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

“Please speak,” Yao Tianjun replied respectfully.

"Until the situation is clear, even if we know he is special, we can't let him stay here for too long."

"After you leave tomorrow, find a reason to follow this child and observe him for anything unusual. Come back and tell me what's wrong with him."

“I understand, Elder,” Yao Tianjun replied.

“Okay, you can go back now. If he’s really that outstanding, he might become suspicious if you’re gone for too long. Xiaojun’s dad, you stay here, I have something to tell you.”

Yao Tianjun nodded and quietly slipped out, leaving the elder and Yao's father behind.

···

When Yao Tianjun returned home, he was surprised to find Ye Feng helping out in the kitchen.

"Xiaojun, you're back! Alright, Xiaofeng, stop busying yourself, you young people go have some fun," Yao's mother said to Ye Feng as soon as she saw Yao Tianjun return.

"Okay, thank you for your hard work, Auntie."

"Oh, it's no trouble at all, go and have some fun," Yao's mother said with a smile.

Ye Feng nodded and left the kitchen.

"Ye Feng, you..." Yao Tianjun was a little confused. Why did Ye Feng run into the kitchen?

"What's wrong? I've been sitting around doing nothing, so I was thinking of helping out. I can't just stay here for free, can I?" Ye Feng said with a smile.

"Um, you can cook?" Yao Tianjun asked.

"Yes, you can, can't you?" Ye Feng looked surprised—actually, he only knew how to make two dishes: scrambled eggs with tomatoes and stir-fried shredded potatoes with pickled vegetables, but he could still help out.

"Not really... Ever since I almost burned the kitchen down last time, my mom has forbade me from going in there," Yao Tianjun sighed.

"Hahaha, you? You burned the kitchen down?" Ye Feng laughed loudly.

"Shut up! And almost!" Yao Tianjun looked embarrassed, so embarrassed that he almost dug a hole in the floor of the wooden house.

"Hahaha, okay, okay, I'll shut up, hahaha." Ye Feng laughed until his stomach hurt.

"You!" Yao Tianjun snorted, looked outside, and said, "It's still early, how about a match?"

Ye Feng paused for a moment, then nodded: "Alright, let me see how strong you are now."

Yao Tianjun nodded and turned to walk outside.

Ye Feng followed, a thoughtful expression flashing across his face—was it just my imagination that Yao Tianjun seemed a bit different after he came back from his trip?

Chapter 242 Same Opponent, Different Results

Yao Tianjun led Ye Feng to an open space behind the village.

"There's no proper battlefield here, so we just cleared out an open space ourselves," Yao Tianjun said, a little embarrassed.

Ye Feng nodded, looked around, and found that the open space was quite large, and the nearby trees had been specially cut down to leave enough space for the flying sprites.

Although rudimentary, it was more than enough for combat.

"That's enough, as long as it works." Ye Feng didn't care about the condition of the venue, since it would likely be destroyed in a fight anyway.

"If you don't mind, that's fine," Yao Tianjun said, walking to another part of the open space and taking out a Poké Ball. "Let's go then."

Ye Feng nodded and walked to the opposite side of Yao Tianjun: "How did you get here?"

"Let's do one-on-one. It's almost dinner time, and we don't have much time," Yao Tianjun said after thinking for a moment.

“No problem.” Ye Feng thought for a moment, then reached out and touched the Poké Ball on his chest.

"Go ahead, Magneto!"

"Gardevoir."

The two threw their Poké Balls at the same time.

Kirlia and Magneton, after growing up, finally stand on the same field again.

"Garde..." Gardevoir looked at the opponent opposite her, one of the few opponents who had defeated her, and her eyes began to get serious.

"Khoo!" Magneton sensed Gardevoir's surging fighting spirit, and a surge of electricity flowed between its two magnet-like hands.

"Let's start with a 100,000-volt blast to say hello!"

Magneto swung its magnet, and a bolt of lightning flashed as it struck Gardevoir.

That 100,000 volts is a bit too powerful; it feels like 200,000 volts. Ye Feng's attention wandered for a second.

"Get out of the way, focus your mind!" Ye Feng ordered.

Gardevoir teleported away from the Thunderbolt attack, unleashing a torrent of violent psychic energy that surged towards Magneton.

Yao Tianjun's eyes flickered, but he did not give the order.

"boom!"

Concentrating his psychic power, Magneto exploded with a loud bang, sending it flying.

"So strong!" Yao Tianjun exclaimed in surprise.

