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For Ash to enter the chat group, he needed to close his eyes and immerse his mind in the light spot within his brain.
Unless he was resting, doing so would give people a very strange feeling. Currently, Ash was not traveling alone; he had two companions with him. Therefore, Ash generally wouldn't enter the chat group during the day.
Only when he went to bed at night was the best time to enter the chat group... [Newbie Ash: Everyone, I'm here to surface.] The word 'surface' was also something Ash learned in the group.
[Champion Ash: I remember you were going to challenge a Gym today, right? Did you pass the Gym?]
[Newbie Ash: Yes, I passed! The method Tactician Ash taught me was indeed effective. Even when Compound Eyes Sleep Powder was countered, I could still use Supersonic to interfere with the opponent. Plus, the counter-effect of Aura Sphere, I won this battle almost without taking any damage!]
Tactician Ash taught Newbie Ash the use of Compound Eyes Sleep Powder and also knew the flaws of this tactic. Sleep Powder, after all, is not Hypnosis; powder-type moves are easily countered by external factors.
Wind, water, or fire can all dispel Sleep Powder. Therefore, Tactician Ash also gave Ash a second backup plan, which was Supersonic.
The main reason Tactician Ash had Newbie Ash catch a Caterpie back then was that Butterfree's moves were enough to annoy someone to death. This was the lowest-tier Pokémon with additional status effects that a beginner could find.
Pokémon like Grimmsnarl and Amoonguss were not something the current Ash could find and catch. However, for the current Ash, a Butterfree was enough.
[Aura Hero Ash: How is it? Is Aura Fusion Resonance good?]
[Newbie Ash: Yes, yes! The Aura Power is like it's endless. No matter how much I explore, it seems there are always new uses. Even though the chat group gave me 'instructions,' I feel like there are still many areas I haven't uncovered.]
[Aura Hero Ash: Heh, of course. This is the top-tier power in the Pokémon World. As long as you can fully unleash it, it won't be a problem to contend with Divine Realm Grade Pokémon.]
Contending with Divine Realm Grade Pokémon... When Ash saw this sentence, he immediately thought of Ho-Oh.
That Ho-Oh, with Divine Realm peak power, its Aura was like a vast ocean, endless. His Aura was not even a fraction of theirs.
Can humans really raise their Aura to that level?
[Champion Ash: Speaking of which, have you met three strange guys? The ones with a Meowth, always shouting about being cute and charming villains or something similar.]
[Newbie Ash: Yes, I have! Pikachu blasted them off! That was also my first time trying Aura Fusion.]
[Aura Hero Ash: Good gracious, it seems you still can't escape your entanglement with those people, huh? You need to be careful in the future; Pikachu has been targeted by those guys.]
[Newbie Ash: Huh? What do you mean?]
[Tactician Ash: You'll know in the future. They are an incredibly annoying bunch.]
[Champion Ash: Heh heh, but actually, they aren't bad people; they just went astray. In some parallel worlds, there are timelines where they were reformed. But compared to them, newbie, you haven't drawn a prize in a long time, have you? Go check your drawing chances.]
Drawing chances?
Ash was stunned for a moment, then remembered that he had already cleared the first Gym. According to the big shots in the group, certain commemorative 'firsts' would grant drawing chances, like achievements.
Defeating the first Gym should count as commemorative, right?
Ash clicked on the chat group's notification bar, and sure enough, there were two messages.
[First encounter with Team Rocket Trio, gained drawing chance * 1]
[First time blasting off Team Rocket Trio, gained drawing chance * 1]
[First time clearing a Gym, gained drawing chance * 1]
Three... three drawing chances?
Ash blinked, his clear eyes filled with surprise. He hadn't expected to get three drawing chances.
Among them, encountering Team Rocket alone gave him two drawing chances—one for encountering them and one for blasting them off. What kind of people are the Team Rocket Trio? They can even make him get two drawing chances?
Thinking of what the big shots in the group said about being endlessly entangled with the Team Rocket Trio in the future, Ash had a premonition of bad luck.
But that was for later; for now, he would use his drawing chances.
Ash immediately did a triple draw. Three pointers spun rapidly on the turntable. With a thought from Ash, the pointers slowly stopped, finally landing in three places.
[Congratulations! You drew A-Rank Ability: Special Attack Ability Limit Boost.]
[Congratulations! You drew C-Rank Ability: Beginner Breeder.]
[Congratulations! You drew S-Rank One-Time Ability: Chosen One's Radiance.]
A-Rank, C-Rank, and S-Rank. An S-Rank ability appeared again. Good heavens, what kind of luck is this?!
When Ash saw the pointer land in that tiny, insignificant area, he thought the thing had a bug. That area was so small it was barely visible to the naked eye. Such an extremely small probability, for it to appear the first time, Ash felt like he might have used up all his luck for this lifetime.
The big shots in the group also said that out of tens of thousands of drawing chances, S-Rank abilities only appeared once or twice, because S-Rank abilities were indeed somewhat heaven-defying.
Just look at the Aura Power he inherited. He, who was at most a little stronger than an average person, directly became a superhero after obtaining Aura Power!
Once he fully mastered Aura Power, just with his current strength, without even training, he could contend with Champion-level Pokémon!
Isn't that ability heaven-defying?
For such a heaven-defying ability, a probability of one in ten thousand is very normal. But he has only drawn six times now, and he got two S-Ranks, two A-Ranks, and two C-Ranks. Is this reasonable?
Non-Chief Ash would want to hit someone if he saw this, right?
Moreover, for this ability draw, Ash already knew what the first and second ones were, but what in the world was the third one?
What does 'Chosen One's Radiance' mean?
[Newbie Ash: Everyone, I'm back from drawing, but there's one thing I don't understand.]
[Non-Chief Ash: Seriously, buddy, what did you draw again? It's not another A-Rank or B-Rank ability, is it?]
[Newbie Ash: Uh... Why wouldn't it be D-Rank or E-Rank?]
[Non-Chief Ash: Heh heh, because those abilities are completely garbage that you can understand without anyone explaining them. E-Rank abilities are useless knowledge similar to hoeing the ground. D-Rank skills might give you some driving skills, computer usage skills, or similar, but those are beginner-level skills, better than nothing.]
[Non-Chief Ash: Only C-Rank and above will have some rarer abilities, like the one you drew before... So what rank did you draw this time?]
[Newbie Ash: S-Rank.]
[Non-Chief Ash: ???]
[Non-Chief Ash: You && %& * @]