He knows Pokémon better than me.

Once in "Dharma Mode," the Darma Baboon's attacks become increasingly unpredictable.

"Magical Flame!!"

The stone statue remained motionless, but its eyes gleamed, and pink flames floated around it, shooting out in unison.

He has completely transformed into a ranged mage.

"Shell Dragon, use Dark Pulse to block it!"

As the armored dragon turned its body, it released a wave of evil energy, and a black shockwave swept around 360 degrees, causing flames and explosions to erupt frequently all around.

"Now! Crush it!"

Amidst the smoke and dust, the armored dragon suddenly charged towards the Daruma baboon, its large, energy-filled teeth gleaming in front of its head, poised to crush the baboon.

"It's not that simple, use supernatural powers!!"

The Daruma baboon's body trembled violently, releasing a powerful and overwhelming surge of psychic energy, aiming to lock onto the armored dragon halfway through its journey—

After entering Dharma Mode, even the attributes change to the same fire + super attribute as the Demon Fire Red Fox.

However, the armored dragon's movements did not slow down in the slightest.

"How can it be?!"

Willie's expression changed drastically; his supernatural powers had failed.
Wait a minute, this is a Dark-type Shellder Dragon?!
And it can fly?!

The next second, the armored dragon bit into the Daruma baboon, and the seemingly hard "stone statue" had a crack broken in its face.

The Damo baboon retreated sideways down the snow slope, then began to sway uneasily.

Outstanding effect!

If it becomes a superpower, it will be perfectly countered by the Armored Dragon!
Entering Dharma Mode, the Dharma Baboon's strongest move, which is supernatural power, is ineffective at this moment, and Willie is already in a state of mental chaos.

"Battle over! Charge!!"

The armored dragon charged straight out, its shell, harder than the stone statue, sending the Damo baboon "statue" flying.

When the smoke cleared, the Darmo baboon collapsed to the ground, reverting to its original reddish-brown flame baboon form.

His eyes rolled around, and he lay on the ground unconscious.

"The Darmo baboon is incapacitated, and the Ankylosaurus wins!"

"Since both of Wiley's Pokémon are unable to battle, Ash has won this Great Ball ranking match! The real-time rankings for both players have been updated, please check them yourself!"

The drone Rotom immediately broadcast the report.

The two quickly pulled out their Pokédexs. Willie's face darkened, while Ash's face lit up with joy.

His ranking improved from 420th to 385th.

"We need to speed things up!"

Without stopping, Xiao Zhi immediately pressed the matchmaking button again, determined to break into the top 100 today!
"New opponent matched, ranked 340th in the Superball rankings."

"Ranked 297th in the Superball category."

"251 people."

The battle never stopped on the snowy slope behind the arena.

Ash is in high spirits, engaging in a series of battles—

Of course, it's not always the case that we use Doromecia and Armored Dragon.

Pokémon like Dracovish, Corviknight, and Sirfetch'd are all participating in the fierce battle, taking turns to fight, so there's no need to worry about any Pokémon running out of energy.

The fighting lasted from morning until four in the afternoon, and the thick snow behind the arena was turned into a barren wasteland.

"Sea Lion, use Ice Puck!" "Ace Flare, we'll use Ice Puck too!!"

Just as the chubby Dianthus on the opposite side raised its head to gather an ice ball, it saw that Cinderace had also raised an identical ice ball on its toes, and it froze in place.

Relying on its "Free Spirit" ability, Cinderace transforms into an Ice-type and uses Ice Balls, the power of which is in no way inferior to Dewprich.

More importantly, Flame Ace is even faster!

Clang!
The puck hit its target a step ahead, exploding in the face of the Dianthus, directly interrupting the latter's puck move.

"Determine the winner in one fell swoop. Use the electric ball!"

The next second, Flame Ace wiped the hair sticking up from his forehead, transformed into "Thunder Rabbit," and kicked out a powerful and surging ball of electricity.

Zzzzz boom—!
Upon hitting its target, the Dianthus was instantly engulfed in an exaggerated pillar of lightning, and its entire body convulsed.

Outstanding effect!

Already suffering repeated blows, this Deino finally succumbed to an electric-type move and collapsed.

"Ash has won this Mega Ball ranking match! The real-time rankings for both players have been updated, please check them yourself!"

Upon hearing this, the trainer opposite him immediately turned pale.

Flame Ace, on the other hand, coldly turned his body to the side—

Superball-level opponents pose absolutely no challenge to it.

Stop wasting time, hurry up and get to the advanced ball level!
Ash excitedly looked at his Pokédex, where he saw that his ranking had now reached 136th, not far from being in the top 100!
Ash glanced at the sky. Battlegrounds was located in the north, where it got dark early. It was only 4:30 in the afternoon, but the sky was already getting dark.

"After the last match, we'll go have dinner with Magua!"

Having made up his mind, he quickly pressed the radar button for one last search.

He silently wished to encounter a specific opponent and used Pokémon he had never seen before.

For example, the Galarian-like Daruma baboon is quite curious about regional morphological differences and how its appearance changes after entering "Daruma mode".

He had already tried out almost all the trainers in the vicinity, and the number of trainers had plummeted. After searching for five or six minutes, he was about to give up when Rotom suddenly gave him a notification.

"New opponent matched, ranked 123rd in the Super Ball category! 400 meters away!"

Ash's eyes lit up. This ranking is just right!

According to the latest World Championship rules, when a player's ranking enters the top 120 of the Super Ball category, the organizers will arrange a special promotion tournament. Winning the tournament will allow the player to directly enter the top 99 of the Advanced Ball category.

To prevent cheating and match-fixing
The opponents in these promotion tournaments are mostly from other regions, minimizing the possibility of encountering local acquaintances.

So his goal is to get into the top 120, and then just wait quietly for the notification.

"This person ranked 123 is probably also having a headache. They need to win one more game to qualify for the promotion tournament."

Ash smiled and looked at the screen. His opponent's League card showed a 14 or 15-year-old female trainer named Kana, who was walking towards his position.

So Ash waited where he was, and took the opportunity to adjust the Poké Balls on his waist. He needed to consider the candidates for the final battle.

A few minutes later, his opponent appeared. She was wearing a light down jacket and boots, with a pretty face and a figure similar to his.

Wearing a knitted hat, her magenta pigtails weren't very long and were slightly upturned.

"Hello~ You must be Ash Ketchum, right?"

The other person didn't seem bothered by the embarrassing ranking and waved and greeted him from afar with a smile.

However, what interested Ash even more was that a large, snow-white moth was following beside the purple-haired female trainer.

It has feather-like antennae, translucent wings, and a pair of crystal-clear sapphire-like eyes. Its body is as luxurious and elegant as if it were wrapped in a white noblewoman's scarf.

Ash's eyes lit up; it was a snow moth he had never seen before! (End of Chapter)