37 Level 40
After emerging from the cave, he and Zhizhu quickly met up with Xiong Yong and Charmeleon.
"Pika, Pika." (This is Zhizhu, our new companion. Say hi.)
"Roar, roar." (Hello, Zhizhu...)
Xiong Yong spoke somewhat cautiously. As a Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear, he had heard about the reputation of the Man-Faced Demon Spider.
"Char, char." (Hello.)
Huo Long said, somewhat curtly.
"Pika, pika." (And this is Xiong Yong and Huo Long. Say hi too.)
"Screech, screech!" (Hello, Xiong Yong and Huo Long! Nice to meet you!)
Zhizhu said excitedly, seemingly eager to have met new people.
Faced with Zhizhu's enthusiasm, both Xiong Yong and Huo Long slightly warmed up to Zhizhu's arrival.
Seeing that Xiong Yong had warmed up to Zhizhu, Wang Shou nodded satisfactorily.
"Pika, Pika!" (I will be back! Be nice to each other!)
With a short wave, Wang Shou turned around to go back to the cave and disappeared.
With Wang Shou's disappearance, Xiong Yong and Zhizhu looked at each other, wondering what to do.
Suddenly, Huo Long snorted and also went off to walk somewhere else, though where he was going was unknown.
Looking at each other somewhat speechless, Zhizhu suddenly broke the silence and spoke.
"Screech, screech!" (You know a lot about Lei Feng, right? I wanna know more about him!)
Hearing that Zhizhu wanted to know more about Wang Shou, a sense of camaraderie suddenly appeared in Xiong Yong's heart.
This is a new comrade who understands the greatness of Boss Lei Feng!
Filled with a sudden sense of duty, Xiong Yong cleared his throat and spoke with a solemn tone.
"Roar, roar!" (I will teach you about our lord and savior, Boss Lei Feng!)
And so, a strange religion has appeared on the Douluo Planet.
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Not knowing that Xiong Yong is indoctrinating Zhizhu, Wang Shou quickly went back into the room where the heaven and earth treasures reside.
Placing the Wind Core Herb to the side, he gathered up all the heaven and earth treasures, ready to absorb all of them.
'Zhizhu said that I can have all of it so it should be fine, right? Well, I will leave some for Xiong Yong too.'
Placing a few more heaven and earth treasures to the side, Wang Shou then devoured all the heaven and earth treasures.
Gulping them down, soon he could feel the abundance of energy coursing through his body.
Soon, the familiar system notification appeared in his head.
[Congratulations! You leveled up! You are now at level 38!]
[Congratulations! You leveled up! You are now at level 39!]
[Congratulations! You leveled up! You are now at level 40!]
[Ding! Since you've reached level 40, you've unlocked four privileges!]
[The four privileges are Exp Share, Move Shop, Inventory, and 5th Pokemon Slot.]
Hearing a familiar term, recognition flickered in Wang Shou's eyes.
'Exp Share? Is that what I think it is, system?'
[Yes, the Exp Share is naturally what you had thought of. Fifty percent of the EXP earned from the battle will be rewarded to all Pokémon that had not participated in the battle.]
'This is a game-changer!'
Wang Shou pumped his fist excitedly, as he knew the immense benefit that Exp Share can bring.
To put it shortly, it allows his weaker Pokemon to become stronger at a much faster rate!
A faster rate of growing stronger means more time, and more time means he can grow stronger faster, thus bringing a continuous cycle!
Lingering on the Exp Share privilege for a while, Wang Shou's eye was suddenly attracted to another privilege.
'Move Shop? Explain its function to me, system.'
[The Move Shop has all the Technical Machine moves inside, or TM for short. You can choose the TM move to learn for each of your Pokemon. Though to learn it, you need the BP or Battle Point.]
'Oh, BP? And I assume I can earn BP by defeating others?'
[Yes, and the more powerful the enemy is, the more BP you can earn. Right now, you currently have 14,230 BP.]
'I see, I see. This will definitely be useful...'
Wang Shou nodded when the system spoke another sentence, dropping a bombshell.
[Also, this Move Shop allows you to let other beings be able to learn the TM move.]
'Oh. That's cool, though—Wait, what?!'
