Elf: Start your slow-paced life after becoming a farmer.

Among the Pokémon currently known, only the Goodra family and the Diglett family possess this ability.

Carl quickly realized this upon seeing the three Diglett in the arena, but his extensive battle experience quickly led him to a countermeasure: "Swamp Monster, use Earthquake!"

In Carl's view, since using contact moves on Diglett would reduce its speed, wouldn't it be better not to use contact moves at all?

Thanks to Swampert's usual hard work, its move pool is much larger than that of Gengar, which just entered the game.

Earthquake, a powerful STAB move, happens to be one of Swampert's strongest moves.

Upon hearing Carl's command, Swampert lowered its body slightly, then suddenly exerted all its muscles, propelling the Pokémon into the air before crashing to the ground like a shooting star.

With a deafening roar that exploded across the battlefield, the once flat ground shattered into pieces under the swamp monster's earthquake, leaving almost no place for anyone to stand except where Karl and Haidai were.

"The power of Swampert's Earthquake is absolutely terrifying!" After his initial surprise, Qishu quickly regained his composure and exclaimed in an exaggerated tone, "What's even more incredible is that while causing such power, Swampert was able to control the earthquake so that it wouldn't affect the trainers on the battlefield!"

After hearing Qishu's explanation, the audience at the scene and in the live broadcast room noticed this.

"Hiss, such terrifying strength, and he's not even Karl's main force? Could his true strength be above the Heavenly King?"

"No, no, no, I think our Four Heavenly Kings of Padiya should be able to do that too."

"..."

Listening to the whispers of the audience outside the arena, Haidai couldn't help but smile wryly: 'This young man named Karl probably really does have the strength to rival Chairman Ye Ci.'

Despite realizing the gap between himself and Karl, Haidai still had no intention of giving up: "Three sea rascals, use Water Slash!"

Water Slash is a water-attribute physical attack move that uses the power of water to strike the opponent, with a chance to lower the opponent's physical defense.

"Swamp, Waterfall!" Carl had had enough of the formalities. In the previous round, due to Gengar's lack of strength, he could only use tactics to trade one for one with Hyde.

Now, Karl just wants to show Haidai what pure numerical values ​​are all about.

In the pouring rain, both sides began to mobilize the abundant water-attribute energy in the air to maximize the power of their moves.

However, compared to Diglett, Swampert's efficiency in mobilizing water-type energy is astonishing. In just the blink of an eye, it had already accumulated enough energy. The next moment, seemingly endless water flowed around its body, propelling Swampert toward Diglett on the other side of the battlefield.

"Peng!"

The three sea gnats were so engrossed in the monster's movements that they didn't even have time to see Swampert clearly before it was knocked away by Swampert's powerful attack.

Chapter 135 The Trail of the Sky Treasure Master

After being hit by the Swamp Monster, the Three Sea Grubs' brain went blank for a brief period of time.

Who am I? Where am I? What am I supposed to do?

Even though the collision nearly triggered a defeat CG, the three sea moles, having undergone professional impact resistance training, quickly regained consciousness.

As one of the main Pokémon of Haidai, Diglett wriggled its body and crawled up from the ground, quickly widening the distance between itself and Swampert.

'A monster,' the three sea voles thought to themselves.

The battle-hardened sea lemur believed that even when fighting Aoki, one of the Four Heavenly Kings of Padia, it had never experienced such a terrifying sense of oppression.

Swampert then turned around, looked at the fearful Diglett, and gave it a憨厚 (honest and simple) smile.

'It can still stand up? Finally, I've met a worthy opponent.' Swampert thought to itself.

Before Karl could give the order, Swampert used Waterfall again to attack the three sea rats.

"Diggers, hold the line!" Haidai's command reached Diglett's ears a second before Swampert set off.

Trusting its trainer, Diglett unhesitatingly mobilized its internal energy and used Protect just as Swampert was about to close in.

"Peng!"

The surging water crashed against the invisible barrier and exploded instantly, the mist obscuring the view of everyone outside the battlefield.

Just then, Carl's command pierced through the rain again: "Swamp Monster, use Ultimate Impact to ram it!"

Ultimate Impact is a powerful physical attack move that uses the user's full strength to charge at the opponent, causing significant damage.

Although the user will be in a brief state of paralysis after using this move, if the user is proficient in this move, the user will be able to overcome this brief paralysis.

"Swamp! (Received!)"

Upon hearing Karl's command, Swampert's already muscular body swelled up even more, and the rain falling from the sky evaporated into white mist upon hitting its body, spreading into the air.

Meanwhile, after using Protect, Diglett was unable to use Protect again to defend against Swampert's attack for a short time. Therefore, after hearing Carl's command, Heidegger immediately shouted to Diglett, "Diglett, charge!"

