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Although the battle with Jiang Chen this time was a loss, it felt alright, and even Ling Wanqiu gained a lot.
The real world wouldn't grant experience through battles like in games, but fighting was definitely the fastest way to improve, both for Pokémon and for trainers.
"Nidorina~!"
Nidoqueen walked over, her voice still carrying a hint of grievance.
Yesterday, Jiang Chen had promised to let it battle.
"Next time I'll definitely arrange a battle for you. It's mainly that letting you fight her would be too much bullying," Jiang Chen comforted Nidoqueen.
"Is your Nidoqueen very strong?"
Ling Wanqiu raised an eyebrow, hearing Jiang Chen's words. Too much bullying to fight her? Was this Nidoqueen really that powerful?
Jiang Chen had many Pokémon, and Ling Wanqiu paid more attention to his Pokémon, but she didn't have much impression of Nidoqueen.
Nidoqueen must have just evolved. Yesterday, it was still Nidorina. Her previous impression of Nidorina was that it trained diligently and worked hard.
"If you don't use Garchomp, you won't be able to beat my Nidoqueen. Even if you send all your Pokémon out at once, you still wouldn't win."
Jiang Chen replied.
Letting Nidoqueen fight Ling Wanqiu's Garchomp would definitely not be a match. Gardevoir could beat Ling Wanqiu's Garchomp because Gardevoir's combat power wasn't as simple as Quasi-Elite Four stage three.
With the boost from the Mystic Plate, plus Shiny Gardevoir's already powerful Psychic abilities, Gardevoir could challenge opponents above its level.
But Nidoqueen couldn't. The strength gap was too big; it was impossible to win.
"This Nidoqueen, also has Quasi-Elite Four strength?" Ling Wanqiu asked.
Even if this Nidoqueen had Elite stage nine strength, it would be impossible to defeat all her Pokémon except Garchomp alone.
Unless this "193" Nidoqueen also had Quasi-Elite Four strength.
Jiang Chen nodded in response to Ling Wanqiu's question.
Ling Wanqiu was speechless. Jiang Chen already had three Pokémon with Quasi-Elite Four strength.
Metagross, Gardevoir, and Nidoqueen. Besides those, he also had an Elite Four-level Dragonite. Thinking about herself, the gap was too big.
In fact, Ling Wanqiu had missed Jiang Chen's Wobbuffet. Although Wobbuffet had always been a mascot, it was already Quasi-Elite Four stage five.
From a strength perspective, it was even stronger than Metagross and Gardevoir.
Additionally, Jiang Chen now had a Champion-level Beedrill.
If she knew this, Ling Wanqiu would probably find it even more outrageous. Not just her, anyone who knew Jiang Chen had caught a Champion-level Pokémon would find it outrageous.
Those powerful Pokémon in the wild weren't so easy to catch; in fact, it was almost impossible.
Even Champion trainers found it hard to gain the approval of those Champion-level Pokémon in the wild.
Jiang Chen was able to catch Beedrill thanks to the Friendly Fruit opened from the system's weekly sign-in package. Otherwise, he wouldn't have gotten either Beedrill or the Draco Plate.
"Jiang Chen, Wanqiu, I have good news for you."
Wang Xin suddenly ran over from a distance.
"Good news? What good news?" Jiang Chen glanced at the eager Wang Xin.
"Eevee, Eevee…"
"Slow down, what about Eevee?"
Ling Wanqiu patted Wang Xin's back, helping her catch her breath.
"Eevee's evolutions! Did you know Eevee now has eight evolutions?" Wang Xin took a breath, drank some water, and then said excitedly.
"Oh." x2
"Geez, why are you two so calm?"
"What kind of reaction do you want from us?" Jiang Chen took out Pokémon food from his backpack and began feeding his Pokémon.
"No, aren't you happy? Eevee suddenly has five more evolutions!"
"Actually, we already knew."
Ling Wanqiu said to Wang Xin.
"You already knew? Since when?"
"We knew yesterday."
"But it wasn't announced yesterday!" Wang Xin immediately checked the news. That's right, the news was from today.
No, Wang Xin immediately realized something was off. The one who announced Eevee's eight evolutions was Jiangshi Group.
Instantly, Wang Xin looked up at Jiang Chen.
"No wonder your reactions were so calm, and you already knew."
Wang Xin said with a hint of resentment.
Jiangshi Group was Jiang Chen's family's, so it was normal for him to know in advance. Ling Wanqiu must have known because Jiang Chen told her. It seemed their relationship was developing faster than she expected.
"I should have checked who announced it earlier, then I wouldn't have made a fool of myself."
She had originally wanted to happily share this good news with them, but it turned into a joke.
"I've decided, I'm evolving my Eevee into Sylveon."
