Elf: My three starters are the three gods of Hoenn

I've heard that in the past, trainers were rewarded with various mysterious evolution stones, items, and even generous cash prizes!

However, for Zhang Feng, evolution stones, items, and cash are not as important as using thirty Nature Balls to catch Pokémon!

Thirty Nature Balls may have a low success rate in catching Pokémon, but with a bit of luck, you could actually catch thirty Pokémon!

Zhang Feng certainly wouldn't miss such a good deal!

"Miss Joey, then I'll sign up!"

After paying 2,000 Pokémon Coins, Zhang Feng settled down temporarily in Goldenrod Town!

Before the Pokémon capture tournament began, Zhang Feng continued training his Pokémon!

Until Beldum defeated a Rock-type Pokémon Onix, leveled up, and began his own evolution!

After the light of evolution ended, a lithe metal monster appeared in front of Zhang Feng!

Elf: Metal Monster

Rating: 22

Feature: Immortal body

Attributes: Steel, Psychic

Qualification: Gold

Bond Evolution: Not yet unlocked

Super Evolution: Not yet unlocked

Skills: Mind Hammer, Telekinesis, Metal Claw, Cannon Beam, Bullet Punch, Rampage...

Intimacy: 140

Background: Metsubou was encountered in Dewford Town and entrusted to a trainer by Steven. It is a Metagross that aspires to surpass Steven.

Hobbies: Fighting, eating ore

Looking at the new attribute panel of the Metal Monster, Zhang Feng nodded in satisfaction!

This time, even with the use of the aptitude evolution stone, Iron Dumbbell still had a gold aptitude when it evolved into MetalGreymon, and did not become a red aptitude being!

It seems that obtaining a red-level qualification is quite difficult!

Therefore, Zhang Feng also placed his hopes on Coco Dora!

As a shiny Pokémon, Aggron's potential should be comparable to Steven's shiny Metagross. Even if the pseudo-legendary Pokémon is stronger, Aggron is still quite powerful!

"Ding-dong! Cocodora has defeated the Golem, gaining 281 experience points and leveling up to level 32!"

As soon as the system notification sounded, white light began to emanate from CocoDora's body!

Evolution begins again!

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Chapter 32 Pokémon Catching Tournament: The Free Catching of Thirty Poké Balls!

As the body of the Cocodora gradually lengthened, a Cocodora with a body reaching 1.2 meters in length, covered in gold and steel, appeared in front of Zhang Feng!

Pokémon: Acorn (Shiny)

Rating: 31

Characteristics: heavy metal

Properties: Steel, Rock

Qualification: Gold

Bond Evolution: Not yet unlocked

Super Evolution: Not yet unlocked

Skills: Harden, Metal Claw, Rock Tomb, Dragon Dive, Iron Head, Double Headbutt, Protect...

Intimacy: 185

Experience: Encountered in the mining area of ​​Dewford Town, a special Cladora who hopes to win more honor for its trainer.

Hobby: Eating metal

Unsurprisingly, even the Shiny Pokémon, whose initial aptitude is gold, retains its gold aptitude after evolving into Acornorus!

It seems that the only way to achieve red aptitude is to look forward to the final evolution forms of MetalGreymon and Aurora, which might still be a possibility!

As for Zhang Feng's other Pokémon, such as Sceptile and Chimchar, they probably won't have a chance!

After all, both the Forest Lizard and the Chimchar are purple-tier and will eventually evolve. It's almost impossible for them to leap across two tiers of aptitude!

Of course, even without becoming red-tier, Metagross and Aggron are still incredibly powerful and would be perfectly capable of serving as Zhang Feng's main Pokémon!

However, seeing that Steven had a shiny Metagross with red potential was still quite enviable, to the point that Zhang Feng also wanted to have a shiny Pokémon with red potential!

But then I thought about it again. Daigo's red aptitude was cultivated with money, while Zhang Feng at least has Rayquaza with a colored aptitude!

This was something that no amount of money could buy, so he immediately felt relieved!

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Soon, three days later, the Wild Pokémon Catching Contest in Goldenrod Town also began!

For a small town to host such a large event, attracting hundreds of trainers is quite a lot, considering the population density in the Hoenn region of Pokémon!

After all, even in regional tournaments, it seems that only a few hundred trainers can pass the preliminary rounds!

A large-scale event covering the entire region can only have a maximum of two hundred participants!

Perhaps because of the low barrier to entry, requiring only 2,000 Pokémon Coins, quite a few Bug Catchers participated in this tournament!

For them, catching a few more Bug-type Pokémon is a victory!

When the mayor of Golden Town appeared, dressed in dazzling jewelry, he gave a speech, and the mayor, Miss Joey of Golden Town, and the captain of the security team acted as referees!

The three-day wild Pokémon capture event has begun!

To Zhang Feng's surprise, he actually spotted a relatively familiar trainer in the crowd—Ye Yue!

He is one of the three trainers who debuted around the same time as Tetsuya and Masamune, and he has chosen Torchic, Treecko, and Mudkip as rookie trainers!

Of these three, Ye Yue defeated Ash's Charizard with Blaziken at the Chengdu League Silver Tournament, but unfortunately, Blaziken was too badly injured and he did not win the championship!

Tetsuya, the champion of this year's Hoenn League Rainbow Tournament, possesses a powerful Sceptile and a Meowth!

