The soul penetrates Xiaozhi and destroys Gou Hao at the beginning

In addition, Ash followed Mash's instructions and took them to scenic spots on Isle of Armor such as Round Cove, Battle Cave, Challenge Road, and Cauldron Desert.

Round Bay is a bay located at the southwestern end of the Isle of Armor. It is connected to the island's sea area on the west side, and a river on the east side leads to the Cave of Spirits. A wide variety of Pokémon live here.

Battle Cave is a cave located in the eastern part of the Isle of Armor, connecting the Challenge Path and the Cool Wetlands. A river flows through the cave, and it is home to a diverse variety of Pokémon.

The Path of Challenge, located in the eastern part of the Isle of Armor, consists of steps and platforms that lead upwards from the Training Plains and the Battle Cave.

The Cauldron Desert, located in the center of the mountains in the northern part of the Isle of Armor, is shaped like the bottom of a cauldron. It has an arid climate and is only connected to the Warm-up Cave on the south side, with no other exits.

On the one hand, it would enhance the relationship between himself and his apprentice Xiong, and on the other hand, it would allow him to properly visit and familiarize himself with the geographical environment of Armor Island.

Ash had already planned to train his stubborn Kushner apprentice into a Dark-type Urshifu master who could deliver a single blow.

Meanwhile, the cheerful bear apprentice was trained to become a water-based martial arts bear master with a combo-style fighting ability.

Therefore, while leveling them up, Ash also equipped them with skills.

The bear apprentice, who aspires to become a water-based martial arts bear master, has learned Rapid Return, close combat, acrobatics, and Thunder Fist.

To become a Dark-type martial arts master, the disciple learned Iron Head, close combat, acrobatics, and poison attacks.

Once they evolve and learn Water Strike and Water Jet, as well as Dark Strike and Surprise Attack, they can replace the two transitional skills used by each person.

Coincidentally, among these two bear apprentices,

It likes to attack the enemy with three parts of its strength and keep seven parts for itself.

Xiao Zhi then instructed it to divide its attacks into several parts, without revealing any weaknesses, and to let its own energy flow in its body as freely as water, moving at will, advancing and retreating at will, making it difficult for the enemy to defend against and predict its next move, or even misjudge its own strength, thus catching the enemy off guard.

The other prefers to combine form and spirit to attack the enemy from a single point.

So Xiaozhi taught it to concentrate its power and unleash all its strength in one punch to defeat the enemy in one strike!

It just so happens to be a water-style martial artist who specializes in combo attacks.

The other one cultivates the evil style, which excels in one-hit kills.

In addition, Ash gradually stopped training Grookey and focused mainly on leveling up and increasing the friendship level of his two Kushner apprentices.

After all, the bear apprentice is about to go on a training journey, while the Grookey can be taken along for training during the Galar region, so there's no rush.

On the first day, Ash felt that his relationship with his bear apprentices had become closer.

The next day, Xiao Zhi felt that the bond between himself and his bear apprentices had become even stronger than before, and he should be able to go and report to his master soon.

On the third day, Ash felt that the bond between himself and his Kumamon had become even stronger than before. They had developed a deep understanding and affection for each other and become very good partners.

By the fourth day, Xiao Zhi felt that the bond between himself and his bear apprentices was strong enough that he could proudly go to his master to report.

In addition, during these past few days, Ash also learned about his master's wife, Honey Leaf, as well as Clara and Saiboli, from the other disciples at the dojo.

Honey Leaf was the former president of a trading company.

During her travels around the world, she met Mastad in the Galar region and fell in love with him at first sight.

The two then got married in a whirlwind romance, becoming the couple with the largest age gap among the Pokémon characters who have appeared so far.

At the martial arts school, Miye, as everyone's teacher's wife, is not only responsible for cleaning, cooking, running the business, and promoting it, but also for taking care of the students' mental health.

She was also the first person to create Max Soup.

Originally, she used mushrooms from the forest as ingredients for soup to save money, but the Pokémon drank it and became Gigantamax.

She has an ambition to turn Giant Soup into a ready-to-eat food and sell it all over the world.

"Working together" is her motto.

She wasn't originally a Pokémon Trainer, but after being invited by Master to start Pokémon battles, her dormant talents were quickly awakened.

Her apprentices privately say that her strength is likely already comparable to that of Ma Shide.

Because she often has to take care of some incredibly strong Pokémon, Honeybee herself has become a strongwoman.

Although she was initially resistant to the muscles that were gradually growing on her body, she now seems to think it's not so bad because building muscle helps her maintain her figure.

Clara was originally an independent idol who packaged herself as "super cute and super ruthless".

She tried holding concerts, organizing events, and selling her own merchandise, but her debut song "Being Obsessed with Clara Like a Fool" only sold 8 CDs.

Because she felt that becoming a Gym Leader would make her more popular, she decided to become one.

The reason why I chose the poison attribute is because I feel it fits my image, and it seems that there will be fewer strong enemies, so it will be easier to be the first.

However, the training at the Poison-type gym was much more rigorous than she had expected, so she started complaining after only two days.

Just then, she learned about Master Ma's martial arts school through an advertisement on a late-night TV program.

Because the master seemed so gentle, I figured that training under him would be very comfortable, so I immediately called to apply for a place.

Normally, she only cares about how to make people like her and doesn't care about anything else, so her cultivation is also very perfunctory.

However, recently, in order to prove himself to a certain junior, he has been secretly training hard with Slowbro.

There's also Saiboli, who comes from a prestigious family of psychic beings. All the psychic-type gym leaders throughout history are Saiboli's blood relatives.

As a descendant of these people, Saiboli was destined from birth to take on the responsibility of leading the Psychic-type gym.

From the time he was old enough to understand, he had the ability to move his body freely, but he did not have other abilities such as teleportation or mind reading, so his relatives labeled him as a late bloomer.

Sabolli has deep respect for Slowpoke, who always sticks to his own way no matter what others think of him.

He has a strong sense of pride, and whenever he loses a battle, he uses his superpowers to make his opponent float, which is why he was disqualified from being a gym leader.

Just when he was giving up on himself, he happened to see the flyer for Master Ma's martial arts school that Slowpoke had picked up, which led to his current status as a martial arts school disciple.