Not a trainer this time.

Chapter 693 Eight-year-old champion!

Niangguang City, City Square.

Xiaoshu's outstanding performance made everyone excited for her.

The shouts and cheers almost resounded throughout the entire Niangguang City.

As the battle ended, the Vulcan Moth slowly flew back to the small tree, its eyes as deep and beautiful as sapphires.

"Great, Burning Bug!" The little tree was very happy, "Oh no! We should call you the Fire Moth!"

As he spoke, the little tree stretched out his hand towards the burning insect, but before he got close, he was burned by the terrifying temperature emanating from it.

The little tree quickly retracted his hand, and the Vulcan Moth also quickly retracted the flames on its body.

The man and the Pokémon had a very good understanding of each other and understood each other without saying much.

"Hey!" Xiao Shu turned around and looked at the strange tree opposite: "Mom, we performed very well, didn't we?"

"Oh, I lose to you!" The little Magnemite on Qishu's head was spinning weakly, but she quickly cheered up and handed the Badge of Electricity to her daughter with a smile on her face.

"At first, Mom and Dad were worried about whether you could live on your own outside, but now it seems that you have not only performed very well, but also made such great progress."

Qi Shu looked at his daughter with bright eyes, and then gave her a thumbs up.

"You are the pride of mom and dad!"

"Yeah!" The little tree was also very excited.

"Go! Besides me, there are five other badges in the Padia region that you haven't collected. Little Tree, spread your wings and fly high like your mother, the little fish leaping over the dragon gate!" said Qishu.

"Yeah!" Xiaoshu nodded vigorously.

At the same time, the headquarters of the Padian Alliance.

Ye Ci was also watching the live broadcast. When she saw Xiao Shu's outstanding performance, she couldn't help but smile.

"Xin Li, did you see that? Xiaoshu is so outstanding!" Ye Ci said.

Xin Li: "..."

Xin Li had long been numb to Ye Ci's performance.

However, the chief was right in her vision. The child's excellence really exceeded the imagination of all of them.

The strength of that Vulcan Moth has probably surpassed the gym owner level and is infinitely close to the king level!

What’s even more terrifying is that the child just turned eight years old this year!
And now she has collected three badges...

Thinking of this, Xin Li's first reaction was that the alliance conference at the end of this year would be interesting.

If all goes well, Xiaoshu might become the youngest champion in the history of the entire league, an eight-year-old champion!

At this moment, Xin Li could no longer imagine the child's future.

And Ye Ci has already begun to consider when to pass on the position of chief champion to Xiao Shu.

Now...not yet.

Because the tree is too young.

Even if she can become the champion this year, she is only eight years old after all, and she probably doesn't know how to handle various affairs.

The best way is to gain some more experience for a few years.

For example, she could travel to other areas, and when she comes of age, she could come back and inherit her position as chief champion.

By then, she can retire peacefully and no longer have to worry about the problem of no successor to the Padya Alliance.

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"Dad, I got my third badge!"

On Rotom's phone, Xiaoshu excitedly showed Naoki the Electric Badge he had just obtained.

Naoki: "..."

Fortunately, he did not take over for his wife, otherwise Xiaoshu might not have been able to make the Burning Bug counterattack and evolve into a Vulcan Moth in the difficult situation.

"Well, Daddy knows, you did a great job!" Naoki gave his daughter a thumbs up and asked, "Are you going to challenge other gyms next?"

Xiaoshu nodded, "That's right! Principal Clavel said that if I can collect eight badges before the end of the year, I can participate in this year's League Conference and fight against trainers from all over the world!"

"Okay, then mom, dad, Yushu, and Gulden will definitely be there to cheer you on!"

Xiao Shu nodded excitedly: "Yeah!"

In this way, Xiaoshu and his group continued their journey.

Naoki has been keeping an eye on the situation at gyms in various places, and with Xiaoshu's reports, he knows almost everything about his daughter's itinerary and what she encounters along the way.

In May of the 210th year of the Alliance Calendar, Xiaoshu arrived at Frost Mountain, where he tried to give Haxorus special ice and snow training, and enhanced Haxorus's resistance to ice-attribute moves.

Then, Xiaoshu began to challenge Gurusha's Frost Mountain Gym.

Although Haxorus was defeated by Grusha's ice-attribute Pokémon, with the help of the fire power of Tankard and Vulcano, Xiaoshu still got the Ice Badge from Grusha.

In June, Xiaoshu arrived at Jinhui Town where Qingmu was, and obtained the props for evolving Tan Xiaoshi from a local restaurant owner, allowing Tan Xiaoshi to successfully evolve into the Blue Flame Blade Demon.

