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

Although the slashing mantis successfully broke through the whirlpool, the gap was immediately filled by more water, rendering the mantis's efforts completely futile.

Without any external influence, the dragon vortex accelerated faster and faster, eventually transforming into a complete waterspout.

The scyther's tentative attack caused it to briefly loosen its grip on its body, and after wobbling a few times, it was swept away by the vortex.

"A scyther!" Su He exclaimed in surprise.

The mantis, finding no foothold, tumbled about in the whirlpool, as helpless as a piece of duckweed adrift on the sea.

Suhe shouted loudly, urging Scizor to use various moves to break the vortex, but unfortunately, Scizor did not respond to her.

If someone has a good enough view, they can see that the Scizor's eyes have turned into circles. It's carsick, no, to be precise, it's vortex-sick!

The vortex continued for a while, then Ye Feng ordered Gyarados to stop, estimating that Scizor was probably already at its limit.

As he expected, after the vortex disappeared, the Scizor fell to the ground and remained motionless.

"Scizor, wake up!" Suhe shouted anxiously. She had already seen Gyarados raise its tail.

Suho's treatment seemed to have worked; the scyther trembled and struggled to get up.

Just then, the mantis felt a darkness in its field of vision. It looked up in surprise and saw a thick, giant tail wrapped in water.

"boom!!"

···

"The Scizor is unable to fight. The winner is Ye Feng!"

After confirming the Scizor's condition, the referee promptly announced the result.

"Ye Feng, you are indeed very strong!"

After the match, Su He took the initiative to find Ye Feng and shake his hand.

"However, I won't lose to you in the arena battle!" Su He said confidently, and without waiting for Ye Feng's reply, she turned and left.

Ye Feng narrowed his eyes as he watched Su He's retreating figure.

Ye Feng seemed to win these matches easily, but he knew very well that Su He had not used her full strength.

The captain of the prestigious Huacheng school team couldn't possibly be only at this level.

Just as Su He said before the fight, she came to test Ye Feng's strength, and the most important arena battle was yet to come, so why would she use her full strength?

Even the three Pokémon that appeared might not be her main force.

Chapter 440 The Arena Battle Begins

Regardless of whether Su He was hiding her strength or not, Ye Feng was. Apart from the members of the Imperial University team, no one in the competition knew that Ye Feng's team had a total of four master-level Pokémon.

...Zhang Qiang seems to know this too.

However, given Zhang Qiang's personality, he wouldn't boast about it. He would only say, "The only one who can defeat Ye Feng is me!"

At this point, Imperial University has scored 2 points in the individual competition, while Flower University has scored 1 point.

Next up is the team battle, but that has nothing to do with Ye Feng anymore. He believes his teammates can perform at their best.

Ye Feng arrived at the sidelines, where someone had been waiting for a long time.

"President." Ye Feng raised his hand in greeting.

The visitor was none other than Gu Yangzhou.

At this moment, Gu Yangzhou was wearing a long overcoat, a scarf, and a hat, covering himself up completely, as if afraid that others would recognize him.

"Ye Feng, is the individual battle over?" Gu Yangzhou asked in a low voice.

"It's over." Ye Feng also subconsciously lowered his voice.

"I've come here today to ask you for a favor," Gu Yangzhou said in a low voice.

"Please give me your orders, President."

"Recently, the association headquarters—ah, not ours, but the Pokémon League—detected strange changes in Earth's magnetic field. These changes are subtly similar to those that occurred when a secret realm descended. After a period of investigation and calculation, the League has confirmed that a secret realm will descend, and it will be a colossal secret realm, far exceeding the scale of any previous secret realm." Although Gu Yangzhou's face could not be seen, his tone revealed that his expression was extremely serious.

"A gigantic secret realm?" Ye Feng's pupils contracted slightly.

“That’s right. The exact scale is undetectable, but it is definitely far greater than ever before. Preliminary estimates suggest it may affect the entire Asian continent,” Gu Yangzhou said.

"How is this possible?" Ye Feng was utterly shocked.

The secret realm was created by the divine beasts using the power of the World Tree to protect the spirits and allow them to recuperate.

