"Not good enough! I told you, Life Elixir is no different from trash to me. If you really want a battle, put up something worthwhile. Otherwise, stop embarrassing yourselves!" Xiao Ran said, giving them no face at all.
Even the man in the suit lost his composure at that. Although Life Elixir was not difficult to obtain in the Federation, its production was strictly limited to preserve its value. It was hardly as worthless as Xiao Ran claimed. At auction, it would be snapped up.
But Xiao Ran clearly refused to accept their wager, and there was nothing they could do about it.
"Hmph! You don't know a good thing when you see it. Life Elixir is a treasure that can improve a Pokémon's potential! It's the Federation Empire's greatest achievement in cultivation fluids in recent years!" someone on the Federation side immediately retorted.
Xiao Ran paid no attention to that claim. There was no need to explain the benefits and drawbacks of Life Elixir; these talented students, at least, knew them perfectly well.
They could reach Gym Leader Class at the very least, but this substance had almost no effect on Pokémon above that level. They were never going to have any use for it. Its supposed ability to improve a Pokémon's potential was nothing more than a publicity gimmick.
"I have a batch of fossil slabs containing Legendary Pokémon. They were valued at five billion at an earlier auction. That should be enough to match a Legendary Pokémon Egg, shouldn't it?" A girl holding a stack of books stepped forward and addressed Xiao Ran and the others.
"Fossil slabs containing Legendary Pokémon?" Everyone froze, including Xiao Ran. He had never expected to draw out something like this.
What could one say about Pokémon fossil slabs? They could be