Chapter 113: Korrina: Master Is Amazing!
And there's also the concept of "ki" from Dragon Ball…
The Pokémon world doesn't have ki, but it does have all kinds of elemental energy.
If Ogerpon could sense the fluctuations and changes in elemental energy, she could understand an opponent's intentions and prepare countermeasures in advance…
"No, no, no!"
Sora abruptly cut off his own train of thought, shaking his head.
He had almost been dragged into Korrina's rhythm.
"So then, what exactly does this 'divine technique' include?"
Still, Sora really was curious about this "divine art" Korrina mentioned.
It was his first time hearing the term.
"I don't know."
Korrina shook her head decisively.
"Grandpa said divine technique has always been a legend. Nobody has ever truly reached that realm."
In other words—
it wasn't Korrina teaching Sora what divine technique was.
Rather, Sora himself was the one who had to define what that realm even looked like.
"So I'm basically the founding ancestor?!"
Sora was speechless.
He originally thought martial artists already possessed some established inheritance.
But after all that—
the so-called divine realm was completely blank?!
Thinking about it carefully, though…
What kind of position did Ogerpon occupy in the Trainer world right now?
She was level 82.
And her breakthrough to level 83 had only happened recently.
More importantly—
Ogerpon didn't possess a level-90 bottleneck.
She was born with divinity.
One of the Pokémon who possessed the qualifications to enter that realm.
An Ogerpon like this…
She should already stand at the very peak of the world, right?
The strongest Pokémon held by Champions were generally around the same level as Bloodmoon Ursaluna.
But how enormous was the gap between Ursaluna and current Ogerpon?
That mountain-altering Ivy Cudgel strike—
how many Bloodmoon Ursaluna would need to work together just to block it?
The two sides weren't remotely on the same level.
Come to think of it…
Ogerpon really does qualify to stand at the forefront of all martial artists in the world!
If Ogerpon didn't qualify—then who did?
Bruno?
With his team averaging level 70-something, not even reaching 80?
And saying Ogerpon was Grass-type instead of Fighting-type—did that even matter?
As if there were actually any Fighting-type Champions in the world.
The Fighting type was already weak overall.
Having a Grass-type dominate the cutting edge seemed perfectly reasonable.
"Master?"
"I was thinking about divine techniques."
"Ooooooh!"
Korrina's excited outburst snapped Sora out of his thoughts again.
Only then did he react.
"And stop calling me Master."
"I can guide you in move development and elemental control techniques, but becoming your master is really unnecessary."
Korrina rejected the idea instantly.
"But isn't that exactly what a master is?!"
He was about to teach her knowledge this precious—
how could she possibly not treat him with the respect due a teacher?
Could she, Korrina, really be that shameless?
From this day onward, she'd serve tea, pour water, and care for him in old age if necessary!
"Forget it. Call me whatever you want."
Sora couldn't do anything about this girl.
Most importantly—he didn't dislike her.
Despite being utterly crushed by Ogerpon, Korrina hadn't become depressed.
Instead, she looked as though an entirely new world had opened before her, overflowing with fighting spirit.
That actually made Sora rather pleased.
He had genuinely worried she'd end up mentally broken from the experience.
"Master, can you tell me what the divine techniques you've mastered are like?"
Korrina looked incredibly excited, desperate to glimpse even a fragment of the divine realm.
"Well…"
Sora sighed helplessly.
Then he began explaining the martial arts concepts he had imagined to Korrina.
At the same time, he changed the name from "Divine Technique" to "Divine Arts."
The "Divine Arts" here weren't Ultra Instinct.
Rather—they were techniques and skills that broke conventional rules.
For example—
Ogerpon's ability to perceive an opponent's weak points and integrate critical-strike attacks into every movement—
Sora categorized that as one of the Divine Arts.
"Additionally, there's converting all elemental energy into life energy."
"It massively increases a Pokémon's regeneration and physical capabilities."
Among Sora's Pokémon, only Ogerpon could currently accomplish this.
"Life energy?"
Korrina looked confused.
"I understand elemental energy, but what exactly is life energy?"
"Simply put, you can think of it as non-attributed energy."
"Non-attributed?"
"Right."
Sora explained:
"Not Normal-type energy. I mean truly attribute-less energy."
"It represents a Pokémon's vitality, potential, and stamina."
"And it's also the source used to convert into elemental energy."
"This is my first time hearing anything like this!"
Korrina felt as though her horizons had been completely expanded.
Following Master really had been the right choice.
She had never even imagined ideas like these before.
She'd always thought Pokémon could continue battling and using moves as long as they still had stamina.
So there are actually this many layers to it…
"Then what exactly can life energy do, Master?"
"As for specifics…"
Sora said:
"Pokémon can learn many moves outside their own elemental typing, right?"
Even according to game mechanics—
a Water-type Gyarados could still learn Flamethrower.
Which meant Gyarados could convert energy into Fire-type energy.
"Ogerpon here possesses four primary attributes."
"Eh?!"
Korrina thought she had misheard.
"N-no way. Four attributes? How is that possible?!"
A Pokémon could possess at most two types.
Where would additional types even come from?
But Sora was the one saying it.
Korrina believed her Master wouldn't speak nonsense.
"I'll show you directly."
Thus, Sora had Ogerpon demonstrate changing masks and altering her type right in front of Korrina.
At this point, there was no need for Sora to hide that information anymore.
Ogerpon's strength had already surpassed the level where changing types even mattered.
Her true trump card—
was quadruple Terastallization.
That was Ogerpon's real ace.
Knowing the rest of her abilities wouldn't matter anyway.
And with Korrina's personality, there was no chance she'd leak Ogerpon's secrets.
Doing so would be betraying the sect!
"This…"
Korrina's face went blank.
Lucario and the others were equally stunned.
And this realization made them understand just how much Ogerpon had held back during their battle.
She hadn't even used her type-changing ability—
and still crushed all of them effortlessly.
"Is this also one of the Divine Arts?!"
"No, this isn't."
Sora quickly clarified.
"Changing types is Ogerpon's unique natural talent."
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