Age of Elves: I started flashing with my handheld.

Therefore, after this rule was announced, many trainers set their sights on Southwind.

They even formed a small team called the "Wind Protection Group" specifically to deal with the South Wind breeders.

Quite a few people participated.

There are simply too many reasons to deal with the south wind.

The domineering Venusaur from the South Wind is incredibly intimidating; judging by individual strength alone, it's practically the undisputed number one.

Even disregarding the promotion quota, the first place winner is guaranteed a rare, top-tier spirit item!

Anyone who says they have no interest in Mystic Treasure-level Pokémon items either lacks the skill or is lying to themselves.

Furthermore, many trainers are preparing to seek revenge on Nanfeng for being swept aside by Gyarados on their first occasion.

It's one thing that your previously trained Gyarados was so strong. But now we're all starting on a level playing field. Even if you had a higher starting point and got the Totem Bulbasaur, if we team up now, how can we not defeat you?

Moreover, since everyone thinks that way, eliminating you, the strongest one, first will free up a promotion spot, making the competition for the Secret Treasure-level Spirit Item more suspenseful. Why not do it?

Before the chaotic battle, everyone had their own thoughts.

"The free-for-all will take place within a 5-kilometer radius of the camp. Note that you can only move within this designated area; leaving it will result in immediate elimination."

The specific rankings will be determined based on the order of elimination.

"The time limit is one day. If the match is not finished by this time tomorrow, the remaining players will enter the 1-on-1 battlefield duel round to determine the final winner," Lin Xuan announced the rules casually, sitting in a chair with his legs crossed, wearing sunglasses, and holding a cigarette in his hand.

He was also holding a watch in his other hand.

"Alright, you can set off now! The battle will officially begin in five minutes, indicated by the sound of fireworks exploding."

As soon as the words were spoken, everyone sprang into action, venturing into the woods to find cover and hiding places.

Unlike the first day's battlefield free-for-all, this time it's a large-scale forest free-for-all, testing not only the Pokémon's combat abilities but also the trainers' hide-and-seek skills.

If you hide well enough, you might still make it into the top eight.

That's what many people think.

However, before surviving, there is one more thing to do.

Nearly thirty people stood motionless, watching Nanfeng intently, waiting for him to make the first move. They had already locked onto Nanfeng as their prey.

We should play it safe; that's something to do after we defeat Nanfeng!

"Go for it!!" Lin Xuan smiled and waved to Nan Feng.

The south wind met him with a disdainful look.

I suspect Lin Xuan is targeting me, but I have no proof.

"Since you're courting death, then don't blame me," Nanfeng sneered, stepping into the forest, with the breeders following closely behind.

The two sides did not communicate, but their ideas were highly aligned.

Kill him, you son of a bitch.

Nanfeng walked to a wide-open space and stopped. After waiting for five minutes, he had chosen his battlefield and his opponents' burial ground.

When the Windbreaker team saw that South Wind had stopped, they immediately scattered and surrounded South Wind, each keeping a distance of twenty or thirty meters, holding Poké Balls, waiting for the battle to begin.

Both sides are in position, and the referee enters the arena.

Lin Xuan slowly emerged from the woods, observing the two sides about to clash.

The breeders who were preparing to attack Nanfeng saw Lin Xuan, but they were not flustered at all. Their joint attack on Nanfeng was within the rules. This was a chaotic battle and there was no rule against teaming up. Lin Xuan could not stop them from besieging Nanfeng.

Lin Xuan had no intention of stopping them; he simply wanted to observe the battle and, incidentally, personally announce, "Begin."

So, five minutes later, he took out the "skyrocket."

“Swoosh!”

Fireworks exploded in mid-air, their sound echoing across the sky and reverberating for kilometers around.

The sound of the fireworks exploding was like the referee's cry of "Battle begins!"

All the trainers took action.

"Charmeleon, use Flamethrower!"

"Cyndaquil, use Flame Wheel!"

"Stir-fry the pork, use the Charged Flame Strike!"

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More than 30 Pokémon appeared, 95% of which were Fire-type Pokémon.

The thirty-odd breeders who were defeated by Nanfeng initially all chose Fire-type Pokémon, whether intentionally or unintentionally, in order to "take revenge" at the last moment.

Therefore, out of a total of forty-seven people, more than thirty of them have training with fire-type Pokémon.

Only a dozen or so people chose the Grass and Water types.

It seems that water-type Pokémon may be the biggest winner.

Once the Fire-type Pokémon defeats the Grass-type Pokémon, it will be the Water-type Pokémon's turn to beat up the Fire-type Pokémon's breeder!

Nanfeng's response to the crowd's enthusiasm was also very simple.

The Poké Ball is thrown, and the Totem Venusaur makes its appearance.

With its mountain-like size and domineering aura, it exerts immense psychological pressure on all breeders and Pokémon the moment it appears.

They couldn't help but ask themselves, "Is this something I can actually win?"

Nanfeng will soon tell them the answer to this question.

"Bulbasaur, use Crazy Plant!"

203. Beaten to the point of doubting oneself and questioning life.

"Barna!" Venusaur raised its two front legs and stomped heavily on the ground.

Instantly, centered on it, the emerald green vines beneath its feet burst forth, spreading wildly in all directions for hundreds of meters. The ground cracked open, and the vines danced wildly, as if a demon had descended.

The resilient vines serve as both offense and defense. They are not afraid of the flames of fire-type Pokémon at all, and temporarily withstand the burning flames with their own resilience. At the same time, they use the flames to lash out at their opponents with great force.

The worst off are those Fire-type Pokémon that use close-range attack moves.

The Fire Rock Raccoon uses its "Flame Wheel" attack to roll into a pile of vines. Upon its appearance, it is enveloped by a large number of vines, which tear apart the flames on its body but still seal it inside.

