Pokémon: Starting as a Pokémon Researcher with Milotic

Watching Ye Chen turn and leave with Garchomp, the team leader couldn't help but mutter a complaint: "We don't need him to save us, so why should he press our button?"

Another team member quietly patted the captain on the shoulder and then pointed to the wooden plaque hanging from Ye Chen's waist.

The captain followed his finger and his eyes widened in shock!

This person... this person actually got so many wooden plaques!

Isn't he afraid the organizers will disqualify him from the competition?

Ye Chen was certainly aware of this rule, but the reason the organizers set this rule was to ensure that there were sixteen teams in the group stage, preventing a few teams from monopolizing all the wooden plaques.

Therefore, Ye Chen only needs to distribute these wooden plaques before leaving the secret realm to ensure that sixteen teams are gathered.

Upon arriving at the entrance to the secret realm, there were still very few people here. Most of those remaining were players who had pressed the button and were about to be taken away from the secret realm by the investigators.

Ye Chen casually found a wooden board and had Garchomp use its claws to write on it: "Advancement plaque, the capable shall obtain it."

Then they stuck the wooden board into the ground and took out seven wooden plaques to hang on the board.

"The battle begins an hour later."

At first, the people around were curious to see what Ye Chen was doing, but they were all stunned when they saw him take out seven wooden plaques at once!

We went through so much trouble to get it, and you just pulled out seven pieces of it!

Are you even human?!

"Hey, aren't you going to do anything about him? He took seven wooden plaques all by himself!" asked a contestant who was about to be led out of the secret realm by the investigator.

The investigators were equally dumbfounded, not expecting that any contestant could find so many, especially considering that they had deliberately placed some of the wooden plaques next to the powerful Pokémon.

Although the investigators were very surprised when they saw it, they did not stop Ye Chen, because his actions were indeed in accordance with the regulations.

Of course, there were not only eliminated players at the entrance to the secret realm, but also some players who were still participating. They immediately passed the message to their teammates, informing them that they didn't need to search inside the secret realm anymore, as there were seven entrances here!

So the news spread like wildfire.

Many players who were searching in the secret realm rushed towards the entrance, hoping to seize the opportunity to grab a wooden token.

A trainer riding a Pidgeot flew over shortly after.

"That's Tian Yu from Pengcheng High School, right? His Pidgeot is a high-level Pokémon!"

"He was also among the fastest people to enter the secret realm before!"

Where are his teammates?

"I heard that he has been relying on his powerful Pokémon to travel alone in the secret realm. His teammates must be somewhere else."

After Tian Yu arrived, he looked at the seven advancement plaques hanging on the wooden board next to Ye Chen and said in a condescending tone, "Give me the plaques, and then you can get lost."

In fact, with his strength, he would have been fully capable of obtaining the advancement token if he had detected it in the secret realm, but unfortunately, he was too unlucky and didn't even see a shadow of the token.

Ye Chen glanced at him indifferently and said, "There are still ten minutes until the start."

With so many people watching, wouldn't it make me look inferior to him if I followed his rules?

As a prodigy, Tian Yu couldn't possibly do something so humiliating. So he immediately retorted angrily, "My elf has advanced strength. If you don't give me the wooden plaque, who else can you give it to!"

After saying that, he commanded Pidgeot to swoop down towards Ye Chen, seemingly intending to forcibly snatch it.

Then, Pidgeot was intercepted by a gray shadow halfway down. The gray shadow suddenly turned around in mid-air (thank goodness), and its powerful tail slammed into Pidgeot's body.

Bang!

Almost instantly, Pidgeot was slammed to the ground by that tremendous force, while Tian Yu was grabbed by the back of his collar by Garchomp and brought to Ye Chen.

Everyone was stunned by what they saw!

High-level spirit, one-hit kill!

Tian Yu was still in a daze when Ye Chen took an emergency button from his body, pressed it gently, and threw it on the ground.

Tian Yu snapped out of his daze and shouted, "No! I'm a high-level trainer! How could I be eliminated in the elimination rounds!"

However, the investigators didn't care about any of that, so an investigator who happened to be nearby rushed over and took him away from the secret realm.

The remaining people looked at the figure standing high on the tree trunk with eyes full of awe!

Everyone obediently waited in place for Ye Chen's appointed time, daring not to show the slightest intention of resistance!

Chapter 103 The Battle Begins!

Beneath a huge tree, two teams stood in tense confrontation.

"We'll take this wooden sign; you should go find something else."

"Why should we give it to you? We found this wooden sign first, why should we give it to you?"

"Ridiculous. Do you think whoever finds it first gets to keep it? In the end, it all comes down to strength," someone from the other team sneered.

"Exactly, if there are only four people, they should just withdraw from the competition from the beginning. Why bother coming in here and making a fool of themselves?"

After saying that, the team members burst into laughter, clutching their stomachs.

