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

Muxia, a passionate Fire-type specialist third-year trainer whom I had met a few times in Ice Peak City, is somewhat similar to Daigo, a Steel-type specialist third-year trainer from another world, who is Daigo's counterpart.

Now, their accumulated experience has blossomed into fruition. As seniors, they have returned to Shanghai University after completing the dojo challenge, serving as captains and vice-captains of the university's sports team.

Still sporting her neat high ponytail, Mu Xia, whose beautiful eyes seemed to hold a flame, nudged Dai Wu, who was calmly browsing player information on a tablet.

Once Daigo's attention turned to her, Muxia laughed, "This Metagross is really intimidating! Even I'm not confident I can single-handedly defeat it when it has the advantage of terrain and timing."

"What do you think? The ace is Vice-Captain Daigo, the Shiny Metagross!"

Daigo closed his thin laptop, slowly exhaled a breath of stale air, and his silver-blue pupils gleamed with confidence: "Indeed very strong. My Metagross at this level probably couldn't have accomplished such a feat. It's a pity... this Metagross's level is too low."

"Oh~" Mu Xia showed an expression of great interest and said softly, "So that means........"

Dai Wu nodded confidently and said, "I will win."

"But...that only applies to this Metagross monster. You know what I was looking at just now, right?"

Mu Xia replied, "His information?"

Daigo nodded and continued, "Most of them are from the High School Cup period and haven't been updated yet, but his certification information is already that of a professional trainer, and we don't have the authority to access the specific information."

"However, based on the schedule of the Fighting Capital Doubles Tournament, the only public appearance he has made during this period, we can roughly deduce his Pokémon lineup."

"Dianci, Incineroar, Milotic, Emerald Eagle, Lucario, and Metagross, not to mention that Diancie that's out of the sort."

"The other three Pokémon were already at the early stage of professional level during the High School Cup. Even though leveling up becomes slower after reaching professional level, with Su Hao's talent as a trainer, I think they have probably already broken through to the mid-stage of professional level."

"That Lucario was a mid-tier professional-level Pokémon a little over two weeks ago, and it probably hasn't changed much since. But based on its combat strength alone... it wouldn't be an exaggeration to consider it a mid-tier or slightly weaker mid-tier professional-level Pokémon. And then there's this Metagross, hiss..."

The more Dai Wu analyzed, the more unfathomable Su Hao became.

That Diancie was able to fight Infernape like that two months ago, so how much has it progressed since then?

As Mu Xia listened, she fell into deep thought. Based on Dai Wu's analysis, it seemed that Su Hao would be a formidable opponent for their Shanghai University in the future.

After a moment of contemplation, Mu Xia noticed a blind spot and asked, "What about that Duolongqi? I remember it was a late-stage elite-level one back then?"

Daigo shook his head, revealing a helpless smile: "The growth cycle of a Dragon-attribute pseudo-god is very long. It may have already fallen to the end of the team."

"Oh..." Mu Xia sighed, complaining, "Such a talented person, how did they end up at Jiangcheng University, and for such a bizarre reason as a detached villa on campus..."

"Those old guys at the school were so angry that they couldn't sleep well for half a month."

However, this is also

There's nothing that can be done, even for prestigious universities like Shanghai University or Tsinghua and Peking University.

Given the scarcity of land, there was indeed no way to build a detached villa for Su Hao on campus, not to mention that favoritism would easily cause dissatisfaction among other students.

Judging by the quality of the team alone, Su Hao is probably now on par with, or even on par with, the main players of their Shanghai school team.

After a moment of silence, the two of them simultaneously turned their condemning gazes toward Jiang Zihan, who was intently watching the stage.

If this guy hadn't messed up so badly when Su Hao visited Shanghai University, Su Hao might have chosen their university.

Jiangcheng University team.

Su Hao, who had returned triumphantly with his two excited companions, calmly tossed out a basic sentence under the admiring gazes of the crowd: "I'm going out for a stroll."

The figure then vanished without a trace.

Zhao Yun looked helpless. Su Hao was truly a maverick genius, yet his comprehension was so strong.

Now that they have already won and advanced, Jiang Xiangyun, Long Ningyan, and Xu Qin, who haven't had a chance to fully unleash their potential, will definitely be scheduled to compete in the second round of matches this afternoon.

The other university they faced was not strong overall, so Su Hao was not needed to participate.

Therefore, he ran away quite logically.

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

Outside the Phoenix Arena, in a narrow alley typical of the capital city, Su Hao said helplessly to the figure in the shadows, "You scoundrel... Lord Dragon King, what do you want with me?"

"Hehe~ It's just a small matter."

Leaning against the wall, fully armed with a hat and sunglasses, looking like a suspicious man walking around with a million dollars, he was none other than Bai Du, the first contributor to Su Hao's Four Heavenly Kings stamp collection progress.