Logically speaking, with the power of the World Tree, it shouldn't have a significant impact on Earth; at most, it would cause chaos due to the spirits escaping from within.

The effects of previous instances of secret realms appearing have always been the same.

If what Gu Yangzhou said is true, will the arrival of this secret realm also have an impact on the Asian continent?

“I also find it strange. This has never happened before in history. The alliance also finds it hard to believe, but this is the result of repeated calculations,” Gu Yangzhou sighed.

"So, the president is thinking..." Ye Feng thought for a moment and asked tentatively.

“You have a good relationship with those divine beasts. I want you to inquire about the situation and see if they know anything about it. If we know the reason, we can prepare in advance, otherwise, who knows what kind of disaster might occur,” Gu Yangzhou said in a deep voice.

"I understand, I'll go ask." Ye Feng nodded.

"Alright, I'll leave this to you. I'll be going now." Gu Yangzhou adjusted his hat and quickly left.

Ye Feng watched Gu Yangzhou's departing figure and fell into deep thought.

···

While Ye Feng and Gu Yangzhou were talking, the team battle quickly came to an end.

The result of the match between Imperial University and Flower University was 2:1.

In this case, Imperial University got a total of 4 points, while Florence University only got 2 points.

The outcome of this round will be decided in the ring battle.

"In the arena battle, I will still defend the title as usual, and as for the starting lineup..." Ye Feng paused for a moment and glanced at his teammates.

Everyone remained silent, but all looked at Ye Feng with expectant eyes.

"Haozi, you should do it," Ye Feng said.

Haozi's ace Pokémon is Scyther, and his main Pokémon are also trained with speed as the main focus. No matter what kind of opponent he faces, even if he is at a great disadvantage, he can still make a comeback by relying on his speed.

He is very suitable to be a starter.

"Leave it to me." Haozi patted his chest forcefully.

"And then..."

Ye Feng arranged the order of appearance for each player.

The order of appearance in the arena battles needs to be submitted before the start of the match, which puts the captain's ability to arrange personnel and analyze the strength of their teammates and opponents to the test.

If the matchup isn't done well, and a player is paired with an opponent who has a strong advantage over them, they might end up wasting a spot.

Soon, the first match began.

Haozi's opponent was a burly man who looked older than his age.

If the other person hadn't been wearing a university uniform, Ye Feng would have doubted whether he was a college student.

The battle began, and the man's performance surprised Ye Feng.

Contrary to his appearance, this person's starting Pokémon is surprisingly Butterfree.

Pokémon like Butterfree have a very short growth cycle, and many new trainers choose to raise them, but once they reach a certain level of strength, many will give up on them.

There's no other reason than that Butterfly's potential ceiling is a bit low.

However, some people have bred Butterfree to a very high standard. For example, Ye Feng once met a trainer in Northeast China who had a Butterfree with exceptional strength.

Coincidentally, the trainer was also a big, burly man. Could the two be related?

"I hope Haozi won't be careless," Ye Feng said softly.

Haozi sent out Pidgeot.

He was taken aback when he first saw Butterfly, but he quickly realized what was happening.

As a member of the university's sports team, and someone who can participate in ring battles, he certainly isn't the opposite of what he appears to be—a comedian or something.

"A flash of lightning!" Haozi gave the first order.

Pidgey moved swiftly, transforming into a pale yellow light as it rushed towards Butterfree.

"Dance, Butterfly!" the man shouted, twisting his body as if dancing.

"That's right!" Ye Feng stood up abruptly. That movement, that dance step, was exactly like that person... who was it again? In short, it was exactly like that person!

Butterfly's movements were similar to Ye Feng's expectations; it danced gracefully in the air, easily dodging Pidgeot's attacks.

"What?!" Haozi was shocked. This was the first time he had ever seen a trainer and Pokémon like this, dancing on the battlefield? And using the dance moves to dodge the opponent's attacks.

"Get the wind up!" the man commanded as he danced.

"Woo woo woo woo!" Butterfree let out a melodious cry, and with the movement of its wings, a gust of wind swept up and enveloped Pidgeot.

Moreover, the wind seemed to be much stronger than usual as the butterfly fluttered.