Kemen, use bubble tricks and attack excessively!" With the snap of his right finger as a signal, Merlin directed Kaimen to start the battle.

The first-time trick uses bubbles. In addition to testing, Merlin also hopes to use a lot of foam to trap the ball and weaken its ability to move as much as possible.

Although Merlin had basically determined that his opponent might have dual characteristics and both dual characteristics are eye-like, he cannot arbitrarily determine that his opponent does not have the escape characteristics. If he is a hairball with escape characteristics, then it will definitely be a tough battle for Kaymen now. Pokémon with escape characteristics is particularly good at evading and escaping. They prefer to avoid opponents more than attack and defense, and this type of opponent is the most time-consuming to solve.

As soon as he received Merlin's order, Kaimen immediately bulged his cheeks and gathered all his strength to spray a large number of bubbles of different sizes and scattered scattered bubbles on the ball.

Speaking of bubbles and its upgraded trick, the biggest difference between bubble light is not only the significant increase in power, but the biggest improvement is the number and accuracy of bubbles. Just like the bubble trick released by Kaimen - the bubbles are not the same size, and it is difficult to be accurately controlled - this causes the impact damage of bubbles and the explosion damage of bubbles it can cause. On the contrary, if this trick is used to limit the opponent's movement, the effect is indeed good. These bubbles can unexpectedly stay on the ground for a long time and are also very slippery, which is particularly effective for limiting the movement of fast opponents.

If it is upgraded to foam light, the quantity and quality of the bubbles will be greatly improved, and the control of bubbles will become more accurate and flexible, but it is not all an advantage. Although the power of upgrading to foam light has increased, its relative limitations on the opponent have also decreased a lot. Bubble pays more attention to damage and has made a lot of regression in durability and slipperyness. However, if targeted training and strengthening are targeted, it can also be improved in this regard.

"Hmph, how dare you take out this kind of trick and embarrassingly?" Rimaru looked at the shabby bubbles that Kaimen squirted and said disdainfully: "If you only have this level, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

As he said that, he waved his arm and ordered to Maoqiu: "Maoqiu, let it see what is the real trick. Use the illusion light to break these ridiculous bubbles!"

As soon as he heard the order of Rimaru, a strange luster flashed through Maoqiu's eyes, and then two rays of light mainly purple-red were emitted from its eyes, which were flashing countless colors. This was the illusion light of superpower attributes. Two brilliant rays gathered in front of Maoqiu's eyes, and rushed straight into Kaimen's bubbles with a rather sharp momentum.

【As sure…】Vitzel commented calmly: [The release is too slow, the initial speed is not enough, the luster is not pure, the color is too much, the concise is not enough, the acceleration is not fast... It is simply a failure. I was really blind and actually judged that it can use superpowers. If this is also called superpowers, I would really...]

Just when Vyzel was making a fuss, this illusion light, which was regarded as a failure, easily broke through the many bubbles released by Kaimen, and ran straight towards Kaimen without reducing his strength.

"Water Gun!" Just as the bubble was easily shattered by the phantom light, Merlin's follow-up instructions were also issued.

Before Merlin's words could be finished, Kaimen had already switched his tricks. Almost instantly, the water gun replaced the bubble and sprayed out of Kaimen's mouth.

The power of the water gun is obviously much greater than that of the bubble, especially the water gun trick that is overwhelming the water gun, which is even more powerful. It stopped the momentum of the illusion light as soon as it touched.

"It's still a little bit like that." Rimaru was obviously surprised by the performance of this thick water gun, but he still insisted on pretending to care.

Unfortunately, just as he comforted himself with words, the strife between the Phantom Light and the Water Gun also decided to win. Kaimen's water Gun suddenly increased its force and easily defeated the Phantom Light of the Phantom Light of the Phantom Light, and then hit the Phantom Light of the Phantom Light with extreme accuracy.