Wang Shou widened his eyes as he just understood the implication of the system's word.
There are many similarities between spirit beasts and Pokemon, almost no difference between them.
But there is one key difference that separates Pokemon from spirit beasts.
The most intuitive difference between spirit beasts and Pokemon is the spirit beast's skill or rather their lack of skill!
Most soul beasts only have one unique move, given by their bloodline, but mostly, they fight using the primitive way of fighting, which is using their body.
But spirit masters don't have to face this problem.
Spirit masters can have multiple different skills, bestowed by their spirit ring, and they also have their own unique self-created spirit skills.
So even with their powerful physical body, spirit beasts are at a huge disadvantage in the face of spirit masters who have multiple powerful different skills.
'But with this Move Shop, spirit beasts can turn this around and be on equal ground with the spirit masters!'
'So, I will have to be absolutely careful with this, otherwise I can't imagine the consequences...'
Well, one for starters, if humanity knows this information, he will definitely be hunted down no matter what it takes or be dissected to see if humanity can learn this power.
Though it isn't much better if the spirit beasts' side knows this too. If Di Tian knows this, he will definitely capture Wang Shou and force him to make spirit beasts learn TM moves.
Understanding the impact this can bring, until he grows powerful enough, he will never share this secret except with the selected few that he deeply trusts.
Making this conviction, Wang Shou shifted his attention to the other privileges.
'Inventory... I'm not surprised, but explain its function to me, please.'
[Basically, it is similar to this world's space storage ring and can hold up to 25 cubic meters. It will increase by 25 cubic meters every 10 levels.]
Wang Shou nodded at the system's explanation.
'I see. This will be quite useful in the future.'
Though not as impressive as the Exp Share privilege and the Move Shop privilege, the Inventory privilege is very powerful, extremely convenient in many ways.
'Now for the fifth Pokemon. System, show me the list of the Pokémons I can choose.'
Quickly, the next second, a blue list showed up, though somewhat sparse.
Surprisingly, the blue list only showed ten Pokemon.
'Oh, ten Pokemon? Is there something special about it? Let's see...'
'They are...Rufflet, Bergmite, Sneasel, Voltorb, Growlithe, Basculin, Teddiursa, Petilil, Scyther, and Stantler...'
Wang Shou suddenly had a question mark on his head.
'....What are those?'
Those ten Pokemon, Wang Shou knows them, but the problem is they are rather ordinary. Their final evolution is decent overall, but nothing too special about it.
And what makes it even more confusing is that he can't see the commonality between those ten Pokemon.
Those ten Pokemon are from different regions and have different evolution stages, so they should not be grouped together, and yet they are.
'But why?...'
What makes those ten Pokemon different from others?
Pondering, Wang Shou suddenly remembered a certain game that came out after the Pokemon Sword and Shield game.
'Wait, could it be...?'
Trying to confirm his speculation, Wang Shou asks the system.
'System, show me the appearance of their final evolution.'
The next second, the blue list changed to show the appearance of the ten Pokemon that looked completely different from their usual final evolution.
'So that is why!'
The blue list showed the appearance of those ten Pokemon, which is Wydeer, Kleavor, Lilligant, Ursaluna, Basculegion, Arcanine, Electrode, Sneasler, Braviary, and Avalugg.
'The ten Noble Pokemon of the Hisui Region!'
The ten Noble Pokemon are quite special even in the world of Pokemon, filled with many powerful Pokemon such as the Legendary Pokemon.
In ancient history, there was once ten Pokémons who had accompanied the ancient Hero and once fought the Creator God, Aceus, though it is only a clone.
But still, defeating the clone of Arceus is a praiseworthy achievement, and so those ten Pokemon are bestowed the title; Noble Pokemon, worshipped by humans.
'In their heyday, the Noble Pokemon are extremely powerful, comparable to Pseudo-Legendary Pokemon, a 'natural disaster'.'
Though unfortunately, due to the environment, over time those Noble Pokemon had gradually changed their form, no longer as powerful as they once were.
But now, Wang Shou has the chance to bring back the once extinct ancient Noble Pokemon.
'But which one should I choose?...'
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Comment to choose the Pokemon from the ten Noble Pokemon.
