Elf: I Am a Farmer

Chapter 60 Du Juan

"Alright, that's enough for today!"

Chiba Kaede stopped the sparring session between the exhausted Striker and the relaxed Heracross.

In the afternoon training session, Hercules still overwhelmed Machop with its sheer strength. After being allowed to retaliate, it was able to block Machop's attacks while simultaneously slamming Machop down.

However, the wrist strength did not come without its gains. At least after several slams, it would leave some room for maneuver with each punch to prevent Heracross from seizing an opportunity.

As the game progresses, it becomes increasingly difficult for Heracross to throw Machop. The most important reason for this is that Machop's talent in combat is indeed very high. Secondly, since Machop's strength is still relatively low, the effect of improving his strength is quite obvious.

The next morning, Chiba Kaede arrived at the Corasick Gym on time, and was greeted by the same receptionist from the previous day.

"By the way, our Gym Leader Du Juan always invites some students from the Trainer Academy to watch whenever she holds a gym challenge. You don't mind that, do you?"

The receptionist seemed to remember something and asked Chiba Kaede.

"Sure, I don't mind!"

Chiba Kaede didn't really mind having people watching the game. After all, the crowds at the Saiyu Tournament were huge, so it was good to get used to it beforehand.

Led by the receptionist, Chiba Kaede arrived at an indoor battle arena. A number of students were already seated on the surrounding platforms, and they began to whisper among themselves when they saw Chiba Kaede enter.

"This challenger isn't much older than us, so their skills are probably not that great!"

A short-haired boy spoke to the girl sitting next to him.

"I think so too. I reckon Ms. Du Juan will beat him very soon."

A chubby boy chimed in. §.•´¨'°÷•..× ➅9𝓼Ⓗยχ.𝕔ｏ𝐦 ×,.•´¨'°÷•.§

"I think this guy is so handsome, he must be really good at it too!"

A girl who was somewhat obsessed with looks retorted.

"Tch, he's definitely all looks and no substance!"

A cool-looking boy said with a hint of disdain.

"Alright, students, quiet down! Our gym challenge is about to begin!"

At this moment, a girl with pigtails and big eyes walked over from the side and spoke to the students who were watching.

As she finished speaking, the battlefield fell silent, and the students tacitly stopped talking.

"Excuse me, my student was a bit rude. I am Dujuan, the Gym Leader of the Kanaz Gym. Welcome to challenge me!"

Du Juan extended her hand with a slight apology.

"It's alright. My name is Chiba Kaede, and I'm from Chunhua Town. Nice to meet you!"

Having lived two lives, Chiba Kaede was naturally not swayed by the words of some little brats. He was not that fragile. He reached out and shook hands with Du Juan before speaking.

"Then the Gym Challenge between Chiba Maple from Spring Blossom Town and the Rustboro Gym will begin. The match will be a 2v2 format. Challengers may change their Pokémon during the match, but Gym Leaders are not allowed to change their Pokémon!"

Once both sides were in position, a referee who appeared to be middle-aged immediately announced the start of the match.

"Come out, Geodude!"

"Come out, Arm Wrestler!"

As soon as they finished speaking, both sides' Pokémon appeared on the field.

"Wow, how come its arm strength is only equivalent to one arm!"

"Yes, yes, it's so pitiful!"

"What's wrong with this guy? How could he let someone with a disability like Arm Strength participate in the dojo challenge?"

The appearance of the arm wrestling match caused an uproar among the audience.

Even Du Juan, the gym owner, was quite surprised. She had never encountered a challenger who used a disabled Pokémon to make a challenge before, and she couldn't understand why Chiba Kaede did this.

Many people think that Chiba Kaede is just trying to attract attention, otherwise why would she do such a thing? How much does she look down on the Kanaz Gym!

"Xiaofeng, I'm just confirming one last time, are you really going to let Arm Li handle the match?"

Du Juan asked with a serious expression.

"Yes, I'm sure!"

Chiba Kaede answered just as readily.

"Then, Little Stone, use Roll!"

Seeing that Chiba Maple had indeed not picked up the wrong Pokémon, Du Juan stopped hesitating and began to command Geodude.

