Yu Hai's pen slowly came to a stop. His brows were tightly furrowed, and a trace of confusion showed in his eyes.
He was calculating how long it would take for Pokémon to break through to Elite-class, but the answer was like a fog—impossible to grasp.
Maybe six months, maybe nine months, perhaps even a full year. Anything was possible.
To understand Champion-level strength, he first had to understand what kind of existence an Elite-class Pokémon truly was.
In Pokémon battles, once a non-Elite-class Pokémon faced an Elite-class one, it was like an egg striking a stone. It could only be mercilessly crushed, with no hope of victory.
Thinking back to that battle of his, a one-against-three relay match, he had given it everything he had and still failed to defeat Scizor.
That final Scizor—who would dare gamble on its last strike, with that overwhelming aura and strength?
The Elite-class Kingdra could only serve as a reference. Although Kingdra had displayed tremendous strength in the previous battle, the one who had ultimately held the field together was the Elite-class Poliwrath.
If a non-Elite-class Pokémon had taken its place, it probably would not have lasted even half a minute under Kingdra's powerful attacks before being instantly defeated.
From the absolute suppression Elite-class Pokémon had over non-Elite-class Pokémon, it was not hard to infer that Champion-level Pokémon could also easily crush Elite-class ones. There was no doubt about that.
Otherwise, there would not be legends that Champion-level powerhouses could communicate with the Trilogy Bird. That alone proved that Champion-level strength far exceeded imagination.
Based on this understanding, a bold guess formed in his mind. Using Elite-class energy of all eighteen attributes at level three as breakthrough energy, and calculating based on doubled time, breaking through to Elite-class would take at least nine