章 391: Chapter 380 Moves Power Tester_1
"Where did this stupid bear come from."
Fang Yuan hugged Eevee to keep warm, speaking out of boredom.
Although it was big, its strength was negligible; it couldn't even handle a single Sonic Fist from the Fierce Fire Monkey.
It seemed to have become dumb from hibernating.
"Bwoo~~" Just as Fang Yuan was about to move on, the Eevee in his arms stuck out its tongue and licked Fang Yuan's hand as a reminder.
Fang Yuan looked down at Eevee and immediately understood its message, and then he lifted his head, casting his gaze toward the vicinity.
Five figures... other Trainers.
Having spent almost a week in Ice Plain City, Fang Yuan had only encountered Trainers twice; this was the third time.
…
"The other party has noticed us, let's go over," Teacher Zhang Ling from the Qin Yuan Dojo told the buzz-cut Apprentice Wang Dali and the bun-haired Apprentice Mu Xin beside her.
Afterward, the trio, along with two Pokemon, walked toward Fang Yuan and his group.
As she approached, Zhang Ling curiously looked at the Fierce Fire Monkey; this monkey was so strong, the Sonic Fist it launched packed quite a punch – was it naturally gifted with such power?
"Hello there." By now, the Fierce Fire Monkey had returned to Fang Yuan's side. Seeing that the three he noticed earlier were approaching, Fang Yuan greeted them without waiting for them to speak first.
"Hello," Zhang Ling nodded to Fang Yuan and asked, "Kid, are you also a contestant in the Fighting Tournament?"
Kid...
Fang Yuan was nonplussed but considered the woman's age – she appeared to be close to forty – he let her call him what she wanted.
"Yes, that's right. My name is Fang Yuan."
The trio from Qin Yuan Dojo quickly introduced themselves as well.
After the mutual introductions, Mu Xin spoke excitedly, "So you're a student from Demon Capital University!! Hey, I applied to Mo Da and Emperor Capital University too, but unfortunately, my academic scores weren't good enough to get in."
"Is that so?" Fang Yuan smiled, but he thought that her current achievements were not bad either.
He glanced at the impressive Conkeldurr and Toxicroak, thinking that these two Dojo Apprentices might not be as simple as they appeared.
They were also Trainers participating in the Fighting Tournament, which meant they were all potential rivals for him.
…
Since they were all peers competing in the Fighting Tournament, Fang Yuan had a deep conversation with Mu Xin and Wang Dali.
The Qin Yuan Dojo, like the Ice Field Dao Hall, was a Fighting Series Dojo with a Master Level Trainer at the helm. As both cities were adjacent, the two dojos had always been competitors.
This Fighting Tournament was significant as candidates from each dojo were participating, creating an atmosphere of intense rivalry.
Promising apprentices from a dojo with a Master Level Trainer stationed... Fang Yuan guessed their battle Pokemon might be on par with members of the varsity teams from the top universities.
"It's getting dark, are you also heading into the city?" Zhang Ling suddenly interrupted the conversation among the three youths.
"Yes, that's right."
The competition was nearing, and Fang Yuan was also planning to leave the wilderness.
"Shall we go together?" Zhang Ling suggested, and despite being close to the city and Fang Yuan showing his strength, as an adult, she still did not feel reassured leaving Fang Yuan alone.
"Ah... sure," Fang Yuan nodded.
The three from Qin Yuan Dojo, being Trainers from a Fighting Series Dojo, had more inside information about the Fighting Tournament than Fang Yuan.
From them, Fang Yuan learned that the high-age Unmelting Ice awards for various rankings of this tournament were actually obtained from a recently arrived Medium-secrets Land.
Moreover, due to the larger number of participants this time in the Fighting Tournament, the organizers had decided to change the format of the preliminaries. There would be two rounds, the first of which would involve selection using a Moves Power Tester provided by the Dawn Group.
Pokemon would attack the tester to display specific numerical values.
The first round of this World's Number One Fighting Tournament would rank contestants based on the Moves Power scores, eliminating down to the top 256.
Immediately thereafter, these 256 individuals took part in the second preliminary contest to decide the top 128 who would enter the main competition.
"A Moves Power Tester, huh... I didn't know such a thing existed." Fang Yuan marveled, but using a machine might not be very fair; oh well, competitions aren't absolutely fair anyway...
"As for the tester, they should be set up all around Ice Plain City by today, where contestants can test in advance to gauge their own strength and then choose the appropriate moves to use in the preliminaries," Professional Trainer Zhang Ling told the three young people.
"Ah Xin, Dali, before you enter the hotel, take Conkeldurr and Toxicroak for a test first."
"Okay!"
"Oh oh."
Mu Xin and Wang Dali nodded repeatedly in agreement.
"Then... I might as well give it a try too," Fang Yuan said with a chuckle, scratching his head.
...
Ice Plain City.
Six in the evening.
It was the time when the sky was gradually darkening, but in front of the various dojos and some plazas in Ice Plain City, quite a few people had gathered.
There were public Moves Power Testers set up in these places!!
Any contestant who had registered on-site or online could use their identity proof to take the advance test starting today.
At this moment, Zhang Ling had already arrived here with two apprentices, and Fang Yuan, having entered Ice Plain City, had followed them as well.
"Damn it! Hariyama, you only scored 66 points!!"
With 66 points, according to the data from several machines in Ice Plain City, it was ranked 206th among the recorded data, which meant there was hope for this Hariyama to break through the first preliminary round.
However, it was only the first day, many people hadn't taken the test yet, and the true scores in the actual preliminaries would definitely be higher, so the trainer was clearly not satisfied with this data.
"You two go give it a try," Zhang Ling glanced at Mu Xin and Wang Dali and said, "You can hold back a bit of strength if necessary."
"I'll go first!" Wang Dali immediately stepped forward to show his credentials to the machine's attendant and then, at the attendant's signal, sent out his Toxicroak!
Looking at the large crystal-like machine in front of him, Toxicroak's yellow eyes widened as its leg muscles tensed, then it unleashed its Venom Strike move!
Bang!!
The Venom Strike hit the machine, which absorbed the move's force and energy, with its surface rippling like a wave. Moments later, the Moves Power Tester displayed two digits, 119.
Ranking at the bottom, 51.
"Not bad," Wang Dali clapped his hands, fairly satisfied with this ranking.
"My turn!!" Mu Xin also ran to give it a shot, sending out her Conkeldurr.
Bang!!
Her Conkeldurr scored 118 points, ranking 52nd.
"How much strength are these two hiding?" Fang Yuan couldn't gauge it, then he shook his head and let it go.
"I'll give it a try," Fang Yuan said, stepping up in turn.
Wang Dali, who had returned, Mu Xin, and their Teacher Zhang Ling, all turned their gaze to Fang Yuan as he released his Fierce Fire Monkey.
Boom!!
An exploding Exploding Cannon · Flame Fist was smashed out by the Fierce Fire Monkey, and at Fang Yuan's command, it simply used Fire Punch and also held back, using only eighty percent of its strength.
Even so, with the enhancement of Iron Fist, the power was still quite astonishing.
Beep...
The score, 101 points, rank, 63.
"That's still too high, I wish I had it knock with a bone instead."
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