Blue Bird has a very high affinity for the power of faith. When he captured it, its HP was only 10,000, even after it followed him to many worlds and witnessed all kinds of existences.
Its current HP is only 12,000.
However, after Yang Tao infused it with the power of faith, Blue Bird's life force directly skyrocketed to 50,000 points. Although it's still not as strong as when it was the Lord of the Levels in Jerry Hall, it used to be.
But this is its own strength, and it won't be weakened by leaving any place.
Priest Blue Bird
HP 50,000 / 50,000
"Little Blue, with your current size, you shouldn't stand on my shoulder anymore."
After receiving the power of faith, Blue Bird's size also began to grow rapidly, from the size of a normal parrot to the size of an adult house cat.
Blue Bird heard Yang Tao's words and rubbed his head against Yang Tao's cheek, saying, "Master, no~"
"Master, you're amazing! Give me more power of faith, and I... I can do anything."
Bang...
Yang Tao flicked Blue Bird off his shoulder and said, "What have you been doing in the Pokémon World these days? Don't watch all that random stuff all day."
Blue Bird is male!! He will go to seduce female parrots.
He chatted with Blue Bird as he walked down the stairs, then came to the audience seats and sat down, watching the match on the battlefield.
The defending side representing the Gym was none other than the pink Slowking, but at this moment, its big face no longer bore that silly, simple, and honest expression.
Its gaze was fixed on the situation on the field, using psychic powers to command the Chansey on the field.
"Happiny's evolution speed is so fast? It hasn't even been half a month, has it?"
Blue Bird stood on the seat next to Yang Tao and said, "It evolved the day before yesterday. Ample nutrition combined with continuous battles has greatly helped the growth of Pokémon in this world."
Blue Bird's explanation, in Yang Tao's understanding, was that Happiny directly took off under the leadership of Slowking, Growlithe, and Caterpie, three big Bosses.
Slam!!
Chansey very flexibly dodged the Pidgeotto's move. Taking advantage of the opponent brushing past, it seriously extended its pink little paw and slapped the Pidgeotto.
Bang!
The Pidgeotto, similar in size to Chansey, was directly embedded into the floor of the arena by Chansey's slap.
Two drops of cold sweat trickled down Yang Tao's forehead.
"Isn't this Chansey's strength a bit off?"
Blue Bird nodded lightly and said, "I've seen the Chanseys of those Nurse Joys in the Pokémon Center, and they really don't have such strong power... But this also comes at a cost; its healing ability is clearly not as good as other Chanseys."
"However, its eggs are still very delicious."
Chansey has a powerful egg-laying ability. It can lay several eggs a day, and it is recognized as one of the delicacies in the Pokémon World. Not only can it provide healing effects, but it can also bring people a feeling of happiness.
Hearing Blue Bird say this, Yang Tao couldn't help but wonder what Chansey's eggs tasted like.
The defeated Pidgeotto was quickly recalled into its Poké Ball by its trainer, but soon a Spearow with a black back and a beige chest and abdomen with fine stripes was sent onto the field.
'A trainer specializing in birds?'
In the normal world, if a trainer can train two or three Pokémon well, it's already very good.
While training one type of Pokémon can make them vulnerable to counters, the training cost is significantly reduced.
The cheers from the surroundings rose again.
Chansey emitted a strange light from its body; it was buffing itself.
This battle with Spearow also ended very quickly. Chansey withstood Spearow's attacks and seized the opportunity to grab the opponent. Pat, pat, pat...
Chansey used its self-taught multi-slap, directly sending this well-trained Spearow back into its Poké Ball, winning this match.
"Slowking! Slowking!"
The audience cheered Slowking's name. Slowking at this time was like a normal Slowking, showing a wise, simple smile, waving to the audience with one hand behind its back, and then walking off the battle arena.
"Ran! Ran!"
The cheered name changed. Yang Tao was stunned at the sound, then saw a High school student version of Ran, wearing a white karate gi, stepping onto the Gym's side.
Throwing the Poké Ball in her hand, a Hitmonchan appeared on the field.
This Hitmonchan wore light purple samurai armor, had a brown body, and plate-like hair growing on its head. It also wore red boxing gloves and had light purple feet.
As soon as it appeared, it seriously swung its fists, as if warming up.
"Is the Gym this lively now? That's great..."
Isn't this his original intention when he first built the Gym?
You say showing off? That's just a bonus. He wants his Gym to be the best Gym, where anyone can quickly gain experience and grow.
Just then, Growlithe, with Caterpie on its head, had already run to his side.
Growlithe excitedly stuck out its tongue and licked Yang Tao's palm. The pink tongue felt very good, just a bit slobbery. Anyone who owns a dog knows that feeling...
"Alright, alright, stop licking. Come on, let's go somewhere else first."
Some audience members had already looked over, so Yang Tao also stood up directly and left the audience seats with Growlithe and Caterpie.
Returning to his room.
Looking at Caterpie, which was a bit sturdier than before, Yang Tao laughed, "So you really can't evolve now?"
Squeak! (No, Master, I can evolve, but I want to evolve into Rayquaza!)
Yang Tao said with a wry smile, "I was just saying that casually. You're a Caterpie, and Rayquaza isn't the same species at all, okay?"
Before, he had only told Caterpie the story of it being able to evolve into Rayquaza as a joke, who knew this honest kid would actually believe it.
For a moment, he didn't know whether to cry or laugh.
Squeak! (Really? Then... then I really can't become Rayquaza?)
Caterpie's cartoonish big eyes immediately became watery, and even its body went limp, looking completely dejected.
Seeing this, Yang Tao picked it up from Growlithe's head and said with a smile, "Although you can't become Rayquaza, I can still make you stronger than Rayquaza!"
"If there's a chance then, you can just use Thunder Web to catch it and make it your subordinate!"
While speaking, Yang Tao directly infused the power of faith into Caterpie's body.
In an instant.
Caterpie's body began to swell.
It grew from less than forty centimeters to over a meter long.
Priest Caterpie
But Yang Tao didn't stop. Caterpie's foundation was simply too poor. After all, it was just a Bug-type Pokémon slightly stronger than Magikarp; any Weedle could take advantage of it.
Fanatic Caterpie
HP 28,000 / 28,000
A two-and-a-half-meter Caterpie could really startle people.
However, its foundation was indeed pitifully weak; even becoming a fanatic didn't boost it as much as Priest Blue Bird.
"If you get a chance to meet Rayquaza, go catch it!"
Yang Tao touched Caterpie's body, and the feel was really good.