Pokémon: I picked up a reborn Eevee at the start of the game.

Could it be that she wanted to use the silk to exhaust Kung Fu Itachi's stamina first?

That's not very realistic either. A veteran Fighting-type Pokémon wouldn't lose stamina just from jumping around for a little while.

After observing for a long time and eliminating countless possibilities, Corinne finally came up with an absurd yet plausible conjecture.

Doesn't this scene look a bit like Sylvanas giving Kung Fu Itachi dodging training?

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After overcoming numerous difficulties and forging ahead, Kung Fu Weasel finally arrived before the Great Demon King, Sylveon.

Although it was just a fight with two ribbons, Kung Fu Itachi suddenly felt that the sense of accomplishment he felt at this moment was no less than that of defeating strong opponents in the previous two dojo matches.

Shaking off the inexplicable feeling in his mind, Kung Fu Weasel held his breath, concentrated his energy, and launched a final charge towards Eevee.

Come on! Let me see what you're capable of!

Chapter 143 The First Grand Contest Opens (4K Two-in-One!)

Watching the seemingly intense but actually one-sided battle on the field, Xia Chen felt quite complicated.

After evolving, Sylveon's strength exceeded his expectations.

As an observer, he had long noticed that Xianbu's condition did not seem like he was using his full strength.

Using only two ribbons that are hardly considered moves, Kung Fu Itachi was already struggling to defend himself. Undoubtedly, this was more like a sparring match for Kung Fu Itachi.

After the evasion training comes the attack training, followed by the resistance training.

In the end, Kung Fu Itachi still fell to the powerful roar of Sylveon, which was enhanced by [Fairy Skin].

From the resolute yet relieved expression on its face before it collapsed, one can see the state of mind of the Kung Fu Weasel before it lost consciousness; it must have been a glorious defeat.

With Kung Fu Weasel back in action, Korrina knew that with Sylveon in the lineup, her chances of winning this battle were extremely slim.

However, she is not the kind of person who would give up fighting knowing she would lose; otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to keep going to the Hundred-Times Dojo to get beaten up for half a month straight.

Throw out the last Poké Ball, and the blue-black puppy enters the fray. Korrina shouts, "We won't give up! Let's show our fighting spirit!"

It's unclear whether she was encouraging Riolu or herself.

But boosting your spirits isn't a cheat code, and Riolu didn't undergo a Super Evolution.

Riolu, whose strength was only slightly stronger than Kung Fu Itachi, could not escape the fate of being trained and fell in resentment at the feet of Sylveon's gorgeous silk.

The match ended with Xia Chen defeating Ke Erni 3-1.

What was initially thought to be a closely contested battle turned into a devastating defeat for Senbu.

However, Korne was not discouraged; this battle made her realize her current shortcomings.

The disadvantage of a single type in battle is still too great. For example, when Xia Chen's Ralts battled Sylveon, Fighting-type attacks were completely useless.

Two weeks later, the snow melted, and she left Baike City, heading towards Route 17 with the goal of capturing a naughty panda.

Meanwhile, Xia Chen finally finished his paper on the evolution of Sylveon and submitted it to the email address of his old friend, Pokémon Evolution.

This time, the paper has only one author: Xia Chen.

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Sinnoh region, Masago Town, Yamanashi Research Institute.

An old man with white hair and beard and a serious face was carefully observing an ugly fish in an aquarium.

He muttered to himself, "Why is there still no change? Has the Beautiful Energy Cube failed to be developed again? How did that kid Xia Chen manage to do it?"

As an authority on Pokémon evolution research, Professor Yamanashi is quite interested in Milotic's second evolution path, which caused a sensation around the world some time ago.

He even personally approved this article.

Although he knew that the Beauty Cube would be available on the market after the experiment, he couldn't help but try to make it himself again and again out of a researcher's curiosity.

However, after two months of research, there were still no results.

He stroked his beard and decided to go back and take care of other matters first.

Professor Yamanashi is not only the director of Sinnoh's most famous research institute, but also the editor-in-chief of Pokémon Evolution magazine.

Several days of March have passed, and he still hasn't found a cover story for this month, which is giving him a real headache.

However, Dr. Yamanashi has not been very satisfied with the cover stories for the following issues since the December issue of [Milky Way Evolution].

It's nothing more than delving into the details of Pokémon evolution. While it's not entirely useless, calling it bland is perfectly accurate.

"That kid's spoiled mouth!"

Dr. Yamanashi muttered to himself as he sat down at his computer and routinely checked the emails submitted to the Pokémon Evolution email address.

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"The second evolution path for Magikarp to evolve into Gyarados - Rage Cube. A cheap trick."

