On the other side.
Just as Fierce Fire Monkey's Lightning Armor skills had taken shape.
Fang Yuan's pass had finally been approved. That evening, Fang Yuan checked the progress and breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed he had made it in time.
With the start of school approaching, Fang Yuan planned to visit Asian Champion Mountain in the next few days.
To allow Trio Magnet Monsters to evolve.
As Coach Ailia from the Lightning Club had said, the Trio Magnet Monsters were already deep enough in their essence to accept the baptism of a special evolution magnetic field.
Only through evolution could the Trio Magnet Monsters' potential be better unearthed.
Now capable of contending with the main and ace members of elite school teams, the Trio Magnet Monsters, once evolved, might well possess the strength to compete with the main force of Professional Trainers. This was the only chance for the Trio Magnet Monsters to close the gap with Solar Spirit in terms of strength.
The Asian Champion Mountain, the Electric Stone Cave in North America, the Hawaii Grand Canyon, the Bermuda Triangle... These four locations are rather famous for possessing special evolution magnetic fields.
All four of these places are perilous and are also related to Secret Realms.
The predecessor of Champion Mountain was a Large Secret Realm, spanning over 80,000 square kilometers and inhabited by countless Pokemon. Despite its many dangers and numerous resources, the exploration of Champion Mountain by Asian countries is yet to be completed to this day.
Champion Mountain is located on an island, a public island in Asia. Due to historical reasons, it does not belong to any country and is only governed by the Pokémon Alliance.
Therefore, this place is jointly managed by the Trainer Associations of the various Asian countries.
The special evolution magnetic field within Champion Mountain is their target.
The reason why the other locations weren't chosen is that Electric Stone Cave and Hawaii Grand Canyon are territories of other countries. If Fang Yuan wanted Trio Magnet Monsters to evolve in those places, the procedures would definitely be very complicated and heavily restricted.
For Fang Yuan, Champion Mountain was just fine. Both Electric Stone Cave and Hawaii Grand Canyon are smaller in scale compared to Champion Mountain, and the number of special magnetic fields is the same, so in Fang Yuan's eyes, naturally, there are more options in Asian Champion Mountain. Although, the dangers might be greater as well.
As for the Bermuda Triangle, Fang Yuan had directly ruled it out.
Because this place can no longer be described merely as dangerous but rather a one-in-ten chance of survival.
The first three locations are special because they have fused with Secret Realms, but the peculiarity of the Bermuda Triangle is because of a meteorite that is hard to comprehend.
No Secret Realms have ever appeared there, but a special meteorite from the universe fell there, making it a unique place.
The strong special evolution magnetic field was just incidental, and while able to repel ships and planes, it couldn't stop the steps of Master Level Trainers. However, the frequent natural disasters and various mysterious and weird phenomena are what truly make Trainers wary of this place.
Some say that the meteorite that fell on the Bermuda Triangle is also a product of a Secret Realm, only that Secret Realm appeared in the universe.
Others say that a particularly powerful Pokemon resides within the Bermuda Triangle, comparable to the legendary Pokemon, and is the culprit behind all these events.
But the truth has yet to be discovered by any Trainer.
Fang Yuan felt it was rather annoying – that meteorite, couldn't it be Dialga, Palkia, Giratina?
...
The pass that Fang Yuan had applied for to go to Champion Mountain was similar to a passport, and also represented Fang Yuan's identity.
With the pass approved, it was time for Fang Yuan to return to Magic City, where he needed to depart from.
Having lived in Pingcheng for over a month, Fang Yuan began to miss the training facilities at Demon Capital University.
Over the past month, Fang Yuan and his team had been primarily researching Energy Blocks and consolidating their foundations without much intensive training.
Fang Yuan also casually gathered some materials for academic papers which he planned to publish after the term began, aiming for the title of Senior Researcher.
During this period, Fierce Fire Monkey had made the most progress, thanks to the Lightning Armor Skills.
Eevee and Trio Magnet Monsters evolved steadily and according to the rules.
As for Glutton, it spent its days eating incessantly. Eating was the training task Fang Yuan had set for it. For Glutton, which hadn't eaten many Energy Blocks and which greatly benefited from them, its powerful digestive capabilities were a tool for hastening its strength development.
After over a month, Fang Yuan had basically determined the limit of external Life Energy that Glutton could store – roughly equivalent to nine Gold Energy Blocks.
Nine Gold Energy Blocks worth of Life Energy could keep Black Ghostfire burning for a very long time. If used for attacking, no medicine, Moves, or the instruments of the Spirit Center could heal the effects of the Ghost Fire. Even if a Pokemon wasn't burned to death by the Black Ghostfire immediately, after a few days, it would surely succumb...
