Chapter 434 is blocked. How can there be such a disgusting Pokémon!
In the blink of an eye, crystals that seemed to be made of rock salt began to grow on the body of the Carnival Wave Duck.

These crystals were deeply embedded in its body. As time passed, they continued to erode and consume the Carnival Wave Dancing Duck's physical strength, and even caused flaws in the Carnival Wave Dancing Duck's dance steps.

Aiming at this flaw, Shinji naturally couldn't just wait for Salt to drain the Carnival Wave Duck's energy. He seized the opportunity and gave the order at the moment when the Carnival Wave Duck staggered.

"lap!"

The eyes of the Salt Stone Giant lit up, and a brown-red light representing fighting energy lingered on its body. At this moment, its three-meter-tall body seemed as tall as a mountain to the Carnival Wave Dancing Duck.

In the suddenly shrinking pupils of the Carnival Dancing Duck, the figure of the Salt Stone Giant was like a collapsed building, full of horror that frightened it.

Bang-!
A dull collision sound was heard, and the Carnival Wave Dancing Duck was directly knocked away by the attack of the Salt Stone Giant. It rolled on the ground for many times before it barely stopped.

At this point, it no longer has the same elegant posture as before.

The ease on the uncle's expression gradually disappeared.

While the Carnival Dancing Duck was still asleep, Shinji took the opportunity to let the Salt Stone Giant regenerate itself again, and the Salt Stone Giant's state changed directly from being shaky to being complete.

When the battle reached this point, many students and teachers in the audience fell silent.

No, in the end, the party that had been going on for half a day not only went in vain, but also suffered a lot of injuries?
This is a joke!
With the uncle sweating profusely and looking panicked, the following battle completely fell into Shinji's rhythm.

After a while, the Crazy Dancing Duck, which could not be scraped away or salted, fell directly to the battlefield with a frustrated look on its face.

When the battle ended, everything was silent. No one applauded or booed. It was just silence.

Because for a moment, they didn't know how to react.

Shinji took back the Salt Stone Djinn, walked down the battlefield with an indifferent look on his face, and handed the Poké Ball to Miss Joy, who was already waiting there and was specially loaned from the Pokémon Center in Table City.

Although the Salt Stone Giant was almost at full health until the end of the battle, the energy consumption for self-regeneration was real, and it had to be restored.

The next battle started soon, and Luo Mu stopped recording in the teacher's viewing area.

Looking at the densely packed fonts on the notebook, he summarized several characteristics that could be observed so far.

If we simplify it further, we can draw these two conclusions.

1. What is certain is that the soil he exchanged with young Kiras from the Silver Mountain did work. According to observations, the second Salt Stone Giant's ability to withstand attacks even exceeded his expectations.

Luo Mu suspected that the reason why the Salt Stone Giants evolved so late was closely related to the soil of the Silver Mountain. That magical soil might contain some substance that further enhanced the already powerful body defenses of the Salt Stone Giants.

Second, as he expected, although the combination of classic salting, iron wall, self-regeneration, and pounce moves worked well, they were not without flaws.

According to his observation, after using self-regeneration twice in a row, the energy storage of the Salt Stone Giant has obviously dropped a lot. This can be regarded as a kind of balance. If self-regeneration really does not consume energy, then the Salt Stone Giant can go against Rayquaza alone.

There was also the hit rate problem of the Salting move that he had observed long ago, and the question of whether the Salt Stone Giant could persist until the completion of this somewhat cumbersome set of skills if the opponent was at a higher level.

In short, although this tactic is effective, one must also pay attention to the timing of its use. Just like using the poison substitute, it can be very effective when the time is right, but it is impossible to rely on it to punch the Four Heavenly Kings or kick the Dan Emperor Zhulan.

If you don't have that condition, you'd better learn from Teacher Taim's Salt Stone Djinn and use a bunch of offensive moves such as Stone Attack, Flame Fist, Avalanche and Lightning Fist.

At least you won't be a punching bag standing there and getting beaten.

"Q!"

Just as Luo Mu was thinking, Mimikyu suddenly called out.

He blinked, realizing that this was Mimikyu's reminder, and looked up, and saw that one of his students had indeed confronted someone.

This time, it was the "returned secular" Joey Shizuka who was fighting against a young student who looked to be about sixteen or seventeen years old.

