What is the origin of this person?
Yes, exactly one eye.
What appeared in view was a tree with clumps of grass on its wrists and head, its body connected by knots of bark, with a cold red eye on the trunk.
【 Pokemon: Trevenant (Ghost/Grass)
Ability: Natural Cure
Qualitification: Gym
Level: Lv 41 (Ace) 】
It turned out that Trevenant was disguised as an ordinary tree, waiting for an opportunity to attack. Bruce walked past and didn't notice anything unusual.
However, upon seeing the experience points they offered, he naturally accepted them without hesitation.
"Mystic Fire," Bruce said directly.
At the sudden attack, Gardevoir was not ceremonious; her eyes froze, and a thick flame shot from her mouth, the wave of heat rolling and exploding!
Trevenant's face was grim, motionless, and the emerald green Barrier suddenly lit up all over its body.
Boom!
The Mystic Fire struck the Barrier, causing a deafening explosion.
After a long while, the Barrier was like fragile and inferior glass, and with a 'click', it broke layer by layer!
The flames passed through the barrier and hit Trevenant's torso while it stared, confused!
Boom!
For a moment, Trevenant's torso felt pain and was completely burned, retreating step by step.
Then, Trevenant stabilized its figure, lifted its gaze, and stared intently at Gardevoir on the opposite side, a trace of doubt gleaming between its brows.
Has the ever-invincible Protection Barrier been broken?
Immediately afterward, Trevenant let out an angry roar and even took steps forward, charging directly toward Gardevoir.
It waved its claws, and ghostly energy adhered to them, extending into shadowy claws, glowing with icy light.
In the face of this sudden attack, Gardevoir's eyes remained calm, her eyes shining with a faint blue light, her body blinking and appearing behind Trevenant the next second.
At the same time, Trevenant's attack in Smack Down missed.
Suddenly, Gardevoir raised her arm, and a tyrannical psychic energy enveloped Trevenant, rendering it incapable of fighting.
A bright blue light shone in front of its eyes, Trevenant was controlled by Psychic and flew from thin air. It struggled with all its might but still couldn't break free.
Then, Gardevoir struck her arm downward, as instructed, and the psychic energy wildly increased, causing Trevenant to fall directly to the ground.
Boom!
Trevenant crashed to the ground, raising a small cloud of dust.
Bruce looked down, only to see the dust and smoke gradually dissipating, and Trevenant had already fallen to the ground, its eyes turned into circles.
Although Trevenant's appearance seems a bit boastful, it's a fragile skin.
"Follow-up, Gardevoir can learn the three moves of the farmer," Bruce thought to himself.
The skills Gardevoir has now are almost all long-range methods, and she lacks close combat skills.
If she encounters a high-speed fighter like Blaziken and they rush directly into close combat, she would need close combat skills to deal with it.
"Keep going," Bruce thought and whispered.
Blaziken and Metagross walked ahead, searching for wild Pokemon hidden in the darkness for Gardevoir, while Gardevoir closely followed Bruce.
As for Roy, since he had been living in the Diamond Forest for a while, he was feeling a bit nostalgic.
So, a few days ago, Roy returned to the Psychic Secret Realm and is expected to stay there for some time.
Not long after leaving, another Pokemon took the initiative to attack.
This time it was an Arbok intertwined in a branch, covering its figure with thick branches and leaves, spitting out scarlet snake letters and looking at Bruce with cold eyes.
But Blaziken was born with a keen sense of smell for snake-type Pokemon. It directly smelled Arbok's breath and issued an early warning.
Bruce looked up and saw that it was a Level 42 Arbok, exuding a dangerous aura, and its long snake tail moved slightly.
Knowing that its figure had been exposed, Arbok no longer hesitated and launched an attack decisively.
Suddenly, its torso stretched into an 'arc' shape, shooting forward like a sharp arrow at a speed as fast as a cheetah.
At the same time, it opened its mouth wide, its fangs cold and covered in flames, and flames erupted.
Fire Fang!
Gardevoir wasn't in a hurry. Her eyes gleamed with a blue light, and psychic energy waves vented in all directions, the strong wind sweeping.
Boom!
The next second, the light of Confusion suddenly emerged and turned into a large purple net, trapping Arbok within it.
Immediately afterward, Gardevoir's eyes froze, and the large net suddenly shrank, like a giant invisible hand devastating Arbok's body, causing it to let out a miserable groan.
Gardevoir ignored it, letting the wave of tyrannical confusion run through Arbok's body, and waves of tearing pain spread throughout its body.
