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"What do you want with Fang Yuan?"
As the group chatted, they entered the hotel. Finally, Master Kong Hai broached the crucial question.
"A challenge?"
"Yes, we agreed to have a battle on Alliance Island, I'm waiting for him," Shang Ren said.
"How dare you," Master Kong Hai's eyes widened in shock. Was this kid looking to be crushed again?
Shang Ren must not know yet that Fang Yuan's Armed Magnetic Monster and Darkrai both have nearly high-level Guardian God combat power.
Lin Sen and the other four also gazed solemnly at Shang Ren.
They were, of course, very familiar with Shang Ren, one of the secondary team members in the last World Championship, and now the Champion of Hua Nation.
Because of his status as Island King, Shang Ren's fame in the realm of Hua Nation Trainers was now even greater than that of the previous Champion, Jiang Li.
However, when compared to Fang Yuan's fame and experience, it seemed rather insignificant.
"Hehe... Master Kong Hai, I'm no longer who I was before," Shang Ren said with a slight smile.
The others had no idea what he had experienced, the extent of his efforts to become stronger.
If Fang Yuan thought the same way as these people, Shang Ren would definitely give him a nasty surprise!
Even if he might still not be able to defeat Fang Yuan's strongest Pokémon, he should be able to beat Fang Yuan's ordinary main forces, right?
At this moment, even facing China's Twelve Branches, he, Shang Ren, was not afraid!
And as for the likes of Fire God Gura, Shang Ren no longer considered them a challenge.
Just as Shang Ren's ambitions soared, the ringtone of a mobile phone interrupted him.
Shang Ren quickly took out his phone and, upon seeing the caller ID, his pupils contracted. He hurriedly answered.
"Hello, Shang Ren, where are you? Did you bring the Z Pure Crystal?"
"That's not the point! Silver City, Kazi Grand Hotel," Shang Ren took a deep breath. "Don't forget the battle, battle, battle, we have a field here."
"I've already rented it."
Fang Yuan: "This urgent...?"
Shang Ren: "Forget it, take a day off to rest then."
Fang Yuan: "Ah, no need, let's do it now, I'll find a place to stay after the battle."
"Alright, that's what you said."
Once the call was finished, Shang Ren felt his blood boiling with anticipation.
At that moment, Master Kong Hai's voice rang out: "Was that Fang Yuan??"
"You're going to battle now??"
"Really? I want to watch," Master Kong Hai said with immense interest.
"I want to see it too."
"Me too."
The five who had come to participate in God's Domain training were also taken aback upon hearing this and promptly spoke up.
"You want to watch the battle...?"
Shang Ren looked at them, puzzled.
This...
Should he bring them along?
Forget it, let's take them, for what's swagger without spectators, like walking in brocade at night.
Let them see the one-hit kill technique that I, Shang Ren, have spent a year practicing!
......
South of Silver City.
Rainbow Arena.
Shang Ren had already booked the use of this place for several days in advance.
Of course, he didn't need to pay.
After all, he was the Island King, a Trainer endorsed by Legendary Pokémon and a spokesperson.
Rainbow Arena was an Alliance facility, and as Island King, Shang Ren was now a renowned figure within the Alliance, aligned internationally. Using such a facility was naturally not a problem.
At this time, they had already rushed to the spacious arena at the first opportunity.
The arena was indeed large, the size of a soccer field, but it was quite empty.
Aside from Shang Ren, Master Kong Hai, and the other five youngsters, there was no one else.
"Speaking of which... what level of strength does Fang Yuan have now..." Lin Sen's eyes flickered with curiosity.
Xu Jing, Zhuo Yue, Yun Guancheng, and the others also looked on with curiosity.
Since the World Championship ended two years ago, Fang Yuan hadn't participated in any public Pokemon battles.
The flashy competition performance battle with Xie Qingyi counted as one, but exhibition matches didn't truly show off full strength.
Now, Fang Yuan's strength was a complete mystery to the outside world.
Yun Guancheng mused, "If it's him, he should have cultivated some Pokemon to their species limit by now..."
Beside him, Jiang Ran remained silent. She had seen Fang Yuan directing a Guardian God Level Darkrai in battle outside the Spiritual Realm Fracture a long time ago.
