Was That Snow Warning?

In the battle arena,

Weavile faced a Grass-type Pokémon that was also level 38: Tangrowth.

Tangrowth stood over two meters tall, its entire body wrapped in dark blue vines like a towering wall.

By comparison, Weavile, barely 1.3 meters tall, looked like a harmless child.

Yet despite the vast difference in size, a single Ice Punch from Weavile sent Tangrowth flying.

Weavile pressed the advantage and finished Tangrowth off with ease.

The whole battle had been effortless.

"Congratulations, Ling Ruijie. The path to the S-Class challenge is over there."

After recalling his Pokémon, Tangrowth's Trainer spoke politely.

"Mm."

Ling Ruijie recalled Weavile and nodded calmly.

As he was about to leave, he spotted Mu Yun preparing to enter the arena.

He paused, then stopped a short distance from the arena, apparently intending to watch.

"Mu Yun..."

Mu Yun's tousled black hair fluttered in the wind, reflected in Ling Ruijie's pale blue eyes.

"Let's see how strong your Pokémon are..."

Mu Yun had trained in a separate arena last month, so Ling Ruijie did not know exactly how strong he was.

All he knew was that Mu Yun had quite a few Pokémon.

Normally, a Novice Trainer should not raise too many Pokémon. That held true even for someone from a prominent family like him.

For one thing, more Pokémon meant more resources. He had no shortage of ordinary resources, but even rare resources were not his for the taking.

Rather than spread his resources thin, it was better to focus them on raising one ace and push that Pokémon's potential higher.

For another, Pokémon were extraordinary creatures. Numbers had never been the deciding factor.

A strong Pokémon could easily take on several opponents at once.

As Ling Ruijie watched expectantly, Mu Yun entered the arena with one of the middle-aged