The Salt Stone Giant commanded by Shizuka is the third one, with the characteristic of "Eternally Pure Body". Although he is not as strong as the second one, fortunately, the opponent he fights against is not as unsportsmanlike as that uncle, who took out the Carnival Wave Dance Duck that he had cultivated for thirty years to fight a novice.

This is a battle between heavyweights. The opponent's Pokémon is the Great Bronze Elephant, which is almost as tall as the third Saltstone Giant, and has advantages in weight and attributes.

Fortunately, after such a period of hard work, with the encouragement of Chansey and the assistance of Porygon, a Pokémon that can only enter the online world, Shizuka has memorized the attribute restraint table and learned a lot of command skills, and has become more capable.

Although there were still some mistakes, Shizuka, who had experience as a nurse, was able to remain calm and proceed at her own pace even when unexpected events occurred.

In addition, due to the characteristics of salting itself, it is extremely effective against the Steel King Bronze Elephant. In the end, Shizuka won the battle without any danger.

Perhaps, Yesi's sudden inspiration could really create a Joey who achieves success as a trainer.

Now two of Luo Mu’s students have entered the top 32.

Many students started discussing the almost identical tactics used by Shizuka and Shinji.

Alex, who was waiting to play, had already confirmed that this tactical style looked very similar to what was taught by Teacher Luo Mu.

It makes the opponent suffer excruciating pain, is full of malice, and is extremely disgusting.

"The question is, how can we work with Magic Masked Cat to crack this tactic? The key is to not be hit by the salt, right?"

After a few more rounds of fighting, as more and more people were discussing how to deal with the somewhat disgusting Salt Stone Giant, in the teacher's viewing area, Huang Bo and Mimosa could not help but be curious and asked Luo Mu carefully:
"Director, did you teach that tactic to your students?"

Luo Mu glanced at the two of them, stopped playing with the Mimikyu, and had no intention of hiding anything.

As if telling the two that Saltstone Giant was actually a Pokémon from his farm, he nodded and said calmly, "I taught you that, too."

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Hearing Luo Mu admit it without any hesitation, Huang Bo and Mimosa seemed to be hesitant to talk.

No, we just can’t figure it out.

It's obvious that your strength is enough to crush others, so why are you still keen on researching a bunch of insidious tactics that will eventually lead to you being sacked and beaten with a club?
Huangbo, a specialized trainer in fighting, could relate to this the most. If she had to fight against Luo Mu and was tortured by this tactic, she would rather admit defeat in advance.

Being crushed by the thunder drum is a hundred times better than standing there and suffering the torture.

They didn't question whether Luo Mu's behavior made the battle tournament less fair. After all, although the Saltstone Giants were taller and more resistant than their peers, their strength was indeed within the range of the students' current level, so it was not surprising that some students brought out Pokémon that were stronger than them.

Not to mention that both Shinji and Shizuka have a sense of incoordination in commanding the Salt Rock Giant that can be seen by experienced trainers at a glance.

It's like a Pokémon and a Trainer who are not familiar with each other are working together for the first time.

After a while.

Mudan, who also appeared on the stage, also sent out the Saltstone Djinn, which disgusted a trainer who used Inspector Mongoose so much that after advancing to the top 32, some students finally couldn't hold it anymore.

"No, how can this routine be so disgusting."

"What kind of fun is this? You can't hit it. If you don't hit it, you will have to watch your efforts go to waste. If you hit it, if you make a mistake, you will be sprayed with salt."

"Bu Xiang Wan La!"

Even Clavel, who was watching the game on the podium, could hear the students' complaints.

He stroked his beard, his expression didn't change much, and he muttered to himself cheerfully, "This is a place to test whether the students have thoroughly understood what they have learned in their daily studies."

"It really seems like something that Mr. Luo Mu would be able to do. It looks like things are getting interesting."

Top 64, top 32, top 16.

As Mudan, Shinji, and Shizuka won victory after victory using the Salt Stone Giants, the remaining students, who are currently the most powerful group of students in the academy, also began to think about how to deal with the three Salt Stone Giants.

In their impression, this kind of Pokémon is usually raised on farms or ranches to produce salted life. It is unheard of that it actually contains such power and is so disgusting.

Didn’t you see that many students who were humiliated and defeated had black faces and were muttering about how there could be such disgusting Pokémon?

Finally, they came to a conclusion.

Compared with the physical defense that is like a solid wall of steel, the special defense of the Salt Stone Giant is at least not as outrageous as the physical defense. Perhaps it can be used as a breakthrough point.

