Elf: Starts with small diamonds, then mutates into Diancie.

Su Hao thought to himself that this was the improvement brought about by the upgrade.

“You’re not mistaken, this is my ability. As long as we keep defeating our opponents, we can become stronger and stronger,” Su Hao explained to Little Diamond.

system:?

"Oh, I see~"

Chapter 7 Promotion

In the evening, Su Hao and Xiao Suizuan, who had played against seven or eight students of the same age, returned home with tired steps.

Su's father will likely be away from home for the next few days. With the recent sightings of poachers in the ecological reserve near Yangcheng, Su's father, as the officially appointed local curator, will definitely have to go and hunt them down.

As for Su Hao's mother, Ms. Su Qing, she is often not at home.

As a research doctor studying the mysteries of Pokémon evolution, Ms. Su Qing often goes into seclusion for long periods of time, something Su Hao has been used to since childhood.

Back in his room, Su Hao found a small bed next to his own.

Su Hao felt a warmth in his heart. He had mentioned it to his father last night, and it was already prepared so quickly. He figured his father must have specifically instructed the housekeeper he hired to handle this before going on his mission.

As Su Hao entered, Xiao Suizuan saw the extra small bed in the room and looked at Su Hao with surprise.

"Oh right, this is the little bed that Dad prepared for you. Let's go thank Dad together when he comes home in a few days."

Su Hao explained to Xiao Suizuan that this was something his father had prepared.

"Hey hey~!" (Little Diamond will thank Daddy when he gets home!)

"Then let's go try it out and see if it's comfortable." Su Hao gestured for Little Diamond to try it out.

Little Diamond lay on its little bed, and Su Hao covered it with a small blanket.

Before long, the little diamond fell asleep peacefully.

Su Hao thought that Xiao Suizuan must have been exhausted from today's battle, which was why she fell asleep as soon as she hit the bed.

Thinking this, Su Hao took out a fist-sized pink diamond from his system space.

After taking out the diamond, Su Hao placed it next to the smaller diamonds.

The pink diamond spontaneously emits a gentle energy that surrounds the small diamonds upon contact with them.

That's right, this is the Pink Diamond from the Beginner's Gift Pack that Su Hao received after obtaining his starter Pokémon. It has high-grade Rock and Fairy Energy that are perfectly suited to Small Diamond.

Seeing that the little diamond had also begun to unconsciously absorb energy, Su Hao opened the little diamond's information panel.

Pokémon: [Small Diamond] [Mutant 6.5%]

Attributes: [Rock, Fairy]

Gender: [None]

Characteristic: [Eternally Pure Body]

Level: [8]

Techniques: [Impact, Harden, Magic Flash, Meteor Beam, Reflection Barrier, Light Wall, Primal Power...]

After a day of fighting, Little Diamond's level rose from level five to level eight.

At the same time, the progress of the mutation into Diancie also increased by 1.5%.

Su Hao specifically asked the system if there were any other ways to accelerate the mutation process besides waiting for the Diancie Super Stone to subtly improve the mutation progress.

The system replied yes, the initial ten pink diamonds can be used to increase mutation speed by absorbing their energy, because the energy in the pink diamonds comes from EGA Diancie.

At the same time, leveling up through battles can also accelerate the mutation speed of the small diamond.

Because the little diamonds are different; they were bathed in Xerneas's fairy aura before birth and during their infancy. They have already unlocked the "lock" that allowed them to become Diancie.

However, the other small diamonds are different. Without unlocking this "lock," no matter how they are upgraded, they cannot transform into Diancie.

In short, Little Diamond already possessed the qualities to become Diancie; the system's existence merely accelerated this process.

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Chapter 8 The Outskirts of the Forest

On the second day of winter vacation, Su Hao and Little Diamond took the Steel Crow taxi to an unnamed forest outside Yang City.

The Nameless Forest has been explored countless times by trainers both inside and outside Yangcheng, and the distribution of Pokémon within it has long been thoroughly familiarized by wave after wave of trainers.

The outer perimeter of the Nameless Forest is mostly populated by beginner-level Pokémon; you can only encounter normal-level Pokémon if you venture further in.

