Chapter 176: Ambush! Evolution Beyond Evolution!
Lu Li only felt immense pressure.
He originally thought his own cheats were outrageous enough, but he never expected this to be an era of great strife where cheaters gathered.
“How about it? Do you feel the pressure?” Ekaterina teased as she looked at Lu Li. “An Elite Level Tropius might not necessarily help you win the match.”
Lu Li: “…”
An Elite Level Tropius couldn’t, but a cheating Elite Level Tropius could.
Lu Li indicated he felt a bit, but not much.
Just as the three were chatting casually, the phone notification sound rang out.
The finals matchup was freshly announced.
Qingfeng City Lu Li VS Nandu City Qu Jing.
“Qu Jing?”
Lu Li raised his eyebrows and asked, “Sister Yao, do you know this person Qu Jing?”
“Qu Jing? I didn’t expect your finals opponent to be him.” Yao Yifei was also a bit surprised, then explained, “Qu Jing is a Dragon Type Trainer, and within the Qu Family, he’s even called a traitor.”
“Abandoning Fairy for Dragon!”
Lu Li suddenly understood.
Thinking of leaving like this, Lu Li couldn’t help but glance at Yao Yifei. The two of them should have quite a few common topics.
Both were traitors to the Fairy Type, one going Flying Type, the other Dragon Type—simply outrageous.
“Qu Jing is just an illegitimate child from the Qu Family’s fourth branch. By seniority, Qu Jing’s father is the Fairy Heavenly King’s fourth brother, but he’s already dead.
To give his branch a continuation, the Fairy Heavenly King took Qu Jing back into the family, and his Starter Pokémon is even a Pseudo-Legendary.”
Lu Li nodded. “Looks like he’s someone with a story too!”
Yao Yifei added, “By the way, there’s a piece of insider news, not sure if it’s true.”
Lu Li looked at Yao Yifei curiously, and even Ekaterina beside him was curious about the insider news from Yao Yifei.
“It’s hearsay… hearsay!” Yao Yifei emphasized.
Ekaterina impatiently urged, “Don’t worry, we’ll keep it confidential.”
Facing the expectant gazes of the two, Yao Yifei revealed with satisfaction, “It’s said that Qu Jing possesses Dragon Tamer Power.”
Ekaterina: “???”
Lu Li: “???”
A person from a Fairy noble family possessing Dragon Tamer Power—what would the Dragon Family think of that?
Even in the Dragon Family, not everyone can awaken Dragon Tamer Power; only those true favored children of heaven can awaken the legendary Dragon Tamer Power.
Yet an illegitimate child from the Yao Family awakened Dragon Tamer Power?
“Fake, right?”
Hearing such gossip, Ekaterina said in shock.
The Dragon Family is a very conservative and rigid family. They strictly forbid marriage with outsiders, and to maintain bloodline purity, the Dragon Family even sometimes engages in close-kin unions.
If this were a normal world, just this alone might ruin the Dragon Family.
But this is the Pokémon World, where humans can even be said to be Pokémon. Close-kin marriage to maintain bloodline purity is really no big deal.
But how could an illegitimate child have Dragon Tamer Power?
Ekaterina analyzed, “Could Qu Jing’s mother be from a Dragon Tamer noble family?”
“How is that possible?” Yao Yifei shook her head.
Human Trainers sometimes have to consider attributes when pairing up. How could a Fairy Type and Dragon Type possibly get together? So there’s only one possibility: the woman wasn’t a Trainer.
Yao Yifei explained with a complex expression, “It’s said that Qu Jing’s mother might come from a Secret Realm, or even possibly from the legendary Dragon Tamer Tribe.”
“Then isn’t that even more explosive?” Ekaterina exclaimed.
In this world, humans can control all sorts of powers, and various powers appearing in humans are random, except Dragon Tamer Power, which is inherited.
Even if there really was a wild Dragon Tamer Power possessor, the Dragon Family would forcibly take them back.
“The Dragon Family had no reaction to this?” Ekaterina asked curiously.
Yao Yifei complained, “The Dragon Family may act domineering, but that depends on the person.”
Fairy beating Dragon isn’t that just daddy beating son? Especially since their enemy is the Fairy Heavenly King.
No hype, no black, if the Dragon Family really dared to cause trouble at the Qu Family, the Fairy Heavenly King might even solo the Dragon Family.
Of course, the premise here is that those old monsters’ Pokémon don’t make a move.
Hearing such gossip, Lu Li actually felt quite pleased.
Two o’clock in the afternoon.
The finals officially began.
