Greatest Pokémon Trainer

Nighttime.

Around eight o'clock.

Almost every household in Jade Stone Village had finished dinner.

There are more elderly and children in the countryside, with the younger adults out working, so the overall bedtime is quite early. Nevertheless, tonight, no one dares to sleep; all the lights are on in the houses.

Especially families with children were all gathered together, closely protected by the Trainers from Qin Island University.

"Ahh, Black Cat Sheriff."

The sky had darkened, but there was still no sign of the Spiritual Realm Fracture. Fang Yuan idly wandered around the village, waiting calmly, occasionally breaking into song.

By his side, besides the Glutton emerging from the shadows and Eevee on his shoulder, there was now one more follower.

A Pokémon resembling a red microwave oven with hands.

Rotom, in its microwave oven form—electric and fire attribute.

Having investigated the Inferno Shock Turbo Guards before, this form would probably be Rotom's strongest. Working together with Ditto, harnessing Semi-Master Level strength wouldn't be a problem.

"Even the toddler group is approaching Master Level strength…"

"I wonder what kind of Pokémon that egg is, actually accumulating energy through battle??"

"It feels like it's going to be a battle maniac... It couldn't possibly be an Ultra Beast with enhanced traits, could it...?"

Fang Yuan sighed as he mulled over this and then turned to Rotom.

Currently, Rotom's commonly used moves include Shadow Clone, Thunderbolt, Shadow Ball, Weird Light, Charge, Electromagnetic Wave, Substitute, Light Wall, Reflect Wall, Helping Hand, Overheat, Water Gun, Blizzard, Air Slash, and Flying Leaf Storm.

The fire, water, ice, flying, and grass-type moves require Rotom to enter corresponding appliances and transform into special forms to use them, while the others are its basic skills.

For example, now that Rotom is in its microwave form, it can use the Overheat move, but can't use moves like Water Gun, Blizzard, Air Slash, or Flying Leaf Storm.

To hatch the spirit egg, Fang Yuan had found a method: grinding through battles. And now, it was time to focus on Rotom and the others.

"Your current strength relies mainly on the strength of the appliance Ditto transforms into. To become stronger, besides improving your own strength, we need to innovate on the five fundamental forms," Fang Yuan said as he walked. "Only then can you break through your limits in the future."

"Rotom!"

Being unable to speak in this form and not a cellphone, Rotom could only communicate with Fang Yuan using its original sounds. It expressed that achieving Legendary strength wasn't necessary; being at the Guardian God Level would suffice.

"Bwoo!?" Eevee, on Fang Yuan's shoulder, suggested that since Rotom was its Pokémon, it should be responsible for its training!

Eevee's idea was to have Ditto transform into a giant robot.

A robot whose head was a microwave oven, body a washing machine, lower half a fan, one arm a lawnmower, the other an electric fridge—this way, when Rotom entered it, it could possess the powers of all five forms at once!

"That won't do. Although you've previously taught Rotom Substitute, it can only create one clone at most, so controlling two forms at the same time is already its limit," Fang Yuan said.

"Don't think everyone can 'five blacks' like you…" Fang Yuan continued.

"What I mean is, don't limit yourself to the forms of a microwave or washing machine." Fang Yuan said, "Have some bold ideas!!"

The advantage of having a Ditto is exactly this. Without Ditto's cooperation, it would not be easy for Rotom to switch forms. Trainers would have to spend money to buy compatible appliances, and while home appliances could technically be used, they couldn't unleash as much power as those custom-made for battle when Rotom enters them.

Moreover, in battle, if the appliance gets damaged, it needs to be replaced. Overall, training Rotom well is not an easy task...

Bold ideas?

"Bwoo!!"

Eevee got it. Fang Yuan had once mentioned the Cosmic Battleship Magnet Weird Number project, with Rotom as one of its members. His idea meant high-tech weaponry as containers?

"Bwoo (Charge Flash Cannon)! Bwoo (Targeted Spitfire)! Bwoo (Icicle Injector)! Bwoo (Rail Cannon)! Bwoo (Satellite Ray)! Bwoo (Quantum Bomb)! Bwoo (Primitive Model Air Compressor Cannon)!!" Eevee introduced a host of weapons to Ditto in one breath that could be transformed into.

Don't these sound cooler than a microwave or a washing machine??

Ditto: "Bwoo~ (Got it.)"

Rotom: "Rotom...(You sure that thing can get inside Rotom?!!!)"

"Bwoo!! (That's a problem for you and Ditto to solve!)"

Fang Yuan: "Eevee, what have you been playing lately..."

......

Nine to twelve at night.

Eevee and Rotom argued from game skills to animation products, and from animation products to sci-fi blockbusters. Including Ditto, the three Pokémon argued all the way, causing Gengar in Fang Yuan's shadow to feel a bit of a headache—what are they even talking about? Are they still Pokémon??

They seem to be aiming for the sky.

The Self-detonating Magnetic Monster inside the Poké Ball stated they wanted not only to reach the sky but also to break through the atmosphere and stand shoulder to shoulder with the sun.

"They're here!!" Listening to Eevee's nonsense all the way had also given Fang Yuan a bit of a headache, but now wasn't the time to fantasize about sci-fi weapons; they were in the midst of searching for the Spiritual Realm Fracture.

