Elf: Starts with small diamonds, then mutates into Diancie.

He will not stop climbing the ladder of strength.

Su Hao breathed a sigh of relief. Supporting Lucario throughout the entire process, along with the random Dragon Wave missiles, had left him physically and mentally exhausted.

Lucario's body

The shadow silently appeared behind Su Hao. The perpetual enhancement had already been deactivated, and its movements were still unsteady, clearly indicating that its physical strength was nearing its limit.

Chen Qing is really strong. If he and Lucario hadn't prepared a few trump cards, the outcome would have been uncertain.

"This...it's unbelievable...Chen Qingtian King actually lost!"

After Chen Qing magnanimously admitted his defeat, the host and audience, who had been stunned and seemingly disconnected from reality, instantly became agitated, their faces filled with astonishment.

incredible!

Chen Qing, one of the Four Heavenly Kings, actually lost to Su Hao, a freshman!

Even though he wasn't using his main weapon, the terrifying power of the Kommo-o-Tac-Tooth Dragon compared to all the previous participants in the Fighting Capital Tag Team Tournament demonstrated its overwhelming strength.

However, with the cooperation of Su Hao and Lucario, who had just been promoted to professional level, Chen Qing and Kommo-o actually lost!

Adding to that Li Luoyan, one of the Four Heavenly Kings of Fire during the College Cup, Su Hao had already defeated the Four Heavenly Kings twice by the age of 18!

Even the phrase "terrifying" seems utterly inadequate to describe him...

In the distant capital, among the three people sitting in front of the television, Li Luoyan stroked his chin and muttered to himself, "He was serious enough, but he still lost to Su Hao in the professional level."

Chu Wei nodded, a serious look on her face: "If Lucario has reached this level, then how much stronger is Diancie, which is coveted by the outside world and whose evolutionary conditions have not been studied by scholars all over the world, compared to back then?"

“Quite a few people are already getting restless. We’ve intercepted quite a few foreign nationals who were supposed to be in Diancie recently, and some are even trying to smuggle themselves in through the spirit world.”

As a woman, Chu Wei had a deeper impression of that Diancie.

Upon hearing this, Bai Du, whose job was as an investigator, put away his nonchalant expression and narrowed his eyes slightly: "A bunch of clowns are fine, the main thing is the resource competition in that secret realm under the high seas. Su Hao seems to also intend to participate and compete for the qualification?"

Li Luoyan nodded: "It's much more difficult to defend the outer borders."

"The champion will go with us, so there shouldn't be any major problems."

At this point, the three fell silent for a moment. Chu Wei frowned and asked, "Is the legend in that secret realm really about someone who has some connection with the Phoenix King?"

"pretty close."

"The sea god who controls ocean currents and monsoons... The near-total annihilation of the Sea People, the rampage of the Indigo Pearl in Shanghai—under the cover of certain individuals, what are those guys from Nova plotting?"

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Attached image: the Bluebird of the Seven Stars.

Chapter 447 The Prelude to Super Evolution

Because of Chen Qing, the award ceremony was exceptionally grand, and Su Hao and Lucario didn't return to the villa until late at night.

At the entrance, Xia Jie and Blazing Roaring Tiger stood there like gatekeepers, seemingly waiting for him all along.

"Crack!"

Incineroar, its face beaming with excitement, arrived beside Lucario with a powerful stride, patting Lucario's back lightly with its large, fan-like paws, its expression full of admiration.

Good lad, you didn't let them down!

Lucario remained calm, accepting Incineroar's praise without a trace of humility or embarrassment.

Seeing the interaction between the two Pokémon, Xia Jie grinned, looked Su Hao up and down, and exclaimed excitedly, "Good boy, you did a really good job!"

Seeing Su Hao's bewildered expression, he pulled Su Hao into the house: "Come in quickly, as a celebration, Grandpa has a few surprises for you."

Su Hao: "???"

Was the reward segment really that sudden?

.........................................

The villa area where Xia Jie lives is one of the retirement areas specially built by the Shenzhou Alliance for high-level retirees. Considering that Xia Jie, who was once a trainer, must have some rare resources, the basement of the villa was built into a treasure storage room.

"Infernape has already mastered the explosive nature of fire, and the power of its fire-type moves will surprise you."

Illuminated only by the light of a single candle, Xia Jie descended the stairs while showing off the training results of his Blazing Roaring Tiger.

A hint of surprise flashed in Su Hao's eyes. The Blazing Roaring Tiger had actually learned it so quickly, even though it had taken it almost a week to learn the Explosive Flame.

