A spirit descends, Gardevoir is my childhood friend?

"Oh, when did you guys join this group?" Lin Xiaolin asked, puzzled.

“We joined when school started. Originally, only you and Yan Fan could join, but because we all reached the ordinary level when school started, the teacher promoted us all to reserve members of the school team. However, since the school team has been around for so long, nothing has happened to us, so we didn’t care much. Yan Fan volunteered to tell you, but I didn’t expect him to forget.”

Shi Anyang said helplessly. Lin Xiaolin glanced at Yan Fan, but Yan Fan pretended not to see her and looked out the window.

"Why did the school team suddenly ask us to gather together today? We weren't involved before, were we?" Lin Xiaolin looked at the messages in the school team group and changed her nickname to Lin Xiaolin, a first-year high school student.

"I don't know. I was planning to continue doing tasks today, but this morning the school team teacher sent a message asking all members to gather. We don't know either, we'll only find out this afternoon."

"Ok."

After lunch, the five of them walked together toward the school team's training ground.

To avoid giving the teacher a bad first impression, the five of them arrived twenty minutes early.

Unexpectedly, twenty minutes early, the senior students in the training field had already arrived, and the moment the five of them entered, they were met with a barrage of eyes.

"Hello, seniors!" The five of them knew most of the seniors present and greeted them.

"Hey juniors, long time no see!" Senior Wang Can greeted the five of them with a smile as he walked over.

"By the way, Wang Can, do you know why the teacher called us here today?" Lin Xiaolin asked.

"You'll find out soon enough, it's a secret," Wang Can said mysteriously, making the five of them feel like they were being scratched by a cat.

As everyone greeted their seniors in the training field, Lin Xiaolin saw many familiar faces, such as Lan Tian, ​​who had absorbed the power of Pokémon together in the Dragon-type training room, Tian Qiu, who had given them their graduation exam, and another senior who looked somewhat familiar to Lin Xiaolin.

After a moment's recollection, Lin Xiaolin realized that this was the senior who greeted him at the entrance when he entered high school, though he didn't know her name yet. Just as Lin Xiaolin was about to go up and say hello, someone suddenly walked into the training field.

This man looked quite serious, with a buzz cut, a height of over 1.8 meters, and bright, piercing eyes. The only flaw was that his hair was streaked with white, making him look somewhat old.

"Hello, Teacher Tang." As soon as he entered, the students all greeted him, and he waved back to them.

Chapter 67 College League Preliminaries

Tang Tian stood in the middle of the training field. Without him saying anything, more than a dozen senior students immediately lined up in two rows, making Lin Xiaolin and his group of five seem out of place.

"You all stand in front of your seniors." Tang Tian pointed to the first row, and Lin Xiaolin and the other four all stood there.

Tang Tian originally thought that since the first-year students were shorter than the second and third-year students, he would have them stand in the first row.

Then it suddenly became apparent that Shi Anyang's two-meter frame completely blocked the view of the students behind him.

Tang Tian: "......"

The upperclassmen who were blocked: "......"

Tang Tian walked up to Shi Anyang, looked him over, and patted his arm with his right hand.

"Hmm, good lad, this is the kind of physique a man from China should have. The rest of you are so skinny and ugly." Tang Tian nodded in satisfaction as he looked at Shi Anyang's physique.

Shi Anyang was embarrassed by the praise and chuckled as he scratched his head.

"Alright, now you all stand in vertical lines." Tang Tianyi said, and the eighteen senior students were divided into two lines according to their height. Lin Xiaolin and her five classmates followed suit and stood in one line.

Qin Lele stood at the front, followed by Shi Yu, then Yan Fan and Lin Xiaolin, with Shi Anyang standing at the very back.

"Alright, you all probably already know what it means to gather you here today," Tang Tian said, standing in front of everyone with his hands behind his back.

Lin Xiaolin and her group of five: "???" What do you know? We don't know anything! They looked at the excited senior students around them with puzzled expressions.

"Alright, since your juniors and seniors are still unclear, let me state it formally again: this year's college league will officially begin on June 10th!" As soon as Tang Tian finished speaking, the entire venue erupted in cheers.

Tang Tian smiled and looked at everyone, "Are you all ready for this year's competition?"

"It's done!" the senior students shouted at the same time. Lin Xiaolin was completely bewildered, so she could only shout back softly.

"Alright, starting today, there are only two months left until the university league. These last two months are the final sprint. I hope everyone will work hard and strive to achieve good results in this year's league!"

"it is good!"

"If you can't make it into the top 30 this year, don't call yourself my teacher!" Tang Tian shouted loudly in front of the crowd.

"Yes!"

"Dismissed! Go train yourselves! If I see anyone slacking off, I'll break their legs!"

And so, the five of them were disbanded again without any explanation. After the disbandment, Tang Tian called the five of them aside by themselves.

"Haha, ask me anything you want," Tang Tian said, standing in front of the five people.

"Teacher Tang, what is the college league?" Lin Xiaolin asked first, but as soon as he said it, not only did Tang Tian look at him with surprise, but the other four people also looked at him with surprise.

"W-what's wrong?" Lin Xiaolin was a little flustered by the stare.

"Ahem, since some of you don't know, let me explain it first. The College League is an annual national league. All the cities in the country select the strongest schools to participate. First-class cities have two school slots, and second-class cities have only one school slot. All school teams compete against each other to determine the rankings."

Tang Tian patiently explained to Lin Xiaolin.

"Teacher Tang, why did you call us here today? We shouldn't be qualified to participate yet, right?" Yan Fan asked from the side.

