Altaria

A nineteen-year-old Gym Leader level Trainer—Zhang Cheng found that rather hard to accept.

According to the League's records, Trainers who reached Gym Leader level by twenty were extremely rare.

Yet Bai Yuling was already a Gym Leader level Trainer at just nineteen. How could Zhang Cheng not be astonished?

Seeing Zhang Cheng's expression, Bai Yuling covered her mouth and chuckled. "What's wrong, little brother? Don't believe your big sister?"

"No, of course I believe you," Zhang Cheng said hastily.

"I'm just a little curious. Why didn't you want to stay in Modu? What brought you here to Jiangcheng?" Zhang Cheng voiced the question on his mind.

"Well, there are a lot of reasons. I'll tell you sometime if we get the chance," Bai Yuling said thoughtfully.

"All right. Please go easy on me in our battle later. Don't beat me too badly," Zhang Cheng said, rubbing his nose.

Hearing that, Bai Yuling covered her mouth and laughed. "Don't worry. How could I possibly torment my own student? Isn't that right?"

From Bai Yuling's tone, Zhang Cheng badly wanted to say no, but he had no wish to court death. He could only nod in agreement.

Seeing Zhang Cheng's expression, Bai Yuling thought, Finally, I've gotten some payback. That's what you get for causing trouble on the first day of school.

After a moment's thought, Bai Yuling opened the social app on her phone and held out her contact QR code to Zhang Cheng. "Add me so I can reach you easily if anything comes up."

Looking at the phone Bai Yuling held out, Zhang Cheng took out his own, scanned the code, and added her contact.

Neither said anything more. After a short rest, Bai Yuling began the day's practical battle lesson.

They arrived at the battlefield and took their places on opposite sides.

Zhang Cheng was quite curious about which Pokémon Bai Yuling would use. A Pokémon belonging to a Gym Leader level Trainer from Modu was certainly something to look forward to.

Once both were ready, Bai Yuling sent out her Pokémon. "Come on out, Altaria."

"Alt~ Alt~"

As soon as Altaria appeared, she let out a beautiful cry.

It was actually Altaria, the traitor to dragonkind. Altaria were virtually never seen in Huaxia Country; they were a Pokémon distinctive to Dongyang.

Curious, Zhang Cheng opened the system to check the details of Bai Yuling's Altaria:

Name: Altaria (Level 55)

Gender: Female

Potential: A

Type: Dragon, Flying

Held item: Life Orb (Each time the holder uses a move, it loses a small amount of HP, but the move's power increases.)

Basic moves: Peck, Sing, Astonish, Fury Attack, Safeguard, Disarming Voice, Mist, Round, Natural Gift, Take Down, Mirror Move, Cotton Guard, Dragon Dance, Dragon Breath, Dragon Pulse, Perish Song, Moonblast

Learned Moves: Roost, Dazzling Gleam, Fly, Protect, Hyper Beam

Egg moves: Dragon Rush, Play Rough, Feather Dance

Ability: Cloud Nine (While this Pokémon is on the field, all weather effects are negated, but the weather itself does not disappear.)

Notes: Altaria, the Humming Pokémon, is the evolved form of Swablu. When flying through the sky, it resembles a fluffy cloud and hums in a soprano-like voice.

After reading the panel, Zhang Cheng sucked in a breath. He had expected Bai Yuling's Pokémon to be strong, but not this terrifying.

An A-Potential Altaria at level 55, with powerful egg moves to boot.

Judging by Altaria's Learned Moves, Bai Yuling was clearly loaded. Each of those high-damage moves cost at least several hundred thousand Pokémon Coins.

Once a Pokémon acquired Learned Moves, they would also appear on the status panel Zhang Cheng could view.

Seeing him standing there in a daze, Bai Yuling teased, "Is our class monitor getting scared?"

Her words brought Zhang Cheng back to his senses, and he immediately sent out Poliwag. Altaria might be powerful, but he wasn't afraid.

Battling higher-Level Pokémon was also a way to train his own Pokémon. Naturally, Zhang Cheng wouldn't let an opportunity like this slip by.

"Come on out, Poliwag."

At that moment, Zhang Cheng also checked Poliwag's status panel:

Name: Poliwag (Level 10)

Gender: Male

Potential: B+

Type: Water

Held item: None

Basic moves: Water Sport, Water Gun, Hypnosis, Bubble

Learned Moves: Thief

Egg moves: Bubble Beam, Mind Reader, Endeavor

Ability: Swift Swim (In rain or heavy rain, its Speed doubles.)

Notes: Poliwag, the Tadpole Pokémon, is distinguished by the spiral pattern on its belly.

"Poli~ Poliwag~"

As soon as Poliwag appeared, he looked toward Altaria. The two Pokémon seemed fairly friendly and exchanged a few words.

They seemed to understand that their Trainers wanted a sparring match. After their brief exchange, they settled into battle stances.

Zhang Cheng planned to seize the initiative. He was already at a disadvantage, so simply dodging would do him no good.

"Poliwag, use Hypnosis." Zhang Cheng immediately gave his battle command.

Poliwag released a mass of sound waves from his mouth, sending them hurtling toward Altaria.

However, the Level gap was too great, and Altaria easily dodged his Hypnosis.

"When you use Hypnosis against a Pokémon with too large a Level gap, its Accuracy drops considerably," Bai Yuling explained to Zhang Cheng.

But Zhang Cheng really had no other choice. Against an opponent like this boss monster, ordinary Water-type moves would barely tickle her.

So he had hoped for a stroke of incredible luck: put Altaria to sleep in one shot, then launch a fierce offensive.

It was a good plan, but unfortunately, luck wasn't on his side this time. His Hypnosis was mercilessly evaded.

Seeing that Hypnosis had failed, Zhang Cheng decisively ordered Poliwag to attack with a Water-type move.

Poliwag gathered his strength and unleashed Bubble Beam, the most powerful move he currently possessed.

"Altaria, use Disarming Voice."

At Bai Yuling's command, Altaria flapped her wings and released a clear, ringing song.

But the moment Poliwag heard it, he was struck by intense pain, and the Bubble Beam he had gathered was interrupted.

Disarming Voice was a move that could not be dodged. Once unleashed, it inflicted mental damage on the opposing Pokémon.

After taking the Disarming Voice attack, Poliwag was in considerably worse shape.

Bai Yuling had deliberately held back the power of Altaria's move. Otherwise, that single Disarming Voice would certainly have knocked Poliwag out.