"What?!" Rimaru was shocked by the sudden change and was stunned for a moment.

Before he could react, Maoqiu could no longer support it. Under the impact of Kaimen's water gun's unique move, it lost its strength after a while. It was rushed out of Kaimen's water gun and fell to the ground. It was obviously unable to fight anymore.

"This, how is this possible?" Rimaru let out a strange cry, "My hairball, how could my hairball be defeated by a water gun?! How could it be!"

"You, you!" Rimaru looked at the Maoqiu that had not yet stood up from the ground, raised his arm and pointed at Merlin with trembling and said: "You cheated! You must have cheated! How could the Phantom Light be defeated by the water gun? This is impossible! You must have cheated!" He shouted hysterically.

"Your fur ball has lost its combat ability," Merlin did not accuse Rimaru of his roar at all, and said calmly: "Do you continue fighting after the exchange or give up?"

"You, you guy must have cheated!" Rimaru took out the super ball angrily and took back the hair ball that fell to the ground. "Who wants to fight a cheating villain like you? God knows what other tricks you will do!" Rimaru glanced around a few times as he said.

"Is that true?" Seeing Rimaru's performance, Meilin smiled calmly.

"Hmph, liar! villain!" As soon as he finished speaking, Rimaru turned his head and rushed into the bushes on the side of the road. He disappeared into the dense forest after a few dodges.

"Ah, I've escaped." Looking at the direction where Rimaru disappeared, Merlin blinked and said a playful word.

[It's really true that such people, if they are afraid of losing money, they simply run away. It's really a manifestation of human beings~~] Vyzel said sarcastically.

"Forget it, just think it's just a warm-up. Let's continue moving forward." Merlin continued on the journey indifferently.

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In addition to the battle with the unreliable insect-catching boy who claimed to be Limaru, Meilin met several insect-catching boys one after another and fought with them. However, they were all newcomers, and the Pokémon in their hands were all relatively weak and insect-type Pokémon that had not yet evolved to the final stage. Of course, it was clean and neat to solve it.

"To be honest, you are really amazing. Maybe you will defeat Xiaogang?" The insect-catching boy who had just lost to Meilin in three-on-three, said while looking at Meilin in admiration.

"Xiaogang?" Merlin heard something was wrong from his words. He should be moving forward in the direction of Changpan City, but the trainers he met were all insect-catching boys from Nibi City, and he kept mentioning Xiaogang, the owner of Nibi Gym.

[Is it...] Merlin has a very bad premonition.

"Ah, that's it, can you ask Xuewu for your bottom lane?" In order to confirm his guess, Merlin decided to ask.

"Of course there is no problem. I am very familiar with the roads nearby." Xuewu patted his chest and promised.

"How do you get to Changpan City from here?" Meilin asked with a little embarrassed look.

"Changpan City? From here to Changpan City?" Xuewu looked confused, "But this place is very close to Nibi City. After walking for about a few hours, you can see the suburbs of Nibi City after leaving the forest area, right there." As he said that, Xuewu pointed in the direction of the road.

"I thought Meilin, you came here from Changpan City to challenge the Nibi Gymnasium here? Unexpectedly..." As he said that, the expression on Xuewu's face began to become strange.

"Haha..." Merlin could only smile awkwardly.

"Hehe, this is also a common thing." Xuewu scratched his head and turned around. "Follow this road, remember not to walk on the small road, and there are signs along the way. Then, just follow the instructions above. There are also signs at the turn and forks along the way. As long as you look carefully and follow the instructions above, you will generally not get lost. But remember, don't walk on the small road, and don't turn into the dense forest." Xuewu repeatedly reminded Meilin.

"Oh, the road... the sign..." Mei Lin carefully wrote down the key points mentioned by Xuewu. "Okay, I understand, I am so grateful."