Among them, the first student to achieve results was Ortiga, a student once taught by Luo Mu.

After several months of growth, although he still retains a bit of arrogance, his skills as a trainer have indeed improved a lot.

Instead of sending out the trump card Mahua Dog, he chose Blimwin, the evolution of Miblim, who was captured after Mahua Dog. He successfully defeated the combination of Shizuka and the third Salt Stone Giant through a series of special moves and the double protection of the Spirit Energy Passport and the Reflection Wall to guard against the salted understanding.

afterwards.

Shizuka came to Luo Mu with the Poké Ball of the third Saltstone Giant that had been treated, and expressed her dejectedly.

"Teacher, I'm sorry, I lost."

Luo Mu had no intention of teaching her a lesson. He waved his hand and said, "It's okay. You've only been a trainer for a short time. It's good enough that you can fight with the unfamiliar Salt and Stone Giants and make it to the quarterfinals. Go back and cheer for Mudan and Shinji."

Shizuka's eyes lit up, she nodded and left.

The second match in the quarterfinals was between Botan, who led the Saltstone Giant leader, and Melloko, a member of the art club and a student who was also a trainer enthusiast.

It can be said to be a battle that happened by chance.

The battle between the real boss of the Tianxing team who was killed by Luo Mu's butterfly, and the boss of the Tianxing team's Wang Liangsi team.

Before the battle started, Yasaku, who had just arrived after class, sat next to Luo Mu and said happily that she had noticed Meloko a long time ago and would occasionally take her for training while teaching her art-related knowledge and skills.

He also planned to train her to be a great dragon-attribute trainer, and specially entrusted the offspring of his own Infernape to her.

It's a pity that Meloko seems to prefer Fire-attribute Pokémon, so I can only give up and try to let her capture some Pokémon with combined attributes of Fire and Dragon.

Luo Mu was shocked: Σ(°Д°;
There aren't that many fire and dragon-attribute Pokémon in this world.

Apart from Tortoisemon, which can barely be considered a legitimate way to obtain it, the rest are either Mega Charizard X, which requires a Mega Evolution Stone, or the legendary Pokémon known as the White Sun Pokémon, the True Dragon Reshiram.

A slightly more unserious one could also be considered a duck-billed fire beast (duck-billed fire dragon).

Even if we subdue them all, we still can't form a complete team.

The focus shifted to the battlefield.

The Infernape that Yasaku mentioned was not sent out. Melloko's Pokémon is Crimson Knight, which is another branch evolution of the initial form of Azure Blade, Tane-chan, and is a fire and psychic Pokémon.

Looking at the Red Lotus Armor Knight, Luo Mu felt quite close to him. If the Cursed Armor wasn't almost right in front of him, maybe the Blue Flame Blade Ghost was the Red Lotus Armor Knight now.

The battle between Melloco and Mudan became very intense at one point.

Although the effect of the fire-attribute moves was not obvious, the Red Lotus Armored Cavalry used its defense to block the large amount of salt sprayed by the Salt Stone Giant, and used a combination of spiritual field and wide-area combat power to continuously cause heavy damage to the Salt Stone Giant, which really made Peony and the Salt Stone Giant suffer.

If the Red Lotus Armor Knight is a Blue Flame Blade Demon, and Mudan is commanding the Salt Stone Giant Boss whose attribute is "Pure Salt", it will be much easier to fight.

Luo Mu's eyes fell on Yasaku who was smiling at the side, and he immediately knew who gave Melok the idea.

Fortunately, Mudan is really good at adapting and has very good luck.

The Salt Stone Giant used the strength recovered after self-regeneration to withstand the wide-area combat power under the spiritual field with double the power and range. Then, an extremely effective rockfall fell on the Crimson Lotus Armor Rider, which not only triggered the Crimson Lotus Armor Rider's characteristic "Shattered Armor", which reduced its defense and increased its speed, but also triggered the additional effect of the rockfall, which made it flinch.

After another round of salting, they fought for a while and successfully sent the Red Lotus Armored Knight away.

"how so!?"

Yasaku covered his head in an exaggerated manner, with a look of disbelief on his face.

Luo Mu, who saw through his tricks, said happily: "It seems that I am still better at teaching students."

"Keep up the good work, the Four Dragon Kings of the Padia Alliance~"

(End of this chapter)