Pokémon: Master System.

Qualification: Near Champion Level

Combat strength: Elite level

Features: Lush

Skills: Combo Slash, Leaf Storm, Grassy Terrain, Dragon Breath, Grass Whistle, Leech Seed, Magic Leaf, Photosynthesis, Trouble Seed, Dark Shot, Slap, Leer, Drain, Quick Attack, Mega Drain, Foresight, Quick Guard, Dragon Pulse, Pursuit, Thunder Punch, Giga Drain, Sunny Day

Charmeleon

Gender: female

Attribute: Fire

Qualification: Near Champion Level

Combat strength: Elite level

Characteristic: Solar Power

Skills: Claw, Roar, Spark, Primal Power, Bite, Belly Drum, Iron Tail, Dragon Tail, Metal Claw, Dragon Dive, Smoke Screen, Dragon Breath, Dragon Pulse, Heat Wave, Fire Fang, Slash, Dragon Rage

【Dorón Messia】

Gender: male

Attributes: dragon, ghost

Qualification: Champion level

Combat strength: Elite level

Ability: Penetrate

Skills: Ambush, Dragon Tail, Shadow Clone, Strange Light, Spell, Bite, Quick Attack, Startle, Entanglement

【Teeth】

Gender: male

Attribute: dragon

Qualification: Near Champion Level

Combat strength: Rare

Features: Exceptional

Skills: Grab, Glare, Headbutt, Double Strike, Ambush, Brute Force, Harden, Iron Tail, Water Tail, Charge, Bite, Stop at the Point, Malicious Pursuit, Taunt, Dragon Tail

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After reaching the Elite level, the rate at which Pokémon's strength increases begins to slow down. In order to continue improving his strength, in addition to training during the day, Xia Yu, through his connections with the Dragon family, will be going to the Dragon-type Gym in the Imperial Capital every weekend starting this week to serve as an Elite-level defending trainer.

The term "elite-level challenger" refers to a trainer who specifically challenges visiting elite trainers who request battle training at a gym. This position allows trainers to battle against a wide variety of trainers, making it ideal for practical training. However, it demands extremely high skill and a high win rate.

Xia Yu and Long Yanning arrived at the Dragon-type Gym together. The gym leader of the Dragon-type Gym in the capital was a man in his thirties named Wu Qianshan. He was tall and strong, slightly shorter than Xia Yu, but much more robust.

"Yan Ning, you're here!" Wu Qianshan is four years older than Long Yan Ning. The two have known each other since childhood. When Long Fan was the head of the Dragon-type Dojo, Wu Qianshan was an apprentice at the dojo and also one of Long Fan's disciples.

"Little junior brother!"

Wu Qianshan greeted the two with a smile, but his eyes remained fixed on Long Yanning.

Long Yanning looked exceptionally beautiful today. As November arrived, the weather in the capital was getting colder. She wore a knitted wool sweater that accentuated her figure, paired with black stockings and high-top boots. Already quite tall, she now stood almost as tall as Xia Yu, nearly reaching his eyebrows. She was also holding a cute cotton ball in her arms, looking around curiously.

This cotton ball was the one Xia Yu gave her. Originally, as a Dragon-type trainer, Long Yan Ning disliked Fairy-type Pokémon, but looking at the fluffy and extremely cute cotton ball, she suddenly felt that Fairy-type Pokémon were actually quite nice.

However, Long Yanning never expected that this cotton ball had Heavenly King-level potential, and she even kept it as a pet. If Xia Yu hadn't told her to train and nurture the cotton ball properly, Long Yanning probably wouldn't have let the cotton ball undergo any training.

What a waste! I must find an opportunity to talk to Teacher Long about this. The cotton balls have only just hatched, so there's no real rush.

"Senior brother," Long Yanning greeted Wu Qianshan.

"Senior brother," Xia Yu said.

“Junior Brother Xia Yu, a genius scientist, I’ve heard of you before,” Wu Qianshan said to Xia Yu with a smile.

"Senior Brother Wu."

After the two greeted each other, Wu Qianshan surrounded Long Yanning, asking her with concern, "Junior sister, this is a Fairy-type Pokémon, Cottonball. When did you catch a Fairy-type Pokémon? Did you betray us?"

“I quite like it. Actually, fairy-type characters are quite cute.” Long Yan Ning replied with a smile, “Let’s take Xia Yu to register first.”

“Okay,” Wu Qianshan replied, “but I have to make it clear that our defending trainer needs to have a win rate of at least 60%.”

“If he can’t achieve a 60% win rate, he doesn’t need to stay here.” Long Yan Ning glanced at Xia Yu: “Right, Xia Yu?”

"Mm," Xia Yu replied calmly.

The provocation tactic didn't work on him; of the Thirty-Six Stratagems, only the Thirty-First Stratagem worked on Xia Yu.

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After registering, Xia Yu changed into the Dragon-type Gym uniform and went to his third arena, quietly waiting for the first challenger. Long Yanning and Wu Qianshan found a front-row seat and sat down to act as spectators.

