Kanaz City, Da Wu's private seaside villa.
Here, there is a super-large seaside training ground, which Da Wu usually uses for training Pokemon.
However, today, it has been occupied by Fang someone.
Fang Yuan, dressed in blue shorts and donning a red short-sleeved jacket with white sleeves, stood on the beach looking at his own Milotic.
"Again," Fang Yuan said.
"Milu~~~"
Milotic's gaze was full of seriousness.
At this moment, Milotic's beautifully fan-like tail, just like Mikkeli's Milotic, also had a Flame Orb tied to it.
As for where the orb came from... of course, it was taken from Da Wu's collection room.
On the shore, Milotic flicked its tail, and the power of the Flame Orb was activated instantly. As the orb flashed, a stream of flames poured out, winding around Milotic's tail and then up its entire body!
Flame Orb's item effect: When carried and activated, it puts the holder in a Burn state.
It seems like a very limited-use item, but it has many uses.
For example, if carried by a Milotic with the Marvel Scale ability, entering the burn state can raise its defensive power.
If carried by a Pokemon with the Guts ability, it can increase its power.
Additionally, if the 'Endure' technique is used under burn and other abnormal states, it can unleash a Pokemon's potential and increase the power of moves.
Or, it can be used as a weapon to attack opponents with moves like "Deliver gifts," putting the opponent in a burn status.
In short, there are many ways to use it.
Fang Yuan's Milotic doesn't have the Marvel Scale ability, so they weren't planning to use the Flame Orb as an item to boost battle strength. Currently, it's just being used as a training tool for Coordination Ability.
After the flame wrapped around Milotic's tail, the high temperature instantly burned its tail, and then a stream of water also began to swirl around the tail—Water Ring activated!
Under the sizzling sound, the flame was extinguished immediately, and the burned area was healed and restored at once.
It looked like a perfect suppression of the power of the Flame Orb, but Fang Yuan and Milotic both showed disappointed expressions.
"Failed again," Fang Yuan sighed.
Milotic: (-'`-;) Stop fussing, let me practice slowly, I've only just started practicing less than 5 times!
"Despite having switched from using Cleansing Water to just ordinary Water flow, we still can't get the fire and water to coexist... What's going on..."
Fang Yuan scratched his cheek.
Milotic: (`^′) It's just that I'm not yet familiar with it.
"Let's continue!" Fang Yuan laughed.
Their current ultimate training goal was to find a balance between Flame and Water flow, where the flame maintains burning while the water removed the negative effects without extinguishing the flame.
This goal, similar to the mysteries of Fang Yuan's Milotic's Creation Regeneration technique, is even harder because they're using ordinary water, which showcases a deeper mastery of coordination.
Mikkeli's Milotic has undoubtedly achieved this step, managing to use water flow to prevent itself from being affected by the burn while invoking the Marvel Scale ability with the burn state.
According to Mikkeli, water has a great capacity for inclusiveness, embracing hundreds of rivers, encompassing all things. Achieving a balance between water and fire, allowing them to coexist, would mean reaching the pinnacle of the current domain of coordination.
His Milotic is currently at this stage. If Fang Yuan's Milotic could reach this level, it would definitely help in mastering the Power of the North Wind.
Given the "Fusion of Water and Wind" concept of the Power of the North Wind was too advanced, Mikkeli suggested Fang Yuan start practicing with the coexistence of water flow and flame and work his way up gradually.
And the results of the current attempt, obviously, were not good.
"So, if we set aside special enhancements from Legendary Level Power like Cleansing Water, my Milotic's coordination level is still far from Mikkeli's Milotic."
"Going forward, if Milotic carries the Flame Orb, and with Water Ring swirling around, manages to balance its own water flow with external flames, then using 'Endure' technique under these conditions, the mastery of coordination should reach the same level as Mikkeli's Milotic, right?"
The 'Endure' move doesn't offer much improvement for Milotic, but it is a good technique to test Milotic's level of coordination. Whether it can be used successfully or not is a symbol of the height of Milotic's Coordination Ability.
This is no longer about coordinating the power of two internal attributes but about balancing one's own power with external, conflicting elemental forces, which requires a higher level of Coordinated Control Power.
"Still practicing?"
As Fang Yuan was accompanying Milotic in its practice, Mikkeli came over and threw a bottle of drink to him.
"There's really no need to rush. It took 15 months for my Milotic to start practicing this technique and see results," he said.
"We're just getting a head start," Fang Yuan replied.
"It seems Mr. Fang Yuan is indeed a Trainer with strong initiative. By the way, does your Milotic know how to use the 'Endure' technique?" Mikkeli asked.
"It didn't before, but now it does," Fang Yuan said, taking the drink thrown to him.
He had taught it in just two minutes.
The 'Endure' technique, plainly speaking, leverages the mental impact brought about by abnormal states to stimulate a Pokemon to exert greater potential.
Oftentimes, in adversity, life can unleash greater potential.
For Fang Yuan, the Sect Leader of the Heart Source Style, guiding and teaching Milotic this technique involving the use of Mental Power just took a few minutes.
However, precisely because he knew the principle behind the 'Endure' technique, he felt all the more impressed by Mikkeli's skill.