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

As soon as Ye Feng spoke, someone immediately went up on stage.

"It's Cao Yanbing from the High School Affiliated to Nanjing Normal University!"

Birds of a feather flock together. Excellent people tend to gather in one place. There are quite a few freshmen from Jiangsu Province at Imperial University. Naturally, many people found Ye Feng familiar. After a moment's recollection, they immediately remembered that he was the champion of the first Xiao Feng Wang Cup in Jinghai City.

Cao Yanbing was the runner-up in the Jiangning City Xiaofengwang Cup.

Ye Feng felt that the other person looked familiar, but after hearing the discussions among the people below, he remembered him.

"It's you. As a student of Nanjing Normal University Affiliated High School, aren't you going to Nanjing Normal University?" Ye Feng pretended to know the other person and tried to get close to him.

"I don't recall any such tradition." Cao Yanbing was taken aback. What kind of logic was this? If you can get into Beijing University, of course you should come to Beijing University. Besides, are we even that close?

Seeing that Ye Feng was silent, Cao Yanbing didn't waste any words and released his Pokémon, a Houndoom.

Houndoom? Ye Feng raised an eyebrow. A Dark/Fire type Pokémon. Dark type is indeed a hard counter to Psychic type Pokémon, what a pity...

"Flame Blast!" As soon as the battle began, Cao Yanbing immediately ordered Houndoom to attack.

Houndoom opened its mouth, and blazing flames condensed within, transforming into a thick fire serpent that hurtled towards Kirlia. This flame was even more powerful than the one used by Arcanine.

Ye Feng was not surprised and directly chose to confront the opponent head-on with his mental strength.

Under the pressure of psychic power, the flames exploded instantly, and sparks flew everywhere, quickly covering most of the area.

Kirlia easily dodged the splashing sparks, while Houndoom stood still, letting the flames fall on it.

The flames merged directly into Houndoom's body, and Houndoom's aura subtly increased.

"Ignition properties?" Ye Feng wondered to himself.

At the same time, Houndoom spewed out a thick, dark fog that quickly enveloped the area. Houndoom moved through the fog without causing a single ripple.

"Are you trying to use smoke to conceal Houndoom's movements and block Kirlia's vision?" Ye Feng thought to himself, "Good tactic, but unfortunately it won't work on Kirlia."

Although psychic attacks are ineffective against Houndoom, it doesn't prevent Kirlia from tracking its movements.

Unlike rainy days, the dense fog produced by the turbid fog is generally static and will not cause much interference to Kirlia's senses.

No matter how exquisite Houndoom's mastery of its moves is, there will still be fluctuations under the sensing of psychic powers. As long as you capture those fluctuations, Houndoom will have nowhere to hide.

Kirlia tilted her head slightly, her gaze seemingly piercing through the thick fog, and met Ye Feng's eyes.

Suddenly, a patch of fog appeared, and Houndoom bared its fangs, which gleamed with black light, as it lunged at Kirlia from a tricky angle. At that very moment, Kirlia burst forth with multicolored light.

"Magic shines!"

"Boom!" The multicolored light dispersed the smoke, and the onlookers instinctively covered their eyes, then heard a scream.

When they looked back at the field, they found Kirlia standing perfectly still in the same spot, while Houndoom was lying motionless on the ground.

Another instant kill, and Kirlia hasn't even moved from her position since the start of the battle, using only Psychic and Dazzling Magic the entire time.

"Fairy-type moves?" Cao Yanbing's expression froze. He naturally knew about the Fairy-type attribute that had been announced some time ago.

Psychic powers are ineffective against Houndoom, so the only thing that can instantly defeat Houndoom is the Fairy type, which is super effective against Dark types, and Kirlia can indeed learn Fairy-type moves.

Unexpectedly, Ye Feng's Kirlia had mastered a new move, and its power was still so great that it instantly killed his own Houndoom.

Houndoom has already lost, and I haven't even trained my other Pokémon for very long. It would be embarrassing to send it out now.

Cao Yanbing had no choice but to leave the stage in disappointment.

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"What is that move? A new superpower move?"

"Impossible, psychic powers are useless against Houndoom. If I'm not mistaken, it must be the Fairy-type move that was recently announced. Fairy-type is super effective against Dark-type, otherwise it wouldn't have caused such great damage to Houndoom."

Among those present were many top students and geniuses, who quickly figured out the attributes of the moves Kirlia used.

Although I haven't mastered the Magic Flash technique for very long, the effects are already quite good.

Feeling the gazes of everyone present, Ye Feng thought to himself that his performance must have been pretty good, and turned to look at the judges' panel.

"Have I passed?"

They won three matches in a row, all by crushing margins. It's not like they were selected for the school team. The requirements for joining a gaming club shouldn't be this high, right?

"Hmm..." Li Ru paused for a moment, then nodded.

The Fairy type was only recently revealed, and Ye Feng has already mastered a new move—one that wasn't announced before. This shows that Ye Feng's potential is extraordinary. He's not the kind of person who just studies hard and relies on academic scores to get into a prestigious university in the capital.

Generally, trainers only start to focus on battles after they get into university. Before that, academic studies are more important, since not everyone will become a trainer, and it's good to have a backup plan.

While Imperial University is the best university in the country, not everyone there is skilled in combat; just look at the number of students in the combat department to get a sense of that. Among the freshmen present at the combat club recruitment event were many who weren't even in the combat department; not every finance or research department produces combat prodigies.

