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In competitive battles, the arena's massive size makes ultra-long range attacks somewhat meaningless.
However, in actual combat situations...
Especially during the battles initiated by Roy, Mega Blastoise's terrifying range advantage becomes the enemy's worst nightmare.
With an ultra-long-range attack capability spanning 50 kilometers, enemies cannot even see Blastoise's form, leaving them with no way to retaliate effectively.
"The key issue is solving the accuracy problem..." Roy pulled out a pen and paper, jotting down this concern. He planned to think it through carefully later and develop a comprehensive solution. Such a powerful advantage couldn't be wasted.
A Trainer's responsibility involves both breeding and strategic decision-making, serving as the brain of the entire team.
Pokémon respond with dedication and obedience, placing absolute trust in their team's strategic mind.
Ten minutes had passed since Blastoise finished familiarizing itself with its evolved body.
The power was fading rapidly, and Blastoise reluctantly exited its Mega form, clearly wanting to continue experiencing the transformation.
Next, it was Metagross's turn.
"Ugh."
Metagross picked up its Mega Stone, its eyes reflecting serious concern, as if it were approaching an execution ground.
When Roy saw this expression, he immediately understood that Metagross was probably thinking about something troubling.
"Focus carefully on sensing my aura."
Roy quickly entered the proper mental state and activated his Key Stone.
Although Metagross was the most recent Pokémon to join the team, it possessed a natural guardian instinct and had already accepted Roy and the others as its own family.
It quickly sensed Roy's heart and achieved resonance.
The Mega Stone dissolved and completed Metagross's genetic transformation.
The massive life energy contained within the Key Stone poured into Metagross's body once again, serving as a catalyst to trigger Mega Evolution.
The evolutionary light blazed brightly before receding.
The pristine white Mega Metagross appeared, its original four legs transformed into four powerful arms extending forward. Each arm possessed terrifying sharp claws that gleamed like precious metal.
The metallic 'X' cross on its face turned blue, and a spike grew from its jaw.
"Ah!" Before Roy could examine the transformation more closely, Mega Metagross suddenly let out a terrified cry.
"What's wrong?" Roy frowned with nervous concern.
Mega Metagross hurried to Roy's side and grasped Roy's shoulder with its small fist, which was thicker than Roy's entire waist.
Immediately afterward, it patted itself on the head and spoke in the horrified tone of someone telling ghost stories: "Hmm! What should I do? My brain count has become eight!"
Roy stared blankly. That's it?
Despite his speechless reaction, Roy hadn't expected that Metagross's Mega Evolution would double its brain count once again.
Some time ago, Metagross had officially mastered two combat states: 'weightless' and 'overweight,' significantly enhancing its battle capabilities.
However, Roy had also discovered the disadvantages of this fighting method.
The issue was that Metagross's psychic power would decrease during these states.
Metagross's powerful psychic abilities originally stemmed from the unique structure of its multiple brains.
With four brains total, whether the brain splitting to record the "weightless state" or the brain splitting to record the "overweight state," the entire Metagross body would operate with only the main brain functioning.
The decline in psychic power caused Metagross's reaction speed to slow and its calculation abilities to weaken.
Although Roy's breeding direction for Metagross focused on developing it as a "physical attacker" without planning to deeply develop its Psychic abilities, having reactions that were too slow would create significant disadvantages in close combat situations.
This was also why Roy hadn't arranged for the "other two forms" yet.
Unexpectedly, the key to solving this problem lay in Mega Evolution.
What a pleasant surprise.
'Under the Mega Evolution state, the computing power of eight brains would be more than sufficient even if four different forms were arranged. It depends on how to choose the other two forms...'
Roy wrote this observation in his notes.
Like Mega Blastoise's ultra-long-range accuracy problem, this was another issue that he, as the Trainer, needed to carefully consider and solve.
Ten minutes later, Metagross exited its Mega Evolution state.
Roy put away his notes and looked at the two Pokémon who had experienced Mega Evolution.
Recording Blastoise and Metagross's Mega Evolution enhancements was only a minor concern.
His real focus was on something else entirely.
"How was it?"
"Has the limiter that locks your potential become looser?"
Roy looked at them with hopeful anticipation.
After Blastoise and Metagross exchanged glances, they nodded in unison, displaying delighted expressions.
Roy took a deep breath, suppressing his excitement.
Two days ago, after Lucario had experienced 'Mega Evolution,' it told Roy that it felt the 'limiter' loosening, indicating that it was about to break through its racial limits.
This phenomenon was undoubtedly abnormal.
The average time for China's Trainers' Pokémon to break through the "accumulation period" was four years. Even those considered geniuses could only shorten the "accumulation period" to three years at most.
Trainers at Frances and Caroline's level had taken two years to achieve this.
However, Lucario had reached its racial limit and entered the accumulation period only a little over two months ago.
After accumulating strength for just two months, it already felt ready to break through, which seemed almost unbelievable.
Roy, as the Trainer directly involved, found it completely outrageous.
However, this phenomenon wasn't without explanation.
Sebastian had once mentioned that the higher a Pokémon's [racial limit value], the easier it became to break through racial boundaries.
Totem aura was a power that increased limit values, therefore accelerating the transition through the 'accumulation period.' Each of Roy's Pokémon had cultivated 'Totem Aura' to speed up their progression through the accumulation period.
Mega Evolution's ability value improvements even surpassed those of 'Totem Aura.'
Roy thought of a very fitting analogy: "The acceleration that Totem Aura provides to the accumulation period is like the download speed difference between free users and regular subscribers, while Mega Evolution is like accessing the premium high-speed channel..."
Mega Evolution meant mega acceleration!
Mimikyu, Ninetales, and Electabuzz - these three couldn't access premium membership... No, they couldn't undergo Mega Evolution. They could only cast envious and congratulatory glances at Blastoise and Metagross.
Electabuzz was particularly affected, having a deep obsession with 'becoming stronger.' Besides envy, there was also a sense of urgency.
Even Metagross, who had joined the team most recently, showed signs of breaking through its racial limits due to its Totem aura and Mega Evolution, while Electabuzz remained stationary.
Mimikyu and Ninetales, although unable to Mega Evolve, could still pursue Z-moves and other advanced techniques.
But Electabuzz couldn't follow that path. Before fully mastering 'legendary voltage,' Z-moves and advanced techniques weren't suitable for it.
This situation deeply troubled Electabuzz.
Roy could sense Electabuzz's anxiety. He reached out, grasped its hand, and said, "Don't worry, you have your own unique advantages too."
This wasn't merely consolation, but the absolute truth.
legendary voltage was both Electabuzz's greatest trial and its most powerful source of strength. It allowed Electabuzz to endure challenges that other Pokémon never faced.
Zekrom was the strongest Thunder God, and what it mastered was also the strongest thunder - advanced electrical energy that had been 'optimized' to its absolute limit.
Once Electabuzz mastered the power of 'legendary voltage,' it would be equivalent to wielding divine power, instantly reaching unprecedented heights in a single step.