Pokémon: Master System.

After setting a goal for himself, Xia Yu's daily life became exceptionally fulfilling. During the day, he would investigate the Duan family, and after nightfall, he would take his team of Pokémon to the training ground for training.

These years filled Xia Yu with a special sense of nostalgia and peace.

The nostalgia stems from recalling those arduous yet fulfilling years in the Dragon Realm, and from remembering Teacher Long, who was far away in the capital.

He felt at ease because his steadily improving strength gave him a sense of control over his own destiny.

For several days in a row, Xia Yu would come to the training ground in Heilong City after get off work to train, and he had a very fulfilling time.

Just as Xia Yu was living a regular life, the bloodshed in the fluorescent forest finally came to light as time went on, attracting global attention.

Even Xia Yu from Heilong City could sense an unusual aura.

After all, the Qi family lost a champion in his prime and two Pokémon with champion-level strength.

It's very likely that the Qi family will be kicked out of the underground black market as a result, but that's not what Xia Yu cares about. He's currently looking at the peach shortbread across from him, which is eager to try its luck, and he's extremely annoyed.

After learning that Xia Yu trained every night, Tao Su became interested and invited Xia Yu to a friendly one-on-one match.

Although it was supposed to be a friendly match, it was quite a sight to see Taosu put on the Z-band.

Xia Yu suddenly felt that something was wrong.

Chapter 424 Peach Crisp

Inside the training field, bright lights shone.

Zhang Zhenghua leaned against the silver-gray railing, watching the two on the training field with great interest.

Young is good.

High spirits, burning with youthful passion.

Tao Su was the previous national champion of the College Cup, and won the championship with almost overwhelming strength.

Xia Yu, the national champion of this year's High School Cup, is a genius scientist. Although he relied on Mega Evolution to win the championship, his debut on the final stage as Doraki showcased astonishing strength.

Both are the strongest among their peers, possessing formidable strength. A clash between the strongest, even a training match, is exciting just to imagine.

Zhang Zhenghua smiled and looked at the two of them, saying, "Are you two going to have a practice match? How about I be the referee?"

"Okay," Tao Su replied with a smile, a sweet smile on her face.

"Do we really have to fight?" Xia Yu's face was full of reluctance as he looked at Tao Su and Zhang Zhenghua beside him.

“Of course.” Peach Crisp nodded. She seemed to notice the reluctance in Xia Yu’s eyes, and then turned to Xia Yu and said, “It’s just a 1V1 match, it won’t take much time. And don’t worry, even though I’m a level higher than you, I won’t take advantage of you. I promise I won’t send out my ace Pokémon.”

Hearing Tao Su's words, Xia Yu sighed, his face full of helplessness. But thinking that the two of them would be teaming up in the same team for a long time to come, he nodded helplessly and replied, "Okay, we agreed to only fight one game, no more."

"Mm," Tao Su replied with a smile.

"Don't come crying and begging me to play another match after you lose."

Xia Yu's words made Tao Su's smile freeze and slowly fade. Looking at Xia Yu, she said seriously, "As long as you beat me, I promise I won't let you fight me again."

Tao Su stared at Xia Yu with her almond-shaped eyes. She took a deep breath and looked at Xia Yu's smug face, determined to teach the arrogant Xia Yu a lesson.

"That's good. Let's begin." Xia Yu nodded.

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The two walked to opposite ends of the training field, each taking out a Poké Ball from their waists, ready to begin the training match at any moment.

Zhang Zhenghua stood in the center of the referee's position, holding the referee's flag high, and looked at the two men, asking, "Are you ready, gentlemen?"

"All right."

"Ah."

"Game start!"

As Zhang Zhenghua waved the flag downwards, the two simultaneously took out Poké Balls and threw them out.

"Go, Lizard King." Xia Yu sent out his old partner, the Lizard King.

After several months of preparation following the High School Cup, the Lizard King finally broke through to the Gym Leader level two weeks ago.

This training match can also be considered the first battle after the Sceptile King broke through to the Gym Leader level.

"Go, Togekiss." Peach Crisp, dressed in a white dress, gently tossed out a Luxury Ball, and with a flash of red light, Togekiss, a Gym Leader-level powerhouse, made his appearance.

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Many people may not be very familiar with Togepi, but most people know about Togepi.

Togekiss evolved from Togepi through friendship, and then Togekiss evolved by using a Light Stone on Togekiss.

Togekiss retains Togepi's cute appearance but possesses even greater strength, making it an essential Pokémon for Fairy-type trainers.

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Seeing Togekiss, a Gym Leader-level powerhouse, make its appearance, Xia Yu also began to take things seriously, focusing his gaze on Togekiss and using the system to examine Togekiss's abilities.

