Level Up! Red Gyarados!

"Old Liu, how's it going over there? Has anyone shown up?"

In the Secret Realm's woodland, a young man in camouflage gave a bored yawn and spoke into his walkie-talkie.

His name was Wang Fugui, and he was a member of the Heijiang City Secret Realm Garrison in Heijiang Province.

He was a recruit who had been in the military for less than three years.

Though he hadn't served long, the military's benefits had already made him a bona fide Professional Level Trainer.

That might not sound particularly impressive.

But military combat had never been about individual strength. It was about the unit's ability to fight together.

Of course, none of that mattered.

What mattered was that, after nearly three years of grueling training, he finally had a chance to have some fun today!

"Old Liu, with so many newcomers this year, think we'll get a few more assigned to us?"

Serving in the Secret Realm Garrison was a tough posting. They were stationed in Secret Realms so often that there was hardly any entertainment.

Giving newcomers a rough welcome was one of the few pleasures they had left.

"Probably. But don't get careless. I heard from the boss that a young master of the Ling Family is competing this year," Old Liu warned over the walkie-talkie.

"So what if he's a Ling Family young master? He's still a newcomer. My Slugma just evolved into Magcargo, and it's not far from Elite Level. How could some high school senior possibly beat me?"

Wang Fugui sounded confident.

He knew the Black River Ling Family was a renowned Ice-type family throughout the Northeast Region. Ling Youze was the current leader of the Northeast Region's Elite Four and the strongest Ice-type Trainer in the Yanhuang League.

The Ling Family's young master would one