Elf: Starting as the Fighting Gym Master, and being entangled by Nancy.

Chapter 395 The Strongest Trainer Tournament Begins, Blueberry Elite King is Still an Elite King!

"Senior Ma Shide, is there a question you'd like to ask me?"

Li Xuan asked the question.

Masde, Adek: ? ? ?
Even after decades of dominating the scene, both Mastedt and Alder, two aging champion trainers, were stumped by Li Xuan's words.

What do you mean, "Do you have a question for me?"

If I remember correctly, Li Xuan, you only have two legendary ones, and you haven't spent as much time taming them as he has!
Ma Shide is certain that among the legendary Pokémon that Li Xuan has shown so far, only Articuno and Zapdos are included, and if we include the mythical Pokémon, only Keldeo and Meloetta are included.

So the question is, why did Li Xuan say that?

Ma Shide closed his eyes. After years of training, he had developed a special ability: he could sense the "aura" of a Pokémon Trainer.

This "aura" reflects a trainer's strength through the aura of the Pokémon they possess.

Champion-level trainers like Mastedt and Alder are judged based on their peak performance.

"hiss……"

When Ma Shide sensed Li Xuan's aura, he discovered that it was even stronger than that of Aldek at his peak!

Adeke noticed the change in Mastedt's expression and couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

There aren't many new-generation trainers who can elicit such a change in their old friend.

Dan Di, Crimson, and Green—it seems there are only these three.

The fact that they showed such an expression when facing Li Xuan shows that Li Xuan's strength is now on par with that group of people.

"Such powerful dragon-type energy... Master Li Xuan, what extraordinary being have you subdued?"

Ma Shide's gaze fell on the commemorative ball at Li Xuan's waist.

He didn't sense the fighting or ghost energy, but rather the powerful dragon and fire dual-attribute energy.

The source is extremely pure, even...

Even purer than his martial arts master, Bear Master!
Masaka!
Mastedt considered a possibility.

To possess such an origin, and to be in the Unova region.

It's likely that the Pokémon Li Xuan caught was the Pokémon representing "truth," the True Dragon Reshiram!

"It was just luck. Without it, I would just be an ordinary, novice champion-level trainer."

Li Xuan chuckled.

It seems like a euphemistic explanation.

But in reality, it carries a strong sense of Versailles.

Aldak: "..."

Such powerful dragon-type energy?

And it even has fire element!

That's Reshiram, a first-tier god from the Unova region!

Having spent a long time with Fire-type Pokémon, Alder could naturally sense the aura emanating from Li Xuan's memorial ball.

In the Unova region, only Reshiram can possess such an aura!

Li Xuan has only been in the Unova region for less than a month, yet he's already run away with Reshiram?

No wonder he's so close to N, they're both heroes!

In retrospect, all the true and idealistic heroes of the past were always at odds.

Why did these two become such good friends?

Adek didn't quite understand, but given the current situation...

If both N and Li Xuan wanted to take action against the United States, the United States Alliance would probably have been wiped out several times over.
For some reason, Aldak felt that the United States was really lucky to have survived.

Well, seeing how good the relationship is between Gadria and Li Xuan, if she wants any small privileges in the future, just give them to her.

Masde and Adek both guessed that Li Xuan was carrying Rashiram.

Ma Shide then changed the subject, returning to the question about raising legendary Pokémon: "Gym Leader Li Xuan, the dojo I'm in actually raises several legendary Pokémon. They are the cubs of the Martial Arts Urshifu, that is, the Urshifu apprentices."

Urshifu, like the three legendary birds of Galar, is a new legendary Pokémon added in the Pokémon Sword and Shield DLC: The Isle of Armor.

Its attribute is Fighting, and its attributes vary depending on the style.

The Combo Style Martial Arts Bear Master's attributes are Fighting and Water, while the One-Hit Style Martial Arts Bear Master's attributes are Fighting and Dark.

Furthermore, their unique moves are all different.

Fortunately, their characteristics are all the same.

Masted is the trainer of the Martial Arts Bear Master.