By midnight, a strong surge of Spirit Realm's Radio Waves suddenly emanated from the southwest of Jade Stone Village, less than four hundred meters away from where Fang Yuan and his group were.

They had finally arrived!

This area had the most lingering spiritual energy within Jade Stone Village, making it the primary focus of Fang Yuan and his group's protective mission. It seemed their vigilance was not in vain.

"Spirit Realm's Radio Waves!!"

"A spiritual rift has appeared."

"You three stay here."

Meanwhile, inside a large house in the village, Lin Feng, the Professional Trainer from Qin Island University, noticed his Leiqiu exclaiming "Lei~~ Lei~~ Lei!!" and his expression suddenly changed.

He quickly turned around and told Chen Hao and the others not to wander off, then he took out Rapidash's Poké Ball, mounted it, and rushed toward the anomaly.

"Gurgle."

Watching their Trainer leave, Chen Hao and the other two swallowed nervously; their mission was to protect the children in the house behind them.

However, since Lin Feng had left them with three profession-level Elves, the three students felt somewhat reassured.

"The Trainer should be able to handle it... By the way, I wonder how Quartz is doing; he seemed to have been patrolling outside all this time," Chen Hao whispered.

Not long after...

Lin Feng arrived swiftly, riding on the Rapidash. The fiery blaze of the Rapidash illuminated the dark paths surrounding it. When Lin Feng reached the site where the spiritual rift had appeared, he saw Fang Yuan sitting leisurely nearby, taking pictures of the rift.

"Uh."

Lin Feng was taken aback. He was aware that Fang Yuan had been patrolling the village, and knew that Fang Yuan was not weak, certainly stronger than his few students, so he hadn't been monitoring Fang Yuan.

But now, his focus wasn't on Fang Yuan... but rather...

Lin Feng turned his attention to the spiritual rift ahead that looked like a black lightning bolt, constantly trying to expand, and his face became serious.

"Trainer Lin, there's no need to rush, just observe the changes," Fang Yuan said while sitting on a stone that had been heated by a microwave oven Rotom.

No Ghost-type Pokemon had yet emerged from the Spirit World, so it was impossible for any Pokemon to harm humans at this time.

"Observe the changes? Let's not dawdle. I've brought a Purity charm to seal this spiritual rift as soon as possible," Trainer Lin said as he took out a white paper charm and handed it to the Magic Wall Puppet that had just called out, speaking firmly.

He had no intention of waiting for the rift to expand into a Spirit World Channel and let a bunch of Ghosts run out.

Purity charms, as long as there were enough of them and they were strong enough, could seal off a Spirit World Channel, let alone a rift.

However...

"Ordinary Purity charms probably won't work. The Ghosts in this Spirit World Mystery location are very strong, and breaking through the seal would be easy."

As soon as Fang Yuan finished speaking, almost as if to prove his point, the rift, which was initially just a crack, suddenly expanded, and strong dark purple Curse Power flowed out like water.

This Curse Power, filled with grudge, radiated endless malevolence – an aura that was decidedly unfriendly to all other life.

Feeling this grudge, Lin Feng's Leiqiu, Rapidash, and Magic Wall Puppet shrank their pupils and involuntarily took a step back. Even the microwave oven Rotom next to Fang Yuan sensed the ominous nature of this grudge and looked solemn.

"Big trouble... big trouble..." Lin Feng felt a chill on his scalp seeing the anomaly. With such intensity of grudge and such immense Curse Power, if he wasn't mistaken, even the main Elves of the Master Level Trainers from the provincial city would struggle in a solo fight against it.

This power could harm humans just with the Curse Power, without its physical body needing to come through!

This Banette was not something he, as a Professional Trainer, could handle.

"Fortunately, the connection between the two realms is not perfect, and Banette is not adept at opening Spirit World Channels. It won't be able to come through in a short time! We need to isolate the Curse Power, avoid people getting cursed, and then notify nearby master-level professionals to come over."

"We have to act quickly!!"

Lin Feng knew that many master-level Trainers had already arrived in the area, so he wasn't too panicked.

Fortunately, this Banette was too strong to get through such a narrow spiritual rift, so all they had to do was hold out.

"Alright," Fang Yuan nodded.

However, the next second, Lin Feng's expression went blank.

Fang Yuan's acknowledgement carried too much implication. Fang Yuan's shadow, or Gengar, had at some point sprinted over to the rift, stepping close to it on the Curse Power.

"Cackle~" Gengar grinned.

Then, with its two small hands wrapped in black flame, Gengar tore the rift open. The Spirit World Channel was forcibly expanded.

Although it couldn't open a Spirit World Channel out of thin air like Jiang Li's Night Spirit, it was effortless for Fang Yuan's Glutton to tear open a spiritual rift and create a Spirit World Channel.

After the Spirit World Channel was formed, the Curse Power grew even stronger, and it seemed as if the Banette hiding behind it could step out at any moment.

"Damn it." Lin Feng pointed at the grinning Gengar and was nearly brought to his knees. Are you spies from the Spirit World?? Just because it's hard for it to come through, it doesn't mean you help it!!