In order to prove his strength to his trainer, Blade of the Blade faced off against Aoki and successfully exchanged one for one with his opponent's Pokémon.

Xiaoshu also successfully obtained the general badge with the help of Haxorus's Dragon Dance tactics.

In July, Xiaoshu arrived at Freezer Town where the Ghost Gym was located. There, she met a very powerful person who taught her the secrets of breeding Ghost Pokémon, allowing Xiaoshu to conduct special training on the Azure Blade.

The next day, Xiaoshu went to the Ghost Gym to challenge, and was shocked to find that the gym master here, Lime, was the mysterious man who taught her yesterday!
The two sides fought a fierce battle, and Xiaoshu finally won narrowly and successfully obtained his sixth badge.

In August, after several months of special training and practice, Haxorus finally reached the brink of evolution.

On a full moon night, Haxorus successfully evolved into Dragonite, and its strength increased greatly.

At the same time, Xiaoshu also began to challenge the Tailebagos and successfully proved his strength to them, allowing three Tailebagos to join his team.

In this way, the team of Vulcan Moth, Dragonite, Azure Blade, Tailebagos, Tailebagos, and Tailebagos is officially assembled.

With these six Pokémon, Xiaoshu began to challenge the last two gyms.

In September, Xiaoshu successfully defeated Haidai, the master of the Glass Bottle Gym, obtained the Water Badge from him, and learned how to cook.

In October, Xiaoshu arrived at Beigu Town. With the ghost power of the Blue Blade Ghost, she defeated the gym owner Lip and successfully obtained the last badge of her trip!
At this time, there are still more than ten days before the convening of the Alliance Conference.

Xiaoshu rode on Entei and started heading towards the Pokémon League.

Naoki also received the news. Together with Qishu, he brought Pokémon such as Youshu, Guledon, Babutu, and Uruk-O to the Padya League to watch Xiaoshu's game.

In order to give Xiaoshu a surprise, Naoki did not tell her.

Instead, on the day of the game, he secretly went to the front row of the audience.

When Xiaoshu on the playing field heard the familiar voice and turned around, he immediately saw several familiar figures.

"Dad? Mom? Is Eruption here too? Everyone is here!"

"Come on! Xiaoshu!" Naoki cheered loudly for his daughter.

"Ah gah!"

"Bonnie!"

"Bamo~!"

Uruk-chan and other Pokémon also shouted out.

At this moment, Xiaoshu was in an inspired state. Her fighting spirit reached its peak. She turned to look at her opponent and said confidently:
"Vulcan Moth, we must not let Dad and the others down!"

The Vulcan Moth nodded calmly. The battle officially began!
Vulcan Moth starts with Butterfly Dance, while the opponent's Pidgeot uses Air Blade to attack.

But the Vulcan Moth's butterfly dance was integrated with scorching flames, and in an instant, its body turned into a high-speed rotating fireball.

Pidgeot's air blade was like a drop in the ocean, and was completely swallowed up the moment it touched the fireball.

"It's our turn! Vulcan Moth, use Heat Blast!"

Following Xiao Shu's command, the temperature of the entire battlefield rose suddenly, and the air seemed to be ignited. As the air flow surged, a scorching storm condensed and formed, sweeping towards the Pidgeot on the opposite side.

Almost in an instant, it swallowed up Pidgeot's figure.

After a moment, Pidgeot fell to the ground in a mess, with large patches of burnt feathers on his body, his eyes rolled back, and he had completely lost his ability to fight.

One hit kill!

Countless audiences sat up in shock.

Countless noisy voices rang in Naoki's ears.

"What's going on? Even I can feel the temperature rising here!"

"Hot wind?... Such terrifying power!"

"That Vulcan Moth is so strong!"

After winning the game, Xiaoshu grinned and turned to look at the audience.

Naoki nodded at her, indicating that her performance was very exciting.

The two main pets have all evolved to their final stages. With the guidance of the notes left by Chihong and the addition of three Tailebagos, Xiaoshu's performance in the preliminaries can be described as being able to kill anyone who stands in his way.

As expected, she successfully advanced to the quarterfinals.

In the quarterfinals, Xiaoshu sent out Azure Blade Demon to fight, and finally exchanged one for one with the opponent's Gengar.

In the second game, Xiaoshu sent out Dragonite and successfully defeated the opponent's Lucario.

In the third game, Xiaoshu changed to Vulcan Moth and defeated the opponent's Ice Demon Guard with a crushing force.

The fourth game, the fifth game...