Recently, the bear disciples in the dojo have become increasingly unruly.

Masdeh was also troubled by this.

He was troubled about how to deal with these unruly apprentices.

The group of apprentices in the dojo...

Ma Shide felt that they did have some talent, but if Xiong's apprentice followed them, to put it bluntly, it would feel like his talent was being buried.

But if I don't hand it over to other trainers, I don't have much energy to train new Kuma apprentices.

It would be better if the quantity was small.

I could train one like that myself.

But now there are three bear apprentices.

The numbers are rather awkward.

Therefore, Masted has been searching for talented trainers in recent years to see if they are suitable to be the trainers for these bear apprentices.

Trainers like Li Xuan, who excel at Fighting-type Pokémon and are progressing so rapidly, make Ma Shide think that Li Xuan might be a good choice.

When Ma Shide first negotiated with Li Xuan, he was thinking of giving Li Xuan a dog to see how to train.

After all, at that time, Li Xuan was just a newly established dojo master, and only had some talent.

But as time went on, Li Xuan's talent gradually became extraordinary.

The speed at which Pokémon can be bred is getting faster and faster.

It seems that he has only been watching for a month, and Li Xuan's Pokémon have already reached the Elite Four level.

And now, it seems that only two months have passed, and Li Xuan has already subdued Reshiram.

This rate of progress is almost unbelievable.

Judging from Li Xuan's current Pokémon situation, it seems that his Forsaken Monkey has also reached the Champion level, right?

To have a Champion-level Pokémon at such a young age is already comparable to Red, Blue and Green, and Leon.

This made Ma Shide think that if he gave Li Xuan two bear apprentices, he could probably train them.

"So, Master Li Xuan, do you have any plans to cultivate them?"

Thinking of this, Ma Shide asked Li Xuan for his opinion.

Although he did want Li Xuan to train two bear disciples, he couldn't force him if Li Xuan didn't want to.

That's right, let's see if the other party knows about Martial Arts Master Xiong.

In the last century, the martial arts bear master was quite a force to be reckoned with in the Galar region.

After retiring, Master Xiong gradually faded from public view.

If Martial Arts Master Xiong could be revived by Li Xuan, it would truly restore its former glory.

"Sure, I've been thinking about training new Pokémon lately, otherwise all the Pokémon in my team will be almost at the Elite Four level. It'll be hard to even open a gym then."

Li Xuan nodded slightly, not only because Urshifu was a legendary Pokémon, but also because the Pokémon in his team were improving much faster.

Aside from some newly captured Pokémon, the rest are at least at the level of a strong gym.

"...?"

Such remarks from Versailles.

What Mastad thought of was green.

The other side seems capable of assembling a team in a short period of time.

Could it be that there's some kind of superstition behind this in the Kanto region?
Thinking of this, Ma Shide couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement.

Goodness, this is outrageous.

Is it possible that the "luck" of the Kanto region has been concentrated on just a few people?

Otherwise, why are their mid-to-low-end capabilities so poor, while their high-end capabilities are ridiculously strong?
Crimson, Green, and Li Xuan—the first two are already legendary figures in combat.

The latter is also approaching this level of strength!

terrible!
"Then after this strongest trainer competition is over, I'll give those two Pokémon to you."

Ma Shide said with a smile, and with his hands behind his back, he slowly left the place.

"Master Li Xuan, if you need anything, just tell me and I'll try my best to meet your needs, haha."

Adek stepped forward, patted Li Xuan on the shoulder with a hearty laugh, and then lowered his voice, saying, "Anyone looking for a good match? Our Unicron Alliance actually has some nice girls too. For example, Ghost King Wanlong, Gym Leader Raven's Little Chrysanthemum, Gym Leader Wind Dew..."

Alder listed the names of many pretty female trainers like reciting a menu, leaving Li Xuan stunned.

"..."

Gardaria's expression was a little off. Just as Adek was about to continue "selling," she grabbed Li Xuan's wrist and hugged him.

"It seems I've been too talkative."