And then there's the stir-fried pig, which, after activating its charged flame attack, also charged headlong into the pit. It ended up tied up hand and foot, looking like it could be roasted like a suckling pig.

In just over ten seconds, all thirty-odd fire-type Pokémon lost their ability to fight, either being whipped into incapacitated by vine whips or completely sealed off by vine prisons.

The scene was extremely spectacular.

Today's battle seems even more brutal than the last one against Gyarados 017.

They used their own trained Pokémon to fight against Southwind.

Being swept aside by the red Gyarados only proves that Nanfeng's Gyarados is stronger than theirs. They even suspect that Nanfeng obtained this Gyarados through some means or by chance.

But now.

Everyone cultivated for the same amount of time, so why did we get this result?

And why does it seem that the difference between my Pokémon and the red Gyarados back then is not as great as the difference between my Pokémon and Venusaur now?

Am I really not as good as Nanfeng at raising Pokémon?

He's just a junior breeder!

Many people witnessed their Pokémon being defeated, their companions being defeated, and being wiped out so easily.

The "spirit" of a breeder almost collapsed.

Lin Xuan, who was watching from the sidelines, cursed the pervert in his heart.

He began to understand why Lin Jian, the author of the form, valued Nanfeng so much.

This person is raising Pokémon incredibly fast!

You should know that he was the one who put the dominant Bulbasaur into the selection of Pokémon, and he knew exactly how strong that Bulbasaur was back then.

If you say that Bulbasaur, as a Totem Pokémon, defeated a Fire-type Pokémon despite its type advantage, Lin Xuan would say it's normal. Totem Bulbasaur has that kind of strength; otherwise, it wouldn't have become a Totem Pokémon in the first place.

If you were to say that Bulbasaur, as a dominant Pokémon, defeated a Fire-type Pokémon by defeating two of them despite its type advantage, Lin Xuan would reluctantly believe it; perhaps it was due to the trainer's excellent command.

But that's all there is to it.

A month later, Venusaur, the dominant Pokémon, single-handedly swept aside more than thirty Pokémon that had a super weakness to it, with a single, decisive move.

Ah.

Is it that these breeders are too incompetent, or that the south wind is too strong?

After much deliberation, Lin Xuan decided that the latter was the better choice.

In the end, Lin Xuan could only lament that there is still a difference between people and geniuses.

No, Nanfeng can no longer be called a genius, this guy is a monster! A freak!

"A breeder whose Pokémon is unable to battle is eliminated immediately. Please recall your Pokémon and leave the field immediately, then return to camp!" Lin Xuan reminded.

Because he has already seen some breeders who can't accept the fact that they get instantly killed and are starting to pull out other Poké Balls.

Upon hearing Lin Xuan's reminder, the eliminated breeders realized that there was a referee watching. They gritted their teeth, suppressed their resentment, retrieved their Poké Balls, and returned to camp dejectedly.

Nanfeng clicked his tongue in disappointment. He had been hoping they would release a second Pokémon so that Venusaur could gain more experience.

After a month of training, Nanfeng's Venusaur has reached level 53, almost catching up with the level of her main team's Pokémon.

Fighting an opponent who is at most level 30 and hasn't even completed their final evolution would be a piece of cake.

I'll admit defeat if you use even one more trick!

Therefore, Nanfeng made Venusaur use the Grass-type ultimate move "Crazy Plant".

In the game, this is the strongest Grass-type move, with a power of 150! And like Hyper Beam, it requires a one-turn cooldown after use!

What's wrong with Venusaur, a level 53 overlord, using a 150-power Crazy Plant to instantly kill a group of Fire-type Pokémon below level 30?

It would be strange if they couldn't kill him instantly!

"Come on, Venusaur, let's go find other trainers." Nanfeng leaned against Venusaur's back and began a devilish sweeping operation.

Hidden in the shadows were several trainers who arrived but did not participate in the operation to annihilate Nanfeng.

Pang Mo and Yuan Yangjia were among them.

The two stood side by side, the atmosphere somewhat stiff and somber.

As Nanfeng's classmates and seniors, they didn't help him fight against the more than thirty breeders. They didn't even have the thought or idea, because from the beginning they felt it was an impossible task. Rather than the three of them going to their deaths together, it was better for Nanfeng to bear it all alone.

Although they didn't help Nanfeng fight against the more than thirty breeders, they also wouldn't join the windbreak team; they would just watch from afar.

However, the result was completely different from what they had expected.

Nanfeng not only defeated the combined forces of more than thirty trainers, but also achieved a crushing victory with a single, decisive blow...

This made them feel very awkward.

“Let’s avoid him. As someone from the same school, he won’t attack us immediately,” Yuan Yangjia said. It was a great pity that they couldn’t fight alongside Nanfeng and gain his friendship, but at least there was good news. As someone from the same school, Nanfeng wouldn’t attack them first. As long as they waited for Nanfeng to take down the other breeders, they could secure a spot in the top eight.

Pang Mo did not answer. His gaze was somewhat vacant, and his hands, hidden in his sleeves, trembled slightly.

This time, even Lucario, who gets especially excited at the sight of the South Wind and is eager for battle, has become well-behaved.

Pang Mo couldn't help but compare himself to Nan Feng, because he had always regarded Nan Feng as a rival.

But he wasn't comparing his starter Pokémon, the Combusken, which he had chosen at the breeder's camp, to Nanfeng's Venusaur; Pang Mo was comparing his Lucario to Nanfeng's Venusaur.

He discovered that even his Lucario couldn't compete with Southwind's dominant Venusaur.

I have been training Lucario for more than half a year.

Nanfeng's Venusaur has been in development for just one month.

So... what have I been doing for the past six months, both in terms of raising and training?

204. Promotion beyond one's rank