Pokémon: Master System.

A scene suddenly flashed through his mind: these kings were fighting fiercely when they suddenly started dancing awkwardly and chanting these cringeworthy lines. Just thinking about this made Xia Yu forget the scene in his mind, and he felt a strong sense of shame.

“Lord Dragon, language and actions are just a medium, a medium for trainers to resonate with their Pokémon.” Xia Yu tried to explain: “The most important thing is that you have to feel like you are the Pokémon, releasing a Z-Move.”

Long Fan nodded thoughtfully, then looked at Xia Yu: "Why don't you demonstrate it for me? Since you can unleash the Ice Z move in one go, you can definitely do the Dragon Z move too."

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Looking at the smile on Long Fan's face, Xia Yu felt that this Dragon King was wicked. He appeared refined and gentle, but he was full of evil intentions. He must have done it on purpose and had been planning it for a long time, just wanting to let him demonstrate.

Faced with Dragon King's request, Xia Yu naturally could not and had no choice but to accept it. He began to recall the dance steps and lines corresponding to Dragon Z Pure Crystal in his mind.

It seems that only Lillie's brother Gladion has used Dragon Z in the anime. But putting aside the awkward dance and lines, the design of Dragon Z is the coolest of all the Z Crystals.

"I can only give it a try," Xia Yu said, forcing himself to speak.

"Xiaoyu, I believe in you." Long Fan said with a smile, "I won't blame you if it really doesn't work out. Just do your best."

Hearing Long Fan's words, Long Yan Ning couldn't help but chuckle. Whenever her father showed this expression and tone, it usually meant that someone was on his mind.

"Hoo." Xia Yu took a deep breath, not thinking too much about it, and silently took the Z-Ring from Long Fan's hand. Looking at the Kommo-o standing in front of him, he recalled Gladion's Dragon Z moves and lines.

Dragon Z's pose seems to be the most ridiculous. It looks like he puts his hands together, then pushes them forward like a Kamehameha wave, and then slowly opens his hands to resemble an open dragon's mouth. Just thinking about this pose makes me feel ashamed.

The dialogue is even worse. It's even more embarrassing than the Ice Z-Move.

O dazzling light! Let it dance!

Who is the ultimate powerhouse? Let their name be etched on the battlefield!

The ultimate dragon shakes the heavens and earth!

I honestly can't say it...

Especially the question of who the ultimate powerhouse is, and who will have their name engraved on the battlefield—Xia Yu really couldn't bring himself to say it. Just thinking about talking about the ultimate powerhouse in front of Long Fan made him feel incredibly ashamed.

Anyway, it doesn't matter whether there are lines in the game or not, so why not just delete this line? We can also test whether the lines affect Z-Moves.

Thinking of this, Xia Yu decided to give it a try. Under Long Fan's watchful gaze, he concentrated and began to chant.

"Dazzling light, dance!"

Xia Yinian was slow but extremely serious. The moment he spoke, a powerful resonance resonated between him and the Staff-tailed Armored Dragon.

His voice was deep and hoarse, as if he were slowly telling a story. By the time he finished reading that sentence, all the dance steps corresponding to Dragon Z had been completed.

"The ultimate dragon shakes the world!"

"Roar!"

Along with Xia Yu's voice, the Staff-tailed Kommo-o couldn't help but roar simultaneously, as if the two were roaring at the same time. At this moment, a purple ball of light was spat out of the Staff-tailed Kommo-o's mouth, which transformed into an energy dragon in the air and crashed into the wall, causing a huge explosion and roar.

"Clap clap." Watching this scene, Long Fan clapped his hands and praised Xia Yu loudly: "Amazing, absolutely wonderful! This is the first time I've seen Kommo-o perform so brilliantly. The Z-Move is incredibly powerful. If this were our first time seeing it, I would definitely think Kommo-o was your starter Pokémon. Sure enough, your guess was correct. The key to Z-Moves, besides Z-Crystals and Z-Rings, is the resonance between the trainer and the Pokémon. It's a truly ingenious idea."

"Actually, it wasn't my idea. It was inspired by Wei Yeqin." Xia Yu said modestly, using Wei Yeqin as a shield. You may look down on my strength, but you won't look down on Wei Yeqin's strength. Sorry, Brother Wei, you take the blame. "He and his Lucario have reached a perfect state, achieving true unity of mind and will. They don't even need to talk during battles; they can communicate directly through their minds."

“Wei Yeqin…” Dragon King muttered Wei Yeqin’s name: “I heard he’s coming to the capital. I’m really looking forward to fighting him. Even Old Tan was defeated by Wei Yeqin. I want to see just how strong he is.”

Huh? Xia Yu seemed to have heard some shocking gossip. Tan Yongsen actually lost that battle, even after using Z-Moves. Was Wei Yeqin really that strong?

Just as Xia Yu was lost in thought, he was suddenly interrupted by a voice behind him.

