Pokémon: Starting as a Pokémon Researcher with Milotic

The smiling boy and the elves created a heartwarming scene, but a cell phone ringtone shattered this peaceful atmosphere.

Ye Chen picked up his phone; it was a call from the Alliance headquarters.

"Hey, what? It's all collected! Okay, I'll be right back!"

(Transitional Chapter)

Chapter 159 Fighting King

"Pack up, it's time to go back." After hanging up the phone, Ye Chen called out to the elves.

Immediately, all the elves stopped their training and moved closer to Ye Chen. They knew that something that could make their master so anxious that he was willing to interrupt their training must be very important.

That's right. That phone call was from the Alliance headquarters. They've collected some of the strange stones that Ye Chen asked them to find and sent them over.

The importance of Mega Stones is self-evident. After Mega Evolution is announced, powerful players will definitely frantically seek out Mega Stones that match their Pokémon. The stronger they are, the greater the boost Mega Stones will provide.

Therefore, the value of these Mega Evolution Stones will definitely rise to a terrifying level in the future, and Ye Chen naturally wants to get his hands on them as soon as possible.

Ye Chen returned to Rongcheng city and hailed a taxi to go home.

Inside the Muxue Villa, a burly middle-aged man was sitting on the sofa. He was none other than Shi Heng, the Fighting King of the Xia Kingdom Alliance.

"You're still as cold as ever. We're both one of the Four Heavenly Kings, and as your colleague, I can't even get a glass of water from you."

Mu Xue said coldly, "I didn't invite you here. You can leave once you've delivered the items and completed your mission."

Shi Heng laughed and said, "Leave? That won't do. I came here for more than just to deliver these strange stones to Ye Chen."

Mu Xue asked in confusion, "Is there anything else?"

"I heard that the genius researcher has discovered a new Fighting-type Pokémon. I've come all this way, I really want to see it for myself."

Among the Four Heavenly Kings, he and Yi Yunfei, the Dragon-type Heavenly King, are more outgoing, while Mu Xue and You Wangchuan, the Ghost-type Heavenly King, are more aloof and quiet.

Seeing that Mu Xue remained silent, Shi Heng reluctantly turned his gaze to the exquisite little box in front of him.

He took out a Mega Stone from the box containing it and examined it closely: "What's so special about this stone that you had me personally deliver it from the League?"

However, Mu Xue stopped replying, and the atmosphere in the room suddenly became awkward. Shi Heng sighed and said, "It's really uncomfortable to be with the two of you. That kid before was also impossible to get a word out of."

Fortunately, Ye Chen finally returned at that moment.

When Shi Heng saw Ye Chen walk in, he happily came over and gave him a big hug. His large, fan-like hands patted Ye Chen's back so hard that he almost couldn't support himself.

"You're finally here. I'm never going to be alone with this woman again."

Ye Chen finally managed to break free, and looking at the burly man in front of him with a bewildered expression, he asked, "What's this?"

"This is Shi Heng, the Fighting King of the League. He's the one who brought you the research materials you requested."

"King Shi!?" Ye Chen exclaimed in surprise, "It's just delivering some materials, yet you personally delivered 867 over."

"What do you mean, 'you'? I've heard Yi Yunfei mention you so many times. You can be friends with him, but not with me?"

"Of course it's not..."

"That's good. From now on, we can just call each other by our names. By the way, I heard you discovered a new Fighting-type Pokémon. I wonder if you could let me see it?"

Ye Chen hadn't expected this fighting-type king to be so outgoing and friendly, and he seemed like a very easy person to get along with.

“Of course,” Ye Chen said, releasing his bear apprentice.

The moment Xiong's apprentice appeared, Shi Heng's eyes lit up: "What a spirited elf!"

Chapter 160 Super Evolution Stone

Shi Heng stared straight at his bear apprentice, his gaze piercing. His entire aura instantly changed, and he exuded a fierce and combative aura, which had unconsciously seeped into his body from years of spending time with Fighting-type Pokémon.

