Spirit Dimension: Tricking Groudon at the Start Chapter 9

[Ding! One draw chance deducted, the Big Wheel begins spinning...]

Under Su Yi's watchful gaze, the pointer started turning once more.

The Gold Coin area, the Card area, the Scroll area, the Question Mark area—the four zones rotated around, eventually stopping once again at the Card area.

[Ding! Congratulations, host! You have obtained a Good Luck Card!]

Good Luck Card description: Within the next twenty-four hours, the target lifeform using this card will gain good luck.

A Good Luck Card?

Seemed decent enough.

Su Yi rubbed his chin and nodded.

"Keep going, keep going. One last chance—use it!"

[Ding! Congratulations, host! You have obtained a Size Control Card!]

Size Control Card description: When used on a designated target lifeform, this card allows control over the target's body size.

Restrictions: Can only be designated for a Pokémon to use. The target cannot exceed its original maximum size, nor shrink below a one-meter minimum.

Tch...

That meant if Groudon used this card, it could freely control its size between its original form and one meter!

Nice!

Su Yi barely contained his excitement, reaching out with his mind to the system's Spatial Storage. Inside the storage was a reward called Mysterious Item.

[Mysterious Item: A mysterious object whose contents are unknown.]

It looked like a treasure chest.

Open!

[Ding! Congratulations, host! You have obtained a Shining Stone.]

An Evolution Stone—the Shining Stone.

Su Xiyan's Roserade had been missing a Shining Stone to evolve. Perfect timing.

Next, it was time to use the Size Control Card on Groudon!

"System, use the Size Control Card, designated target: Groudon!"

Because of its enormous size, Groudon couldn't come out to help Su Yi with anything right now. Even though Su Yi had tricked it into cooperating, if it could never come out, wouldn't Su Yi be totally screwed?

[Ding! Designated target Groudon, Size Control Card successfully used!]

Hearing the system prompt, Su Yi quickly focused his mind on the Master Ball the system had given him.

Inside the Master Ball, Groudon clearly sensed a strange new power flowing through its body.

Then, from within the Master Ball, Groudon heard Su Yi's voice.

"How about it, Groudon? Try controlling your size now—shrink down to the smallest you can, and suppress all your aura. I'm getting ready to let you out."

Su Yi spoke to the Master Ball.

After a moment, the Master Ball slowly bobbed up and down, as if nodding.

Su Yi looked around. To be safe, he stepped out of the cave.

There were no wild Pokémon in sight.

"Come on out, Groudon!"

Boom!!!

A one-meter-tall grayish-red figure appeared. This was Groudon.

But the moment it emerged, its feet hit the ground, and the entire area shook violently—the earth cracked open!

"Get back..."

Su Yi recalled the thing again...

This pocket-sized Groudon was a no-go...

Inside the Master Ball, Groudon wobbled a couple of times, looking a bit aggrieved.

No help for it—Su Yi had forgotten about Groudon's weight...

Size could change, but Groudon's weight hadn't changed at all...

It was like compressing ten cubic meters of stuff into one cubic meter—the volume changed, but the mass stayed the same...

The ground couldn't handle Groudon's weight...

"Don't worry, Groudon. Now you can control your size—never thought of that before, right? Soon you'll be able to fly."

Su Yi comforted and coaxed Groudon. Inside the Master Ball, Groudon seemed to find this reasonable—being able to freely control its size was something it had never imagined before!

"You're a Ground Type. Sense the area around you—out in the outer parts of the Spirit Primal Forest, are there any decent Ground-type Pokémon?"

There's a "Creator of the Land" — why not use it!

Groudon pointed a direction from inside the Master Ball.

Su Yi communicated with the system, designated himself as the target, and used the Good Luck Card.

Over the next twenty-four hours, with Groudon's help, what kind of spirit would he encounter?

Right, first, let's upgrade Torchic's qualification.

"Torchic, come here."

Su Yi called Torchic over.

"Jimo?"

Torchic looked up at its trainer, puzzled.

"Be good, don't move."

He crouched down and gently stroked Torchic with his palm. For more balanced development, Su Yi communicated with the system, designated Torchic as the target, and used the Qualification Upgrade Card.

This kind of Qualification Upgrade Card should be drawable again later. When that time comes, he could use it for Frogadier or another spirit.

