Spirit Dimension: Tricking Groudon at the Start Chapter 7

"Froakie!"

Froakie patted its own little chest, saying it had this covered.

Su Yi walked with Froakie toward the Torchic.

Sensing the approaching footsteps, Torchic warily turned its gaze over.

Seeing another trainer with a Pokémon, Torchic instinctively prepared to flee again.

"Torchic, let's battle. I'm going to catch you!"

"Froakie!"

Froakie had already charged forward.

"Chirp!"

Torchic then realized it had been mistaken—this trainer was alone and challenging it openly.

That piqued Torchic's interest.

Its claws suddenly dug hard into the ground, and the moment Froakie rushed in, Torchic flung dirt and sand at Froakie.

Sand Attack: Uses dirt and sand to blur the opponent's vision; on hit, lowers the target's move accuracy.

"Dodge it, Froakie, Quick Attack!"

"Fro!"

Froakie sidestepped the flung sand and dirt, then its hind legs pumped rapidly as it dashed toward Torchic!

Quick Attack struck Torchic successfully, sending its body flying back.

It was about to use Growl to lower Froakie's attack, but saw Froakie leap up on its own.

"Scratch Attack!"

"Froakie!"

Froakie's little claws smacked into Torchic, slamming it straight into a nearby tree.

The successive attacks left Torchic exhausted, collapsing to the ground.

"Go, Poké Ball!"

Su Yi took out an Advanced Poké Ball and drew Torchic inside.

After Torchic was captured, the Advanced Poké Ball began to wobble left and right.

Finally, with a thump!

Capture successful!

[Ding! Congratulations, host, successfully captured Torchic. Side Quest 3 completed. Reward issued: Roulette Draw Chance +1. Current chances: 1!]

[Ding! Congratulations, host, Side Quest completed. Bonus reward: Battle Drop Function unlocked! (Battle Drop: The first battle with any trainer's Pokémon or wild Pokémon yields a random dropped item.)]

[Ding! Side Quest refreshing...]

[Ding! Side Quest refreshed. Quest issued!]

[Ding! Side Quest 4 released: Evolve any one Pokémon. Quest reward: Roulette Draw Chance x1!]

[Ding! Side Quest 5 released: Battle any three trainers once each. Quest reward: Roulette Draw Chance x1!]

[Ding! Side Quest 6 released: Maintain a 3-win streak. Quest reward: Mysterious Item!]

These were the system prompts that had all popped into Su Yi's mind in one burst.

So three side quests were done just like that.

But the main quest would take a bit more time.

No rush. Take it slow.

Su Yi was just about to take out Torchic and use a potion to treat its injuries when he noticed the system prompts weren't over yet.

[Ding! Congratulations, host, Froakie has successfully defeated Torchic, gained Battle Experience, and leveled up to Lv.16!]

Oh? Another level up?

Lv.16—that should be around evolution time, right?

Sure enough, the moment Su Yi thought that, Froakie's body immediately radiated a light unique to evolution.

"Frog!"

Froakie's body visibly grew taller within the glow.

Its original light blue deepened into a darker shade.

Its four limbs transformed into two legs for standing.

To Su Yi, its presence felt much stronger than before.

Frogadier appeared in Su Yi's sight, looked at him, and hopped on its legs.

"Frogadier, frogadier!"

Frogadier was conveying its joy to Su Yi.

"Great, you evolved and became stronger."

[Ding! Congratulations, host. Froakie has evolved into Frogadier. Side Quest 4 completed. Roulette Draw Chance +1. Current chances: 2!]

Excellent—he'd just refreshed the quest and immediately finished one.

"Come out, Torchic."

"Jimo..."

Torchic had only just been captured, its stamina not yet recovered. But now it knew Su Yi was its trainer.

Seeing Torchic unable to stand steadily, Su Yi felt both apologetic and pained. From now on, this little one was his partner.

He quickly communicated with his Spatial Storage through thought and took out a Stamina Potion.

He crouched down and fed the potion to Torchic.

The potions Su Xiyan had prepared for him were all high-grade, each one worth a considerable amount.

After Torchic drank the Stamina Potion, its special physique as a spirit allowed the potion to take effect quickly. In a short while, its stamina began to recover rapidly.