The apprentice looked at the fighting king with curiosity, and even waved his hand as if to say hello.

Shi Heng was slightly surprised. He knew all too well how strong his aura was. Even a senior-level Pokémon with weak fighting spirit would cower and dare not step forward after being glared at by him like that.

But this elf seemed completely unaffected, it was truly a one-in-a-million seed!

In Shi Heng's view, a Fighting-type Pokémon's momentum is crucial to its future success. If a Pokémon is timid and easily overwhelmed by the momentum of others, it will be difficult for it to become a strong Pokémon, no matter how talented it is.

The elf named Bear Apprentice in front of him was clearly the most unique in terms of aura among all the elves he had seen over the years!

It doesn't intimidate the enemy and even gives people a silly and cute feeling, but deep down it hides an amazing fighting spirit!

"What a promising talent!" Shi Heng praised his apprentice Xiong. If it weren't for the fact that this was Ye Chen's spirit, he would have wanted to capture it and train it himself.

Suddenly remembering something, Shi Heng turned to Ye Chen and said, "The strange stones you wanted are in that box. I'll take this bear apprentice to the backyard to see how his basic skills are."

Ye Chen was overjoyed. Although Xiong's apprentice had the training method inherited from his race, he was definitely not as qualified to speak as Shi Heng, who had been immersed in combat for ten years. His vision was also much broader than his own.

As the Fighting-type Elite Four member, Shi Heng is an absolute expert in Fighting-type Pokémon!

His personal guidance was of great help to Xiong's apprentice!

"Go, Xiong disciple." After receiving Ye Chen's consent, Xiong disciple followed Shi Heng step by step toward the backyard.

Ye Chen picked up the exquisite box and opened it, revealing ten Mega Evolution Stones inside!

To be honest, Ye Chen didn't expect the Alliance to be able to find so many Mega Evolution Stones before he got them. You have to know that not every secret realm or ruin can have as many Mega Evolution Stones as the Mad Sand Secret Realm, and the Alliance had never deliberately collected Mega Evolution Stones before.

Ye Chen used the system to scan, and immediately all the information about the super evolution stones appeared in his mind.

班吉拉超进化石*1、大甲超进化石*2、耿鬼超进化石*1、巨金怪超进化石*1、巨泽怪超进化石*1、胡地超进化石*2、沙奈朵超进化石*1、喷火龙超进化石*1。

Including the ones from before, Ye Chen now has a total of 15 Mega Evolution Stones, excluding those from Zhao Qian that he needs. Moreover, the quality of these Mega Evolution Stones is very high, and the corresponding Pokémon are all relatively strong.

Unfortunately, there's still no Mega Stone for Garchomp, but there's an extra Mega Stone for Gardevoir.

Ye Chen thought about it for a moment and realized that this was a good thing. It would also explain the origin of the Mega Stone he would use when his Gardevoir Mega Evolved in the future.

Chapter 161 Bizarre Fighting Style

In the backyard, Shi Heng noticed that the strange armor worn by Xiong's apprentice looked somewhat familiar. He went up and looked at Xiong's back, and nodded slightly after seeing the device that adjusted the gravity.

"As expected of a weighted training suit, it's set to double the normal weight, showing a very solid foundation."

"However, actual combat is the only way to test strength. Rogue Panda, come out and let's have some fun!" Shi Heng released a huge Pokémon. Although it was not his main Pokémon, it still had the strength of an early Elite Four member.

A flash of red light appeared, and a panda spirit with a bamboo leaf in its mouth and a fierce look appeared beside Shi Heng. This rogue panda was much larger than an ordinary rogue panda, standing in front of the bear apprentice like a behemoth. What was even more eye-catching was that this rogue panda was also wearing a strange weighted suit.

However, it looks significantly more high-end than the one worn by Xiong's apprentice!

Seemingly seeing that its opponent was just a tiny creature, the rogue panda disdainfully shifted the bamboo leaf it was biting in the corner of its mouth to the other side, as if to say that such an opponent was not worthy of its attention.