Magneton is a Steel-type Pokémon, so theoretically, Psychic-type moves should be at least half as effective against it, and this effect would be further reduced depending on the difference in strength.

But he didn't expect Gardevoir's psychic power to be so strong; its psychic attack sent Magneton flying.

“You’re so much better now than you were back then,” Yao Tianjun said.

Ye Feng paused for a moment, then smiled and said, "You're not bad either. That move, Thunderbolt, shows Magneton's mastery of Electric-type moves is very high."

"You flatter me," Yao Tianjun said with a smile.

"Electrical site!" Yao Tianjun ordered.

Magneto pointed its magnetic hand downwards, and a massive amount of electricity spread out, instantly covering the entire battlefield.

"That move again?" Ye Feng ordered, "Fly!"

"What?" Yao Tianjun was stunned.

A flash of blue light appeared in Gardevoir's eyes, and its entire body was enveloped in blue psychic energy before it floated into the air.

"Using telekinesis to control the body to achieve flight?" Yao Tianjun murmured. "But even if a Psychic-type Pokémon can fly, it can't compare to a Flying-type Pokémon, right? Magneton, use Electric Discharge!"

"Koo!" Magneton roared, and a large amount of electricity suddenly burst out from its body, engulfing the entire battlefield and sweeping towards Gardevoir.

"Use your mental strength to block them!" Ye Feng ordered.

"Boom! Crackling!"

The electrical discharge and the powerful mental force collided, resulting in a stalemate. The scattered currents fell to the ground, making crackling sounds.

Ye Feng and Yao Tianjun both showed surprised expressions, neither of them expecting the other party to be so strong.

Yao Tianjun only knew that Ye Feng was strong, but after personally fighting him, he clearly understood just how strong he was.

Ye Feng was surprised that Yao Tianjun could cultivate Magneton to this extent. It seems that he is indeed not as poor as he appears.

This village must have something special about it. Maybe it's some kind of reclusive family, and Yao Tianjun is the kind of genius young master who can't hide his identity.

"Magneto, locked on!"

A beam of light flashed from Magneton's large eye, and Gardevoir immediately felt an aura lock onto it.

Immediately afterward, Yao Tianjun waved his hand and shouted, "Electromagnetic cannon!"

Magneto's magnetic hands came close together, and a huge amount of electric energy quickly gathered, turning into a projectile crackling with lightning that shot towards Gardevoir.

With the help of locking, the electromagnetic cannon, which originally had an extremely low hit rate, will become a sure hit.

With the power of the electromagnetic cannon, combined with Magneton's mastery of electric energy, it would definitely severely injure Gardevoir.

Ye Feng didn't want to casually test Gardevoir's stamina limit. In the brief exchanges, Ye Feng clearly saw that Magneton's strength was even stronger than Gu Ruyun's Magneton.

Of course, that's not the right way to compare them. After all, Gu Ruyun's ace Pokémon is Garchomp, while Yao Tianjun's ace Pokémon is obviously Magneton.

"Rock ball!"

Gardevoir clasped its hands together, and a brown energy ball rapidly gathered, which it then pushed forward to meet the electromagnetic cannon.

"boom!"

The electromagnetic gun collided with the rock ball, triggering a violent explosion.

"What kind of move is this?" Yao Tianjun was taken aback. It was the first time he had ever seen Gardevoir's Spiral Ball, and he was incredibly surprised by the power of this move.

But the attacks on the field didn't stop there. After the rock ball detonated the electromagnetic cannon, it suddenly exploded, and a large amount of rubble flew out and crashed towards the Magneton.

Rock Ball is a spiral-type ball formed by the convergence of Rock-type energy, and therefore also has some characteristics of Rock-type moves. This characteristic is reflected in the Spiral Ball, which splits into a large number of fragments after exploding, further damaging the opponent.

However, precisely because it is a Rock-type move, the Spiral Ball attack is relatively slow, and Ye Feng generally doesn't use this move.

However, today we are facing an electromagnetic railgun, which is also not very fast, making it a good countermeasure.

Caught off guard, Magneton was hit in the face by rubble and crashed heavily to the ground.

"Fireball!"

Gardevoir quickly gathered energy and threw a fireball at Magneton on the ground.

"Get out of the way, Magneton!" Yao Tianjun's eyes narrowed. He realized that Fireball was a move similar to Rock Ball, and its power was definitely not small. If Magneton got hit, it might lose its ability to fight.