That guy was just abnormal.
Of course, her family had instructed her to keep it a secret, and none of the trainers present at the time had spoken about it, so not many people knew.
After all, a Nightmare God might serve as a secret weapon for Hua Nation.
"Make a bold guess," Master Kong Hai said.
He estimated that excluding that Darkrai and the Armed Magnetic Monster, Fang Yuan probably had a pile of Pokemon at species limit battle power, probably even a few Quasi-Guardian Gods or perhaps other Guardian Gods.
"We'll find out soon enough," Shang Ren said with a slight smile.
Even if Fang Yuan had mastered Guardian God Level combat power, it was still within his range of endurance...
After all, his Tyranitar had reached the top Level Fourth Phase, which is the species limit, and after Mega Evolution, it could maintain Guardian God Level strength for 5 to 10 minutes.
Everyone stared at the entrance, wondering when Fang Yuan would arrive.
Suddenly.
A speck of dust vanished from the arena.
In its place, a flash of white light streaked by.
Two figures appeared out of thin air in the arena.
"Yo! Good morning."
As the figures became clear, the male figure pulled off a standard "Teleport" greeting gesture like Kakarot's and said with a smile,
"Bwoo!"
Clearly, Fang Yuan, too lazy to take the human route, had Eevee use the "Swap Field" move to teleport them straight in.
"Fang Yuan!!"
"Sheesh, can't you sign in before coming in?" Shang Ren said exasperatedly upon seeing it was Fang Yuan.
Master Kong Hai also laughed, "Hahaha, Teleport is made to be used, I like it too, eh, who's she?"
People exclaimed at Fang Yuan's sudden appearance, and soon after, their attention was drawn to the silent, sunglass-wearing woman next to him.
It couldn't be...
"He Xiaomai..." Only Lin Sen quickly recognized his junior, his tone unnatural.
After all, she had cracked him open back when he was still in the school team, and although he had grown since then, He Xiaomai's strength was probably even stronger.
"He Xiaomai, Heart Source Trainer," He Xiaomai introduced herself placidly from behind Fang Yuan, prompting Master Kong Hai to quickly remember that waveguide girl.
"She's my student," Fang Yuan said with a slight smile, then looked towards Shang Ren's group, showing a surprised expression.
"So many familiar faces."
"Master Kong Hai, Shang Ren, Lin Sen, Yun Guancheng, Xu Jing, Jiang Ran..."
Fang Yuan quickly realized they were the group of hotshot second-team candidates coming to train at God's Domain.
At that moment, amidst the crowd's surprise that Fang Yuan had a student, Yun Guancheng looked envious, Xu Jing and Jiang Ran showed disdain, finding it abnormal... While Zhuo Yue was just waiting for Fang Yuan to mention his name, only to be met with "...".
Zhuo Yue couldn't help but speak up, "Do... Doctor Fang Yuan, do you remember me?"
"Er..." Fang Yuan looked at him, trying to place who he was.
Zhuo Yue: "..."
"Bwoo!" Eevee, with better memory, quickly jogged Fang Yuan's memory.
A strand of memory flowed through Fang Yuan's mind.
He'd forgotten how long ago it was when he represented Mo Da in the national championship and faced an opponent in the individual finals...
"You're that National University ace who got one-hit by Monferno in a three-on-one!!" Fang Yuan remembered!
Zhuo Yue: "..."
Everyone: "..."
Don't be so blunt!
"It was me." Zhuo Yue clenched his fists, insisting on not losing face. It wasn't embarrassing, after all, that Monferno had pummeled the American champion.
If one were to round up a bit, equate things... he and the American Champion were even.
If Zhuo Yue had thought of revenge before, now all he wanted was to be able to see Fang Yuan's back.
"Zhuo Yue student..." It was only with Eevee's reminder that Fang Yuan finally remembered, although they had some conflicts before, he had completely forgotten them by now.
"Alright!" Seeing that Fang Yuan had arrived, Shang Ren said, "Come on, Fang Yuan, I've been waiting for this battle for a long time."
"We'll discuss other matters later!"