As for Groudon, being the legendary beast that "created the land," its qualification was naturally top-tier.

[Ding! Qualification Upgrade Card used successfully. Torchic's qualification upgraded from Blue Elite to Purple Rare!]

"Spirit": Torchic "Qualification": Purple "Level": Lv.14 "Attribute": Fire "Ability": Blaze "Learned Skills": Scratch, Growl, Ember, Sand Attack, Peck, Flame Vortex

Torchic's qualification had gone from Blue to Purple, and it had awakened a skill normally learned only after evolution — Flame Vortex!

If he'd had Flame Vortex when fighting those guys earlier, he could have finished them in one move.

After all, its attack range was quite wide.

With Frogadier and Torchic, who had now learned Flame Vortex, Su Yi headed in the direction Groudon had indicated.

The National Senior High Graduation Spirit Trial Ranking!

Everyone could only bring their starter spirit into the trial, which made the Trial Ranking's value quite significant.

Winning a Spirit Battle against another examinee trainer earned 10 points.

Capturing a wild spirit earned 20 points.

At this point, only a few hours had passed.

Some examinee trainers hadn't even figured out their direction yet, having just received their starter spirit and still bonding with it.

Over the next month, there would be plenty to do.

Meanwhile, everyone outside was searching for one person's name.

Su Yi, the one who scored full marks on the senior high graduation knowledge exam — how many points did he have?

How was his practical combat ability?

Fifteenth on the Trial Ranking, Su Yi, 70 points.

What was going on?

The top scorer on the National Knowledge Ranking, the one who got full marks on the Pokémon Exam Paper, and this was his Trial Ranking result?

Countless questions arose in people's minds.

Everyone felt it shouldn't be like this.

"What's up with Su Yi? Only 70 points? And Zhang Kuang, the second place on the Knowledge Ranking, already has 140 points — double Su Yi's score!"

"Zhang Kuang is the young master of the Zhang Family in Shangjing City. The Zhang Family ranks among the top family forces nationwide, so this score is only natural."

"Heh, with this situation, Su Yi's Knowledge Ranking result is really suspicious. I heard that Su Yi's sister is his homeroom teacher. Could there be some trickery involved?"

"Tch, idiot? In the Pokémon Exam Paper, even a Champion isn't qualified to know the content in advance. If you don't have the ability, don't be sour. His sister is an Elite Four — he grew up immersed in it, with better conditions for contacting spirits than us. It's only natural his spirit knowledge is strong."

"..."

Countless examinees and scions of noble families were discussing Su Yi's Knowledge Ranking and Trial Ranking.

Most people were disappointed that Su Yi's Knowledge Ranking performance hadn't translated well into practical combat power on the Trial Ranking.

Also keeping an eye on Su Yi were the nationally renowned Spirit Universities.

The Spirit Academy could be said to gather all kinds of trainers within its walls.

The principals of each university, as soon as the Trial Ranking began, had already organized dedicated research into the Trial Ranking's standings.

The nationally renowned Spirit Universities immediately locked onto the top thousand trainers.

Among a thousand trainers, many come from noble families. Don't be fooled by their high rankings—this is because they possess innate advantages that other trainer candidates lack.

Their potential has already begun to be developed.

Trainer candidates without the backing of noble families are the primary targets for these Spirit Universities!

Spirit University, Jingtian Academy.

Among all the Spirit Universities nationwide, Jingtian Academy is vaguely trending toward the top spot.

The principal of Jingtian Academy personally organized a group of teachers, specifically responsible for this year's high school graduating trainer exam recruitment.

He personally selected a batch of candidates with solid overall results.

Topping the list, without a doubt, was Su Yi.

"Su Yi, 18 years old, ranked first overall on the Knowledge Ranking. He has an older sister named Su Xiyan, who is at the Elite Four level. She is currently commissioned by the South Lake Province Pokémon League to serve as a resident overseer at South Lake Province's First Spirit Academy."

The projector directly displayed a photo of Su Yi.

"Although Su Xiyan has Elite Four-level strength, they are not a noble family. Their parents are ordinary trainers. Therefore, if Su Yi's ranking remains consistently within the top one hundred on the Trial Ranking, then spare no expense to recruit him into Jingtian Academy."