"The winner of this life-or-death duel is Qingtian!" Instructor Hubat loudly announced the result.
"Due to Qingtian's victory over Xiao Sanlang, Qingtian automatically advances to the next match. Qingtian and Xiao Sanlang's opponents will challenge each other to determine who advances." Instructor Hubat's booming voice resounded throughout the arena.
Qingtian glanced at the mummy-like corpse of Fatty, sighed, and turned to leave the arena. Qingtian walked to a corner of the plaza. Qingtian checked Golbat's current status. After a thorough check, Qingtian breathed a sigh of relief.
Golbat had only consumed some stamina and sustained no damage, so it wouldn't affect the next battle.
Qingtian silently popped an energy block, which replenished stamina, into Golbat's mouth. Golbat chomped on it, then landed on the ground and began to recover its stamina. When Qingtian thought about leaving Trial Island, he wanted to teach Golbat a move: Roost.
Roost, when used to land on the ground to rest, can restore stamina. This move is quite practical; it can be said to be an essential recovery move for Flying-type Pokémon. Qingtian had also seen a trainer who was very skilled at using Roost: Kai from Team Plasma.
Kai's Golbat was incredibly strong. Most Flying-type Pokémon needed to land on the ground to use Roost, but Kai's Golbat could actually use Roost directly in the sky. Qingtian once asked Kai about the trick to using it, and Kai simply said, "Treat the sky as the ground." To this day, Qingtian still hadn't figured out how Kai made Golbat use Roost in the sky.
Sakaki coldly watched Fatty turn into a mummy-like corpse from the side. Fatty's strength ranked in the top three of Sakaki's team. With his peerless Faint Attack, even Sakaki couldn't match him. Fatty, who had many trump cards, was defeated by Qingtian just like that.
"I said long ago, Fatty's strength has hope of winning against Kanto. But fighting Qingtian is simply seeking death. However, Fatty has made a huge contribution to us, which is to help us probe Qingtian's strength. As expected, he is unfathomable."
Sakaki looked at Qingtian with considerable apprehension. Sakaki, who had a keen battle intuition, noticed that Golbat's stamina hadn't been consumed much.
"Qingtian is indeed an obstacle to my path to the top spot among the trial participants. Damn it, Qingtian, why did you come back?" Lanzhu glared fiercely at Kōhime. Kōhime's heart lurched when Lanzhu's fierce gaze met hers. She secretly thought, "It's over."
The longer Kōhime followed Lanzhu, the clearer she understood Lanzhu's temper. This kind of arrogance was simply setting herself up for trouble. If Lanzhu didn't get first place, she would definitely turn against her. Kōhime was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.
In the subsequent matches, Qingtian's momentum was unstoppable. In the top 32 matches, Golbat one-shot the aggressive Raticate with Air Slash. In the top 16 matches, Golbat one-shot the poisonous Nidorino with U-turn. Qingtian only had Golbat defeat the Pokémon in the matches, not going all out. Everyone who battled Qingtian was grateful.
The top eight participants in the trial were Qingtian, Kanto, Iris, Sakaki, Sakaki's sidekick Kōhime, Lanzhu, and Avicebron. Four of the top eight were from Qingtian's team. Qingtian was worried about directly facing someone from his team. Unexpectedly, after another round of drawing lots, the matchups became: Qingtian vs. Kōhime, Iris vs. Kanto, Sakaki vs. Lanzhu, Avicebron vs. Sakaki's sidekick. They happened to be held simultaneously on four different battlefields.
Avicebron was a white-haired young man with a full beard, tall and imposing, but his face looked slightly older. When Qingtian first saw Avicebron, he thought Avicebron was nearly thirty years old. Only after introductions did he learn that Avicebron was only 15. Avicebron was also a martial artist, skilled in fighting-type Pokémon.
Avicebron's main Pokémon was an evolved Hariyama. Qingtian gave Avicebron three advanced antidote potions upon meeting him. After all, for Team Rocket, who was constantly surrounded by poison-type Pokémon, having advanced antidote potions was equivalent to giving Pokémon another life.
Qingtian walked onto the battlefield, looking at Kōhime with her long pink hair. Qingtian said to Kōhime, "It's you, isn't it?"
These three words instantly made Kōhime's hair stand on end. Looking at Qingtian's smiling eyes, she felt as if she saw the devil's smile. Kōhime tightly gripped the Poké Ball in her hand, as if clutching a life-saving straw. Qingtian looked at Kōhime's surprised expression and knew that the one who had sent him to Mount Yurei was this guy.
In his previous life, he was a famous psychic, a cadre in Team Rocket, Athena's subordinate, Team Rocket's psychic Heavenly King. "I, I don't know what you're talking about," Kōhime dared not meet Qingtian's gaze, her palms sweating.
She wasn't the famous top-tier psychic from her previous life yet, just like a little girl caught red-handed doing something bad.
"Come out, Golbat!" The moment Qingtian released Golbat, a storm erupted on the battlefield.
The powerful wind, like razor blades, stung every inch of the girl's skin. Qingtian knew that Kōhime could be subdued. Relying on her reputation as a top-tier psychic, Qingtian also wanted to subdue Kōhime for his own use.
To be honest, most of the trial participants in this batch who could become Heavenly Kings in the future were taken in by Qingtian. In other words, if Qingtian didn't die prematurely, Qingtian would very likely become another faction leader within Team Rocket.
At this moment, Golbat was burning with rage. It had been searching for the culprit who had teleported it to Mount Yurei. If it hadn't been teleported to Mount Yurei, it wouldn't have had slime stuck to it, and it wouldn't have been nauseated for several days.
Although Qingtian covered up Golbat's stench with the orange scent of Orange Berry peel, Golbat, with its sensitive nose, could still smell the faint stench of that if... I'm so nauseated, my Golbat hasn't been clean for days.
This meeting between rivals made Golbat's eyes particularly red. It flapped its wings with the strength of nine oxen and two tigers, and the wind power grew stronger and stronger. If detected by a wind power detector, the storm wind power generated by Golbat's flapping wings could reach level 5.
"Come out, Hypno!" Kōhime, unable to bear the storm, released her Pokémon. Hypno appeared, taking a meditative pose, its entire body covered in a layer of blue psychic energy, helping itself not to be blown away by the fierce wind. Hypno was the evolved form of Drowzee, and also a new Psychic-type Pokémon researched by Team Rocket's base.
Its entire body possessed strong psychic abilities, its skin was yellow, the top of its head had a white tuft of hair, and in its hand, it held a string of psychic-enhancing tools, a rope with a ring attached. Hypno possessed extremely strong hypnotic abilities. As long as it stared at the ring for three seconds, it would fall into a state of sleep.
Originally, Hypno was a Pokémon created by scientists in the Pokémon world using gene technology to treat insomnia. Unfortunately, it fell into the hands of Team Rocket's psychic main force, embarking on a path of crime.
"This Hypno is very strong. It truly lives up to its reputation as Kōhime's main Pokémon," Qingtian glanced, and detailed data on Hypno appeared in his eyes.
Pokémon: Hypno (Dark Green)
Gender: Female
Level: 35
Type: Psychic
Ability: Forewarn
Basic Skills: Hypnosis, Petrify, Psychic, Iron Head, Poison Gas, Yoga Pose, Psybeam, Self-Hypnosis
Genetic Skills: None.
Taught Skills: Light Screen, Protect, Meditate, Shadow Ball.
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