I haven't decided on a name for my Pokémon trainer yet.

Although Extreme Speed ​​isn't a guaranteed hit, Arcanine's incredibly high speed gives opponents almost no time to react and dodge, leaving them with no choice but to rely on moves to block, making it practically a guaranteed hit.

This Butterfree was able to dodge with incredible speed; just how strong was its reaction time? Ye Feng suspected it was comparable to Gardevoir.

"Air Slash!"

Meanwhile, while Arcanine was still in mid-air, Takeoka decisively ordered Butterfree to launch an attack.

Butterfree flapped its wings, sending sharp blades of air flying toward Arcanine.

"Spray flames!"

While still in mid-air, Arcanine was unable to use its speed to dodge attacks freely. Under Ye Feng's command, it turned its head and spewed flames to meet the air slash.

"boom!"

The clash of moves caused a violent explosion, and Arcanine used the force of the flames to successfully return to the ground, where it ran swiftly across the field.

"How can such a high speed be maintained in such a venue?" Wu Gang was a little surprised.

He'd stopped bothering to repair the battlefield in the camp because it was so frequently destroyed. He figured it would be smashed again soon anyway, so why waste the money?

However, Growlithe was completely unaffected.

"The wind is rising!" Wu Gang waved his hand.

The Butterfly flapped its wings, and a fierce hurricane swept towards the Growlithe.

Seeing this commotion, Ye Feng wanted to ask, "Is it just the wind? Or is it a hurricane?"

The Arcanine crouched down, trying its best to keep its body stable and not be blown away by the wind, but the "hurricane" was too fierce, causing it to keep retreating and leaving long tracks on the ground.

"Spray flames!" Ye Feng ordered.

Arcanine is at a disadvantage when facing flying opponents.

After witnessing Butterfree's reaction speed, Ye Feng dared not let Arcanine jump into the air to use close-range attacks casually, lest it miss and put him at a disadvantage.

Flames pierced through the "hurricane" and surged towards the Butterfly.

"Dodge! Air Slash!"

Butterfree flapped its wings and gracefully dodged Flamethrower's attack, then used Air Slash to strike Arcanine again.

"Get away!"

Ye Feng frowned slightly as he watched the stalemate.

He never expected that this Butterfree would be so troublesome, once again proving the saying that there are no useless Pokémon, only useless trainers.

"We need to think of a way to get Big Butterfly to land, or..." Ye Feng's eyes darted around as he quickly began to think of a solution.

Ye Feng knew very well that against an opponent like Gardevoir, who possessed equally superb reflexes, the only option was to lure them into his area of ​​expertise or create a situation where they couldn't utilize their reflexes.

As for endurance... no matter how well Butterfree is bred, certain stamina weaknesses are still unavoidable, and Ye Feng is confident that Arcanine will definitely have the advantage in this aspect.

But Ye Feng could not possibly win in this way; a trainer's dignity would not allow it.

However, with Arcanine's current moves, apart from Flamethrower, Burn Up, and Flame Vortex (which I almost forgot about and haven't used much, but learned in Chapter 77, and surprisingly didn't write it in the notes, causing the author to forget it; I wouldn't have remembered it if I wasn't thinking about the match, *facepalm*), the rest are all close-range moves that are unlikely to pose a threat to Butterfree.

Flamethrower has been proven to be ineffective against Butterfree. As for Burnout... although its attack range is large enough to hit Butterfree, it will cause Arcanine to lose its Fire type.

However, this side effect doesn't have a significant impact on this battle. Since it can't hit Butterfree, the bonus from its own attribute becomes useless. It just has a considerable disadvantage against Bug-type moves.

Therefore, if you use the burn-out technique, you should either not use it at all, or if you do, you should make it a decisive blow!

So···

"Growlithe, Flame Vortex!" In just a few breaths, Ye Feng had already come up with a countermeasure.

Arcanine opened its mouth, and a spiral of flame shot out. Faced with this move, Butterfree could no longer dodge and was surrounded in the blink of an eye.

"Oh?" Wu Gang's expression turned serious.

Butterfree was surrounded by flames and could no longer dance freely, immediately putting it at a disadvantage. As an insect-type creature, it was impossible for it to break through the flames with its physical body, and the longer the time dragged on, the more disadvantageous it would be for it.

"Get the wind up!" Wu Gang decisively ordered, intending to use a "hurricane" to disperse the flames.

"Spray flames!"

Ye Feng naturally wouldn't let him have his way, and immediately ordered the Growlithe to attack.

"Disrupt the beam!" Wu Gang's lips curled into a slight smile; he'd been tricked!

Ye Feng was shocked.