"Dragon King, the data is in! The Z-Move's power is about 15% higher than its maximum power." The researcher ran out breathlessly with the equipment and informed Dragon King of the measured data.

Long Fan's smile widened, and he patted Xia Yu on the shoulder with satisfaction: "Very good, I won't bother you anymore. Get back to training and I look forward to you making it to the national finals."

Chapter 59 Weekend Intensive Training

Long Tianwang left the laboratory with satisfaction. Before leaving, he patted Xia Yu on the shoulder, showing great optimism for the young man. He encouraged Xia Yu to seize the time to train with Long Yanning and strive for good results in the College Cup so that he could come to Imperial University next year.

Faced with Dragon King's kindness, Xia Yu naturally accepted with a smile and began one-on-one special training with Long Yanning.

Such a rare opportunity, especially with Long Yanning being such a beautiful woman, would be something many people would covet, but Xia Yu tried his best to keep a safe distance from Long Yanning.

"Teacher Long, I'm going to train now." Xia Yu said and walked to the open space to the side to train, trying to stay as far away from Long Yanning as possible. He was really worried that his teacher, Long Yanning, would see through his Pokémon's potential and expose his secret. Last time, Long Yanning used an instrument to measure the potential of his Noboom, which gave Xia Yu quite a fright.

Xia Yu's three Pokémon are an Elite Four-level Noboo, a near-Champion level Grovyle, and a near-Champion level Charmander.

If the potential of these three Pokémon were exposed, Xia Yu would likely disappear the very next day. Therefore, Xia Yu really didn't want to get too close to Long Yan Ning. He just wanted to develop and grow stronger on his own.

However, Xia Yu had no way to refuse Long Tianwang's kindness, because any normal person would not refuse such a rare opportunity for special training. It would be even stranger if Xia Yu refused, which would obviously make him feel guilty and might backfire, attracting Long Tianwang's attention instead. So he could only bite the bullet and train with Long Yanning.

"What are you going so far for?" Long Yanning asked, frowning. Xia Yu's attitude of deliberately avoiding her made her a little unhappy: "This is not a training camp. I don't need to guide other students. You are the only student here."

Xia Yu nodded helplessly and silently walked back to Long Yanning's side.

"Release your three Pokémon and let me see how well they've been training lately." After what happened yesterday and today, Long Yanning's opinion of Xia Yu had changed a lot, and her impression of him had improved considerably. She was even less disgusted by Xia Yu's trashy strength. Now she wanted to help Xia Yu improve his strength as much as possible, and at the same time, she also wanted to ask Xia Yu for help with her strange Z-Crystal.

Xia Yu nodded and released his three Pokémon. The shiny Charmander immediately caught Long Yanning's attention upon its appearance.

"Every time I see your Shiny Charmander, I'm amazed. Shiny Pokémon are so rare," Long Yanning said, looking at Xia Yu's Shiny Charmander. She also really wanted a Shiny Pokémon, like a Shiny Haxorus or a Shiny Goodra, they would be so beautiful.

Long Yanning was only slightly surprised for a moment, and then immediately began to carefully observe each of Xia Yu's Pokémon, measuring their height and weight, not missing any detail. Putting aside everything else, Long Yanning was really a very responsible teacher. Even though she didn't like Xia Yu before, she was still able to treat everyone equally: "The three Pokémon are developing very well and are progressing very quickly. Your efforts over the past few days have not been in vain, but you must continue to persevere."

"By the way, how's your Pokémon's practice of the Dragon Breath move we talked about yesterday?" After checking the three Pokémon's physical condition, Long Yanning remembered yesterday's move learning class and frowned as she asked Xia Yu, "It's not enough to just master a move; you have to use it as proficiently as possible. It's difficult for Pokémon to truly master a move in just half a day on Saturday. You should make them practice more afterward. Starting this week, you can come to the lab every weekend, and I'll explain the move we taught on Saturday in detail again."

Listening to Long Yanning's words, Xia Yu felt a buzzing headache. Coming every weekend? How was he supposed to go treasure hunting? This responsible attitude was suffocating him, but Long Yanning was doing it out of concern, so Xia Yu couldn't bear to refuse. He could only think to himself, "Anyway, the treasure hunt isn't urgent. I'll see how things go after I finish writing my thesis on the exclusive Z-Crystal."

"Okay, Teacher Long."

Long Yanning put one hand on her hip, outlining her perfect waist, attracting Xia Yu's gaze. Teacher Long's waist is so slender, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call her a little waist fairy.

Wait, what am I thinking?! Xia Yu tried to put this strange thought out of his mind, but that's how strange people are. The more you try to control yourself from thinking about something, the clearer that thing becomes in your mind.

"Xia Yu! Xia Yu!" Long Yanning's delicate eyebrows furrowed into a straight line as she crossed her arms over her chest and looked at Xia Yu.

“Teacher Long, I’m here,” Xia Yu quickly replied.

