Spirit Dimension: Tricking Groudon at the Start

Ding Sheng stared intently at the Flaaffy.

Strange Light was a Ghost-type move. While some Flaaffy could indeed learn it, he hadn't expected Su Yi's Flaaffy to know it already. He had been careless, tempted by the points, which had clouded his judgment.

"Use Cotton Spore!"

The Flaaffy's Cotton Spore stuck the Onix's body and the battlefield ground together.

"Onix, snap out of it!"

Ding Sheng shouted anxiously. Since it was a 1v1 battle, he couldn't recall the Onix to its Pokeball to clear the confusion.

"You thought my Flaaffy could only use Electric-type moves? That's a big mistake. Iron Tail!"

Su Yi smirked. The crystal-like sphere on the Flaaffy's tail flashed with a steel-like luster and struck the Onix fiercely.

A Steel-type move was super effective against Rock-types!

The Onix let out a painful roar and finally recovered from its confused state!

Ding Sheng's face lit up with joy, but before he could issue any commands, the Flaaffy unleashed another Iron Tail!

Under the combined assault of both Pokémon, the Onix collapsed and couldn't get up...

The referee stared at the Flaaffy in shock as it took down the Onix. He announced the verdict, and the surrounding crowd fell silent.

Only in Su Yi's mind did the System's prompt sound.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host. Flaaffy successfully defeated Onix, gaining battle experience and leveling up to Lv. 30!]

Buzz!!!

Finally, the Shiny Flaaffy's entire body began to glow with the light of evolution!

It was going to evolve into an Ampharos!

A Shiny Ampharos!

Its appearance was pinkish-white, and the horns on its head were striped.

The crystal-like sphere on its tail had turned a deep blue, looking incredibly beautiful.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host. Ampharos performed exceptionally well, triggering a hidden reward: Skill Awakening Card: Dragon Pulse.]

Nice!

Su Yi directly communicated with the System using his thoughts, instructing Ampharos to learn Dragon Pulse.

As expected of an Ampharos with Dragon-type attributes after Mega Evolution, this was perfect.

This was equivalent to having Ampharos awaken the Dragon Pulse skill ahead of time.

"Pokémon": Ampharos "Potential": Purple "Level": Lv. 30 "Type": Electric "Ability": Static "Learned Skills": Thunder Punch, Zap Cannon, Magnet Rise, Dragon Pulse, Fire Punch, Iron Tail, Screech, Thundershock, Thunderbolt, Cotton Spore, Electro Ball, Strange Light, Power Gem, Cotton Guard

Su Yi couldn't resist and used Eye of Investigation to check Ampharos's various information.

His heart fluttered with excitement.

Flaaffy had evolved into Ampharos and awakened the skill it learned.

Ding Sheng stared blankly as two thousand points were deducted from his Spirit Watch.

His ranking had also plummeted.

At the same time, he paid 200,000 gold coins.

Without saying anything further, he exchanged a glance with the person ranked ninth. Oh, wait, he was now ranked tenth, because Su Yi's points had increased by twenty thousand. Combined with the previous thirty-eight thousand, Su Yi now had 58,000 points!

His ranking had soared, and he had now caught up to fourth place!

Xia Chen, ranked third, had gained some points recently and now had 59,680.

Su Yi knew his decision was the right one. As long as his strength surpassed others, points?

He could challenge a couple of people later and climb up!

The person currently ranked tenth shared the same surname as Su Yi.

His name was Su Dingfang.

Su Dingfang understood Ding Sheng's intention and told him to give up.

It was a lost cause.

If he gave up, he could hold onto his 55,000 points and still get the honor of being in the top twenty.

Su Dingfang took a deep breath. They shouldn't have let Ning Zhi test Su Yi in the first place.

One wrong step led to a cascade of errors, and there was no turning back now.

Moreover, his current points were 55,000, the same as Ding Sheng's. Even if he lost, he would still be within the top few thousand.

Everyone looked at Su Dingfang.

