Greatest Pokémon Trainer

July 29th.

Fang Yuan spent half the day training the university team members and He Xiaomai at Magic Big.

As for Eevee, it sneakily slipped into the now-deserted Magic Big eSports society classroom and enjoyed an afternoon of delight.

Dozens of computers were turned on, countless games for it to choose from, play on one, hang on another, just that refreshing.

That night, Fang Yuan returned to his dormitory at Magic Big, which he hadn't stayed in for a long time.

Although he hadn't lived there for a long time, the school still kept it for him. As for some dust, it didn't matter much; with a Fresh Tactic from Eevee, the whole room would immediately be renewed.

"You seem really happy,"

Inside the dormitory, Fang Yuan said to Eevee, who was still in high spirits, speechlessly.

Although Eevee preferred mobile phones to computers, playing on a computer occasionally still made it very joyful.

Moreover, because of Substitute, it's five times as happy.

Eevee: (o゜▽゜)o☆

Once its eight Eevees are delivered, it also wanted to set up a big computer room.

"Alright, get some rest early; we've got important things to do tomorrow," Fang Yuan said.

"Bwoo!" Eevee obediently nodded its head.

Today was tiring for Fang Yuan, who spent the day teaching students, but it was still fun. Not only did he see He Xiaomai sweep through Magic Big, but he also scared away Imperial City University, which was really interesting.

However, He Xiaomai still had some way to go before she could truly disregard everyone and dominate; it would probably take another year before she could do so.

Fang Yuan's expectations for He Xiaomai weren't too high; achieving what Su Shu did would be quite enough.

After all, in two months' time, he was to be one of the Twelve Branches, and the apprentices he taught couldn't be inferior to those taught by Master Kong Hai.

"Continue reading the material."

After a while, Eevee went to meditate, and Fang Yuan didn't plan to use meditation as a substitute for sleeping this time.

Instead, he planned to hypnotize himself by reading some complex textual materials.

He hadn't finished reading through the pile of Pokémon information updated by Rotom yesterday, which mainly detailed the recent progress in Pokémon strength.

Over the past month, the strength of Fang Yuan's team had changed significantly.

This was thanks to the Pokémon's strong foundation in Coordination Ability. After specialized training recently, their battle strength had rapidly increased.

It was also thanks to Fang Yuan becoming a candidate for the Twelve Branches, leading to an unlimited supply of top-tier resources.

Firstly, the Self-detonating Magnetic Monster had almost reached the strength of a top-level, second-stage Pokémon with Coordination Ability and a mastery of Steel Series and Electric Series in the top-tier domain.

Under Soul Heart Armor Mode, it's assuredly one of the top four bosses.

Next was Glutton, whose Fire Type mastery had reached the top level. In its normal state, exhibiting top-level, second-stage capacity in both Ghost and Fire Attribute was hardly a problem.

After Mega Evolution, assuredly another top four boss.

Then there's Dragonite, whose Dragon System Proficiency also reached the top level. Without carrying the Silver Feather, it's equivalent to a top-level, second-stage powerhouse in both Flying-type and Dragon Type. With the Silver Feather and entering Dark Dragonite Mode, unless it's up against high-species Pokémon that have been trained to their Species Limit, there are few Pokémon that can suppress it.

So far, Dragonite still can't master the Dark state on its own, and the Silver Feather has already been corrupted by the darkness by half its original color.

With the Silver Feather on the verge of losing effectiveness, and no great solutions on hand, Fang Yuan and his team could only let Dragonite train more in Dragon Scale and Awakening Power·Evil moves, aside from the Flying-type.

That is to say, three months after the World Championships and today, Fang Yuan's six main Pokémon were almost all at least at the strength level of the top second stage, with individual Pokémon capable of exhibiting the strength of the top-level third-stage on their own!!

Such strength was more than enough to rank within the top 50 in the Hua Nation. The most important point was that some of the strength standards did not yet take into account his Heart Strength Amplification Effect.

For those veteran Two-Star Masters, their only advantage over Fang Yuan was their second-string team's strength.

Though Fang Yuan's second string wasn't strong, most of them provided support; their own strength was secondary.