Lu Li was stunned when he saw the Pokémon Qu Jing sent out. Although he had anticipated it, seeing this Pokémon still surprised Lu Li a bit.
Qu Jing’s Starter Pokémon was actually a Bagon, the initial form of Dragonite.
Dragonite is very strong, but that’s Dragonite.
Those crowned with the title of Pseudo-Legendary have final evolution forms that far surpass other Pokémon.
But Bagon is very weak; after all, Bagon’s base stat total is only 300.
For Qu Jing to reach the finals with a Bagon, the opponent’s Trainer talent could absolutely be called the number one in the Southern Region.
Curious about Qu Jing’s commanding art, Lu Li sent out Tropius.
Just as the referee was about to announce the start of the match, Qu Jing directly recalled Bagon and said to the referee, “I concede this match.”
???
Not just the referee—even Lu Li and the spectators in the audience seats were all confused.
This was the grand finals! Did it have to be this casual?
The referee, feeling like his CPU was about to burn out, asked dryly, “Um~ Qu Jing player, why are you conceding?”
“Can’t win, so I surrender.”
After saying that, Qu Jing added, “Moreover, this battle offers no help to my growth whatsoever.”
Lu Li: “…”
Qu Jing’s meaning was quite straightforward: a crushing victory isn’t interesting, especially when he’s the one being crushed.
Considering various reasons, Qu Jing chose the simplest method: surrender.
The helpless referee could only announce the end of the match. Lu Li officially won the Southern Kyushu Region championship.
No dragon-tiger struggle, no evenly matched battle—Qu Jing just conceded so straightforwardly.
The spectators in the audience seats had already started cursing; after all, they had bought tickets to enter.
Who knew Qu Jing would directly choose to concede.
Facing the spectators’ abuse, Qu Jing remained unmoved, or rather disdainful.
The greatest humiliation is to ignore; Qu Jing was currently inflicting the greatest humiliation on the spectators.
Lu Li shrugged, recalled Tropius, and turned to leave the match venue.
Someone started throwing water bottles onto the battlefield; Lu Li didn’t want to stay and bear the spectators’ anger.
Qu Jing never acknowledged Lu Li from start to finish—could be called extremely aloof.
Yao Yifei and Ekaterina also found this matter quite absurd, not even knowing how to comfort Lu Li.
But did Lu Li need their comfort? Although the Southern Region tournament had no rewards, ending the match quickly meant he could head back sooner.
Lu Li asked, “Sister Na, do you still have things to do in Nandu City?”
Ekaterina reminded, “Nothing left, but you have to go participate in the finals in a week.”
Before the Five Great Alliances fell out, there was actually a global Rookie Trainer Grand Tournament. But starting a hundred years ago, such tournaments stopped.
Now each alliance governs itself, with very few global tournaments.
“Then let’s head back home.” Lu Li decided.
He couldn’t wait to see what the orchard would look like with the divine item’s boost.
And the planting of Gracidea Flowers—these all needed to be handled quickly.
Lu Li, with no intention of staying in Nandu, rode his Pokémon and left Nandu right after the match.
The reporters waiting for interviews naturally got nothing, but that had nothing to do with Lu Li anymore.
“Finally left Nandu!”
Pairs of greedy eyes watched Lu Li streak across the sky, following Lu Li as they left Nandu together.
Ekaterina sincerely remarked, “There are really so many fearless people in this world!”
After sighing, Ekaterina eagerly said, “You guys go ahead; leave those jackals behind to me.”
“Thanks for the trouble.” Lu Li nodded.
He wasn’t skilled in air battles, and with Ekaterina’s Champion Level Pokémon by her side, there was no need for a Rookie Trainer like him to worry about her safety.
Yao Yifei and Lu Li continued flying toward home.
“Hm?”
Yao Yifei suddenly frowned as she looked ahead.
“Dark clouds? Man-made?” Yao Yifei stopped and turned to ask, “What do we do? Should we avoid that area ahead?”
Looking at the rolling dark clouds ahead, Lu Li nodded.
Crossing dark clouds is actually quite dangerous; nature’s lightning is much stronger than Electric Type Pokémon’s electricity.
Yao Yifei led the way ahead, while Lu Li commanded Bidoof to follow closely behind Yao Yifei.
Yao Yifei was very familiar with the skies of the Southern Region; her route planning was absolutely the shortest and safest—this was a Flying Type Trainer’s specialty.
For some reason, Lu Li suddenly felt uneasy.
Lu Li’s expression suddenly changed; he suddenly thought of a term.
Lure the Tiger Away from its Mountain!
“Watch out!”
Lu Li hurriedly shouted loudly.