As for Masamune, although he is not very strong, he is about evenly matched with Ash. If he hadn't valued friendship too much, which led to his crushing defeat, Ash might not have been his match!

(Due to the storyline, these trainers are fixed as debuting around the same time!)

After receiving thirty green Nature Balls from Nurse Joy and depositing all six of his Luxury Balls at the Pokémon Center, Zhang Feng was finally able to enter the Wild Pokémon Sanctuary!

Because catching Pokémon requires the trainer's own skills, rather than the Pokémon's power, the Pokémon Catching Contest was created!

Otherwise, if everyone could use their own Pokémon, they could catch up to thirty Pokémon!

If this continues, the Pokémon here will naturally be quickly depleted, turning the town into a place abandoned by Pokémon!

This is not what the villagers of Golden Town originally intended, and at the same time, it is difficult to determine the outcome of this match!

After all, the winning criteria are based primarily on the number of Pokémon caught; only when the number is the same will their rarity be considered!

Now, some people might say, if a trainer catches thirty Caterpie, does that count as reaching the highest level of quantity?

Because no matter what, Bug-type Pokémon in their initial form are indeed easy to catch. However, there is another rule in the selection process: the number of the same Pokémon caught cannot exceed ten, otherwise the participant will be disqualified!

However, if a Pokémon caught in a protected area is willing to obey its trainer's commands, it can battle within the protected area to catch other Pokémon!

In short, as long as the Pokémon were not caught by the trainer outside the protected area, but caught inside the protected area, you can do whatever you want!

But for Zhang Feng, whether he wins or loses is another matter!

His real purpose, of course, was to capture his favorite Pokémon in this man-made "wild Pokémon Reserve" and become the founder of his species' reproduction!

Of course, if the captured partner has good potential, he will also train it as a main force!

Those with poor aptitude will become part of the system's spatial ecosystem, striving to expand their population and reproduce!

Once the number increases, it's a matter of probability. Surely, there will eventually be a golden or even red-quality elf that will please Zhang Feng?

Although it is a Pokémon protected area, if a participating trainer encounters danger, they can withdraw at any time and be rescued by the Goldenrod Town security team!

So Zhang Feng, carrying a basket of natural spheres, headed into the reserve!

This entire reserve covers a vast area, with abundant wild environments including lakes, mountains, and grasslands. Its total area is roughly the size of a county town!

It is obviously impossible to explore the entire reserve in three days by manpower alone!

Therefore, to truly explore the entire protected area, we need to seek the help of Pokémon!

Therefore, Zhang Feng's first goal was to get the mount series of Pokémon!

These Pokémon naturally include Arcanine, Rapidash, Dodrio, and similar Pokémon!

However, Arcanine is clearly not a Pokémon that can be caught without Pokémon battles!

Duduli has a bad temper, so she's not the first choice either!

Therefore, only the Ponyta before Rapidash evolves can be considered as a target!

Entering the Pokémon Protection Area turns even the most experienced trainers into complete novices, as they have no Pokémon at all and have to start over!

Therefore, it becomes very important to entice the greedy little guy!

Zhang Feng was lucky; after an hour of searching, he found a lone little fire horse!

"Ding-dong, Ponyta's current attribute values ​​are as follows:"

Pokémon: Ponyta

Rating: 15

Ability: Fire

Attribute: Fire

Qualification: Blue

Skills: Impact, Shout, Sparks, Flame Wheel, Stomp...

Hobbies: Spicy food, a bit of a glutton, likes to run

Looking at the little horse's attributes, Zhang Feng nodded to himself. As long as it's gluttonous, there's a chance to tame it. Not to mention, Zhang Feng has plenty of spicy food!

Once Zhang Feng subdues it, riding the little fire horse within the protected area will provide ample mobility!

Thinking of this, Zhang Feng took out a few Wuhua fruits from his system space!

Although the use of trainer's Pokémon is prohibited in the protected area, it doesn't say that you can't bring your own berries to catch wild Pokémon!

Fire-type Pokémon are naturally quite sensitive to and fond of spicy flavors. Zhang Feng's Chimchar loves to eat spiciness berries, as does his Grovyle!

In addition, although the Pokémon in the entire reserve are free-range, you can often encounter the reserve staff!

Therefore, the little pony isn't afraid of humans!

So, after Zhang Feng placed the Wuhua Fruit on the ground, the little fire horse hesitated for a moment, but its greedy heart prevailed, and it slowly came towards Zhang Feng!

The first step of the plan has been a success!

After luring the little fire horse, Zhang Feng took out even more Wuhua Fruits, since he had plenty of them in his system space!

At this moment, all that could be heard was Zhang Feng's earnest and persuasive words!

"Little Ponyta, would you like to become my Pokémon? If you do, you can eat this delicious food every day from now on!"

"Moreover, the place where you will live in the future will be much larger and more spacious than this area, enough for you to roam freely every day!"

"After that, I can find you some companions, and you can live happily in your new place without worrying about any pressure!"

Having been persuaded by Zhang Feng, the little fire horse, with a few more Wuhua fruits in its mouth, nodded slightly!

Seeing that Ponyta was willing to be captured by him, Zhang Feng was overjoyed. He then took out a Nature Ball and touched Ponyta.

With a flash of red light, the little horse horse was put into the Natural Ball by Zhang Feng!

After shaking violently three times, the natural ball finally emitted a crisp sound!