A water-type trainer who specializes in dragon-type water.

Zhang Heng stared intently at the mysterious words floating in the air, as if he wanted to see through these characters to see the secrets hidden behind them.

He read the rules of this trip word by word with full concentration, not missing any details, and secretly prayed in his heart that he could find even the slightest flaw in them.

Time passed minute by minute, and finally, Zhang Heng narrowed his eyes slightly, his gaze fixed on a certain sentence in the middle.

Zhang Heng muttered to himself, "It will change according to your strength? Hmm... If I send out a level 46 Wave Water, common sense suggests the opponent will send out Blastoise to counter it. But what if I send out a level 12 Water Leaper?"

Just like the famous detective Sherlock Holmes's focus and sharpness when deciphering a case, a flash of inspiration suddenly struck him, like Watson discovering a crucial clue amidst a thick fog. That's right! Zhang Heng excitedly realized he had found a loophole in the rules.

Zhang Heng began to analyze the situation further. "Since this strange space has so many restrictions, such as only allowing the use of Water, Fighting, and Dark skills, it's clear that all of this is specifically designed based on Disciple Xiong's relatively limited skill pool. Therefore, the purpose of this trial is obvious: it was carefully designed to test Disciple Xiong."

However, fate seemed to be particularly kind to Zhang Heng. Coincidentally, his Water Leap not only received the blessings of two powerful Pokémon, Master Bear and Disciple Bear, but also gained two unique skills that weren't originally part of Water Leap's skill pool.

In this way, the water-leaping fish actually has a unique and huge advantage in this space surrounded by many restrictions.

Zhang Heng subconsciously turned his head to look at the small, pink-colored water-leaping fish on his shoulder. He thought to himself, this trial is like a test with standard answers! Zhang Heng was completely confident that he could pass this test successfully.

He slowly reached out his hand and lovingly stroked the water-leaping fish resting on his shoulder. A hint of tenderness crossed his handsome face as he softly said to the water-leaping fish, "Little one, this is the first time we've fought side by side. Please take good care of me."

After hearing what its owner said, the water-leaping fish immediately smiled brilliantly, and its two big round eyes instantly curved into cute crescent shapes.

It stretched out its pink little paws and gently patted its chest a few times, while making a clear and pleasant sound from its mouth - "Gela Gela~" It seemed to be responding to Zhang Heng, indicating that everything was fine and all difficulties could be left to it to solve without any worries.

Then, the water-leaping fish leaped nimbly and lightly from Zhang Heng's broad and warm shoulders, rushing straight into the crystal clear pool below like a pink lightning, splashing a crystal clear water.

Zhang Heng stood firmly in place, his gaze fixed firmly on the imposing Blastoise in the center of the trial field, and he shouted loudly, "I have decided to send my Water Leap Fish as the challenger for this trial!"

Blastoise stood quietly in the Water Tower, its huge body emitting powerful energy fluctuations, as if it had merged with the entire tower.

However, surprisingly, this Blastoise, seemingly made of pure energy, showed some ability similar to thinking and perception. At this moment, it was staring with wide eyes in surprise at the petite pink figure not far away.

In the pool on the other side, a water-leaping fish was flapping its wings happily. It was still small, even shorter than the depth of the pool. It struggled to flap its small tail fin and wave its two short forelimbs at the same time, trying to keep itself afloat on the water.

After observing the water-leaping fish, the Blastoise slowly raised its head and cast its gaze towards Zhang Heng standing beside it. A hint of silence flashed in its eyes.

Immediately, a fierce blue light erupted from the Blastoise's body. Its form began to change again, gradually shrinking, but as it shrank, its tail began to grow larger, finally appearing as a lighter indigo-blue creature with an oval head and a pair of furry, wing-like ears.

Its eyes are brown, its tiny fangs can be seen in its mouth, and there are small dark blue oval markings on its cheeks. Its forelimbs have three sharp claws and its tail is furry.

"This is Stottle!" This was the first time Zhang Heng saw the other three water-type Pokémons besides the Aquatic Leaper. Although they were not real creatures, Zhang Heng was still very curious.

Zhang Heng muttered, "So that's what they meant by 'it will change according to your strength.' Shuiyueyu is currently level 12, and based on the situation of Shuiyueyu, it has suppressed its level to about level 16. Its appearance has also changed from Blastoise to its degenerate form - Squirtle."

Furthermore, the water, which was about 60 centimeters deep, began to recede slowly, then vanished without a trace. The jumping fish, initially floating on the surface, slowly descended, finally landing firmly on all fours.

"Wow, this guy can not only change his form according to his strength, but also change the venue."

The text that floated in the air transformed into water molecules and dissipated. Then it converged into four new characters: "The Trial Begins."

"Strike first to gain the upper hand! Water Leap Fish, Sonic Fist."

Before he could even see the Water Leap Fish gathering fighting energy, its body suddenly disappeared and appeared in front of Stottle, waving its pink little claws forward.

Just as the water jump fish was about to hit the head of the card turtle with the sonic punch of fighting energy. (I originally wrote a gimmick, but it didn't pass the review.)

Stottle's head suddenly retracted into its shell, causing the attack of the Water Leaper to miss.

"This is... retreating into the shell!"

Retracts into the shell, a water-type transformation skill that can increase the Pokémon's defense by one level.

In fact, this skill is more of a talent of turtle-type Pokémon than a transformation skill. Using this skill does not even have a pre-swing, and it is even faster than the priority skill - Sonic Punch.

After dodging the attack, the turtle retracted its limbs and large, fluffy tail into its shell. The entire shell then began to spin at high speed, attacking the water-leaping fish.

A high-speed spin, typically a physical attack skill with 50 power. Attacks the opponent by spinning. Can escape attacks such as Bind, Tighten, and Parasitic Seed. Also increases speed.

"Water Leap Fish, hold on."

The Water Leap Fish began to gather the surrounding general energy. However, no energy fluctuations appeared, and the protective light shield could not form before it was hit by the high-speed rotation of the turtle.

"Grah~" With a cry of surprise, Shuiyueyu was knocked away by the high-speed rotation and fell in front of Zhang Heng.