Fang Yuan finished speaking and noticed that everyone had gone silent, so he slowly typed out a "?".
Then, closely following that, President Wen and the other Twelve Branches also sent a "?" back to Fang Yuan one after another.
"Is there... any problem?" Fang Yuan laughed.
Well, it was his own fault for being offline for too long.
Last time, he only updated everyone on the partial strength of Venusaur and Monferno; it seemed that wasn't quite enough.
Everyone remained silent.
Now that's a big problem, isn't it!
"What did you just say?" President Wen asked through gritted teeth.
"I meant, can you let me handle the battle arrangements when the time comes?" Fang Yuan said.
You definitely did not mean just that!!
People roared inwardly.
However, in Fang Yuan's view, the meaning was more or less the same.
If he got to arrange who fought, he could ensure all his Pokemon were trained appropriately.
Alas, the biggest limitation of the God Battles was that each competing nation could only obtain a maximum of 10 resources, which was completely insufficient for distributing to his team's Pokemon.
The other rules were hardly a constraint at all.
"You want to arrange the battles?"
"There's no problem with that..." President Wen pondered for a moment before speaking.
In the eyes of those present, without a doubt, Fang Yuan was the highest-skilled Trainer; likewise, his ability to assess the strengths and weaknesses of friends and foes was probably the best.
Letting Fang Yuan take control of the big picture was a good choice, and the other Twelve Branches had no objections.
"But, what you mean is... you're confident that the Hua Nation can secure 10 Legendary resources?!" President Wen suddenly exclaimed.
He was startled, wondering if Fang Yuan had cozied up to quite a few new Guardian Gods in the meantime.
Otherwise, how could he boldly claim sole responsibility for securing 10 Legendary resources.
President Wen visualized the scenario of one nation reaping 10 Legendary resources and then shook his head vigorously.
Although Hua Nation had gained a lot of strength during this period, other countries had done the same; they still had no idea what trump cards other competing nations had hidden.
His expectation of acquiring 3 to 5 high-value Legendary resources was already perfect; 10 was just too exaggerated, almost tantamount to a nation facing the pressure of the entire world.
"Are you serious?"
"Of course, I'm serious." Fang Yuan said.
Although those reward Legendary resources weren't appealing to him, using the Guardian God Battles to test his training results and letting Victini have a full feast was still not a bad choice.
The Legendary resources from the Guardian God Battles were highly inflated; for example, the Silver Liquid Metal that Fang Yuan applied for in Future Space-time to enhance the Self-detonating Magnetic Monster was nothing but the residual core left after a Near-legendary Level Beautiful Record Meta's death. Its value was several notches below the Feather of Legend that Fang Yuan casually gave to Xie Qingyi, let alone comparing it to the Red & Blue Pearl – the Legends Resources in Fang Yuan's possession.
If they included the Tablet... that would be just too much bullying.
After thinking it over, Fang Yuan felt a bit embarrassed to even participate in the competition.
But it was not a big issue; he had thick skin, and after all, whether those Legendary resources were used by others or not, it was effortless for him to help the Hua Nation secure them.
When the time came, he could share some with acquaintances like his senior sister and Master Kong Hai, which would make everyone happy.
"Could it be that you, young fellow, have cozied up to some big-shot Legendary Pokemon?!" Master Kong Hai asked with curiosity, "Tell me boldly, how many do you have?"
"Do I even need to rely on Legendary Pokemon for the Guardian God Battles..." Fang Yuan chuckled as he touched his nose.
His own cultivated Pokemon should be more than sufficient.
If he brought over the likes of Ho-Oh, Lugia, the Two Fools of Hoenn, Three Dragons of the Path, Space-time Three Dragons to compete, that would simply be overkill.
"For the Guardian God Battles, relying on the Pokemon I've raised should be enough. After all, it's like fishing with dynamite, does it matter what Pokemon I use?" Fang Yuan said.
Everyone: "?"
Damn.
He's gotten arrogant, absolutely arrogant; Fang Yuan must have become arrogant.
Three months ago, at the Twelve Branches meeting, Fang Yuan said he wasn't interested in the World Championships, thinking of it as fishing with dynamite, and wanted to join in the Guardian God Battles for fun.
Three months later, he's now saying even the God Battles are like fishing with dynamite?! Another year or so, and he might not even be interested in resolving an impending Legend-level disaster, seeing it as just another fishing expedition?
Master Kong Hai said with an upset stomach, "Be serious."
"Although some intelligence can't be confirmed yet, many countries have come into contact with Pokemon on the level of Top Guardian Gods."
"I know you're strong, but this competition isn't 1v1; it's a tournament battle, where even Top Guardian Gods defending their spot may not be able to secure a Legendary resource against relentless waves of opponents."
"Your Monferno may be very powerful, capable of displaying Top Guardian God-level strength, but isn't it ill-suited for protracted battles?"
Having all experienced the World Championships, everyone naturally knew the battle methods of Fang Yuan's Monferno. Strong as it was, facing a series of constant attacks from Pokemon of the same or slightly lower level, it probably wouldn't last long.
Fang Yuan hesitated to speak.
The strength of a Top Guardian God was Monferno's past normal combat power.
Three months had passed; how could Monferno have made no progress?
The weakest main force members of his team were already at that level of power.
Should he tell everyone that now Monferno was capable of taking down a Tapu Guardian Deity?
Not suited for endurance? Against high-tier Legends, perhaps, but facing anyone below that level, even generic Legends, should endurance even be a concern?
Wouldn't that be a one-punch knockout?
Never mind, these seniors aren't young anymore and might not be able to handle the shock.
And besides, Monferno's breakthrough came from a series of moves: Killer Pray's enhancement + Black and White Dragon's enhancement + Ho-Oh's Holy Ash enhancement + Perfect Eight Gates. Normal people might not understand it.