"Don't use force, this time it's just about technique," Shi Heng instructed, then directly adjusted the multiplier of the weighted suit on the Rogue Panda to 25x. Obviously, this weighted suit was much more powerful than the one Ye Chen had bought.

When Shi Heng saw that Xiong's apprentice was wearing weighted clothing, he knew that Xiong's basic skills were quite good, but he also wanted to see Xiong's fighting skills.

Fighting-type Pokémon can't just be brute force; sophisticated fighting skills and moves are also very important for them.

"Aww~" The rogue panda nodded slightly upon hearing this and took a step forward. After a while, it took another step. It was clear that it rarely trained at such a high gravity level and was adapting to such terrifying gravity.

The dazzling sunlight was blocked by the rogue panda's massive size, and the shadow completely enveloped the bear apprentice, bringing a great sense of oppression!

Seeing that the other party had activated the weight-bearing mechanism, Xiong's apprentice also allowed his own weight to remain on without turning it off.

In the backyard, two bear-like spirits, one large and one small, gazed at each other.

The rogue panda was nonchalant, not caring about a high-level Pokémon even with its heavy load.

The bear apprentice was serious and focused. This was the strongest opponent it had ever faced since birth, an opponent that even Milotic, the sister in the team, could not compare to!

The bear apprentice made the first move, launching a wave missile at the head of the rogue panda. This was a skill that the bear apprentice had since birth. Combined with the large amount of aura in its body, the power of the bear apprentice's wave missile was enormous, even comparable to the power of some veteran Pokémon's moves!

However, the rogue panda easily scattered the wave missile with a simple wave of its hand, as effortlessly as swatting a mosquito.

Although the rogue panda is now carrying extremely high gravity, this only limits its movement speed; its physical strength, nerve reflex speed, and dynamic vision remain unaffected.

The bear apprentice was not surprised at all and continued to charge forward. The paw that the rogue panda had just used to disperse the wave missile was about to fall heavily on it. However, the bear apprentice dodged the paw's strike at a strange yet exceptionally coordinated angle, and then punched the rogue panda in the shin.

Given its height, it can only attack up to this point; this is a real jump attack to your knee.

It didn't hurt or itch at all; the rogue panda said it felt nothing. However, being hit by its bear apprentice still enraged it.

No matter the reason, being hit by a Pokémon whose strength is so much weaker than yours is an absolute disgrace!

So the rogue panda quickly kicked out with its right leg, even faster than before, clearly more adapted to combat training under this gravity.

The bear apprentice dodged again at an odd angle, while simultaneously kicking the rogue panda's other supporting foot hard, but to no avail; none of its attacks could shake the opponent.

The rogue panda quickly used both hands and feet to launch a series of rapid attacks on its bear apprentice, but it did not use any special skills, only simple fighting techniques.

The bear apprentice was observant and attentive, his attacks, counterattacks, and evasions flowing smoothly, all while maintaining a peculiar and rhythmic breathing pattern.

The bear apprentice dodged all the attacks and countered them. The only time he failed to dodge was when he jumped up to attack the rogue panda's chest. Unable to gain leverage in the air, he was hit by the rogue panda's slap. However, since the rogue panda didn't use much force, the bear apprentice was only knocked away without getting injured.

Standing to the side, Shi Heng was secretly surprised. Although he was a trainer, he was also proficient in most fighting styles from around the world, including ancient Chinese martial arts, Japanese karate, Muay Thai, Jiu-Jitsu, wrestling, and more.

After all, how can he train Pokémon if he's not good at it himself? You know, he usually trains by sparring with his own Pokémon!

Of course, the elf was holding back when sparring with him; otherwise, no skill would be needed at all, as the human body would be no match for the elf's terrifying power.

Even though he considered himself knowledgeable, he couldn't find any similarity between the fighting moves used by Xiong's apprentice and the aforementioned fighting styles. Yet, the way Xiong's apprentice executed them made them seem perfectly suited to them.

It's as if this fighting style was tailor-made for it!