Greatest Pokémon Trainer

Above the plain field.

Weng Jingjing stood there quietly.

Opposite her, the white flames were already soaring high.

On Fang Yuan's Mega Ring, the residual light from a Mega Evolution still lingered.

Against an opponent of this level, there was nothing to be said, naturally a Mega Evolution was necessary right from the start.

"Hee hee hee hee~~~"

Gengar, having completed the Mega Evolution, immediately gained tremendous fighting power.

Be it Ghost Power, the power of flames, or the power of space, at this moment, Glutton could feel all of these within its grasp.

Glutton: ψ(｀∇´)ψ Eat you.

Alidos: (つд⊂) So scary.

"Hahaha."

Upon seeing the Super Gengar, Master Qiao Jing was not at all flustered, instead, she just smiled.

If she remembered correctly, the power of a Mega Evolution simply couldn't last for long.

So, within the limited time, could the Super Gengar pose a threat to her Alidos?

"Shadow Ball!"

Fang Yuan waved one arm, giving the first command.

Alidos was weak to Ghost types, so using Shadow Ball to test Alidos's limit was perfect.

"Koje!!!"

After the command was given, on one side of the field, the Super Gengar that had been hiding in a different dimension immediately lifted its arm like a phantom.

Whoosh!!!

The next moment, a dark red Shadow Ball, compressed and spinning at high speed, was rapidly hurled out by Glutton.

Spiral Shadow Ball!

"Jie jie!!!"

Super Gengar, grinning, simultaneously used the Shadow Immobilization!

With its current level of skill, imitating Eevee's Spiral Shadow Ball was no trouble at all.

This move indeed packed a punch, cutting through the air with a terrifying black trail during its attack, as if the space around it was being torn and devoured, with air currents swirling violently.

"Block it," Master Qiao Jing said indifferently.

"Sulas~~~"

Facing the trainer's command, Alidos immediately responded by covering its face.

Blocking was necessary, but not with its face.

Mirror Coat activated!

This move involved taking the damage from an energy attack received from an opponent, amplifying it, and returning it to the attacker, extremely fierce if mastered perfectly.

And a Pokemon like Alidos had an excellent natural talent for learning such a move.

"Step on Shadow Feature, huh?"

Fang Yuan had Glutton use Shadow Ball, and although there was a probing intent, preventing a collision with Mirror Coat would certainly be preferable.

Therefore, Glutton was also using Shadow Immobilization to restrain its opponent.

Below the black trail of the Shadow Ball, a rapidly extending shadow attempted to control Alidos before the Shadow Ball could reach, preventing it from executing a move.

However, Alidos clearly wasn't afraid of the Shadow Immobilization, as it possessed the Step on Shadow Feature itself.

In an instant, not only did Alidos use Mirror Coat, but its own shadow also stretched out like a weapon, clashing with Glutton's shadow.

Bang bang bang!!!

The collision of shadows was particularly intense.

But this was not the main event.

By now, Alidos's body was enveloped in a white glow.

While controlling its shadow, it used its body to meet the Shadow Ball head-on.

Alidos's expression was one of unmatched excitement as it proudly stood up and crashed right into the Shadow Ball.

"Sulas~~~"

The dark red glow intertwined with the pure white light, wrapping around each other.

With a "boom!", Alidos didn't seem affected at all and withstood the attack.

Furthermore, under the sculpting light of Mirror Coat, the power of the Spiral Shadow Ball was constantly reorganizing until, with another proud thrust of its body, a dark red beam of Ghost-type destructive light was reflected right back.

Glutton:━Σ(ﾟДﾟ|||)━ What the...

"Dodge," Fang Yuan ordered immediately.

This rebounding move was no less powerful than the one before, perhaps even stronger.

Clearly, although its form was different, this was the very Shadow Ball from before. Faced with the rebounding power, Glutton's pupils constricted as it followed Fang Yuan's command, and used shadows to Swap Field, taking evasive action.

Bam!!!

Glutton's figure vanished at the moment the wave of light arrived, and the area hit by the beam became a ruin.

"Ghost Fire!" Fang Yuan pursed his lips and gave another command.

This time, he chose to have Glutton use White Flame.

This move should be considered a fusion skill of Ghost Fire and Fire Awakening, both inflicting severe burn status effects and possessing terrifying killing power.

Its power and effect even surpassed the Black Flame.

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(｀へ´) Huhuhuhu!!!

The Glutton raised his arm slightly, and with a "buzz," the spreading White Flame, like a huge exploding character, rushed toward Weng Jingjing.

However, Weng Jingjing made the same choice again.

"(〃＞目＜) Sulas~~~"

Under the comical growl, this time Weng Jingjing used a combination of Mirror Coat and Mysterious Guard, wrapping herself in a white domain!

The next second, the White Flame collided with Weng Jingjing's defense domain, and the white flame that filled the sky flowed back, turning into a Flamethrower attack that came rushing at the Glutton.

Weng Jingjing was unaffected by the White Flame!

Fang Yuan, the Glutton: (꒪⌓꒪)

Fang Yuan's other Pokemons: Ծ‸Ծ, how are we supposed to fight this?