With absolute strength, Xiaoshu successfully advanced to the semi-finals!

Three days later, the semi-finals opened. Xiaoshu relied on the unpredictable properties of the Star Crystal Taile Bagos and the information gap to defeat his opponent and successfully advanced to the finals.

Two days later, the 210th league conference finals officially kicked off.

The opponent that Xiaoshu faces is a powerful trainer from the Sinnoh region.

He has powerful characters such as Garchomp, Bronze Bell, King Scorpion, Togekiss, Alakazam, and Crowleader in his hands, and his strength is very strong.

At first, Naoki was a little worried.

After all, the opponent is far superior to Xiaoshu in terms of both hard power and combat experience.

But when the battle started, he was shocked to find that Xiaoshu had completely transformed in Pokémon tactics and command!

Not only did she read the opponent's first Pokémon, Bronze Bell, based on her opponent's previous habits, but she also used the agility and high attack characteristics of Bladeblade to play with Bronze Bell at her fingertips.

In just a few rounds, the Blue Flame Blade Ghost chopped the bronze bell with its blade.

In the second battle, Xiaoshu sent out Dragonite to face the opponent's Togekiss.

During the battle, Xiaoshu used the special skills he learned from his father, praying for rain, heavy wind and thunder three times in a row!
Under the huge thunder, Pokkis was completely unable to fight back.

In the third battle, Xiaoshu used the Vulcan Moth's incomparably powerful strength to crush the opponent's trump card, Land Shark!
The fourth battle, the fifth battle, the sixth battle...

With the help of Tailebagos, Xiaoshu never lost a single battle!
Such outstanding command and tactical application made Naoki, as a father, feel inferior.

Accompanied by the fall of Aledo.

This year's league competition has officially come to an end.

At this moment, the youngest champion in the history of the world was born! The champion was only eight years old!

Qishu was extremely excited. She pulled Zhishu's arm and shouted, "Look! Our baby daughter won the championship!"

Naoki is still a little dazed. As he looks at the scene, he has an indescribable feeling in his heart.

The flowers he had worked so hard to plant for eight years finally bloomed here!
Their daughter is so outstanding and wonderful.

The crowd in the audience was in a frenzy, everyone was cheering and celebrating for the little tree.

Amid the noisy crowd, the chief champion of the Padiya League walked onto the stage with a smile and handed the trophy to Xiaoshu.

"Auntie Yeci!" Xiaoshu shouted.

Ye Ci nodded gently: "Well, Xiaoshu, you did an excellent job. Congratulations on becoming the champion of this league competition!"

Xiaoshu took the trophy, but because it was a bit heavy, she almost dropped it. Fortunately, at the critical moment, the Dragonite behind her stretched out its big claws and held Xiaoshu's hand.

One man and six Pokémon lifted the golden trophy high together.

Not far behind them, Yan Di, Lei Gong and Shui Jun were looking at this scene with satisfaction on their faces.

There was a click.

The picture freezes.

*
Naoki Ranch.

Xiaoshu and his Pokémon placed the golden trophy on the bookshelf in his bedroom.

Naoki and Qishu stood in the back, watching the scene with a smile.

"How does it feel to be the champion?" Naoki asked.

"I'm very happy!" Little Tree's eyes sparkled. "It's great to be with you all!"

"Then...what are your plans for the future?" Naoki asked with a smile.

Xiaoshu thought about it carefully. After the alliance conference ended, Aunt Yeci told her that she could go to the Padya Alliance to challenge the Four Heavenly Kings and the real champion at any time.

If all are passed, then you can become the pillar of a region.

However, Aunt Ye Ci is very powerful.

With their current strength, it will probably be difficult to defeat them.

In this case, the best thing to do is to continue practicing...

"We are going to continue practicing!" replied the little tree.

Naoki raised an eyebrow: "Have you decided where to practice?"

Should I go to the World Tree and train with Mewtwo and the others? Or should I stay at the ranch and let Budcrown help me train? Or should I go to other regions to continue my studies?

In fact, these three choices have already paved the way for Xiaoshu.

If he chooses Yggdrasil, he will contact Mewtwo, Groudon, and Giratina.

If he chooses the ranch, he will serve as a sparring partner with Rat Crown King and Gulden.

If you choose the third option, Naoki will give Professor Oak's letter of introduction to Xiaoshu, asking her to go to the Kanto region to visit Professor Oak and start her journey from Pallet Town.

And the Padilla region is at the end of this journey.

By the time he finishes traveling through all the areas and returns to Padya, Xiaoshu will probably have the qualifications to become a true champion.

(End of this chapter)