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Facing a type disadvantage and a constant beating, Machamp endured for a full ten minutes before finally losing its combat ability and collapsing.
"Congratulations on earning our Cerulean Gym Badge."
Ma Hong's disciple brought the badge over, and then Ma Hong personally handed it to Jiang Chen. The badge was a Machamp symbol, quite exquisitely made.
"I hope to see your excellent performance in the Hidden Dragon Cup Trainer Competition. I believe you will definitely amaze everyone."
"Then I'll take Gym Leader Ma's auspicious words."
Jiang Chen replied politely.
Afterward, Jiang Chen was not in a hurry to leave. At Ma Hong's invitation, he toured the Cerulean Gym and observed the training of the gym disciples.
He even discussed Pokémon training tips with Ma Hong. Being able to run a nationally certified gym, Ma Hong naturally had real ability. After discussing with him, Jiang Chen also gained a lot.
After leaving the Cerulean Gym, Jiang Chen called Xiao Luoxue.
"Are you and Ling Wanqiu still at Spirit Plaza?"
"Yes, she met an opponent and is currently battling, and she's about to lose."
Hearing that Ling Wanqiu was about to lose her battle, Jiang Chen wasn't particularly surprised. There were plenty of trainers at Spirit Plaza.
Among her peers, Ling Wanqiu was indeed one of the best, with almost no opponents apart from Jiang Chen.
However, facing veterans who had been trainers for several years, she was just a rookie now, so losing was normal.
"Is your gym challenge over? Did you win?"
"Do you think I could lose? I'm coming to Spirit Plaza to find you now."
Jiang Chen hung up the phone and had Gardevoir take him to Spirit Plaza. Spirit Plaza was huge, and there were many people, making it difficult to find someone. But for Jiang Chen, it was simple; he was an Aura user.
Every living creature has an aura, and each person's aura is unique. By sensing Ling Wanqiu and Xiao Luoxue's auras, Jiang Chen could accurately find them.
When he arrived, he happened to see the scene of Haxorus being defeated by Venusaur.
"Phew, I still lost."
Ling Wanqiu disappointedly recalled Haxorus.
"Beauty, how about we grab a meal? I can give you some pointers. The other beauty next to you can join too."
Venusaur's trainer, a young man wearing a baseball cap, said to Ling Wanqiu.
"No need." Ling Wanqiu's face was cold.
"Don't be like that. Don't you want to become stronger? I can give you pointers. Let me introduce myself, my name is Luo Ziyi, and I was the runner-up in the previous Hidden Dragon Cup competition."
He said, taking off his baseball cap and stylishly flipping his hair.
However, Ling Wanqiu completely ignored him and 223 walked towards Jiang Chen with a smile.
"Xiao Luoxue said you went to challenge the Cerulean Gym. Did you succeed?" Ling Wanqiu asked Jiang Chen.
"Yes, I did. Here's the badge."
Jiang Chen took out the Cerulean Gym badge.
"Hmph!"
A sneer came from the side, making Jiang Chen, Xiao Luoxue, and Ling Wanqiu all frown at once.
"Little brother, this badge must be fake, right? Is it fun to go around deceiving people with a fake badge?"
"Two beauties, don't be fooled by this guy. This is definitely not a Cerulean Gym badge. You probably bought it from some street stall." Luo Ziyi's face was filled with a disdainful smile, as if he saw through everything.
"Could you please help me get rid of this annoying fly?" Ling Wanqiu asked Jiang Chen.
"Leave it to me."
Jiang Chen made an OK gesture to Ling Wanqiu, then turned to look at Luo Ziyi.
"Are you going to scram yourself, or do I have to make you scram?"
Luo Ziyi's face darkened: "Two beauties, I came here with good intentions to remind you not to be fooled by certain people who buy a random badge and claim it's a Cerulean Gym badge."
Hearing this, Jiang Chen couldn't help but laugh: "Why do you think this badge is fake? Did you manufacture the badge?"
"Hmph! You probably don't know the difficulty of challenging the Cerulean Gym. Even I wouldn't be confident in getting a Cerulean Gym badge, so how could you get one?"
"So your badge is 100% fake," Luo Ziyi stated with absolute certainty.
"Pfft, this young lady is dying of laughter. Just because you're useless, do you think everyone else is as useless as you?"
Xiao Luoxue was never polite to such an arrogant person.
"I'm useless? I was the runner-up in the previous Hidden Dragon Cup competition."
Hearing Xiao Luoxue call him useless, Luo Ziyi was so angry he laughed. After all, he was a well-known genius trainer.
"You're a runner-up, and you have the nerve to mention it?"
In any competition, apart from the champion, everyone else is a loser.
