Get Stronger by Pleasing Pokémon? Who Needs to Be a Trainer!

”L-Leaf… Leaf Storm?”

After the storm passed, the effect of Grassy Terrain disappeared, but the actual grass field itself remained almost completely unchanged.

Serperior stood tall in the middle of the field, its expression calm and unchanged.

It was still as proud and arrogant as ever.

But most of the audience in the stands were completely stunned, their faces filled with disbelief.

Serperior had only appeared twice.

Yet the first time, its use of Grassy Terrain had already been enough to shock everyone. And now, this Leaf Storm…

Wasn’t this even more outrageous?

”Is that really Leaf Storm?”

Someone subconsciously swallowed hard.

”Damn, that attack range was even bigger than Alolan Ninetales’ Blizzard earlier, right?”

At that moment, Li Bing, who was flying high above on Aegislash, was breaking out in cold sweat.

That Leaf Storm had nearly blown both him and Aegislash straight out of the sky.

Fortunately, at the critical moment, the violent airflow had somehow curved around them.

Even so, he was still shaken badly and had even forgotten to comment for a moment.

Now, even Feng Yang and the two Elite trainers seated at the very top of the stands could not help secretly clicking their tongues in amazement as they watched that storm of leaves.

The first to speak was Ji Yan, who had once taken part in the Sky Challenge.

He muttered blankly,

”This… this looks even more terrifying than the hurricane that Pidgeot released before…”

Feng Yang said nothing.

He was equally shocked. In fact, he felt that some of his own Pokémon might not even be able to endure that attack.

The Ice-type Elite Four member, Luo Bingxue, also remained silent, but a strange light flashed in her eyes.

She was certainly shocked by Serperior’s strength. She even felt that the energy intensity of that Leaf Storm was already approaching the level of a Champion-tier Pokémon.

But what interested her even more…

was Alolan Ninetales.

An Alolan Ninetales from the Alola region.

That Alolan Ninetales… if her judgment was correct, it should have only been born not too long ago.

She had realized this while watching its battle performance. At first, she found it hard to believe, but after checking, she quickly found the birth date of that Alolan Vulpix.

Late July of last year.

Actually, it wasn’t even a secret, because this young trainer named Lin Feng had documented the birth dates of every one of his Pokémon online.

A thought flashed through Luo Bingxue’s mind.

”Ji Yan and Feng Yang both visited that breeding house… didn’t they ask how he raises these Pokémon?”

Her thoughts began to churn.

”Come back, Sceptile…”

Looking at the already-dazed Sceptile on the battlefield, Lucas fell silent for a moment before finally recalling it.

Then he looked at the still-standing Serperior and sank into deep thought.

Because he felt that even if Charizard entered the field with a type advantage, it still might not be able to defeat this Serperior.

Too terrifying.

It was simply too terrifying.

He even felt like he should never have stepped onto this stage.

Up in the sky, Li Bing had finally recovered himself.

And suddenly, he realized something.

Leaf Storm had not failed to hit him.

It had deliberately curved around him at the last second.

What did that mean?

It meant that even while maintaining such a massive Leaf Storm, Serperior still had enough spare energy to precisely control every single leaf within it.

That level of energy control was almost unimaginable.

He adjusted his breathing and reorganized his words.

”Leaf Storm…! Serperior’s Leaf Storm instantly defeated Sceptile! But as we all know, after using Leaf Storm, there is usually a period of energy weakness, and the power of subsequent special moves drops significantly! So now, let’s see whether trainer Lucas can seize this weakness!”

Li Bing’s words caused Lucas’ eyes to light up.

That’s right.

After using Leaf Storm, Serperior’s move power should decrease.

In other words…

this might be Serperior’s final stand.

As long as Lin Feng didn’t switch Pokémon, he still had a chance!

At the very least, he had to take down one Pokémon, right?

”Charizard… help me one more time!”

”ROAR!”

A flash of red light appeared, and the charcoal-black Charizard burst from its Poké Ball, soaring into the sky before landing heavily in front of Lucas.

Its sharp claws, the flames spilling from its nostrils, and the fearless presence it had shown when activating Blaze against Salamence were all deeply engraved in everyone’s memory.

The audience upstairs immediately burst into discussion.

”That Charizard is ridiculously strong… it even knows the Fire-type ultimate move Overheat. Can Serperior still beat it?”

”I don’t know. Both of these Pokémon are terrifying. When Charizard activated Blaze in the last match, the fire on its tail exploded several meters high… it was insane.”

”Just watch, just watch. Finally, we’re about to see a truly amazing battle…”

”Say whatever you want, I absolutely trust Brother Lin.”

”Damn, this is crazy. I never thought a trainer focused mainly on being a breeder could also raise Pokémon this powerful. Honestly… now I kind of want to try becoming a breeder too…”

Even on the battlefield, Lin Feng rarely smiled.

But now, he let out a faint grin.

”Charizard… huh.”

It was true that Leaf Storm normally lowered a standard Serperior’s Special Attack after use.

But that only applied to ordinary Serperior.

His Serperior’s Ability was Contrary.

Contrary: Stat changes are reversed from normal.

In other words—

buffs became debuffs, and debuffs became buffs.

That was also why Lin Feng had not given the command for Grassy Terrain again.

”You want to see whether Leaf Storm lowers Serperior’s Special Attack?”

”What a coincidence.”

”I want to see just how powerful an empowered Leaf Storm can become.”

Lin Feng’s thoughts raced.

He looked up at the Charizard in the sky and, without the slightest hesitation, gave the command again:

”Serperior, use Leaf Storm again!”

”Charizard, no holding back! Use Overheat with everything you’ve got!”

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