Pokémon: I just became a Gym Leader, and Cynthia proposed to me.

However, Milton gave the Iron Serpent no chance to catch its breath.

Milton danced gracefully in the air, the rhythm of the Dragon Dance flowing like clouds and water, its attack and speed increasing simultaneously.

Although Milton had already overpowered the Iron Serpent in terms of strength.

However, to ensure victory, Milton chose to use Dragon Dance to further enhance his power.

The giant iron serpent steadied itself, spewing out a dazzling purple dragon energy from its mouth, the dragon-shaped energy tearing through the air with its claws outstretched.

Milton opened his mouth at the same time, and a surge of blue-silver dragon energy erupted forth.

Milton intends to use the same skill to defeat the Iron Serpent head-on.

The moment the two forces collided, space itself seemed to be torn apart.

But the outcome of the energy collision is a foregone conclusion.

The dragon's energy wave of the giant iron serpent was crushed inch by inch, and the blue-silver beam of light pierced through the smoke and dust of the explosion, forcing the giant iron serpent to move its body in a sorry state.

The remaining energy grazed its side, instantly melting a gruesome wound in its hard metal shell.

Millerton suddenly accelerated and unleashed a powerful ramming attack!

Milton's entire body transformed into a blue-silver shooting star.

In the blink of an eye, they appeared in front of the giant iron snake.

The iron serpent's pupils shrank sharply, and it could only barely raise its claws to condense dragon claws to defend itself.

The moment they made contact, the Iron Serpent realized it couldn't stop him.

The immense force struck, sending the giant iron serpent flying head-on, its body smashing through three rocky mountains.

Rock fragments flew everywhere, and finally the giant iron serpent crashed into a huge rock wall, creating a crater more than ten meters in diameter.

Meanwhile, Milton hovered in the air and once again performed the Dragon Dance.

Layers of blue-silver light overlapped, and Millerton's aura spread outwards as if it were a tangible force, even forcing back the dark clouds in the sky.

After the smoke and dust cleared.

The Iron Serpent rose from the rubble, its body covered in cracks, and purple lightning crackling wildly.

With a flick of its tail, the giant iron serpent roared in determination as it charged into the sky, unleashing another lightning-fast charge.

The Iron Serpent is enraged!

Impossible! Absolutely impossible! How could he not even beat a regular Millerton?!

Millerton dived vertically to intercept.

The second collision was even more devastating than the first.

The shockwave shattered all the rock layers on the ground, and sand and dust filled the sky.

The giant iron serpent was knocked away again, its body bouncing back and forth against the rock wall three times before finally coming to a stop.

The giant iron serpent went into a rage.

He directly activated his reverse scale.

A surge of violent purple dragon energy erupted from its body, engulfing its entire form like tangible flames.

Iron Serpent's eyes turned blood red, its reason was completely consumed, and it pounced on Millerton madly.

Biting, clawing, tail sweeping—each strike is enough to shatter mountains.

His movements were precise and elegant, parrying with his dragon claws and counterattacking with his dragon tail, each time perfectly neutralizing the Iron Serpent's attacks.

During my time at the Veiled Gym, I had already honed my close-combat skills through battles with Kommo-o, Renoir, and Toxicroak.

Milton's combat skills were so superb that even the Iron Serpent was suffocated.

Dodging, blocking, and counterattacking are like dancing on the edge of a knife.

Iron Serpent's frenzied attacks all missed, while Milton's every counterattack tore open a new wound on Iron Serpent's body.

Ye Ci stood on the high platform in the distance, his pupils slightly contracted, and exclaimed in admiration:

"Such superb fighting skills! This Milton is even better at close combat than many Fighting-type Pokémon."

Cynthia smiled and said, "Of course, Shuwen started out with Fighting-type Pokémon."

The Iron Serpent's reverse scale exhausted his strength, and at the same time, the surging energy completely overwhelmed his mind, causing the Iron Serpent to stagger.

Millerton seized the moment, his dragon tail brimming with blue-silver lightning, and unleashed a sweeping attack.

The giant iron serpent was flung away, its body crashing into the rocky mountain, creating a crater over thirty feet in diameter.

The entire earth trembled as the giant iron snake fell, as if a Pokémon had used the Earthquake move.

Milton did not pursue.

Hovering above the giant crater, it began to gather its strength.

Magic sparkles.

Pure white light condensed from Milton's mouth, and the light continued to expand, illuminating the entire underground space as if it were daytime.

In order to be able to clearly appreciate the Iron Serpent's struggle, Milton deliberately slowed down the speed at which he condensed energy.

The giant iron serpent roared its final roar at the sky from within the giant pit.

Struggling to his feet, he tried to gather his strength to unleash a skill to fight back.

The giant iron serpent's scarlet eyes reflected a white light, like a star about to go out.

White light poured down.

The light engulfed the iron serpent's body.

The shockwave spread outwards, flattening all the rock layers at the edge of the giant crater.

The roar of the giant iron serpent abruptly ceased.

When the light faded, the giant iron serpent, its body emitting black smoke, collapsed at the bottom of the giant pit.

His metallic dragon scales were covered in cracks, and purple lightning flickered weakly on his body a few times before finally going out completely.

Milton rose slowly, tilting his head back and letting out a roar.

The roar echoed in the giant pit, pierced through the rock strata of Zone Zero, and soared into the sky through the clouds.

In an instant, dark clouds filled the sky.

Brilliant bolts of lightning slashed down from the clouds and struck Milton.

Milton did not dodge; instead, he opened his body to receive the lightning.

With each bolt of lightning, its aura increases by one point.

Blue-silver lightning wove a dazzling armor around Millerton's body, and the entire Zero District could feel its immense power.

It was as if, with the defeat of the Iron Serpent, this natural land was crowning a new king.

Millerton composed himself and slowly landed beside Li Shuwen.

Then it nuzzled Li Shuwen's palm with its head, its tail wagging gently, its eyes full of docility.

Li Shuwen smiled indulgently.

"Alright, alright, to celebrate your victory, you'll get a bonus!"

Milton wagged its tail happily.

In the distance, Ye Ci's eyes widened, and the corner of his mouth twitched.

This newly crowned king, who just crushed the Iron Serpent with absolute power and was crowned with heavenly lightning, looks... like a dog right now.

He has no arrogance whatsoever.

She watched Li Shuwen and Millerton interact, then looked at the unconscious Iron Serpent in the giant pit.

The old king has fallen, and the new king has ascended the throne.

But the new king seems to have no interest in the throne itself; he only cares about the warmth of his trainer's palm and the extra meal he'll have tonight.

Yeci shook his head and muttered to himself, "The landscape of the Padiya region... is about to change."

"It seems that it's time to test more trainers to come to the Padia Giant Pit for training."

After all, this area is full of traces left by Li Shuwen, the Golden Touch, after his battles.

Trainers from Padia enter the giant pit, and these local Pokémon battles will likely trigger the Midas Touch effect, unlocking their accumulated potential.

Rather than staying in the academy to study or participating in leagues.

It's clear that entering and exploring the Parthian region will lead to a greater boost.

It's just that Li Shuwen and Cynthia started sweeping away every Pokémon they encountered as soon as they entered the Sofia Giant Pit.

Ye Ci was certain that the Pokémon's strength had been greatly enhanced.

Trainers in Padia may encounter danger when battling these wild and untamed Pokémon.

Perhaps she can't keep cultivating them like hothouse flowers.