When the evolution data for Eevee was released, it also came with pictures of the evolutions. After seeing Sylveon, she couldn't control herself.
"If you want to evolve it into Sylveon, then get along well with your Eevee," Jiang Chen said to Wang Xin after placing food in front of the greedy Wartortle.
"Eevee is already very close to me. Oh, by the way, Wanqiu, do you want to evolve your Eevee into Sylveon too?"
Wang Xin asked Ling Wanqiu.
From now on, she was Sylveon's most loyal fan, her absolute favorite was Sylveon.
"I plan to evolve mine into Espeon."
Saying this, Ling Wanqiu looked at Jiang Chen.
Seeing her gaze turn towards him, Jiang Chen thought to himself, "Is Ling Wanqiu planning to raise an Espeon because of me?"
Indeed, Jiang Chen was part of the reason. Because Jiang Chen's Gardevoir had playfully dominated her Garchomp before, Ling Wanqiu also wanted to raise a Psychic-type Pokémon.
"What about you, handsome Jiang?"
Wang Xin felt a bit regretful hearing that Ling Wanqiu planned to evolve into Espeon, then looked at Jiang Chen.
"I plan to evolve this Eevee into Espeon, but I have more than one Eevee."
The Eevee family all had good looks and strong combat power. Jiang Chen's personal favorites were Sylveon and Glaceon.
As for Espeon, it was more because it was a Psychic-type.
"I envy you for having more than one Eevee."
Wang Xin looked at Jiang Chen enviously. Eevee wasn't that easy to obtain.
Some socialite ladies or young mistresses considered themselves high-class and liked to keep them as pets, not even letting Eevee evolve, simply keeping them as companions.
Honestly, that was a waste of their talent.
Eevee might look cute, but their combat power was genuinely not weak; their base stats rivaled those of Starter Pokémon.
Eevee's numbers were already small, and coupled with high demand, it was even harder to acquire one than a Starter Pokémon.
"What do you plan to evolve your other Eevee into?"
Ling Wanqiu asked.
"Either Glaceon or Sylveon, to counter you in battles later," Jiang Chen said with a chuckle.
"That's too much."
Ling Wanqiu glared at Jiang Chen. She already couldn't beat him, and he was still thinking of raising Pokémon to counter her.
Glaceon and Sylveon both countered Dragon-types, and Ling Wanqiu had the most Dragon-type Pokémon.
Garchomp, Fraxure, Dragonair, and Vibrava—a total of four Dragon-types, three of which were fatally weak to Ice-type attacks.
Garchomp, and Dragonair evolving into Dragonite, plus Vibrava, would take four times damage from Ice-type attacks.
Additionally, Ling Wanqiu's Treecko, a Grass-type, was also countered by Ice-type. Treecko evolving into Sceptile, and then Mega Evolving into Mega Sceptile, would gain a Dragon-type.
Goodness, that's four times weak to Ice-type again.
"Wang Xin, has anyone challenged you?"
Jiang Chen asked Wang Xin.
"Yes, and quite a few people have challenged me."
Fortunately, she hadn't lost yet and could temporarily maintain her fifth position.
"You two are lucky, no one has challenged you so far. It looks like no one will dare to challenge you in the end."
She looked at Jiang Chen and Ling Wanqiu with envy.
People pick on the soft persimmons, and they thought she was an easy target.
"Jiang Chen, I want to challenge you."
Jiang Chen's expression froze, and Ling Wanqiu also froze. Wang Xin had just said that no one would dare to challenge him and Ling Wanqiu, and now someone had appeared.
However, seeing the person who wanted to challenge him, Jiang Chen was no longer surprised.
Xu Jie, the only person in the class who disliked Jiang Chen. When the school first assigned Starter Pokémon, he challenged Jiang Chen.
He challenged Jiang Chen's Squirtle with his Charmander, and was easily defeated by Jiang Chen, that blockhead.
"Why don't you look in the mirror? See if you're even worthy," Wang Xin couldn't help but say.
Don't you know your own strength? And you still come to challenge Jiang Chen, completely lacking self-awareness.
"I'm challenging Jiang Chen, what does it have to do with you, a mere green leaf?"
Xu Jie's words were vicious and immediately angered Wang Xin.
Because Wang Xin was Ling Wanqiu's deskmate and good friend, she was often called the green leaf that highlighted the flower.
She was actually quite pretty, but compared to Ling Wanqiu, her looks simply couldn't compete.
"You toad, you want to challenge Jiang Chen, huh? Come on, let's see if you can beat me first."
This "toad" remark immediately broke Xu Jie. Because he secretly liked Ling Wanqiu, Xu Jie was publicly known as a toad in Tianhai Spirit Academy.
The last thing he wanted to hear was being called a toad by others.