Haidai's command was very clever. When he couldn't withstand the Swampert's attack, he chose to let the three Digletts make the first move in an attempt to interrupt the Swampert's attack.

However, Haidai underestimated Swampert's resilience. Even though Diglett successfully launched a surprise attack, it did not interrupt Swampert's move and even sent Diglett right in front of Swampert.

Just as Swampert set off, the rain in the arena ended, and as the rain cleared, the spectators watching the battle were able to see the situation clearly.

Swampert's robust body seemed to carry immense force as it rammed into the three sea gophers.

Already severely injured, the three sea gnats collapsed onto the wet ground under Swampert's ultimate attack.

Centered on the three sea voles, the ground around them cracked layer by layer, revealing a dense network of cracks like a spider web.

In just two moves, Diglett, one of Haidai's main Pokémon, was easily defeated by Carl's Swampert.

The only remaining Pokémon in Haidai, Pelipper, was already powerless to turn the tide. It had just entered the battle and activated its weather ability when it was KO'd by Swampert's Ice Punch.

Thus, Carl's Glass Bottle Gym Challenge came to an end.

After the match ended, viewers at the venue and in Qishu's live stream all had the feeling that it started strong but ended weakly.

Despite the exciting battle between Gengar and the competitive Crab, when Swampert came on, Carl seemed to abandon tactics and instead resort to numbers to win the battle.

If Carl knew what the audience was thinking at that moment, he would feel utterly innocent.

After all, his challenge of the eight gyms in the Padina region was intended to train the Pokémon in his second team. Moreover, Swampert is not yet in its final form, so it cannot be considered a stat-based Pokémon.

"The battle is over! Carl is the winner of this gym challenge! Let's give him a round of applause!" Qi Shu's voice brought the audience back to their senses.

Just then, Haidai, who had just recalled Pelipper into its Poké Ball, came to Karl's side and said with a smile, "That was a great battle. I haven't felt this exhilarating in a long time."

"Master Haidai, your command was also excellent." Karl was not complacent because of the victory, or rather, he believed that he could never have lost this battle.

“Then it’s yours.” Haidai reached into the pocket of her apron and took out the Gym Badge of the Glass Bottle Gym, handing it to Carl.

Karl reached out and took the badge, examined it carefully, and then looked up at Haidai and said, "Thank you, Uncle Haidai."

As the battle ended, Haidai was about to return to the Alliance building to wait for the next challenger when Qishu, who had just caught a wave of attention, came up to Karl with a grin and said, "Congratulations, Karl, this should be your fourth badge."

“That’s right.” Carl carefully put away the badge in his hand, looked up at the strange tree standing in front of him and said, “Then I have achieved my goal of coming to Glass Bottle City, and I plan to go back to my farm.”

"Alright!" Qi Shu understood the meaning behind Karl's words and waved his hand dismissively, saying, "You can go back without worry. I also need to prepare to set off back to Niangguang City."

At this point, Qi Shu sighed deeply: "This is the fifth time I've asked for leave this month. I think it will be a long time before President Ye Ci approves my leave application."

"Five times?" Carl didn't know how to comment on this matter. After all, Qishu, the gym leader, had taken leave five times in half a month. If this happened in the Sinnoh region, Granny Kikuno would probably scold him for a whole day.

After saying goodbye to the Tree of Life, Carl took Urshifu to the outskirts of Glass Bottle City. He released Zapdos from its Poké Ball, then rode it into the sky and flew towards Key Town.

About an hour later, Carl rode Zapdos through a rugged mountainous area and noticed several craters on the ground that looked like they had been made by some heavy object.

"Hmm? Could it be a stone bird?" Karl raised an eyebrow.

The Falling Stonebird is a Pokémon that drops things. It makes a bag out of the fluff on its chest and shed feathers, puts things in it, and throws them down from a height for fun, enjoying the loud noise they make.

In Karl's memory, the guardian of the secret bitter ingredient, the Lord of the Sky, was none other than the Stone Bird.

"Could it be that this area is within the territory of the Lord of the Sky?"

Chapter 136 Karl: This is a different price

Realizing that this area might be frequented by the Sky Lord, Karl immediately ordered Zapdos to remain in the sky above it.

Since Carl had promised Espeon he would be home before dinner, he had no choice but to take out his Rotom phone, record the coordinates of this location, and return to this area later to search for the Sky Lord's whereabouts.

As dusk fell, Carl finally returned to the farm before dinnertime.

As soon as Zapdos landed, Espeon, which had already sensed Karl's presence, pounced into Karl's arms.

"Eevee~ (Karl, you're finally back~)" Espeon rubbed its little head against Karl's chest, then raised its head and called out pitifully to Karl.

