Ye Lan had also obtained Serperior's relevant physical data by adding Xiao Chen on SuperChat.
The burst-limit speed and strength described above, as well as the differences compared to Pokémon at the same stage, initially struck Ye Lan as unbelievable. He then prepared to head to the Battle Department's trial tower for some field testing.
It was not that he doubted Serperior's strength or the precision of Nishinomori Research Institute's equipment. It was simply that raw numbers made it difficult to show Serperior's current power, reaction speed, and other actual capabilities.
As a Trainer, he needed a thorough understanding of his Pokémon.
He needed to know how much power each move was expected to deliver, how fast it could be unleashed, and whether he could seize the right moments to respond. He had to have a clear grasp of everything. Only then could he quickly judge an opponent's different moves and choose the most suitable countermeasure for the current situation.
Ye Lan's battle style, meanwhile, favored setting hooks for his opponents, luring them into making mistakes and falling into traps. That made a full understanding of his own Pokémon's strength even more necessary.
Each department had quite a few trial towers. In the Battle Department's trial towers, the most basic kind was the standard trial tower, where challengers cleared stages by defeating the guarding Pokémon on each floor.
For students of the Breeding Department, participating in this kind of basic trial tower was not particularly unusual.
After all, the difficulty of a basic trial tower rose gradually from easy to hard. Although students from the other two departments generally had Pokémon much weaker than Battle Department students of the same year, clearing the first few easiest stages and getting some free points was still easy enough. Some capable students would