Jigglypuff, Ranked Dead Last

With Saint Chu's departure, the Pokémon Championship was able to continue as normal.

However, Ma Feifei had lost interest in watching and sat in his seat, lost in thought, pondering how to deal with the malice of King Chu Heng.

The first day of the Pokémon Championship was fiercely contested, completely stirring the emotions of the 300,000 cultivators. The first day's competition did not end until evening, and everyone left the venue, heading towards Dubian Town.

As night fell, the cultivators who had watched the competition all day began their business activities: some caught ghosts, some drank, and some indulged in a carefree lifestyle.

In taverns and entertainment venues, today's Pokémon Championship has become a hot topic. Nine out of ten tables are discussing which Pokémon is stronger, or which type of Pokémon has a greater advantage at the same level, and whether there are any Pokémon that have a natural counter to a certain type, and so on.

Of course, the most discussed topic is still the favorites to win the championship.

At the Pokémon Tavern, groups of friends gathered together, drinking and discussing this topic.

"A dark horse emerged in the preliminary rounds today. I asked many people, but no one knows him," a refined-looking middle-aged man said softly, taking a sip of his wine.

Sitting opposite him was a middle-aged man in black robes, exceptionally handsome with a wicked charm in his smile. Hearing the refined man's words, the wicked man smiled slightly and said, "It's normal not to recognize him. I just checked the daily logs at the Pokémon Tavern and found that the highest-level Pokémon listed was only a fourth-tier Squirtle with five Beast Skills; while today's dark horse's Pokémon is a fifth-tier evolved Venusaur. It seems I haven't heard of anyone's Pokémon breaking through to the fifth tier before, have I?"

Sitting to the right of the charismatic man was a relatively young man with an ordinary appearance, but he moved with a steady and methodical air. Hearing the charismatic man's words, the ordinary-looking man shook his head and said, "No, there is one."

"Um?"

The charismatic man and the refined man both turned to look at the ordinary man, their faces filled with doubt.

Upon hearing this, the ordinary man explained, "A few days ago, a fight broke out in front of the Mysterious Bookstore. It started because a masked man picked up Orange Fragment from the Heavenly Fiend Pavilion. The next day, the masked man's attempt to exchange the fragment attracted attention, and a group from the Heavenly Fiend Pavilion arrived and blocked him at the entrance of the Mysterious Bookstore, leading to a fight."

"According to information provided, the masked man was only at the Spirit Ancestor Stage Five, but he used a Pokémon to block the attacks of the Heavenly Fiend Pavilion group. That Pokémon was the fifth-tier Venusaur we saw today."

"So, the masked man on the field today is the same masked man who clashed with the Heavenly Fiend Pavilion a few days ago?" the refined-looking man asked.

The ordinary-looking man nodded and said, "There's no mistake. I paid special attention to him today. His cultivation level is also at the Spirit Ancestor Stage Five. Plus, his Venusaur is also a fifth-tier Pokémon. His characteristics match those of the masked man who appeared a few days ago perfectly."

"Then wouldn't that guarantee him the championship in this competition?" the sinister-looking man asked doubtfully.

All three of them participated in the Pokémon Championship, and they all won in the first round today.

The problem is that this is Pokémon Championship, not a cultivator's championship. Whether you can make it to the finals and win the championship depends on the Pokémon's own strength, not the cultivator's strength.

Everyone in Dubian Town knows that the Pokémon are temporarily unable to level up due to some special reasons. They can only wait for the Mysterious Bookstore to come up with a solution so that the Pokémon can break through. Therefore, all of the more than two thousand Pokémon in Dubian Town are stuck at the fourth tier and cannot advance any further.

Now, a level 5 Pokémon has appeared in the match. How do I defeat it?

As we all know, whether it is a cultivator or a spirit beast, the higher the cultivation level or rank, the smaller the possibility of successfully challenging a higher level; because at the later stages, a small rank or a rank is actually a huge difference.

A level 4 Pokémon has virtually no chance of winning against a level 5 Pokémon.

"Not necessarily." The ordinary-looking man frowned, glanced at the two of them, and asked, "Did you notice someone else today?"

"Who?" The refined-looking man and the devilish-looking man shook their heads and asked.

"Miss Liu Ying!" the ordinary-looking man said in a deep voice.

"Miss Liu Ying?" The refined man and the devilish man exchanged a glance, both looking puzzled.

The ordinary-looking man also looked somewhat puzzled. He tapped the table lightly with his hand and said, "That's right. I specifically observed Miss Liu Ying today, and I found that she has also successfully advanced to the first round of the competition."

"Isn't this normal?" The wicked-looking man shook his head and chuckled, then picked up the bowl full of wine and clinked it with the refined-looking man's. The two of them drank it all in one gulp.

The ordinary-looking man shook his head and said, "That's not normal, because I noticed that Miss Liu Ying's Pokémon was only at level one, while the opponent's Pokémon was at level four, yet Miss Liu Ying was the final winner."

"Only level one?" The sinister-looking man and the refined man were somewhat surprised.

"Yes, not only is it Tier 1, but it's also a Jigglypuff, the Pokémon ranked last on the Pokémon leaderboard in the Pokémon Tavern," the ordinary-looking man said.

"Jigglypuff!" The devilishly handsome man and the refined man were both shocked.

It has been almost half a year since the appearance of Pokémon. Those cultivators who are keen on training Pokémon have already thoroughly studied them. Basically, any Pokémon that came out of the books has been recorded and Analytic by them.

As more and more people learned about them, a ranking of the strength of the sprites, discussed by many cultivators, was created in the Pokémon Tavern.

The first one is Zhang Yunji's Sacred Beast, because its quality determines its level, and therefore it has gained the unanimous recognition of the vast majority of cultivators.

And coming in last place is Jigglypuff!

It's quite interesting that this list came out the day before Liu Ying spent two million to buy Jigglypuff, even though he was broke.

Because Jigglypuff is not aggressive at all, it was ranked last among the Pokémon that have appeared. The cultivator who owned Jigglypuff previously chose to sell it because of this ranking, and it was eventually bought by Liu Ying Jigglypuff.

The Jigglypuff in Liu Ying's hand is the only Jigglypuff in Dubian Town!

Even though Jigglypuff saved Liu Ying once in "The Legend of the Swordsmen of Shu Mountain", it still couldn't change its status, because it couldn't attack and had no combat power.

But how could Jigglypuff, who was ranked last by everyone, actually defeat his final opponent? How could this not surprise everyone?

"Nine matches are being played simultaneously today, and I haven't really noticed Miss Liu Ying yet. How did her Jigglypuff defeat her opponent? Was it Sing?" the refined man asked curiously.

The ordinary-looking man nodded and said, "That's right, it's Sing. It's just that we can't hear Jigglypuff's song; only the Pokémon battling against it can hear it. Jigglypuff sang the opposing Pokémon to sleep, then dragged it out of the arena and won."