Bottom-tier trainers in the Pokémon world

The first person that flashed through Xia Yan's mind was Sakuragi, who was about to become a doctor. With his network of connections, it shouldn't be too difficult for him to find a breeder who could customize a special-grade energy cube.

"However, I will have to try making them myself in the future. It seems that my goal for the next period of time has become clear: to catch up on my knowledge about breeders."

However, when it comes to high-level energy blocks or even super-level energy blocks, learning materials in this area are not so easy to obtain.

"This is the black market. If it's not available here, it's even less likely to be available anywhere else."

The price of items involving this kind of knowledge can be incredibly high, potentially even exceeding the price of a super-grade energy cube itself.

After all, it's better to teach someone how to fish than to give them a fish.

Knowledge is the most expensive thing in any world.

After buying the Energy Cubes, Xia Yan went on a shopping spree in the black market, buying a large number of books related to Pokémon breeding.

All of this cost him a total of two million Alliance Coins.

These are mainly books about crafting advanced and super-powerful energy blocks.

Of course, the reason it was expensive was that he bought two recipes for advanced energy cubes to practice with, which was what really cost a lot of money.

These two recipes for advanced energy blocks alone, which are among the simplest to make and have relatively limited functions, are worth more than 1.5 million Alliance Coins.

The good thing is that if Xia Yan can successfully make the energy cubes for these two recipes in the future, he can make a living by selling energy cubes.

Consider it an investment in myself.

Now that we've bought the books and recipes, we can't forget about the corresponding tools, tree fruits, and various materials.

The tools he bought before were only cheap and rudimentary. He needed a more sophisticated instrument that could handle the creation of high-level energy cubes or even super-level energy cubes.

that's it.

Purchasing a near-top-of-the-line precision instrument cost nearly one million Alliance coins.

Fortunately, this equipment can be used for a long time, and even if Xia Yan is able to make super-grade energy cubes in the future, he can still afford it, so it can be considered a one-stop solution.

Then, to round it up, they spent 640,000 Alliance Coins to buy a large amount of tree fruit and related materials.

He was prepared to waste a lot of raw materials to accumulate experience and to fail countless times.

The reason I managed to scrape together 640,000 was partly due to a slight case of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Because of this, all the miscellaneous expenses, big and small, added up to a total of 5.14 million.

I still have six million Alliance Coins left.

Just hours ago, he had become a multimillionaire, but a few hours later, he was left with only six million.

"This money really goes by very quickly."

Fortunately, space equipment exists in this world; otherwise, it wouldn't be easy to take so much stuff with you.

After finishing his shopping, Xia Yan left the last black market shop, drenched in sweat.

I felt completely exhausted.

As he walked out of the last shop, the scabbard on his back trembled once more.

"I know, I know. I didn't want to bother with them at first, but now that I've spent so much, it's not a bad choice to get some money back from them. Even a small amount is still something," Xia Yan replied somewhat helplessly.

He turned and walked into the alley of the black market.

The intricate buildings and numerous shops made these alleyways a place where the black market solved many problems.

For example, right now.

After Xia Yan entered the alley, a dark figure quickly followed.

Followed by.

Several more dark figures appeared.

Not long after.

In the alley.

Several more corpses lay on the ground, nameless and of little concern to most.

However, Xia Yan, who had dealt with them, did not leave. Instead, he shouted towards a dark corner of the alley:

"Come out, Miss... who has been following me ever since I left the auction house. May I call you... Miss Number Fifteen?"

As he finished speaking, the crisp clatter of leather shoes echoed through the alley.

A person completely shrouded in a black robe and wearing a fox mask slowly appeared in sight.

Through the holes in the mask, a pair of slightly gloomy and chilling eyes swept over the corpses scattered on the ground, finally landing on Xia Yan.

Beside her followed a yellow elf, step by step, holding a shiny spoon in its hand.

Yundira!

