Pokémon: Hard work pays off, moves can be upgraded infinitely.

Ghost-type Pokémon are the rarest, most troublesome, and most difficult to train among the eighteen types.

It's not just because most Ghost-type Pokémon are born with the ability to switch between reality and illusion and disappear into the shadows, but also because of their terrifying talent for absorbing the life essence of living beings.

In the wild, many Ghost-type Pokémon don't eat any berries at all; they prefer to find places where living beings gather and secretly absorb their dissipated essence.

If that's all there is to it, then it's actually not so bad. After all, even if Ghost-type Pokémon don't absorb the dissipated essence, it will disappear into nature.

However, many powerful wild Ghost-type Pokémon don't understand the concepts of moderation and patience; they just devour whatever they can get their hands on.

The result was that wherever he went, there were corpses of people who had died from exhaustion of their vital energy.

In earlier years, people's fear of Ghost-type Pokémon even far exceeded that of Poison-type Pokémon.

It wasn't until the first Ghost-type champion of the Flame Emperor League appeared and joined forces with various regions to sweep away and capture Ghost-type Pokémon in the wild that the terrifying legends of Ghost-type Pokémon gradually faded away.

This will help the public to rationally accept that Ghost-type Pokémon are not entirely incompatible with humans.

They are also elves, just one of the eighteen attributes.

Even with such efforts, as of 2025, trainers specializing in Ghost-type Pokémon are still a very small minority.

Besides the difficulty in training them, the scarcity of Ghost-type Pokémon is also one of the reasons limiting the number of Ghost-type trainers.

"This selection competition is divided into two rounds. The first round is the group stage, which is divided into ten groups. The top three teams with the highest scores in each group will advance to the second round, which will be a one-on-one elimination tournament to determine the fifteen spots for the competition."

Yan Wu's gentle voice, aided by the broadcast, reached everyone's ears.

Despite its gentle tone, the voice sounded somewhat eerie and terrifying against the backdrop of that enormous, three-meter-tall figure.

Even Mu Yun, whose physical strength reached the elite level, felt a chill run down his spine and his hair stand on end the moment he met the red eyes of the Night Demon.

It was as if he was facing not a living being with flesh and blood, but a fickle being capable of reaping souls.

Mu Yun was unsure whether this subconscious misconception stemmed from looking at the other person's profile.

"Then, please come here, teachers in charge, to decide on your group assignments," Yan Wu's voice rang out again.

The twenty-two schools were not drawn by lottery, but each school sent one person to form ten groups of twenty-two people each.

The role of the supervising teacher is to decide which student from their school is in which group.

Mu Yun didn't care about this.

Whether it's the first group or the tenth group, it doesn't matter to him. What he's looking forward to is playing more rounds in the group stage.

This way, you can earn more points when the task is completed.

As the teachers in charge of the group gathered, Yan Wu, who had been speaking, also left with the Night Demon.

The gloomy atmosphere of low pressure dissipated instantly.

"Phew~~!"

Someone started breathing heavily, and many students around them seemed to wake up from a dream, gasping for breath as if they had been underwater for a long time and had finally surfaced.

Hearing the sounds rising and falling, Mu Yun noticed that many students around him had flushed faces, as if they had been holding their breath for a long time.

"Holy crap, this Night Demon is terrifying! I don't even dare to breathe when it's looking at me!"

"Who says it isn't? No wonder everyone online says not to go to places where Ghost-type Pokémon are said to roam at night! Ghost-type Pokémon are actually that scary!"

"It's not just at night, I can't stand it even in broad daylight. If I were outside alone at night, I'd probably be scared half to death!"

As the oppressive feeling of the Night Demon dissipated, the surrounding students complained as if they had survived a disaster.

"Wow, Yun-ge, you look like nothing happened!"

After taking a few deep breaths to catch his breath, Liu Jianhao looked at Mu Yun, whose expression remained almost unchanged, and said with surprise.

"You think you're like Brother Yun, getting so scared by a Ghost-type Pokémon's gaze that your legs go weak and you don't even dare to breathe!" Zhao Hailong, who was dark-skinned and red-faced, retorted after catching his breath.

"Come on, you're not much better than me." Liu Jianhao rolled his eyes at him.

Seeing this, the slight chill that had just risen in Mu Yun's heart disappeared, leaving only helplessness at the two buddies arguing.

He skillfully took out some milk candy and stopped the two from bickering.

After feeding him, Mu Yun began to recall the changes in his feelings after exchanging glances with the Night Demon.

That chilling feeling shouldn't be solely due to the fact that the other party is a Ghost-type Pokémon.

If Ghost-type Pokémon all come with a terrifying buff, wouldn't other types of Pokémon be completely outmatched, starting off at a disadvantage from the outset?

"A feeling of oppression...?"

Based on the information displayed on the Night Demon's panel, Mu Yun had a guess.

In the game of the previous life, a sense of oppression was a feature that seemed very cool.

Many of the Pokémon possessing this characteristic are legendary Pokémon.

For example, the legendary birds, the legendary beasts, Ho-Oh, Lugia, Mewtwo, Dialga, Palkia, and others all have this ability.

It sounds impressive, but in reality, it's a feature that's practically useless.

Its effect is to reduce the opponent's PP (Power Points) during battle, which means the number of times the move can be used.

Specifically, when the opponent uses a move, two PP will be deducted.

It's pretty much useless.

I never expected the oppressive nature of the real world to be so compelling.

This is just a Gym Leader level Pokémon. If it were a Champion level or even a Leader level Pokémon, wouldn't it exude an aura of dominance, rendering lower-level Pokémon unable to move simply by standing there?

If another mutation and enhancement were to occur, it might be able to take down a large group of people with just a glance, just like Conqueror's Haki, without even lifting a finger!

To be honest, he's kind of handsome!

However, there aren't many non-legendary Pokémon with this characteristic, and in addition, only large-sized Pokémon can create that overwhelming visual impact, so there are only a few suitable Pokémon left.

"Balloonfish" Wailord, Servant General, Night Demon, and...

"Corvus Raven..."

Mu Yun inexplicably recalled that afternoon when he first met the Steel-Armored Raven.

Under the dim sky, a figure as black as a sculpture stood proudly atop a tall ancient tree. Its crimson eyes were devoid of any emotion, like a giant blade ready to be drawn at any moment, exuding a chilling aura.

At that moment, the Steel-Armored Raven did indeed give him a very oppressive feeling.

If he didn't already have Bofeng, he would have liked to train one, but for now, there's absolutely no need to train another Flying-type Pokémon with a similar role.

"Let it be, I'll adopt whichever one I find..."

Conqueror's Haki is ultimately just his imagination; whether it can be realized is another matter entirely.

Aside from this effect, simply creating a sense of pressure may not be very effective in battles of the same level.

After all, they are all Pokémon of the same level, so who would avoid the other's strength?