Looking at the Pokémon information summarized by Rotom, which was a lengthy 68,000 words, Fang Yuan carefully studied it to analyze whether they could improve further before challenging the Road of Champions.

"The chances are not great... maintaining their current state is already quite good."

"What I need to do next is to prepare enough Refresh Energy Blocks and handy Sealing Objects for replenishing physical strength within August..."

Fang Yuan fell asleep while pondering.

...

The next day.

Due to Master Qiao Jing's medical and nurturing lecture, Emperor Capital University was extraordinarily lively.

Fang Yuan couldn't be bothered to attend, after all, it was impossible that anything profound would be taught during a lecture targeting university students.

So the next day, while he was waiting to meet Master Qiao Jing, he started looking for suitable items to use as sealing objects with Rotom.

The most appropriate items to become sealing objects were generally those that contained special energies.

Like those tablets of Arceus...

However, it was nearly impossible to obtain such items.

The feather from this Silver Feather in his possession could certainly do the job, maybe even seal a guardian god level Pokemon with ease, but to actually do so would be a waste of its potential... Fang Yuan would definitely feel pained.

"The legendary resources stored by the Alliance are quite suitable to be used as sealing objects, like ice that never melts in a thousand years. Using Frost Power in conjunction with Wave Guide, sealing some Pokemon that are weak against Ice Type would definitely be a breeze..."

"It looks like, if I want to find a good sealing object, I'd still have to rely on the Alliance, and besides, I still owe the Prince of the Sea two legendary resources, so it's about time to apply for resources from the Alliance..."

Just as Fang Yuan made up his mind... thud, thud, thud!

There was a knock at the door.

Hearing the knock, Fang Yuan was puzzled for a moment, but his brows soon relaxed, and he ran to open the door.

Not many people could find this place at this time.

As soon as he opened the door, sure enough, it was Principal Mo from Emperor Capital University.

"You didn't go to the lecture?" Fang Yuan asked.

"Hey, what's so good about a lecture, once it was done, I left," Principal Sun chuckled.

Fang Yuan: "..."

"Please, sit," Fang Yuan also said with a grin, curious about the reason for the visit.

The grand contest... or something else?

"You're challenging the Road of Champions?!" Principal Sun directly sat down and cut to the chase.

He looked at Fang Yuan carefully and curiously, wondering what Fang Yuan was thinking.

"Eh, you knew already?"

"Of course, I'm also a Trainer qualified to be a Gatekeeper," Principal Sun stroked his beard, and although he'd withdrawn from the front lines due to work and family, it didn't mean he was no longer a Trainer.

Fang Yuan said, "Yes, just a casual challenge to see how much progress I've made since the world competition."

Principal Sun: #%#￥@%￥# What the heck, is that even human language? The world competition just ended not long ago, and you've improved again?

And why aim for Hua Nation's highest challenge straight away?

Even the current Twelve Branches old heads wouldn't be sure of passing, right?

Have you lost your mind or is there something wrong with my ears?

After the news of Fang Yuan challenging the Road of Champions circulated in the association, Principal Mo from Emperor Capital University received numerous phone calls from old friends asking what was going on.

He wanted to know as well.

However, Principal Mo had learned his lesson this time and didn't skip around the topic. He came today to inform Fang Yuan about something.

Principal Mo said with a smile, "Youth is a great thing."

"Principal, you wouldn't have come just to ask about this," Fang Yuan said with an odd expression.

"Of course not, it's hardly a secret, and it wouldn't hurt to tell you in advance. If all goes well, you'll encounter me in the challenge of the Road of Champions. But I will not hold back," stated Principal Mo as he stood up, once a well-known Trainer in Hua Nation himself.

Having witnessed Fang Yuan create so many miracles, this time he decided not to wait silently for the outcome behind the scenes but to take part in it and see how far Fang Yuan could go.

For this, he decided to gather those old comrades to stand guard at one of the Road of Champions' gates, so that no matter the outcome, he could be prepared.

But he guessed that Fang Yuan passing 2 or 3 gates would be the most he could do.

"Ah, that." Fang Yuan faltered when he heard this.

"Haha, don't worry, my body is still in good shape," the old Principal said, patting his arm to show his robustness.

"No... I'm just starting to question the significance of the Road of Champions..." Fang Yuan silently mused.