Upon seeing her, Xia Yan's eyes flickered, revealing a hint of realization.

No wonder the other person was interested in that spoon; it turns out she also has a Kadabra, and it seems to be quite strong.

“I’m willing to pay 1.7 million Alliance Coins to buy that thing,” the woman’s sharp, cold voice rang out.

Xia Yan slowly narrowed his eyes.

It seems he underestimated the importance of that spoon.

He shrugged. "Sorry."

The woman remained silent, seemingly unsurprised by Xia Yan's answer.

"There's no other way... I have to get this."

However, Xia Yan didn't look at her anymore.

His gaze fell on the single sword sheath beside him, whose face was filled with timidity and fear.

He murmured, "Perfect timing. I also happen to need a decent opponent to help me test the limits of my new partner."

He gently stroked the hilt of the single-edged sword sheath.

Another reason, or rather the most important reason, is why Xia Yan chose it.

A single sword sheath.

Senior level!

Approaching elite level!

Chapter Ninety-Four: The Sword That Slays Sisters!

Perhaps even the sword sheath itself didn't realize how strong it was, and simply thought it was weak.

So it has been training hard, just to become stronger and survive better.

This gave it a very solid foundation, even an exaggerated one.

Because she didn't have much contact with outsiders or other elves, Dujianshe only knew a few moves.

However, their proficiency with these moves has reached a very high level.

Xia Yan had spoken with Dujian Sheath and had a general understanding of its situation.

Now he wants to test the strength of the single-edged sword sheath and see how far it has gone.

If all else fails, there's always Beedrill and the others to fall back on.

"Sword Sheath, sense it carefully. This Pokémon on the other side is much weaker than that guy. It's no match for you, it's definitely no match for you!" Xia Yan's voice kept ringing in Sword Sheath's ears.

The Pokémon Saber Sheath combines Steel and Ghost types, resulting in exceptional resistances. It is immune to three types: Normal, Fighting, and Poison.

Aside from Ground, Fire, Ghost, and Dark types being twice as effective against it, only Water and Electric types can deal normal damage to it.

Including the Fairy type, there are a total of eighteen types of Pokémon, but twelve of them are either immune, have double resistance, or even have quadruple resistance.

Such resistance is considered "excellent" among all the Pokémon.

Dujianshe glanced at Xia Yan, then at Yongjira opposite him.

Why does it feel like the opponent is incredibly brave?

Xia Yan was speechless.

In your eyes, Pokémon is also incredibly brave, right?

"Fight with confidence, I'll cover for you. If you feel you can't win, just come back."

Hearing Xia Yan say this, Dujian Sheath finally nodded reluctantly.

"Sword Dance," Xia Yan commanded directly.

Clang!

With a tremor, the sword sheath drew its sharp, gleaming metallic blade from the sheath, a dark red aura swirling around it, and its aura surged rapidly.

"Yagira, Shadow Ball!"

Seeing the sword sheath used in the sword dance, Miss Fifteen naturally couldn't just watch it improve.

She knew a little about the Sword Sheath Pokémon; it had excellent resistances and high physical defense, but its special defense was lacking.

Shadow Ball, a special attack Ghost-type move, is very effective against Saber Sheath.

She was very confident in her timing; if her opponent insisted on using Sword Dance, they would inevitably be attacked by Shadow Orb.

Taking that blow head-on would be enough to severely damage the single-edged sword sheath.

If she abandons the sword dance and dodges, then she has achieved her goal.

Given that Steel-type Pokémon are generally slow, Kadabra can use its psychic abilities and teleportation to outmaneuver them.

Even if your attribute is countered, your physical advantages can still help you win against an opponent with the opposite attribute.

"How is this possible?!"

However, despite all her calculations, she never imagined that the single-edged sword sheath could complete its sword dance in the blink of an eye, before the shadow orb even hit it.

Xia Yan's eyes also sparkled with a variety of emotions.

to be frank.