I, Zhulan's childhood sweetheart, was trapped in Xicui.

"Brother Xu Li!"

As he was thinking this, Xu Li heard someone calling him.

Looking back, it was Mingyao? He quickly came to Xu Li.

"I heard that you pacified the kings of the Ultramarine Coast and the Crimson Wetlands, and now you're in charge of this operation. We're truly saved!"

Xu Li looked at Ming Yao in front of him, blinked, and almost didn't recognize him.

It had been almost half a year since they last met, and Mingyao was no longer the skinny kid Xu Li had been when they first met.

Instead, he became much stronger, and his muscular arms looked like they could easily knock down several people.

Seeing Xu Li noticed his muscles, Mingyao smiled brightly and said:

"Thanks to the physical training methods that Brother Xu Li taught me, I persist in doing them every day. Even ordinary raccoons and Muk'er can't withstand my powerful back-attack Poké Ball!"

Mingyao was talking about the curls, rowing and other fitness exercises that Xu Li did during his first training. Mingyao would also practice with him at that time.

Xu Li stopped doing it later and instead focused all his energy on cultivating Pokémon.

Unexpectedly, Mingyao has been persisting.

Seeing Mingyao's results, Xu Li nodded in approval, which made Mingyao smile even happier.

"Now, I'm already a small leader among the investigators of the same period. I've led many people to stick to Brother Xu Li's training methods!"

"We all like this way of improving ourselves through hard work, rather than..."

At the end of his speech, Mingyao's eyes dimmed a little and he said no more.

Xu Li also heard about the "oppression from seniors" within the investigation team and patted Mingyao on the shoulder.

Next, Xu Li did not give any instructions and silently watched as the investigation team once again began to pacify the king of the forest - the axe mantis.

First, several members of the investigation team threw treasures on the sidelines, among which Mingyao and several investigators following him were the most conspicuous.

They all have similarly stout bodies, and although their hit rates are not much different from others, they are not very good.

But the flying path of the Zhenbao was straight and powerful, in stark contrast to the weak parabolas of the other investigators.

In the end, with a barely 30% hit rate, it took nearly twenty minutes to smash the Axe Mantis into a state where it could suppress its rage.

Then use Pokémon to fight against the golden light that continues to suppress Axe Mantis and causes it to go berserk.

But what Xu Li saw was that the members of the investigation team retreated to a distance of one hundred meters from the battlefield, shouting.

"Rumble Rock, round it up, and roll!"

When it turned into a circle and strengthened and started rolling, the Axe Mantis recovered and started roaring again.

"Roar----!"

The pressure penetrated into Longlongyan's heart, and the rolling gradually slowed down. In the end, he couldn't even keep rolling. He looked at the Axe Mantis with fear in his eyes.

Seeing the situation, the members of the investigation team began to do what they had been repeating for the past four months.

The pacification failed, so the town treasures and Pokémon were taken back and everyone retreated.

Xu Li looked at the numb eyes of the investigation team members as they retreated, and slapped his forehead. The situation was quite serious.

If you hide in the back and give orders, it would be strange if your Pokémon trusts you and turns its back to you.

It has to face this kind of pressure and fight. If it doesn't run away, it can be considered a simple-minded Pokémon.

Regardless of whether the investigation team has the ability to pacify the Axe Mantis, since Xu Li has come here, he must change the things that he doesn't like.

……

After returning to the base, Xu Li immediately began to make changes to the base.

They came to the fence that Xu Li had noticed at the beginning, which separated the investigation team members and their Pokémon.

He gave instructions to the surrounding investigation teams:

"Just tear this down for me!"

The surrounding investigators looked at this airborne "new leader" and hesitated, saying, "But... this has always been the way it's been."

Hearing this, Xu Li pointed to the fence surrounding the Pokémon in the distance and repeated, "Tear them all down! I'm not just going to tear down this, I'm going to tear down that too!"

While these investigators were hesitating, Mingyao and the fitness group around him didn't think too much about it.

Upon learning that Xu Li was the source of their daily training methods, they all looked at Xu Li with fanatical eyes.

After hearing Xu Li's instructions, they immediately went forward and dismantled the fence.

The other investigators had no choice but to keep up.

Although the atmosphere within the investigation team has many shortcomings, for Xu Li, at least they dare not blatantly disobey orders.

After all the fences were removed, Xu Li gathered the investigators and made new regulations.

"From now on, no matter what you wish, you will live with your Pokémon."

"Don't worry about how to pacify Axe Mantis yet. First, learn how to get along with Pokémon."

"During this period, the use of Poké Balls to retrieve Pokémon is not allowed."

"If you have a bad relationship with Pokémon, then do your best to improve your relationship with it. Otherwise, you're on your own."

Then Xu Li looked at the group of Pokémon behind him.

"Now, take your Pokémon back."

After saying that, Xu Li left without caring what the investigators thought.

Xu Li was too lazy to use soft tactics on these members of the investigation team who were only willing to be tough and not soft.

……

Five days later, Xu Li inspected the stronghold again.

During these five days, Xu Li distributed a lot of Dr. Laben's research results on the Pokémon encyclopedia within the base.

Most of them are targeting the Pokémon of the investigation team in the base.

