Elf: Starts with small diamonds, then mutates into Diancie.

In this world, gyms are not just for accepting challenges and awarding badges, as depicted in the anime.

The eighteen gyms, each with its own attribute, are located throughout the country and are the only designated venues for ranked matches within the league.

The same is true of the Asahi Dojo, where Su's father took office; all sorts of facilities, including training grounds and competition arenas, exist within the dojo.

You could say that the Taoist temple itself is like a large living area.

Upon entering the dojo, Su Hao immediately contacted his manager, who worked for his father, and explained his purpose.

The agent's surname was Qian. He was a middle-aged man with an honest appearance, a kind personality, and a slight obesity.

After Su's father became the museum owner, he handled many trivial matters. For example, when Su Hao was a child, his father was away on missions and his mother was in seclusion at the research institute. When there was no one to contact, Uncle Qian would handle the trivial matters.

Because of this connection, Su Hao and Uncle Qian have always had a good relationship.

After waiting a short while, Uncle Qian led Su Hao and the others through the long queue to the inner space to complete the formalities.

Having insiders is indeed very efficient; the three players' qualifying spots for the ranked matches were registered in no time.

With Uncle Qian's explanation, the three of them quickly understood the operating procedure.

After registering to participate in ranked matches, you can match up for battles in the official Trainer App on your mobile phone.

For a match to be considered successful, both players must confirm that they can arrive at the designated match venue within the match time.

Once the competition is established, any participant who fails to arrive at the designated venue within the specified time limit will be deemed to have forfeited the competition and will automatically forfeit.

In short, you can match up for Poké Ball level matches using your mobile phone.

The early stages of the ranking tournament were very similar to the World Championship in the Pokémon Journeys series that Su Hao had watched before his transmigration.

Without much thought, Su Hao picked up his phone and opened the official trainer app. His profile clearly showed that he had already participated in ranked matches.

Name: Su Hao

Age: [17]

Pogarman: []

Rank: [Poké Ball Level]

Occupation: [Student]

Not only has a new rank verification been added to the official app, but a small Poké Ball icon has also appeared next to his avatar in the Piplup chat software.

Is this the legendary "showing the dog tag"?

Su Hao opened the ranking interface and selected match.

The match was established the instant you clicked.

Click to confirm and start the battle; the battle will be set up quickly.

Su Hao clicked on the other person's profile picture and saw from the bio that they were clearly a student about his age.

The app instructed Su Hao to arrive at Battlefield No. 13 before 11:00 AM.

I glanced at the time; there was still plenty of time.

Su Hao turned his gaze to Li Hua and Jiang Chengcheng beside him. They had also completed their matchmaking one after the other, one in battlefield number 14 and the other in battlefield number 15.

After greeting Uncle Qian, Su Hao quickly arrived at the No. 13 battle arena.

As a dedicated arena for qualifying matches, it is equipped with a standard playing field, referee Rotom, and spectator seating.

A few parents who brought their children to watch the match were sitting scattered in the stands.

The ranking tournament, organized by the league, is one of the paths to the top four.

Even the battles involving the lowest-level Poké Balls attract a large audience.

Su Hao's opponent arrived before him; he was a boy the same age as Su Hao, but Su Hao felt like he had seen him somewhere before.

The other person was also staring intently at Su Hao, their gaze burning with desire.

"I never expected my first ranked match opponent to be you!" Ye Fan stared at Su Hao, very seriously.

After confirming it several times, Su Hao finally remembered.

The boy opposite him was the one he defeated in his first battle against Little Diamond!

Su Hao remembered that the boy's Pokémon was Teddiursa.

After both sides underwent identity verification by referee Lotom, Su Hao's first qualifying match officially began!

This match was recognized as a Pokémon ranking tournament at the Poké Ball level in the China League.

[Style of competition.]

[The two opponents are Su Hao and Ye Fan.]

[In Poké Ball level battles, only one Pokémon is used.]

[Battle begins!]

"Revenge, Little Bear!"

"Go, Hot Cat!"

The moment Referee Rotom announced the start of the match, both players simultaneously threw out their Poké Balls.

The bear cub I met a month ago looks much taller now.

Ye Fan was a little confused when he saw that Su Hao released a hot cat instead of small diamonds.

My fist's hard! Even if you've beaten me before, you can't use your newly caught Pokémon to taunt others!

However, with the current strength of the bear cub, dealing with the excessive dual defense of the small diamond is indeed quite difficult.

While it's a bit of a shame that I can't get my revenge, I might as well say, "Hot Cat, this is perfect! I'll make you pay the price for underestimating me!"

Ye Fan was very certain that even though the Pokémon Su Hao had captured had already undergone a certain evolution, Teddy Bear was still superior in terms of raw strength!

Looking at the data of the bear cub in front of him, Su Hao roughly understood why Ye Fan dared to say that this was a revenge battle.

Pokémon: Teddy Bear

Attribute: [Normal]

Gender: [♂]

Feature: [Fast Track]

Level: [21]

Techniques: [Grab, Lick, Round Eyes, Consecutive Slashes, Wild Grab, An Eye for an Eye, Cleave, Lightning Fist, Endure]

Most Pokémon level up quickly before reaching Elite rank, but once they break through to Elite rank, it becomes a slow and steady process.

Slow-moving Pokémon may take several months to level up.

After noting down the data of the bear cub, Su Hao commanded the hot cat to launch an attack.

"Hot Cat, charge over there and use Flame Fang!"

After evolving, the limbs of the Firecat became thicker, naturally resulting in greater explosive power.

The flames overflowing from its mouth formed huge, sharp fangs of fire, which looked incredibly imposing as the Fiery Cat charged.

"Little Bear, hit him back with your Thunder Fist!"

Ye Fan was not to be outdone. Although this fiery cat had even mastered the Flame Fang, which was beyond his expectations, he and the bear cub were not to be trifled with either.

The bear cub's palm gradually filled with lightning, and it slammed it down hard on the flame teeth that the scorching cat had gathered as it charged towards it.

Lightning and fire were locked in a fierce struggle, neither giving way to the other.

But in the end, it was Hot Cat who did more work than Bear Cub.

The Lightning Fist was gradually suppressed by the Flame Fang.

After a brief stalemate, Flame Fang broke through the barrier of Thunder Fist, its flaming teeth biting into the bear cub's weakened right paw and flinging it into the air.

With a burst of strength, the hot cat leaped to the bear cub, which was still freefalling through the air.

The Flame Fang directly hit the bear cub, causing massive damage.

"Cub Bear!"

To make matters worse, the bear cub, which had been severely injured, was now suffering from burns!

Su Hao never imagined that the 10% burn probability of Flame Fang could be triggered.

Su Hao became slightly wary, because the unplanned burns might actually become an asset to the other side.

The bear cub in front of me has learned the "endurance" move, which is twice as powerful when used when the bear is poisoned, paralyzed, or burned.

Although Su Hao was confident that even if Bear Cub, in its burned state, used its best moves to fight against Hot Cat in a power contest, Hot Cat would not lose.

However, if you have the means to play it safe, there's no need to take risks.

Su Hao immediately chose to change his combat strategy and launch a firepower suppression attack!

"Heat Cat, use Flamethrower!"

The fire pouch under the Hot Cat's neck glowed slightly, and it spewed out scorching flame rays directly from its mouth!

Seeing the bear cub in a burned state, Ye Fan, who had intended to lure the hot cat over and use its strength to ambush it, was surprised to find that the hot cat could actually use a high-powered ranged attack.