Fang Yuan was momentarily stunned, then said with surprise:
"Special training is complete??"
Monferno nodded.
"Wuhu, take off! Try your hand at those Groudon over there."
Monferno: ???
"Bwoo! (No way, I don't want to be seriously injured again.)" Monferno grimaced.
Even if it really could briefly suppress the Black and White Dragon, Groudon, and Kyogre, it would not last more than a minute, and besides, the opponents were tough-skinned and thick-fleshed. After a long fight, nothing substantial would happen, and it would still end up hurt.
Train some more, keep training.
By now, Monferno was sure that having mastered Life Flame, it could perform the Seven Gates without injuring itself, which was, at the moment, roughly equivalent to a Normal Legendary Level.
But activating the Eight Gates Formation, although it granted the power to momentarily suppress High-Level Legendary Pokemon and exhale to knock out High-Level Champion Pokemon, its body still couldn't withstand the impact of the Lightning Flame in Overfrequency Drive Mode, and it would suffer serious injury.
Even Life Flame could only protect its Life Energy and prevent it from dying, but it couldn't make other injuries disappear.
In the end, it all came down to not having sufficient physical strength. Even after being enhanced by Kira Pray, it was the same. Only when it could, like the Black and White Dragon, Groudon, and Kyogre rely on mere physical strength alone to be at a Legendary Level, did Monferno estimate that it wouldn't suffer such severe injuries.
What is physical strength at Legendary Level… Fang Yuan remembered that it was probably akin to when Diantha fought against Mega Kyogre—Kyogre did not use any moves, but a mere slap, which could also be barely considered a Water Gradient Jump, sent Mega Metagross flying hundreds of meters away.
This terrifying physical strength of Legendary Pokemon was also why Monferno could briefly suppress High Legendary beings with speed and power, but still found it very hard to inflict any substantial damage on them.
Both Eevee and Monferno were the same; they might have the ability to confront Legendary Pokemon, but without their physical strength and physical fitness, they could fare well against Normal Legendary beings, but facing High-Level Legendary ones, they undoubtedly couldn't win at the moment.
"Bwoo! (Is the championship over, are there any strong Pokemon, can I try them out?!)"
Monferno was eager to try, it had seen Hirona and others' aces before, and had been confident about winning, so the championship hadn't been very attractive to it. But now, it was simply curious to see how quickly and easily it could defeat its opponents after breaking through.
Snatching bamboo shoots.
"Bwoo!"
"Bimi!"
Meanwhile, upon seeing the call was from Monferno, both Eevee and Victini gathered, their gaze serious.
Uh-oh, done for.
Monferno completed special training?
Then... then won't the BUFFs stop?
Oh my god, what are they doing at such a critical time; the other partners were hard at special training, why were they still leisurely watching the competition here.
Oh no, that's not right, the BUFFs seem to have inertia, then there's no problem.
"Bwoo Bwoo!! (Let's do it, let's fight.)" Eevee patted Fang Yuan's shoulder, satisfying Monferno. It too wanted to see the strength of Monferno after the breakthrough. First place in Fang Yuan's next conference might just inspire Fang Yuan to come up with some weird reward, and Eevee didn't want any ties for first place; it absolutely had to beat Monferno.
The Pokémon World Championship was like that, the pressure wasn't as great as in the team competition.
"Alright then… Up next, Monferno, you're on," Fang Yuan nodded.
The little guy, does Chimchar need a price hike?
Training Chimchar as one of the Sinnoh Starters, could the Sinnoh League become the biggest winner? In the future, trainers from other regions might all run to Sinnoh to register as a Trainer just to get Chimchar? Fang Yuan stroked his chin… it was indeed possible.
...…
Next, Fang Yuan went back.
Meanwhile, Diantha, Danti, and others began to take interviews.
On Danti's side, reporters and media chased him to ask his thoughts on the battle tomorrow.
Danti was also helpless. How could he respond? He could only say that he would do his best to fight for the title of the world's strongest.
And for other interviews that did not involve Fang Yuan, Danti handled them smoothly.
On Diantha's side.
He too took an interview.
"Mr. Diantha, hello, I am reporter Jessie…"
"I am photographer James."
"I am Meowth the cameraman."
"Um," Diantha looked at the odd reporter team in front of him, clearly baffled. He didn't remember there being such a team in the Alliance's media in the past few days.
However, after seeing the three individuals' credentials, Diantha quickly dismissed his doubts.
But obviously.
The real identities of the trio in front of him were none other than the three sages of Team Rocket.
They too had come to Galar, and their real mission in Galar was not to cheer for Fang Yuan or Mewtwo, but was directed by Mewtwo and Fang Yuan to investigate illegal organizations in the Galar Region and to research Dynamax Energy.
The latter was the main goal. Even Mewtwo, after observing these three in secret for a long time, had to acknowledge their capabilities.
The one named Jessie possessed tremendous potential strength, possibly having a physical potential not inferior to Bruno, the Fighting King of the Kanto region. She could fight Pokemon barehanded with ease, and if she were to use Z-Moves that consumed the Trainer's strength, her physical fitness could play a significant role.
The other named James, although his physical fitness was not as outstanding, was rare among humans, but he excelled in intelligence and scientific research capability.