The content includes their daily habits, favorite environment and food, and the characteristics of their battles.

At least Xu Li saw some results.

For example, the investigator in front of us is helping its giant vines trim outside the tent.

The giant vine squinted its eyes in enjoyment as they were no longer covered by the vines, staring straight at the investigator who was helping it trim the vines.

For Pokémon like Giganto, the vines on its body grow faster the clearer the weather. Sometimes it is so serious that the vines on its body completely entangle its hands and feet with the body, making it difficult to move.

At that time, the giant vine could only use brute force to tear its own vines apart.

The giant vine had never enjoyed the experience of having its vines carefully trimmed by human hands three days ago.

The giant vine felt that the three days of pruning the vines had made it feel more comfortable with this human being, whom it had rarely seen except in battle.

It was Xu Li who came up with the idea of ​​helping the giant vine trim its vines.

When this investigator was ordered by the distressed Xu Li to live with the giant vine, the giant vine completely ignored him and did its own thing.

So Xu Li came up with the idea of ​​pruning the vines.

The situation has improved since he tried to help the giant monster trim the vines, so he has become more active in trimming and helps trim the giant vines here every day.

Xu Li looked at the situation, nodded, and left silently.

At this time... Xu Li heard faint groans or sounds of exhaustion coming from the mountains next to the stronghold.

Xu Li walked forward and took a look.

Unlike the atmosphere inside the stronghold, the atmosphere here is unusually lively.

It was Mingyao and his fitness group, as well as most of the fighting-type Pokémon, who were exercising together enthusiastically.

Most of them are about strength and wrist strength. It seems that those who like to exercise to capture Pokémon are also like this.

Holding homemade stone dumbbells, three or four people or Pokémon form a group and take turns exercising.

From the current perspective, Xu Li doesn’t need to worry about how this group of people get along with Pokémon.

Seeing Xu Li coming, they all stopped the equipment in their hands and looked at Xu Li with fiery eyes.

"Brother Xu Li! Do you want to come with us?"

Mingyao and Haoli beside him came forward to invite him.

Xu Li shook his head and said, "Let's not train anymore, but maybe we can have a man-to-man competition!"

"Oh oh oh oh!? A contest between men?" Mingyao's eyes lit up. Is Brother Xu Li going to come up with something new?

Xu Li found a stone and summoned the Great Sword Ghost.

"Great Sword Ghost, please."

"Mee Wu——"

The Great Sword Demon's pitch-black foot blade flashed, and the top of the big rock was cut off, revealing an extremely smooth surface.

Xu Li put his hand on it and asked Mingyao to sit opposite him.

"The competition between men I'm talking about is arm wrestling!"

"Arm wrestling?" Mingyao excitedly sat down opposite Xu Li, and the people and Pokémon around him also gathered around.

"Yes, arm wrestling is the simplest confrontation between arm strength!"

"It represents a contest of willpower between men!"

Next, Xu Li and Mingyao held each other's arms and introduced this simple way of playing.

Game start.

Xu Li felt the great force coming from Mingyao. It seemed that Mingyao's training results were very good.

But Xu Li was not bad either. Soon, Mingyao's arm was pressed to the stone surface by Xu Li, which meant that Mingyao lost.

Even though he lost, Mingyao was not discouraged and said excitedly:

"As expected of Brother Xu Li! Even after training for so long, I still can't defeat you!"

Xu Li smiled but said nothing.

Xu Li is indeed stronger than Ming Yao in terms of strength, but the reason why he solved the problem so quickly and efficiently is that there are skills in arm wrestling.

After Xu Li and Ming Yao demonstrated this, others also tried it out of curiosity.

Two powerful warriors came together, staring at each other, the tendons in their arms bulging, fighting against each other, neither of them able to do anything.

Some people even tried arm wrestling, but they couldn't last more than three seconds before falling down.

The Pokémon called Armstrong, although its body is the size of a child, is extremely powerful and cannot be compared to ordinary people.

Before long, both the people here and the Pokémon seemed to fall in love with this simple confrontation.

Even Xu Li and the Great Sword Ghost couldn't stand their enthusiasm and continued to break their wrists seven or eight times.

"By the way, I plan to organize you into a small group. What are your names?"

After getting familiar with this group of people, Xu Li said.

They stared at each other for a few seconds. Finally, Mingyao looked at Haoli beside him and decided, "Let's call it the Super Power Team!"

"The goal is to have strength as strong as that of a monster, and... I hope that all our companions can become monsters!"

Xu Li nodded, waved his arms, which were red from frequent arm wrestling, at them, and was about to leave.

"Well, see you next time, guys from the Super Power Team!"

Everyone in the Super Strength Group also waved goodbye to Xu Li.

……

After leaving the Super Strength Group, Xu Li observed the base again, wrote down some questions, and then returned to his residence in the base.

Two days later, a notice about a Pokémon competition was posted.

The rules are simple, an elimination tournament system where two players are paired up to battle Pokémon. Those who reach the finish line and show they can challenge AxeMantis will receive generous rewards.

However, the way of playing is different from normal fighting. The opponents have smaller versions of sticky balls to throw.

The opponent's Pokémon also needs to continue the competition under the pressure of props.