Chapter 228

After Su Yu's other Pokémon saw the Blaziken defeat the Electivire,

they all excitedly began cheering for the Blaziken.

"Wu!" "Dora!!" "Aowu!!"

With that, the battle came to a complete end.

Su Yu and Duan Duan Shiqin both took their Pokémon to the nearby medical room for treatment.

When the two arrived at the medical room with their Pokémon,

the nurse inside took their Poké Balls from them

and said,

"I wonder if you heard that explosion just now. Could it be that another Pokémon went berserk in the training room?"

As she spoke, a look of worry appeared on the nurse's face.

"The sound seemed to come from the west. Since you two came from that direction, do you know what happened?"

The nurse placed the Poké Balls onto the healing machine

and asked Su Yu and his companion while watching them.

174: Freshman Year Ends! Continue the Challenge!

Su Yu and Duan Duan Shiqin exchanged a glance.

Her words made it sound as though they were the ones who had been battling.

However, Duan Duan Shiqin did not explain.

Seeing this, Su Yu had no choice but to say,

"That explosion was likely caused by our battle just now. No Pokémon went berserk."

"You two were battling!?" the nurse exclaimed in shock.

Just moments ago, she had felt the ground tremble several times,

followed by a tremendous roar.

And now you're telling me that was caused by a battle?

Just how terrifying must that battle have been!?

The nurse's jaw dropped; she couldn't even dare to imagine it.

However, the Pokémon's treatment was soon completed.

Under the nurse's gaze, Su Yu and his companion quickly departed.

After returning to the training room,

both Su Yu and Duan Duan Shiqin released their Pokémon to check on them.

"Blaziken, do you feel alright?"

Su Yu asked as he looked at the recovered Blaziken.

Hearing this, the Blaziken responded with a vigorous cry, full of energy.

It seemed his condition was quite good.

At that moment, Duan Duan Shiqin also released her Electivire.

"Electivire, are you okay?"

Duan Duan Shiqin asked.

The Electivire scratched its head and displayed a simple, honest smile.

It seemed her condition was also excellent.

However, the moment the Electivire spotted the Blaziken nearby, her fighting spirit immediately flared up.

Wasn't this the very Blaziken that had just defeated her!?

The Electivire glared angrily.

The Blaziken, for his part, responded without the slightest hint of fear.

Having just been healed, the two Pokémon once again surged with the desire to fight.

"Alright, you two can battle another time. Since you've just recovered, it's better to do some simple training for now."

Su Yu said as he pulled the Blaziken aside.

Duan Duan Shiqin likewise drew her Electivire to the side.

Next, Su Yu had the Blaziken begin training just like his other Pokémon.

The school's training room equipment was quite good,

so making frequent use of it was beneficial.

Most importantly, it didn't cost a penny.

The Blaziken immediately found a device and began training.

Duan Duan Shiqin watched Su Yu's Pokémon, who were in his presence, training hard with high morale,

and a smile appeared on her face.

"Your Pokémon are truly hardworking."

Su Yu nodded and said,

"Of course. Even if I don't say anything, they train on their own usually."

"All I need to do is prevent them from overtraining."

Hearing this, Duan Duan Shiqin glanced at Su Yu twice and said, "With this level of effort from your Pokémon,

I imagine it won't be long before they become even stronger."

Su Yu, too, felt confident about this.

Therefore, over the next month or two.

Su Yu began training with frantic intensity.

Every day, he either brought his spirits to the training room for drills.

Or he ventured out to clear dungeons.

Leveling up his spirits.

After leveling them up, he would start familiarizing himself with their power inside the training room.

It could be said that his days were extremely fulfilling.

Such a training life continued right up until the end of the term at Tianyun University.

At this moment, Su Yu was inside a secret realm.

Frantically grinding experience points for his spirits.

【Blaze Chicken defeated Arbok, gaining 5000 experience points!】

【Blaze Chicken defeated Beedrill, gaining 4000 experience points!】

【Blaze Chicken has sufficient experience and has leveled up to Lv65!】

……

【Salamence defeated Nidoking, gaining 4500 experience points!】

【Salamence defeated Golem, gaining 4300 experience points!】

【Salamence has sufficient experience and has leveled up to Lv63!】

……

Watching the notifications continuously stream in.

Su Yu wore a satisfied smile.

Over these two months, his spirits had all made tremendous progress.

With Duan Duan Shiqin serving as a sparring partner, combined with the spirits' diligent training.

Every day, Su Yu's spirits gained massive amounts of experience points and made significant strides.

After returning to school and battling Duan Duan Shiqin a few more times.

The look in Duan Duan Shiqin's eyes as she gazed at Su Yu was filled with astonishment.

"Your rate of progress is truly fast! I'm afraid it won't be long before I'm no longer worthy of being your sparring partner."

Duan Duan Shiqin remarked with a sigh.

Only she, who had been sparring with Su Yu all along, could feel the terrifying speed of his improvement.

This is simply monstrous.