Fortunately, Ghostss could control the amount of Life Energy infused into the Ghost Fire; otherwise, this Move would only serve as Fang Yuan's trump card once he became a Professional Trainer.
...
"What's going on...?"
After a day's journey, Fang Yuan and his team returned to Magic City University, a familiar route. But the moment they entered their dormitory after over a month, Fang Yuan immediately sensed something strange!
Due to the upcoming start of school, there were already many students on campus, and the campus was once again full of life, but that should not cause someone to break into his dormitory, right?
The layout of his dormitory had definitely been tampered with.
"Bwoo?" Even Eevee on Fang Yuan's shoulder could sense the oddity.
It solemnly patted Fang Yuan, signaling for him to enter the house and take a look.
"Alright..." Fang Yuan nodded.
He wanted to see who was playing tricks.
So, Fang Yuan carefully approached a door, then suddenly flung it open!
With that opening, Fang Yuan was truly startled.
So much so that he froze on the spot.
He actually saw a woman lying on his bed reading a book. For a moment, Fang Yuan almost thought he had entered the wrong dormitory.
But as Fang Yuan pushed the door open, the young beauty on the bed also put down her book and stretched languidly.
Red pupils...
Even though her hair color had changed and her appearance was slightly different, seeing those red pupils, Fang Yuan was instantly baffled and came up with a guess.
No way...
After the Ninetail Beauty stretched, she looked at Fang Yuan with annoyance, as if asking, where is the thing you promised me?
"You... you..." Fang Yuan also wanted to ask how this Nine Tails managed to escape the Secret location and find his residence.
At the same time, Fang Yuan kind of guessed why she was looking for him, which made him somewhat embarrassed.
Damn... he had actually forgotten such an important thing...
"I won't fuss over the book, just give it to me later," said the Ninetail Beauty softly. "However, starting today, I'd like to temporarily stay with you."
Fang Yuan: ???
Eevee: ???
Hearing the first part of the sentence, Fang Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. However, the latter part left him somewhat baffled.
Temporary... stay here?
"Bwoo bwoo!!" Eevee was the first to object. The dorm was already small, and it felt cramped with the Trio Magnet Monsters, Fierce Fire Monkey, and Glutton. Now a fox spirit was joining them too?
Absolutely not!
Slap!
Eevee tapped Fang Yuan's shoulder. The book can be given to her, they could even pay to rent her a room, but they couldn't agree to let her move in.
"This..." Fang Yuan also helplessly looked at the Ninetail Beauty, even though he didn't know how she had bypassed the cameras to get in. But having a Pokémon appear out of nowhere without any identification was no different from keeping it illegally.
Although she didn't look like a pet Fang Yuan owned... more like the owner of the room. But essentially, there was no difference.
"Is it not possible..." murmured the Ninetail Beauty dejectedly. After coming to the human world, she found the outside to be interesting. However, outside she only knew the Glutton and Fang Yuan. The effort it took for her to find Fang Yuan, only the Ninetail knew...
If no one took her in, she would have to live in the wild... And most importantly, nobody to feed her.
"This is really not suitable..." Fang Yuan forced a smile.
"In that case... I can teach your Pokémon some sun-clearing moves as repayment. Oh right, the sunny weather in the Secret Realm was my doing. Also, the skill to use illusions to disrupt spiritual power, I can teach that too," the Ninetail Beauty mused, deciding to offer something in return.
"Don't be so polite!"
"Actually, there's no need to be so polite. We're all friends here. Is the bed comfortable?" Fang Yuan's smile became genuine.
Eevee: ???
At this, Eevee became even more displeased. What did this mean? Not only was she moving in, but they also had to practice extra because of her?
In that moment, Eevee thoroughly resented Fang Yuan.
Meanwhile, Fang Yuan could also feel Eevee's discontent. Intense discontent.
Seeing this, Fang Yuan quickly turned to whisper to Eevee. "Are you dumb? Once you've learned the Illusion Technique, you can disguise yourself as a human and go out to play."
"Let me tell you, a powerful Illusion Technique can even use light to fool devices. Haven't you always wanted to participate in offline esports competitions? Here's your chance..."
Hmm?
Upon hearing this, Eevee immediately had an epiphany. Fang Yuan made a lot of sense. It could also learn the skill of Illusionary Light that disrupts spiritual power!
If it could disguise itself as a human just like this fox... wouldn't it be able to participate in higher-level offline esports competitions?
Esports cutie Eevee, attack!