Spirit Dimension: Tricking Groudon at the Start

Entering the number one Pokémon Center, after confirming the highest-ranked trainer among the examinees inside, it wasn't long before news spread from the Pokémon Center: Su Yi was willing to accept individual challenges from any trainer ranked in the top fifty, provided they put up 200,000 gold coins, a Pokémon item, or an Evolution Stone as a wager!

It was time to start being high-profile and aim for first place on the trial rankings. After all, there was that Main Quest.

Main Quest 1: Please complete the final trial exam for high school graduation and achieve first place. Quest Reward: Pseudo-Legendary Pokémon Egg ×1!

Since the System hadn't specified whether it meant first place overall or first place in every exam, Su Yi didn't want to take any risks. If he missed out on the Pseudo-Legendary Pokémon Egg, he would surely regret it.

With the levels of his four Pokémon and the skills he'd learned over the past three days, he had no reason to fear challenges from any other examinee.

Therefore, the Pseudo-Legendary Pokémon Egg was something Su Yi was determined to obtain!

As for adding that extra condition, it was just to gain a little more benefit for himself.

Training Pokémon was just too expensive!

As soon as this news broke, it felt as though he didn't take any of the top fifty ranked trainers seriously at all.

This included the alliance team that Ning Zhi had been a part of previously.

Three people, each ranked within the top fifty.

So, the three of them immediately decided to spread the word: all three would fight!

They could afford the consequences. Even if they lost, they would still be within the top 100,000, which wouldn't hinder their entry into Pokémon University.

The three were ranked ninth, fifteenth, and twenty-third, respectively!

One had to understand that the further you went in the points challenge, the higher the value of your strength became!

Ning Zhi, who had been defeated by Su Yi, was currently in the crowd.

He sneered as he watched everything. Many people thought Su Yi was playing weak to surprise them, but those who had fought him knew he was a freak who never played weak. Fighting him meant you could be tricked from the very first move.

Although Ning Zhi was allied with these three, he had half his points deducted by Su Yi. Subconsciously, he hoped to see the other three also lose points!

They absolutely couldn't beat Su Yi, so he wouldn't try to dissuade them!

In any case, Ning Zhi had already won back his points through challenges, and now he was just waiting to watch the show!

Kong Hui shared the same sentiment as Ning Zhi.

This handsome young man looked at Su Yi, understanding Su Yi's intentions completely.

He wanted to compete for first place on the trial rankings. Even he admired Su Yi a little.

On the battleground.

As the number one Pokémon Center was the largest in the outer area, it was crowded with people, and the battlegrounds were full.

Everyone who hadn't seen Su Yi before wanted to see who this person was who had made such "arrogant" claims.

Those who knew Su Yi were purely there for the spectacle.

Deep down, they were actually on Su Yi's side. After all, if he could defeat all his challengers, he would truly become famous in one battle!

The first challenger was the guy ranked twenty-third on the trial list.

At the referee's signal in the number one Pokémon Center, both sides simultaneously took out their Pokeballs and released their challenging Pokémon!

1v1!

Frogadier!

Su Yi used his starter Pokémon right from the start!

The opponent was lucky enough to have a level 27 Treecko, which had a type advantage against Frogadier!

Su Yi shook his head. A level 27, it wasn't even as high a level as Frogadier.

Seeing Su Yi shake his head, the opponent sneered inwardly. Do you know I have a type advantage against you?

He decided to end it quickly. If a top twenty-three expert couldn't win beautifully with a type advantage, he would have no face left at all!

The battle began!

"Treecko, use Agility to disrupt their vision!"

"Frogadier, use Smokescreen!"

As soon as Treecko's Agility began, it had barely taken two steps when it saw the Frogadier in front of it blow out a cloud of murky smoke from its mouth!

The smoke quickly enveloped both Frogadier and Treecko. Everyone was confused. Wouldn't this mean Su Yi also lost sight of the opponent's Treecko?

How could he command an attack?

At this moment, the results of the more than twenty days of training in the Dark Cave became apparent!

Treecko lost its target and instinctively stopped its movement.

Frogadier, however, quickly locked onto Treecko's position based on its experience and senses!

"Locked on? Go, use Swift!"

Swift was a skill Frogadier had learned specifically to counter Grass Type Pokémon that had a type advantage against it!

"What? Frogadier can learn Swift? And this is happening in Smokescreen... is Su Yi tricking us?"

This was the examinee trainer's immediate reaction.

Then, very quickly, from within the Smokescreen, came the pained cries of his Treecko!

