Pokémon, you're not allowed to expel me from human form!

"But the method you mentioned is too complicated. I'll suggest a simpler one—all of you come at me together."

"Whether you're human or elf, it doesn't matter if you all target me."

"After all, if we didn't do it this way... it would be too boring~"

......

27. One punch shatters the dream of becoming a king.

The Longevity Chapter was an active chapter in the Longwind Grasslands long ago and one of the ten strongest legions in the era of the kingdoms.

With the survival space for Legion trainers squeezed, large Legions generally retreat to remote and open environments such as deserts, grasslands, oceans, polar regions, and wilderness. Therefore, the Longevity Chapter, which was originally located in the Longwind Grass Sea, is one of the few chapters that has been preserved relatively intact.

Compared to other legions that were forced to relocate from their original bases or simply disappeared and transformed, the Eternal Life Chapter naturally had certain ambitions.

However, compared to those old-fashioned people who still insist that the Legion style is superior to modern trainers and that the group is greater than the individual, the Long Life Team, having witnessed the power of the Eagle City's Elite Four and Champions over the years, understands that times have long since changed.

It's no longer the era of the Kingdoms where the Elite Four-level Pokémon reigned supreme; there might not even be a single Champion-level Pokémon in an entire era.

The current league's top players and champions have reached a terrifying level in terms of individual strength, so blindly piling on numbers is absolutely meaningless.

Therefore, the recent generations of warriors of the Eternal Life Battle Group have been planning to cultivate a Heavenly King!

Then, by leveraging the power and resources of the Heavenly King, we can gradually upgrade the elite battle groups, find the optimal ratio of quantity to quality, and slowly accumulate resources, so that the Longevity Battle Group can once again reach its peak in this era dominated by the alliance!

It is very difficult to cultivate a superstar.

Although the previous generations of War Leaders before Haojiao wanted to transform their strategies, they couldn't do so too quickly because they had to maintain their relationship with the Changsheng Warband. They could only accumulate experience over time.

By the time it came to Haojiao's generation, the necessary preparations had been largely completed.

However, Hao Jiao was still far from being a top star of this era, which made him unwilling, but he originally planned to endure it for a while longer.

It wasn't until the Holy King's Legion and the Heavenly Grace Knights from Europe, who came from the eastern part of China and formed the Sirius Battle Group, took the initiative to contact Hao Jiao and eventually formed an alliance, that Hao Jiao's ambition swelled up again.

It was at this time that the mole he had infiltrated into the Eagle City Alliance branch learned of Ning Ya's initiation of the Heavenly King succession war against Luo Ke, and also learned the location where this war was about to break out.

This gave him an opportunity.

and...

My bet was right!

Upon hearing Luo Ke's response, Hao Jiao's face, hidden beneath his helmet, broke into an incredibly excited smile.

The mole planted by the previous war chief sent him a message before the Alliance branch gathered all the relevant personnel to watch the battle. After that, the Alliance branch controlled the information, and the mole never contacted him again, so he didn't know the specific details of the battle.

But knowing Ningya's strength, he understood that Ningya must have sought help from Sarud to start the battle here.

So, if Luo Ke were to defeat Ning Ya, no matter how strong he was, he would have to lose five Pokémon, right?

The remaining main player is also probably in extremely poor condition.

Because of her connection with Sarud, Ningya should have managed to preserve one of her main fighters intact, although this fighter's strength is probably not very high.

So, one and a half Elite Four level Pokémon, plus some Gym Leader level Pokémon...

Their Longevity Battle Group can easily handle it!

The preparations of several generations of war leaders have not been in vain!

Therefore, Hao Jiao believes that as long as Luo Ke accepts this battle, the position of Heavenly King will essentially be his!

As for what happens next...

Unlike Luo Ke, who was young and impetuous, he wouldn't run away after winning the title of Heavenly King!

With the cover of our allies, once we get through three weeks, this king's throne won't be so easy to take away!

He is different from Ning Ya; he would never initiate a battle to replace the Heavenly King!

Even though he was so excited, Hao Jiao calmly focused his attention on Carmen. He didn't want anything to happen at this moment!

Fortunately, Carmen, who was about to take action, heard Rocco's words.

She stared at Rocco for a while, then decisively retreated to Karen's side and spoke directly to Rocco.

"It seems you won your battle with Ningya more easily than I expected—I respect the strong. Since you want to handle it yourself, then do it yourself."

"Don't worry, although I'll see a portion of your strength later, when I challenge you, I'll defeat you head-on with the full force you're about to display! I won't take advantage of you at all~"

Carmen had that confidence.

Because she trained many trainers at Z Company, she is not weak in any way compared to ordinary Elite Four level trainers; she is powerful in all aspects!

Whether it's tactics, command, or Pokémon strength, she's confident she won't lose to any of the Elite Four level Pokémon!

However, Luo Ke shook his head slightly in response to her words.

But before he could speak, Carmen interrupted him.

"You should focus on what's at hand."

"...Fine."

Since Carmen had already said that, Luo Ke didn't intend to say anything more to her, and instead turned his attention directly to Hao Jiao.

Hao Jiao hadn't spoken up since he saw that Carmen wasn't planning to make a move, fearing that something unexpected might happen.

Only now did he burst out laughing.

"Haha, brothers, attack!"

As soon as he spoke, the vast sea of ​​elves in the sky and on the ground launched an attack!