"Jimo jimo!"

With its stamina restored, Torchic's mood improved significantly. Seeing its trainer Su Yi, the little one took the initiative to come over affectionately and nuzzle his hand.

"From now on, we're partners. This is Frogadier—the Froakie from before. Frogadier, come say hello."

Su Yi introduced the two little ones to each other.

Frogadier shyly greeted Torchic, knowing that Torchic had just been defeated and exhausted by it.

Torchic didn't mind at all and returned the greeting amiably.

This Torchic had a good temperament. After being captured, it didn't show any signs of disobedience or defiance.

After all, the wild nature of wild spirits was hard to tame.

If you challenged it head-on, defeated it, and captured it, that was fine. But if you used tricks or shortcuts, most wild spirits would disdain serving such a trainer.

In fact, if a trainer went too far, a captured spirit might even attack its own trainer. Examples of this were everywhere.

Just as Su Yi was about to recall the newly captured Torchic, a voice suddenly came from not far away.

"Brother Yuan, I swear, I really did see that Torchic run over here. It must be nearby."

"Mm, that Torchic should have decent qualifications. I observed it for a while—its build, fur, and color are all good. Worth capturing and training."

"Heh, I heard that Su Yi, ranked first on the overall Knowledge Ranking, is also in this Spirit Primal Forest in the south. I think if Brother Yuan runs into him, you could challenge him. Knowledge is always just knowledge—it depends on how you use it. Brother Yuan has been doing Spirit Battles for a long time. That Su Yi probably can't beat you, right?"

"Don't go spouting nonsense."

Song Yuan was the top of the Knowledge Ranking at Radiant Spirit High School in Xijiang Province.

On the national overall ranking, he was also in the top twenty.

But his score was over a hundred points behind Su Yi's.

He had over six hundred points.

Song Yuan's family was moderately well-off. His initial spirit was a Blue Qualification Spinarak prepared by his parents.

Its evolved form was Ariados, possessing both Bug and Poison types.

Spirits with two types were generally more expensive.

After entering, Song Yuan immediately put his plan into action.

Form a team, farm points!

With lackeys helping him train, he could avoid a lot of danger in this Spirit Primal Forest.

For example, wild spirit rampages, or encountering other teams working together—they usually wouldn't target a group like his.

But what he didn't know was that truly strong individuals generally looked down on such methods.

As luck would have it, the first spirit he found with decent qualifications was a Fire-type Torchic.

Spinarak was at a disadvantage—it challenged Torchic and lost...

With no other choice, Song Yuan planned to have his lackeys guard the Torchic while he looked for another spirit that could counter it along the way.

Who would've thought these guys couldn't even keep watch over a basic-level spirit, letting Torchic escape?

Following the trail, Song Yuan's gaze instinctively looked ahead.

His mouth twitched.

Damn it, someone else had beaten him to it and snatched the easy catch?

Still, he wasn't about to make things difficult for this person.

Song Yuan decided to farm some points off this trainer who had captured Torchic, then go look for other wild spirits.

"Hey buddy, I saw that Torchic first. You got a pretty good steal there."

As Song Yuan spoke, his lackeys also noticed that Torchic had been captured by someone else.

They exchanged glances, then slowly encircled the trainer.

If they couldn't let Song Yuan vent his anger on this trainer, they'd likely be in for a rough time themselves.

Buddy, you're on your own. Count your losses.

After the lackeys shot the trainer a pitying look, Song Yuan's expression shifted slightly. Only then did he notice that beside the trainer stood a Pokémon that had already evolved once!

Frogadier!

Had they bitten off more than they could chew?

Song Yuan's heart tightened.

Without a doubt, the Spirit Trial Exam absolutely forbade bringing in a starter Pokémon that had already evolved once.

This trainer had a Frogadier—it must have evolved right after entering, proving he had skill.

And this Frogadier's build and coloring were top-notch, its aptitude definitely not lacking, which meant the trainer had connections; otherwise, he couldn't have gotten such a fine Pokémon.

It's over, it's over...

Then, the trainer looked at Song Yuan and the others and actually broke into a smile.

And why not? Su Yi's Side Quest had just refreshed, and here came people lining up to deliver rewards...

"Picking up scraps?"