Adeke also saw what was going on. After laughing heartily a few times, he waved his hand and said, "Master Li Xuan, I'm looking forward to this battle. I hope I can face you then."

"Me too, I'm really looking forward to the match against Mr. Ardek."

Li Xuan's words truly came from the bottom of his heart.

Alder is, after all, a champion-level trainer.

He also wanted to see how far he could go compared to champion trainers.

but……

In terms of attributes, it seems like I have the advantage?

Li Xuan thought about it and realized that if his Pokémon were to face Alder's Pokémon, considering only their current ace Pokémon, he seemed to be able to win.

Speaking of which, we should ask about the situation of the abandoned monkey.

Li Xuan chuckled when he thought about how his abandoned monkey had also run away.

Since we still have plenty of time, let's make a call and ask.

…… ……

Kanto region, Saffron City, Fighting Dojo.

The celebration banquet wasn't held yet; they were waiting for Li Xuan to return before starting it.

"Li Xuan called!"

Inside the dojo, Bu Miao's phone rang.

This made her feel like she was facing a formidable enemy.

To be honest, she hadn't figured out how to explain this to Li Xuan yet.

Too many Pokémon roamed the dojo this time, but it felt strange to only roam a few, as it made the other Pokémon feel isolated.

So, for the past few days, Bu Miao has been thinking about how to explain to Li Xuan that they went to play a game.

"Chirp chirp." (Answer the phone. It's just a pity we couldn't get second place.)
Zapdos walked over and shook its head.

Their goal this time was to get second place, but as soon as Forsaken appeared, it had a big battle with Shiba's Pokémon.

They even managed to defeat two opponents in a row, directly winning the championship.

"Fine, then you can tell him yourself."

Bulbasaur decided to shift the blame to Zapdos, gave it a thumbs up, and pressed the call button.

Press the dial button.

Li Xuan's voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Hey, hey, can you hear me?"

"Chirp chirp!" (Boss, long time no see! I have some good news and some bad news to tell you. Which do you want to hear?)
Zapdos leaned over to the phone microphone and whispered a few words to Li Xuan.

"Oh? Tell me more, but first tell me what the good news is."

Li Xuan raised an eyebrow, letting Zapdos continue.

"Chirp chirp." (Well, the good news is we participated in a competition and won a prize!)
When talking about the reward, Zapdos's tone became noticeably more enthusiastic.

"Oh? You got a reward? That's good news! But what's the bad news? I'd like to know what the bad news is."

Li Xuan nodded slightly; he felt that this was indeed a good thing.

However, this also made him want to know what exactly the bad thing Zapdos was talking about.

"Chirp chirp." (Well, the bad thing is getting first place.)
Zapdos's words were somewhat hesitant. He had originally wanted to get second place, but Abandoned had taken first place.

Originally, the intention was to give the entire land deed to Li Xuan, but now the land deed has turned into two glass beads.

My ideas were immediately dashed.

Even Zapdos was a little embarrassed to tell Li Xuan about it.

"First place? What's so bad about that?"

Li Xuan's tone was somewhat suspicious. First place should be a good thing, so why did Zapdos think it was a bad thing?

Then, Zapdos chirped and told Li Xuan about the difference in rewards between second and first place.

After hearing this, Li Xuan suddenly realized what was going on.

"Oh, I see. I thought it was something else entirely."

Li Xuan chuckled, then asked Bu Miao to take a picture of the glass beads later.

Since it's the glass bead that won first place, the prize probably won't be bad.

Li Xuan hung up the phone.

Bu Miao snapped a few photos and sent them all over.

……

Unova region, Liberty Garden Island.

Upon receiving the photo, Li Xuan immediately raised an eyebrow.

They really are two "glass beads".

One is a seven-colored glass bead, and the other is an orange glass bead with blue and red interior, resembling a DNA helix.

Key Stones and Lucario Stones!

These two items are quite significant; one is a tool used for Mega Evolution of Pokémon, and the other is a tool for Mega Evolution of Pokémon.

It can be said that they are an indispensable combination.