Now, the situation was basically clear.

Su Yi resolved almost every battle with his opponents swiftly.

If he were to battle Su Dingfang, most people already assumed Su Dingfang would lose.

In this situation, whether Su Yi could claim the first rank was in Su Dingfang's hands.

In their Spirit Primal Forest, the highest-ranked participant was currently sixth, formerly fifth.

With over 57,000 points.

Su Dingfang had the second-highest points among them, currently ranked tenth.

The other ranked trainer candidates were undergoing their trial exams in the other three Spirit Primal Forests.

It was unknown if the sixth-ranked participant would be challenged by Su Yi. Now, whether Su Yi could reach first place and surpass Zhang Kuang depended on whether Su Dingfang would refuse the challenge.

He could refuse; he still had 5 refusals left for today.

Su Dingfang took a deep breath, a surge of impulse within him.

He had always been suppressed by the people ranked above him and was already fed up!

I can't surpass you all, but someone else can!

Battle!

Making this decision, Su Dingfang felt his state of mind had ascended to a new level.

Everyone's hearts were stirred. Would they witness the feat of the trial leaderboard's first place changing hands within the final moments of the point challenge?

Inspiring!

Everyone held their breath, silent!

"Come out, Centipede King!"

"Hiss-woo!"

The dark purple Centipede King, with its tall and strong body, looked quite imposing.

This Centipede King was Su Dingfang's strongest Pokémon, having evolved just yesterday.

A level 30 Centipede King!

At least in terms of level, it was the same as Su Yi's Ampharos.

Furthermore, the Centipede King's ability was Poison Sting, which had a chance to poison opponents upon contact.

"Hiss-woo!"

The Centipede King glared fiercely at the Ampharos.

The Ampharos had just evolved and had also just awakened and learned Dragon Pulse, so it was also full of fighting spirit.

Su Yi had initially planned to switch it out, but seeing the situation, he thought it would be fine to let the Ampharos continue fighting.

The Frogadier and Trapinch would be kept off the field.

"Centipede King, use Poison Sting!"

"Ampharos, use Thundershock!"

"Hiss-woo!"

Both sides launched their attacks almost simultaneously. The Centipede King opened its large mouth, and countless purple poison stingers shot madly towards the Ampharos.

The Ampharos waved its hands, electric energy gathering within its body, and a Thundershock blasted towards the poison stingers!

In an instant, the poison stingers were blasted away by the Thundershock, scattering in all directions.

"Quick Attack!"

"We'll use Quick Attack too!"

The dark purple and pinkish-white Pokémon attacked and dodged each other at a dazzling speed.

"Fire Punch!"

"Centipede King, quickly Protect!"

"Fire Punch!"

This move was awakened and learned by the Flaaffy after it evolved into an Ampharos.

The scorching flames countered the Centipede King's Bug-type.

Su Dingfang dared not let the Ampharos's Fire Punch hit the Centipede King!

So, it finally used Protect for the first time...

Su Yi, possessing the Eye of Investigation, naturally knew what moves this Centipede King had learned.

Having successfully tricked it into using Protect for the first time, things would be easier from now on.

"Bang!"

Fire Punch struck the Protect barrier, causing ripples before the barrier vanished.

"Poison Tail!"

"Iron Tail!"

The two moves collided simultaneously!

Iron Tail's power was undoubtedly greater!

It knocked Centipede King's tail aside. Centipede King tried to move again, but suddenly, a jolt of electricity flashed across its body, paralyzing it!

Ampharos's ability, Static!

It had been conducted through the collision of Iron Tail and Poison Tail just now!

Meanwhile, Centipede King's ability, Poison Sting, didn't transfer to Ampharos because Iron Tail was a Steel-type move, and it was just a bit unlucky!

"One more time, Fire Punch!"

"Grrr!"

Ampharos let out a low growl, stepped forward, and slammed a heavy Fire Punch into Centipede King's chest.

Centipede King let out a pained shriek as the gem on Ampharos's forehead lit up.