Elf: No, it's because he was made the gym leader!

Just as I stepped through the door, an explosion suddenly rang out.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"Bear!"

Then came two more explosions in quick succession, accompanied by the sounds of flames burning.

Curious, Lu Yuan led Xiao Lan to the backyard of the Yamanashi Research Institute.

In the backyard, two figures were locked in a fierce standoff, surrounded by smoke and flames.

One of them was tall and had a peculiar appearance, resembling Ronald McDonald, the famous fast-food chain.

His exaggerated afro hairstyle makes people feel inexplicably hot.

The Fire-type Elite Four of the Sinnoh region, Bigleaf.

He seemed to have mentioned in the group chat that there was a match today.

Lu Yuan unconsciously turned his gaze to the opposite side of Da Ye.

She was a tall woman with cascading blonde hair, giving her a striking visual impact.

Lu Yuan seemed to realize something and suddenly opened his eyes wide.

Sinnoh Champion, Cynthia!

Noticing two strangers outside the arena, Cynthia smiled slightly, but then turned her attention back to the battle.

"Flower Rock Monster, share the pain!"

"Sizzle~"

As soon as Cynthia finished speaking, the wedge stone on the Flower Rock Monster's body trembled violently, and a dark and deep purple light suddenly shot out from the cracks on its surface.

In an instant, it became closely connected with the Infernape in the arena.

With a painful roar, something strange happened: the flames that had been burning fiercely on Infernape's head seemed to have lost their power and became noticeably weaker.

At the same time, the Flower Rock Monster, which was already on the verge of collapse, suddenly regained its vitality. Its health points miraculously recovered rapidly, and in the blink of an eye, it reached a relatively healthy state.

They shared the pain and divided their physical strength equally.

Seeing this, Da Ye's heart skipped a beat.

Come again.

I was originally going out today in high spirits to challenge the boss.

All the way, he was preoccupied with how to defeat the boss's Garchomp, but it turned out that the boss's first Pokémon was not Garchomp, but this inconspicuous Rockruff.

At first, I didn't think much of it. I figured it was just a rock monster, and they probably wanted to save Garchomp for last to conserve its stamina.

This shows that his strength is enough to threaten the boss, forcing her to take him seriously.

But things took a completely unexpected turn.

This flower rock monster is incredibly cunning.

Deadly poison, and misfortune never comes singly.

Spells can help alleviate pain.

While I wasn't looking, he switched the tail of the back attack to the Flame Horse.

It tricked the three Pokémon, leaving only Infernape.

No, who told you to play like that?

Scholars can be killed, but not humiliated!

Da Ye clenched his fists, veins bulging on his forehead, and glared angrily at the Flower Rock Monster in front of him.

"Infernape, don't be discouraged! Let this guy see the bond between us!"

"A full-force Flame Charge—!!"

Lu Yuanguang could tell from the roar that Sinnoh had so many emotional trainers; they were all influenced by him.

It's like your eardrums are about to be pierced; isn't that a unique kind of metallic sound?

But speaking of which, Cynthia's tactics seem a bit familiar, don't they?

"Why does Miss Cynthia's tactics look so familiar?" Little Blue murmured to herself.

This fighting style made her instinctively feel uncomfortable, both physically and mentally.

Something feels off...

Influenced by Big Leaf's roar, Infernape, which was originally in a weakened state on the field, suddenly felt a surge of power.

"Ku!"

The fire was triggered directly.

The flames above suddenly shot up three meters high, and with a powerful stomp of his feet on the ground, the ground instantly exploded, leaving only a pile of charred stones.

Holy crap, manually turn up the power!

Where's the referee? I want to report a non-compliant Infernape.

Lu Yuan looked around but couldn't find the referee, and he was greatly disappointed.

But to be fair, the Four Heavenly Kings truly lived up to their name; their power after unleashing their full potential was indeed formidable.

He's much better than some old man.

Infernape launched itself like a fiery cannonball, distorting the surrounding air with terrifying heat.

But Cynthia's next words made Xiao Lan and Da Ye's pupils shrink.

"Flower Rock Monster, stealthy attack."

A dark aura surged up like a tidal wave, quickly enveloping the Flower Rock Monster. In the blink of an eye, the Flower Rock Monster vanished into thin air.

Phantom Assault: The Pokémon using this move will dive into another dimension to charge up on the first turn and launch an attack on the second turn.

Boom! !

The energy surge that shook the entire area caused a large amount of rubble to be swept into it and crushed into dust, as if a bomb had exploded right next to everyone's ears.

A terrifying shockwave engulfed everything around it.

But it missed the Flower Rock Monster.

It's empty, so empty...

this moment.

Da Ye felt as if something was blocking his chest. He opened his mouth wide, but couldn't utter a single word.

That's a bit inhumane.

Only Lu Yuan thought it was much more normal. With such a huge nuclear bomb exploding right in front of you, why would you try to take the hit when you could easily dodge it?

The massive counter-damage from Flame Charge nearly brought Infernape down.

At that moment, the Flower Rock Monster, which had been hiding in another dimension, suddenly emerged from behind it.

As a noble Ghost-type Pokémon, always remember to attack from behind rather than face the enemy head-on, and to hide in the dark rather than in the sunlight.

It's clear that the Flower Rock Monster has grasped the truth of this statement.

"boom!"

Infernape collapsed heavily to the ground, most of the flames on its body extinguished.

"Infernape, don't give up!"

Da Ye's voice came from behind again.

The miracle happened!

Infernape stood up! It actually stood up!

Even though the numerous wounds on its body were far beyond its capacity to bear, it still managed to stand up with its tenacious willpower.

Xiao Lan was filled with awe upon seeing this.

She felt that this scene was familiar.

"Granita, Shadow Ball!"

Cynthia gave the order without hesitation.

The Shadow Ball exploded on Infernape, unleashing a terrifying surge of Ghost-type energy.

The flames that had been rising from the Infernape were completely extinguished.

The importance of finishing off enemies.

Lu Yuan finally breathed a long sigh of relief when he saw Infernape lying on the ground with its eyes spinning.

If he gets killed here, he probably won't be able to sleep tonight.

However, the invincibility cheat is really disgusting. Da Ye Ren looked honest, but I didn't expect him to be using the cheat so blatantly.