"Yes, you are not eligible to participate, but you can go to the preliminaries to broaden your horizons. The preliminaries will start on June 5th. There are three high schools in Xingcheng. I will send you to play against the other two high schools."

"Huh? We're playing against other school team members, won't something unexpected happen?" Qin Lele asked worriedly.

"Don't worry, I'll pick two team members to cover for you. You guys can play with confidence." Tang Tian waved his hand dismissively, seemingly very confident in the team members.

"The reason I called you here today is to prepare you for the preliminary rounds," Tang Tian said, pulling a Poké Ball from his pocket.

"And by the way, let's test the strength of your current batch of school team trainees." Tang Tian smiled as he looked at the five people, who immediately felt a chill run down their spines.

Tang Tian walked directly onto the battlefield, and other senior students who saw that there was something exciting to watch also gathered around the battlefield.

"Come on, five of you against one of me, let me see if you're up to par." Tang Tian threw out the Poké Ball in his hand, and with a flash of red light, an Emboar appeared on the field.

"My King!" King Yanwu roared to the sky, his body covered in flames that splashed wildly.

"Come on," Tang Tian said to the five people again.

Now the five of them had no choice but to bite the bullet and go ahead.

Lin Xiaolin examined the Flame King and found it to be an elite-level spirit, but the die was cast.

Just as the five of them took out their Poké Balls and were about to throw them, Tang Tian called them back.

"Wait, you can only use your starter Pokémon in a moment," Tang Tian added, then watched as Lin Xiaolin and Yan Fan reluctantly swapped their Poké Balls.

"Luckily I was smart enough to speak up in time," Tang Tian thought to himself. There was a time before when he was fighting three against one, but the three students threw out three Lord-level Pokémon, and he was immediately embarrassed.

"Come out x5." The five of them threw out Poké Balls at the same time, and Jangmo-o, Dratini, Combusken, Riolu, and Snorunt appeared on the field at the same time.

"Come on, you guys go first," Tang Tian said confidently.

"Then we won't stand on ceremony. Snowball and Dratini will provide ranged interference, Combusken will look for an opportunity to use its headbutt, and Jangmo-o and Riolu will harass us at close range," Lin Xiaolin quickly said to the four.

"Great x4!" The four of them also highly approved of Lin Xiaolin's tactics.

"Lionscale Treasure (Leo) move closer to King Yanwu!" Lin Xiaolin and Shi Anyang gave the order at the same time.

Heartscale and Riolu charged straight at Emboar, who unleashed a Flamethrower at the two Pokémon. It seemed that Tang Tian wasn't planning to take command himself.

The two elves scattered to the sides, dodging the fireball.

Dratini and Snorunt, who were in the distance, also received orders from their trainer and used Dragon Breath and Snowdrop to interfere with Emboar, leaving Emboar with no choice but to defend passively.

In that short time, Jangmo-o and Riolu had already rushed to Emboar's side. Jangmo-o swung its tail at Emboar, and Riolu, not to be outdone, raised its fist and fired a Vacuum Wave at Emboar.

Faced with attacks from both sides, Emboar jumped upwards, causing Riolu to collide with Jangmo-o and be sent flying by Jangmo-o's tail.

Riolu, which had been knocked away, rolled in the air and stopped, retreating backward.

All that could be seen was the Flame King in the sky directly using the Energy-Stored Flame Strike to come towards the Heart Scale Treasure from the sky.

"Hold on!" Xinlinbao immediately activated a Guard, but unfortunately the difference in strength was too great. The Guard shield could not block the attack and was still hit by Yanwuwang.

With a loud "boom," a large cloud of dust was kicked up from the ground.

Chapter 68 School Team

"Little Treasure Dragon Tail!" Before anyone could react, Lin Xiaolin immediately gave the order. A blue light flashed through the smoke, and then Yanwu King was blasted away.

Just then, Dratini and Snorunt attacked directly towards Emboar's landing spot. Emboar had no choice but to brake suddenly. In the instant before the two Pokémon stopped in front of him, Talonflame and Riolu appeared at the same time and punched Emboar in the chest.

King Yanwu was forced back two steps by the attack and was directly hit by the dragon's breath and the falling ice pillar. King Yanwu let out a muffled groan.

As the smoke cleared, Jangmo-o reappeared, but it was also injured. This round had left Jangmo-o with considerable damage, and Riolu had also been injured by Jangmo-o's tail.

In contrast, King Yanwu only suffered minor injuries despite being attacked so many times.

"Hmph!" Yanwu King exhaled a breath from his nostrils and stomped his right foot down.

"Not good!" Lin Xiaolin shouted, but it was too late. The Heartscale Power Chicken and Riolu, which were closest to the Flame King, were directly hit by the earthquake. The Dratini in the distance also had to drag the Snow Child backward to avoid being affected.

Thick smoke billowed up again on the field, and soon the smoke dissipated, revealing Emboar standing tall with its head held high, surrounded by three fallen Pokémon.

Rumble and Clefairy tried to stand up, but they were already badly injured by the attack, while Riolu was knocked unconscious.

Before Emboar could stop, it unleashed a Flamethrower at Dratini and Snorunt. Dratini tried to pull Snorunt away, but because it was carrying Snorunt, it was a little slow and was hit by the Flamethrower.

The fragile Snow Child was immediately rendered unable to fight. Although Dratini took a hit from a Flamethrower, it was not rendered unable to fight and warily watched Emboar.

"Alright, that's enough." Just then, Tang Tian spoke up, and Lin Xiaolin and the others quickly put away their Pokémon and took them into the infirmary.

After the five people left, Tang Tian looked at a girl next to him with a smile.