Chapter 212: Mega Beedrill vs. Mega Altaria
In its Mega form, Kenji could easily sense the exact location of Mega Beedrill on the battlefield.
Three minutes, huh...
Even with the thick, vision-obscuring white mist blanketing the entire arena, Kenji's mind instantly generated multiple ways to take down Mega Altaria within three minutes.
After a moment's thought, he chose the method with the most spectacular visual impact to end the battle.
"Beedrill! Agility!!!"
Swish Swish Swish!!! —
On the field, Mega Beedrill began to fly rapidly around the perimeter of the arena.
Ten laps... Fifty laps...
Mega Beedrill's speed grew faster and faster, the sonic booms tearing through the air becoming a constant drone.
Gradually, the mist on the field began to stir. It was being pulled and dragged by the vortex created by Beedrill's high-speed movement.
The mist around the edges of the arena started to dissipate—or rather, it was being drawn inward by Mega Beedrill's momentum, converging into the center to form a massive white tornado.
As all the mist and floating cotton feathers were sucked into the vortex, Mega Altaria lost its cover, exposed floating in the center of the arena.
BOOM!! —
In the next instant, Mega Beedrill, moving at supersonic speeds along its set path, suddenly broke formation and shot straight toward Mega Altaria.
"Qiii!!! —"
Mega Altaria's pupils shrank. It wanted to resist, but by the time it reacted, Mega Beedrill was already in its face.
Mega Beedrill raised a lance and knocked Mega Altaria squarely on the back.
The dragon was sent tumbling through the air, straight into the rapidly spinning white tornado.
Mega Beedrill followed closely behind, diving into the vortex as well.
Mega Altaria, whose body was 80% covered in cotton feathers, vanished instantly into the swirling mass of white smoke and fluff.
With a thud, Mega Beedrill also disappeared inside.
Once again, both Pokémon vanished from the battlefield.
"Altaria!!!"
Drago's eyes widened. He instinctively grabbed the unique white Poké Ball. Just as he was about to press the recall button, a blue-and-white figure was ejected from the white tornado.
Thump...
It was Altaria.
However, it had already reverted from its Mega form and was completely unconscious.
"Altaria is unable to battle!! Beedrill wins the match!!!"
Drago recalled the unconscious Altaria. Since Dragonite was also down, he didn't send it out again, which was a pity.
The match ended, and Mega Beedrill reverted to its normal form.
Unfortunately, defeating Altaria didn't trigger the [War's Treasures] loot drop. It was terribly unlucky.
If it had triggered, Kenji could have made another huge profit.
But even without the extra loot, this battle against the Imperial Gym and Leader Drago had already earned Kenji a fortune...
...
"This is the Imperial Badge." Drago took out a small badge from his pocket and handed it to Kenji.
Kenji accepted it. The Imperial Badge was made from a Kingdra scale. Under the sunlight, it shimmered with beautiful, dreamlike rainbow colors and felt cool to the touch.
"Thank you, Leader Drago."
Previously, when Champion Zhurong Yun said he had been surpassed by Kenji, Drago had felt a little unconvinced.
But now, after witnessing Kenji's true strength with his own eyes, Drago conceded.
Wholeheartedly.
With the Imperial Badge obtained, the System reward for the Hex Core draw also arrived.
After exchanging a few pleasantries with Drago, Kenji left and returned to his room at the Phoenix Nest Battle Arena.
Ding!! Hex Core drawing...
Ding!!! Congratulations Host on obtaining the Hex Core: Glass Cannon!!
[Gold Hex Core: Glass Cannon]
Effect: Pay 10% of maximum HP to gain a 25% damage boost to all moves for one minute.
Sacrificing 10% HP for a 25% damage boost for a full minute was an incredibly cost-effective trade.
It was a solid combat augment, and Kenji wasn't disappointed.
Furthermore, after challenging the Imperial Gym, the incubation time for the Golden Egg was reduced by a whopping two months.
Challenging one provincial-level Gym reduced the incubation time by two months.
Since he needed four more badges to qualify for the Huaxia League Conference, collecting them all would reduce the time by another eight months.
He could hatch the Golden Egg before the Huaxia League Conference began.
...
The remaining rewards for the National League Champion—the Special-Grade Pokéblocks and Special-Grade Treasures—began to arrive one after another. Aside from Beedrill, Kenji's other Pokémon could finally enjoy Special-Grade food daily.
However, since Kenji was traveling, he couldn't carry such a massive stockpile of Pokéblocks. The excess was sent to Metropolis Academy.
Director He would then forward the supplies to the cities on Kenji's travel route ahead of time.
Unfortunately, Mankey, being a late addition, didn't have a share of the Special-Grade food. It had to make do with High-Grade Pokéblocks for now.
The happiest about the food upgrade was undoubtedly the gluttonous Electivire. To ensure it got to eat more, it trained extra hard every day.
With all rewards distributed, Kenji finalized his departure date from the capital to head toward Mt. Dreadmist.
"Houya!!! —"
The day before leaving the capital, Kenji brought his team to the Phoenix Nest training ground for their daily routine.
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