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Maximus's departure was not a simple matter. As one of China's top combat forces, his every move affected everyone's nerves. But this time, Maximus left suddenly and secretly. Except for a few people, no one knew that he had left the Dragon Secret Realm; most still believed he was guarding it.
Moreover, Maximus not only left, but also took Nina's Kommo-o Z-Crystal and the newly developed Z-Power Ring. With two Z-Crystals in his possession, Maximus was definitely a walking powerhouse.
Maximus's target this time was the Goddess Mountain, the world's highest peak. News recently sent back by the Pokémon Association had confirmed that there was an entire tribe of Baxcalibur living on Goddess Mountain. Because of the Baxcalibur tribe's discovery, many foreign forces and underground organizations like the Dawn Society were preparing to make their move. Maximus secretly traveled to Goddess Mountain with the purpose of securing the Baxcalibur tribe and striking against the Dawn Society.
Previously, Team Dawn had kidnapped the Pokémon Association's Axew, causing the Association to suffer heavy losses. This time, the Pokémon Association was naturally putting forth all efforts to settle old and new grudges at once.
To ensure the mission went smoothly, the Alliance arranged for another powerful trainer to accompany Maximus to Goddess Mountain. The Ice King from the Northeast region would also be joining them.
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Jacob naturally had no idea about these major events unfolding in China. His strength was still too weak. He was considered below average among his peers, let alone compared to these veteran King-level trainers.
Although his future looked promising, he was still too inexperienced now. But Jacob had a chance to change his fate.
The Ghost-type core power from the Poison Bottle could greatly accelerate the growth of Ghost-type Pokémon. Normally, pseudo-legendary Pokémon like Dreepy usually take 5 to 8 years to fully mature.
It was extremely rare for someone like Dante to train a Tyranitar to King Level level in just three years. No one knew what Dante had gone through during those three years or what price he had paid.
In fact, many people online had given high praise and expressed sympathy for Dante, because trainers like him represented the most accurate portrayal of ordinary people in this world.
He was born into a humble family, but through tenacity, he climbed up from the bottom step by step. During this journey, he had to change his main Pokémon multiple times. The original Pokémon that accompanied him at the beginning had to be sent back to his hometown because of its limited potential. It wasn't until he was 38 years old that he finally reached Quasi-King level strength.
For many children from prominent families, reaching Quasi-King level could be achieved without much effort simply by growing up, but for someone from a poor family like Dante, it took twenty years of hard work.
Even after reaching that level, he couldn't see any hope of advancing to full King level. He seemed extremely ordinary among Quasi-King level trainers, and there were many younger trainers who surpassed him in talent.
He worked diligently to complete assignments, but could only earn the qualification to select Pokémon eggs once every few years. Moreover, if he couldn't select an egg with King-level potential, he would have to wait several more years. His life had stagnated, and he saw no hope of promotion.
After seven years of conscientious work with no advancement, Dante, now 45 years old, finally made a fateful decision after watching a young trainer from a wealthy family easily obtain a Larvitar egg.
"When you're alive, you should fight against the current," he told himself. "My name is Dante, and everything ends here."
So Dante, who had been honest and hardworking in public, completely snapped. He used Zoroark to lure away the Zhao family's King trainer with a diversion, then took action and eliminated the entire Zhao family, stealing the elite-level Larvitar egg.
Many people speculated that if the Association had simply given the Larvitar egg to Dante, perhaps they would have had one more loyal subordinate.
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The topic has gone too far; let's return to the main point. Normally, a pseudo-legendary Pokémon needs about five years to mature under intensive training, but now that time could be greatly shortened.
Jacob released Dreepy from its Poké Ball. The young Dreepy was incredibly weak at this stage. Before evolving into Drakloak, Dreepy couldn't learn any moves naturally as it grew stronger. It could only learn moves through teaching and TMs. That's why Dreepy was considered the weakest of all pseudo-legendary Pokémon in its early stages.
But simultaneously, after evolving into Dragapult, its strength would increase dramatically, becoming one of the Pokémon with the most comprehensive overall combat capabilities.
It could be both a powerful attacker when advancing and a solid defender when retreating.
Jacob gently stroked Dreepy's small head and fed it some Moomoo Milk and energy cubes. After it had almost finished eating, Jacob took out the Poison Bottle.
As soon as the Poison Bottle appeared, Dreepy immediately became very excited, as if it had sensed something special. It pounced forward, clinging to the Bottle, greedily absorbing the Ghost-type core energy that emanated from it.
Dreepy's current strength was too weak. After absorbing just a small amount of energy, its body began to tremble slightly, appearing extremely stimulated.
"Grow up quickly, little one."
Jacob watched Dreepy, curious about how rapidly it would develop with the help of the Ghost-type energy from the Poison Bottle.
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The weekend was coming to an end, and Monday arrived.
Nina announced that starting this month, there would be a training class competition every month. Those who placed in the top three would have the opportunity to enter the forbidden area of the Dragon Secret Realm for specialized training.
This was the established rule for all previous training classes. Jacob wasn't particularly excited about this reward because he could already access the forbidden area every night. Besides, with his current strength, he ranked at the bottom of the class and had little chance of making it into the top three.
"The competition will be a knockout tournament, one-on-one singles matches. Each person can use only one Pokémon, and the use of any items is prohibited. Only Dragon-type Pokémon can be used in the competition," Nina announced simply before revealing the schedule.
Jacob's first-round opponent was his acquaintance Julia, which made him suspect that Teacher Nina had arranged this intentionally. Julia ranked in the top three of the training class, and Jacob currently had only one Dragon-type Pokémon, Noibat, while Julia had only one Dragon-type, Haxorus.
That Haxorus possessed Overlord-level strength and could win with just one Ice Beam. Jacob looked at Nina with a dark expression. He truly suspected she had done this deliberately and definitely wanted to see him brutally defeated by Julia. Jacob had never imagined that Teacher Nina had such a mischievous side.
When Julia saw that her opponent was Jacob, she approached him with a smile on her face. Putting her hands behind her back, she looked up at Jacob and said cutely, "Jacob, I didn't expect that we would meet in the first round."
"Yeah," Jacob responded unhappily.
"Don't worry, I'll go easy on you," Julia said with a smile.
"No need," Jacob shook his head. This wasn't an important match, so there was no need for concessions. "Give it your all—that's the greatest respect for me. Let me see how strong your ace Haxorus really is."
"Okay," Julia listened to Jacob's words and felt a hint of admiration for him. Since Jacob had said so, she naturally wouldn't show mercy.
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