Boom!
After a while, Gardevoir released her arm, and the violet net dissipated into the world. Arbok fell to the ground, unconscious.
Facing Gardevoir, who held back twice, Arbok was easily defeated in seconds.
Seeing that Gardevoir had gained another substantial amount of experience points, a slight smile appeared on Bruce's face.
This career-level evaluation is impossible for Gardevoir to gain experience points so efficiently anywhere else.
Thinking of this, Bruce looked towards the invisible path, hoping that this Ace path would be longer so that Gardevoir could earn enough experience points.
"This is not a race Ace…"
"This is clearly the road to leveling up!"
Thinking of this, Bruce looked at the bright sun above his head and murmured softly: "The time limit is before dusk."
"It's still early."
"Don't rush, let's first go to the closest place to the mountain peak and then start the real leveling."
Leveling is important, but it shouldn't delay the evaluation.
Grabbing with both hands is the real way.
Therefore, Bruce waved to the three Pokemon, increased his pace, and quickly made his way toward the closest place to the mountain peak.
The altitude of this high mountain should be almost 1,000 meters. Bruce left the flat land and followed the path upward, defeating a wild Pokemon that launched an active attack along the way, and finally approached the mountain peak by 2:00 p.m.
"Phew, I'm really tired." Bruce looked at the mountain peak at the end of his line of sight and let out a long sigh.
For several hours, he had hardly stopped advancing and only took a break in the middle to replenish food and regain strength.
The rest of the time was spent on the move.
Gardevoir was very competitive and only needed minimal time to defeat all the wild Pokemon, so the progress was very fast.
This was also because the levels of the wild Pokemon that appeared weren't too high, ranging between Level 40 and Level 44.
During this time, Gardevoir gained a substantial amount of experience points.
Although this place was called the mountain peak, it was actually a relatively flat open space, with an iron house inside and several battlefields in the middle.
At that very moment, several people were chatting with each other, and every now and then, some laughter could be heard.
"You said, how many people can get to us through the Ace race nowadays?" someone asked aloud.
The others laughed and quickly said, "There should be seven or eight people who have passed the profession."
After a pause, they continued, "But if you want to pass our evaluation, there are probably at most four people."
"It's more or less the same as I thought. After all, the Ace level evaluation is a bit difficult, and the approval rate is almost half," someone repeated.
"Hey, there have been too many changes in the Ace level evaluation over the years. Originally, we just needed to win, but now we have to pass through the Ace path first." Someone laughed.
"I have to say these changes are really fatal," someone sighed.
"Based on the normal speed, trainers should reach the top of Tommy about an hour before the sun sets. By then, they should be physically and mentally exhausted, and their competition conditions will deteriorate.
"And then they have to face us when their competition conditions are declining. The difficulty is much higher than before."
"Yeah." Others nodded and said excitedly, "In the Ace race, you always have to be alert to wild Pokemon that attack suddenly, and your spirit is tense and your attention is highly focused."
"It's fine for a short time, but after a long time, you have to be physically and mentally exhausted."
"That is to say, occasionally a really powerful trainer appears who can reach the top of Tommy around 3 or 4 p.m. and defeat us easily." Someone said.
"These people are great geniuses, and there's no point in talking about them," someone shook their head.
Just as they were discussing passionately, a sound of footsteps was heard behind them, followed by a clear voice.
"Excuse me."
"Shouldn't the final evaluation start now?"
Everyone was startled for a moment and then turned their heads in unison. Before their eyes appeared a young man with a smile.
The scene fell into an eerie silence for a while.
After an indeterminate time, someone cleared their throat slightly, which made the others return to reality. They looked up at Bruce and couldn't help but ask, "You… are you the challenger?"
Under everyone's gaze, Bruce nodded slightly and asked again, "Do you need to start the evaluation now?"
Someone shook their head unconsciously, then looked up, the sun was high above, swallowed secretly, and replied, "No, you can start the evaluation whenever you want."
"The premise is that it must be before dusk," they added.
"Thanks," Bruce replied politely, and then, under everyone's gaze, he turned and left, descending the mountain and soon disappearing.
Everyone looked at each other, looked at themselves, and then looked at each other again.
After a while, someone broke the normal dead silence and murmured softly, "What's the origin of this person?"
"If I remember correctly, it's only 2 p.m. and someone has already passed the race?"
Everyone fell silent for a moment.
Most importantly, "Why did he fall again?" someone suddenly said.
No one could answer this question, their minds buzzing, and their faces looking very strange.