"You need to rest; your concentration is a bit off." Long Yanning didn't dwell on the issue and continued, "Let your little fire dragon and forest lizard use their dragon breath techniques first, so I can see how well you've learned them."

"Alright, Little Fire Dragon, you go first, use Dragon Breath!" Xia Yu commanded.

"Woo!"

As Xia Yu's voice rang out, the little fire dragon took a deep breath, its cheeks puffed up instantly, and then it suddenly spewed out dragon breath from its mouth.

Having witnessed the whole process, Long Yanning couldn't help but praise, "Very good. This little fire dragon has a pretty good grasp of dragon-type energy. Next up is the forest lizard."

Xia Yu nodded and also had the forest lizard unleash its dragon breath skill.

Compared to the dragon breath unleashed by Charmander, the dragon breath skill unleashed by the Forest Lizard is much faster. The Forest Lizard goes from inhaling to exhaling in just a moment, leaving no time to react. Moreover, the range of the dragon breath exhaled from the Forest Lizard's mouth is also wider, resulting in greater destructive power.

The forest lizard completely overwhelmed Charmander, which made Charmander feel very bad. The forest lizard was like a mountain pressing down on it, but it would never give up and would definitely surpass the forest lizard. Charmander secretly vowed in its heart.

Upon witnessing the dragon breath released by the Forest Lizard, a hint of amazement flashed in Long Yan Ning's eyes. This Forest Lizard's talent in Dragon-type energy was extremely astonishing, surpassing even the vast majority of Dragon-type Pokémon. Coupled with its incredibly powerful body, this Forest Lizard's aptitude was beyond imagination, almost flawless. It was a Pokémon that was close to perfect.

The only downside is that it's not a Dragon-type Pokémon, Long Yanning thought to herself. If Sceptile were a Dragon-type Pokémon, she would want to catch one.

"Your forest lizard has excellent potential. If you nurture it diligently, it will be the key to whether you can enter the national finals," Long Yanning praised sincerely.

In the following period, under Long Yanning's guidance, Xia Yu began to conduct targeted training for the three Pokémon.

It has to be said that Long Yanning is really skilled at training Dragon-type Pokémon, especially since she herself has a Noivern, and her training advice for Xia Yu's Nombat is very crucial.

Moreover, she could offer some targeted advice on forest lizards and little fire dragons to help Xia Yu.

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Chapter 60 The Ghost of the Imperial Capital

Sunday afternoon.

The weather in the capital is unpredictable. One morning it was a bright, sunny day, but by noon, dark clouds had gathered, and a torrential downpour began. In the outskirts of the capital, in what is now the most remote area, the uneven ground was flooded.

"Splash." The black boots stepped into the puddle, splashing water, and a silver dragon streaked across the sky, accompanied by a thunderous roar.

The man and woman, dressed in black raincoats, walked through the old buildings around them, entered the narrow alley, and arrived at a slightly dilapidated old courtyard.

"Knock knock, knock knock, knock knock knock"

Two long, two short, and three rapid knocks sounded like a code, and soon the iron gate made the sound of unlocking, and the gate slowly opened.

The two stepped inside and then locked the door.

The two people who entered the house took off their raincoats, revealing their true faces. If Xia Yu were present, he would definitely recognize that the man among them was Xu Xiu, who had appeared in the secret realm a month or so ago.

No one expected that Xu Xiu, who was already wanted by the authorities, would secretly come to the capital without anyone noticing.

The woman beside her was about twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old, with exquisite makeup and bright red lips that were stunning at first glance.

"Has no one noticed?" A middle-aged man's voice came from inside the house, his face obscured by the dim light.

Xu Xiu shook his head, casually sat down on a chair, and said, "I had Zoroark impersonate me and stay in the Southwest region, showing up from time to time to keep those investigators in the dark. Nobody knew I was here."

Another woman then spoke up. Her voice sounded strange, not like that of a Chinese person. She said in broken Chinese, "Don't worry, no one knows I'm in China."

"I have good news for you. The reward is on its way, and you should have received the message by now. It's expected to arrive at the designated location by tomorrow at the latest. The security isn't strong; you just need to launch an attack to steal the goods. Remember, don't let a single person return." The middle-aged man paused, as if discussing something trivial, and then continued, "Now that we've talked about the reward, let's discuss our mission requirements."

“I need you to find something.” The middle-aged man’s hoarse voice came through: “We don’t know the exact location of that thing, but we can find people who know about it. This is a list of people who may have come into contact with it. You need to check it out yourselves.”

The middle-aged man seemed to remember something and quickly instructed, "Also, the capital is not like other places. You'd better not do anything reckless. If you really need to take action, remember to handle the aftermath properly."

“I know,” Xu Xiu replied.

Looking at the thick list of names, Xu Xiu and another woman frowned slightly: "This is no simple task; there are at least several hundred people on the list."