When it came to training the Crystal Onix, it could be seen from the time Jasper trained it on Ponkan Island that he was not a stingy person.
He would rather eat Berries and bread every day himself than deny the Crystal Onix the best food to replenish its energy.
Just one month of special training on Ponkan Island had cost him a large amount of his savings.
It was precisely because of this that the Crystal Onix had truly acknowledged Jasper as its Trainer.
As for the Crystal Onix’s supplementary food ingredients, setting aside those crystals, Jasper had brought a large amount with him when he left Ponkan Island and stored them inside his Silph-made expandable pouch.
It was enough for the Crystal Onix to use for several years.
The ores and soil mined from Mount Miacha were rich in all kinds of growth substances needed by Rock-type Pokémon.
They were high-quality food for Rock-type Pokémon.
After all that Mount Miacha was a paradise for Rock-type Pokémon that fed on soil.
With such a uniquely blessed advantage, the Rock-type Pokémon of Mount Miacha were not only much larger than ordinary Rock-type Pokémon, but also stronger.
Because of that, Trainers in the outside world who owned Rock-type Pokémon would usually spend a great deal of money to buy ores and soil from Mount Miacha as food in order to achieve better cultivation results.
As the only official Rock-type Gym in Kanto, Pewter Gym had quite a significant share of the ore and soil resources mined from Mount Miacha every year.
As for training, Pewter Gym had always possessed a complete set of training methods for Onix.
With Flint’s help, Jasper first placed four silver-white weight rings on the Crystal Onix’s body.
These weight rings were specially made according to an Onix’s rocky body.
Each one weighed twenty-five kilograms, and four together added up to one hundred kilograms.
After all that the Crystal Onix only weighed two hundred and twenty kilograms.
This was equivalent to adding nearly half its own body weight onto it.
From being extremely uncomfortable at first and struggling with every movement, to barely being able to move freely and release moves, the improvement this equipment brought to Pokémon was extremely obvious.
This could greatly train the Crystal Onix’s stamina, strength, and speed.
Of course, if this were done to an ordinary Pokémon, it would definitely leave serious hidden injuries.
But as a Rock-type Pokémon, Onix clearly did not have that concern.
Since the Crystal Onix’s entire body was made of crystal and it did not possess flesh and blood, it was clearly very suitable for this kind of training method.
Under such excellent conditions, Jasper could clearly feel the Crystal Onix rapidly becoming stronger.
He could hardly imagine just how powerful the Crystal Onix would become on the day it fully adapted to the weight rings and removed them.
In the backyard of Pewter Gym, the Crystal Onix was doing its daily training.
Its huge crystal tail repeatedly struck a sandbag made from tough leather and iron sand, constantly producing heavy banging sounds.
Jasper sat casually on a stone step nearby, holding a notebook and continuously writing something down.
The notebook recorded all kinds of information about the Crystal Onix.
It included the series of training methods he had formulated specifically for the Crystal Onix.
It also included the types of moves the Crystal Onix had mastered, their detailed effects, and the best timing for using them.
On top of that, the exact process for making the energy blocks and food the Crystal Onix ate was also written down.
Every aspect was recorded in great detail.
During this period, Jasper had also been considering the Crystal Onix’s move combination.
In the end, after taking all kinds of factors into account, Jasper decided to use Earthquake, Iron Tail, Stone Edge, and Take Down as the Crystal Onix’s specialized moves. The source of this chapter is novelping dot com.
Then, he would combine them with Rock Tomb, Dig, Sand Tomb, Screech, and Sandstorm as the Crystal Onix’s support moves, and formulate a series of battle plans based on these moves.
After all that although Pokémon in this world were not like in the games, where they could only use four moves and could instead learn all kinds of moves, most people still chose only four moves as specialized moves to master thoroughly.
After all, a Pokémon’s energy was limited.
Everyone understood the principle that biting off more than one could chew was useless, and in battle, most people would use these specialized moves to attack.
Moreover, an outstanding Trainer could turn any move into something extraordinary, so there was no need to worry about not having enough moves to use.
Earthquake was a move that attacked by stimulating the power of the earth.
Otherwise, although Earthquake looked simple, it was not easy to unleash its true power.
Its officially rated power was one hundred, and it could be used to attack all Pokémon standing on the ground.
Not only was the move itself extremely powerful, but it also received the bonus from sharing the same type.
Stone Edge, as a long-range move, could be used to attack and interfere with Flying-type and Fire-type Pokémon.
Iron Tail and Take Down were used for close-range attacks.
These moves already had powerful damage values in themselves.
The recoil damage from Take Down had no effect on Onix because of its Rock Head ability.
Iron Tail could be used to restrain Rock-type and Ice-type Pokémon.
Combined with the Crystal Onix’s massive body, these two moves could inflict tremendous damage on enemies.
Dig, Screech, Sand Tomb, and Sandstorm could be used to interfere with the opponent and close the distance.
As for Rock Tomb, it could not only be used to trap the opponent’s Pokémon, but also to protect itself.
It could effectively block the damage of the opponent’s long-range moves, especially Fire-type moves that could deal massive damage to the Crystal Onix.