For example, they didn't even know who the champion Luo Ziyi was. If he hadn't said it himself, who would know?
Luo Ziyi glared at the three of them, his face filled with shame and anger.
"You say you can get the Cerulean Gym badge, right? Come and have a battle with me. As long as you win against me, I'll admit your badge is real."
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"Do we need your admission? Who do you think you are? You're too conceited." Ling Wanqiu glanced at him.
"I'm bored, so beating up a rookie isn't a bad idea. I accept your challenge."
Jiang Chen readily agreed.
"Kid, watch how I teach you a lesson."
"Stop talking nonsense and release your Pokémon." Jiang Chen directly released Blastoise.
"Come out, Venusaur."
Luo Ziyi's face was grim as he released his Venusaur, the same one that had defeated Ling Wanqiu's Haxorus earlier.
Venusaur against Blastoise—Venusaur naturally had a type advantage, but Blastoise had a direct power advantage.
"You first..."
"Blastoise, use Hydro Pump."
Blastoise aimed its two cannons on its back at Venusaur and unleashed a Hydro Pump.
"No need to dodge, Venusaur, endure it."
In reality, it couldn't dodge. Venusaur's body was very bulky, so trying to dodge a Hydro Pump coming instantly was basically impossible.
However, Luo Ziyi underestimated the power of Blastoise's Hydro Pump.
The Blue Orb not only rapidly increased Blastoise's power but also enhanced its mastery over Water-type moves.
The unleashed Hydro Pump was completely unstoppable by Venusaur. Even if Water-type moves were not very effective against Venusaur, hitting it still delivered a blow Venusaur couldn't withstand.
Splat!!!
Venusaur's massive body crashed to the ground, completely losing its combat ability.
It was instantly knocked out by Blastoise's Hydro Pump, and Luo Ziyi's expression froze.
He had originally thought Jiang Chen was just boasting in front of the beauties, but he didn't expect Jiang Chen to actually have such strength.
"Is Blastoise really that powerful?"
The power of that Hydro Pump also shocked Ling Wanqiu and Xiao Luoxue.
Because Jiang Chen had many Pokémon, they usually paid more attention to Gardevoir, Metagross, Garchomp, and Slaking. They hadn't really noticed Blastoise.
They hadn't expected the unnoticed Blastoise to be so formidable.
Indeed, although Blastoise had few battles, it didn't mean its strength was weak. On the contrary, because the Blue Orb continuously enhanced its power, Blastoise was definitely one of Jiang Chen's mainstays.
Slaking with the Huge Power ability was very violent, but now Slaking definitely couldn't defeat Blastoise, because no matter how strong Slaking's current ability was, its power increase wasn't as fast as Blastoise's, making it useless.
Blastoise's combat power was actually not weaker than Jiang Chen's Garchomp.
"No wonder you only got runner-up. Your strength isn't good enough; you couldn't even withstand one move."
Jiang Chen mocked him impolitely.
"That doesn't count. My Venusaur had just been through a battle and was already injured, which is why it was knocked out in one hit by your Blastoise."
Luo Ziyi found an excuse for himself.
He wasn't entirely wrong. Venusaur's condition was indeed poor. After defeating Ling Wanqiu's Haxorus, Venusaur had consumed a lot of energy, and its condition was not good.
If it had been in perfect condition, it might have been able to withstand Blastoise's Hydro Pump for a bit longer.
"Doesn't count, huh? No problem, I'll make you concede wholeheartedly today. Go on." Jiang Chen said with a chuckle.
"I've never seen anyone as arrogant as you. If you want to be beaten, I'll oblige."
"You're mistaken, aren't you? What makes me arrogant compared to you? Your strength isn't much, but you brag better than anyone."
"Gardevoir."
Gardevoir called out to Jiang Chen.
Hearing this guy say that Jiang Chen wanted to be beaten, Gardevoir was already angry and wanted to step in to teach him a lesson.
"Wait. If he has the ability to defeat Blastoise, I'll let you go up and teach him a lesson. I just doubt he even has the ability to defeat Blastoise."
Jiang Chen took out a lollipop and handed it to the somewhat unhappy Gardevoir.
If Jiang Chen hadn't specifically instructed Gardevoir not to attack humans without reason, Gardevoir would have already thrown this guy into the sky.
"Come out, Blastoise."
After recalling his defeated Venusaur, Luo Ziyi released his Blastoise. The two Blastoise faced each other, but it was clear that Jiang Chen's Blastoise looked larger in size.
Not only did it appear larger, but Jiang Chen's Blastoise also looked more robust.
"Blastoise, use Hydro Pump."
"Endure the Hydro Pump and go punch it."
Seeing the opponent use Hydro Pump, Jiang Chen directly ordered his Blastoise to advance.
