-094- Song Xuyang Again? (2/3)

Crash of thunder rolled on and on through the rain.

A bolt of lightning struck Lotus Hat Child squarely.

As a Grass-type creature, Lotus Hat Child had some resistance to Electric-type moves. But under the intensified power of Thunderbolt, it was instantly shocked unconscious.

"What? Lotus Hat Child..."

Qi Qi cried out, never in his wildest imagination expecting such an outcome.

The battle had only just begun. Qi Qi had not even let Lotus Hat Child launch a single attack; he had only changed the weather.

And yet it had already lost the ability to fight?

One-hit knockout?

This Elekid was far too strong!

"Lotus Hat Child has lost the ability to battle. Elekid wins."

This time, when Zhu Di looked back at Tong Si, there was a subtle change in his eyes.

At the same time, he too was shaken by Elekid's overwhelming attack.

That Thunderbolt had absolutely not been an ordinary Thunderbolt.

And this was on a normal battlefield, under rainy weather, not on the magnetic battleground where Electric-type creatures were most at home!

"This guy is completely useless!"

Seeing this, Song Xuyang immediately cursed aloud.

Just moments ago, Qi Qi had said Tong Si probably was not very strong, and Song Xuyang had assumed Qi Qi must have a few tricks of his own.

Who would have thought he was just trash?

"Young Master Yang, let me go next."

Another underling eagerly volunteered, determined to make a good showing.

"Go on."

Song Xuyang tilted his head. Whoever went did not matter, so long as Tong Si was defeated.

After Qi Qi stepped down, the next trainer sent out a Tangela.

When the spectators thought this round would finally be a real match, Tong Si once again slapped them in the face.

He was telling everyone that a Pokemon battle should be decided in a single blow.

"Beep-beep!"

At the same time as Tangela was defeated, Elekid rose to level twenty-five.

"Sure enough, fighting higher-level creatures makes leveling up much faster!"

Tong Si was a little excited.

Earlier at the Golden Radiance Club, although he had won many battles, the trainers there were simply too weak. Their creatures were not even worthy of providing enough experience to help Elekid level up.

Defeating so many creatures only nudged its experience bar upward a little.

But these contestants from the Grass class were different. Even if their creatures were not especially strong, their levels were high.

And when Elekid defeated them, the experience it gained was much greater.

Next came Cacnea, then Carnivine, then Parasect, all of them easily defeated by Elekid.

In fact, the pink-and-blue energy cubes Tong Si had prepared for Elekid still had not even been eaten.

That was proof enough that the threat posed by its opponents was far too small.

Almost every battle ended with a single strike. How could they possibly injure Elekid?

"Song Xuyang, you're the only one left. Are you confident you can beat him?"

Liu Min's face had gone dark.

She had never imagined Tong Si would be this powerful.

Even a Best Newcomer Champion should not be this absurd.

One Elekid, fighting one Grass-type creature after another in succession, and yet it looked completely fine, not the least bit strained.

Most of all, why on earth could one Electric-type creature one-shot so many Grass-type creatures?

That was what she could not understand.

The same question also took root in Zhu Di's mind.

Since when had Electric-types become this strong?

If that were true, his Fire class would never have kept the Electric class pinned down for so long.

If Tong Si were to join the Electric class...

Would there really be anyone in the Fire class capable of suppressing him?

At the thought, Zhu Di shuddered.

They absolutely could not let that old man from the Electric class discover that the breeding class had such a monster.

"Are you kidding? It's just Tong Si. How could I possibly lose to him?"

Song Xuyang stood up from the sofa, fists clenched.

For this moment, he had used the power of his family to obtain that creature.

In a public setting like this, Song Xuyang intended to take revenge on Tong Si.

When Song Xuyang stepped onto the battlefield, the cheers were all for Tong Si.

First, Tong Si had already become the idol of everyone in the Fire class.

Second, Tong Si's strength was enough to intimidate the entire Fire class.

Even the students who had not watched the Newcomer Champion Tournament had now been won over by Tong Si and Elekid.

Taking down everyone in one hit—who would not love that style of battle?

"Well, well, Song Xuyang, we meet again."

Tong Si greeted Song Xuyang.

As the saying went, enemies were bound to meet on a narrow road.

This should have been the fourth time he had run into Song Xuyang. The first three times, Tong Si had more or less crushed him.

"Hmph! Tong Si, do not think that because you beat me a few times, you can strut around. I was going easy on you before. This time, I will defeat you thoroughly in front of all these people!"

Song Xuyang clenched his fists, a cold smile curling at the corners of his mouth.

"Oh? Is that so? By the way, how is your energy cube shop doing?"

Tong Si tilted his head, his tone a little taunting.

"What! So it really was you!"

Song Xuyang had long suspected that it was Tong Si who had reported the Jiujiu Energy Cube Shop. Now that he heard it from Tong Si himself, he flew into a rage.

"If your shop had no problems, why would you be afraid of a report? I am just doing a good deed for society."

Tong Si shrugged, looking utterly relaxed.

"You..."

Song Xuyang was about to say more, but Zhu Di cut him off in time.

"Both of you, this is a competition. Your personal grievances can wait until after the event. Song Xuyang, please send out the creature you will be using for battle."

Zhu Di said to him.

"Hmph! Tong Si, today I will show you just how great the gap is between you and me!"

As he spoke, Song Xuyang threw out a special creature ball. Tong Si could not even make out what kind it was at first.

When the creature inside emerged, the entire venue fell silent.

Some students did not even recognize the creature.

"It is Dhelmise!"

Zhu Di's expression darkened. Seeing this creature, he was basically already certain of the result.

So this was what it meant to be the young master of a wealthy family. Truly loaded.

He had actually managed to obtain and tame such a rare creature as Dhelmise.

"Dhelmise!"

Tong Si was also somewhat surprised that Song Xuyang had one.

Through the data panel, Tong Si inspected Dhelmise's detailed information.

Dhelmise

Level: 28

Ability: Steel Power User

Potential: Gym Leader Rank

...

After seeing the detailed information for this Dhelmise, which stood more than two meters tall and nearly three, Tong Si relaxed a little.

An adult Dhelmise would stand nearly four meters tall. This one was still under three meters, which meant it was still a juvenile.

Added to that, its potential was only Gym Leader Rank, and its level was merely twenty-eight.

In that case, Elekid still had a chance.

If it had been an adult Dhelmise with Champion Rank potential, Tong Si would basically have had to concede.

...To be continued