Spirit Dimension: Tricking Groudon at the Start

"Crunch!"

Trapinch's incredibly sturdy upper and lower jaws snapped shut!

The gigantic stone shattered into pieces!

"Good, Frogadier, use Slash to break it down slowly. Be careful."

Frogadier continuously used Slash, and the enormous stone block became smaller and smaller at a visible rate.

"Clink, clink!"

With two clinks!

Two special stones, wrapped in small fragments of rock, fell out.

"What is this..."

"What is this..."

Su Yi's face lit up with joy. It was indeed treasure!

These were a pair of Evolution Key Stones and Mega Stones!

Though he didn't know which Pokémon this Mega Stone belonged to.

These two stones were worth a solid 1.6 million gold coins at the Pokémon League!

And that was if bought together; buying them separately would be even more expensive!

This was a common Mega Stone, like for a Pidgeot.

If it turned out to be a Mega Stone for a rare Pokémon, its value would skyrocket due to scarcity. After all, there was no shortage of buyers for such items.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining a Tyranitar Mega Stone and a Trainer's Evolution Key Stone!]

Secure!

It was for Tyranitar! Old Ban was a pseudo-legendary!

Pseudo-legendary Pokémon were rarer and more valuable!

And a pseudo-legendary's Mega Stone was even more so!

He had underestimated the value of these two items.

However, only an idiot would sell them.

Content, Su Yi and his three Pokémon, Frogadier, Combusken, and Trapinch, began working together to herd the wild Pokémon in the cave towards the core area.

As for the other parts of the cave, it was a natural training ground, and Su Yi had no intention of wasting it.

"Come out, Groudon."

He summoned Groudon again.

"Moo!"

Groudon floated, maintaining its one-meter size.

It was incredibly excited, itching to find that stupid whale and stupid dragon for a battle right now!

Look, I can really fly now!

Groudon could already imagine Kyogre and Rayquaza's stunned expressions.

It also pictured itself wielding the Cliff Sword, taking down one Mythical Beast with a single strike...

Groudon was lost in its wild imagination!

Su Yi: →_→

Fortunately, it already knew not to roar too loudly.

"How is it? I didn't lie to you. I said you could fly, and you can fly!"

Su Yi said righteously. Groudon nodded vigorously, no longer doubting Su Yi at all.

Looking at Groudon, Su Yi subconsciously thought of Kyogre and Rayquaza. He swallowed and continued, "Um, Groudon, do you have any way to sense Kyogre and Rayquaza's locations?"

"Moo hoo..."

Groudon conveyed that it currently had no way.

Well, he probably needed to break its seal and return it to its primordial form.

"Groudon, you've met these four companions. For the next while, we'll be training in this cave every day. Your job is to sense your surroundings and report any special situations to me promptly."

"Moo!"

Groudon looked at Su Yi's four Pokémon companions and nodded.

However, it inadvertently leaked its aura, making Frogadier and the others a little...

Trembling!

"Big shot, can you tone down your aura a bit!"

"Trapinch, you also have the Ground type. Get closer to Groudon and it will definitely benefit you."

"Kaka... Kaka..."

Trapinch's body trembled.

Su Yi only then realized that Groudon's aura was too terrifying and overbearing for these Pokémon.

At Su Yi's gaze, Groudon finally obediently and completely restrained its aura.

It couldn't be helped, it was still waiting for Su Yi to take it to defeat Kyogre and Rayquaza!

"Frogadier, you are agile and your adaptability is the strongest. You will be responsible for ambushing us from the darkness, including me, but you are not allowed to use any skills!"

Su Yi began assigning tasks.

"Combusken, Flaaffy, you two will be responsible for dealing with Frogadier's ambushes with me. You must adapt to battling in the dark as quickly as possible!"

"In Spirit Battles, anything can happen. We must be able to effectively detect and block the opponent's attacks even when our eyes cannot see!"

"Trapinch! You will be responsible for getting to know Groudon better!"