"No, it's actually difficult to get lost by following the path in Changpan Forest, so if you want to break through the dense forest quickly, don't greedy for conquering Pokémon and run around." Xuewu continued to point out to Meilin, "If the speed is fast, it will take about four or five days to get from here to Changpan City, right? It's really not very far. I've walked three times myself. Although it's a bit far away, it's the longest. It's only a little longer to use it for a little over eight days."

[Eight days? A little more? I have been swaying in the forest for more than eight days...] Meilin thought to himself in a sad mood.

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After saying goodbye to Xuewu, who was kind-hearted and guided him, Meilin changed direction and moved forward again with Changpan City as the goal.

After this period of in-depth understanding, Merlin has basically mastered Monnado's data. Let's talk about scale armor first. They have excellent defense power, and most of their strength and hardness can be compared with their evolutionary Nidolino, especially the scale armor on the head and front are extremely hard. The disadvantage of the strong scale armor is that it has certain sluggishness and inflexibility in Monnado's movements, which is particularly prominent in the sudden turn and turn. Monnado's recent failures are also caused by shortcomings in this regard.

Secondly, Monnado's power and instantaneous explosive power are really good. As long as you give it a chance, its trick can end the battle with one blow. However, its bad habit of not knowing how to retain power also makes its attack quite a one-time job, and it is easy to be dodged and played by opponents. Although this flaw is not obvious in the battle with ordinary wild Pokémon and Pokémon cultivated by ordinary trainers, once you encounter an experienced opponent, this weakness will become Monnado's fatal weakness. At present, this is also where Merlin focuses on training for Monnado.

Another point is that Monnado's endurance and physical strength are obviously insufficient. Explosive attacks can usually be used once or twice and will make it feel tired. The current limit is four times, which is far from the minimum standards set by Merlin, so special training is urgently needed. In addition, Monnado can be said to have no talent for ranged attacks and special attacks. This can also be seen from its poison needle tricks that are not spraying attacks but collisions with the horn on its head.

Overall, Merlin's current temporary positioning of Monnado is a violent close-range attacker. It must have excellent physical strength and defense to ensure that it can contact the enemy, have excellent attack and endurance to ensure that its tricks can cause effective damage, and have jaw-dropping explosive power to cause huge damage to knock down the opponent in an instant.

Although Merlin also knew that this Pokémon, which relies entirely on close-fitting attack, had a narrow application range, and had strict requirements on Pokémon and trainers during training, and had extremely high requirements for tacit understanding between the two sides and the trainers' judgment and command ability during battles, this direct battle between face-to-face meat can best stimulate the secretion of adrenaline and restore the true nature of the battle.

Maybe at heart, Merlin is also a combative guy.

Moreover, to cultivate Monnado as a close attacker, the consequences of evolution need to be taken into account, which invisibly increases the difficulty of cultivation.

Nidoran evolved into Nidolino, and the physical changes were not great. The four-legged hind limbs were also used to assist the forelimbs, which had little impact on Monardo.

However, after evolving into King Nido, the body changed essentially. First of all, because of the huge tail, the weight of the body changed so that it could stand up and move with its hind limbs. This also released the forelimbs so that it could use its fist-claw-like tricks. Although this expanded the attack method, the huge change in movement method would cause Pokémon to be unable to adapt for a long time after evolution and thus unable to exert all its strength. In severe cases, it would even be unable to exert its strength normally.

Therefore, in order to avoid the problem of physical discomfort caused by evolution, Pokémon needs to be trained and enhanced in advance before evolution (especially those whose forms and modes of action will undergo tremendous changes after evolution).

For Monardo, the easiest way to enhance the explosive power and endurance of the hind limbs, so that it can prepare to bear most of the weight of the body after evolution.

Regarding this, Merlin decided to start some additional weight-bearing and special-needing training for Monardo after he evolved into Nidolino. Before that, he needed special training on Monardo's endurance, physical strength and way of exerting force to make up for his shortcomings and weaknesses as soon as possible.
Chapter completed!