Enduring the Hydro Pump attack, Jiang Chen's Blastoise slowly moved forward. The Hydro Pump attack couldn't push it back even half a step; its strength was too great.
Seeing Jiang Chen's Blastoise endure the Hydro Pump without taking damage, Luo Ziyi's face turned ugly. Even the onlookers could see the difference between the two Blastoise.
"Blastoise, stop using Hydro Pump, use Skull Bash."
As the opponent's Blastoise stopped using Hydro Pump and switched to Skull Bash to charge, Jiang Chen's Blastoise raised its fist and delivered a Mega Punch.
"Splat?!"
The heavy punch knocked the opponent's Blastoise over, followed by a Hyper Beam.
With its shell, Blastoise was indeed very resilient. In terms of both defenses, Blastoise had high base stats, with both exceeding 100.
However, defense has its limits. Once the attack power is too terrifying, surpassing the opponent's endurance limit, even with its shell, it couldn't withstand it.
It flew out and crashed behind Luo Ziyi. Fortunately, the surrounding area was large enough, and the onlookers were standing far enough away, so Blastoise didn't hit anyone.
"What a powerful Blastoise."
"That seems to be Jiang Chen, right? This year's strongest rookie trainer, so amazing."
"Yes, yes, that's Jiang Chen, Elite Four Member Jiang Yuan's son. He swept through competitors from other countries in exchange matches before. Jiang Chen must be the strongest rookie trainer in the world."
There were many people in Spirit Plaza, and many onlookers. Naturally, some recognized Jiang Chen.
"So you are that Jiang Chen."
Luo Ziyi only now realized Jiang Chen's identity. Before this, he hadn't recognized Jiang Chen, only heard his name.
However, Luo Ziyi disdained the title of "strongest rookie trainer." There was a hierarchy among trainers.
Veteran trainers who had graduated long ago looked down on rookie trainers the most and loved to lecture them, thinking rookies were the easiest to bully.
Indeed, under normal circumstances, a rookie trainer would definitely not be able to defeat veterans who had been officially training Pokémon for several years.
Those veterans had been training Pokémon for several more years, so they naturally had an advantage over rookies. If they couldn't win, that would be unacceptable.
"Do you want to continue?"
Jiang Chen asked Luo Ziyi.
Luo Ziyi glanced at his Blastoise behind him. His Blastoise had already lost its combat ability from the Hyper Beam, while Jiang Chen's Blastoise was still full of energy.
Now, he somewhat believed that Jiang Chen had indeed obtained the Cerulean Gym badge.
"Are you scared? Coward."
Xiao Luoxue spoke up to provoke Luo Ziyi, and Luo Ziyi, who had originally intended to flee, felt his anger flare up.
He was just a rookie trainer, so what if he was this year's genius? Who wasn't a genius? He himself had been a genius trainer once.
"Go, Nidoking."
"Nidoking, use Poison Sting."
"Blastoise, use Withdraw."
Using Withdraw to raise its defense, the Poison Sting was completely blocked by the shell and didn't harm Blastoise in the slightest. Normal Blastoise were quite bulky.
But Jiang Chen's Blastoise had decent speed and reactions, at least faster than this Nidoking.
It leaped up for a Body Slam, using its own weight to pin Nidoking down, almost crushing it to death.
Then, it grabbed Nidoking, threw it into the air, and blasted it with a Hydro Pump.
Two jets of water sent Nidoking hundreds of meters into the sky, then it plummeted down, leaving a large crater in the ground.
Nidoking fainted in the deep crater. Falling from that height had severely injured it, and even with a Pokémon's incredible physique, it would need a long time to recover.
Easily, he had defeated three of his opponent's Pokémon in a row.
"Is that all? With this level of strength, you managed to be the runner-up in the Hidden Dragon Cup? Were you just lucky?" Jiang Chen asked, looking at Luo Ziyi suspiciously.
Earlier, this guy said he was the runner-up in the previous Hidden Dragon Cup. Not only was it audacious to brag about being a runner-up, but now Jiang Chen doubted if this guy even had the strength of a runner-up.
If he could achieve runner-up with such strength, either the previous Hidden Dragon Cup was very weak, with few strong trainers participating, or he was just lucky and encountered only weak trainers along the way.
He got to be runner-up purely by luck.
Luo Ziyi's face was displeased. He admitted that luck played a part in his runner-up finish. At that time, several trainers were stronger than him, but they were unlucky and were eliminated after encountering strong opponents early on.
Back then, some people already said his runner-up title was due to luck, which is why he hated hearing anyone say he got by on luck.
Jiang Chen successfully poked his sore spot, but he couldn't do anything to Jiang Chen.
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