"Kaka!"

"Here are advanced Spirit Energy Cubes. I've selected them based on your attributes and preferences, and they will help cultivate and train your fundamentals."

Su Yi took out four advanced energy cubes and handed them to the four Pokémon.

Groudon?

Groudon just needed to absorb Earth energy and sunlight.

For ten days, Su Yi trained the four Pokémon's combat awareness, reaction speed, and physical instincts!

These might not show significant results in the short term, but looking long-term, when they reach level 50 and above, level 60 and above, they will be far stronger than other trainers' Pokémon!

This is due to acquired effort, which is why it's said that a Pokémon's potential doesn't determine everything.

Of course, Su Yi's Pokémon possess both potential and acquired effort simultaneously.

For the next ten-plus days, Su Yi trained the Pokémon's skills!

He also figured out some methods for combining skills.

These were feelings that couldn't be experienced in the Spirit games!

In the blink of an eye, twenty-five days had passed for the Spirit Academy's third-year graduating students' Spirit trials.

National Spirit Trial Overall Rankings!

First place, Jingtian High School, Zhang Kuang, 46705 points!

Second place, Haitian High School, Shangguan Ling'er, 45400 points!

Third place, Nanxi Academy, Xia Chen, 43650 points!

The top three were, to put it mildly, in a league of their own.

They had decisively surpassed everyone else.

Jingtian Academy.

The Principal himself was looking at the trial ranking changes from the past week displayed on the wall.

"Basically, by today, it's pretty clear who has potential and who doesn't. As one of the top Spirit universities in our country, Jingtian Academy must invite all the candidates we've selected to enroll. We absolutely cannot fall behind Haitian Academy!"

Jingtian High School, Haitian High School!

There were also Jingtian Academy and Haitian Academy for universities!

The two had been in fierce competition for a long time!

The teachers in the discussion group nodded.

Finally, the Principal of Jingtian Academy turned to the last name.

Su Yi.

"As for this Su Yi... it's been twenty-five days. His trial ranking, aside from the initial surge to tenth place, hasn't moved much for the past twenty-plus days. Whatever his plan is, he's probably missed his chance. What a shame..."

The Principal shook his head and sighed, seemingly lamenting why Su Yi wasn't more concerned about his trial ranking.

South Lake Province's number one Spirit Academy.

Principal Gao Xiang was extremely anxious.

Why wasn't Su Yi, whom he had placed so much hope in, moving up in the rankings?

"Um, hehe, Elite Four Su, Your Excellency Elite Four Su, look at this child Su Yi. You and I both know he's the most outstanding, it's just this ranking..."

Gao Xiang thought the siblings had some plan.

Su Xiyan had no idea. She had no clue what Su Yi's plan was.

However, she knew that Su Yi would definitely not disappoint her.

"Just wait. If nothing unexpected happens, once the point system changes are announced, my brother's ranking won't just be in the top one hundred, even the top ten is no problem!"

Su Xiyan was that confident in Su Yi!

Principal Gao Xiang could only offer a wry smile.

He felt Su Xiyan was joking...

However, Su Xiyan was a designated authority figure appointed by the South Lake Province Pokémon League, and being a teacher was merely her part-time job.

Within the South Lake Province's premier Spirit Academy, Su Xiyan's influence was even greater than his own as Principal.

Since Su Xiyan had said as much, and Su Yi was her younger brother, if anything were truly amiss, Su Xiyan surely wouldn't be this calm, right?

With only five days left until the Spirit Trial, a new regulation was announced on all participating trainers' Spirit Watches.

"Attention all candidate trainers, the point system rules will change starting now!"

"Attention all candidate trainers, the point system rules will change starting now!"

"Attention all candidate trainers, the point system rules will change starting now!"

Important matters are repeated three times!

According to the revised point system rules, All candidate trainers will have five opportunities each day to proactively challenge other trainers, and simultaneously, five opportunities to refuse challenges from other candidate trainers.