"Combusken!"
At Su Yi's command, under everyone's astonished gazes, Combusken actually sprayed its Fire Spin straight up above itself.
The Fire Spin fell back down, wrapping Combusken in flames!
Combusken's entire body was engulfed by its own Fire Spin!
Air Slash came crashing down and struck the Fire Spin, only to be burned away by the scorching flames.
When Air Slash ended, Combusken emerged from the Fire Spin, its whole body gleaming with fire.
"Combusken!"
Combusken let out a cry, startling the opposing Trainer. The title of "double top scorer" carried quite a reputation.
"Swellow, use Aerial Ace!"
"Flamethrower!"
Boom!!!
[ Ding! Congratulations, Host! Combusken has defeated Swellow and gained Battle Experience. Its level has increased to Lv. 33! ] [ Ding! Congratulations, Host! Combusken performed excellently and triggered a hidden reward: Skill Awakening Card: Whirlwind Blade! ]
"Designate Combusken as the target Pokémon. Learn Whirlwind Blade!"
Combusken had gained a ranged move, Whirlwind Blade. Excellent.
In the battle just now, Combusken had taken two turns, so its Speed had increased by two stages.
When the second challenger stepped up, he discovered what a nightmare looked like!
His Pokémon had only just entered the arena. Before its Trainer could even tell it what to do, Combusken's Drain Punch came rushing in. Both the Trainer and his Pokémon were caught off guard! They were thrown into chaos and crushed in an instant, becoming Battle Experience for Combusken.
The third challenger was even more terrified.
His Pokémon hadn't even gotten its move off before Combusken's attack had already hit!
With its Hidden Ability, Speed Boost, awakened, Combusken had to be restrained and defeated right from the start. Once its Speed started climbing, any Pokémon that couldn't react quickly enough would be unable to keep up with its pace. They wouldn't even know how they'd lost!
By the time all ten challengers had finished, Su Yi had also given each of his four Pokémon a turn on the field.
Frogadier, Ampharos, and Vibrava were all noticeably faster than before they had used the Speed Enhancement Potion.
At the same time, Vibrava's attack power had clearly increased as well.
But it hadn't evolved yet, so it still couldn't experience the full power of its Dragon type.
Su Yi looked forward to the day it evolved into Flygon.
"That guy really does know how to train and raise Pokémon. Opening the academy's secrets to him wasn't a waste. I bet the old man and my dad noticed that battle, too, right?"
Gu Yuanfang clicked his tongue in amazement. He admired Su Yi for accomplishing something even he couldn't do.
Gu Tianyuan and Gu Yu had naturally watched the battle, too.
They were even more pleased with Su Yi now.
Perhaps Su Yi would be the key to this Spirit University exchange.
After Su Yi defeated all ten challengers, the welcome gala reached its climax.
The Battle Drop Function had earned Su Yi another 300,000 Gold Coins for free, along with several high-grade potions.
Su Yi stayed for a while longer. Once he felt he'd seen enough, he said goodbye to Gu Yuanfang and returned to his dorm.
"Come on out, everyone."
Su Yi carefully checked every corner of his dorm, inside and out. Only after confirming that the room Gu Yuanfang had arranged for him had no safety concerns did he let his Pokémon out.
Groudon came out, too. It had been cooped up inside its Master Ball this whole time and was getting restless.
Groudon no longer let its aura leak out.
"Mm... Roar..."
Groudon gave Su Yi a low growl, asking when he could find it a powerful Pokémon to fight.
Su Yi laughed.
Looking at Groudon floating in the air, he knew it had been eager to find an opponent ever since it learned to float and fly.
But finding one wouldn't be easy.
"Don't rush. Remember that Raikou? If we run into it again, I'll let you have a go."
So far, Raikou was the highest-level Pokémon Su Yi had seen besides Groudon.
"Mm!"
Raikou? Groudon was clearly disappointed by the opponent Su Yi had supposedly picked out for it.
"Relax. Once I've taken care of the things on my plate, I'll head into the middle or even inner regions of the Spirit Primal Forest. And besides..."
Su Yi suddenly thought of the Zhang Family.
"Besides, we might not have to wait that long."
A strange gleam flickered in his eyes.
Perhaps he could ask Gu Yuanfang what the Zhang Family cared about most.
Perhaps he could let them experience the might of Groudon's Precipice Blade.
The Zhang Family had lost a million Gold Coins, and Zhang Kuang's father, the Zhang Family head, had lost face. Su Yi didn't think the man would let things go just like that.
"System, claim the Pseudo-Legendary Pokémon Egg!"