"Eevee, what's wrong? Who bullied you?" Karl jumped off Zapdos's back while holding Espeon, stroking its soft back as he asked softly.

"Eevee! (It's all because of those energetic little guys. They make a mess of the house when I'm not looking!)" Espeon complained to Karl, sounding aggrieved.

"You've really worked hard, Sun Eevee." Carl understood what had happened at home after hearing this. "I'll give you a massage tonight to help you relax."

Upon hearing Carl's words, Espeon's expression immediately brightened with joy: "Eevee! (It's a deal!)"

In fact, the five little guys, including Woop and the Mini Dragon, behaved quite well shortly after Karl left, after all, they were also afraid of Karl's "punishment".

Moreover, with Espeon, their "strict" elder, around, the five little guys didn't dare to cause any trouble.

However, as time went on, the five little guys discovered that Espeon seemed to be busy on the farm all the time.

Whether it's directing the little lambs to "fertilize" the grassy area, supervising the exercise of the big milk tanks, or taking care of the salt and stone treasures on the farm.

In short, Alpha Eevee doesn't seem to be paying much attention to them.

So the five little guys gradually grew bolder, and at the call of a certain "idea king", they planned to sneak out of the farm and go on a "great adventure" in the wild.

But less than ten seconds after they left the farmhouse, an irresistible psychic force easily "captured" them.

When Espeon saw that the two little guys were trying to sneak away from home while it was away, it ordered them to clean the farm cabin.

To Espeon's surprise, although the five little guys cleaned the house as it asked, whether it was clean or not was not their concern.

When SunEevee came to inspect the fruits of their labor, it found a farmhouse in disarray.

After realizing that the five little guys were treating cleaning the house as a game, Espeon used its psychic powers to hang them up and beat them up, then controlled them to clean the house again.

Therefore, when Carl carried Espeon into the hall on the first floor of the farmhouse, he saw five little guys lying on the ground in a row.

It's easy to see from the exhaustion on their faces that cleaning the house twice has completely drained their energy, leaving them with no desire to move.

Nevertheless, upon hearing the door open, the five little creatures instinctively looked up in the direction of the door.

This time, the five little guys finally got their "savior".

"Boohoo~ (Karl, we've tidied up your house~)"

"Ugh... (Cleaning the house is so tiring...)"

"Bo-woo! (Did you bring us anything delicious?)"

"Upo. (Karl, I want something delicious to eat.)"

"Upo! (If you don't give us anything good to eat, we'll throw a tantrum!)"

Looking at the five little guys surrounding his feet, Karl said with a mix of amusement and exasperation, "I heard from Espeon that you tried to sneak out when it wasn't looking, and cleaning the house is its punishment for you. Espeon isn't lying to me, is it?"

The five little guys even tried to play the victim and "beg" Karl for some tasty snacks.

Before they could make a move, Espeon, nestled in Karl's arms, cast a warning glance at the five little guys from an angle Karl couldn't see.

Upon seeing the look in Espeon's eyes, the five little guys immediately quieted down and turned back to where they had been.

As news of Carl's return spread throughout the farm, all the Pokémon on the farm flocked to the vicinity of the farmhouse.

The reason these Pokémon did this was because Carl had told them before he left that Ushio would be cooking a big meal that night.

Because every time a new Pokémon joins the farm, Carl makes Ubum cook a big meal to welcome them, every Pokémon on the farm can never forget the delicious food Ubum makes.

This time, Carl specially took the martial arts master Urshifu to visit a master of Chinese cuisine. The Pokémon on the farm generally believed that the master chef would definitely cook a special feast today.

Therefore, apart from the Earth King who was visiting friends, no Pokémon dreamed of missing tonight's feast.

……

The pleasant weekend passed by unnoticed, and in the new week, Carl returned to Tabletop City for classes.

As the familiar school bell rang, Karl left the battle class area amidst reluctant gazes and followed the route he remembered to the chairman's office.

"Knock knock knock."

"Please come in."

After receiving permission, Carl pushed open the office door and went inside. There, Ye Ci, dressed in a light gray uniform, was sitting behind the desk with a cup of coffee in his hand, looking relaxed.

"Karl, have a seat for a while." Ye Ci looked up at Karl, then looked back at the table.

Without any hesitation, Carl sat down on a nearby sofa, poured himself a glass of water, and waited quietly.

In fact, Karl was not sure why Ci had called him here today. He thought back to himself and realized that he hadn't done anything too outrageous recently, so he secretly began to guess.

About three minutes later, Ye Ci picked up the pen beside her and wrote the word "agree" neatly on the document in front of her. Then she looked up at Karl sitting next to her.

"Sorry to keep you waiting." Ye Ci apologized to Karl in a very formal tone, and then continued before Karl could speak, "Karl, I called you here today to discuss something with you."