[Newbie Ash: "...]
To put it in terms I learned from the group—this is truly Versailles!
Ash decided to stop watching the big shots show off in the group and went to try his luck in the lottery. Now it's the big shots showing off to him, but he believes that whatever he wins will surely outshine them.
It's been quite a while since he last tried the lottery, so his luck shouldn't be too bad, right?
With this in mind, Ash clicked on the lottery interface and started the draw. Two pointers spun crazily on the lottery wheel, and after a few seconds, they gradually came to a stop. When one of the pointers landed on a barely noticeable area, Ash burst into a joyful smile!
He hit the jackpot!
[Congratulations on winning an S-grade one-time exclusive ability: Limit Break.]
[Congratulations on winning an A-grade one-time ability: Top-tier booster.]
One S and one A, once again it was a moment full of gains. Ash had seen that ability before, and it had already brought one of his Pokemon a qualitative leap.
Now, Venusaur's strength had reached near Professional Senior Level, placing it in the first tier. Currently, Charizard and Gardevoir were only at Professional Senior Level, but the former was close to breaking through to the peak, while the latter had developed part of Mewtwo's power after the recent battle, directly surpassing the others.
So overall, Venusaur was not far behind them now, although still a bit of a distance away.
Half of this was thanks to Xerneas' Life Branch, and part of it was the power granted by the Top-tier booster.
Among A-grade abilities, Ash felt it was much stronger than those that simply offered a direct enhancement, and he wondered why it was categorized as A-grade. It should theoretically be S-grade.
However, the true strength of this ability lay in the group members, not the ability itself.
If the group members were in their initial state or if there were no strong players at all, the Top-tier booster's enhancement would be negligible.
The reason Bulbasaur was able to experience a rapid increase in ability and level was inseparable from the Champion Peak Venusaur it had merged with.
In such a strong group environment, this ability was indeed incredibly overpowered.
But that wasn't the main focus of this lottery; the key was the first reward he received. What exactly was Limit Break?
It didn't sound like much, but the reward's grade alone proved that it was definitely not to be underestimated.
[Newbie Ash: Guys, guys, I finished the lottery!]
[Unlucky Ash: Seriously, dude, how did you get to try the lottery again! Every time I log on, I get hit with bad luck. I was just about to show off the golden Magikarp I caught! I finally got lucky for once, and now you've ruined it!]
[Water Type Master Ash: Golden Magikarp? Not bad, you actually caught a shiny one. So, has your luck finally turned?]
[Unlucky Ash: Turned, my ass! I spent nearly half a month fishing here, catching around three thousand Magikarp, if not nearly three thousand, before I finally got this golden one!]
[Unlucky Ash: My fishing skills, combined with my specially made bait, usually only attract rare-colored Pokemon, and I had already scouted to confirm that there was a golden Magikarp here. I practically emptied this area of Magikarp before catching the golden one! You call this luck turning around?]
[Water Type Master Ash: You emptied it? How did you manage to catch all the Magikarp? Did you catch one and then capture it or something?]
[Unlucky Ash: Of course not! I caught a bunch and then released them collectively into a separate lake. If I put them all back into the same lake, I'd never catch the golden one in my lifetime!]
Now the group understood Unlucky Ash's fishing method—if luck wasn't on your side, go for actual methods.
Aside from fishing skills and bait, if you want to catch the specific Pokemon you want and know that it's in a particular lake, you just have to catch all the Pokemon in that lake. This way, the one you want will be the only one left.
Although Unlucky Ash probably didn't catch every Pokemon, catching thousands of Magikarp shows that his luck is indeed pretty bad.
His unlucky aura is still affecting him!
[Unlucky Ash: Fine, I'm in a good mood today. Let's see what you drew, newbie, post it, and I'll appraise it.]
[Newbie Ash: Uh... one of them is an A-grade one-time ability, Top-tier booster.]
[Unlucky Ash: Top-tier booster? I think you drew this before too, right? Although it's labeled A-grade, considering everyone's at the top of their fields in the group, it's actually no less than S-grade.]
Unlucky Ash's shadow quietly nodded. Yes, it's a familiar taste; the quality of the draw is still abnormal. If it were him, he'd never draw something like that in his lifetime.
Yet that kind of thing is of no use to him at the moment. As long as the Divine Domain doesn't appear, he has nothing to fear. If he can't handle Champion Level strength while fishing, that's just ridiculous.
Wait a minute, why does it feel like he's tempting fate?
[Champion Ash: And the other one? You had two draw opportunities, right?]
[Newbie Ash: The other one I can't quite understand. It's a one-time S-grade exclusive ability called Limit Break. It's my first time seeing an ability with so many prefixes.]
Ash shared his other ability with them.
The prefix for this ability was quite long, and being a one-time, exclusive ability, it seemed to have a lot of limitations. It was unclear what it would do.
However, S-grade abilities come with a special explanation, so as soon as he leaves the group chat, he'll be able to figure out what it does.
[Unlucky Ash: What the heck?! Limit Break! Is this a joke, or is it real? How can this be in the prize pool?]
[Breeder Ash: Limit Break, I can't believe you actually drew this. The title of ultimate luck is no joke!]
[Ash the Aura Guardian: Tsk, now you can save yourself a lot of rigorous training. Seems like you won't even need to reach Hoenn to show your skills.]
[Newbie Ash: What do you mean? What's this thing anyway? They say it's an exclusive ability, but it doesn't say for whom.]
Ash saw the group expressing surprise, but no one seemed to address his question, so he asked promptly.
[Breeder Ash: Let me explain.]
[Champion Ash: Alright, you're the breeding expert, go ahead.]
[Breeder Ash: You might have noticed that Pikachu's level and strength haven't increased recently. Despite all the training, aside from the fixed ability values through ability draw, no other abilities have shown signs of rising, right?]
[Newbie Ash: Yes! Pikachu's level hasn't budged for over half a month, and neither his strength nor ability values increase no matter the training, showing no signs of a breakthrough. Why is that?]
Ash recalled that the big shots in the group had mentioned that they would tell him when the time was right. Now it seemed this exclusive ability was somewhat related to Pikachu's current status, and Breeder Ash was planning to explain it all.
[Breeder Ash: It's because your Pikachu has reached the current region's limit. To improve further, you'll need to leave Kanto.]
[Newbie Ash: Huh? What do you mean?]
[Breeder Ash: Put simply, Pikachu's potential is exhausted, and Professional Level is Pikachu's current limit.]