Darkrai's recovery process was quite arduous, but with the support and assistance from many parties, the result was quite good. In terms of level alone, Darkrai recovered to level 85, becoming a top-tier Aoki. The highest-level Pokémon, and if Gengar goes through Mega Evolution, it is also the strongest Pokémon.
Aoki expressed great satisfaction with this.
If consuming so many resources can boost Pokémon's strength by such a large amount each time, then he must be very happy and willing.
Unfortunately, this only applies to Darkrai. He once possessed greater strength, so rapidly increasing his current combat power wouldn't have too much of an impact on him. However, if it were someone like Tyranitar, whose level suddenly skyrocketed, the best outcome would be that they wouldn't be able to advance to the village committee for several years. The worst-case scenario might be that their foundation would be directly damaged, and they would never be able to improve again in their lifetime.
They are now Champion-level Pokémon. Each level represents a significant difference in strength and experience. The rapid level increase at this stage is incomparable to anything they have experienced before.
Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many characters with Elite Four strength in the Pokémon World.
The most basic requirement for a region to reach Elite Four is the strength of Quasi-Champion. Elite Four largely represents the strongest fighting force in a region, so it is conceivable that the higher the level, the more difficult it is to improve one's strength.
This large dose of recovery potion only helped Darkrai recover to level 85. Heaven knows how many resources and time it will take to fully restore his strength.
Judging from the results this time, the recovery potion should still have some effect, but it would be really troublesome and difficult to rely on it to restore one to the strongest combat power.
However, Aoki is currently clueless about how to solve the problem and can only take it one step at a time.
Aoki sent Darkrai, who was both physically and mentally traumatized, back to the Poké Ball to rest, and also recalled the rest of the Pokémon, leaving only Salamence, Gardevoir, Lucario, and Venusaur, as well as Ursaring, who had been working diligently these past few days.
Ursaring has now become Aoki's go-to Pokémon for chores, handling everything from serving tea and water to doing splits and starting fires in daily life.
If others knew that Aoki treated a Senior Elite Four Level Pokémon like a handyman, they would definitely think it was a waste of talent.
However, from now on, Ursaring has an additional task: to guide Aoki to various territories within the forest, including clan territories and individual Pokémon territories, to raid the resources and valuable materials they have collected. Ursaring, being quite familiar with this area, will certainly be able to handle this task well.
Thus, the following situation occurred in the forest: all the Pokémon that were originally the rulers of the forest were visited by humans within a few days and were ruthlessly defeated with little ability to resist. Most of the resources and materials that had been collected disappeared overnight.
Many of the forest's dominant creatures even disappeared after the battles, causing great turmoil in the forest that had remained unchanged for decades. Many Pokémon were terrified by this, and it is said that some of the faster Pokémon inadvertently saw a majestic and powerful Ursaring when these Pokémon were defeated.
Therefore, many Pokémon speculate that there may be an Ursaring in their forest whose strength surpasses that of the dominant Pokémon, and that all Pokémon that dare to disobey his orders have ended up in his stomach.
At first, many Pokémon found the rumor unbelievable, but as more and more Pokémon witnessed it, the rumor gradually became a reality.
Thus, a legend of the "violent bear" spread through the forest: any Pokémon that sees Ursaring should run as fast as they can and never look back.
Ursaring, the person involved in the incident, claimed to be completely unaware of it and had no idea that he had actually become a "famous bear" who kept his merits hidden!
Whenever Aoki challenges a wild Pokémon to a battle, Ursaring gets the most excited, pounding his chest and shouting nonstop, as if he were the one in the battle.
Little did he know that he was actually gloating. He perfectly embodied the phrase "the fox borrows the tiger's power." Whenever he led Aoki to cause trouble for a Pokémon, that Pokémon would suffer.
These Pokémon have all become the rulers of a forest over the past ten years. Ursaring had disliked them for a long time, but he had been struggling to find an opportunity to deal with them. Now that he has "joined forces" with Aoki, all the grudges have been resolved at the same time.
Seeing that many Pokémon that were originally stronger than him received worse "treatment" than him after being captured by Aoki, he felt incredibly happy and excited.
Another wild Pokémon was dealt with, captured with a Poké Ball, and then the diligent Ursaring collected all the supplies here and handed them over to Aoki.
And you know what? Despite his burly appearance, he was incredibly meticulous when it came to tidying things up. He would dig three feet into the ground to collect everything of value, saving Aoki a lot of time and trouble.
"Almost there. We've finally reached the edge of the forest. A little further ahead, we should be able to figure out where we are." Aoki stroked the scales on Salamence's body beside him, looking at the edge of the forest that he could vaguely see at the end.
We've already wasted far too much time here, even though it's supposed to be for collecting resources.
For some reason, Aoki just felt that things weren't so simple here. If they wanted to get the biggest treasure, they would definitely have to gather Steven and the others together first and accumulate enough power before they would have a chance to reach Snatch's biggest treasure.
Upon hearing Aoki say that he wanted to leave the forest, Ursaring's expression froze instantly, as if he had thought of something bad, and his face turned pale.
Aoki noticed Ursaring's change in expression, raised an eyebrow slightly, and Telepathy asked him if he had thought of something.
"Roar—roar—" Ursaring gestured wildly as he explained something to Aoki.
After understanding Ursaring's words, Aoki frowned slightly. "You said that you've never left this forest since you were born because your elders told you that there are very powerful Pokémon outside the forest, and if you carelessly enter the territory of a powerful Pokémon, you might be... eaten?"
Ursaring nodded repeatedly, patting his chest to show that he was not lying.
But Aoki smiled and said, "Only powerful Pokémon and their families can provide better resources. If you're scared, just go back to your Poké Ball."
Aoki didn't take Ursaring's concerns to heart.
To be honest, as long as it's not one of those powerful legendary Pokémon, he really isn't worried at all if a regular Pokémon appears in front of him.
Ursaring shook his head repeatedly when he heard that Aoki wanted to hide him away.