"Beep beep—Professional Trainer Certificate Level 1 assessment begins. The battle assessment rules are as follows."
As Master Hou pressed a button, a spherical little robot with a propeller on its head slowly flew out and hovered to one side of the battlefield.
"Three Pokémon are required for battle. Pokémon may not be switched during battle. Moves that switch out your own Pokémon are prohibited. Moves that forcibly switch out the opponent's Pokémon are prohibited. Pokémon must be changed after each battle..."
The robot referee rattled off a long list of rules.
But aside from the first few, the rest were basically the same as a standard Pokémon battle.
"Rules explanation complete. If there is anything you do not understand, reply with one. If you understand, please say, 'I'm ready!'"
Am I SpongeBob or something?
Mu Yun was speechless, but he still obediently replied, "I'm ready."
"Beep beep—the assessed participant is ready. Please have the examiner release a Pokémon first!"
"Go, Crustle!"
Master Hou brushed his hand across his waist and swiftly threw out a Poké Ball.
Crustle was a Bug- and Rock-Type Pokémon that looked somewhat like a hermit crab.
As for its shell, it was a large, square-shaped boulder that it had personally excavated.
It was a Pokémon with excellent Physical Defense, though its movement speed was rather slow.
"Level 39, Peak Professional Level..."
Mu Yun glanced at Crustle's status panel. There was only one way to describe it—utterly ordinary!
No level, no potential, no bonuses. A textbook three-no Pokémon.
But that was normal. Anyone capable wouldn't be serving as a Level 1 assessment examiner at a Trainer Association in a small place like this.
"Xiao Xin, I'll leave it to you."
Since the opponent was only Professional Level, Mu Yun did not send out Xiao Du, who was