That was indeed the case. Rillaboom, whose strength had long since been surpassed by Serperior, had astonishingly broken through to the peak of the professional tier during its time at the Nishinomori Research Institute. It only needed to take one more step to become the first Pokémon on Ye Lan's team to reach Gym-tier strength.
Such rapid progress was almost entirely due to Rillaboom finding the path it wanted to take during this period.
That path was the special development of Rillaboom's innate technique, Drum Beating.
More precisely, the technique it had recently mastered was a battle method called Rhythm Control.
Rillaboom still did not know whether this technique would truly work or how far it could carry it. It only felt that under the effects of this technique, its moves had gone from disorderly and chaotic to more flexible, making battles much easier.
Everything would have to wait until it reunited with Ye Lan, when its Trainer and Serperior could verify whether this was truly a viable path.
Meanwhile, in the principal's office at Huaxia Academy.
Watching the live broadcast of the battle department assessment taking place in the desert, the elderly principal, Qi Cheng'an, laughed heartily and said to the square-faced middle-aged man seated on the sofa beside him,
"That kid Ye Lan never knows how to keep still. Good thing he chose the breeding department back then. If he'd joined the battle department, wouldn't he have turned the whole academy upside down?"
"Xia Ren, what do you think? Your junior has turned out to be quite an interesting fellow."
"He's also one of the rare possessors of Viridian Force. More importantly, Ye Lan awakened his psychic powers on his own, yet he still received the recognition of Viridian Forest. That shows just how exceptional he is." The