Not to mention, many people entered the capital's universities entirely based on their academic performance, including those from ordinary families who wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to enter a prestigious university to achieve great things—after all, the resources in the school can be exchanged for credits, which is a great opportunity for people from ordinary or poor families.

Therefore, the gaming club adopts an assessment method to recruit new members; otherwise, it would be better to close down the club altogether, as it would only recruit unqualified individuals.

Not just anyone can be like Ye Feng.

The path to becoming a trainer is a mixed bag, with some getting rich quick and others struggling to survive...

In addition, influenced by Ye Feng, Zhang Qiang and others paid attention to the battle in advance.

Because he couldn't find any sparring partners, Ye Feng usually interacted with trainers from battle clubs. Even if they were bad, they still had a certain level of battle ability, at least much stronger than these newcomers; or they were geniuses like Zhuo Fei who had already shown their talent in battle; or they were association trainers like Wu Jiang.

This indirectly led Ye Feng to subconsciously overestimate the combat level of others.

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It's quite rare. Although Pokémon battles are becoming increasingly important, it's truly remarkable to have such extensive experience in battles before university.

Maybe our school team can gain a great teammate.

Li Ru looked at Ye Feng with great interest.

Chapter 92 Strange Club Recruitment

Ye Feng followed his teacher's instructions and performed when the opportunity arose. He successfully made a name for himself on the first day of the club's recruitment and gained attention from the school team during his university years, becoming a topic of conversation among the freshmen.

Besides Ye Feng, several other freshmen have also attracted much attention.

However, what bothered Ye Feng was that he hadn't encountered some of the battle prodigies he knew before at Imperial University. For example, Zhuo Fei from Pingjiang No. 1 High School, the Dratini trainer he met in the Rookie Cup, and the Magneton trainer he met last time he came to Imperial University... Could it be that they didn't get in because of poor academic performance? Or did they go to other universities like Zhang Qiang?

After passing the assessment of the combat club, Ye Feng watched a few more matches, then went to have lunch with Guo Pengfei, and then went shopping at other club recruitment sites.

After all, there are so many clubs; even if you don't join, it won't hurt to take a look.

For example, in the anime club, there are so many students cosplaying as... elves?, which is really eye-catching...

There are also many clubs like chess, Go, piano, judo, sumo, sleeping, glass art, etc., all holding recruitment events. Although they are not as lively as the fighting club, there are still quite a few people.

Wait a minute, it seems like I've infiltrated a few strange clubs?

Never mind, we've already passed by, maybe we misread it.

"Ah Fei, don't you have any clubs you'd like to join?" Ye Feng looked around casually.

Guo Pengfei shook his head: "Forget it, I'm not very interested. I only saw two that were passable, but when I discussed the wave-particle duality of light and whether beam-type moves could be reflected through mirrors, neither of them understood."

...No, what is wave-particle duality of light? What does this have to do with elves? Is this something that should appear in the elf world? Ye Feng blinked, looking completely bewildered.

You're a breeder, not a scientist, okay?

Ye Feng always felt that there was something wrong with his younger brother's style, but thinking about it, maybe it was just that his IQ was not as good as others.

Shaking off the strange thoughts in his mind, Ye Feng turned his head and saw a large group of people gathered in front of a stall. His curiosity was piqued, and he quickly ran over to watch.

Peeking inside on tiptoe, I discovered it was a dance club recruiting new members.

A large open space was created in the middle of the crowd, where several beautiful female students dressed in pretty clothes were dancing.

"Boss, how about I participate in this?" Guo Pengfei's eyes almost popped out of their sockets as he swallowed hard.

Ye Feng glanced at him sideways. "So you want to join a club? You're after the pretty senior, aren't you? I'm too embarrassed to call you out on your little scheme."

Ye Feng lost interest after watching for a while. What was all that jumping around? It wasn't even as interesting as Magikarp's Splash. Riding a Growlithe with Extreme Speed ​​and High Speed ​​was more exciting than this.

"Forget it, didn't you see the sign? They only accept girls. Do you want to change your makeup or your personality?" Ye Feng pointed to the recruitment notice on the stall.

"Well, let's just forget about it then. We can just feast our eyes on it." Guo Pengfei quickly shook his head.

Secretly changing my college application is one thing, but if my family found out I did something like that to join the dance club, I'd probably be beaten to death.

The two then strolled around casually for a while.

Many clubs are quite interesting, such as the Fighting Club, which is not a regular fighting club, but a boxing match between humans and Fighting-type Pokémon... Huh?

A superpower club, several people are staring at a spoon and straining hard, trying to bend it...? A training session for a humanoid elf?

A hypnosis club, a few people sleeping on recliners... Is it hypnosis or sleep? What's the difference between this and that sleeping club?

In short, there are quite a few clubs that are seriously organizing activities, but there are also some clubs mixed in with strange styles that look like pranks and are also recruiting new members... I really don't know how they recruit new members or how they were approved to be established. It really is a matter of personal taste.

Happy times always pass too quickly. The two of them walked around the entire venue. It didn't feel like a long time had passed, but when they saw many clubs packing up and leaving, they realized that the sun had already set.

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Club activities continued in full swing. Ye Feng had no classes this afternoon, so after his professional classes in the morning, he stayed in his dormitory, nervously sitting in front of his computer.

Today is the day the results of the researchers' self-administered exam are released.

"Boss, is everything alright? I heard the researcher exam is pretty difficult," Guo Pengfei asked quietly from the side.