Failure and Peaceful Daily Life

After thirty minutes had passed, Chen Yi and Fire Dragon reappeared outside the Arena.

With time accelerated fiftyfold, thirty minutes outside meant Chen Yi had spent 1,500 minutes inside—twenty-five hours.

Yet it was equivalent to Chen Yi studying alone for five or six months, perhaps even longer.

That feeling of receiving an answer the moment he thought was simply intoxicating.

His mind became sharper, and the thoughts reflected by Chen Yi in every mirror were absorbed.

It felt as though he were omnipotent.

But that was an illusion.

Chen Yi was the first to suppress that feeling, then he warned Fire Dragon as well.

In the face of false power, one had to stay true to oneself.

With the Time and Space Hut, Chen Yi had advanced his understanding of Elemental Materialization Bestowal+++ by more than half.

Fire Dragon, meanwhile, was refining his own offensive moves.

He discarded his former flashy long-range Battle Qi attacks and used moves from the Pokémon World as a foundation to create techniques of his own.

His focus was on Battle Qi and the use of his own strength.

After Battle Qi reached Legendary Quality, there was far too much room left to develop.

The same was true of Fire Dragon's powerful physique.

Chen Yi specifically reminded Fire Dragon that moves should be refined rather than numerous.

So Fire Dragon had been polishing three moves.

Two for single targets and one for groups.

To preserve the dignity of a trainer who was terrible at naming things, Fire Dragon named his two single-target moves Ordinary Punch and Full-Power Punch.

For group attacks, he was creating a Dragon's Anger suited to himself based on some of the knowledge Chen Yi had mentioned.

However, all three moves were still being perfected.

After leaving the fifth floor of the