Legendary Pokémon? So What?!

"Cough, cough."

Even Ye Lan, who was usually thick-skinned, felt a little embarrassed by that. He hurriedly recalled Servine into its Poké Ball and handed it to the approaching medical staff to be treated.

He had been too focused on observing Servine just now and really hadn't noticed Weavile's condition.

After hesitating for a moment, Ye Lan said softly, "How about I compensate you with 0.5 points?"

Scarface's expression darkened at those words. After recalling Weavile and handing it to the medical staff, he turned and headed toward the contestants' tunnel.

A man could be killed, but not humiliated!

Watching Scarface leave, Ye Lan—long accustomed to being poor—stood there muttering nonstop, "What are you acting so smug for? 0.5 points is a lot! That's enough for a whole day's meals!"

Seeing that both Pokémon had been taken away by the medical staff, the host knew without asking that Ye Lan would not be taking on another challenge. He promptly began introducing the contestants for the next match.

However, the audience was still immersed in the thrilling battle they had just witnessed.

"He won? He actually won! I bet 5,000 on Ye Lan! Dinner's on me later!" an office worker who had just gotten off work shouted excitedly to his colleagues.

"Holy crap, Brother Zhou, you're that generous? What else is there to say? My mortgage is on you!"

Elsewhere, a boy barely over five tugged tightly at the adult beside him and asked excitedly, "Dad, was that big brother just now a beast tamer? He was so cool!"

"That's called a Trainer. The ones battling on the field are his Pokémon!" The middle-aged man beside him smiled kindly and gently stroked the boy's head.

"A Trainer? Dad, I want to become a Trainer when I grow up too!" The boy's eyes shone brightly, filled with yearning to become a Pokémon Trainer.

"Alright. When you grow up, Dad will buy you all the food you like..."

Ye Lan had noticed early on that the people watching matches in the Intermediate Arena were either office workers with their friends and family, or rookie Trainers who had just received their Pokémon and came to study battle experience.

The rest were gamblers who frequented the same area.

After watching matches on the same floor for a long time, they had a certain understanding of most contestants' strength, making their bets more reliable.

Pokémon battles were like sporting events in his previous life, except their influence far surpassed them. No matter what kind of person someone was, how old they were, or what they did for a living, Pokémon were something they loved and dreamed of.

That was the charm of Pokémon battles.

After returning to his room, Ye Lan collapsed onto the bed and rested for a while before beginning to calculate how many points he had earned today.

Although Trainers did not face battle directly like Pokémon, the mental strain was still severe.

Especially when Snivy had just evolved into Servine, Ye Lan had been extremely focused. He had practically wanted to rush onto the field to examine every detail of the two Pokémon's moves.

By then, Servine had already endured the initial stage of being suppressed by Weavile and entered the final deadlock.

At that point, even the smallest mistake could determine the outcome. A Trainer's commands became especially important.

Servine had already given it everything it had. As its Trainer, Ye Lan naturally could not let it down.

"Just the base reward for six consecutive wins was 31.5 points. Adding half the points earned by those six people from this match, it actually came to 52.5 points!"

"I'm rich, I'm rich!" Ye Lan's eyes gleamed. He had never expected a single day of battling to bring in such rewards. No wonder so many people flocked to this.

Other than the base winning-streak rewards, the largest share of points had unsurprisingly come from Scarface.

The others did not have many consecutive wins, so half of their earnings was not much. Most of it had come from Scarface, who had a high winning streak.

After closing the panel on his wristband that displayed the match details, he finally managed to calm down.

He also knew opportunities like this would not come often. Today had only gone so well because the battle arena did not understand his strength.

Unless he and Servine became invincible in the Intermediate Arena, the arena would sooner or later arrange an opponent to end his winning streak at a crucial moment.

Although the battle arena officially claimed that opponents were matched completely at random, Ye Lan did not believe a single punctuation mark of it.

It was just as laughable as those mobile games from his previous life that claimed, "Matching you with an opponent of similar strength," and "A fair 5v5 competitive game."

Remembering the system notifications he had not had time to check after the previous battle, Ye Lan opened the system.

[Ding! Congratulations, Host, on winning the battle. Reward: 20 Sunshine Points!]

[Ding! Congratulations, Host, on completing an above-tier challenge for the first time! Reward obtained: Ability "Grass-type Pokémon Affinity lv.1" upgraded to "Grass-type Pokémon Affinity lv.2"; item obtained: Pokémon Physique Candy ×1!]

"Oh? Grass-type Pokémon Affinity actually leveled up?" Ye Lan's eyes lit up.

Ye Lan had long noticed that among the abilities he currently possessed, this was the only one that could not be upgraded using Sunshine Points.

There were too few examples at this stage, so Ye Lan did not know whether this ability was special or whether an entire category of abilities worked this way.

The new item also ignited Ye Lan's curiosity, and he hurriedly checked the attributes of the Pokémon Physique Candy.

Name: Pokémon Physique Candy

Quality: Purple

Category: Permanent Enhancement Candy

Effect: After a Pokémon consumes it, its muscle density increases, raising its upper limit for strength growth at the same stage.

Restrictions: 1. Can only be used on Pokémon at late Intermediate stage or above. (Note: The effect is best when used at the Advanced stage, but using it at the Intermediate stage will not waste its effect. It will merely remain stored within the Pokémon's body.) 2. A Purple-quality Physique Candy can only be used once in a Pokémon's lifetime!

Description: A miraculous candy produced by the system that unlocks a Pokémon's physical potential. Only those who dare to surpass their limits are qualified to use it!

"This..."

It was the first time Ye Lan had seen an item with so much description, and he was truly shocked.

The restrictions alone for this "Pokémon Physique Candy (Purple)" were more detailed than the entire description of the Big Black Rabbit Milk Candy.

"So this is a Purple-quality item?"

Looking at the unknown candy wrapped in purple light in his item inventory, Ye Lan admitted that his eyes had been dazzled blind. Please give him more items like this!

And after seeing its powerful effect, Ye Lan had reason to suspect that since Purple-quality items existed, there might be items of other qualities as well—even items that enhanced other aspects!

Ye Lan had originally been considering abandoning the system after becoming a Champion with an all-Grass-type lineup and fulfilling his dream.

After all, what Trainer did not want to catch Legendary Pokémon? Yet because of the system's restrictions, the only Legendary Pokémon Ye Lan could catch were Virizion of the Four Swords of Justice, Tapu Bulu, one of Alola's guardian deities, and Calyrex, the god of harvest who governed bountiful harvests.

Along with Celebi, who governed time, and a whole host of Mythical Pokémon...

Eh? That actually was quite a lot?? Cough, cough, that wasn't the point! What Trainer would ever complain about having too many Legendary Pokémon?

But after seeing the attributes of the Pokémon Physique Candy (Purple), Ye Lan had completely changed his mind.

What were Legendary Pokémon? Raising Pokémon himself and having them crush Legendary Pokémon—that was the coolest thing!

(Thanks to reader "Even Gods Envy My Jiang Bao" for the tip!!! An extra chapter for the reader~)