"Beyond Champion?"
Xia Yan's departing steps came to an involuntary halt.
Actually.
It wasn't as though he had no idea there was another realm beyond Champion-level.
Whether it was Agatha or Giovanni, both had more or less revealed a little to him.
It was just that.
What exactly Beyond Champion was, what qualified as Beyond Champion, and how one could reach that so-called Beyond Champion realm—Xia Yan knew none of it.
Even if he really asked, they might not necessarily be able to give him a clear answer.
Besides, what suited Agatha and Giovanni might not necessarily suit Xia Yan.
But judging from Calyrex's tone and demeanor, it seemed capable of giving him some answers.
Good.
Aside from wanting to ask about the whereabouts of the Sword and Shield, and how Calyrex had lost its power, Xia Yan now had another question he wanted answered.
What was Beyond Champion?
And Calyrex had successfully added several weighty counterweights to the scales in Xia Yan's heart.
"I actually have another question."
Xia Yan lowered his raised foot, slowly removed the Poké Balls from his waist one by one, and looked toward the rapidly approaching "running chicken" as he asked,
"I can understand Spectrier and Glastrier coming to find you, but what's going on with Zapdos?"
This time, Calyrex did not keep him in suspense.
It answered bluntly:
[Have you heard of chickens eating seeds?]
Xia Yan: "."
He looked at the small Calyrex standing beside him, then at the "running chicken" that was already nearly upon them, trailing Ember and lightning all the way, and could not help nodding.
"Now that you mention it, that actually makes some sense."
[It's here!]
Though Spectrier and Glastrier had been the first to appear, the first to charge at them was unexpectedly Galarian Zapdos.
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