November's Rewards! Outdoor Field Training!

"Arcanine is unable to battle! The winner is Beedrill!"

Inside the school gymnasium, the referee waved a small flag and announced the result.

[Ding! Beedrill (33) defeated Arcanine (25). Permanent Quest 1 completed. The opponent's level was lower than your Pokémon's, so your reward has been halved. Congratulations, you received 5 Points!]

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[Ding! Short-Term Quest 9-of-Month Assessment III has ended. Checking your ranking...]

[Ding! Check complete. You reached the finals and took first place. Drawing a random quest reward... Draw complete. All rewards have been issued. Please check your inventory!]

[Ding! Congratulations, you received: 1,500 Points, one Basic Energy Cube Recipe [Special Attack], one [Move Beam] learning memory, and one Storage Space Expansion Card (1m³)!]

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[Points: 11711]

With Arcanine's defeat, Mu Yun won November's End-of-Month Assessment without a doubt.

His Points total had climbed back above eleven thousand, too.

He was now just eight thousand Points short of the nineteen Evolution Essences Sprigatito needed.

"Brother Yun, just how much stronger is your Beedrill than my Arcanine? Why does it feel like I can never fight back?"

Liu Jianhao recalled his fallen Arcanine and grumbled helplessly.

Ever since Growlithe had evolved, he had become one of the strongest students in the Small Class.

So why did he still feel so powerless against Brother Yun's Beedrill?

It was just like before the evolution.

What had been the point of evolving?

"Not that much stronger. Just a tiny bit." Mu Yun held his thumb and forefinger close together.

"More like a tiny bit the size of the universe..."

Liu Jianhao spent plenty of time online, so he knew the meme about the universe between two fingertips.

"Whatever. Second place is fine. At least I'm stronger than Hailong!"

Liu Jianhao quickly cheered up and grinned smugly.

Before the