The next day.
"Growlithe, Extreme Speed and Fire Fang!"
The Growlithe, at least three meters tall, immediately charged forward at Yang Tao's command and took down a Kingler strolling by the sea with a single move.
"Woof woof!"
Seeing this, Yang Tao didn't hesitate to praise him, walking forward and stroking Growlithe's fur, a satisfied smile on his face.
Compared to the previous Growlithe, the current Growlithe was not only much larger, but also had a red leather collar around his neck.
The current Growlithe had been directly transformed by Yang Tao into a genius dog. Forget ordinary Pokémon, Yang Tao even dared to let him try his hand against Legendary Pokémon.
"Nice job."
Raising Pokémon is like raising ordinary pets; they need frequent praise.
He took out a piece of training food from his backpack and threw it into Growlithe's mouth. Although it no longer had any enhancing effect, Growlithe seemed to really like this food.
As for his size, it was because the Genius Dog mod contained two special items: large bones and small bones.
The effects were extremely straightforward: feeding a large bone could increase the Genius Dog's size, and feeding a small bone could decrease the Genius Dog's size.
Of course, there was a limit to this.
A maximum of five times, and a minimum of five times.
The original Growlithe's size was 0.7 meters, and after reaching the upper limit with large bones, he became the current 3.5-meter-tall behemoth.
Looking at the Slowpoke sticking his tail into the sea by the shore, this guy had been sticking his tail into the sea ever since they arrived, but after fishing for a long time, he still hadn't caught a single Shellder.
Walking over, Yang Tao patted Slowpoke's head and said, "Don't fish here anymore, let's try on the island."
"Slow~"
Yang Tao planned to evolve this Slowpoke into a Slowking. As for Slowbro, Yang Tao didn't consider it at all, because Slowbro would become increasingly foolish as the Shellder's poison circulated through his body.
This Slowpoke was already slow enough; if he became even dumber, Yang Tao couldn't imagine what that would look like.
Holding Slowpoke and the eating-machine Caterpie, he rode on Growlithe's back.
"Growlithe, let's go, find an island in the vast ocean!"
Growlithe barked once, then immediately activated Extreme Speed and charged towards the sea. After his paws touched the seawater, he actually ran directly on the surface of the water, showing no signs of falling in.
This was a skill effect of the Genius Dog.
Pillow Paws: Each level-up increases your dog's fall height immunity by three blocks. At level five, your dog becomes completely immune to fall damage, and he will fully float on the water/glide on the water when swimming.
Running at high speed on the sea surface under the sun for over an hour, the silhouette of a small island finally appeared where the sea and sky met. The originally exhausted Growlithe also became excited, and his slowed speed increased again.
Upon reaching the small island, Growlithe immediately collapsed on the beach, panting heavily with his tongue out, looking like he was about to give out at any moment.
Yang Tao took out a metal dog bowl from his backpack and poured several bottles of Almond water into the metal bowl.
"Drink some, recover your stamina."
Almond water was eternally a godsend for people or creatures that didn't have data-based existences.
It could restore stamina while also recovering a bit of energy.
Yang Tao surveyed the small island. It seemed the island's area wasn't small. A not-so-dense coconut tree forest grew on the island, and a flock of Wingull circled above the island, occasionally letting out cries.
From a distance, there was also a small mountain on the island.
"This environment is great!"
Yang Tao was very satisfied with this island. Just as he put down Slowpoke and Caterpie, a Wingull, perhaps looking for fish to eat, swooped down from the sky.
The Wingull's appearance was very small. Its main body color was white, with blue patterns on its tail and wings, making it look very beautiful.
The opponent opened his mouth, clearly wanting to taste Caterpie, but the current Caterpie was no longer the Caterpie of the past.
Dusk activated.
Yes, that was the name Yang Tao gave to Caterpie's slowing skill.
The Wingull's speed slowed down, but the Wingull itself felt nothing and continued to charge towards Caterpie.
Caterpie, standing on the ground, tensed his body, and activated his highly distinctive String Shot skill, splatting it onto the Wingull's mouth.
This time, the Wingull finally reacted and tried to spit out the silk threads from his mouth, but unfortunately, Caterpie's String Shot was a bit abnormal, but its stickiness was very significant.
The String Shot skill directly glued the Wingull's mouth shut and also stuck his wings, which were longer than his body, together.
Splat, the Wingull fell to the ground.
Caterpie quickly ran over, leaped high, and collided with the Wingull with a Tackle.
This Wingull had relatively high HP, and one hit didn't put him in a fainted state. Caterpie jumped up again and struck the Wingull with another Tackle.
Yang Tao watched this scene from the side…
'Caterpie's physical growth is too low… I still need to figure out Thunder Web.'
He hadn't seen Thunder Web TMs for sale in the shop. It was clearly the first generation of Pokémon, and many things simply weren't available yet.
However, Caterpie could not only learn the Thunder Web skill through TMs but also through teaching. He just needed to go to the Unova region and find an Electric Bug.
Just then, Growlithe, who had finished drinking the Almond water, suddenly barked, then directly started digging a pit in the sand with his paws.
Yang Tao walked over curiously.
Suddenly, a yellow gem with a flame encased inside flew out of the pit.
Yang Tao: "…"
Other than a fire stone, he couldn't imagine anything else looking like that.
Looking at the magnificent sea and the lush green forest, Yang Tao walked forward and picked up the fire stone from the ground.
'fire stone'
'A type of stone with mysterious power that can evolve specific Pokémon.'
'Can be used on Growlithe to evolve him into Growlithe.'
Value: 10000 Energy Points
'Is it this illogical? Digging up a fire stone on the beach… You could at least give me a Water Stone for the show!'
Yang Tao already guessed what was going on.
Cuteness Charm: your dog will warm the hearts of all Villagers, prompting them to give you gifts. Increasing the level can improve the quality of random gifts. This skill can only take effect once every two days. After reaching level five, it can take effect every day.
There are no Villagers in the Pokémon World, so items just appear out of thin air, right? Or are they items that exist in the Pokémon World?
This skill was simply too overpowered; Yang Tao even wanted to raise a bunch of Growlithe and just sit back and collect gifts.
"Woof woof!"
"Want to evolve?"
Yang Tao put the fire stone in his backpack and looked at Growlithe earnestly, saying, "Your current foundation is too weak; you still need to train!"
"After Slowpoke evolves into Slowking, I'll take you to challenge the Pewter City Rock Gym to hone your abilities."
Fire-type Growlithe: Me fighting Rock-type? Are you also a legendary reverse-type master?