"How can this be!?"

Everyone was utterly shocked!

In Su Yi's mind, however, the System's prompt sounded.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host, Frogadier has successfully defeated Treecko and gained battle experience!]

[Ding! Congratulations to the host, Frogadier performed excellently, triggering a hidden reward, Skill Awakening Card: Whirlwind Blade]

Su Yi didn't hesitate and had Frogadier learn the skill Whirlwind Blade.

This was an attack skill more powerful than Slash.

His points instantly increased by twelve thousand!

Su Yi's points directly surged to thirty-eight thousand!

[Other challengers were encountered within the last three days, so the points have changed.]

The opponent recalled his Treecko and glanced at Su Yi with some unwillingness, but ultimately said nothing more. It was the law of the jungle.

Under everyone's gaze, he obediently paid 200,000 gold coins. This was all the gold his family had prepared for him, and now...

It all went to Su Yi.

What Su Yi regretted was that the Battle Drop Function hadn't successfully yielded any more gold from this person.

Everyone knew Su Yi's points: thirty-eight thousand. If they could just win one challenge against him, their own points would increase by half, nineteen thousand, nearly twenty thousand points!

The other two remaining members of their allied team exchanged glances, hesitation in their eyes.

Finally, steeling their resolve, greediness overcame hesitation!

Continue!

This time, Su Yi brought out Flaaffy, while his opponent had an Onix!

"How is this even a fight? Flaaffy against Onix, emmmph!"

"The size difference is too much, damn, an Onix! I wanted to catch one too, but I just couldn't beat it. I was lucky enough to encounter one, and it crushed my Chikorita with a single tail whip. Luckily, I ran fast."

"Will the great god Su Yi's name end here?"

"Let's watch. He managed to be first in the Knowledge Ranking's history, proving he's not an idiot. Who would do something they know they'll lose?"

This time, the person fighting Su Yi was named Ding Sheng.

He felt no pressure fighting Su Yi; losing wouldn't matter. As long as his points ranked within the top 100,000, his family would be able to get him into Pokémon University.

But if he won, it would be glory. His points were a full forty thousand!

If he won, he would directly enter the top five. This was something he wouldn't trade for any amount of gold!

It was worth the gamble!

Little did they know, Su Yi had perfectly grasped this gambler's mentality.

If not for this, how else would Su Yi win their points!

Ding Sheng looked at the Onix, which was the strongest Pokémon he had captured during this trial.

As long as it didn't encounter Water Type or Grass Type [four times the weakness], Onix could be considered a very strong Pokémon.

Electric Type?

You kidding me, Thunderbolt against my Onix is useless!

Ding Sheng could already see the moment of his victory.

"Onix, use Rock Throw!"

"Flaaffy, Quick Attack!"

Under Su Yi's command, Flaaffy charged forward, its speed instantly becoming incredibly fast!

Onix let out a roar, its massive body twisting. Boulders continuously condensed in the air, and it used these boulders as weapons, whipping them fiercely with its tail!

The surrounding spectators instinctively retreated a distance, not wanting to be caught by the falling rocks.

They didn't want to get injured during a battle between big shots, as it would become a joke among other examinees.

However, Flaaffy had the advantage of its small size. As the boulders flew through the air, it used the speed of Quick Attack to dodge them rapidly.

"Trying to get close? Onix, use Tail Slap on the ground!"

"Roar!"

Onix's Rock Throw missed Flaaffy, seemingly making it furious.

Its powerful large tail prepared to slam into the ground, attempting to shake the earth and disrupt Flaaffy's speed.

Su Yi's gaze fixed on the distance between Flaaffy and Onix. This distance should be, about right!

Just then, Flaaffy and Su Yi seemed to be in perfect sync; it leaped high into the air.

"Now's the time, use Strange Light!"

Strange Light: A peculiar light that causes the target to fall into a confused state.

When a Pokémon is in a confused state, there is a one-third to one-half chance it will be unable to use the skill it intends to use, resulting in a neutral-attribute attack against itself.

At this moment, the Onix's gaze was fixed on the Flaaffy.

Ding Sheng's expression changed.

"Onix, don't look at it!"

Too late!

In the Onix's eyes, the crystal ball-like object on the Flaaffy's tail emitted a burst of Strange Light.

Immediately after, the Onix felt its head grow heavy and lost consciousness.

It began to get confused.

Its intended Slam attack could not be executed due to the confused state, and the Onix began to attack itself!

Its powerful, large tail swung directly and fiercely onto its own head...

"Wooooooh..."