Greatest Pokémon Trainer

This should be Fang Yuan's fourth visit to the Spirit World.

The first time was at the Jiuyuan Town Spirit World Secret Realm, the second at the Tianming Mountain Spirit World Secret Realm, and the third time was at the Hidden Realm of Spectral Capital.

For Fang Yuan and his colleagues, every entry into the Spirit World brought a heap of benefits, so he was very much looking forward to this fourth expedition.

He was super fond of the dark, eerie, cold, and barren Spirit World.

"Bwoo (they're all wimps)!!"

"Over here (charge)~!"

The moment they stepped onto the Spirit World Earth, Eevee and Glutton had already scoped it out; this place was just like the Jiuyuan Town Spirit World Secret Realm, a super miniature spirit realm fragment, posing no danger.

The Spirit World is unique; it differs from other secret locations as it doesn't blend with Earth. Moreover, despite its vastness and prevalence across the Earth, many parts of it are not interconnected. Each entrance to the Spirit World leads to a different location.

The extent of the Spirit World secret realm Fang Yuan had now entered was quite small, probably not even as large as the super miniature secret realm in his hometown, Nanwu Town.

"Rotom!~" After Eevee and Glutton finished speaking, Rotom expressed its objection with smoke, as it clearly sensed several powerful fluctuations.

Of course, what Rotom considered powerful was indeed insignificant compared to the might of Eevee and Glutton.

"Let's go!"

Fang Yuan pulled his backpack in front of him, unzipped it, and looked at the Spirit egg inside, the corners of his mouth turning upward.

"Although small, there seem to be quite a few Ghost types around. Rotom, you take care of the battle; Glutton, Eevee, you two help search for any hidden Ghosts. This time, we're going on a Spirit World treasure hunt!"

The danger level of this area was exactly to Fang Yuan's liking, enough to serve as practice for Rotom without posing severe risks.

If nothing unexpected arose, that Banette would be the absolute overlord of this super miniature Spirit World space.

Now, what Fang Yuan needed to do was to find out if there were any other Over-evolution tools here, and secondly, take advantage of the opportunity to train Rotom to rack up experience, victories, and steps, to see if the Spirit egg would continue to react.

......

"There's one there."

Inside the Spirit World filled with endless darkness, Ghost Fire flickering on the trees like shadows provided the only light source.

Fang Yuan pointed at a tree, his eyes shining bright. Without a word, Eevee used Confusion to pull down the balloon that was hanging from the tree.

This was a Drifloon, a Ghost and Flying-type Pokémon, with an appearance like a purple balloon, and a couple of strings that swayed with the wind at the bottom of its body.

"Huhu!!~~" This Drifloon possessed Elite Level combat power, pitifully weak; in Fang Yuan's Team, probably only Rock Puppy couldn't beat it. And now, it was about to become Rotom's practice tool.

Zap!!!

Before Drifloon could react, Rotom, in its microwave oven form, directed a hand of Flame and a hand of Thunder and Lightning towards it; two energy-based Moves shot straight at Drifloon.

Drifloon: ಠ_ಠ

The next second, the Drifloon, trying to resist with a Wind Move, was immediately burned to a crisp and fell to the ground.

"It brightened again, useful, useful!!"

With the battle over, the Spirit egg in Fang Yuan's backpack flickered once more, making Fang Yuan beam with joy.

Next one, next one.

Passing by Drifloon, Fang Yuan and his colleagues started the search for their next opponent.

"Huhu!!~"

After Fang Yuan and his team had left, the scorched Drifloon quickly floated up and hurriedly fled. What had it done to deserve this?

When Rotom launched its attack earlier, it controlled its power, not causing too much harm to Drifloon. In theory, Drifloon could still fight, but it was reluctant to battle after feeling the gap in strength, preferring to play dead instead.

"Bwoo." Far away, Eevee and the rest of Fang Yuan's group praised Drifloon's acting skills; it had nearly half the talent they did!

Drifloon was playing dead, but Fang Yuan and his team didn't expose it. After all, their main objective was to find Over-evolution tools and casually increase their victories on the side, not wipe out their opponents. As long as the Spirit egg reacted, that was good enough.

Soon, Glutton and Eevee went on searching diligently again.

"Koje (It's a Dream Demon)!!!"

"Over here (There's a Banette)!!"

"Bwoo (It's a young version of Glutton, Rotom zap it)!!!" Eevee pointed out a Ghostss.

Glutton: ???

Subsequently, Fang Yuan and his team embarked on a frenzied sweep of this not-so-large Spirit World space.

They were like bandits entering a village, not only did they have to check every Ghost's territory, but also knock out the opponent before leaving...

Through continuous battles, Fang Yuan gradually discovered a pattern.

The easier the victory, the smaller the fluctuations of the Spirit egg's shimmer.

The stronger the opponent and the harder the fight, the greater the shimmer of the Spirit egg would be.

If it was the same opponent, only the first victory would produce the best effect, and the effect would diminish with subsequent wins.

The egg seemed to be able to absorb the "Soul" Emotion wave of the Pokémon produced after victory and turn it into nutrients for growth, which was incredible.

