I became the strongest trainer in the Pokémon world

The Lake City Gym is located in the city center. Similar to gyms in other cities, its owner, An Liu, is not a trainer who specializes in a certain attribute, but has a wide range of abilities.

Therefore, Xia Zhihai did not make too many special preparations. Facing this type of gym, what is tested is the trainer's own combat ability. Excessive preparation is often not very useful because you cannot predict what kind of Pokémon the opponent will send to fight.

The exterior of the Lake City Gym is plain, just an ordinary building. There are not many students in the gym, some are training for Pokémon battles, and some are exercising their physical fitness. Seeing Xia Zhihai walk into the gym, a muscular man came over and asked, "Hello, are you here to challenge the gym?"

"Yes, where should I go?" Xia Zhihai nodded in response.

"Okay, please follow me." The man then led Xia Zhihai forward.

However, before actually entering the gym, a tall figure hurried out from inside, seemingly with urgent matters to attend to.

"Gym Master, this is the trainer who just came to challenge the gym." The man leading the way immediately reported to the newcomer.

This person is none other than An Liu, the owner of the Lake City Gym. Having grown up in the wild, he has a strong and sturdy build and bronze skin. People who don't know him well might mistake him for a professional trainer of Fighting-type Pokémon.

"Oh?" An Liu was surprised when he saw Xia Zhihai, and then said, "You are the champion of the Trial Competition, the trainer of Xia Zhihai, right?"

"That's right, Master An Liu." Xia Zhihai nodded.

"I'm so sorry, Trainer Xia Zhihai." An Liu said apologetically, "As the gym leader, I should gladly accept your challenge, but I have urgent matters to deal with now, so your gym challenge may need to be postponed for a few days."

Xia Zhihai had noticed An Liu's haste earlier, so he was not surprised by the answer. He just asked curiously, "Is it related to the Shennong Forest incident?"

As a gym owner, it is your responsibility to maintain the safety of the city. The Alliance will also provide gym owners with certain resources every year, but these resources are not free.

An Liu nodded and smiled bitterly, "For some reason, a powerful being suddenly appeared in that forest. I just got the news. Now I have to go to Shennong Forest to see if I can communicate with the 'Forest Lord'. But to be honest, I'm not very sure. Did you know? Li Tianwang, who happened to be traveling in a nearby city these two days, came to Lake City yesterday and visited Shennong Forest. In the end, he failed to find out what kind of Pokémon is hidden in the depths of the forest. He just left a sentence saying 'Pokémon in the forest do not welcome humans'."

"However, Lake City cannot be at ease with the activities of the elves in that forest." Hearing this, Xia Zhihai immediately understood, and at the same time a hint of surprise arose in his heart.

Even Li Tianwang couldn't handle it. You have to know that Li Tianwang's strength is definitely at the top level in the country.

In this way, Xia Zhihai could roughly guess how terrifying the power of the elves in the forest was.

Xia Zhihai was well aware of the thoughts of the Lake City authorities.

Although Shennong Forest is far away from Lake City, it is under the jurisdiction of Lake City after all. The officials of Lake City are naturally anxious and feel uneasy because they don't know the temperament and intentions of the elves in the forest.

This is perfectly normal.

Xia Zhihai asked: "Master An Liu, can I go with you?"

"Trainer Xia Zhihai, are you serious?" An Liu was slightly surprised and asked.

"Of course I am serious." Xia Zhihai answered affirmatively, "Since I cannot accept the gym challenge now, I will go with you to take a look. Don't worry, I will never be a burden. If I encounter danger, I will be able to protect myself."

After listening to Xia Zhihai's words, An Liu's eyes fell on the Poké Ball around his neck. After a moment's hesitation, he finally agreed: "Of course you can, but if you encounter any danger, you must evacuate immediately, otherwise I'm afraid the president of your Yangcheng Alliance will come after me."

He did not reject Xia Zhihai's request, because in An Liu's opinion, a trainer cannot truly grow if he has never seen the world and experienced difficulties.

As a new and highly anticipated junior in the country, An Liu sincerely hopes that Xia Zhihai can continue to improve and eventually become another powerful trainer in the country.

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"By the way, Master An Liu, why does Hucheng have to bother you to come in person?" Xia Zhihai asked doubtfully.

Since even Li Tianwang couldn't handle the situation, a gym leader would be even more powerless to solve it.

An Liu smiled and replied: "Let's talk while we walk."

"By the way, do you have a flying spirit companion?"

"No."

"Then take mine. It will be faster to fly to Shennong Forest this way."

The two came to the outside of the gym, and as An Liu threw the Poké Ball, a huge Pidgeot appeared in front of them. Judging from the strength of this Pidgeot, it was obvious that it had reached the King level.

An Liu jumped onto Pidgeot's back, then pulled Xia Zhihai up and quickly gave the order: "Pidgeot, take off, target Shennong Forest!"

"Eagle!" Pidgeot nodded in response and flapped its wings and flew into the air.

Xia Zhihai put on goggles to prevent the strong wind from blowing her eyes away.

At this moment, An Liu began to speak: "The reason why I was sent there is because my personal experience allows me to stay in touch with the Salud tribe even though I live in the city. In addition, you may or may not know that there is an elder in the Salud tribe who is extremely powerful and can even compete with legendary elves like the Zapdos."

"So that's how it is. The Lake City officials want you to go ask that elder for help, right?" Xia Zhihai suddenly realized.

Thalud is a kind of mythical beast, but not every Thalud is a mythical beast, there is only one (obscene expressions omitted here).

The elder that An Liu mentioned was undoubtedly the mythical beast Salud.

Generally speaking, fantasy beasts possess some kind of mysterious power.

I don't know what abilities the mythical beast Salud has.

"That's right." An Liu responded honestly, "But I don't want to trouble the elder easily, so I decided to go to Shennong Forest to investigate first. At least, we have to find out what kind of elf it is first."

"Indeed." Xia Zhihai nodded in agreement, secretly marveling inwardly that this gym leader actually had such a connection with the Salud people. This alone was enough for the lonely An Liu to establish an ancient family that could be passed down.

Not to mention, there is also the mythical beast Salud among this Salud tribe.

Judging from status alone, An Liu's status in the domestic Elf Alliance is probably extraordinary.

The influence and effect brought by a mythical beast far exceeds the reach of many ordinary powerful trainers.

It is no wonder that the Lake City officials invited An Liu to go to Shennong Forest.

This is undoubtedly an opportunity for An Liu, and others can only envy him.

I wonder if there are other people like An Liu in China.