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Although he lost the battle with Jiang Chen this time, he felt alright, and even Ling Wanqiu gained a lot.
While the real world wouldn't grant experience through battles like in a game, battles were absolutely the fastest way to improve, both for Pokémon and for trainers.
"Nido~!"
Nidoqueen walked over, her voice still carrying a hint of grievance. Yesterday, Jiang Chen had promised her she would battle.
"Next time, I'll definitely arrange a battle for you. It's just that letting you fight her would be too much bullying," Jiang Chen comforted Nidoqueen.
"Is your Nidoqueen very strong?" Ling Wanqiu couldn't help but raise an eyebrow when she heard Jiang Chen say that fighting her would be too much bullying. Was this Nidoqueen very powerful? Jiang Chen had many Pokémon, and Ling Wanqiu paid more attention to them, but she didn't have much impression of Nidoqueen.
Nidoqueen should have just evolved, as she was Nidorina yesterday. Her previous impression of Nidorina was that she trained very hard and diligently.
"If you don't use Garchomp, you won't be able to defeat my Nidoqueen. Even if you send out all your Pokémon at once, you still won't win," Jiang Chen replied.
Letting Nidoqueen fight Ling Wanqiu's Garchomp would certainly not be a match. If Gardevoir could defeat Ling Wanqiu's Garchomp, it was because Gardevoir's combat power was not as simple as pseudo-Elite Tier 3. With the boost from the Mysterious Slate and Shiny Gardevoir's already powerful psychic abilities, Gardevoir could challenge opponents above its tier.
But Nidoqueen couldn't. The difference in strength was too great; she couldn't win.
"Does this Nidoqueen also have pseudo-Elite Tier strength?" Ling Wanqiu asked. Even if this Nidoqueen had Elite Tier 9 strength, she couldn't single-handedly defeat all her Pokémon except Garchomp.
Unless this "193" Nidoqueen also had pseudo-Elite Tier strength.
Jiang Chen nodded in response to Ling Wanqiu's question.
Ling Wanqiu was somewhat speechless. Jiang Chen already possessed three pseudo-Elite Tier Pokémon: Metagross, Gardevoir, and Nidoqueen. In addition, he had a King Tier Dragonite. Thinking about herself, the gap was too wide.
In fact, Ling Wanqiu also missed Jiang Chen's Wobbuffet. Although Wobbuffet had always served as a mascot, it was already pseudo-Elite Tier 5. In terms of strength, it was even stronger than Metagross and Gardevoir.
Furthermore, Jiang Chen now also had a Champion Tier Beedrill. If she knew about this, Ling Wanqiu would probably find it even more absurd. Not just her, anyone who knew that Jiang Chen had captured a Champion Tier Pokémon would find it absurd.
Those powerful wild Pokémon were not easy to capture, almost impossible to capture. Even Champion trainers found it difficult to gain the recognition of those wild Champion Tier Pokémon.
Jiang Chen was able to capture Beedrill; the Friendship Fruit obtained from the weekly sign-in gift package played a huge role. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to get either Beedrill or the Dragon Slate.
"Jiang Chen, Wanqiu, I have good news for you." Wang Xin suddenly ran over from a distance.
"Good news? What good news?" Jiang Chen glanced at the rather flustered Wang Xin.
"Eevee, Eevee..."
"Speak slowly. What happened to Eevee?" Ling Wanqiu patted Wang Xin's back, helping her catch her breath.
"Eevee's evolutions! Did you know Eevee now has eight evolutions?" Wang Xin, having caught her breath and taken a sip of water, said excitedly.
"Oh." x2
"Tch, why are your reactions so bland?"
"What kind of reaction do you want from us?" Jiang Chen took out Pokémon food from his backpack and began to feed his Pokémon.
"No, aren't you happy? Eevee now has five more evolutions!"
"Actually, we already knew," Ling Wanqiu said to Wang Xin.
"You already knew? When did you know?"
"We knew yesterday."
"But it wasn't announced yesterday!" Wang Xin immediately checked the news. That's right, the news was from today.
No, Wang Xin immediately realized something was off. It was Jiang's Group that announced Eevee having eight evolutions.
Instantly, Wang Xin looked up at Jiang Chen.
"No wonder your reactions were so bland, and you already knew." Wang Xin said with resentment.
Jiang's Group was Jiang Chen's family's company, so it was normal for him to know in advance. Ling Wanqiu knew because Jiang Chen must have told her. It seemed their relationship was developing faster than she expected.
"I should have checked who announced it earlier. Then I wouldn't have made a fool of myself." She had originally wanted to share this good news with them excitedly, but it turned into a joke.
"I've decided. I'm going to evolve Eevee into Sylveon." When the information about Eevee's evolutions was announced, it also came with images of the evolved forms. After seeing Sylveon, she couldn't control herself.
