With Victini supplying energy, Lilligant's body experienced trendous growth.
Think about it.
When other Pokémon used Energy Ball, they improved the move's proficiency and practiced controlling Grass-type energy.
But limited by stamina, most Pokémon would be panting after launching seven or eight of them.
Not to ntion that gathering elental energy inevitably caused strain on the body.
Take Flathrower, for example—if used too frequently, Fire-type Pokémon would literally start coughing up blackened flas from the stress.
By comparison, Lilligant had none of those concerns.
She could fire off tens of thousands of Energy Balls in a single day.
If her body suffered damage, Victini would simply touch her once—
and she'd be restored to factory settings.
The skill experience Lilligant gained in one day of training was hundreds, even thousands of tis greater than that of other trainers' Pokémon.
Over ti, her potential steadily improved, and the elental energy within her underwent a qualitative transformation.
Her mastery of various moves reached a level of near perfection.
Normally, gathering an Energy Ball—especially one of that size—would require at least five or six seconds of preparation.
But Lilligant?
With a single motion of her hand, the entire process—from drawing Grass-type energy, to shaping it, to activating the move—was completed in under one second.
And that was just one move.
Over the past two years, Sora Kenji hadn't trained her in only Energy Ball.
Combined with his structured daily training routines—and occasional battles against travelers and trainers in Eindoak—
he wasn't exaggerating when he said:
With proper tactical planning, Lilligant alone could achieve an excellent ranking in League tournants across various regions.
Could she win the championship?
That… was hard to say.
Based on Sora Kenji's internal evaluation system, most trainers' Pokémon participating in League tournants had energy levels between 20 and 40, with only a few exceeding Level 40.
But Pokémon battles weren't decided by raw numbers alone.
Skilled trainers excelled at exploiting move chanics and battlefield dynamics to deal damage far beyond their Pokémon's nominal level.
Still, having only one Pokémon ant limited tactical flexibility—making it easier for opponents to counter.
Take Tobias's Darkrai from the ani.
Sora Kenji estimated that Darkrai's level was close to 80, though not quite beyond that threshold.
In terms of stamina, it couldn't match Victini—but as a Legendary Pokémon, its energy reserves were still bottomless compared to ordinary Pokémon.
Relying on those advantages—combined with Tobias's tactical planning—
Darkrai managed to defeat six opponents in a row, essentially sweeping the entire tournant with a single Pokémon.
If not for Ash, Tobias might really have cleared the whole League using just that one partner.
The current Lilligant definitely couldn't compare to Tobias's Darkrai.
At the very least, her energy reserves couldn't sustain six consecutive battles.
But if it were Victini instead—
Sora Kenji was confident he could run a six-match sweep, perhaps even dominate the entire tournant just like Tobias.
That was the kind of confidence a Mythical Pokémon gave him.
"Would you like to exchange so battle experience?"
After the match, Brock approached Sora Kenji, expressing his desire to build a connection.
"Sure."
Sora Kenji naturally welcod the idea. More friends ant more paths forward.
And when Brock learned that Sora Kenji only had two Pokémon, he was genuinely shocked.
"No wonder you were able to train Lilligant to that level."
Don't be fooled—approaching Level 70 might sound modest.
In this world, trainers also had a concept of levels, though not as precisely defined as Sora Kenji's system.
In casual conversation, people simply said:
"That Pokémon's level is very high."
But what exactly counted as "very high" varied widely.
Different regions used different standards of strength.
Take Brock as an example.
His starter Pokémon, Infernape, had been trained for four years, yet its level was still only around 40.
That didn't an he had trained poorly.
Pokémon levels were influenced by multiple factors.
The three most important were:
Innate potential
Resources obtained after birth
The bond between trainer and Pokémon
Why were trained Pokémon usually stronger than wild ones?
Because bond was an incredibly important factor.
It might sound mystical.
But bonds were very real.
In theory, if the bond was strong enough, a Pokémon could unleash several tis—or even ten tis—its normal power in response to its trainer.
The best example was Ash's Pikachu.
Its lower limit and upper limit were both absurd.
When weak, Pikachu once lost to a Level 5 Snivy.
When strong, it could even land a hit on Arceus.
Still, Sora Kenji believed that the bond between trainer and Pokémon might itself be a special ability—
Sothing akin to:
Psychic power
Dragon Force
Aura
The Viridian ability
A latent power that humans in this world could awaken.
Seen that way, those extre power boosts didn't seem so strange.
Brock didn't possess any of those abilities.
This wasn't speculation.
Victini could clearly sense that he wasn't an ability user.
Without special bloodlines or talents, the only things Brock could offer Infernape were:
resources
and battle experience
In the real world, battles didn't grant experience points that directly increased levels.
But battles did stimulate a Pokémon's potential more than anything else—accelerating growth.
Based on Sora Kenji's judgnt, unless Infernape encountered extraordinary opportunities, its ceiling would likely be around Level 50.
And that was nothing to scoff at.
Most wild Pokémon, struggling just to survive, rarely reached Level 40.
The vast majority spent their entire lives hovering around Level 30.
Level 30 was roughly where most species reached their final evolution.
So looking across the wild—
Were fully evolved Pokémon common?
The answer was:
Not really.
In a given area, within a single Pokémon population, there was usually only one final-form leader.
The ga chanic where Pokémon levels steadily increased as you progressed through regions simply didn't exist in reality.
There was another key point:
Level 70 was a massive threshold.
If elite trainers could push their main Pokémon to Level 50 through resources and constant battles—
then advancing beyond that point required more than resources.
It depended on the Pokémon itself.
After Level 50, the path forward beca extrely difficult for ordinary Pokémon.
Sora Kenji's Lilligant didn't possess extraordinary talent.
She was, at best, average by natural standards.
Even with Victini's infinite energy supporting her—
her ultimate ceiling would likely be just barely crossing the Level 70 threshold.
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