Chapter 39

The dojos in this world don't just have the role of accepting challenges and issuing badges as in the anime.

While the eighteen-type dojos are distributed across the country to accept challenges, they are also the only designated venues for ranking matches within the Alliance.

The Rising Sun Dojo where Su father serves is no exception; training fields, competition fields, and various facilities all exist within the dojo.

It can be said that the dojo itself is equivalent to a large living circle.

Entering the dojo, Su Hao directly contacted the agent working under his father and explained his purpose.

The agent's surname was Qian, a middle-aged man with an honest appearance, a kind personality, and a slightly chubby build.

Since Su father took office as the Gym Leader, many trivial matters were handled by him, including when Su Hao was young and Su father was out on missions, and Su mother was also in seclusion at the research institute; when there was no one to contact, it was this Uncle Qian who handled the trivial matters.

With this relationship, Su Hao and Uncle Qian had always had a very good relationship.

After waiting for a while, Uncle Qian took Su Hao and the others through the long queue to the internal space to handle the procedures.

The efficiency of having someone inside was indeed very fast, and in no time, the ranking match qualifications for the three were registered.

According to Uncle Qian's explanation, the three quickly understood the operational process.

After registering for the ranking matches, one could perform battle matching in the official Trainer App on the phone.

Both parties in the match need to confirm that they can arrive at the designated battle venue within the match time for the match to be considered established.

After the match is established, failure to arrive at the designated venue within the specified time limit is considered a forfeit, and an automatic loss is judged.

In short, matches in the Poké Ball tier can be matched via mobile phone.

The early process of the ranking matches is very similar to the World Championships in 【Pokémon Journeys】 that Su Hao watched before crossing over.

Su Hao didn't think much, took out his phone, and clicked on the official Trainer App. On his personal profile, the mark of having participated in the ranking matches was clearly displayed.

Name: 【Su Hao】

Age: 【17】

Piplup ID: 【】

Rank: 【Poké Ball Tier】

Occupation: 【Student】

Not only was there an extra rank certification on the official App, but there was also a small Poké Ball icon next to his avatar in the Piplup chat software.

Is this the legendary "shining dog tag"?

Su Hao clicked on the ranking interface and chose to match.

The moment he clicked, the match was established.

Clicking confirm to battle, the battle was established very quickly.

Su Hao clicked into the other party's avatar; looking at the profile, it was clearly a student the same age as him.

The App showed Su Hao to arrive at Battle Venue No. 13 before 11 o'clock.

He glanced at the time; it was still quite ample.

Su Hao turned his gaze to Li Hua and Jiang Chengcheng beside him; they also completed matching one after another. One was at Battle Venue No. 14, and the other was at Battle Venue No. 15.

After greeting Uncle Qian, Su Hao walked quickly to Battle Venue No. 13.

As a battle venue dedicated to ranking matches, besides the standard format venue, it was also equipped with a Rotom referee and spectator seats.

A few parents who brought their children to watch the battle were sitting sporadically in the spectator seats.

As a competition held by the Alliance and one of the paths straight to the Elite Four, ranking matches are popular.

Even for the lowest-level Poké Ball tier battles, there was no lack of people watching.

Su Hao's opponent arrived before him; it was a boy the same age as him, but Su Hao always felt he had seen him somewhere.

The other party also kept staring at Su Hao, his eyes very burning.

"I didn't expect my first ranking match opponent to be you!" Ye Fan stared at Su Hao, very seriously.

After confirming again and again, Su Hao finally remembered.

The boy opposite was the person he had his first battle with Carbink, and then defeated!

Su Hao remembered that this boy's Pokémon was Teddiursa.

After both sides accepted the identity verification of the Rotom referee, Su Hao's first ranking match officially kicked off!

【This match is recognized as an official match of the Shenzhou Alliance Pokémon Ranking Match Poké Ball tier.】

【Both sides of the battle, Su Hao vs. Ye Fan.】

【The battle in the Poké Ball tier uses one Pokémon.】

【Battle, start!】

"Revenge match, Teddiursa!"

"Go, Torracat!"

The moment the Rotom referee announced the start of the match, both sides threw their Poké Balls at the same time.

The Teddiursa he had met once a month ago now looked even taller.

Ye Fan was a little stunned to see that Su Hao released Torracat instead of Carbink.

His fists hardened! Even if you defeated me, you can't use a newly caught Pokémon to mock people!

However, Carbink's off-the-charts dual defenses were indeed quite difficult for Teddiursa to deal with at its current strength.

Although it was a pity not to be able to take revenge, it was better to say that Torracat was just right; let you pay the price for your underestimation!

Ye Fan was very certain that even if Su Hao's later-caught Pokémon had already completed one evolution, Teddiursa's raw strength was still better!

Su Hao looked at the data of the Teddiursa in front of him and roughly understood why Ye Fan dared to say this was a revenge match.

Pokémon: 【Teddiursa】

Type: 【Normal】

Gender: 【♂】

Ability: 【Quick Feet】

Level: 【21】

Moves: 【Scratch, Lick, Baby-Doll Eyes, Fury Cutter, Fury Swipes, Payback, Slash, Thunder Punch, Facade】

Most Pokémon level up very quickly before the Elite-level, but from the breakthrough to the Elite-level, it becomes a slow grind.

Slow Pokémon might take several months to level up once.

After recording Teddiursa's data, Su Hao commanded Torracat to launch an attack.

"Torracat, rush over and use Fire Fang!"

Torracat's limbs were thicker after evolution, so its natural explosive power was stronger.

The fire overflowing from its mouth formed huge fiery teeth, appearing very oppressive under Torracat's charge.

"Teddiursa, use Thunder Punch to hit him back!"

Ye Fan was not to be outdone; although it was unexpected that this Torracat had also mastered Fire Fang, he and Teddiursa were not pushovers.

Teddiursa's palms gradually overflowed with thunder, smashing fiercely down at the Fire Fang condensed by Torracat rushing toward it.

Thunder and fire did not give way to each other, constantly wrestling.

But in the end, Torracat's output was still above Teddiursa's.

Thunder Punch was gradually suppressed by Fire Fang.

After a short stalemate, Fire Fang broke through the obstruction of Thunder Punch, and the fiery teeth bit Teddiursa's right palm, which had no follow-up power, and threw it into the air.

Torracat's sturdy limbs exerted force instantly, jumping in front of Teddiursa, who was still in free fall in the air.

Fire Fang directly caused huge damage to Teddiursa head-on.

"Teddiursa!"

To make matters worse, Teddiursa, having received a heavy blow, actually fell into a burn state!

Su Hao had never thought that the 10% burn probability of Fire Fang could be triggered.

Su Hao became slightly vigilant because the burn not in the plan might become an aid to the opponent.

The Teddiursa in front of him had learned the move Facade; Facade's power doubles when the user is poisoned, paralyzed, or burned.

Although Su Hao was confident that even if Teddiursa used Facade in a burn state to compete with Torracat in strength, Torracat would not lose.

But if there is a condition to seek stability, there is no need to take risks.

Su Hao immediately chose to change his combat strategy and perform firepower suppression!

"Torracat, use Flamethrower!"

The Flame Sac under Torracat's neck glowed slightly, spraying a scorching ray of fire directly from its mouth!

Seeing Teddiursa fall into a burn state, Ye Fan, who had wanted to lure Torracat over to use Facade to ambush it, saw that Torracat could actually use high-power long-range attacks. ===== CHAPTER 40 =====

Seeing Teddiursa fall into a burn status, Ye Fan, who had originally intended to lure Torracat over to use Facade for a sneak attack, saw that Torracat was actually capable of using a high-power ranged attack.