Upon seeing this, Carmen immediately retreated, while Karen and Ningya hesitated for a moment before also decisively retreating.

After all, in their eyes, Luo Ke still had four and a half main forces. Even with four Heavenly King level creatures plus the Victini, Ning Ya felt that defeating the Longevity Battle Group wouldn't be a problem.

Kallen is already thinking about Mewtwo.

Carmen is also waiting for Rocco to make a move, preparing to decide on the tactics she will use when challenging Rocco later.

Then...

Luo Ke's figure vanished from the spot!

He didn't release any Pokémon, but simply activated his Aura Lock, and the moment he stepped on the ground with one foot, he appeared right in front of Hao Jiao!

Before Hao Jiao's smile had even faded, Luo Ke's clenched fist had already slammed into his face!

Snapped!

The specially made armor, which could even block the attacks of elves, was decisively shattered under Rocco's fist, revealing Haojiao's distorted face and rolled-up eyes.

With a single blow, Hao Jiao fell.

And as Luo Ke exerted his power, all the Pokémon and trainers around Hao Jiao were blasted out of the arena by his enormous force!

The sea of ​​elves, who had been launching an attack, turned around at the sound and saw Luo Ke standing in the spot before Hao Jiao, slowly turning around.

His face was now covered in shadow, but his eyes, which glowed with blue light, remained bright.

Faced with such a Roco, both Pokémon and trainers instinctively felt fear. But Roco did not hesitate at all. After dealing with this one who looked most deserving of a beating, he pierced into the sea of ​​Pokémon like a flying arrow. Every punch would take away at least ten Pokémon. Even those that were flying would be blasted down by his Aura Sphere!

With his sweeping speed, Ning Ya, who was hiding far back, had no doubt that Luo Ke could finish the battle within ten minutes!

but...

Is the person who's hitting someone Rocco or Ditto?

I can’t tell the difference, I really can’t tell the difference!

She was stunned, and her main Pokémon, which had been replaced by Zarude, was also stunned as it watched this scene from inside its Poké Ball.

because......

Having witnessed Ditto's incredible feat of trading one for four, it felt that Rocco might be even stronger than his Ditto!

That's what it was thinking, and Carmen unknowingly opened her mouth wide.

Why isn't Roco using any elves?!

And he used waveguide power?

The legendary wave guide user of the family could be this terrifying?!

Even a champion-level Pokémon probably couldn't beat him in a one-on-one fight!

Carmen is in a state of confusion.

After her initial surprise, Karen noticed Carmen's astonishment and gave her a strange smile, then poked her sister, who had just been making grand pronouncements, with her finger.

"What did you say before?"

"What will Roco use to deal with these guys? Will you use the same method to defeat him during your challenge?"

Upon hearing Karen's words, Carmen fell silent, a rare occurrence for her.

Karen continued speaking.

"I'll get you a pair of boxing gloves then, and I definitely won't stop you. Go on, go have a one-on-one fight with Rocco!"

"You have to believe in yourself, you will win."

Carmen remained silent, and frowned.

She won't change her mind, a one-on-one fight it is!

As for whether we can win...

Upon hearing Karen's last words, Carmen sighed inwardly.

Will we win?

They should be going to die, right?

......

28. This hopeful world no longer allows you to exist.

The Longevity Squad has been captured.

There are two main reasons for his capture.

First, Ningya secretly recorded Haojiao's earlier suggestion to have everyone gang up on Luo Ke.

With this recording, the nature of this matter changes from a challenge to the Heavenly King to an attack on him!

Secondly, there was the mole within the Eagle City Alliance branch who was passing messages to Hao Jiao. It wasn't just the branch that blocked information, which is why he didn't pass on the match schedule and results to Hao Jiao; rather, this guy was caught!

The mole knows Hao Jiao, which is why he told him the location of the battle that would erupt to replace the Heavenly King.

The mole hadn't expected Luo Ke to win while preserving most of his fighting strength. If that were the case, sending Hao Jiao over wouldn't be a gamble, but a suicide mission. This led him to risk sending a message to Hao Jiao, which resulted in his exposure.

With these two events combined, the captured Longevity Battle Group is finished.

Not to mention that after Luo Ke personally interrogated Hao Jiao, Hao Jiao confessed to all the crimes he committed for the sake of accumulating resources and training the legion, because the Changsheng Battle Group needed to accumulate resources and train the legion.

Given conclusive evidence, the alliance does indeed have the option of imposing the death penalty, and they will not hesitate to do so.

Many people applauded this.

However, compared to the matter of the Immortal Battle Group, people have been paying more attention to something else lately.

That is...

"The newly appointed Heavenly King of China, Mr. Luo Ke, has set up a challenge, saying that he will accept all challenges during the daytime for the next three weeks."

"Yes, this news is aimed at the whole world—rationally speaking, I think this decision is a bit bad, but no matter what the outcome, I admire Mr. Rocco."

"That's right, Mr. Luo Ke is truly admirable!"

There's no way to avoid paying attention.

The fact that Roco set up the arena not only involves the Elite Four members, but also trainers from all over the world who are confident in their abilities, and the entire arena match will be broadcast live.

This involves trainers, their acquaintances, fans... the total number is enormous.

Moreover, these people all admired Luo Ke.

There was no sarcasm, mockery, conspiracy theories, or any kind of backstabbing or comparison—the world unanimously approves of Luo Ke's upright and honest behavior.

Even the collaborators of the Immortal Warband are the same.