Chapter 108: Larulas Wants to Evolve

After lunch, Tang Yi, as usual, brought Larulas over to see Li Yaowen.

Li Yaowen was in a very good mood today; his smile was so broad it was impossible to conceal. This made Tang Yi silently wonder how much bonus the school had given him after his team advanced.

Li Yaowen had indeed been a great help recently.

Because of Tang Yi’s advancement, the school continued to employ Li Yaowen.

However, his earlier words implied that Li Yaowen wasn’t very optimistic about Tang Yi’s chances in the upcoming matches.

Although Tang Yi had already heard a similar answer from Fang Tianze the day before, he couldn’t help but ask again, “Coach Li, with your experience, how far do you think Larulas and I can go in the final competition?”

Li Yaowen hesitated, unsure whether to be blunt or to offer some encouragement.

Tang Yi added, “It’s okay, I have a strong mentality.”

Li Yaowen smiled, “Winning one more match and then claiming the championship? I saw the news reports; your mindset is indeed good, worthy of praise.”

After some thought, Li Yaowen spoke tactfully, “Considering you still have time and room to improve, Larulas is very hardworking, and you often come up with some ingenious ideas. I estimate you’ll reach the top sixteen.”

Tang Yi was helpless. After all that buildup, only to hear they’d be stopped at the top sixteen?

He pressed on, “Then what areas should I improve in next?”

Without much thought, Li Yaowen answered straight away, a plan he had already prepared yesterday but hadn’t shared because Tang Yi was absent: “You need to continue mastering new skills. I’ve selected a few for you, prioritized as Absorb Kiss, Reflect Barrier, Light Wall, and Illusion Beam.”

Although Li Yaowen also felt Tang Yi might not go far, after just receiving a bonus, his enthusiasm was high. He patiently explained why he recommended these skills.

Absorb Kiss, a Fairy-type move, allows Larulas to recover some health by dealing damage, granting her a degree of self-sustainability during attacks.

Reflect Barrier and Light Wall serve as complementary defensive skills, reducing physical and energy damage respectively.

Finally, Illusion Beam, which has greater offensive power, was considered lower priority. Li Yaowen pointed out Larulas’s current weakness—her insufficient physical strength.

But this was not just due to training; some racial limitations are innate. At the final stage, all opponents would be the province’s best trainers, making it harder to rely on psychic pressure alone as before.

Of course, Li Yaowen didn’t expect Larulas to master all these moves in just over a month. His point was, the more she could learn, the better.

Plus, the skills she already had—Teleport and Flight—still needed practice, so time was actually quite tight.

“Actually, your Larulas is quite good,” Li Yaowen said, wanting to encourage Tang Yi’s fighting spirit. “If this were the selection contest ten years ago, with Larulas’s abilities, even if not provincial champion, making the top four wouldn’t be a problem.”

“Is the competition tougher now?”

“Yes. Take Psychic types for example. Previously, just mastering Illusion Beam by the finals was impressive. Now, if you don’t have Illusion Beam, you might feel embarrassed facing other competitors.”

Tang Yi understood. This was the inevitable result of endless competition. Others had skills he lacked, so naturally his competitiveness declined.

It was a fact, but Tang Yi didn’t regret it.

At least Larulas’s early life had been free from endless training classes; her childhood was rather happy. Some things couldn’t be measured simply by gains or losses.

Today’s training focused on improving proficiency. The hypnosis and teleportation moves hurriedly learned before the second round still had a long way to go before mastery.

Before mastering new moves, it was necessary to use old skills fluently.

When Li Yaowen stepped away, Larulas expressed some confusion: “I don’t quite understand. We’ve already promised Sister Butterfree to learn that Primitive Release technique. Why do we still need to train here?”

“The training from Fang Da’s side is special, while the school’s training is routine and equally important. So we have to focus on both, and be strong in both,” Tang Yi said, making a fist with both hands.

Larulas blushed slightly, gave him a side glance, and casually said, “So you still prefer the bigger ones, right?”

This guy wanting to hold both hands at once—too, too lewd!

“Huh?” Tang Yi was momentarily caught off guard.

Larulas pursed her lips and chatted casually, “That sister who insisted on taking a photo with you earlier—she has really big… you know.”

Tang Yi suddenly understood. Thinking the girl might be jealous, he chuckled and reassured, “Some people develop early, it’s normal. Don’t worry about it. She was the one who insisted on the photo, and I didn’t even add her on WeChat.”

He recalled that on the way over, the junior who took the photo was quite something… well, impressive by high school standards.

But Tang Yi had a clear conscience. See, he had firmly refused to add her on WeChat.

Larulas, however, was thinking something else entirely and felt a little troubled inside.

Could it be that the development of a Pokémon girl was completely different from humans? She was already grown-up, yet still looked so immature.

Did she have to train following that bad guy’s breast-enhancement method?

Or did she have to wait until evolution?

By the time the last training session before school ended at dusk finished, Larulas suddenly called out to the departing Coach Li Yaowen.

The girl’s calm tone was tinged with nervousness: “Excuse me, may I ask, how can I evolve as soon as possible?”

Since Tang Yi usually handled communication with Li Yaowen, the coach was a little surprised.

After hearing the question, Li Yaowen suddenly realized and smiled: “After evolution, your basic attributes will improve significantly. You want to help your trainer perform better in competitions, don’t you?”

He patted Tang Yi’s shoulder: “You have a great Pokémon partner, so don’t bully others casually.”

“Ah, yeah,” Tang Yi replied casually in surprise.

Larulas suddenly wanting to evolve? She had never mentioned it before.

Come to think of it, if she could evolve before the final competition started, their chances would indeed improve.

Yet, why did Tang Yi feel Larulas’s motivation to evolve was somewhat impure?