Tokiss has three traits: Vitality, Heavenly Grace, and Super Luck.

Among them, Togekiss with the Serene Grace ability is the most mainstream and also the most widely used. This type of Togekiss can act as a tank with its excellent stats and also take on the role of a special attacker with its Serene Grace ability, making it the most versatile ability.

Secondly, Togekiss with Super Luck is rarely used because its ability is hidden and its practicality is low. Togekiss with this ability is generally used with the item Focus Lens for damage output.

As for Togekiss with the Vitality trait... what kind of garbage is that? Nobody uses it at all.

This is also because Togekiss has extremely low physical attack, and attacks boosted by its Vigor ability are almost useless against it.

This Togekiss from Peach Crisp has the most common Serene Grace ability and is holding an S-rank Leftovers, which can continuously restore its HP.

The skill pool is also extremely rich, with a dense array of skills, indicating that this Togekiss has learned all the core skills it can learn.

It's clear that Peach Crisp comes from a really good family. Even a non-main Pokémon can learn so many skills and is carrying an S-rank item.

"Togekiss, electromagnetic wave!" Peach Crisp waved her hand, commanding Togekiss to launch the first attack.

Electric energy surged from Togekiss's body, and a weak current flew towards the Lizard King at an extremely fast speed.

The moment Tao Su gave the order, Xia Yu guessed Tao Su's tactics.

This is also the most common tactic used by Togekiss with the Serene Grace ability: first paralyze the opponent with Electromagnetic Wave, and then endlessly torment the opponent with Air Slash.

While paralyzed, there is a certain chance that using skills will fail, and when the Air Blade hits an enemy, there is a certain chance that the enemy will be stunned (the official setting is to enter a state of flinching, but to be closer to reality, the state of flinching has been changed to stun).

The effect of the Divine Grace trait is to double the chance of skill additional effects. For example, in the game, Air Blade has a 30% chance to stun the enemy after hitting them, while the Divine Grace trait increases that 30% chance to 60%, and the chance of paralysis is reduced from 25% to prevent the enemy from acting.

With both factors combined, the enemy's chance of taking action is only 15%. Unless they are extremely unlucky, the enemy will have a hard time moving and may be tortured to death by Togekiss's Air Slash.

Although reality isn't a game, the combination of paralysis and air slash is still quite annoying.

Xia Yu frowned slightly as he watched the incoming electric current.

In fact, if it were a real battle, the best course of action would be to Mega Evolve Sceptile, changing its ability to Lightning Rod. This would not only make it immune to Electric-type moves, but also boost its Special Attack by one stage due to Thunder Wave.

However, Xia Yu thought about it and decided against it. There was no need to go all out in a regular training match. It would be better to think of other ways to break through the opponent's defense. He might encounter such an opponent one day in the future.

"Lizard King, use the Seed of Trouble!"

Xia Yu made a decision in an instant.

Faced with Togekiss's attack, Xia Yu chose to have Sceptile use Trouble Seed to break Togekiss's ability!

Sceptile can enter a paralyzed state, but you also need to break Togekiss's ability first!

Chapter 425 Paralysis

A faint electric current streaked across the sky, accurately striking the massive Sceptile King. At the same time that Togekiss unleashed its electromagnetic wave, the Trouble Seed thrown by the Sceptile King also hit Togekiss.

The two teams swapped positions in their first encounter.

Sceptile is paralyzed, and Togekiss's Serene Grace ability is forcibly changed to Insomnia.

"Pokekiss, use trickery."

"Lizard King, Sword Dance!"

The two gave the order almost simultaneously, and after giving the order, they looked at each other in surprise.

Nasty Plot greatly increases Special Attack, while Swords Dance greatly increases Physical Attack. The two players' tactical choices are practically identical; they both intend to strengthen their characters first.

"Togekiss, Air Blade!" After one trick, Peach Crisp did not choose to continue using tricks, but instead chose to let Togekiss launch an attack.

Togekiss, soaring through the air, began to gather Flying-type energy. In just a breath, a massive amount of Flying-type energy had gathered in front of it.

A crescent-shaped flying-type energy slash came toward the Lizard King!

"Lizard King, use Rock Slide to block!"

Xia Yu naturally chose Rock Slide, which has a double advantage against Togekiss.

The Lizard King slammed its tail against the floor, instantly cracking the ground.

Immediately afterwards, rock-type energy surged from the Lizard King's body, enveloping the huge rock beneath the ground as if covered with a brownish-gray film, greatly increasing the rock's hardness, and placing it in front of the Lizard King.

"boom!"

The air slashes were all blocked by the giant rock, and then the Lizard King manipulated the giant rock to fly towards Togekiss.

Tao Su also glanced sideways. This method of using rockfall was quite rare, using a small amount of rock-based energy to control a huge rock.