-092- Charming Skitty (3/3)

Through his scanning eye, Tong Si saw on the data panel that both Mareep and Skitty were of excellent quality.

As for their levels, Mareep was nineteen, while Skitty was only thirteen. In terms of raw strength, Skitty was being utterly suppressed.

Fortunately, Skitty was female, while Mareep was male.

Even under a level disadvantage, so long as Attract landed perfectly, Mareep would find it very difficult to launch any further attacks on Skitty.

It could be said that the command Xu Shanshan had given on the fly after she finally snapped to her senses was nothing short of brilliant.

“Meow~”

After acting coquettish for a moment, Skitty began chasing its own tail again.

Full of energy.

Mareep, bewitched by Attract, stuck out its tongue and followed behind Skitty, spinning in circles on the spot.

“Mareep, what are you doing?” Lin Bo roared, somewhat annoyed.

But in Mareep’s eyes, where was there still room for that rookie trainer? Its mind was filled entirely with Skitty’s adorable little figure, and at this moment it was frantically circling after the girl who had stolen its heart.

Skitty was used to spinning after its own tail, but Mareep was not.

After only a few turns, it grew dizzy and lightheaded. After staggering forward a few steps, Mareep collapsed straight to the ground, unable to battle any longer.

“Huh???”

The entire venue fell silent.

“WHAT!!!”

Before this battle began, no one would have believed that Xu Shanshan and her Skitty could win.

Not even those fire-class students who supported Xu Shanshan.

They only liked her beautiful face, lusted after her figure, and wanted to get acquainted with the beauty. None of them truly believed Skitty could win.

Yet at this very moment, the result had completely surpassed all expectation.

“Mareep is unable to continue battling. Skitty wins.”

Zhu Di wiped the cold sweat from his brow and announced the result.

To be honest, as the homeroom teacher of the fire class, he had not expected the battle to become so dramatic.

When he saw Xu Shanshan’s nervous expression, he had subconsciously assumed it would be a one-sided match.

Even though his impression of Lin Bo was poor, he had to admit that Lin Bo should have been able to win.

After announcing the result, Zhu Di added, “Students, through this battle, I hope all of you understand one thing: in spirit battles, never look down on your opponent. Any trainer who can stand across from you as your rival is not all that much weaker than you. If you lose because you were careless, that only means your training is still insufficient. In a tournament, no one gets a second chance. Lose, and you are out!”

Zhu Di’s words left the audience in thoughtful silence.

It had to be said, he had a real talent for summing up a battle.

“Teacher Zhu is right. In this battle, the opponent underestimated her too much. Xu Shanshan won beautifully!” Xia Yan said in approval.

Tong Si, on the other hand, was dark-faced.

How had she won?

That was ten thousand points less for him!

Meanwhile, Xu Shanshan herself still seemed a little dazed, as if she were drifting outside her own body.

“I won?”

She pointed to herself.

“Meow~”

Skitty ran over to Xu Shanshan’s side, confirming that they had won the first battle.

“Skitty! That’s amazing, we actually won!” Xu Shanshan scooped Skitty up in her arms, her smile brilliant. At last, she no longer seemed constrained in the least; instead, she looked relaxed.

Even fighting in front of so many people, they could still win.

“Participant Xu Shanshan, would you like to take part in the next round?” Zhu Di asked according to procedure.

Xu Shanshan turned and looked toward the spectators’ seats of the nurturing class, as if seeking everyone’s opinion.

At that moment, Tong Si was waving frantically, signaling for her to hurry back.

Seeing his subtle motions, she assumed Tong Si was cheering her on.

“I want to continue battling,” Xu Shanshan told Zhu Di.

Tong Si: ???

She had already won one. Was that not enough?

Did she really want to sweep ten straight with Attract?

“Very well. Since Xu Shanshan has chosen to continue, the grass class should send out its second participant.”

Zhu Di addressed the grass-class seating area.

“You really are useless, aren’t you!”

As soon as Lin Bo returned to the grass class rest area, Song Xuyang barked out an insult.

This underling was truly disappointing.

“I’m sorry, Young Master Yang. I was careless...” Lin Bo felt deeply apologetic.

As the first student to take the stage for the grass class, not only had he lost, he had lost in such humiliating fashion?

He was practically a joke.

“Let me go next,” said the girl who had earlier dismissed the nurturing class as all style and no substance, taking the initiative to fight.

“Fine. Wang Wen, I hope you won’t disappoint me.”

Song Xuyang slapped her on the butt.

Although it was only the first day of school, the two of them already seemed to share some unspeakable secret.

Wang Wen’s cheeks suddenly flushed. She brushed her hair aside and said, “Young Master Yang, I’ll make sure you’re satisfied.”

With that, she walked toward the battle arena.

Once Wang Wen reached the field, the second battle began.

The hot-blooded boys from the fire class still supported Xu Shanshan.

It was not only because she was beautiful, but also because the previous battle had been won so brilliantly that she had earned a tremendous amount of goodwill from those male students.

Wang Wen’s spirit was a grass-type Shroomish, also of excellent quality, at level twenty-one.

Against Skitty, even if Skitty used Attract, it would be useless, because Shroomish was female too.

After a brief exchange, Wang Wen’s Shroomish won easily.

After recalling Skitty, Xu Shanshan returned to the nurturing class rest area with a face full of self-reproach.

“Xu Shanshan, you already did very well! There’s no need to blame yourself,” Xia Yan, the class teacher, encouraged her.

The other students also hurried to cheer her on.

Being able to defeat one opponent meant her strength was not weak; she had already earned everyone’s recognition.

“Then I’ll go next,” said Chu Xuanxuan, who had already figured out how to respond after watching Wang Wen’s battle style.

Xia Yan agreed.

Soon, Chu Xuanxuan appeared on the battle field.

Tong Si prayed fervently that she would not win.

The more victories his teammates racked up, the fewer points he would be able to farm.

As soon as the battle began, Chu Xuanxuan’s Flaaffy launched a fierce offensive against Wang Wen’s Shroomish.

Even though Electric-type moves did not deal particularly high damage to Grass-type spirits.

Flaaffy’s relentless and violent attacks were clearly more than Shroomish could withstand.

After only a few rounds, Shroomish toppled over.

Chu Xuanxuan did not choose to continue battling. Even though she had defeated Shroomish, Flaaffy had consumed a great deal of energy as well.

On top of that, Shroomish’s Effect Spore ability had poisoned Flaaffy, so it had to be taken to the infirmary for immediate treatment.

By this point in the nurturing class versus grass class ten-on-ten relay battle, both sides had lost two participants.

This was rather unexpected for the audience.

The nurturing class could actually trade blows evenly with the grass class?

Had the nurturing class become stronger, or was the grass class simply that bad?

...To be continued