After Fang Yuan returned to his country, he temporarily stayed put at the research institute.
Firstly, he perfected the Fossil Revival Techniques with Rotom, and secondly, he prepared for the Tokyo conference.
Therefore, his trip to Hawaii was again and again postponed by Fang Yuan.
In the meantime, Principal Mo had mentioned he would introduce Fang Yuan to some outstanding graduates from Magic Big Old who specialized in relevant fields to help manage his company, but Fang Yuan had declined for the time being.
The Pokémon product world fair was merely an exhibition, and Fang Yuan simply intended to generate some hype for the products and for the dazzling tournament. He had not yet planned for the company to immediately get on the right track.
The main concern for now was the world competition; if he were to get involved in another dazzling tournament, it would certainly take up a lot of time.
So Principal Mo was at a loss for words. In other words, was Fang Yuan going to the exhibition alone as a lone commander to showcase the products??
"Xie Qingyi's company should also have some new products on display at the conference; you could go with them."
"That could work," Fang Yuan nodded after receiving the suggestion from Principal Mo.
However, in the blink of an eye, Fang Yuan's focus was immediately drawn away by other matters, as Bulbasaur, seeming rather distracted, ran over to complain to Fang Yuan about Luo Kuo's behavior...
"Da na! Da na!!"
Bulbasaur, waving its Vine Whip, struggled to analyze the unreliability of Luo Kuo's Dreamland training to Fang Yuan.
After enduring several days of special Dreamland training, Bulbasaur couldn't stand it anymore.
"What's the matter?" Fang Yuan had used Dreamland training before, and there was no problem with this training method. Luo Kuo was reportedly a top fighter, so it shouldn't be that he couldn't even arrange training for a Bulbasaur properly.
Fang Yuan's request to Luo Kuo was simple: create illusory opponents to hone Bulbasaur's combat experience... There was nothing complicated about that.
"Da na! Da na!!"
Bulbasaur, trembling all over, painfully recounted that its first opponent was a Chimchar.
However, that Chimchar was intertwined with lightning and flame, waving golden flames with every gesture, showcasing perfect power, speed, and fighting will. The Razor Leaf had just flown over when it was burned by the flame, and its Awakening Water was perfectly countered by Thunder and Lightning, making this not a training battle but a one-sided beating.
Fang Yuan: "..."
Unable to defeat the Chimchar, Bulbasaur gave up resolutely, instead of becoming the Iron Head kid Luo Kuo mentioned, and asked Luo Kuo to switch the opponent to a Magnemite.
But this Magnemite was also unreasonable, starting with a Railgun right away. Before it could even respond, it was blasted away. Facing the Electromagnetic Storm created by the Magnemite, it had no choice but to flee in panic.
And the Ghostss controlling black and white flames, the Eevee casually creating dozens of clones, all made Bulbasaur's life miserable; it simply couldn't fight them!
"Da na! Da na!" What Bulbasaur feared the most were those obscure and difficult words from Luo Kuo's mouth.
"These are illusions of your companions at the same level as you, each of them the strongest with talent and potential that dominate a domain."
"Each of them possesses qualifications that surpass the Top Tier Domain, even possessing the qualities of a legend. Defeating them, you will be invincible under the stars, standing atop all Pokémon."
"Do not evade; you must establish a belief in being invincible with me and suppress everything, otherwise, you will never surpass them."
Fang Yuan: "...??"
As Fang Yuan listened, he became confused and felt that things were getting more and more dubious. What strange things had Luo Kuo been reading lately?
Although Luo Kuo loved reading books, as far as Fang Yuan was aware, they were all classic literature.
To speak the words above, there really might be a big problem, probably straying into some fantasy martial arts category in an online novel!!
"I understand... I'll go talk to Luo Kuo..." Fang Yuan said helplessly to Bulbasaur.
A moment later, Luo Kuo, transformed into a beautiful young woman, slowly approached and asked Fang Yuan, "Is there something you need?"
Fang Yuan cleared his throat. Using an illusion of Eevee and the rest in their younger forms as Bulbasaur's sparring partners wasn't a bad idea at all. In fact, it would help Bulbasaur get familiar with the combat style of its teammates early on, which would benefit future team battles. The problem, however, was that Luo Kuo didn't quite understand the strength of Eevee and the others in their younger forms.
