Time trickled by, bit by bit.
In the blink of an eye, the end of February arrived, approaching March.
Fang Yuan, as a practicum professional trainer, had already spent a long time in White Fish Village.
During this period, Fang Yuan converted all the resources obtained from exploring the secret location into cash and then purchased the materials needed for Rotom to research exclusive tools for Monferno.
However, after such a long time of research, there hadn't been any significant progress.
By now, Monferno had fully recovered, and it had not minded missing out on half a month's training compared to the other Pokemon.
After all, based on past experience, half a month was nothing. Even if the other Pokemon made some progress, it wouldn't be much.
But Monferno realized it had underestimated these tough competitors. During this half month, it started to doubt its life choices and even wondered why Fang Yuan hadn't chosen the Charmander, Cyndaquil, or Blaziken in the neighboring enclosures back in the breeding house...
First was Eevee. After mastering Gratitude 3.5 through prolonged training, it could now control two substitutes at the same time fairly proficiently. Three bodies fighting together meant an upgrade in its combined attack tactics.
Besides that, after Return 4.0, Eevee had attained a working command of general series, psychic type, and fire type partner skills.
The comprehension of fire type partner skills strengthened the burning effect, temperature, and explosiveness of Eevee's Sun Fire on top of its existing abilities.
Among its peers, compared to the instant destructive power of Glutton's most potent Black Flame, it definitely couldn't match Eevee's current exclusive Flame.
Eevee also continuously practiced other types of partner skills using imitation moves, but due to the limited time, it had not been effective yet.
However, although it hadn't mastered the fairy type partner skills, Eevee had still managed to master the fairy type Baby-Doll Eyes according to the learning method Fang Yuan got from Sister Xie.
Baby-Doll Eyes is a technique similar to a spirit intimidation gaze. If its spiritual power greatly exceeds the opponent's, it can cause the opponent to lose the will to fight, thereby enriching Eevee's combat techniques. During this time, Fang Yuan also discovered that combining Baby-Doll Eyes with Illusionary Light to form a combined illusion technique yielded better results.
This made Fang Yuan realize... it seems that no matter the world, combining illusions with the use of eyes is more powerful...
Then there was Self-detonating Magnetic Monster, constantly researching the fusion of spiritual power with Thunder and Lightning, hoping to control blue lightning in its normal state. Although it hasn't succeeded yet, because it often entered the Electromagnetic Armament State at full power and received charging enhancements from positive and negative Gear children, its strength still improved.
Currently, Self-detonating Magnetic Monster had about mid-level master strength. When it entered the Electromagnetic Armament State, it approached top-level combat power and could subtly suppress Sun Eevee in battles.
The progress speed of these two gave Monferno the urge to cry without tears.
Apart from Eevee and Self-detonating Magnetic Monster, Glutton's progression was also frightening. After the Fire Awakening, it gradually started controlling the Black Flame.
With the Black Flame under its control, Glutton, in its Gengar form, could threaten master-level Pokemon; Monferno couldn't comprehend this at all.
You should know, in all its effort spent training, Monferno could, at most, perish together with a professional-level Speedy Turkey when it was still a Fierce Fire Monkey.
Yet Glutton, who indulged in eating, drinking, and playing every day, had yet to fully evolve and already possessed master-level strength. What then, after evolving into Gengar? Wouldn't it be an even more formidable opponent?
Wouldn't its strength chase after Eevee and Self-detonating Magnetic Monster... This was a real danger for itself...
Milotic, although it seemed to Monferno that it couldn't surpass itself in a short period of time, heard from Rotom that after awakening its superpower, Milotic's Coordination Ability had already surpassed the professional level. While not being particularly powerful, Milotic's coordination control ability had far exceeded its strength.
This meant that Milotic's Coordination Talent had been perfectly developed, the charm of its techniques such as Water Tornado and Healing Technique would be greatly enhanced, laying the foundation for an invincible position at the professional level.
Monferno was quite happy with the changes in Milotic because such progress was due to its natural talent and didn't seem too exaggerated.
It was completely within a range that it could accept…
Now, all Monferno hoped for was that Milotic would keep it up, focus on being a healer, and not suddenly increase in strength due to some event out of the blue.
As for Dragonite, Monferno had a lot to complain about but couldn't express it; Dragonite's potential was just too strong. To Monferno, Dragonite's potential might be even greater than that of Eevee and was still largely untapped.
Although Dragonite could only be considered a super strong entity at the professional level for now, its strength could triple when it turned dark… perhaps even more than three times. Monferno felt that even if it entered its Thunder Flame Mode, it wasn't very confident of winning against the sleepwalking, dark Dragonite.
Facing such teammates, Monferno felt a lot of pressure…
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"The secret location has completely integrated?"
On March 1, Fang Yuan received new information, and Niu Yi from Huai City laughed and said, "It has integrated; our task here is done."
During this exploration of the secret location, besides Fang Yuan, the other Trainers also gained some benefits to various extents and were obviously in good spirits.
At this moment, Master Su from Jinling, as well as two other Professional Trainers, had already returned, leaving only Fang Yuan and the three from Huai City still stationed here.
However, with the complete integration of the secret location, and the establishment of the Protected Area and Ranger Defense Line, it almost marked the end of their duties as well.
"By the way, in addition to this, there is another matter. We have submitted your practicum assessment results, and if all goes well, your Professional Trainer's License will soon be approved," Niu Yi said with a smile.
Fang Yuan's performance on the fifth trial was naturally satisfactory, not just satisfactory but exceedingly excellent. It could be said that in the exploration of the secret territory in White Fish Village, Fang Yuan had played a pivotal role.
"Thank you very much," Fang Yuan said with a slight smile, feeling relieved. Three years ago, he was working towards becoming a Professional Trainer as his life's goal, and now, in less than three years, he had actually progressed this far from being a newcomer…
Three days later.
Following his achievements as an Official Researcher and National Champion, Fang Yuan's name was once again spread throughout Su Province, Ping City. With strong promotion from the Pingcheng Trainer Association, every Trainer circle in Ping City knew that another Professional Trainer had emerged from their ranks, and it was a Trainer under the age of twenty.
After becoming the National Champion, many people had already expected that Fang Yuan would inevitably become a Professional Trainer, but no one thought that his progress would be so rapid.
He first made a name for himself at the Little Phoenix King Cup, displayed his talent at the Su Province Rookie League, stood out as the best in the province, shocked the academic world after crossing fields following college, and swept through the National University Trainers invincibly, until finally becoming a Professional Trainer... All these honors signified Fang Yuan's complete rise to prominence.
This series of stunning achievements virtually took the breath away of the Trainers who knew Fang Yuan!
At the Trainer Association East China Branch, the moment they approved Fang Yuan to become a Professional Trainer, they also appointed him as Vice Chairman of the Pingcheng Trainer Association, a rare occurrence.
Yang Han and Zhuang Xin from the Pingcheng Trainer Association, who were among the first to guide Fang Yuan, were bewildered by the news but understood that this would raise the status of the Pingcheng Trainer Association in Su Province significantly, all because… Pingcheng had cultivated a Fang Yuan.