Therefore, this forest is the first choice for novice trainers to catch trainers in the wild every year.

Although the ecology here is very suitable for novice trainers to explore, most trainers have been spending the last few days either getting used to their starter Pokémon or playing against each other.

While the outer perimeter isn't congested yet, Su Hao can enjoy a full-on battle with Little Diamond.

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After Su Hao and Little Diamond officially entered the forest, no Pokémon attacked them immediately.

Many Pokémon with strong aggressive tendencies, such as Spinosaurus and Rattata, simply closed their eyes and pretended not to see Su Hao and Diamondback after they saw them.

Because people come here every year, most of the Pokémon on the outskirts are no longer willing to jump out and attack people. After all, it's too annoying to fight one person and then have many more people come.

Just as the guide said, the Pokémon on the outskirts of this area don't necessarily work if they don't have food.

Having no other choice, Su Hao took out a small box of general-purpose Pokémon food from the backpack he was carrying.

Su Hao took out a handful of elf food and walked quietly to the spot where Little Dara was pretending to be blind.

When Su Hao walked five meters away from Little Rada, Little Rada, who was pretending not to see him, immediately opened his eyes and bared his teeth at Su Hao and Little Diamond.

Although the little Rattata was wary, its longing gaze at the elf food in Su Hao's hand betrayed it.

Upon noticing this, Su Hao immediately released his waveguide, connecting it to Little Rada and conveying a sense of goodwill to it.

As the waveguide conveyed its goodwill, Su Hao spoke to Little Rada: "We mean no harm. If you fight my Little Diamond once, the food I have is yours. And if you get injured, we will treat you."

"Rada Rada!" After hearing this, Little Rada felt that the human in front of him was somewhat trustworthy, and immediately got into position to fight Little Diamond.

Pokémon: Rattata

Attribute: [Normal]

Gender: [♂]

Characteristic: [Escape]

Level: [12]

Moves: [Tackle, Tail Wag, Quick Attack, Focus Charge, Bite]

Little Rada is four levels higher than Little Diamond, but Su Hao predicts that Little Diamond will still be able to easily finish the battle.

Rattata, a small, pale purple Pokémon, is agile and particularly adept at maneuvering, especially its front teeth.

The front teeth are Rattata's primary means of attack.

Its sharpness is enough to easily bite through even the hardest wood.

Rattata first used Normal-type energy to gather in its front teeth. According to Su Hao's observation, it should be the Normal-type move "Focus Energy". Focus Energy allows the Pokémon that uses it to more accurately target the opponent's weaknesses.

After using Focus Charge, Rattata immediately used the Bite move to charge at Smash.

"Use impact!" Su Hao chose to let the small diamonds collide head-on.

"Hey hey!" The little diamond shone with a white luster and crashed straight into the oncoming little Rattata.

"Bang—" The sound of collision came, and sure enough, Little Rattata was directly knocked away by Little Diamond, while Little Diamond was completely unharmed.

The little Rada, who had been knocked flying, struggled to get up but was too exhausted from the impact and could only watch helplessly as Su Hao walked over.

Su Hao took out the wound spray from his backpack again and sprayed it on the little Rada's somewhat red and swollen head.

The medicine took effect quickly, and Su Hao left the food he had promised to give to Little Rada behind and continued searching for opponents with Little Diamond.

Lured by Su Hao's food, many wild Pokémon were defeated by Diamondback's powerful punches.

As evening approached, a flash of light appeared on the gray body of the small diamond that had defeated Nidoran, and its aura solidified once more.

Su Hao treated Nidolan's injuries as usual, and then gave Nidolan the food.

Then, he turned his gaze to the panel with the small diamonds.

Pokémon: [Small Diamond] [Mutant 7%]

Attributes: [Rock, Fairy]

Gender: [None]

Characteristic: [Eternally Pure Body]

Level: [11→12]

Moves: [Impact, Harden, Magic Dazzle, Meteor Beam, Reflect Barrier, Light Wall, Primal Power, Guard Split, Knock Down (New)]

In one day, Little Diamond's level increased to level twelve, and it also learned a new move, "Smash," which can now be used to deal with Pokémon that are flying in the air.

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