Spirit Dimension: Tricking Groudon at the Start

Crack!

Trapinch's tiny body contained tremendous power!

Earth Power erupted from within it, splitting the ground apart and crushing Voltorb outright.

Another crushing instant kill!

[ Ding! Congratulations, Host. Trapinch successfully defeated Voltorb, gaining Battle Experience and leveling up to lv.21! ]

[ Ding! Congratulations, Host. You have successfully achieved ten Spirit Battle victories. Side Quest 9 is complete. Reward: Mysterious Fishing Rod! ]

[ Ding! Congratulations, Host. Combusken performed exceptionally and triggered a hidden reward. Skill Awakening Card: Flamethrower! ]

[ Ding! Congratulations, Host. Trapinch performed exceptionally and triggered a hidden reward. Skill Awakening Card: Rock Tomb! ]

Without changing expression, Su Yi communicated with the system through his mind and directly gave the two Skill Awakening Cards to Combusken and Trapinch respectively.

[ Ding! Congratulations, Host. You used a Skill Awakening Card. Combusken successfully awakened the skill: Flamethrower! ]

[ Ding! Congratulations, Host. You used a Skill Awakening Card. Trapinch successfully awakened the skill: Rock Tomb! ]

Without a doubt, the combat power of these two spirits had risen to another level.

Flamethrower was far more powerful than Flame Vortex.

Likewise, Trapinch, whose movement speed was currently slow, now had Rock Tomb, a move that could restrict its opponents.

Moreover, under normal circumstances, Trapinch should not have been able to awaken Rock Tomb.

Not only was it a Rock-type skill, but Rock Tomb was not among the skills in Trapinch's evolution line from Trapinch to Vibrava to Flygon.

However, the system's Skill Awakening Cards solved that problem perfectly.

The reward for completing Side Quest 9, the Mysterious Fishing Rod, had already been automatically stored in Spatial Storage.

"Please."

The trainer who had been utterly crushed was extremely respectful.

He lowered his head and gestured for Su Yi to enter.

The strong were respected. Anyone who could defeat them on the first day of entering the Spirit Primal Forest definitely had an extraordinary background.

"Hahaha, the big shot won! The big shot won! Let's go, let's go! Let's see if these Murong Family trainers still dare to act so arrogant!"

The many trainers watching from afar cheered.

At the same time, most of the examinee trainers looked at Su Yi with meaningful expressions.

Did they think Su Yi was some kind of idiot?

He had actually stood up for them. Did he not know they were all competitors on the Trial Ranking?

If he let them in and they got the chance to subdue a legendary beast, then some Murong Family young lady or big shot would all end up beneath their feet!

These people were overjoyed and hurriedly swarmed after him. While mocking Su Yi for being foolish in their hearts, they hoped to ride on his coattails into Thundercloud Mountain.

The remaining four Murong Family examinee trainers immediately ordered their spirits to attack!

"Zigzagoon, Headbutt!"

"Lotad, Razor Leaf!"

"Luxio, use Fury Swipes!"

The three spirits' attacks avoided these people's vital points, and they did not use their full strength. Even so, these people still suffered greatly.

"Damn! What are you doing?"

"You've already lost!"

"Big shot, they're going back on their word!"

Most of these people had just been mocking Su Yi in their hearts, but now they immediately panicked.

Su Yi turned his head and glanced at them.

How ridiculous. What did you have to do with me?

Why should I help you?

Besides, Su Yi had not challenged the Murong Family examinees just to get in.

He had done it purely to raise his spirits' levels and complete the side quest!

Still, he could help the person from earlier. After all, that person had let him know there was a legendary beast here.

Just looking at the rolling thunderclouds overhead was enough to tell him. A strange celestial phenomenon had appeared—there was no doubt that a legendary beast was about to emerge.

As for a legendary beast appearing in the trial grounds at the outskirts of the Spirit Primal Forest for senior-year examinee trainers, the major Pokémon Leagues and Spirit Academies had not intervened.

It seemed they had long known that such a situation might occur.

Moreover, as long as examinees did not deliberately provoke a legendary beast or offend its dignity, it would not take the initiative to attack trainers or their spirits.

"The person who told me the news earlier can come in."

Su Yi only left behind those words, and that examinee trainer was overjoyed.

He had been one of the few examinees who had not mocked Su Yi inwardly just now; all he felt was shock.

After hesitating for a moment, the Murong Family's examinees decided to let him through.

There was no other reason—Su Yi's displayed combat strength had been far too powerful.

It was probably even stronger than their young miss's Spirit. If a genius like this had a weak background, that would be a miracle.

Young miss, good luck dealing with this...

The others were filled with envy and regret. Damn it, they had overthought things. Anyone who could evolve a Spirit on the first day of the trial was obviously no ordinary person.

