Elves: Angler's Rainy Day Team

Chapter 1033, First Battle a Success

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As gravity was generated on the battlefield, Lucario, which was moving at high speed, stopped instantly from its afterimage, kneeling on one knee and supporting its body with its arm. Faced with the gravity of a near-championship level, it almost couldn't stand up.

Although Xiao Ying also lets them train in gravity, the gravity they train in is at most at the Elite Four level. When they suddenly face the gravity suppression of the Quasi-Champion level, even the Fast Swimming Frog and Infernape have difficulty moving.

"Thinking power, strong mental power..."

"Nian Nian," the psychic clay puppet was also suppressed and unable to move, but its psychic power was not affected at all. The psychic power in its scarlet eyes continued to condense, and in an instant, it launched a materialized spiritual energy to impact its opponent.

Lucario, which was closest to the impact, could only raise its arms with difficulty to use Protect, but it was still blasted away by Psychic and crashed into Poliwrath and Infernape.

Along with Poliwrath and Infernape, the three Pokémon crashed into the energy barrier with a loud thud, causing the entire barrier to tremble.

"Clay dolls of telekinesis, deliver the final blow, use psychic powers..."

Infernape and Poliwrath are weak to Psychic-type Pokémon. Even if Lucario wasn't weak to Psychic-type Pokémon, the impact from the previous attack, combined with gravity, left all three Pokémon unable to get up, and defeat was only a matter of time.

boom--

Another powerful psychic attack struck the three Pokémon, causing them to collapse with their eyes rolling back in their heads. Lucario even reverted from its Mega Evolution state.

This is the difference between a veteran champion and a near-champion. Back when he faced Yuji, he was just as powerless as he is now. His three Pokémon were also instantly defeated by Charizard.

"Second stage passed, next is the third stage, the defender is Xiao Dan," Yuji took a deep breath. Seeing the second near-champion-level Pokémon, his guess was confirmed, but the challenge of the road to the championship must continue.

"It's my turn," Xiao Dan said, seeing the miserable state of the first two people. He felt that he was not much better off. He really didn't know where Yu Hai got so many near-champion level Pokémon.

Do you really think their Pokémon don't want to break through? They don't have a character panel, and they don't know about the changes in the Pokémon's potential. The Pokémon's strength hasn't increased for a long time.

I really don't know how Yu Hai did it. His Pokémon's growth seems to have no limit. He keeps breaking through and breaking through, much faster than their Pokémon.

"Go, Nidoqueen, Swampert, Steelix," Xiao Dan threw out three Ground-type Pokémon, and also took out Steelix's Mega Stone. His Steelix was very close to the Champion level. As long as it underwent Mega Evolution, and with the help of Nidoqueen and Swampert, he wanted to see if Yu Hai would send out that Poliwrath.

"A pretty impressive Mega Steelix," Yu Hai thought, looking at the Mega Steelix after its evolution. It already had the aura of a near-Champion, making it a very strong opponent.

Unfortunately, for the sake of this championship journey, he had to ensure everything went perfectly. Facing a near-champion level Mega Steelix, he chose a safer Pokémon, "Go, Slowking..."

“Not Slowpoke, no, that’s not right,” Xiao Dan breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Slowking appear, but when he felt the aura emanating from Slowking, his whole body instantly stiffened, and he stammered out two words: “Crown...Crown...Class…”

"Champion level? When did this guy break through?" Yuji looked at Slowking and was secretly shocked. This was a Champion-level Pokémon. Each one could suppress a region. Otherwise, the League wouldn't have paid so much attention to Grandpa Atsumi and the others.

This Slowking has actually been trained to champion level! This kid is amazing! He underestimated this kid a bit.

"Champion level?" Kikuko also felt the surging psychic aura emanating from Slowking, as powerful as her Gengar. She couldn't help but wonder why Grandpa Atsumi hadn't mentioned it. Didn't the other party know either?
If they knew that Yu Hai had a Champion-level Pokémon, then why bother filling in the Elite Four? They could just send in a Champion directly. With Yu Hai in charge of the Orange Islands, unless Team Rocket's leader Giovanni comes in person, the rest of Team Rocket won't be able to cause any trouble for long.

"Gulp," Yuji swallowed hard, recalling Madman's Slowking. Looking at this Slowking now, it must have been trained using the Summer Gym's methods. It wasn't surprising that it could break through to Champion level. He immediately shouted loudly towards the battlefield, "Challenge begins..."