"This is bad."

Seeing that the usually invincible White Flame couldn't break through the opponent's absolute defense, Fang Yuan suddenly felt frustrated.

He hated wars of attrition!!!

This Weng Jingjing didn't need to learn any extra moves, with Return Fist, Mirror Coat, Mysterious Guard, the Step on Shadow Feature, and such strength at the Species Limit, defeating it seemed too difficult.

Because it mastered so few moves, this Weng Jingjing had brought each move to a level of perfection.

"Dodge!!"

Fang Yuan reluctantly ordered another dodge, but fortunately, the opponent's rebounded move, although faster, had a predictable trajectory, and with the Glutton's speed, dodging was easy.

However, this wasn't what Fang Yuan wanted, because if the battle dragged on, the one who would be defeated was definitely the Super Gengar... after all, Mega Evolution had a time limit.

..........

"The kid has finally encountered a tough challenge."

In the roundtable conference room, the Twelve Branches started chatting after seeing Fang Yuan struggle in battle.

Fang Yuan's performance in the first four challenges was not bad, but his weakness was also very clear.

That was having too few Pokemons available for battle.

When Fu Hei challenged the Road of Champions, just one team of six Pokemons were all at the peak of their combat power.

As for Fang Yuan, to tell the truth, he didn't even have one true peak Species Limit combatant.

The Four Fire Monkeys had severe limitations and time constraints, Super Ghost had the same time constraints, and the Armed Magnetic Monster was really three Pokemons, not one.

Against an opponent like Master Qiao Jing with terrifying physical strength and defensive power, the situation was too restrictive.

If nothing unexpected happened, the Super Ghost would be the first to be worn down in this battle.

Next, even if Fang Yuan used several Pokemons to win against all two of Master Qiao Jing's using attrition tactics, so what? Fang Yuan himself would not be able to continue the challenge.

It's a good thing Master Qiao Jing wasn't skilled at attacking and generally only defended, or else Fang Yuan would have lost even faster.

"What do you think, how long before Fang Yuan can develop to a top-tier level?" Master Kong Hai tapped the table and asked.

By top-tier, he naturally meant the level of top masters like President Wen, Fu Hei, himself, Jiang Kui, and Xu Yifeng.

"He should have hope within four years."

President Wen smiled and said, "Ever since he came back from the World Championships, he's been using his many privileges to apply for a lot of resources. I was worried he would be overreaching, but as you all have seen, his Pokemon have improved quickly. His Pokemons have temporarily reached higher levels through some special means, so they're very efficient with absorbing the resources. If this continues, he'll soon reach the peak."

Saying this, President Wen still felt a pinch, as the top resources Fang Yuan applied for were the result of almost a hundred years of the association's foundation and could have nurtured many strong contenders, all of which Fang Yuan had applied for.

But he couldn't refuse. As a reserve member of the Twelve Branches, Fang Yuan had legitimate reasons and was fully entitled to apply for them.

To put it in Fang Yuan's words, resources were just lying around, nearly gathering dust, so he might as well make use of them first.

However, President Wen allowed Fang Yuan to apply for resources for a reason, which was because Fang Yuan had researched Mega Evolution and Energy Blocks.

Once these two things became widespread, the value of those resources would plummet to the lowest point, so it wouldn't matter much if Fang Yuan took them.

"Master Qiao is second to last in strength among the Twelve Branches, isn't she?" Master Ma Chenzong suddenly stroked his beard and spoke, "After this challenge, we should be able to gauge Fang Yuan's current strength."

Indeed, second to last...

As for who was the very last...

Mǎotù: (ー`´ー)

Even though Master Qiao Jing was the second to last in strength among the Twelve Branches with only two peak Species Limit fighters, those two were probably enough to make Fang Yuan face despair.

Take this Weng Jingjing; its strength was not comparable to the previous Alidos.

The Twelve Branches predicted that Fang Yuan could at best reach the seventh challenge before being eliminated.

At the moment, the Twelve Branches silently watched the battle unfolding on the screen, which had already reached the 5th minute.

In the screen.

The Gengar created a very shocking space tearing in front of Weng Jingjing, which was still fully blocked by her.

This was a space tearing skill from the Spirit World Lineage.

Jiang Kui shook his head. As strong as the move was, it still hadn't breached the Guardian Deities' Domain...

Against this Weng Jingjing, one could only fight attrition... a direct assault was very difficult.

...........

"Koje (I wanna puke)~~!!"

"(〃＞目＜) Sulas~~~"

After the fifth minute of battle, not only was the Super Glutton feeling nauseated, but Fang Yuan was close to it as well.

Damn, this Weng Jingjing was way too disgusting.

By then, the Super Ghost was panting heavily, marking the first time the Glutton had met such a challenging opponent since its Mega Evolution.

Even though the opponent couldn't threaten it, it was also unable to harm Weng Jingjing.

On Weng Jingjing's end, though, her remaining physical strength was clearly more abundant than Super Gengar's, but she too had begun to pant after reflecting attacks for five minutes; it wasn't exactly easy for her either.

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