"It's interesting to explore why one parent disappears when a pair of mice evolves into a family of mice."

"Research on Eevee's Fairy-type Evolution Forms. It's Eevee again, the same old story!"

Dr. Yamanashi shook his head helplessly; eight out of the ten submitted papers were about Eevee.

So what, just because Eevee has many evolutionary forms, you think you can just flood the chat with irrelevant posts and exploit people like this?

The fairy attribute has been overused and ruined.

Wait, what about fairy attributes?

Dr. Yamanashi suddenly realized that this was a hot topic among celebrities throughout the past year, and someone had figured it out?

Is it the Bratano Institute? Or the Vladali Institute?

Dr. Yamanashi instantly thought of the two largest research institutes in the Carlos region.

Surely it couldn't have been invented by that clown Axel, could it?

Dr. Yamanashi looked curiously at the sender's name in the email.

夏琛

It's him? !

How could Professor Yamanashi not know this name he was just talking about? Although he had never met him in person, he had talked with Professor Oak about this young man he had known for a long time.

Come to think of it, I haven't heard Oak mention that he's been researching Eevee's Fairy-type evolution lately.

Could this old guy be planning a surprise for me?

Dr. Yamanashi opened the paper and looked for the four characters "Ōki Yukinari" in the author's name.

However, the vast author attribution area only contained a single, solitary name.

Xia Chen!

In other words, he figured this out all by himself?

He single-handedly defeated more than a dozen of the world's top research institutes.

Filled with a mixture of shock and curiosity, Dr. Yamanashi eagerly immersed himself in the article.

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Although nearly two months have passed since the first grand performance of the Ma Xiu at the Sacred Tree Festival, the popularity of this newly emerging performance style has not diminished at all.

On Pixiv, Douyin, and various other social media platforms, topics about glamorous performances have consistently topped the charts.

Of course, it would be impossible for Ma Xiu's few performances alone to have such a long-lasting popularity. The fundamental reason for this phenomenal popularity lies in the active participation of countless trainers around the world.

In less than two months, the number of videos tagged with "[Glamour Performance]" has exceeded one billion!

It's important to know that this is the number of posts, not the number of views. A billion is almost equivalent to the number of registered trainers worldwide.

Of course, this doesn't mean that all trainers participated in this frenzy, as most trainers posted more than one performance video.

Many smart people have even seized this opportunity and become internet celebrities who gained tens of millions of followers in two months.

Amidst this nationwide carnival, the Carlos Alliance officially released a major announcement.

The first World Grand Prix will be held in Aroma City on March 15th.

Ma Xiu, Mikoli, Lijia, and Xiaoxia will serve as judges and will have an exhibition match with the first champion after the competition.

The total prize pool for the first competition was a staggering tens of millions!

Furthermore, the winning trainer will become the first trainer to be inducted into the [Hall of Fame].

Undoubtedly, this news attracted worldwide attention as soon as it was released.

Although the Grand Contest only accepts offline registrations in Lavender City and imposes restrictions on applicants at the senior level or above, it still cannot stop the overwhelming enthusiasm of Grand Contest enthusiasts.

Everyone knows that since the league has taken action, it means that this competition will continue to be held, and it may even become a competition comparable to the league's main tournament in the future.

Therefore, the title of the first Grand Contest champion is quite attractive.

As a result, within just a few days, flights from all over the world to Aroma City were running almost non-stop, day and night.

Even more extreme, some people, not wanting to miss this grand event, rode their Flying-type Pokémon across the ocean to the Kalos region.

The once quiet city of Aroma City, which had been somewhat deserted for the past two months due to the death of the sacred tree, suddenly became bustling with people. Some people even camped in the wild because all the hotels were booked.

In March, the weather is still chilly despite the fluctuating temperatures. Although the northern city of Xiangxun won't freeze you to death, it's definitely not a pleasant place to be in.

Xia Chen rented a Charizard on March 10th and flew back to Aroma City.

This was the busiest time of day, and the hotel had already been completely booked.

But Xia Chen obviously didn't have to live in such a miserable state in the wild; instead, he moved into a spacious and comfortable aromatherapy dojo.

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Inside Xia Chen's room at the Aromatherapy Center.

Miss Ma Xiu's face was flushed, and she looked at Xia Chen with hazy eyes. "May I touch her?"

Xia Chen shrugged. "You'll have to ask her about that."

Ma Xiu looked expectantly at Fairy Eevee, who was holding her head high with a haughty expression, waiting for her response.

Ibrahimovic ultimately gave Miss Marie the courtesy he deserved.