Chapter 217: Last Stop, Fairy Gym

After harvesting several baskets of different kinds of berries picked by the Grass-type Pokémon in Hydreigon's territory, Su Hao released Articuno when he returned to the edge of the forest.

After colluding on the testimony again and agreeing that Su Hao would go to Ice Feather Mountain to pick it up after finishing the Gym challenge, Articuno flew rapidly into the high sky toward the direction of Ice Feather Mountain.

The edge of the forest was mostly wild Pokémon from the Normal level to the Elite level. These wild Pokémon were no longer a match for Su Hao, who had received dual enhancements.

With a 'Façade' to knock out a Normal-level Persian that had blindly rushed up, Su Hao arrived at the outskirts of Viridian Forest.

The further out he went, the more people Su Hao saw.

At this time, the area outside Viridian Forest was no longer as deserted as before; it was bustling with people.

Su Hao casually called out to a male student of the same age, wanting to ask what had happened.

The boy called out by Su Hao looked impatient and stared at Su Hao with a strange expression, then explained the reason why there were so many people here.

The boy explained rapidly: "Didn't a King-tier wild Pokémon attack the city a few days ago? Everyone was afraid to come over during those days."

"But not long ago, the Forest God manifested!"

"It is said that people who see the Forest God can receive a blessing and obtain some kind of special ability!"

"You can just look at the Weibo trending search and you'll know, oh. I'm in a hurry to enter the forest, no more chatting!"

After the boy finished speaking at a very fast speed, he ran into Viridian Forest in a flash.

Su Hao couldn't get a word in at all. After the boy left, he took out his phone and clicked on Weibo.

He saw that the number one trending search was the title "Legendary Forest God of Viridian Forest Suspected to Have Appeared".

As soon as he clicked into the video, the extremely pungent BGM of a marketing account rang out.

Su Hao: "......"

Isn't this what he did when he revived the berry orchard???

He didn't know who happened to film it nearby......

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Walking on the street toward the Fairy-type Gym, Su Hao looked down at his phone to read the news.

While scrolling, a notice released by the Shenzhou Alliance official caught his attention.

After browsing through it quickly, his expression was a bit surprised.

Su Father hadn't told him about this yet.

This was a notice about a new policy for trainers.

The scheduled implementation date was this summer vacation, which was June or July.

First is the reform of the ranking match mechanism. In the future, ranking matches will not require collecting badges; you can directly advance if your points meet the standard after winning official matches.

Second is the reform of Gyms. Gym-tier trainers who meet the strength standards and pass the Alliance's audit can open Gyms in the cities where they live and recruit apprentices.

Badges issued by this type of Gym are still recognized by major universities as one of the conditions for graduating from a university Pokémon battle major.

At the same time, this type of new Gym will only accept challenges from university students and those of appropriate age in the future.

That is to say, there will be no more opportunities like the Beginner Gym Badge that can allow skipping grades to choose a university.

The previous eighteen-attribute Gyms were more like an official examination institution; they didn't recruit apprentices and relied entirely on the Gym Leader themselves.

The newly opened Gyms not only took over the responsibility of issuing badges but could also open apprentice positions to cultivate newcomers.

The original eighteen-attribute Gym Leaders will no longer accept reservations for Gym Badge challenges; they will only accept qualification challenges for the 【Champion's Road】.

The Champion's Road is a new promotion mechanism launched by the Shenzhou Alliance.

After defeating four eighteen-attribute Gym Leaders who are going all out, you can obtain the qualification to enter the Champion's Road.

Passing the Champion's Road will grant the qualification to become a "Substitute Four Heavenly Kings Champion". After the current Four Heavenly Kings Champion steps down, the Substitute Four Heavenly Kings will be given priority for promotion. ===== CHAPTER 218 =====