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

Inside the Zhao Family Manor.

The martial arts competition is still ongoing.

After several rounds of competition, many contestants who had given up hope of winning or had already been defeated began to have heated discussions about who should win the championship.

Some say it's Mu Yun's, some say it's Chi Duoduo's, but most people mention it as the Zhao family's prodigy, Zhao Shiyu's nephew.

White hair and silver spear, Zhao Ziye.

As the saying goes, "An inch longer, an inch stronger."

Although weapons are not prohibited in martial arts tournaments, few people actually practice with them.

Among them, Zhao Ziye's performance was the most outstanding.

With long, pale hair and a silver spear, his movements were graceful and his strength astonishing.

Like Mu Yun and Chi Duoduo, he also faced two opponents at once and easily defeated them.

In addition to his superior weaponry, many people believed he was capable of winning the championship.

And so, amidst the discussions, the tournament quickly progressed to the semi-finals.

"Sigh, my opponent is Brother Yun!"

Chi Duoduo puffed out her cheeks and muttered something unhappily.

Mu Yun gently patted her head in a comforting gesture.

With Chi Duoduo's strength, winning the championship would have been no problem at all if she hadn't encountered him.

As for Zhao Ziye, whom they mentioned?

Mu Yun admitted that he was very strong. He wielded his bright silver spear with great force, and even a gym-level Pokémon could probably hold its own for a while.

But that's all.

Judging from his combined aura and psychic abilities, Chi Duoduo's current strength is probably not much different from that of a peak gymnastics-level Pokémon.

It can be said that Wang Di and he popularized the ultimate level that humans could reach in human history without the aid of special abilities.

But does Duoduo really have no special abilities?

This is what Mu Yun doesn't understand.

Even with his superpowers and aura, he still couldn't see anything strange about Duoduo.

And that's the strangest thing.

This means that either Duoduo is not a gifted individual and is purely born with superhuman strength, or it is a peculiar phenomenon that he cannot detect at his current level.

Either way, it's pretty outrageous.

Especially the second one.

After Mu Yun promised to take Duo Duo to the Changshi Night Market that evening to make her laugh, Zhao Ziye's competition came to an end.

His opponent was a man wielding a long sword, skilled in technique but physically weak.

Martial arts competitions, to put it simply, are all about judging the athletes' basic stats.

If the value is high enough, one force can directly break through all laws.

No matter how skilled you are, it's all in vain.

"Now, please welcome the two contestants from the second match of the semifinals!"

"Come on, Dodo, go all out!"

On the main arena, Mu Yun smiled slightly, signaling to Chi Duoduo that she didn't need to hold back.

Perfect timing, he hasn't even had a chance to spar with Chi Duoduo yet.

Perhaps this will allow us to learn more about whether she has any special physical conditions.

"Well then, be careful, Brother Yun!"

Chi Duoduo also knew that Mu Yun was no longer the same person she used to be; he was no longer the fragile doll who could easily break her bones.

Therefore, her little face showed a rare serious and earnest expression when she looked at Mu Yun.

Despite her attempts to be serious, Mu Yun found her just as adorable as a little rabbit.

"drink!!"

After a brief observation, Chi Duoduo took the initiative to launch an attack.

The speed was far greater than in any previous match.

There were even terrifying sonic booms.

However, this attack, whose aftershocks could shatter the internal organs of an ordinary person, was casually blocked and neutralized by Mu Yun as if he were walking in a leisurely garden.

She even had the energy to help Chi Duoduo stabilize her body, making it easier for her to make another move.

"Holy crap, that fast? Is this girl even human?"

"Wow, this guy caught it with one hand? I'm starting to wonder if he can catch bullets with his bare hands!"

"No, is this still a human competition? Could they be elves disguised as humans?"

The surrounding audience was stunned.

The Huang brothers couldn't help but slap each other across the face, thinking they were dreaming.

"Brother, those women outside are so scary. Cuihua is so much better; she's even willing to look at my feet."

"What?! Cuihua actually showed you her feet? She wouldn't even show them to me when I massaged them for her!"

"It's okay, brother. Next time, Cuihua will show me hers, and I'll show you mine!"

..............................

Meanwhile, in the special guest section.

Silence seemed to materialize and linger around everyone.

As the saying goes, the layman sees the spectacle, while the expert sees the details.

But apart from Lü Shouchun and Zhao Shiyu, everyone else began to doubt whether they were laymen.

The two people on stage were clearly using routines they could understand to fight, but what was going on with that speed, that power, and that sonic boom?

Is this still in China?

Is this still reality?

"Shouchun, can you beat your disciple?" Zhao Shiyun said quietly after a long silence.

"Unless I borrow the Pokémon's Aura, I don't dare to spar with her right now."

Lu Shouchun said proudly.

"How can you be so shameless as a master who can't beat his apprentice?" Zhao Shiyu retorted.

"The student surpasses the teacher."

"......"

On the other side, after slightly closing his wide eyes, Zhao Xuan couldn't help but say, "Young people these days are really outrageous!"

"yes!"

Wen Luan chimed in, "Judging from their current performance, I'm afraid even if I used my elf powers when I was young, they wouldn't be a match for this young couple."

"Nephew Ziye, I'm afraid it will be difficult."

..............................

offstage.

Holding a gleaming silver spear, Zhao Ziye stared intently at the battle on the stage, which seemed somewhat unreal to the eye.

"Tick-tock~~"

The sound of water droplets falling onto the water's surface suddenly rang out beneath me.

He looked at it and realized it was just sweat dripping from his chin.

It startled him.

When they first met, he thought he would have a fierce battle with Mu Yun, and that he would either win by a narrow margin or lose by a single move.

Regardless of victory or defeat, his more than ten years of martial arts training have not been in vain.

But now it seems that either of these two people could probably knock him out.

These two weren't at this level when they competed before!

Auntie is right. There are always people more capable than you, and there's always something beyond your understanding. He still has a long way to go!

And so, to everyone's stunned and numb gaze, Mu Yun "narrowly won by one move" and secured a ticket to the finals.

Suddenly, all eyes were on Zhao Ziye, who was about to appear.

In that instant, Zhao Ziye suddenly understood what it meant to feel like he had thorns in his back, to be sitting on pins and needles, to have a fishbone stuck in his throat, to be walking on thin ice, to feel like...

However, admitting defeat is not in his nature.

A gunman would rather break than bend!

This is the principle his aunt taught him.

"Brother Mu, please enlighten me!"

"good!"

Mu Yun had a rather good impression of this "old version" youth whom he had only known for a few days.

I'd be happy to fight him.

Then......

"Bang bang bang---!!!"

After a dozen or so rounds, Zhao Ziye fell down as expected.

This was only because Mu Yun gave him a chance to demonstrate; otherwise, with one punch, he could have chosen to be reborn into a new family.

"Zhao Ziye has been defeated; therefore, the winner of this martial arts tournament final is..."

Just as the referee's voice rang out, a strong and resonant voice came from afar.

"slow!"

A loud shout drew everyone's attention.

Zhao Xuan, sitting in the special guest seat, frowned slightly upon seeing who it was, but quickly relaxed, his eyes filled with a gloomy and uncertain look.

In contrast, Zhao Shiyu was much more direct.

He raised a sharp eyebrow, his eyes revealing undisguised disgust.

"I, Xu, have come uninvited; please forgive me!"

The visitor was none other than Xu Dian.

At this moment, two metal creatures, each three meters tall, were floating around him.

The patriarch of the Metagross clan in the Silversteel Realm—a champion-level black Metagross.

And Xu Dian's absolute ace spirit, known as the "Silver Meteor"—

Champion-level Silver Metagross!