harleyscars Chapter 22: Locust Tree Grove
Chapter 22: Locust Tree Grove
For the next period of time, Luo Yan and Hou Hao became regulars at the Jiangcheng Battle Club.
Every evening after Lu Feng got off work, he would drive the two students home from school to have a nice meal, and then go to the gaming club for a battle.
The trainers in those clubs gradually got used to the two young men with shiny Pokémon. In order to challenge them, many trainers caught beginner Pokémon and wanted to be matched with the two to snipe them for fun.
Luo Yan and Hou Hao also improved significantly. Although their experience gain slowed down considerably after reaching level 10, the long battles still allowed Mosquito Coil Tadpole to reach level 13, and Iris even reached level 15.
During this period of training, I have sparred with a group of trainers, and the number of Wishing Stars gathered by the Star Compass has reached six.
To be honest, Luo Yan was very dissatisfied with this speed. When he first came here, he condensed two Wishing Stars in just one night. How come he only got six Wishing Stars after fighting for so long?
Later, Luo Yan gradually discovered the reason: Wishing Stars are formed by the combined power of trainers and Pokémon's wishes. If it is the first battle, then the power of wishes obtained is undoubtedly the most. At the same time, because the combat power of these trainers is similar to his own, the speed of obtaining power of wishes is also slowed down.
In plain terms, Luo Yan is currently too weak, and the trainers he battles are also weak due to the matchmaking system, so their Wish Power is not strong enough, resulting in fewer Wish Stars being generated.
Knowing the reason, Luo Yan was no longer in a hurry.
It's true that it's a battle of wits right now, but what about the future?
When you embark on your journey of study and spar with countless gym leaders across the country, and when you participate in the league tournament and challenge countless masters from all over the world, the Wishing Stars will undoubtedly be plentiful.
It is foreseeable that as long as I work steadily and surely, I will never run out of wishing stars.
Therefore, Luo Yan used the six newly obtained Wishing Stars to exchange for his magic wand and the [Wish Power Enhancement].
Luo Yan has many wands with various effects, but he is most used to the wooden wand he used to have.
It's not that he's sentimental; it's just that he's worn the wand so much that it's become patina-like and he's used it quite well.
As for [Willpower Enhancement], it is an extremely special magic. It is similar to [Evolutionary Power], both being a type of resonance magic. However, the difference is that Willpower Enhancement does not change the appearance of the spirit, but it allows the spirit to absorb willpower and unleash special skills.
This skill is called Willpower Impact, a special counter-attack skill that can unleash extremely powerful abilities under special circumstances. Most importantly, this resonance magic has no prerequisites and can be used even by Iris who has not evolved.
So Luo Yan summoned it to give himself an extra trump card.
Luo Yan didn't use the remaining four Wishing Stars. Instead, he saved them up as his magic power supply, saving them to use as energy for casting magic in the future. He could also use them promptly if he wanted to summon something.
Luo Yan hasn't used the Prism Orb he summoned last time yet. It's not that he doesn't want to use it, but he simply hasn't found an opportunity to go to the wilderness.
During this time, he had been with Hou Hao the whole time. Apart from going home separately at night, he spent every day going between school, the gaming club, and home, a routine he couldn't find any time to spend with Hou Hao.
In addition to this reason, going to the wilderness is not an easy thing nowadays.
Ever since the news spread that Hou Hao caught his Poliwag from the Green Triangle, it caused a sensation among trainers in Jiangcheng. Not only the Green Triangle, but also other wild areas saw a surge of trainers flocking there.
The authorities had to issue a notice to restrict trainers' access to the area, and reservations were required to go to the wilderness, otherwise it would be packed with people everywhere.
Fortunately, after learning about this, Luo Yan made an appointment in advance. Even so, he still had to wait in line for a long time. Tomorrow he will finally be able to go to the wilderness area.
After school, Luo Yan made an excuse in the car. "Monkey, Brother Lu, I won't be going to the match club with you guys tomorrow because it's the weekend. The match is getting closer, and I want to rest for a couple of days with Iris to prepare."
Lu Feng had no suspicions. "Alright, after so many nights of fighting, it's time to get some rest. Keeping yourself on edge all the time isn't a good thing."
"Great, I can finally sleep in!" Hou Hao breathed a sigh of relief, then looked up at Luo Yan. "Brother Luo, how about we go out for a meal this weekend?"
"No, I'd rather use this time to watch last year's match replays." Luo Yan waved his hand.
He didn't tell Hou Hao and Lu Feng about his plans to go to the wilderness over the weekend, because he just wanted to test the effect of the Prism Ball. Whether it would succeed or fail was still unknown, and he didn't know what to say.
The three of them then went out for dinner, and after spending some time grinding "experience" at the gaming club, they went home.
Luo Yan prepared her belongings for her trip to the wilderness the next day and then slowly drifted off to sleep.
This time, he didn't choose to go to the Green Branch again. Firstly, because Iris's level was a bit higher, and secondly, because the variety of Pokémon in the Green Branch was too small, so there weren't many options to choose from.
If possible, Luo Yan still hopes to use Prism Ball to catch a relatively rare Pokémon.
So after doing some research on the computer, he finally decided to target the 'Locust Tree Forest', which was some distance from Jiangcheng.
Actually, Luo Yan originally wanted to go to Jiangcheng Wetland, where there are more types of Pokémon. But unfortunately, it's not migration season, so there aren't as many types of Pokémon in Jiangcheng Wetland as there are at their peak. So he chose the Locust Forest instead.
Early on the first day, Luo Yan packed her backpack and boarded the bus to the locust grove.
As the name suggests, the locust forest is most famous for its locust trees. In the past, many people would pick locust flowers to make pancakes or dumplings. However, after the area was designated as a wild area, picking was no longer allowed.
Without the disturbance of humans, many Pokémon settled here. As more and more Pokémon made their home here, the danger level here was briefly raised to B-rank, but it was later reduced to D-rank.
The main reason was that a group of grizzly bears wanted to live here, which immediately raised the danger level. However, the grizzly bears were later driven away by a swarm of bee bees, so the danger level was lowered back down.
Even now, the core area of the locust forest is off-limits, as it is the nest of bee colonies, and the entire mountain is teeming with bees, iron-shelled insects, and unicorn beetles, making it a very dangerous place.
Apart from that, the locust tree forest itself is not particularly dangerous.
Aside from some debunked rumors of hauntings, the locust forest is a very ordinary outdoor area.
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