As Du Juan gave the instruction, the little stone began to roll, and as time went on, it became faster and faster.

"Strengthen your wrists, gather your energy, and then wait for the right moment!"

Chiba Kaede also issued instructions at the opportune moment.

Instantly, a strange aura enveloped Wanli, and his mind entered a state of high concentration.

After accelerating for a while, Geodude felt the time was right and charged at Wrist Force.

"Now! Arm strength, use Brick Break!"

Chiba Kaede did not let his wrist dodge, because the longer the small stone rolled, the faster it would go, and the greater the impact it would cause.

Seeing the small Geodude rolling rapidly towards him, Armwyn showed no fear in his eyes. He quickly covered his left hand with a layer of fighting attribute energy, which was the prelude to using the Brick Break skill.

"boom!"

As the wrist-strike brick-breaking skill struck the rolling Geodude, the powerful impact kicked up a lot of dust, obscuring both of them and making it temporarily impossible for outsiders to see what was happening.

After a while, as the smoke and dust gradually dissipated, the first figure to appear on the field was Wrist Power, whose left hand was trembling but whose gaze was resolute. Next was Little Fist Stone, who had fallen to the ground unconscious, clearly having lost its ability to fight.

"Wow, that wrist strength is amazing! It defeated Teacher Du Juan's little fist stone with just one blow!"

"Yes, yes, that's so surprising!"

The students outside the arena were also shocked by the strength of the wrist strength; they knew how powerful Teacher Du Juan's small fist stone was when it rolled.

"Impressive arm strength! You've trained him very well, Xiao Feng!"

At this point, Du Juan no longer dwelled on the disability of her right arm, but truly recognized its strength.

"Come out, my partner!"

After recalling Geodude, Dujuan released her second Pokémon.

"The North-facing nose, the compass spirit, has a large nose that is a powerful magnet. It can determine direction by the direction of its nose, which always points north. Because like poles of a magnet repel each other, two North-facing noses cannot put their faces together."

Chiba Kaede took out her Pokédex and began looking at the information about Nosepass.

"Wrist strength, do you want to come back and rest for a bit?"

Chiba Kaede looked at the slightly out-of-breath Wanli and asked.

The collision with Geodude had actually caused Machop considerable damage, which is why Chiba wanted it to rest in its Poké Ball for a while.

Wanli shook his head, indicating that he could continue fighting.

"Then, let's go for it with arm wrestling!"

Seeing that Wanli was determined, Chiba Kaede didn't think twice.

"North-facing nose, blocked by rocks!"

As North Nose activated his skill, countless boulders appeared in the sky and hurled themselves at Arm Strength.

Despite Machop's best efforts to dodge, he was still hit by the boulder and trapped inside. However, Machop did not give up. He used the Brick Break skill to split the boulder blocking his way and continued to rush toward Nose Bridge.

"North-facing nose, rock blasting!"

Seeing that the rock barrier had not completely blocked her wrist strength, Du Juan issued a new instruction.

Hard rocks materialized in front of the nose facing north and were then quickly launched at the wrist. All three rocks were launched before the attack stopped.

Faced with the rapidly flying boulder, Wanli did not dodge, but continued to charge forward and then used the Tile Splitting skill to shatter the flying rock.

Unfortunately, after breaking two rocks, its left arm was too weak to perform the tile-breaking attack when faced with the third rock. The force of the last rock hitting its wrist sent it flying backward, crashing heavily to the ground and rendering it unable to fight.

"Come back, Arm Wrestler, you did a great job!"

Chiba Kaede withdrew his grip and then praised him.

In today's fight, Arm Lift truly demonstrated his extraordinary strength and prowess!

The fearless strength of the wrist brought great shock to everyone present. They couldn't understand how the physically disabled wrist could have such a fighting spirit.

"Clap clap clap!"

Immediately, all the students spontaneously burst into enthusiastic applause, cheering for the display of wrist strength!

"Go, Heracross!"

Once the area returned to silence, Chiba Kaede released her second Pokémon.

Heracross was also quite excited at this moment. It had witnessed Machop's amazing performance through the Poké Ball and was happy for its little brother whom it had only recently met.

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