Chapter 27: Chapter 27: Second Gathering
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"Seviper, prepare for your battle." Cang Mu soothed the restless Arbok.
"Don't worry, Arbok, you are always my cutest little darling. Evolve quickly, quickly show your heroic form."
Cang Mu's face twisted into a morbid smile.
The Blond Man knew this was Cang Mu's true self. Cang Mu was usually stern, disliked interacting with people, and always appeared as a cold youth in front of outsiders.
But the Blond Man also had to admit that Cang Mu was a Genius trainer.
Essentially, every trialist subdued by Cang Mu was impressed by his powerful trainer battle intuition.
"Waltz Dancer of Snake Pokémon" was Cang Mu's nickname. Obsessed with snake Pokémon, he could accurately describe the physical characteristics and aptitude of any snake Pokémon.
"You all focus on Lan Ling's side. They are the trialist group second only to us." Cang Mu's eyes shone like obsidian.
Cang Mu's guess was correct. Single-handed trialists were not to be feared. The most important thing now was to weaken the strength of the clustered trialists.
"Seviper, you are my ace," Cang Mu's pale face revealed a morbid expression.
Seviper opened its mouth wide, and venom dripped from its fangs onto the ground, making sizzling sounds.
"It's the second gathering," Lan Ling said to the trialists gathered around her.
"We will now compete with Cang Mu's team for the final spot, but one thing to note is that we need to absorb those single-handed trialists."
"We will win by numbers, but be careful not to be counterattacked by Cang Mu's team." Lan Ling's strategy was different. Lan Ling wanted to recruit those trialists who roamed outside of teams.
Moreover, Lan Ling's trialist team was predominantly female.
"Alright, Captain, our Frost Rose Troupe will faithfully carry out your orders." Lan Ling was quite capable of winning people's hearts. The members of the trial team knelt on one knee.
In her previous life, Lan Ling also won the final trial by establishing the Frost Rose Troupe, and was promoted by her patron, Athena, eventually rising quickly through the ranks.
In the training ground's gravity room, Aron, after a full day of continuous training, could move freely and easily under 4 times gravity. This greatly pleased Qing Wu.
Actually, Qing Wu more wanted to have Aron condense rock energy in the gravity room to train the Rock Blast skill.
However, Qing Wu still didn't dare to take this risk. What if the condensed rocks shattered the entire gravity room?
This gravity room cost several million.
Qing Wu thought, wouldn't it be better to save those millions to buy Pokémon and resources?
As for Zubat, at Qing Wu's request, it could endure a Level 6 wind force for a full thirteen minutes and six seconds, which already greatly surprised Qing Wu.
"It's a shame we're gathering soon, otherwise I could have stayed longer." Qing Wu still had points. At worst, he could exchange the green-qualified Bellsprout for points.
However, Qing Wu was determined to explore the entire trial island, so he would not be training in the training ground for a short period of time.
Qing Wu walked to the plaza, found a spot to sit down, and secretly observed promising candidates.
The plaza was noticeably less crowded than before. Team Rocket's trial was indeed very cruel.
Just then, Leiming also returned. He brought Meowth and sat down next to Qing Wu.
"Boss, I've already caught that Beautifly. I now have four main Pokémon." Leiming quietly told Qing Wu.
"That Spinarak should not appear unless absolutely necessary." Qing Wu reminded Leiming.
"I understand, boss. Oh, right, boss, I saw Fatty. He actually escaped back to base, and he has a very fierce-looking Arbok." Leiming suddenly remembered something and told Qing Wu.
"A clown, not worth fearing. You already have four Pokémon. You need to learn team combat. He only has one Arbok, so don't be afraid." Speak of the devil, and he shall appear.
Fatty appeared in the plaza with a fierce Arbok, glaring menacingly at Qing Wu, looking as if he wanted to swallow Qing Wu whole.
Qing Wu did not pay attention to Fatty's fierce gaze, but instead turned his attention to the suddenly appearing black-robed figure.
The black-robed figure was like a venomous snake, watching all the trialists in the plaza.
An overwhelming and peerless aura swept over. Almost everyone stared at by the black-robed figure felt as if they were in an ice cave.
Qing Wu was directly stared at by the black-robed figure, and instantly felt his hair stand on end, unable to move.
Cold sweat soaked Qing Wu's back. One second, two seconds, three seconds...
The black-robed figure stared at Qing Wu for a full five seconds before turning its head away, finally seeming to lose interest, and sat down on Instructor Frostwolf's seat, closing its eyes.
Almost everyone breathed a sigh of relief after the black-robed figure closed its eyes. Qing Wu, based on his experience from his previous life, judged that this guy was extremely dangerous.
Even in his previous life, facing the siege of the Three Heavenly Kings, he hadn't experienced such cold sweat, rapid heartbeat, and adrenaline surge.
This guy had at least the strength of a high-tier Heavenly King, or even a Heavenly King at his peak. Qing Wu could also emit the aura of a Heavenly King, but it was far less terrifying than this guy.
Qing Wu felt as if he had just been targeted by an ancient ferocious god.
All the trialists on the scene dared not breathe heavily, fearing they would disturb this fearsome god.
"Strange, this person didn't appear in my previous life." Qing Wu remembered very clearly that throughout Team Rocket's trial, from beginning to end, this person never appeared. Where exactly did things go wrong?
A deviation in memory also meant that Qing Wu's rebirth was like the flutter of a tiny butterfly's wings, potentially affecting the entire world.
Just then, Cang Mu's trial team also appeared. The surviving trialists were basically all present.
Qing Wu quickly scanned the entire plaza. There were roughly over a hundred people, exactly half the number from last time.
The trialists were roughly divided into seven or eight teams. Among them, the largest in number were Cang Mu's and Lan Ling's teams, each having over twenty people.
Besides the teams, Qing Wu also saw the famous lone wolves in his previous life.
These lone wolves all survived until the end of the trial, and later became elite members of Team Rocket.
Subsequently, Instructor Frostwolf appeared with Team Rocket members.
"The second test begins. To increase the difficulty, the speed of this robot will be increased several times. Your Pokémon will only receive points if they accurately hit the designated area on the robot's belly."
"So, Team Rocket rookies, use all your might! Plan for your pathetic little lives. Alright, the assessment begins, according to the previous assessment's rankings." Instructor Frostwolf waved his hand.