The Beast Ball opened, and the special effects were so much like an Ultra Wormhole opening that they nearly scared Li Hua and the others—as well as the gifted students from various universities watching from afar—into PTSD.
After all, they more or less followed the missions assigned by their schools in order to accumulate credits.
Among those missions were plenty where they assisted Professional Level and Gym Level Trainers in subjugating Ultra Beasts.
Although Ultra Wormholes had vanished for several months now, the Ultra Beasts' abnormal strength, their unreasonable snowballing growth, and their savage behavior like uncivilized beasts had left an extremely deep impression on them.
For a moment, they had nearly thought an Ultra Wormhole had opened inside Sky Tower.
But the platinum-colored figure that appeared afterward dispelled their concerns.
It was a Dragon-type Ultra Beast with an imposing aura—Naganadel.
And judging by its coloration, it was likely an exceptionally rare Shiny Ultra Beast!
As expected of the youngest Champion in the Divine Land Alliance. He had actually tamed such a rare Ultra Beast already?
"Ah yo~"
Naganadel, thrilled to experience being the center of attention for once, aimed its silver-white stingers directly at the restless projections.
The projections within Sky Tower were extremely unusual beings.
They possessed no life themselves, merely entities formed from special energy, similar to "monsters" in a game.
They could run, jump, and use moves, that was all.
There was no need to worry about mistaking projections for real Pokémon either. Their auras were completely different.
One was vibrant, while the other was deathly still. Anyone with even a little experience could easily tell them apart.
Not to mention that projection Pokémon would actively attack any real Pokémon that approached them, so there was no possibility of mixing them up.
Therefore, there was no