"If you want to evolve it into Sylveon, then you need to build a good relationship with your Eevee," Jiang Chen said to Wang Xin after putting the food in front of the gluttonous Wartortle.
"Eevee is already very close to me. By the way, Wanqiu, do you want to evolve your Eevee into Sylveon too?" Wang Xin asked Ling Wanqiu.
From now on, she was the most loyal fan of Sylveon; her favorite was Sylveon.
"I plan to evolve it into Espeon." Saying this, Ling Wanqiu looked at Jiang Chen.
Seeing her gaze turn towards him, Jiang Chen thought to himself, Could it be because of me that Ling Wanqiu wants to raise an Espeon?
Indeed, there was a reason related to Jiang Chen. Because Jiang Chen's Gardevoir had playfully mocked and defeated her Garchomp before, Ling Wanqiu also wanted to raise a Psychic-type Pokémon.
"What about you, handsome Jiang?" Wang Xin asked Ling Wanqiu about her plan to evolve Eevee into Espeon, feeling a little regretful, then looked at Jiang Chen.
"This Eevee, I plan to evolve into Espeon. But I have more than one Eevee." The Eevee family all had good looks, and their combat power was strong. Jiang Chen preferred Sylveon and Glaceon more. As for Espeon, it was mainly because it was a Psychic-type.
"I envy you for having more than one Eevee," Wang Xin said enviously to Jiang Chen. Eevee were not that easy to obtain.
Some wealthy ladies or young misses who considered themselves upper-class preferred to keep them as pets. They didn't evolve Eevee, just kept them purely as pets. To be honest, this was a waste of their talent.
Eevee looked cute, but their combat power was not weak. Their base stats rivaled those of the starter Pokémon.
Eevee were already few in number, and combined with the high demand, it was extremely difficult to obtain them, much harder than getting a starter Pokémon.
"What about your other Eevee? What do you plan to evolve them into?" Ling Wanqiu inquired.
"Glaceon or Sylveon. I'll use them to counter you in future battles," Jiang Chen said with a chuckle.
"That's too much." Ling Wanqiu glared at Jiang Chen. I can't even beat you already, and you're still thinking of raising Pokémon to counter me.
Both Glaceon and Sylveon were effective against Dragon-types, and Ling Wanqiu had the most Dragon-type Pokémon. Garchomp, Haxorus, Dragonite, and Vibrava—a total of four Dragon-types, three of which were fatally weak to Ice-type. Garchomp, Dragonite (evolved from Dragonair), and Vibrava took quadruple damage from Ice-type attacks.
Furthermore, Ling Wanqiu's Treecko, a Grass-type, was also countered by Ice-type. Treecko evolved into Sceptile, and Mega Sceptile would gain an additional Dragon-type. Good heavens, that's another quadruple weakness to Ice-type.
"Wang Xin, has anyone challenged you?" Jiang Chen asked Wang Xin.
"Yes, and quite a few people have challenged me." Luckily, she hadn't lost yet, and for now, she could maintain her fifth position.
"You two are lucky. No one has challenged you yet, and it looks like no one will dare to challenge you in the end." She looked enviously at Jiang Chen and Ling Wanqiu.
People pick on the weak. Those people thought she was a soft target.
"Jiang Chen, I want to challenge you." Jiang Chen's expression froze, and Ling Wanqiu also froze. Wang Xin had just said that no one would dare to challenge him and Ling Wanqiu in the end, and now someone popped up.
However, upon seeing the person who was challenging him, Jiang Chen was immediately unsurprised.
Xu Jie, the only person in the class who disliked Jiang Chen. When the school first distributed starter Pokémon, he challenged Jiang Chen. He was that loser who challenged Jiang Chen's Squirtle with a Charmander and then was easily defeated by Jiang Chen.
"Would you mind looking in a mirror first, and see if you're even worthy?" Wang Xin couldn't help but say.
Don't you know your own strength? You still run over to challenge Jiang Chen. You have no self-awareness at all.
"I'm challenging Jiang Chen. What does it have to do with you, green leaf?" Xu Jie's words were quite venomous, instantly annoying Wang Xin.
Wang Xin, being Ling Wanqiu's deskmate and close friend, was often referred to as a green leaf highlighting a beautiful flower. In truth, she was quite pretty herself, but compared to Ling Wanqiu, her looks simply couldn't compete.
"You toad, you want to challenge Jiang Chen, huh? Come, let's see if you can beat me first." This "toad" remark directly broke Xu Jie's composure. Because he secretly liked Ling Wanqiu, Xu Jie was publicly known as "the toad" in Tianhai Spirit Academy. The last thing he wanted to hear was someone calling him a toad.