"Slowking, finish this quickly," Yu Hai snapped his fingers. Slowking, a champion-level Pokémon, easily dealt with the three Ground-type Pokémon.

Boom boom boom——

Slowking's gaze sharpened, and his psychic power instantly materialized. He glared at Nidoqueen, Swampert, and Steelix, and with his psychic power, he controlled the three Pokémon, rubbing them to the ground.

With the addition of the water flow controlled by telekinesis, the three Pokémon were trapped in a water sphere. They were about to drown, but Nidoqueen, Swampert, and Steelix burst out of the water sphere, their eyes rolling back as they collapsed, completely powerless to fight back.

Can Dark, Bug, and Ghost type moves break Psychic control?

The answer is yes, but only if the strength difference is not too great.

For example, Swampert was only a senior Champion-level monster. The first one was eliminated, followed by Nidoqueen. Even Steelix, who had reached the threshold of the Champion level, was still knocked unconscious by Psychic.

"I lost. We weren't even on the same level. It wasn't even a battle. It was just a one-sided crushing defeat," Xiao Dan said with a wry smile as she retrieved the Poké Ball. She hadn't expected Yu Hai to be so strong. She hadn't expected Slowking to be so powerful back then.

“The fourth challenge, Xiaoqian,” Yuji said, his voice trembling. He couldn’t stop the champion-level Slowking either, but Yu Hai had used it in the third challenge, so casually and easily.

Ke Yuhai is only twenty years old. A twenty-year-old champion trainer? Then what about me, an old man who's almost thirty? Have I wasted my life?

"Ah Hai, so you've become that strong?" Xiao Qian arrived at the battlefield and looked at Yu Hai, who had retrieved Slowking. Slowking had defeated Xiao Dan so easily. She felt that her Song of Destruction was not very useful.

"Go, Gengar, Mismagius, Claydol..."

“Xiao Qian, a Ghost-type Pokémon,” Yu Hai glanced at the three Ghost-type Pokémon opposite him, his gaze finally settling on Gengar, Xiao Qian’s ace.

However, these three Pokémon only possess the aura of veteran Elite Four members, so he doesn't need to send out Champion-level Pokémon. The only types that counter Ghost-type are Ghost and Dark-type, but he doesn't have Pokémon of those two types.

The same Ghost-type Pokémon, Golem and Gengar, can't be used, so only that guy is left. Doesn't that feel a bit unfair?
"Darkrai, come out," Yu Hai's Dark-type Pokémon are only relatively strong with Darkrai. Umbreon, on the other hand, only recently broke through to the Elite Four level and is unlikely to participate in the battle.

"Gulp, another Champion-level Pokémon, and it's Darkrai again," Yuji swallowed hard. It's no wonder he reacted so strongly; this is the legendary Pokémon Nightmare God, and it's actually reached Champion level. This monster is no joke; it truly has the strength to challenge the Champion Path!
"Hehe," Kikuko finally laughed when she saw the Darkrai; she had guessed this would happen.

Slowking has already broken through to Champion level, there's no reason why this legendary Pokémon hasn't broken through either. This is the legendary Pokémon that she took Yu Hai to retrieve from the Pokémon Prison!
"Two Champion-level Pokémon, just how many Champion-level Pokémon does Brother Hai have?" Xiao Ying and A Yi were completely dumbfounded. It turned out that the other party had gone easy on them when they were attacked before.

"The challenge begins..."

"Darkrai, finish this quickly, Dark Hole..." Yu Hai didn't bother to give any more orders. Judging from Darkrai's strength, dealing with three Ghost-type Pokémon would be a piece of cake.

“Uh,” Darkrai raised his hand and conjured a Dark Hole, throwing it at the three Ghost-type Pokémon opposite him.

Before long, all three Gengar fell into a sleep state and were eliminated one by one by Darkrai, losing their ability to battle.

“The final challenge,” Yuji said, glancing at Xiaoqian who had recalled her Pokémon, then turning to Yu Hai. The final challenge was his turn. He immediately launched three Pokémon in quick succession. “Go! Charizard, Dragonite, Kingdra…”

"Yuji, what you gave me back then, I'm returning to you today," Yu Hai murmured, first throwing out the Poké Balls of Slowking and Swampert, letting the two little guys stand beside him, watching how his former rival was defeated.

Then he threw out a Poké Ball and shouted, "Go, Poliwrath..."

"Poliwrath, Poliwrath? Another Champion-level Poliwrath?" Yuji stared at the Poliwrath, completely stunned. This was the third Champion-level Pokémon.