Enraged, Xu Jie quickly walked over and swung a slap at Wang Xin. However, the Eevee in Wang Xin's arms wouldn't just watch its trainer get hit. Xu Jie's hand was just raised when Eevee jumped up and delivered a left kick to his face, knocking him directly to the ground.
While Pokémon were not allowed to attack people, self-defense was permitted if the other party initiated physical contact.
Of course, killing someone would be considered excessive self-defense.
Eevee didn't use much force, it didn't even knock Xu Jie unconscious, but the spot where he was kicked swelled up.
"Eevee, well done! Teach this toad a lesson."
Wang Xin stroked Eevee's little head.
Kicked by Eevee, Xu Jie was somewhat annoyed, but he still had his senses and didn't release his Pokémon to attack Wang Xin.
"You want to challenge me, huh? Alright, I guess teaching a lesson to a toad like you out of boredom is fine."
"Jiang Chen, you just wait! If I don't knock you down this time, I'll take your surname."
"No thanks, you really shouldn't take my surname. I can't bear that responsibility."
Jiang Chen looked utterly disgusted.
"Why did you accept his challenge? He's not even worthy of your attention," Wang Xin couldn't help but say.
"It's a school rule. If someone challenges you, you have to accept, unless there's a special circumstance," Ling Wanqiu said, pulling Wang Xin aside.
"Wouldn't it feel even better to see Jiang Chen teach him a lesson?"
Ling Wanqiu and Wang Xin stood by, watching the fool.
Jiang Chen gestured to Nidoqueen, telling it to come over.
Nidoqueen wanted to battle, didn't it? This was a perfect opponent for it, as long as Nidoqueen didn't find it too weak.
Seeing Jiang Chen's signal, Nidoqueen immediately ran over.
"Nidoqueen?"
Seeing Nidoqueen, Xu Jie looked disdainful. Nidoqueen wasn't a rare Pokémon after all.
Jiang Chen naturally noticed his disdainful gaze.
Seriously? He actually looked down on his Nidoqueen. Brother, what's your status to look down on Nidoqueen? Nidoqueen and Nidoking are popular choices for ordinary trainers.
For most trainers from ordinary families, who can't get Pseudo-legendary Pokémon or even Starter Pokémon, Nidoqueen and Nidoking, with their base stats of just over five hundred, are considered good options.
Besides, the potential of a Pokémon is the most important thing. A Caterpie with Champion potential is more sought after than a Starter Pokémon.
"Just a Nidoqueen."
Xu Jie released his Charmeleon. His Charmander had already evolved into Charmeleon.
"Let my Charmeleon take care of your Nidoqueen. Don't think you'll win just because Nidoqueen is a final evolution."
"Idiot!" x2
This was Jiang Chen and Ling Wanqiu's assessment of him. You're holding an Elite-level Charmeleon and looking down on a Quasi-Elite Four-level Nidoqueen? Jiang Chen understood this guy now: he had no destiny for wealth, but he had a rich man's disease.
Seeing Nidoqueen wasn't rare, he looked down on it.
Nidoqueen's eyes showed anger. Its senses were very sharp, and it could clearly perceive that the human opposite was looking down on it.
"Charmeleon, use Flamethrower."
Xu Jie ordered Charmeleon to attack.
A stream of flames shot towards Nidoqueen.
Seeing Nidoqueen not even dodge, Xu Jie became even more disdainful.
"You can't even react! How weak is your Nidoqueen? Trash Pokémon!"
No sooner had Xu Jie finished speaking than Nidoqueen endured Charmeleon's Flamethrower, charged forward, and then landed a Mega Punch on Charmeleon.
Charmeleon was sent flying by a single blow, losing its ability to battle.
What did it feel like to be contradicted the moment you spoke? Xu Jie deeply understood. This feeling of being humiliated was too painful.
More painful than the kick from Eevee earlier.
The kick from Eevee was physical pain; now, he felt his face burning.
"Keep showing off, why don't you? What right do you have to look down on Nidoqueen and call her a trash Pokémon?"
Wang Xin felt utterly delighted by this scene.
It was so satisfying. Earlier, seeing Nidoqueen motionless while taking the attack, she was worried, but seeing the end result was truly gratifying.
"He doesn't deserve to be a trainer at all," Ling Wanqiu said coldly.
"It's not over yet. We're using two Pokémon in this battle."
As long as one had enough nerve, they could endure the shame of being contradicted. Xu Jie took out another Poké Ball and released Combusken.
Seeing Combusken, Jiang Chen was a bit surprised. Besides Charmeleon, this guy could also get a Combusken?
Charmeleon was given to him by the school because of his good grades, an investment in him. How did he get this Combusken? Combusken is the evolution of Torchic, also one of the Starter Pokémon. Ordinary families couldn't get one at all.