: All characters reach level 70, Golden Crown

Chapter 66: All characters reach level 70, Golden Crown

Everyone is level 70!

Xia Mu then purchased more magical candies from the system store.

Lucario used 13 orbs, Gyarados used 16 orbs, and Beedrill used 14 orbs, for a total of 43 orbs.

Seeing the changes in Lucario, Beedrill, and Gyarados one after another, Xia Mu realized that it wasn't a sudden, massive transformation at level 70.

However, after level 60, the Pokémon will change significantly as the level increases.

If you level up slowly, one level at a time, you won't notice much difference. But if you level up 1 or 1 levels at once, the difference will be very noticeable.

Of course, the most crucial factor was that Xia Mu witnessed the entire process. It was like a ten-year-old child suddenly growing up two years in front of you; you could clearly see the change.

However, this was only something that Natsuki could clearly perceive, because there wasn't a significant change in appearance, and people who didn't observe the process wouldn't notice it.

You can only notice this change if you spend a lot of time together, and even then you can't really pinpoint exactly what has changed.

The Pokémon were thrilled and eager to show off their skills, while Xia Mu sighed as he looked at his remaining balance of 4300 million.

Actually, level 80 is more than enough for everyone; it would only cost another 4000 million Alliance Coins, but Xia Mu wouldn't do that.

The remaining money has other uses, and is also for unforeseen circumstances.

Only with money in hand can you be flexible and adaptable to changing circumstances.

If things really get out of control, the worst that can happen is to force a level 100 monster to be created.

Even if Mewtwo is a legendary being, Xia Mu doesn't believe that it's level 100.

Unless, the highest level in this world is far more than 100.

Once the level is up, the next step is to improve the individual value talents.

This is an area that Xia Mu has never actively ventured into before, but now that the time has come, he naturally wants to do his best to improve the Pokémon's strength.

Xia Mu bought five golden crowns, each worth 100 million.

Xia Mu did not upgrade Gardevoir's level.

However, Xia Mu felt that making some appropriate changes in this regard would be good, allowing it to gradually accept the change.

After the individual stats and talent are improved, and the intimacy level increases over time, Xia Mu will then make changes to its effort values.

Within its acceptable range, then consider how to upgrade its level later.

Gardevoir is actually obsessed with strength, because it always felt that it was too weak to protect its younger siblings.

With the opportunity presented to it, and Gardevoir already recognizing Natsuki as its trainer, it began to accept the growing strength of Arcanine and the others.

The golden crown—if you didn't see the real thing and a photo, who would guess that it's just a golden bottle cap?

When Xia Mu saw the actual product for the first time, he had to complain that the game prop designers were really too careless.

If the GameShark simulator didn't lack an assistant, Xia Mu would have asked what kind of beverage bottle cap this was...

Speaking of bottle caps, Xia Mu couldn't help but think of Kojiro from the original anime, who collected bottle caps specifically for his collection.

By the way, could there be a gold crown and a silver crown inside?

If I had any, should I rob them?

Thinking about it is one thing, but it's really just for fun.

Ultimately, in the game, it's just about giving the Gold Crown and Silver Crown to the Extreme Trainers, who then train the Pokémon.

Now, with the modifications to the GameShark simulator, it can be used directly on Pokémon.

Xia Mu used the Golden Crown on each of his Pokémon. The bottle cap-like object quickly turned into light points and merged into the Pokémon's body after touching it.

Then, Natsuki sensed a significant change in the Pokémon's aura.

After becoming stronger, especially after reaching this level, the added bonuses from various talents allow one to leapfrog another level of strength.

Arcanine, Red Gyarados, and Gardevoir show the most significant improvements.

Aside from Lucario and Beedrill, there aren't many changes, because their key attributes are already top-tier, so the improvements in their HP and Defense won't be immediately apparent.

……

Time flies.

Before they knew it, it was already the next morning.

Xia Mu got up early and had breakfast with Xia Bo.

Since I've taken on the role of acting Gym Leader for Crimson Lotus, I must see it through to the end and take it seriously.

We can't just give up before the Mewtwo thing happens.

Even though he had already made a large number of challengers cry yesterday, Xia Mu believed that many more people would come to challenge him today.

Those who haven't experienced a beating and are overly confident in their abilities will inevitably come running.

Furthermore, as more and more Pokémon trainers arrive at Cinnabar Island in order to become the strongest Pokémon trainers, they will certainly not miss the opportunity after hearing about the Cinnabar Gym.

Xia Mu's plan was to use these challengers to test the strength of Arcanine and the others.

During breakfast, Xia Mu was given another lesson by Xia Bo.

Blaine taught Natsuki a lesson: as a gym leader, one should not only be the opponent of the challenger, but also guide the challenger correctly.

In other words, if there are promising challengers, then we should give them a break.

Defeating all challengers builds a gym's prestige, but if you don't give out a single badge, the gym will eventually become a forgotten gym.

Xia Bo's reminder also reminded Xia Mu of the Tokiwa Gym in the original work.

Indeed, it's a must-challenge level in the game, but in the anime, it seems that because it's too difficult, very few people hold the Viridian Gym Badge. Then, with Mewtwo taking over the Viridian Gym in the anime, even fewer people dare to challenge it.

The reason Ash and his friends obtained the Viridian City Gym Badge in the original story was because of the protagonist's plot armor.

Natsuki clearly remembered this part of the original anime: Gary and Ash's group arrived in Viridian City at the same time and challenged the gyms one after another.

Although Gary challenged the Viridian Gym first, his Arcanine and Nidoking were thoroughly defeated by Mewtwo.

Just then, as the story progressed, Mewtwo and Giovanni left the Viridian Gym, temporarily handing over the duties of Gym Leader to Jessie and James.

That led to the absurd plot that followed.

In short, if Giovanni had been at the Viridian Gym at that time, Ash definitely wouldn't have been able to beat him. Even if Gary could have beaten Giovanni's Golem and Kingler at the start, those weren't Giovanni's main force.

In conclusion, Viridian City was originally a very prosperous metropolis, but later, because the gyms were too difficult, many trainers were unwilling to challenge them, so the number of outsiders visiting Viridian City decreased, and eventually it gradually became a deserted city.

Blaine was telling Natsuki that today's challenge should involve selecting a few trainers with decent skills and sending them a few badges.

Otherwise, no one will dare to challenge the Crimson Lotus Gym in the future.

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