Xia Jie seemed to see through Su Hao's doubts and said with a smile, "The Blazing Roaring Tiger seems to have mastered the technique of using some kind of energy to catalyze flames, right?"

"yes........"

Su Hao was slightly taken aback. Grandpa Xia was indeed worthy of being the former Fire-type Four Heavenly Kings. He could even see the emotional energy techniques that Blazing Roar Tiger had learned from Brimwyn.

"The technique of generating a large number of flames with that strange energy is similar to the technique of the Strange Fire Stream, so it was mastered very quickly."

"Ah this..."

Su Hao never expected that the emotional energy he learned from Brimwyn in the Infinite Realm could still exert its residual power today, helping the Blazing Roaring Tiger to master new power.

"There are countless properties of fire. For now, use this explosive fire as a transition until you find a fire that suits your Blazing Roaring Tiger."

Xia Jie believed that sooner or later Su Hao would find the legendary Pokémon Flame.

Su Hao nodded silently and said to Reshiram in his mind, "How about we condense another cluster of blue flames?"

Rahiram: "........."

Soon, the stairs reached their limit, and the treasure vault at the end appeared before them.

Ignoring the dust in the air, Xia Jie opened the seemingly impenetrable wooden gate and let Su Hao follow him inside.

Su Hao followed him into the treasure vault. Although the outside looked very old and retro, the interior had a very good control over all kinds of rare items, and each item had a special way of being stored.

Fire gems, charcoal, and fire stones are the most common items here, piled together in one corner, looking very worthless.

Next came the Flame Orb, a collection of artifacts including the fur of a powerful Fire-type Pokémon, a turtle shell, and a flame.

Neither Su Hao nor Xia Jie paid much attention to these things.

Because these things can be bought as long as you have money.

Su Hao was well aware that Xia Jie would never give him these worthless, common resources, which were only worth tens of thousands to millions of yuan. This was due to his pride as the former Fire Element Four Heavenly Kings.

The surrounding objects are decreasing, and items are scattered in different places, but their value is indeed increasing exponentially.

As he passed by an item, Su Hao looked at the smooth stone stored in a small box and let out a soft exclamation.

Grandpa Xia also collected a stone that was named the "Enhancement Stone" in this world.

It is actually a prop for the Super Stone!

[Camel Mega Stone: A wondrous stone that, when used with the Evolution Key Stone, grants Camel evolutionary power beyond its limits.]

Xia Jie stopped and turned to the side with a smile: "Are you interested in enhancement stones? Take them if you need them!"

Su Hao shook his head; subduing the fire-breathing camel was not part of his plan.

However, considering that the super evolution would eventually be revealed by him, Su Hao felt it was time to lay the groundwork in advance.

Su Hao asked, "Grandpa Xia, how many enhancement stones have you collected?"

Xia Jie thought for a moment and hesitated, saying, "This thing is both useful and useless. On the other hand, it can subtly influence specific Pokémon."

"I've probably collected only four..."

Su Hao pleaded, "Can I take a look?"

Although Xia Jie didn't understand why Su Hao was interested in the enhancement stones, he still found three other boxes containing "enhancement stones" based on his memory.

Su Hao glanced over, a look of surprise appearing in his eyes.

[Heracross Mega Stone], [Charizard Mega Stone Y], [Evolution Key Stone]

Good guy!

Su Hao was astonished by Xia Jie's collection.

Not to mention the two Mega Stones, there is also an Evolution Key Stone that can resonate with them.

Immediately afterwards, a strong sense of regret welled up in Su Hao's heart. He had clearly collected all the items, but Xia Jie still missed the chance to achieve super evolution.

Xia Jie didn't know what Su Hao was thinking, so he just tapped the corner of the table and explained, "Because they are really too useless, these are the only four enhancement stones I have in my collection."

"If you want them, I can give them all to you."

Xia Jie waved his hand and laid out the four boxes in a row, speaking with great generosity.

Su Hao struggled for a moment, but reason prevailed over desire. He pushed the four boxes back and solemnly asked, "Grandpa Xia, do you still have a way to get these enhancement stones?"

The super stones he encountered were mostly auctioned off by collectors; there were practically no individual sellers on the market. Super stones are probably still extremely rare in this world.

Xia Jie thought for a moment, then shook his head and nodded: "I really don't know anyone in that field, but I can ask an acquaintance to help you. She should have a way to buy it."

"And... are you really not going to take it?"

"These four enhancement stones are really useless to this old man."

"No need." Su Hao shook his head. He already had a plan in mind. "If there is an opportunity, I hope that Grandpa Xia can use the characteristics of these four enhancement stones to purchase more enhancement stones. The price is negotiable."

"It would be best to acquire it from another alliance."

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