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Xu Jie's defeat to Jiang Chen was completely within everyone's expectations.
"Next time, I will definitely defeat you," Xu Jie said to Jiang Chen, unwilling to accept defeat.
"You should first figure out what moves your Charmander has mastered before saying that."
Defeating such an opponent gave Jiang Chen no sense of superiority. He was more focused on the points obtained after defeating the opponent.
"So few?"
Perhaps Xu Jie was too weak; he only obtained ten points.
Accumulating at this rate, when would he be able to buy a Legendary Pokémon?
"Squirtle, you did well. This is your reward."
Jiang Chen gave the Pokéblocks to Squirtle. This was the type of Pokéblock that Water-type Pokémon loved most. Squirtle held the Pokéblocks with a blissful expression.
"With just this level, he wants to challenge Jiang Chen? I feel like even I could beat him."
"His theoretical grades are good in class, so he thinks he's a phoenix?"
"During the usual practical battle classes, I've never seen him win against Jiang Chen. He's just asking for a beating. When he wanted to challenge him earlier, Jiang Chen didn't even want to bother with him."
One by one, sarcastic remarks reached Xu Jie's ears. Xu Jie couldn't take it anymore. He glared fiercely at Jiang Chen and then ran away as if fleeing.
"These people are drawing hatred towards me."
Jiang Chen glanced at the classmates in the class.
Although they simply wanted to mock Xu Jie, the hatred was indeed directed at Jiang Chen.
Xu Jie, who was already dissatisfied with him, would probably hate him even more now.
Just as Jiang Chen was planning to train with Squirtle, Ling Wanqiu walked over.
"School Beauty Ling wouldn't also be challenging me, would she?"
He and Ling Wanqiu were competitors in class. To be precise, Ling Wanqiu considered him a competitor.
In class, Jiang Chen's overall grades were first, and her overall grades were second.
"Yes, I want to challenge you. But I'm not challenging your Squirtle."
Ling Wanqiu looked at another shrunken Poké Ball on Jiang Chen's waist.
"Alright then."
Jiang Chen looked at Squirtle.
"Come back for now, Squirtle."
He accepted Ling Wanqiu's challenge, also wanting to test if defeating stronger Pokémon would grant more points.
"Come out, Dragonite."
"Garchomp, come out."
Two pseudo-legendary Pokémon appeared. Ling Wanqiu's status was not ordinary; her father was a Fighting-type Elite Four member. It was normal for her to own a pseudo-legendary.
"That's Dragonite, and Garchomp."
"Wow, a battle between the son of an Elite Four member and the daughter of an Elite Four member! This is the real exciting show."
"Pseudo-legendaries, huh? I don't have much hope of obtaining one in this lifetime."
Seeing the two pseudo-legendaries, the surrounding students' eyes were filled only with envy. Even the teachers from the school gathered around.
Pseudo-legendaries were too rare. Even for them, the teachers, it was rare to see one in real life.
Compared to Garchomp's domineering and ferocious appearance, Dragonite seemed to be a notch lower in terms of aura.
"Garchomp, charge forward and use Dual Chop."
Ling Wanqiu wouldn't be polite with Jiang Chen.
"Dragonite, fly up and dodge the attack."
Its small wings flapped once, and Dragonite instantly took off, just in time to avoid Garchomp's Dual Chop.
"Garchomp, you fly up too, chase after it."
Don't be fooled by the fact that Garchomp had no wings; this didn't hinder Garchomp from flying at all. In fact, Garchomp's flying speed was not slow at all.
"Boom!"
Garchomp, having just taken off, suffered a crash. Dragonite made a U-turn in the air and directly used Dragon Dive from above, hitting Garchomp and knocking it down.
The ground trembled slightly. The specially made field was now riddled with craters.
"Don't be polite, use Hyper Beam."
A white destructive beam shot out from Dragonite's mouth, hitting Garchomp, which was trapped deep in the crater.
The field trembled again. The resulting shockwave made the surrounding people instinctively step back, their faces filled with deep horror.
"With such a Pokémon, isn't the campus tournament a guaranteed win?"
"Brother, haven't you heard? The campus tournament only allows Pokémon captured after receiving your starter Pokémon at fifteen."
Pokémon like Jiang Chen's, which had been trained for three years, were not allowed to participate. The most advanced machines would be used for detection at that time; there were restrictions. If the rules were violated, one would be directly disqualified.
The purpose of this was to maintain fairness.
Although there was no absolute fairness in this world, the school would try its best to maintain it.
Otherwise, if those who obtained Pokémon in advance brought out Pokémon they had trained for several years, what would those ordinary students do? They would probably be instantly defeated upon entering the field.
There were restrictions on the Pokémon used in internal campus competitions, exchange matches between schools, and the national rookie trainer tournament.
However, as long as it wasn't a tournament organized by the school, such as the more prestigious Youth Rising Dragon Cup, the National Pokémon Conference, or the Elite Four Cup, there were no restrictions on these events. As long as it was confirmed to be your own Pokémon, you could use it.
The Pokémon Academy arranged these rule restrictions to maintain fairness as much as possible.
After all, in school, it was never as cruel as after entering society.
However, fairness was also relative. Others used their resources to obtain starter Pokémon and pseudo-legendaries, while you had ordinary Pokémon. Was that fair?
They could only try to maintain fairness as much as possible; after all, absolute fairness was impossible.
Returning to the battle.
After enduring two major moves, Dragon Dive and Hyper Beam, Garchomp did not fall.
This was the power of a pseudo-legendary, the power of a Dragon-type Pokémon: incredibly high stamina, very resistant to damage, and yet its attacks were extremely sharp. This was what created the dominant position of Dragon-types.
The dominant position of Dragon-types was also inseparable from pseudo-legendaries, because most pseudo-legendaries were Dragon-type.
There were only two non-Dragon-type pseudo-legendaries: Tyranitar and Metagross.
Ling Wanqiu bit her lip. Although the battle wasn't over, Ling Wanqiu knew she had already lost.
Dragon-type was super effective against Dragon-type. After taking a major Dragon-type move, Garchomp was not lightly injured. Adding the major Normal-type move Hyper Beam, the result was already very clear.
Moreover, Jiang Chen could have pressed his advantage just now, but he didn't. It could be considered giving her face.
"I concede this battle. Come back, Garchomp."
Ling Wanqiu could see that there was a gap in strength between her Garchomp and Jiang Chen's Dragonite.
Although she had a strong competitive spirit, there was no chance of victory, and continuing the battle would only cause Garchomp further injury. There was no need to continue.