I became the strongest trainer in the Pokémon world

Even if someone noticed its whereabouts, they could only glimpse a vague figure passing by, and then disappear without a trace, making it impossible to track its path.

“Is this a sandstorm tactic?”

Lu Tong frowned and thought, elves like the desert dragonfly seemed to be born for sandstorm tactics. Even wild individuals would instinctively create sandstorms when flying.

It is conceivable how powerful this kind of elf will be in a sandstorm environment.

More importantly, sandstorms not only cause damage, but are doubly painful for fire-attributed Pokémon such as Infernape. Not only are they extremely uncomfortable with the environment, they will also suffer greater damage.

Lu Tong knew this very well. He had to find a solution as soon as possible, otherwise the sandstorms continuously created by the Desert Dragonfly would be enough to deplete the vitality of the Inferno Beast.

Just as Lu Tong was thinking hard about countermeasures, Xia Zhihai's voice sounded at the right time: "First throw sand, then throw mud, and then release the dragon's breath!"

"Shana~" With the call of the Desert Dragonfly, Infernape suddenly became nervous.

However, in this extremely unfavorable environment, vigilance is of little use.

The figure flashed by again, and a gust of sand swept across everything and instantly engulfed the inferno beast, limiting its vision so that it could only see what was happening nearby.

At this moment, the sound of breaking air suddenly sounded, and clumps of mud flew over and hit the face of the inferno beast, making its vision even more blurred.

"Shana~" The Desert Dragonfly made a sound again, and this time appeared directly behind Infernomon, suddenly spewing out a blazing dragon breath that hit Infernomon's body directly. The powerful power caused Infernomon to roar in pain.

"Desert Dragonfly, keep attacking. Infernape is like a fixed target to you right now."

Xia Zhihai gave the command loudly, a confident smile on his face.

For Infernape, which is not fast and has only fire attribute, it is like a living target under the sandstorm tactics of Desert Dragonfly and has almost no chance of turning the tables, unless the gap in strength between the two is too great.

"Shanai~" The Desert Dragonfly responded, launching continuous attacks on Infernape from all directions.

Dragon's might shocks, dragon's breath burns, dragon's claws tear, most of Desert Dragonfly's powerful moves are derived from the dragon type, not the ground type.

Bang bang bang, the repeated fierce attacks made Infernape almost lose the ability to resist. Scars gradually appeared on its body, and it finally became seriously injured.

"The decisive blow, the dragon's tail sweeps across!"

Xia Zhihai shouted, a smile of victory on his face.

"Shana~" The Desert Dragonfly responded and suddenly appeared behind Inferno Beast. It swung out a dragon tail with the power of thunder. The powerful force blasted Inferno Beast away, and it finally fell in the distance, fainted, and lost its ability to fight.

The referee's voice then announced: "The duel is over, and Trainer Natsumi is the winner!"

The referee looked at Xia Zhihai with a hint of surprise. He obviously had not expected that the fight would end so quickly, let alone that it would be an almost overwhelming victory.

Throughout the entire battle, with the help of the sandstorm environment and the effective use of sand and mud throwing strategies, Inferno was always in a state of blurred vision. The Desert Dragonfly's speed was greatly improved due to the sandstorm environment and its characteristics, making it impossible for Inferno to keep up with its flexible figure.

After putting away Infernape, Lu Tong showed a helpless bitter smile on his face, walked closer to Xia Zhihai and said frankly: "In this battle, I admit that I am somewhat helpless."

Facing Lu Tong's sigh, Xia Zhihai touched his head and responded with an awkward but polite smile. He also knew how Lu Tong felt. His elf had suffered heavy damage throughout the whole process and had no power to fight back. How could he not feel aggrieved?

Lu Tong shook his head, took out a badge and handed it to Xia Zhihai, saying sincerely: "No matter what, you deserve this badge. I look forward to your more exciting performance in the national competition."

"Thank you, I will do my best."

Xia Zhihai took the badge with certainty, his face filled with excitement and joy.

Another badge was successfully obtained, and he was one step closer to his goal of participating in the national competition.

After saying goodbye to Lu Tong, Xia Zhihai left the North City Gym and returned to the hotel where he was staying.

Tonight's accommodation fee has been paid in advance, and this luxurious enjoyment worth one hundred thousand per night certainly cannot be wasted easily, so Xia Zhihai plans to set out again tomorrow to look for Palkia.

At the same time, he also planned to use this time to let several Pokémon learn new skills, while he himself was committed to helping the rogue panda deepen its understanding and mastery of the "energy form".

Strictly speaking, it is not about deepening the 'energy form' itself, but about helping the Rogue Panda improve its ability to compress energy balls, making the natural energy contained inside more dense. In this way, the Rogue Panda will be able to maintain the 'energy form' for a longer time in the future.

"Rogue Panda, when you condense the energy ball, you have to learn how to compress it, understand? Just like... like compressing air."

While explaining, Xia Zhihai took out a piece of plasticine he had bought earlier and demonstrated in front of the rogue panda how to gradually pinch a big ball into a small ball.

During the kneading process, he kept explaining to the rogue panda.

The intelligence level of most elves is not high, roughly equivalent to that of a teenager, or even lower. To reach the level of understanding of an adult often requires the growth of strength and the accumulation of time.

For this reason, Xia Zhihai could only use the simplest and most straightforward way to make the rogue panda understand the concept of "compression".

"Ow~"

The rogue panda nodded half-comprehendingly, and a ball of energy immediately condensed in his palm.

This energy ball is about the size of two fists put together.

Xia Zhihai gently instructed: "It can be bigger."

"Ow~"

Following Xia Zhihai's instructions, the rogue panda mobilized its own strength, absorbed more natural energy, and the energy ball in its hand began to slowly grow larger.

In a flash, it swelled to the size of a football.

However, Xia Zhihai did not stop, and the rogue panda continued to absorb energy.

The volume of the energy ball continues to expand.

When it was close to the size of a basketball, Xia Zhihai hurriedly instructed: "That's it. What you need to do next is to practice repeatedly and become familiar with this process until you can quickly condense an energy ball of this size. Do you understand?"

The compression of the energy ball is not a one-time process, it must be done step by step.

Once the Rogue Panda can quickly condense a basketball-sized ball of energy, it can move on to the next stage... further compression.

Although this process may take considerable time, it will be sufficient as long as it can be completed before the national competition begins.

During this day, Xia Zhihai stayed with the rogue panda in the training room, helping it to the best of his ability based on his understanding and relevant information.

The next morning.

"Ha~"