Victory Road Officially Begins!

At sunset.

Canalave Pokémon Academy, special training grounds.

Amid the wreckage-strewn training field, the little ones wore various expressions, their excitement not yet fully faded.

The new round of rankings within the Old Jing Family had also officially been decided.

In order: Gengar, Ice Ninetales, Tinkaton, Dragonite, Urshifu, Ceruledge, Tyranitar, Indeedee, Snivy, and Rotom.

The one who surprised Jing He the most was undoubtedly Gengar.

Perhaps it had accumulated enough experience, or perhaps it had gained a great deal of "experience" after fighting Kyogre.

After a full night's sleep, its strength had actually undergone a major breakthrough.

Legendary!

It had successfully crossed the threshold of Champion and reached an entirely new height.

If game levels were used as a rough benchmark, then Gengar was probably around level ninety now!

One had to know that even Red, when he had just become Champion in the games, only had Pokémon around level eighty-five.

Of course, a full team at level eighty-five and a single Pokémon at level ninety were entirely different concepts.

Still, "levels" were merely Jing He's vague personal estimate, a way to satisfy a few of his quirks as a game fan.

In short.

Gengar had leaped straight into the Legendary tier!

Even in its normal state, it could probably barely wrestle with Bewear now.

Naturally, such a huge breakthrough firmly established the purple little chubby as the leader of the Outlaw Squad.

Then there was Ice Ninetales.

After receiving the auras of Alola's four islands and the Fairy Plate, Ice Ninetales had entered a period of rapid growth as well.

However, it had only obtained both the aura power and the Fairy Plate a few days ago. On top of that, there had been countless matters to handle in the Alola Region, so Ice Ninetales had not yet had