After carefully summarizing these patterns, Fang Yuan was speechless.

Dammit, if I knew it worked like this, I would've brought the Spirit egg to the world championship no matter what. If I had, it might have hatched by now.

"This egg, like other Pokémon eggs that need basic nutrition, also requires a more special energy field." Combining the previous changes of the Mysterious elf egg with the current changes, Fang Yuan now had several guesses about the type of Pokémon egg he possessed.

One guess was an Ultra Beast with a boosting feature!

Ultra Beasts are creatures from the Different Dimension Ultimate Space, representing a class of Pokémon with immense power, whose potential rivals some Phantom Elves and Legendary Pokémon. The boosting feature of an Ultra Beast means that when it defeats an opponent, its highest ability increases.

If it was this type of Pokémon, then it would make sense for the Spirit egg to absorb the energy produced during battle.

The second guess was the Phantom Elf Victini.

Victini is known as the Victory Pokémon, filled with endless energy, and is said to bring victory. It is rumored that Trainers in possession of Victini will win any battle and will never fail.

Such a Pokémon egg changing due to the victory in Pokémon battles would also be understandable to Fang Yuan.

Most importantly, the egg he now holds completely differs from that of Ordinary Elves; thus, Fang Yuan could only speculate that it might belong to an Ultra Beast, a Phantom Elf, or a Legendary Pokémon, none of which he knew could lay eggs or not.

In any case, he could at least rule out Ordinary Elves.

"Phantom Elves should be able to lay eggs in theory, right? The Prince of the Sea is a good example, and Lugia seems to have a herd too. Never mind, I'll ask the Prince of the Sea for help with delivery when I visit the Temple of the Sea in a few days ..."

......

In less than an hour, Fang Yuan had nearly finished exploring this Spiritual Realm space. Besides the Banette, the strongest Pokémon was a Professional level Dream Demon, which Rotom took care of.

Unfortunately, it looked like there were no more Over-evolution tools in this Spiritual Realm space.

"You can't be too greedy in life; one Banette mega stone is decent enough."

After completing the exploration, Fang Yuan felt rather disheartened, but thinking of the mega stone he had picked up for free cheered him up again.

"Bwoo!!!" Eevee tugged on Fang Yuan's pant leg, signaling him to stop laughing since someone was coming.

"It must be the reinforcements Lin Feng called for... Alright, we should head out too," Fang Yuan said.

No sooner had he spoken than Eevee climbed back onto Fang Yuan's shoulder, while the Glutton hid in Fang Yuan's shadow.

As for the Trainer coming to deal with the Spiritual Realm Fracture, Fang Yuan didn't pay much attention and didn't deliberately hide. Around five minutes later, the two met, but upon seeing the person's face, Fang Yuan was stunned.

"Are you Quartz from Mo Da?" Jiang Ran, who had rushed over from Shanming County, immediately began searching for "Quartz" upon entering the Spiritual Realm intending to take this student out first. However, upon seeing "Quartz," she too was perplexed.

Ditto's makeup skills were perfect, and Fang Yuan had already disguised himself as another person. Although his height and build hadn't changed, it would be difficult for most to recognize him. Now, Jiang Ran, who was relatively familiar with Fang Yuan, indeed didn't recognize him at first, but the moment her gaze moved past Rotom and onto Eevee, her expression immediately changed.

"Meow~~" Eevee blinked at the woman clad in a black battle uniform in an attempt at a final disguise.

You... meow what? Can't I see that you're Eevee??

Jiang Ran took a deep breath, while Gengar gradually emerged from her shadow, looking solemnly at Eevee.

Other Trainers might not recognize it, but Jiang Ran, who not only participated in the world championship preliminaries but also watched every China Team match live in Silver City, naturally couldn't miss the difference between this Eevee and an ordinary one.

For a Master Level Trainer, spotting the unique traits of the same species of Pokémon is all too easy.

Unless Eevee deliberately used an Illusion Technique to hide, it would be difficult to go unnoticed as its temperament certainly stood out among all Eevees.

"Fang Yuan!!" Even though his appearance was different, Jiang Ran was sure once she heard his voice.

"Long time no see." Fang Yuan smiled and spoke, not denying his identity. Since she was an acquaintance, there was no need to hide anymore.

"It is you... What are you doing here?" Jiang Ran, reaffirmed by Fang Yuan's voice, became confused again. She couldn't understand why Fang Yuan would come to such a place and even go to the extent of changing his appearance.

"Just a little disguise. I don't want to be surrounded and followed everywhere I go," Fang Yuan explained with a smile. "Let's not talk about that now. I want to ask you if anyone in your Spirit World Lineage owns a Pokémon like Banette, one that is very powerful and has already trained to the Species Limit."

Fang Yuan stroked his chin, contemplative. He wondered if letting a big shot from the Spirit World Lineage experience Mega Evolution could possibly result in them teaching him a couple of Spiritual World techniques? Like Jiang Li's Night Spirit ability to knead spatial rifts; that would be terrific.