Xu Jie, fueled by anger, quickly walked over and swung a slap at Wang Xin. However, the Eevee that Wang Xin was holding wouldn't just watch its trainer get hit. As Xu Jie's palm was raised, Eevee leaped up and delivered a left side kick to his face, directly knocking him to the ground.
While Pokémon were not allowed to attack people, self-defense was acceptable if the other party initiated physical contact. Of course, if someone was beaten to death, it would be considered excessive self-defense.
Eevee didn't use much force and didn't knock Xu Jie unconscious, but the spot where Xu Jie was kicked swelled a bit.
"Eevee, good job! Teach this toad a lesson." Wang Xin stroked Eevee's little head.
Having been kicked by Eevee, Xu Jie was a bit frustrated. Fortunately, he still had his wits about him and didn't release his Pokémon to attack Wang Xin.
"You want to challenge me, huh? Fine. I guess I'll teach you, this toad, a lesson out of boredom."
"Jiang Chen, you just wait! If I don't knock you down this time, I'll take your surname."
"No thanks, you don't have to take my surname. I can't handle that responsibility," Jiang Chen said with disdain.
"Why did you agree to his challenge? He's not even worthy of your time, okay?" Wang Xin couldn't help but say.
"It's the school rule. If someone challenges you, you have to accept, unless it's a special circumstance," Ling Wanqiu said, pulling Wang Xin aside.
"Isn't it more satisfying to watch Jiang Chen teach him a lesson?" Ling Wanqiu and Wang Xin stood by, watching him like he was an idiot.
Jiang Chen signaled Nidoqueen, telling her to come over. Nidoqueen wanted to battle, right? This was the perfect opponent for her, as long as Nidoqueen didn't find him too weak.
Seeing Jiang Chen's signal, Nidoqueen immediately rushed over.
"Nidoqueen?" Upon seeing Nidoqueen, Xu Jie scoffed, because Nidoqueen wasn't a rare Pokémon.
Jiang Chen naturally saw his disdainful gaze.
Good grief, he actually looks down on my Nidoqueen. Brother, what's your status that you look down on Nidoqueen? Nidoqueen and Nidoking are considered the favorite of ordinary trainers, right?
For most trainers from ordinary backgrounds, they couldn't obtain pseudo-legendaries, or even starters. Nidoqueen and Nidoking, with their base stats slightly over five hundred, were considered good choices for them. Moreover, looking at a Pokémon primarily meant looking at its potential. A Caterpie with Champion potential was more sought after than a starter.
"Just a mere Nidoqueen." Xu Jie released his Charmeleon. His Charmander had already evolved into Charmeleon. "Let my Charmeleon take care of your Nidoqueen. Don't think that just because Nidoqueen is a final evolution, she can win."
"Idiot!" x2 This was Jiang Chen and Ling Wanqiu's assessment of him. You're holding an Elite-strength Charmeleon, and you look down on a pseudo-Elite-strength Nidoqueen? Jiang Chen finally understood this guy: he didn't have the fate for wealth, but he had developed the illnesses of the wealthy.
Seeing Nidoqueen was not rare, he looked down on her. Nidoqueen's eyes flashed with anger. Her senses were very keen; she could clearly detect that this human opposite her was looking down on her.
"Charmeleon, use Flamethrower!" Xu Jie had Charmeleon attack. A stream of flames shot towards Nidoqueen. Seeing that Nidoqueen didn't even dodge, Xu Jie became even more disdainful.
"Can't even react? How weak is your Nidoqueen? Trash Pokémon."
No sooner had Xu Jie finished speaking than Nidoqueen endured the Flamethrower and charged forward, then delivered a Mega Punch to Charmeleon. Charmeleon was blasted away by one move, losing its ability to battle.
What does it feel like to be slapped in the face the moment you speak? Xu Jie experienced it deeply. This feeling of being humiliated was too painful. It hurt even more than the kick from Eevee earlier. That kick from Eevee was physical pain; now, he felt his face burning.
"Keep acting, keep acting. What are you acting for? What right do you have to look down on Nidoqueen and call her a trash Pokémon?" Wang Xin felt incredibly refreshed seeing this scene. It was so satisfying. She had been worried earlier when she saw Nidoqueen unmoving under the attack, but now, seeing the outcome, she felt completely relieved.
"He doesn't deserve to be a trainer," Ling Wanqiu said coldly.
"It's not over yet. In this battle, we'll use two Pokémon." As long as his skin was thick enough, he could endure the humiliation of being slapped in the face. Xu Jie took out a Poké Ball and released Combusken.
When he saw Combusken, Jiang Chen was a bit surprised. This guy can get a Combusken in addition to Charmeleon? Charmeleon was given to him by the school because his grades were good, allowing him to choose Charmander, considered an investment in him. How did he get this Combusken? Combusken was the evolution of Torchic, also one of the starter Pokémon. Ordinary families couldn't get one at all.