That's right, the team that found the wooden plaque was Jiang Shuyun and his group. They had searched for a long time in the secret realm before finally finding it, and naturally they couldn't just give it away.

Jiang Shuyun then stepped forward and said, "If you want to compete in strength, then let's have a one-on-one duel. The loser leaves."

Upon recognizing the opponent as a girl, they burst into laughter, saying, "Sending a girl out to fight? I guess you've run out of people!"

Then their captain stepped forward. He was a rather muscular guy who looked like he exercised a lot.

"Let me show you what I'm made of." With that, he released a Fire Monkey, whose aura alone indicated it had reached at least the mid-to-high level.

"Captain, teach them a lesson." Hearing the cheers from his teammates behind him, the burly boy raised his eyes at Jiang Shuyun with a mocking smile.

Jiang Shuyun calmly threw out the Poké Ball, and Charizard landed on the ground with a roar.

"A fire-breathing dragon!" The burly boy and his teammates were immediately shocked.

Being able to evolve into a Charizard means that its strength is at least at the advanced early stage, which is definitely not something we can contend with.

However, it was impossible for them to withdraw at this point, and Jiang Shuyun would not give them that opportunity.

Charizard burst into flames, transforming into a streak of fire as it charged towards Magna. Magna, due to its fearless nature, also bared its fist at Charizard and slammed it down!

Flame Charge meets an aerial chop!

Unsurprisingly, the two sides did not even reach a stalemate.

Infernape was instantly sent flying like a rag doll, its body crashing heavily into a large tree before coming to a stop, then landing on the ground unable to move.

"Fiery Monkey!" the muscular boy exclaimed as he rushed over.

Jiang Shuyun then had the fire-breathing dragon fly up and take down the wooden sign hanging on the tree. The rest of the team only dared to watch and did not dare to step forward to stop it.

Even their own captain couldn't withstand a single blow, so what ability do they have to stop them?

Jiang Shuyun had just taken the wooden plaque from the fire-breathing dragon when a voice suddenly came from behind him.

“I remember you. I saw you at the training base. You seem to be a student at Rongcheng No.1 High School as well.”

Liu Lixuan and his two companions immediately looked back warily, only to see another team arrive, which happened to be the Rongcheng No. 2 Middle School team that Meng Ming was in.

Clearly, they also had their eyes on this wooden sign.

"Meng Ming?" Jiang Shuyun tightened her grip on the wooden plaque slightly. The opposing team's captain was about the same strength as her, but the opposing team had five people while her team only had four. If they fought, she would definitely be no match for them.

Meng Ming glanced around at Jiang Shuyun and the other three, but did not find the person who had defeated him. His brows furrowed slightly.

"Where is the other person?"

No one answered. They understood that if they were to fight the other side, it would be the most difficult battle since entering the secret realm.

Seeing everyone's tension, Meng Ming took out the wooden plaque from his pocket and said, "Don't worry, I already have the wooden plaque."

Seeing that no one was willing to speak, Meng Ming sighed and said, "If you don't want to talk, then so be it. We'll run into each other sooner or later."

At this moment, the members of the squad who had been scared away by Jiang Shuyun, who were not far away, squatted down in front of them and comforted them, saying, "Captain, don't be discouraged. We can still try at the entrance. Aren't there seven wooden signs there?"

"My fiery monkey has lost its fighting ability, so what's the point of going there?"

Meng Ming, who was about to leave, seemed interested when he heard their conversation. He came up to them and asked, "What's the deal with the seven wooden plaques at the entrance to the secret realm?"

They looked up at Jiang Shuyun, who was standing not far away, with complicated expressions, and finally said, "We heard about it too..."

So they told them everything they knew in detail.

When Meng Ming heard that the mysterious person had suddenly produced seven wooden plaques, his eyes lit up. His intuition told him that this person was definitely not simple, and might even be another major opponent in this competition besides the person who defeated him.

Since the news of Ye Chen defeating the high-level Pokémon Pidgeot in one move had just happened and had not yet spread, this team was unaware of it.

Meng Ming immediately became interested in this mysterious person. Since they also needed to go out of the secret realm to submit the wooden token, he didn't delay any longer and left with his team.

The Rongcheng No. 1 Middle School team members, relieved to see that the group had actually left, breathed a sigh of relief.

"Big Sister, let's hurry up and submit it. Staying in this secret realm for too long will only make us more anxious."

"Well, let's go too."

So the group headed toward the entrance to the secret realm.

By this time, a considerable amount of time had passed since the start of the competition. With so many contestants searching with all their might, the not-so-large Qinglin Secret Realm had long been thoroughly looted, and all the wooden plaques had been found.

Teams that found the wooden plaques were eager to leave the secret realm and submit their results to the organizers, while teams that did not find the plaques wanted to wait at the entrance of the secret realm.