Bai Du took off his sunglasses, looked Su Hao up and down, and muttered, "How come you seem to have become even more unfathomable after not seeing you for a while?"

Su Hao, who heard everything clearly, said: "......."

Bai Du's feeling was right. Now he has used all his trump cards. With Diancie, he can already go toe-to-toe with some weaker Elite Four Pokémon. The change must be huge.

"But these are all trivial matters~" Bai Du fiddled with his sunglasses, revealing a smile that looked somewhat malicious, and looked at Su Hao, saying, "I'm asking you, have you forgotten something?"

A question mark popped into Su Hao's head. Had he forgotten something?

Seeing Su Hao's clueless expression, Bai Du sighed and helplessly reminded him, "Dragon's Lair!"

"When exactly do you plan to use your Dragon's Lair qualification?"

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Attached image: Zeraora.

Chapter 513 Sweet Dreams

"Your friend Li Hua has already captured a Mini Dragon in the Dragon's Lair!"

Bai Du looked at Su Hao with disdain for his lack of ambition.

This is a dragon's lair qualification that you can't buy with money outside!

Su Hao, on the other hand, seems to have completely forgotten about it.

"Oh! Dratini!" Su Hao clapped his hands. He remembered that Li Hua had indeed caught this kind of Pokémon.

Regardless, he was genuinely happy for Li Hua, as this brought him one step closer to his goal of becoming the Flying Star.

However, aside from his starter Pokémon Corviknight and the Gliscor he caught later, most of his Pokémon are either dragons or have dragon blood...

Altaria, Charizard, Dratini, wow.

Add a pterosaur and we'll be all set.

"Are you interested?"

Bai Du smiled; hard work truly pays off...

"I didn't pinch it." Su Hao shook his head, acting like a mischievous brat.

Then, under Bai Du's threatening glare, Su Hao said helplessly, "Do we really have to rush to get there...? I still have a competition to attend."

"Stop with the nonsense!" Bai Du's tall figure walked straight towards Su Hao, cornering him against the wall, and then said, "Whether you participate in the first few rounds or not, it's all the same, isn't it? There are probably only a few people worth your time, right?"

Bai Du, who had access to the alliance's intelligence, knew very well that Su Hao's current strength had long surpassed that of a college student. He played in the college league as if he enjoyed sparring with the younger members of his clan.

Su Hao curled his lip, inwardly cursing the scumbag king for being so hard to fool. He wanted to make one last effort to maintain his composure: "Why do you want me to go in the next few days... You have to give me a reason."

Going to the dragon's lair seems to require participating in some kind of trial, which is really troublesome. It feels inferior to the dragon species in the Infinite Secret Realm, where although there aren't many species, they all live under the protection of divine beasts.

It should be comparable to a dragon's lair.

Bai Du glanced around, then leaned close to Su Hao's ear like a thief and whispered, "I didn't originally plan to give you a spot, since I don't think I'll lose... Your friend used one of my people's spots."

"So when I got back that day, I went and made trouble for someone in the clan, and got him to give me back the spot."

“That wouldn’t be a big deal, since apart from some old guys, no one in the Dragon Clan can beat me. But the fact that you haven’t used this spot has caused that guy to complain to those old men and women, which puts me in a difficult position!”

After absorbing all the information, Su Hao said, "........."

Brother, you're really lawless!

However, since Bai Du has come knocking on our door, it wouldn't be right not to use this spot.

A dragon's lair... Well, let's go take a look.

What if he could abduct a mythical beast?

After making his decision, Su Hao silently pushed Bai Du back; if the guy got any closer, he'd be stuck against the wall.

Then, Su Hao resigned himself to his fate and said, "Alright, shall we go now? Anyway, I don't have to play in today's match or even tomorrow."

Bai Du was taken aback, not expecting Su Hao to agree so quickly and even set off immediately.

He thought Su Hao would at least choose to go back and make some preparations before setting off tomorrow.

After a few seconds of silence, Bai Du gave an awkward look and said, "Because I'm worried that the guy whose spot I took will cause you trouble, I haven't submitted your name yet. The process will probably take half a day..."

"How about I take care of it now, and you can leave tomorrow?"

Su Hao was silent for a moment, then looked at Bai Du with a sympathetic gaze. How could someone so old suddenly become stupid?

"Is it possible that I don't know the way to the dragon's lair?"

Bai Du snapped his fingers: "Don't worry about that. Isn't there a girl with the surname Long on your school team's starting lineup?"

Su Hao was taken aback. Was Bai Du referring to Senior Long Ningyan?

"I remember... her name was Long Ningyan, wasn't it? She's the cousin of the guy whose spot I stole. She happens to need to go back to [location] these few days."

"You can have her bring you here from within the clan's territory, which is located in the dragon's lair!"

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A short while later, Su Hao returned to his hotel and lay on the bed in a daze, fiddling with the super glove in his hand, his thoughts wandering.