With these two glass beads, Lucario can undergo Mega Evolution.

Moreover, Li Xuan himself already possesses a Blaziken evolution stone.

In this ultimate trainer competition, I might be able to help my partner Mega Evolve!

Thinking of this, Li Xuan asked Bu Miao to take the two beads with the abandoned monkey and then pass the Poké Ball over.

Soon, the Abandoned Monkey's Poké Ball returned to Li Xuan's hands.

"Abandon the drink!"

Abandoned Monkey emerged from its Poké Ball, holding a Key Stone and a Lucario Stone, and handed them to Li Xuan.

"Thanks."

Li Xuan rubbed the head of the abandoned monkey and made another decision.

This competition will allow our teammates to make an appearance.

Otherwise, you'd be using a Champion-level Pokémon to bully Gym-level Pokémon...

This is somewhat bullying of children.

Fortunately, some of my friends are gym-level, so I'll show them off to avoid neglecting them.

Thinking of this, Li Xuan went and exchanged his companions with them.

The Pokémon in the current team are: Poliwag, Machamp, Heracross, Crafty, Flamboyant, and Breloom.

Oh, and there's also Reshiram, whose Poké Ball is with Riolu.

Previously, Genesect's Poké Ball was also taken by Riolu.

However, he was stopped at customs and immediately sent back to the fighting dojo.

It's alright now, there's no customs involved, we can just send one Pokémon back later.

"It feels like it's been ages since I've spent time with them."

Li Xuan thought about it for a moment. He realized that he usually spent most of his time doing special training and didn't have much time to actually play with them.

This is a good opportunity to let them play around.

"First up is Mosquito Coil, whose strength is close to that of a Champion. It's ready to evolve."

Li Xuan took out his most treasured Water Stone and tossed it to Mosquito Coil.

"Mosquito!"

The moment Mosquito Coil touched the Water Stone, it emitted the light of evolution.

When the light faded, a mosquito coil swimmer appeared.

Pokémon: Poliwag

[Attributes: Water, Fighting]

【Attribute: 58】

[Feature: Moisture]

[Moves: Omitted]

After evolving, Mosquito Coil Swimmer gains the Fighting type, making it a prominent character in the Fighting Dojo.

"Mosquito Swim!" (After evolving... his strength has increased considerably.)
Mosquito Swimmer swung its fist. It had witnessed the battle between Shiba's Mosquito Swimmers. Although it was knocked down by the Abandoned Monkey in a few punches, it was filled with a sense of evolution.

And so, after evolving, it is getting used to its new body.

It feels pretty good; my strength has definitely increased significantly.

Compared to my previous self, it's much easier to battle some Pokémon now.

"Alright, now I'll just have some fun with you guys and wait for the competition to start the day after tomorrow."

Li Xuan sent out all his companions, and they had a great time playing all day.

……

Two days later.

The strongest trainer competition has begun.

The method of selecting opponents is very simple; it is simply a random selection.

Li Xuan's opponent is Du Ruo, one of the "Blueberry Four Heavenly Kings".

In a sense, it's also a battle between the Four Heavenly Kings.

Kanto League's Honorary Four Kings VS Blueberry Academy's Four Kings!
The battle of the Four Heavenly Kings—if that were put in the title, it would probably be a hot topic, right?
After thinking about it, Li Xuan mentioned the issue to Jia Deliya.

"Um……"

Cattleya remained silent.

Can the four kings of Blueberry Academy be considered kings?

If this were actually put in the title, it would probably be considered clickbait, right?
"really."

After hearing about the potential consequences from Gadria, Li Xuan decided to change the title.

Change to...

Title: [Strongest Trainer Tournament Day 1, VS Blueberry Academy Prodigy!]

Tags: [Academic School] [Strongest Trainer Tournament] [Outdoor] [Island]

The live stream started.

It's full of flaws.

[The strongest trainer? Where are my Red and Green trainers?]

[I'm a Cynthia fan! A battle without Cynthia doesn't deserve to be called the strongest trainer tournament!]