A bucket-thick beam of light nearly grazed past Togekiss’s head.
The attack was launched from the ground.
If not for Lu Li’s reminder, if Togekiss didn’t have the Super Luck ability, the ambushed Togekiss would definitely have been instantly crippled.
Missing the first strike, several more Solar Beams shot up from below.
Realizing the opponent had been lying in ambush there for a long time, Yao Yifei’s expression changed slightly, then she unhesitatingly sent out Altaria and Espeon.
“Altaria, use Protect! Espeon, get Lu Li out of here.” Yao Yifei quickly commanded.
As a Flying Type Trainer, being skilled in air battles is normal.
But Yao Yifei had no confidence in protecting Lu Li in an evenly matched battle, so she could only send Lu Li away first.
Purple light gleamed in Espeon’s eyes, and Lu Li along with his underbelly Bidoof vanished from the sky.
In the dense forest, Old Wu, holding binoculars, revealed a sinister smile.
“The fish has finally taken the bait!”
“Altaria! Use Dragon Pulse with maximum power against below!”
“Togekiss! Dazzling Gleam!”
Yao Yifei directly chose overwhelming force, having her Pokémon use high-power, wide-range attacks.
She had air superiority; moves from below would have a hard time hitting her, after all, the sky is vast, and the distance is so far.
“Boom rumble!”
Dragon Pulse swept like a sonic weapon, nearly clearing all vegetation on the ground.
The entire earth instantly rumbled with dust flying, followed by magical light shining in the sky.
Dazzling Gleam is a Radiance Type skill, characterized by wide range and hard to dodge conventionally, with the drawback of lower power.
After two waves of area clearing, the entire earth seemed to fall silent.
Just as Yao Yifei had Espeon use Spiritual Power Scan on the ground, green seeds surged out from the smoke.
Grass Type skill Bullet Seed, and from multiple Grass Type Pokémon using Bullet Seed simultaneously.
“Protect! Dodge at the same time!”
Yao Yifei calmly commanded.
Yao Yifei was employing kite tactics; in the wilderness, this was standard for Flying Type Pokémon.
The advantage is maintaining initiative, the drawback is it takes time.
Although she hadn’t seen the commander hiding in the shadows, the two had already begun their contest.
“I’ve used up all the favors accumulated over the years; if there’s no harvest, this old man will die with eyes wide open!”
After the old man muttered to himself, he commanded the Exeggutor beside him, “Old acquaintance, take me to find that youth.”
Exeggutor nodded, spreading spiritual power around to search for Lu Li, whom Yao Yifei had sent away.
“Trainer, two Gym Level Grass Type Trainers; one is battling us, the other…”
Espeon paused for a moment, then hurriedly reminded, “The other Trainer’s Exeggutor seems to be searching for someone—probably that Lu Li kid.”
Receiving Espeon’s message via spiritual power, Yao Yifei’s face changed drastically.
“Damn! Can’t delay any longer.”
Realizing she might be pinned down, Yao Yifei took out a necklace from between her peaks.
At the same time, as if summoned, Altaria stopped attacking, and a metal collar appeared on its chest.
“Come on! Evolution beyond evolution!”
Evolution Light connected Yao Yifei and Altaria.
After the radiance faded, Mega Altaria made its appearance.
Seeing this familiar light, the middle-aged woman wearing a mask cursed loudly, “Fuck! Old Wu, you old undying bastard, you screwed me over?”
Mega Evolution!
This woman Yao Yifei actually had the matching Mega Stone!
Altaria was only Gym Level strength, but after Mega Evolution, Mega Altaria’s strength was Heavenly King Level—though only early stage, it was still a crushing victory against Gym Level Pokémon!
Even if Mega Evolution didn’t last long, even if the power was temporary, powerful was powerful.
“Chazi, hold on a bit longer; we’ll share the divine item once we get it!” Old Wu hurriedly transmitted via Exeggutor.
Hearing this, Chazi’s face turned green.
“Screw you! What the hell am I supposed to hold with?”
As Chazi cursed loudly, Altaria’s attack arrived.
Chazi looked at the sky in terror.
At this moment! Stars fell!
Dragon Type ultimate move Meteor Storm.
With Mega Evolution plus same-type bonus, the smallest meteors in this Meteor Storm were five meters in diameter, the largest even over twenty meters!
This was a move that could truly destroy heaven and earth, a terrifying move capable of destroying a city!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The huge meteors smashed recklessly into the earth, shaking it while kicking up countless dust.
Chazi screamed her lungs out amid the Meteor Storm, “Protect! All of you, use Protect!”
