The Final Trial, Battle Against Dragonite

"Look closely at their expressions, full of fear and shock. They must have run into something incredible."

"This means the trap this time is extraordinary. We must be careful!"

Everyone nodded in agreement, their minds gradually overthinking the situation.

They were totally adding drama to the scenario all by themselves.

Stepping forward one footprint at a time, maintaining high alert, they slowed their pace down even further.

Ito Hei was somewhat puzzled, putting away the fourth treasure in his hand. "What on earth is going on here?"

"Why aren't they setting traps, but instead intercepting and defeating someone right in that spot?"

"Still, this tactic really made them slow down, even slower than before. Strange, how strange."

Liu Xin patted Ito Hei's shoulder and said, "This is the power of experience and knowledge. Watch closely and learn well."

"For the final layer next, we have all the time in the world to set traps."

"Just you watch how I mess with them and make sure it's an unforgettable memory for a lifetime."

Liu Xin's smile made Ito Hei's scalp tingle and his back turn cold; it was truly terrifying to the extreme.

It was fortunate that the man beside him was a teammate rather than an opponent.

The noise grew louder and louder, and the slogans cursing Liu Xin and Ito Hei resounded with increasing intensity.

Defeating the two of them seemed to have become the common goal for all the trial-takers this time.

The Lighthouse Guardians were astonished, covering their faces as one said, "I have never seen trial-takers so excited and united. I really am curious about what those two did."

"To cause public anger on this scale, should we say they're formidable, or should we say they're formidable?"

Sen Anxiang was like a curious child, constantly bouncing up and down, overwhelmingly curious about what was inside.

Someone came out.

Someone walked out from inside the lighthouse, and a crowd immediately swarmed over. "What's wrong? What on earth happened inside?"

"What did Liu Xin and Ito Hei do to you?"

Victim Number One: "Liu Xin, he—Liu Xin is simply not human to do such a thing. I can't go on living. How could they treat me like this?"

Victim Number Two: "It's absurd, simply fucking absurd. Those two are real dogs, utterly doggish!"

Victim Number Three: "This has been an exceptionally painful experience. I'm unwilling to recall it, unwilling to speak of it. They are absolute beasts."

Their words were all ambiguous, leaving much to the imagination.

Visions immediately formed in Sen Anxiang's mind, and she giggled, thinking, No way, it can't be that bad. How could Liu Xin and Ito Hei possibly like boys?

"Even so, the things they're saying sound like..."

Achoo!

Achoo!

The two people busy making traps suddenly began to sneeze, and they looked at each other, wondering, "Who's thinking of us?"

"I have a very bad premonition. I feel like we're being portrayed in a very unfavorable light in other people's minds."

"Forget it, at this point the two of us are being hunted by everyone and have become public enemies. Can it get any better?"

"Hurry up and make these traps, don't stop."

Their complexions were ashen and ugly. They had walked all the way up, yet there wasn't a single trap!

Could it be that the guy just tripped and fell by himself?

Why wasn't there a single trap? Why wasn't there one?!

They were on the verge of going crazy now. The fourth treasure had indeed vanished.

Having prepared themselves mentally beforehand, they quickly pressed on toward the fifth trap.

"I refuse to believe there will be traps this time!"

"They definitely won't set traps, because they won't expect that we are no longer cautious!"

"Full speed ahead, I don't believe there will be traps!"

Everyone started moving forward at full speed, yet they hadn't taken a single step when...

Ah!

Ah!

Ah!

Screams rose and fell in succession as one trainer after another tumbled into the traps.

"Why?!"

"Why are there traps now?!"

"Liu Xin, Ito Hei, you have no hearts. You're not human."

They all fell into the pits, which contained quite a few traps. While they wouldn't cause injury, they certainly rendered their victims completely immobilized.

Powerless, they stayed inside the dirt pits, unable to move a muscle.

On the other side, Liu Xin and Ito Hei reached the highest floor.

The Giant Dragonite was waiting right here for them; this was the final trial.

It opened its mouth to speak.

"This has been the most desolate trial of all."

"For the longest time, I have witnessed quite a few trials, but like your performance this time—only you two pulled it off."

"I have to admit, Liu Xin, you really are a dog."

The Giant Dragonite won the agreement of Ito Hei.

What?!

Wasn't this guy a Divine Beast-tier Pokémon? How dare it scold them!

Liu Xin sighed and said, "I originally wanted to have a calm and pleasant chat with you, but what I got in return was your abuse."

"Fine then, I'm not putting up a facade anymore. I'll lay my cards on the table."

"I am none other than Liu Xin, useless at everything else, but number one at backstabbing people."

Ito Hei gave him a side-eye. Who would believe that?

The Giant Dragonite didn't mind too much, saying in a low voice, "Calling you a dog is a form of praise, not an insult."

Praise?!

You're the dog, your entire family are dogs!

Smiling on the outside, cursing its ancestors on the inside.

"The final trial is to battle against the Pokémon I dispatch."

"As long as you can defeat it, you will be considered successful."

In the end, it still came back to a Pokémon battle.

Bring it on; no matter which Pokémon it was, they could work together to take it down.

However, the next second, they were dumbfounded on the spot.

A shocked Liu Xin waved his hands and said, "Hold on, Big Bro."

"Let's talk this out reasonably. Pokémon battles are Pokémon battles, but there's no need for your honorable self to personally step into the arena, right?"

The Giant Dragonite slowly shrank in size, standing right before them just like that, and even started warming up.

Their opponent really was this super-ancient Pokémon, the Giant Dragonite.

Are you kidding me? How are they supposed to fight this?

Ito Hei swallowed hard and muttered, "This is getting a bit intense."

"No wonder the final treasure required a whole group of people working together to barely manage to acquire it."

The Giant Dragonite spoke up: "I truly didn't step in personally before, but you two have some skills and spirit, and my hands are itching."

"So let me test you myself. Of course, I'll suppress my power so that my strength is roughly comparable to your strongest Pokémon."

The Dragonite before them was indeed fair, compressing its own power.

It became a level-28 Dragonite, and its stats were still somewhat terrifying, yet it gave Liu Xin a glimmer of hope.

Giant Dragonite

Level: Level 28

Attack: 400

Special Attack: 350

"Attack together in a moment, and absolutely do not let up on the onslaught, understand?"

"The synergy we've built up over this period of time is going to pay off!"

Four Pokémon appeared on both sides, bringing a total of eight Pokémon standing on the field.

This counted as their largest-scale combat operation yet.

The Dragon-type Super Gible immediately became battle-hungry the moment it saw the Dragonite.

Dragon-type Pokémon were naturally warlike, no different from when they had encountered the Fraxure back then.

"Cubone, Phanpy, go find Rapidash."

"Metagross, head toward Onix's side, and then..."

"Begin the all-out attack!"

Flames surged as two torrents of fire transformed into giant palms in the blink of an eye, suppressing the area.

A figure rushed out from the sea of fire, wielding a bone club, filled with fighting spirit as it charged forward.