"Well, I'll organize a template of the Pokemon in their younger forms for Bulbasaur's illusion training tonight. You can use that for Bulbasaur's training sessions," Fang Yuan suggested.
Compared to Eevee, who could easily split off dozens of clones, the Eevee that had just mastered Counter Shield after winning the Little Phoenix King Cup was more suitable as Bulbasaur's current sparring partner. After all, everything needed to be done step by step...
"Oh..." Luo Kuo glanced at Bulbasaur shivering behind the sofa, suspecting that Garlic Turtle had tattled.
"Ha... ha... Then it's settled," Fang Yuan said with a dry laugh.
From then on, in addition to the move-learning tasks Fang Yuan had assigned, Bulbasaur also had a VR game-style training method. Fang Yuan kept records of the strength of each of his Pokemon at various stages, whether in writing or in video.
These records were now the benchmarks that Bulbasaur aimed to surpass.
Defeat teammates of the same level... and then stand invincible under the starry sky, at the pinnacle of all Pokemon...
...
The next day, Fang Yuan made an appointment with School sister Xie Qingyi. Three days later, he planned to visit her company to learn from her experience, and along the way, have a rematch with her using the same two Eevees as before.
This challenge could be called a grudge match, as Fang Yuan had been soundly defeated in their previous two battles, both in Jinling and at Magic Big Old.
The situation might be different now, as Fang Yuan didn't believe that Sister Xie's Fairy Eevee had entered the top tier domain.
Meanwhile, upon hearing about the upcoming rematch with Sister Xie's Fairy Eevee, Cloth God, taking advantage of the insight gained during the Top Tier Domain event on Nightmare Island, finally broke through again in both mental power and spiritual power.
However, it was in Sun Eevee Form; in this form, Eevee's psychic attribute finally entered the top tier domain, emitting an intimidating pressure with its deep blue and profound spiritual power.
Eevee had become the first Pokemon in Fang Yuan's team to enter the top tier domain without any external help!
After the breakthrough, without another word, Eevee took out several mobile phones it had been storing away, overwhelmed with excitement. But upon receiving them, Eevee was stunned—they were all out of charge.
"Don't worry! Let them charge slowly." Hearing the commotion, Fang Yuan also ran over joyfully and directly dragged the disappointed Eevee to conduct an experiment.
What would it be like to amplify Eevee with the Power of the Heart now that Eevee's mental power had broken through again?
Soon... Fang Yuan got the answer.
In Sun Eevee Form, when enhanced by the Power of the Heart, Sun Eevee's control over solar energy could be even greater. Merged with flame, it could be said to be a dual-series top tyrant in both psychic and fire attributes.
While in other forms, when enhanced by the Power of the Heart, Eevee could excavate the potential of mental power to the fullest. With Amplification from Gratitude, all nine attributes of Eevee – normal, psychic, dark, grass, ice, fire, water, electric, and fairy – could enter the top tier domain, powered by soul, spirit, and life energy!
This meant that the current Eevee, although still nearly-top level in nine attributes, with the enhancement from Fang Yuan's Power of the Heart, became a terrifying top overlord in all nine attributes. In the history of Pokemon, aside from a few Legendary Pokémon, it's doubtful any others could achieve this.
As a nine-attribute top tyrant, Eevee's current advantage might only be limited to using attribute superiority to counter its opponents. But once Eevee's coordination ability is sufficient to control two or more top-tier attributes to perform combination skills, its strength will undergo an earth-shattering change.
Unfortunately, in this state, with Fang Yuan's current physical strength, he could only maintain it for less than half a minute. Using the Power of the Heart to help a Pokemon enter the top tier domain still consumes too much energy.
After the experiment was over, Eevee showed no attachment to Fang Yuan's Power of the Heart and immediately ran back to its room. It was going offline for a month—it was devastated!!!
Watching Eevee's retreating figure, Fang Yuan fell into deep thought, "In addition to daily meditation, should I also start working out more strenuously?"
"Aim for a superhuman physique?" Fang Yuan felt that he too was tired, with an almost seamless schedule that changed locations every few days. Amid such a busy schedule, there was hardly any time for exercise, so it seemed necessary to carefully plan and manage his time...