"Wait a minute," Yuji suddenly realized something was wrong and muttered to himself, "Could it be that the opponent is only using one Pokémon in the battle? It seems like I'm being underestimated."

He smiled helplessly, took out Charizard's Mega Stone, and shouted to Charizard, "Charizard, Mega Evolve..."

His Charizard is still at the near-champion level, and there has been no sign of improvement in recent years.

What would Yuuji think if he knew that his Charizard couldn't break through its limits because it lacked potential?

If Yu Hai couldn't see the Pokémon's stats, and if the stone shards couldn't help him break through his potential, he would be like these trainers, not knowing how to help his Pokémon break through, and would be stuck at the near-champion level for life.

"Fast Frog, Ice Punch," Yu Hai simply shouted. A champion-level Ice Punch—he wondered if his opponent could withstand it. *Boom—*

Facing the oncoming Politoed, it used Waterfall twice to reach Charizard. Even though Charizard had Mega Evolved, it was still slammed into the ground with a single punch, creating a loud boom and causing the earth to tremble.

The Dragonite, which still wanted to take flight, was immediately slammed against the energy barrier and rubbed against it. When strength reaches a certain level, any fancy techniques are meaningless.

For example, Dragonite and Kingdra are currently only at the Senior Champion level, and Kingdra was the first to be eliminated. Next was Dragonite, which, even though it reached the threshold of the near-Champion level, was still knocked out by a single punch.

Finally, there's the Mega-evolved Charizard. Even if it can unleash half of its Champion-level power, it only has one or two chances to do so. In the end, it even tried to use its Explosive Burn ability to fight Poliwrath.

boom--

At the moment of the collision, the energy barrier was filled with raging flames; the entire energy barrier was ablaze, and the high temperature even melted the earth.

Fortunately, Kikuko temporarily increased the energy barrier's defense level; otherwise, the towering flames would have broken through the energy barrier.

After the flames subsided and the smoke cleared, the situation was finally revealed: Charizard had reverted from its Mega Evolution state and lay unconscious on the ground.

The ice on Politoed's body shattered and fell off. The explosion and fire from the previous attack only shattered Politoed's ice armor. Politoed's skin still maintained its moist blue luster and showed no signs of weakness.

"Yoru!" Politoed roared with delight as it watched Charizard, who had once easily defeated all three of them in a one-on-three battle, finally fall to its fists.

It trained so hard, strived so desperately to become stronger, never slacking off for a moment, all for this moment, and it finally did it…

Seeing this, everyone knew that the outcome was decided, and Yu Hai had made it to the championship.

"Did you all see that clearly? Who still wants to stop him from becoming the champion?" Kikuko took out her communicator and asked the old guys who were watching the live broadcast.

This young man took out two near-champion level Pokémon and three champion level Pokémon, and cleared the Champion Road.

At this moment, the four dojo masters watching the live broadcast—Grandpa Atsumi of Xiagan Dojo, Grandpa Ayi of Yuzu Dojo, Grandpa Xiaodan of Nepulu Dojo, and Grandpa Koji of Liugan Dojo—all fell silent, unable to utter a word.

Each of them only had one Champion-level Pokémon, yet they dared to negotiate with the League back then. They managed the Orange Islands in a complete mess, but still managed to escape unscathed and were not purged by the League, which shows how valuable Champion-level Pokémon are.

But now Yu Hai has three Champion-level Pokémon, and three Champion-level Pokémon are in one person's hands. If he's not a champion, then who is?

Meanwhile, in the Kanto region, there's Chairman Damaranchi, along with the Elite Four—Lance, Lorelei, Shiba, and others—including a Team Rocket spy among the Elite Four…

Also watching the live stream of the Road to the Championship was the Dragon Elder of the Dragon Clan, the head of the Officer Jenny Clan, and the head of the Nurse Joy Clan, among other influential family leaders in the League…

Everyone witnessed Yu Hai's entire journey to the championship; that young man was so calm and composed, so relaxed and at ease...

Everyone was speechless after watching it, because the journey to the championship was so amazing that they were speechless.

Seeing that everyone had shut up, especially some annoying old women, Kikuko finally laughed, hung up the call, and looked down at Yukai as if she were looking at a treasure.

It's such a pity that such a good young man has already become someone else's son-in-law. It's all my granddaughter's fault for not being proactive enough. If only she had been more proactive back then.

Kikuko seemed to have completely forgotten that she had said no man was any good, and that she had even tried to stop her granddaughter from seeing Yu Hai. How could the two of them possibly end up together?

