Pokemon: Reborn Rich Alternate Earth

Chapter 948: Chapter 1165: Aggron's Training

Lucario took a single step and appeared before Aggron in an instant, throwing a straight punch. The force erupting from its fist condensed the air ahead into a solid mass.

BOOM!!!

The Mega Punch slammed heavily into Aggron's abdomen. Even against a fist capable of shattering a mountain, Aggron didn't take a single step back.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

A relentless barrage followed. Countless Mega Punches blurred into afterimages, and the shockwaves they generated swept through the arena like a raging storm.

But they were all blocked by the protective barrier Deoxys had created. However, the barrier itself continuously rippled with cascading waves of energy.

"Luca-rio!"

Lucario growled in a low voice, the power behind each Mega Punch steadily increasing.

Aggron, meanwhile, was slowly being pushed back. With each step its massive body took, the ground trembled.

'These two are absolute monsters.'

Even Deoxys clicked its tongue internally, continuously pouring energy into maintaining the barrier.

Even a barrier created by a First-class Legendary like Deoxys couldn't hold out until their battle concluded.

And this was with one side focusing purely on attack and the other purely on defense.

If Aggron went on the offensive too, the resulting shockwaves would be even more terrifying.

Ten punches... A hundred punches... Two hundred punches...

Lucario threw a full thousand punches, completely exhausting its stamina.

"Lu…ca…"

Lucario dropped to one knee, staring with reluctant frustration at Aggron, standing a few meters away.

Even after taking a thousand of its punches, Aggron was still standing—though the armor on its abdomen was cracked and caved in.

Although it had indeed broken through its defense… it had thrown a thousand punches.

"Alright, don't be discouraged. Even Metagross would struggle to break through Aggron's defense in a short time."

Julian walked up to Lucario and patted its shoulder, comforting it.

His investment in training Aggron was second only to his investment in Metagross. After all, the two signature Pokémon of the Walker family throughout generations were the silver Metagross and Aggron.

At the entrance of their family's Gym stood two statues cast from steel—one of Metagross and one of Aggron.

Since Julian also followed the Walker family's long-standing Steel-type path, his training of Aggron, the strongest shield, was naturally given great importance.

It was just that compared to Metagross, Aggron received a bit less attention.

After comforting Lucario, Julian walked over to Aggron, took out a potion, and sprayed it on its injured abdomen.

Lucario had focused all its attacks on one spot, so the injury was actually quite severe.

"Hurts, doesn't it?" Julian asked.

Aggron nodded—it really did hurt.

"Lucario broke through your abdominal armor around the five-hundredth punch. By the eight-hundredth punch, its power had already started to decline."

"Otherwise, you'd be in much worse pain right now."

The potions provided by the System were highly effective; the bleeding stopped immediately after just a few sprays.

Fighting-type moves dealt quadruple damage to Aggron. If it had been any other type of attack, it might not have broken through its defense at all.

"Moltres, roast him."

Julian pointed at Aggron, whose bleeding had just stopped.

"Tres—"

Before Aggron could react, searing flames engulfed it.

Only steel that had gone through countless temperings could be forged into the strongest armor.

If Aggron could withstand the flames of Reshiram and Zekrom, Julian would have even considered having them roast it. Unfortunately, that wasn't an option.

Moltres's flames burned Aggron for more than half an hour. When it was over, Aggron's entire body glowed red like heated iron.

Julian had already taken out several barrels of silver liquid from his system space and placed them on the ground.

"Pour these over Aggron."

[Mantle Fluid: A liquid produced by tectonic movement. Using it to cool steel can greatly enhance the steel's hardness.]

This item was a sub-Ultimate treasure, obtained by the Walker family just a few days ago. The moment it arrived, it was immediately delivered into Julian's hands.

As barrel after barrel of Mantle Fluid was poured over Aggron's head, its previously red-hot body cooled rapidly. At the same time, it continuously absorbed the energy contained within the fluid.

Beneath the red-hot surface, Aggron's outer pores had fully opened, allowing it to absorb the Mantle Fluid more efficiently.

After all ten barrels were used up, Aggron's body returned to its normal color.

However, Julian still didn't dare get too close—its internal temperature was still extremely high.

The wound on its abdomen had now completely healed.

"So, how is it? Any improvement?" Julian asked.

Aggron nodded.

"About half a percent."

"Half a percent? That's not bad."

Julian nodded.

If anyone knew that Julian had used ten full barrels of Mantle Fluid—yet only increased Aggron's defense by less than a single percent—their first reaction would definitely be disbelief.

After all, Mantle Fluid was widely recognized as one of the best treasures for enhancing the defense of Steel-type Pokémon. Just ten kilograms could already significantly improve a Steel-type's defensive power.

And Julian had just used no less than ten hundred kilo barrels.

Yet even with such an enormous amount, Aggron's defense had increased by less than a percent.

This could only mean that Aggron's base defense had already reached an absurdly high level—so the effect of the Mantle Fluid was naturally quite limited.

"I probably won't need to use this anymore then," Julian muttered.

This wasn't the first time Aggron had used Mantle Fluid. By now, it had likely been used twenty or thirty times, with the effects diminishing each time.

"If only I could find Core Fluid—that stuff is way more effective than Mantle Fluid."

Core Fluid was a World-class treasure, ranking two tiers above Mantle Fluid, and its effects were naturally far superior.

Unfortunately, treasures of that level weren't something you could obtain just by being strong—it depended more on luck.

Even with his Dowsing Machine, Julian hadn't found many World-class treasures so far.

Finding something like that truly came down to fate.

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