By the time the battle gets intense, breaking the Energy Shield would be bad... Gigantamax battles are the strongest means of wiping out the audience.
Loz: "It's getting an upgrade, another upgrade..."
"Miss Olive, what's my current ranking in the championship?" Fang Yuan followed up immediately, not giving them a chance to discuss the previous battle.
"Uh, well, after defeating Miss Caidou, your current rank, after calculation, is 188," Olive hastily replied.
Suddenly, he went from 600+ to 100+.
Defeating an opponent did not mean replacing their ranking. Instead, it involved a combination of both competitors' scores and battle performance to determine promotions and demotions. Fang Yuan easily defeated Caidou, a trainer just over rank 100, and his jump to the top 200 was quite normal.
"188."
Hearing this ranking, Fang Yuan was very satisfied. According to his plan, all he needed was to find another top-notch trainer ranked between 100 and 110, preferably one whose real strength was stronger than their ranking. Then, by crushing his opponent in a 1vs2 battle, his ranking should make it to the top 100 and advance to the High Level Ball, right?
After that, he could challenge opponents ranked 9 to 99 to climb the rankings quickly and earn the title of "Eight Masters."
Truly, it was a masterstroke.
"Miss Olive, do we have a suitable opponent now? I remember that every region's Pokemon Battle Committee can arrange for open championship matches," said Fang Yuan.
Just like Ke Na had arranged for his open promotion battle with Lt. Surge before.
Every region's Pokemon Battle Committee had this capability.
In fact, officials even held a battle festival in Soar City, Kalos Region, where competitors could quickly improve their rankings and levels, attracting many trainers there.
At this moment, hearing Fang Yuan's question, Olive was feeling a headache.
In the Galar Region, indeed, there were numerous elite trainers, and between ranks 100 and 150, aside from Caidou, there were a few others.
Those ranked 9 to 99 were even more numerous, with several museum owners in that range.
For this reason, Olive felt a bit irked at the thought of Fang Yuan continuing to battle in Galar.
It was a joke; even Danti had difficulty dealing with someone like him.
In the battle just now, Caidou, who was just over rank 100, was directly thrashed to rank 400+ by Fang Yuan.
If it weren't for Caidou's good temperament, had it been any other young female trainer, she would have been reduced to tears by now.
Climbing from rank 400 to 100 was no small feat, especially as the higher the rank, the harder it is to advance.
Moreover, the season was about to end, with less than a month to go before the championship regular season concluded, making it even more difficult to improve rankings.
If Fang Yuan were to stay in Galar and keep challenging the trainers here and become one of the Eight Masters, Olive believed that Galar's final championship standing, which currently led by a large margin, would end up mediocre at best.
Danti and Caidou might not be too worried.
But Loz and Olive quickly exchanged glances.
Their eyes communicated.
Loz: (Can't keep him here, can't keep him...)
Otherwise, all the preparations made before would be in vain. The championship was the Galar League's chance to take off – this was not the time to let someone decimate the competition.
Fang Yuan's behavior was akin to sneaking a tower in the final minutes of a game, leaving no time for reaction.
Olive: (But I just agreed to it...)
Loz: (Just help find an opponent, it doesn't necessarily have to be a trainer from the Galar Region.)
Olive: (I understand. The United Alliance recently bought a large number of Gigantic Armlets, and our regions have also agreed to a 'friendly' championship duel, so perhaps we could arrange for Mr. Fang Yuan...)
Olive held a grudge... because Adick, the champion of the United Alliance, that old lecher, had even tried to ask her out on a date. That grudge could not go unaddressed.
Let Fang Yuan thrash the trainers from Unova!
Loz: (Absolutely possible.)
Unlike the Galar League, which largely developed through Gigantamax Battles, the Unova Region, although its current generation of trainers wasn't that strong, was indeed wealthy.
United Leven City, with the world's second-largest population, just behind Mia Lei City of the Kalos Region, also boasted one of the world's highest standards of living.
Flying Cloud City was one of the largest cities in the world, not only the economic hub of Unova but also one of the global economic centers. In addition, there was Nut City, an economically developed city second only to it within Unova.
In contrast, although Galar wasn't the poorest region, its economy paled in comparison to Unova.
Well... the United Alliance was also rich anyway, and didn't place much emphasis on battles but rather on business; they surely wouldn't mind a change to an unknown opponent.
Olive: "It's not clear right now, but please rest assured, Mr. Fang Yuan, I will find you a good opponent as soon as possible..."
Fang Yuan: "That's fantastic!"
...
Meanwhile.
In the Unova Region.
At the northernmost point, at the United Alliance headquarters.
The three members of the Four Heavenly Kings of the Unova Region—the Fighting King Lian Wu, the Evil Sky King Yuto, and the Ghost King Wan Long—were gathered.
The trio was discussing the Plasma Team.
This organization was currently the biggest headache for the United Alliance and the one they most wanted to eradicate.
Recently, the Plasma Team had been increasingly active, causing much unease among the Four Heavenly Kings.
Because the current United Alliance was somewhat weak in power.
The Champion Adick had previously been weakened from overexerting his battle-partner Pokemon, eventually falling ill and passing away. Having lost his partner Pokemon, Adick started traveling across Unova, leaving the Alliance entirely in the hands of the Four Heavenly Kings, becoming a "Divine Dragon" seldom seen.