No wonder Su Yu managed to win the National University Student Competition championship at the age of twenty.

"Not at all; Teacher Duan surely still has an Elite-level Pokémon in hand, so how could I possibly be your match?"

Su Yu shook his head and said.

Hearing this, Duan Duan Shiqin smiled bitterly.

"My Elite Pokémon took many years of cultivation to reach its current state."

"But how long has your Pokémon been training? At such a growth rate, it is only a matter of time before you leave me far behind."

After speaking, Duan Duan Shiqin instead became open-minded about it.

"Forget it; there is no way to compare with a monster like you."

"You should have your final exams tomorrow, right?"

Su Yu nodded. "That's right; after the finals, the holiday begins."

"Then I wish you a swift acquisition of eight badges during the holiday and a smooth entry into the preliminaries," Duan Duan Shiqin said with a smile.

Su Yu accepted her blessing.

Afterwards, the two continued to have their Pokémon battle.

Since tomorrow was the final exam, Su Yu had crammed for two days before taking it.

Fortunately, the exam content was not too difficult.

Thus, Su Yu passed this final exam with great ease.

And so, his one-year freshman year finally came to a close.

However, many people felt nothing special about this.

However, many people felt nothing about this.

After all, advancing a grade is not quite the same as graduating.

Therefore, many treated it calmly.

After the exams concluded,

Su Yu took the high-speed train back to his home.

Once he had settled everything,

Su Yu resumed challenging gyms.

This time, he intended to directly challenge the gyms in his own area.

Since the badges were universally recognized, there was no worry about being ineligible for competitions.

Su Yu now only needed to obtain four more badges.

Therefore, he planned to collect all four badges at once.

Yunhai City did not have too many gyms, so Su Yu's targets were limited to just a few.

Thus, early in the morning, he brought his Pokémon and took a bus to one of the gyms.

This time, Su Yu did not hide his face.

After all, his popularity had waned considerably.

On the internet, everyone enjoys a period of fame followed by a period of obscurity.

The fervor of netizens could only last for a while.

Nowadays, he no longer encountered so many fanatical fans.

However, despite saying that, the moment Su Yu stepped into the gym,

everyone inside instantly recognized his identity.

"Wow! Is that Su Yu!? The National University Competition champion? The legendary Divine Beast Tamer?"

"Indeed; I didn't expect him to come to a gym too. Is he here to participate in the Elite Challenge?"

"Hiss... Su Yu is truly ambitious! So young, yet he already wants to take on the Elite Challenge!"

"It's hard to say; after all, he possesses a Mythical Pokémon. Winning the competition would not be strange at all."

The surrounding challengers immediately began to discuss loudly.

175: Shiny Hydreigon!

The surrounding noise instantly caught the attention of the Gym Leader.

This gym was named Green Rhyme Gym.

Naturally, it specialized in Grass-type Pokémon.

The Gym Leader's name was Duan Tong.

Upon seeing the visitor, Duan Tong's pupils contracted sharply.

He had not expected the visitor to be Su Yu, who was quite famous throughout the Xia Kingdom.

At that moment, Duan Tong had just defeated a challenger.

Therefore, he needed the next person to step up for a challenge.

Although he very much wanted to spar directly with Su Yu, as a Gym Leader,

Duan Tong still had to uphold the gym's fairness.

"Let the next challenger come to the stage," Duan Tong said, looking at the people in the waiting area.

Upon hearing Duan Tong's words, these people simply shook their heads directly.

Duan Tong looked at the people in the waiting area and spoke.

But upon hearing Duan Tong's words, these people simply shook their heads.

Right now, they only wanted to watch Su Yu compete.

Thus, none of the crowd was willing to step onto the stage.

Seeing this scene, Duan Tong could only turn his gaze toward Su Yu, the "Two-Forty."

Meeting Duan Tong's gaze, Su Yu asked:

"Is it proper to cut in line like this?"

Before Duan Tong could speak,

the challengers standing nearby quickly chimed in.

"It's fine, it's fine! We want to see you fight."

"Exactly, we'll yield this spot to you; none of us mind."

"Yes, just go up first. Watching your match makes us happier than fighting ourselves."

Hearing this, Su Yu felt both amused and helpless.

Was this the benefit of being famous?

Others directly yielding their spots to you.

However, since everyone had said so,

Su Yu was happy to step onto the stage immediately.

He was in a hurry anyway.

So he walked straight onto the arena.

"Both sides ready; the match begins."

The referee announced swiftly.

Upon hearing this, Duan Tong threw out his Poké Ball.

It was a creature entirely deep blue,

its whole body entwined with vines.

【Name: Tangela (Grass)】

【Gender: ♂】

【Level: LV. 3 (Elite)】

【Ability: Chlorophyll (Speed increases in sunny weather.)】

【Potential: Elite】

【Individual Values: HP (31), Attack (31), Special Attack (31), Defense (24), Special Defense (24), Speed (27)】

— Author's Notes —

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