[ Ding! Congratulations, Host! Successfully claimed. Everything produced by the system is top quality! ]
The Pseudo-Legendary Pokémon Egg he had just claimed and the Pokémon Egg from the Alliance Reward appeared in Su Yi's hands.
With a thought, a Pokémon Egg Hatching Accelerator appeared in the living room.
It had three slots for Pokémon Eggs.
Su Yi placed the Pseudo-Legendary Pokémon Egg from the Alliance Reward into one of them.
[ Ding! Pseudo-Legendary Pokémon Egg detected. Spend 100,000 Gold Coins to replenish energy and accelerate its hatching? ]
"Confirm."
Su Yi spent 100,000 Gold Coins to replenish the Hatching Accelerator's energy.
"Good thing Gold Coins can replenish its energy directly. Otherwise, this would've been a hassle."
After the Gold Coins were deducted, the Pokémon Egg Hatching Accelerator began its work.
[ Ding! Reminder, Host: Hatching is expected to take 24 hours! ]
Excellent.
Su Yi placed the second Pseudo-Legendary Pokémon Egg into the second slot.
[ Ding! Pseudo-Legendary Pokémon Egg detected. Spend 150,000 Gold Coins to accelerate its hatching? ]
The system's Pseudo-Legendary Pokémon Egg required 150,000 Gold Coins to hatch faster, 50,000 more than the one from the Alliance Reward.
After he confirmed the purchase, the two Pseudo-Legendary Pokémon Eggs would both hatch in 24 hours.
That had already saved him a huge amount of time!
And all it had cost was Gold Coins.
The 300,000 Gold Coins he'd gotten from the ten challengers through the Battle Drop Function had come in handy.
"Tomorrow, I'll be able to complete Main Quest 2. I wonder what new Main Quest will appear after my first Pokémon team is formed."
Su Yi was full of anticipation. No new Side Quests had appeared after he completed twelve, which clearly meant he had run out of Side Quests for now.
If he wanted to keep completing quests and earning rewards, he'd have to finish the Main Quest.
He left the Pokémon Egg Hatching Accelerator running and began training his other four Pokémon.
"Let's test my strength."
His strength had been about 300 jin before. He had strengthened his physique three times yesterday, so he wanted to see how strong he was now.
A dorm wasn't just a place to sleep. This one was huge!
It had all kinds of equipment for Trainers to work out with.
Su Yi walked up to the strength-testing machine and punched it!
The machine could withstand impacts of up to 2,000 jin—that was, one ton of force.
"Bang!"
The impact made the machine ring out with a loud bang.
Fortunately, the room was soundproof. Otherwise, everyone nearby would have heard it.
The numbers on the machine jumped, then finally stopped at ...
Su Yi was astonished.
After all, there was no way a human body could compare with a Pokémon's physique.
If he could casually throw a punch with ... jin of force, he could probably break a thousand with all his strength!
That was half a ton of force!
His body really was different after having its impurities purged and its constitution strengthened.
Next came speed...
After a lot of fiddling around, he was drenched in sweat.
Frogadier, Combusken, Vibrava, and Ampharos were training, too.
Only Groudon was floating in the air, fast asleep...
"All right, everyone. Clean up and get some rest. I've prepared Energy Cubes in your favorite flavors over there. Replenish your energy and stamina. That's enough for today."
"Frogadier!"
"Combusken!"
"Ee..."
"Woone..."
The four Pokémon panted lightly, exchanged glances, and then smiled at one another before replenishing their energy with Energy Cubes.
Su Yi went to take a shower. When he came back, he tidied up after the Pokémon and checked the Pokémon Egg Hatching Accelerator. It was working normally, so he went to bed.
The next day, the new students began a week of military training.
Su Yi didn't pay it much attention. He put the Pokémon Egg Hatching Accelerator into Spatial Storage and planned to ask Gu Yuanfang how Jingtian Academy graded the Pokémon Research Summary.
Writing his Pokémon Research Summary on the very first day of school—Su Yi had to be the first person in history to do that!
"Pfft!"
When Su Yi found Gu Yuanfang, Gu Yuanfang was drinking water.
"Are you messing with me, Su Yi? You're saying you can write your own Pokémon Research Summary without attending a single class at Jingtian Academy?"
Gu Yuanfang stared hard at Su Yi. Damn it, this kid couldn't actually be serious, could he?
Gu Yuanfang himself had been the Knowledge Ranking's top scorer in his year, so he knew exactly what that meant.
It meant Su Yi had already mastered Pokémon knowledge through independent study to the level required to graduate from a Spirit University!
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