How laughable that they had been mocking him in their hearts just now, without realizing that he did not give a damn about them at all...

Su Yi did not wait for that person to join him.

For the time being, he did not go looking for the legendary Pokémon either. As long as he confirmed that legendary Pokémon appeared around Thundercloud Mountain, that was enough.

With the Pokémon League, the high school Spirit Academies, and the university Spirit Academies watching this place, his Groudon could not battle a legendary Pokémon.

The commotion would be too great.

Su Yi took out the Master Ball and gave it a light pat.

"Groudon, can you sense where there are a large number of Electric Spirits?"

Su Yi liked Electric Spirits too, and their attack power was incredibly explosive.

Groudon shook around inside the Master Ball, then pointed in a direction.

Su Yi grinned. Good thing he had managed to fool this guy; it could be a huge help to him in the early stages.

Boom!

Suddenly, an explosion rang out from the direction Groudon had indicated.

It sounded like two skills colliding.

Su Yi hurried over.

They had better not have captured all the high-potential Electric Spirits.

"Flabébé, use Vine Whip!"

Somewhere nearby, a golden-haired girl was commanding a Flabébé to attack a flock of Mareep.

"Hehe, my brother told me there's a huge flock of Mareep in Thundercloud Mountain. These Mareep are so stupid—they don't even know how to fight back. Perfect. I'll defeat a few more Mareep, then pick the one with the best size and coloring to capture. Hehe!"

The golden-haired girl giggled as Flabébé launched a group attack against the Mareep.

Flaaffy were mixed in among the Mareep as well, most of them between lv.10 and lv.20.

Her Flabébé was already lv.19. As soon as she entered, she had frantically made use of the Murong Family's examinee trainers to help create favorable battle conditions for her, allowing it to level up quickly.

However, this method could only be used below lv.25 at most.

Once it surpassed that level, it would become very inconvenient.

She was the Murong Family's young miss, Murong Qianjin.

Just as Flabébé's Vine Whip was about to strike a small Mareep—

"Combusken, Flame Vortex!"

"Bébé..."

Flabébé hastily withdrew its Vine Whip, narrowly avoiding having it burned.

"Who was that?!"

Murong Qianjin froze.

Hadn't she already told those five people to keep everyone else from coming in?

Murong Qianjin was instantly furious.

It had nearly burned her Flabébé's Vine Whip. How infuriating.

"If you want to capture a Spirit, can't you just pick one to battle?"

Su Yi arrived.

He truly could not stand watching what this girl was doing.

From the looks of it, she wanted to capture a Mareep, but what was with attacking all of them at once?

If this were a game, there would be nothing wrong with it, and Su Yi would have nothing to say. After all, when playing a game, if you wanted to catch one with the best potential, sometimes you needed to capture several, or even over a dozen, before finding the one you wanted.

But this was the real world, with real Spirits—not a game. They had feelings, and they could feel pain!

As everyone knew, Mareep and its evolved form, Flaaffy, were particularly gentle Spirits.

The wool growing on their bodies was also useful to human trainers in many ways.

It was perfectly normal for girls to like such gentle Spirits, but Su Yi found the golden-haired girl's actions deeply baffling.

"Hmph, who are you to tell me what to do? Flabébé, use Razor Leaf!"

Murong Qianjin commanded Flabébé to attack the suddenly appearing Su Yi.

"Stubborn to the end, Combusken, Flamethrower!"

This girl had probably been spoiled rotten since childhood, acting as though she was second only to heaven itself.

Su Yi felt there was nothing to say to people like that. He would just crush her.

Combusken's Flamethrower blasted out, incinerating Flabébé's Razor Leaf in an instant. The leaves turned to ash and drifted down.

"Flabébé..."

After drifting about in the air, Flabébé finally fell to the ground.

[ Ding! Congratulations, Host! Combusken has successfully defeated Flabébé. Battle Experience gained. Lv. increased to 17! ]

That was the power of a high-damage move. Flamethrower also countered the opponent, allowing it to instantly defeat a higher-level Pokémon in one blow.

"Y-You... who are you? My Flabébé is hurt! How am I supposed to catch Pokémon now?!"

Murong Qianjin was furious. Where had this guy come from? How could he act like this?!

"Pokémon aren't tools. You're only trying to capture a Mareep—was there any need to go this far? Didn't your elders teach you anything? Acting recklessly in the Spirit Primal Forest can sometimes come with a heavy price!"

Su Yi's tone was cold. He had little patience for spoiled young ladies like her.

He had only told Combusken to stop her from attacking the Mareep, yet she had immediately ordered Flabébé to attack him instead.

It was already generous of me not to slap you across the face.