Butterfree's Wind Rush move was just a feint. It swayed slightly and, at the cost of being grazed by the flames, suddenly unleashed Hyper Beam, hurtling towards Arcanine with lightning speed.

This destructive ray was much thinner than usual, apparently sacrificing power to increase its firing speed.

"Burn out!" Ye Feng shouted.

Arcanine didn't stop spewing flames. Its chest suddenly swelled up, and the flames instantly doubled in size. With its head tilted slightly, the flames swept across and blocked the destructive beam.

The weakened Destructive Ray was no match for the Burnout attack. After a two-second stalemate, it was quickly pushed backward, engulfing Butterfree in an instant.

The flames quickly dissipated, and the charred butterfly flapped its wings, swayed, and landed on the ground.

Arcanine wins!

After having his men take Ba Dadie to receive treatment, Wu Gang came to Ye Feng.

"Good lad, you've been hiding it well, you even know how to burn it out." Wu Gang laughed and patted Ye Feng on the shoulder.

"Uh..." Ye Feng gritted his teeth and endured the enthusiastic pat on the shoulder. "Not at all, your Butterfly really surprised me. It's so agile."

"Haha, your Arcanine is pretty good. How about coming to our camp? There are many powerful trainers here, and you can enjoy exciting battles every day!" Wu Gang enthusiastically invited.

"No, no..." Ye Feng refused repeatedly. Although guarding the border was respectable, Ye Feng also had his own ideals.

"Alright." Wu Gang didn't insist and had someone bring over the key to the secret realm.

Ye Feng took the key, quickly said goodbye, and rode his Growlithe towards the secret realm.

"That kid's not bad." At the camp entrance, Wu Gang watched Ye Feng walk away and said with a smile.

"Captain, you figured it out again?"

"Hmph, battles are enough for trainers to communicate with each other," Wu Gang snorted.

"don't know···"

"Stop talking nonsense and get to training!"

Chapter 217 Entering the Frost Realm

As he made his way to the Frost Realm, Ye Feng reviewed his battle with Wu Gang.

This battle benefited him greatly.

Butterfly uses butterfly dance movements to dodge attacks. Not only are the movements graceful, but the range of motion is also very small, so the energy consumption is correspondingly low.

Although the consumption is not actually that much, for a Pokémon like Butterfree, saving even a little can increase its chances of success in battle.

Most importantly... this way of dodging attacks is so cool, isn't it!

Ye Feng suddenly remembered that before evolving into Gardevoir, Ralts and Kirlia relied more on their superb reflexes and speed, using simple movement to dodge attacks. Their movements back then were also quite graceful.

After evolution, due to the significant enhancement of mental power, the consumption of teleportation has become negligible, and it can be used with just a thought. This more effective method has gradually replaced the relatively clumsy movement.

Of course, Ye Feng didn't want Gardevoir to go back to its old methods; that would be putting the cart before the horse.

His idea was that Pokémon inevitably make certain movements when using moves, similar to the pre-cast animation. Could this pre-cast animation be incorporated into battle, like Butterfree's?

If we broaden our perspective further, since the pre-cast animation can be utilized, then what about the post-cast animation? For example, after Gyarados uses Hyper Beam, its body will inevitably become stiff for a short period of time. Could there be a corresponding utilization or solution for that as well?

"Ow!"

While Ye Feng was deep in thought, they had arrived at the entrance to the Frost Realm, and the Gryphon barked a warning.

"Have we arrived?" Ye Feng looked up, glanced around, and saw a boundary marker.

The entrance to the secret realm is located on the edge of a wetland, intersecting with the border. If Ye Feng takes one more step, he will arrive in another country.

This was Ye Feng's first time here. A small portion of the wetland was within China's borders, while the vast majority belonged to Russia.

"That's another country..."

The only time Ye Feng went abroad in both his lives was when he went to H country for an exchange competition.

However, I traveled there by plane that time, so I didn't really feel the reality of crossing national borders.

Although there was no one around, Ye Feng knew very well that the entire operation was under close surveillance, and that if he made any improper moves, he would be immediately pinned to the ground.

"It's better to play it safe."

Ye Feng suppressed the sudden urge to dart back and forth across the boundary line and pulled the key to the entrance to the secret realm from his pocket.

Following Wu Gang's instructions, Ye Feng searched around the boundary marker and found the location of the "lock" under a rock.

"Why does this feel so much like an RPG game..." Ye Feng looked at the key in his hand, then at the lock, and felt something was off.

The key looks no different from a regular room card, and the lock on the ground is like an electronic lock.

However, Ye Feng knew very well that it contained some kind of special ability of a spirit. When the key and lock touched and resonated, the sealed entrance to the secret realm would open.

The methods for making the keys and locks are top-secret information within the association, known only to the president, Gu Yangzhou, and the relevant production staff.