"The Viridian Forest will be the site of our final special training."
Looking at the dense forest before him, Gu Yuan's voice was full of anticipation.
For Gu Yuan, the best form of special training was battle or hunting! Only this way could he rapidly accumulate points and allow his Pokémon to quickly boost their strength and Move Mastery.
The Viridian Forest was undoubtedly an excellent choice.
As Gu Yuan's voice sounded, Charizard and the others became expectant.
This time, even Sylveon did not feel much resistance. It had seen that after Charizard broke through to the Ace Rank, its battle frequency was greatly reduced, which made Sylveon quite envious.
The reason for this reduction was not that Gu Yuan thought Charizard did not need to battle, but rather that opponents who were too weak could not provide Charizard with much battle experience, and the points obtained would also be significantly reduced.
Furthermore, the greater the difference in strength, the more the points would be reduced. Presumably, the system did not want him to easily acquire a large number of points by sweeping through weak Pokémon after he became stronger.
Walking into the forest, Gu Yuan activated the sweep mode.
Aside from the Rookie Rank Pokémon, which Gu Yuan ignored outright, he would let Ceruledge and the others take action even against Junior Rank opponents.
During the sweep, Gu Yuan naturally encountered other Trainers, but for the sake of efficiency, he chose to avoid them.
Just as Gu Yuan was frantically earning points, an uninvited guest followed the trail he left behind, tracking his steps.
"Alright, let's take a break here and wait for the person following us."
Finding a random clearing, Gu Yuan stopped his sweeping and rested briefly, his tone filled with killing intent.
Gu Yuan had felt someone tracking him as early as when he was in Viridian City.
Throughout the journey, with the system's detection function and Alakazam's Psychic power, Gu Yuan was able to lock onto the person tracking him.
On the surface, this looked like retaliation from Carlo.
However, Gu Yuan found this somewhat unreasonable. After all, Carlo should not have discovered his abnormality yet, and given the trauma Gu Yuan left him with, even if he wanted revenge, it wouldn't be easy for him to make that decision.
Unless his family or corporation learned of the situation and chose to act directly, but that still didn't quite make sense.
However, none of this concerned Gu Yuan. He only knew one thing: whoever wanted his life, he would send them to meet the King of Hell first.
"Let's go, begin the operation."
"Ditto, transform into Sylveon, continuously use Calm Mind, then use Baton Pass."
"Charizard, use Dragon Dance. Annihilape, use Swords Dance."
Telepathy sounded, and commands rang out in Charizard and the others' minds.
Gu Yuan had no contempt for this unknown opponent; instead, he was extremely cautious.
"It seems you found me. I just wonder if you have the ability to slip away from my hands."
"Pidgeot, fly me into the air!"
Sitting on Pidgeot's back, Isei's tone was full of disdain.
Flapping its wings and looking down at the forest, Pidgeot's sharp eyes shone, searching for Gu Yuan's figure.
During the search, Annihilape suddenly rushed out from another dimension, and immediately attacked Isei with a Rage Fist.
Without panicking, a Poké Ball opened, and a Hypno appeared beside Isei.
Using Teleport, which had been learned through a large expenditure of resources, Hypno carried Isei and vanished from the spot. This was why Isei did not fear Gu Yuan having a Psychic-type Pokémon.
A flash of white light appeared, and Pidgeot tried to use Quick Attack to dodge Annihilape's strike, but its reaction was slightly too slow.
Annihilape's Rage Fist, boosted to its maximum power and enhanced by Swords Dance, landed. With a single punch, Pidgeot coughed up blood and was clearly on the verge of death.
Phantom Force was released, and Annihilape immediately drilled back into its dimension.
The moment Hypno landed with Isei, Haunter, hidden in the shadows, rushed out and directly hit Hypno with Taunt.
Ally Switch was used, and Hypno was immediately taken away from the spot, only to be ambushed by Sylveon and Haunter.
"Roar!"
A dragon roar sounded, and Isei immediately released his strongest Pokémon, Dragonite!
The Ace Rank aura spread, and coupled with the power of Dragonite, a Pseudo-Legendary Pokémon, it was enough to make him disdain Alakazam and the others.
But his opponent had been waiting for a long time.
Fire Blast was used, and a giant da (大) shaped flame rushed out, heading straight for Dragonite.
"Ace Rank!?"
Isei revealed his surprise for the first time when he saw Charizard.
Rushing out of its dimension, Annihilape teamed up with Sylveon and Ditto to eliminate Hypno.
Poké Balls opened one by one. Isei now felt that the situation was no longer under his control.
Misty Terrain spread, further weakening Dragonite's power.
After Ditto was free, it transformed into Alakazam and vanished from the spot while Annihilape disappeared into its dimension, waiting for the moment to strike.
Besides Dragonite, which was held up by Charizard, Isei was also guarded by Electabuzz, Magmar, Gengar, and Rhyperior. All these Pokémon were of Senior Rank strength.
However, the mist diffused, hiding Alakazam and the others. Without Hypno, these Pokémon simply could not provide Isei with much security.
Not allowing Isei to wait long, Gu Yuan immediately had Alakazam and Ditto launch an offensive.
Ally Switch was used, and Electabuzz and Magmar were transferred away simultaneously by Alakazam and Ditto.
Alakazam was responsible for attacking Rhyperior, while Ditto transformed into Gengar to tie up Isei's Gengar.
Electabuzz was targeted by Sylveon. Lightning flashed, but it could not crush Sylveon's Hyper Voice.
Magmar, meanwhile, was hit by Annihilape's punch right in the chest, having waited for a long time.
The sound of bone cracking rang out, and the intense pain instantly caused Magmar to lose consciousness.
Compared to Pidgeot, which had already fallen dead, the slightly stronger Magmar was better off, merely on the verge of death.
Before Isei could react, Gu Yuan's Haunter emerged from his shadow and immediately knocked him out.
Now free, Annihilape immediately acted again, teaming up with Sylveon to defeat Electabuzz.
With four against two, plus Annihilape, the great weapon, the outcome was already determined.
Rage Fist slammed down, and even with Rhyperior's outstanding defensive ability, it could not withstand the power of this single punch.
Facing the encirclement of Alakazam and the others, Gengar just wanted to ask if it was still too late to surrender.
Unfortunately, Alakazam would not give it a chance to speak. Psyshock was used preemptively, and Ditto, also transformed into Alakazam, used Psyshock to attack.
Sylveon used Helping Hand to boost Alakazam and Ditto, while also interfering with the foe, and Annihilape vanished again, waiting to deliver the fatal blow to Gengar.