Husband came over to the two of them as well. Looking at Xia You with a complicated expression, he offered his heartfelt praise. "With your strength, competing in the Vertress Conference would honestly be effortless. I really don't know who could stop you."
Husband's feelings at that moment were truly strange.
He marveled at the strength of the man before him, yet also couldn't help worrying about the Unova Region's Conference.
With a monster of a Pokémon Trainer like this competing, what good would it do the other contestants even if they gave it everything they had?
But he also knew that Xia You's goal was to claim the Vertress Conference's trophy and title. Even if he felt sorry about what lay ahead for those Pokémon Trainers, there was nothing he could do.
As for Xia You, defeating Lenora hadn't brought him any happiness.
Everyone knew that the gap in their strength was simply too vast. It had been a complete rout.
Honestly, challenging these Gym Leaders now served only two purposes for Xia You.
The first went without saying: to train his lineup, giving his Pokémon a thorough workout by battling Gym Leaders who were far stronger than ordinary Pokémon Trainers. The second was to collect eight Badges.
There was no helping it. Having eight Badges was a strict requirement for entering the Conference.
After all, he wasn't a student at a Pokémon School, so this was his only way to enter.
Thus, although Gyms no longer offered him any challenge and losing was practically impossible, Xia You still cherished each battle.
After all, he also knew that once his journeys through the Unova Region and Kalos Region ended, there would be fewer and fewer Gyms left for him to challenge. Eventually, even Pokémon Conferences would be few and