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After the battle, Fang Yuan returned to his seat.
The trainers present were all influential figures, who, after their initial shock, quickly calmed down.
Although Fang Yuan's performance was stunning, the trainers there didn't react like the silly netizens who would shout "666", "awesome", or "holy shit".
However, it was certain that after this fight, no one would dare to underestimate Fang Yuan anymore.
"The resource rewards for the second stage of the selection shouldn't be inferior to the first stage, right?"
By this time, Fang Yuan had already started to think about the resource rewards for the second stage.
Even Fang Yuan had to admit that the resources carefully selected by the Trainer Association were tremendously beneficial for the improvement of Master Level Pokemon.
Just in terms of the extent of improvement, these resources far surpassed Fang Yuan's energy blocks, but energy blocks could be massively replicated, while the resources provided by the Trainer Association were mostly very rare and non-renewable - one being low to mid-end resources, the other high-end, so they weren't exactly comparable.
Resources like the blood of the reverse scale from the huge Gyro Dragon were one thing, but magnet resources like the meteorite from outside of the world were truly once in a blue moon.
Fang Yuan had already made a decision to continue exchanging resources to strengthen Milotic and Dragonite, and besides that, he wanted to apply to see if there were any special resources that could enhance the mental power of Pokemon...
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After Fang Yuan, Tang Xinlan of Dawn Group, the reigning king, and the Evergreen Successor Mu Fan—these three had performed exceptionally well in both the first and, unsurprisingly, the second stage selections.
All three of them, like Fang Yuan, had defeated the examiners in both the 3vs3 battles and the top-tier battle against the examiners' commanded Top Overlords.
The strength of these three was also something Fang Yuan could not fully grasp.
So far, each of them had sent out at least three Pokemon close to the Top Tier Domain, and among the Pokemon sent out by Shang Ren, the main Pokemon close to the Top Tier Domain were as many as four.
Now, even within Fang Yuan's team, if one doesn't consider Mega Evolution and other uncontrollable states, there were only Sun Eevee, Self-detonating Magnetic Monster, and Glutton at this level...
"I wonder if Monferno has a chance of mastering Lightning Flame Mode all by itself?"
Fang Yuan muttered to himself. Although Monferno had said its theoretical knowledge was up to par, without practice, Fang Yuan couldn't be certain...
If Monferno could master Lightning Flame Mode by itself, then its strength would be on the same level as Eevee, Magnemite, and Glutton.
But if it couldn't master it alone and could only use Rage or Lightning Armor as a battle skill, then its strength would only be mid-level in the Master Domain, perhaps even less than that of the current Dragonite and Milotic.
In a sense... it would be at the bottom.
Fang Yuan sighed heavily for Monferno, hoping that once the Forced Exerciser arrived, Monferno would be able to stand up quickly...
"As for the second team's spot, I guess you four are definitely in..."
As dusk fell, and the first day of the group battle selection was coming to an end, Zhang Kaixin turned her head to look at Fang Yuan, enviously saying,
That day, a total of five people had defeated a Top Overlord.
And among those four, Fang Yuan, Shang Ren, Tang Xinlan, and Mu Fan had shown absolute superiority in their fights against the Top Overlords.
Zhang Kaixin, Zhao Xuenya, and Li You didn't expect that their youngest junior, Fang Yuan, would display the most dazzling record in the selection.
"Nothing is certain before the world championship begins," Fang Yuan said.
Apart from the four of them, out of the 19 who passed the first stage, quite a few passed the second stage on the first day—ten people in total.
Although not many of these people had Nearly top-level power, and it might only be one Pokemon, but if this one Pokemon broke through to the Top Tier Domain, it could change everything.
Of course, Fang Yuan was just being modest. Even if his opponent possessed top-level power, he was not afraid.
Once Glutton fully mastered Mega Evolution, Fang Yuan would have enough confidence even facing trainers with top-level power.
Before long, the selection for the first day ended, and the final result was that ten people passed the second stage, among whom five had defeated a Top Overlord, and the other five had just passed the most basic assessment.
Next, the remaining nine people who had not passed the selection had another chance to challenge the next day, and if they failed to pass again, they would be eliminated.
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They could only look for another opportunity during the time before the World Competition began.
"Please, everyone, stay where you are for a moment,"
As the first day of selections concluded, Miss Liuqin, on the presidential stage, picked up the microphone, stood up, and at the same time, the eyes of the many contenders immediately turned towards her.
Miss Liuqin smiled slightly and said, "Before you leave, I would like to announce the preliminary list of team two."
Team two's list?
No sooner had Miss Liuqin finished speaking than a buzz went through the crowd.
This was just the first two stages of selection, and the second stage had only reached halfway. Was the second team's list already being announced?
"No way."
"It's settled so soon?"
Ignoring the chatter below, Miss Liuqin continued, "Based on this week's selection results, we have preliminarily chosen five trainers as the initial candidates for the World Competition's second team. Starting the day after tomorrow, other contenders who passed the selections but were not listed will have one challenge opportunity for a limited time to face one of these five individuals."
"Once this period is over, we will make changes to the candidates based on the results of these battles,"
Miss Liuqin said, and immediately the place quieted down below—indeed, in the end, it all came down to strength.
And without guessing, it was clear that the initially selected five must be the ones that the three leaders considered the strongest.
Defeating them would be very difficult.
Miss Liuqin added, "After the challenge period, the final five chosen members will compete for the position of the captain of the Hua Nation National Team's second team."
"The second team captain, during the course of the World Competition, will have access to resources of the same caliber as the Hua Nation's Four Heavenly Kings. It could be regarded as being the… fifth… king..."
Her words, one by one, echoed in the ears of the contenders.
The Fifth King?
The same level of resources as the Four Heavenly Kings?
Hearing this, Fang Yuan, Shang Ren, Tang Xinlan, Mu Fan, and others had different thoughts racing through their minds, their eyes lighting up.
"Hahaha... The Fifth King, Miss Liuqin certainly dares to say it," Master Ma Chenzong chuckled from the side.
"Although there are differences, the captain of the second team is indeed a very important position," Yun Kai said earnestly.
Even though they were a reserve team, the reserve teams from these powerful nations played an extremely important role in the World Competition.
This position had to be held by a trainer who was capable, could command respect, and possessed substantial tactical knowledge.
"Next, I will announce the list. The five people are…"
As Miss Liuqin slowly read out five names, there was once again silence among the crowd.
Shang Ren... Mu Fan... Fang Yuan... Tang Xinlan... Zheng Hongyi.
As expected, all five were trainers who had both defeated Top Overlords and passed through all of the Master Ten Levels.
Among them, Zheng Hongyi's performance was slightly inferior to the other four, but as a young police officer from the First Police School and an outstanding trainer who had trained with the International Criminal Police Organization, Zheng Hongyi had shown a completely different combat style in the battles, taking the concept of securing victories against stronger opponents to an extreme, exhibiting considerable strength.
After the names were announced, Fang Yuan remained composed.
The other four did not show much excitement either.
On the contrary, it was the other contenders who looked around at each other, their expressions complex. Jiang Ran, Yun Guancheng, Xu Jing, and others, upon hearing that Fang Yuan's name was indeed on the list, were reminded of what he had told them from the start—he was here for a reserve spot, and now it seemed, he had succeeded.
With their names selected, the five contenders were not very surprised; they were quite confident in maintaining their positions for what came next.
However, it was uncertain who would earn the title of captain of the national team's second team, the name of The Fifth King.