Greatest Pokémon Trainer

"Interesting, bring it on."

However, Master Qiao Jing soon stopped caring, perhaps because Fang Yuan had perfected the move.

It seemed like Fang Yuan could no longer endure the prolonged battle of attrition.

As expected of young people, he really can't keep his patience.

Master Qiao Jing even thought Fang Yuan could battle with her for hours.

Fang Yuan: (⇀‸↼‶)

Now, Fang Yuan felt helpless, indeed preferring opponents who were a bit more straightforward.

It was like playing dirty in a team game.

Fang Yuan finally understood the frustration his opponents felt when he used Milotic against them in the past.

No… The sensation was even stronger.

"Mii~~~~"

The Z-Ring and Eevee connected, and as the Psychic Superpower Z-Move was initiated, countless beams of light energy, as if worshiping, converged towards the Sun Eevee.

At that moment, Happiness Egg felt an overpowering pressure that left it immobile.

The Light Wall in its hand naturally dissipated as well.

This was precisely the mental suppression effect of the Supreme Psychic Destruction Wave, the Superpower Z-Move, and exactly what Fang Yuan wanted.

"Disrupted its mental state?"

Noticing the change in Happiness Egg's expression, Master Qiao Jing was momentarily taken aback.

She had been quite confident in Happiness Egg's abilities, believing that even the move that heavily wounded Di Anxi in the world championships couldn't completely overwhelm Happiness Egg. But now, she realized she was wrong.

This move was strange.

It might not even be a move assisted by the Aura that Fang Yuan was using, but something more mysterious.

In just an instant, Master Qiao Jing noticed something was amiss.

Because this move was too powerful, far beyond what the Sun Eevee in front of her could possibly execute.

This wasn't Pokémon.

Watching the numerous sources of light gathering towards the Sun Eevee, it was apparent that Master Qiao Jing realized this was a move involving natural energy.

"Happiness Egg, hold on!"

Indeed, that was the case. Z-Moves and Mega Evolution, in the animation, were almost of equivalent strength.

However, since Z-Moves couldn't be replicated yet, Fang Yuan hadn't released them for everyone's use.

So, for now, Z-Moves remained a unique power only known and mastered by Fang Yuan himself.

Perhaps one day in the future, Fang Yuan would use this research to cause an even bigger wave in the third wave of Trainers.

But that day was not today.

"Supreme Psychic Destruction Wave!"

With the move executed, as the purple Mirror World was constructed and collapsed, Master Qiao Jing and Happiness Egg instantly experienced a force normally inescapable.

Especially Happiness Egg, which felt as if it was perishing along with the stars in a collapsing doomsday world, sinking into endless darkness.

"Lucky~~~~!!"

With a "crack", under this force, Happiness Egg showed an expression of immense pain, took a step back, and its body gradually showed numerous wounds of varying sizes.

The purple psychic wave fluctuations still surrounded it.

However, even in such a situation, Happiness Egg did not fall.

Seeing this, Master Qiao Jing breathed a sigh of relief, but quickly, her expression hardened.

It wasn't that Happiness Egg's strength far exceeded Di Anxi's; it was because, in order not to completely deplete their physical strength, Fang Yuan and his team had slightly reserved their power and hadn't given their all.

Sun Eevee losing physical strength wasn't an issue, as it could quickly recover with the help of sunlight, but if Fang Yuan lost his physical strength, it would be very problematic.

Therefore, Fang Yuan and Eevee, basing their actions on the data analyzed from previous battles, used a weakened version of the Z-Move. The one using the Z-Move wasn't the complete Eevee—aside from Sun Eevee, there was also an Eevee Substitute present on the scene.

"Bwoo, bwoo, bwoo, bwoo, bwoo, bwoo!!!!!"

After being seriously injured by the Z-Move, Happiness Egg entered a brief state of mental confusion, losing control over its body. Even though Sun Eevee was also weak at this point, it was the partner Eevee Substitute's best opportunity to attack.

Substitute Joint Fighting Technique!!!

Enveloped in terrifying Solar Flames, Eevee gathered the Fire-type Partner Skill, "Blazing Explosion," and threw its body into a Tackle.

It practically condensed all its strength, almost no different from self-destructing.

If it had been earlier, Happiness Egg could have easily blocked this move with Reflect Wall, but now, being severely injured, it could only take the brunt of Eevee's Tackle head-on.

There was no chance of letting it recover.

"Bwoo, bwoo, bwoo, bwoo, bwoo, bwoo!!!!!"

"Lucky....!"

The two silhouettes collided, and with a "boom," an explosion occurred. Amidst the flickering flames, Happiness Egg was sent flying by the Substitute Eevee and passed out completely, while the Substitute Eevee itself gradually turned into sparks and faded away.

Master Qiao Jing applauded, congratulating Fang Yuan on passing the fifth challenge.

"But, can you continue the challenge?"

Less than half an hour later, Fang Yuan concluded the battle of the fifth challenge, defeating two Pokémon of the Twelve Branches.

However, as a consequence, Super Gengar was no longer able to fight, Eevee was at the end of its rope, completely out of strength, and Fang Yuan himself, because he had held back a little, was still able to move. With a half-day's rest, he should be able to use another Z-Move tomorrow.

This challenge, Fang Yuan could say that he had used two of his trump cards from the World Championship, so Master Qiao Jing was curious if this was Fang Yuan's full strength.

"Of course," Fang Yuan replied, glancing back at Monferno who had not yet fought with all its strength. This situation should be considered adversity, right? He wondered what kind of challenge the next one would be. With Gengar and Eevee in this state, even if they recovered quickly, they wouldn't be at their best. He could only rely on Monferno to hold on for a while.

"That's true, you still seem to be in good shape," Master Qiao Jing said with a smile. After using that mysterious move from the World Championship, you didn't pass out this time, did you?

"Ah, perhaps, but battling you, Master Qiao Jing, is just too exhausting. I would rather go battle Master Kong Hai..." Fang Yuan sat down, planning to rest on the spot. What a joke, how could he be in good shape?

......

Meanwhile, in the Twelve Branches' conference room.

Upon hearing the conversation, Kong Hai wore a "???" expression on his face.

With Fang Yuan passing the fifth challenge, all the Twelve Branches showed an interested expression.

Fang Yuan was really daring! The Mega Evolution and Destiny Bond were somewhat expected, but to add to that, the move that caused Fang Yuan and Sun Eevee to faint for a long time in the World Championship—was he no longer interested in continuing the challenges?

They knew what awaited Fang Yuan in the next challenge.

It was a fierce attack from a Pokémon that was completely different from Master Qiao Jing's team.

With Super Gengar and Sun Eevee in that state, it would probably be very difficult to deal with, right?

"He beat Master Qiao Jing two-on-two; this kid is really going for broke."

"I'm more curious about how he's going to face that Trainer with the Legendary Tools."

"Good thing I didn't go to eat. Can I go now?"

The battle ended earlier than the Twelve Branches had anticipated because Fang Yuan did not want to drag out the fight; otherwise, the battle could have easily lasted a few more hours.

However, even though there was no need for further battles, Fang Yuan still couldn't avoid taking some time to rest and recover.

Back at the battle scene.

Milotic, who was called out, looked at the battered and nearly breathless Gengar and Eevee, speechless.

"Miiiilooooo! (Are you guys even capable of this?)"

With Monferno still needing treatment, and Gengar and Eevee in this state, Milotic was genuinely worried that it might run out of healing power.

Gengar, Eevee: ૮(ᵒ̌皿ᵒ̌)ა They had suffered way more than it had!