"Junior sister, Master hasn't taken on any disciples for a long time. Why is he suddenly taking on a disciple?" As soon as he sat down, Wu Qianshan kept trying to talk to Long Yanning.

"I don't know either, maybe it's because he's very talented," Long Yanning replied casually, her mind completely elsewhere, while she kept teasing the cotton ball, taking out an energy cube and feeding it to it.

"Then I'll have to watch our junior brother's match closely." Wu Qianshan said with a smile, "Junior sister, are you free to have dinner together tonight? I'll be the host and treat you and your junior brother to a welcome dinner."

We'll see when the time comes.

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Xia Yu, standing on the field, attracted the attention of many girls. He was already very handsome, and with his height of 1.9 meters, his upright and well-proportioned figure and handsome appearance made him the focus of attention immediately.

Soon Xia Yu faced his first challenger, an eighteen-year-old student preparing for the College Cup.

"In the third arena, elite-level trainer Wang Mo will face off against elite-level defending trainer Xia Yu. The rules of the match will be chosen by Wang Mo."

这种对战分为1V1单打、2V2单打、3V3单打，由挑战者随意选择。

"1v1 singles." Wang Mo chose 1v1 singles.

“比赛规则为1V1单打，比赛即将开始，3、2、1开始！”

As the referee's voice faded, Xia Yu and Wang Mo simultaneously released their Pokémon!

"The forest lizard is yours now!"

"Go, Gentleman Moth!"

Faced with an unknown opponent, and in a 1v1 one-on-one battle, Xia Yu naturally chose his strongest Pokémon, the elite-level peak-strength Grovyle.

Wang Mo, the opponent, sent out Gentleman Moth (brothers, I'm typing this on my phone, so I don't have any pictures. Brothers who have read this far, please post some pictures). It's an unpopular Pokémon that you almost never see in game battles.

Gentlemanmoth is a male Pokémon that evolves from a male Zephyr. Its combat strength is Elite, and its ability is Tinted Glasses.

Tinted Lens is a very powerful ability. Its effect is that when a Pokémon with this ability uses a move that doesn't have a good effect, the damage of the move is doubled.

For example, a fire-type move would normally only deal half the damage to a water-type move, but the Tinted Glasses ability would double the damage, resulting in the normal 1x damage.

This ability is perfect for a strong attacker. Xia Yu remembers that in Pokémon Sapphire, there is a Pokémon called Locust (pictured above!). With the Tinted Glasses ability, the Headband, and the Crystal Bug, the power of its Headbutt move is quite amazing.

The power of Headbutt is 90. With the Headband, the attack is increased by 50%. The Crystal Bug and its STAB Bug type double the power of the move. So, the power of Headbutt is 90 × 1.5 × 2 = 270.

The most crucial point is whether it's a head-on strike or a preemptive skill!

At the same time, this 270 power is a direct 270 power. Except for Pokémon with four times the resistance to Bug, which can only deal 135 damage, even Pokémon with two times the resistance to Bug can ignore the type and deal 270 damage.

Aside from a few physical tank Pokémon that can withstand it, no offensive Pokémon can. And because it's a priority move, it's not as fast as Razorback, making it quite annoying.

Therefore, colored glasses can be considered an extremely high-end characteristic!

Looking at the Gentleman Moth in front of him, Xia Yu remained remarkably calm and cautious! The Bug/Flying type Gentleman Moth has four times the resistance to Grass type, giving it a complete advantage in terms of type. Xia Yu had met his match in his very first battle.

"Gentleman Moth, Insect Chirp!" Wang Mo naturally chose a Bug-type move, which was super effective against Forest Lizard and also provided a STAB boost!

"Forest Lizard, Dragon Pulse!"

Xia Yu chose the Dragon Pulse move. Facing the Gentleman Moth, Xia Yu naturally couldn't let the Forest Lizard use a Grass-type move, so the Dragon-type Dragon Pulse move became the best choice at this time!

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Both Dragon Pulse and Bug Buzz are very strong, being high-powered special attack moves.

One side unleashes a surge of Dragon-type energy, creating a shockwave, while the other side uses Bug Buzz to attach Bug-type energy to a wave for an attack.

The collision of energies instantly stirred up the sand and gravel on the ground, raising a cloud of dust!

The two sides were evenly matched in their first encounter.

"Forest Lizard, get close and ambush its vitals!"

"Gentleman Moth, blow the wind away the smoke!"

The dust obstructed the gentleman moth's vision, giving the forest lizard a chance to get close. Xia Yu knew that the forest lizard would have to rely on a surprise lightning punch to defeat the gentleman moth, so he had to find a way to get close.

Wang Mo on the other side was equally experienced, and he used the Wind skill to blow away the dust while attacking the forest lizard!

The gentleman moth whipped up a gust of wind, instantly dispersing the smoke in front of it, while the wind itself sliced ​​through the forest lizard's body like a blade!

This is where the benefits of physical training become apparent. Even though the wind blade cut and injured the forest lizard, the forest lizard did not slow down and approached the gentleman moth as fast as a green lightning bolt!

"So fast!"