They don't even know how much ideological work Xia Gan Dojo did for Dunmei before she took the initiative to push Yuhai back; otherwise, the two of them would never have been together.

Meanwhile, at the Kanto Alliance headquarters, after watching the live stream, everyone left the conference room in silence as the large screen turned off.

Among the high-ranking members of the League was the grandmother who had brought Miss Latias Joy. She seemed to have lost her soul, recalling what had happened on the Indigo Plateau, and sighed helplessly.

Her granddaughter still doesn't know who the trainer who saved her was, and she's still searching for him.

But she had already issued a gag order, forbidding the two from having any further contact. She sighed regretfully, "Granddaughter, I misjudged you. Perhaps it was a mistake to stop you from seeing each other again!"

Now that things have come to this, there's no point in thinking about it anymore. It's impossible to ask an old woman who's about to die to apologize and for the two young people to meet again. Old people tend to care a bit about saving face.

If I, who am usually so tough, were to try to do something to this young man, and those old guys saw it, they would probably laugh at me again.

Unaware of the Joy family patriarch's thoughts, Wataru became excited, wishing he could rush to the Orange Islands right now and have Yukai come over to help him share some of the pressure, as Team Rocket was about to make a big move.

But he also knew that this matter couldn't be rushed. Otherwise, Yu Hai wouldn't have repeatedly refused the invitations from the league's four kings to fill in, and instead chose to take the path of the champion. It all depended on how Kikuko, the champion, managed to get this lazy guy to work.

……

Back at the Citrus Sports Field, Kikuko, leaning on her cane, walked toward Ukai. She finally understood what Grandpa Atsumi meant by what he said that day, that the kid looked down on the Four Heavenly Kings.

Now it seems that this kid is indeed qualified to look down on the Four Heavenly Kings. Filling in for the Four Heavenly Kings is really a waste of his talent. The alliance made a stupid mistake once before, and they can't make the same mistake again this time.

If Yu Hai really wants the championship title, she can make Yuuji step down right now and let him rejoin the Four Heavenly Kings. Ultimately, the championship title is determined by strength.

Despite Kikuko's repeated invitations, Yu Hai declined, smiling at her and saying, "Grandma Kikuko, don't rush, the real show is just beginning..."

"What are you going to do?" Kikuko sensed something was wrong. The old guys in the league were no longer objecting, and this kid could take over the championship. Was he still not satisfied? Did he want to cause trouble?
"It's nothing. The Orange League is too weak. I didn't even have time to warm up before the battle was over. I want to go to the Hoenn region to take a look," Yu Hai said with a smile as he turned and left, waving goodbye to everyone.

"The Champion Road in the Hoenn region?" Kikuko suddenly understood what Yukai was up to. He not only wanted to fight the Champion Road in the Orange League, but he also wanted to challenge the Champion Roads in other regions.

The opponent won't come back to claim the championship until you've fought your way through every region's championship path...

"Tsk, the Hoenn region is going to be in trouble," Akiko smiled and raised the corners of her mouth. It's good to let this kid go out and cause some trouble, so that when we try to transfer trainers from there, they make excuses and act unwilling, and in the end, they only send some mediocre trainers.

Facing the five members of Yuji who followed, Kikuko didn't want to say anything discouraging, nor would she replace anyone, lest the situation in the Orange Islands, which had just stabilized, be exploited by Team Rocket again.

"Everyone go back to heal the Pokémon. The positions in the Orange League will remain unchanged, everyone will continue as usual..."

"Xiaoqian, you don't need to go back for now. Continue being the Ghost King..."

"Grandma Kikuko? Isn't he going to take over as champion?" Yuji was the most anxious, after all, he was the one replacing her.

“It’s not time yet. He still wants to go out and have some fun. You need to be prepared to step down,” Kikuko said helplessly, waving her hand. Yu Hai is a good young man in every way, except that he doesn’t want to take responsibility and likes to slack off and go fishing, just like those old guys.

He's clearly a young man, but he acts like an old man. She doesn't have a good solution. Dealing with old men is already a headache for her, and now there's this little old man...

"Understood," Yuji nodded gently. The championship is awarded to the most capable person. He lost to his opponent, so naturally he wouldn't stand still and refuse to give up his spot. He wasn't that shameless.

Perhaps the allure of the championship title blinded him, causing him to lose his former ambition. Now that he has been surpassed by younger players, he needs to work even harder!

Returning to the ranks of the Four Heavenly Kings will allow him to continue to hone his skills and wait for the future to reclaim the championship title...

(End of this chapter)