I, Xiao Mao, want to become a Pokémon Master!

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Bang! !

Large plumes of white snow dust erupted from the snow-covered ground.

After the snow dust settled, everyone saw the Qixi Bluebird lying in the snow pit, its eyes circling around.

"The Bluebird of the Seven-Day Festival is incapacitated, and the Abandoned Monkey wins!"

Looking at the defeated Altaria, Gu Ling stammered, "Altaria... it actually lost too."

Gu Ling knew very well that Altaria was also his brother's ace Pokémon, but he never expected that it would be so helpless in front of the Abandoned Monkey, unable to withstand even two moves from the Abandoned Monkey.

Glussa remained calm, recalled the defeated Altaria, and sent out a third Pokémon.

"Bear, come out and stretch your legs." Gurusha threw out a Poké Ball.

Baton!

【LV47 Tundra Bear♂/Near-Elite King】

"Ugh!"

The tundra bear, seeing the enraged Abandoned Monkey, responded with a terrifying expression, showing no fear whatsoever.

"Miro!"

The abandoned monkey looked at the towering tundra bear, its fighting spirit surging, wanting to see if this tundra bear was a hero or a coward.

"Use the cross-shaped cleave!" Shigeru commanded.

Upon hearing the sound, the abandoned monkey immediately ran towards the tundra bear.

"Ice pillar pursuit!"

The tundra bear manipulated ice energy, condensing ice blades resembling greatswords, which then thrust forward.

"Miro!!"

The Forsaken Monkey transformed its hands into blades, cleaving any approaching ice blades in two. The Tundra Bear's ice pillars could not hinder the Forsaken Monkey's advance.

"Use Ice Fist!" Gurusha immediately changed his command.

"Ugh!"

The tundra bear charged forward, its paws covered in dense ice energy, and slapped at the Forsaken Monkey.

Seeing the bear's paw coming at him, the Abandoned Monkey delivered two crisscrossing hand strikes.

boom! !

The cross chop and the freezing fist collided with a muffled thud, and the Tundra Bear staggered back seven or eight steps before coming to a stop.

The strength of the Tundra Bear is still terrifying. With its gym-level strength, it can withstand a Cross Slash from Forsaken, which is enough for it to be proud of.

Gary gave the Tundra Bear no chance to catch its breath, and pressed on, shouting, "Explosive Punch!"

"Miro!"

The previous clash had no effect on the Abandoned Monkey, who immediately rushed out and unleashed a punch covered in battle aura.

Boom! ! !

The tundra bear didn't have time to dodge and was hit by the explosive punch. Its body flew out of the window, crashed into the energy shield, and fell to the snow, unable to get up again.

"The tundra bear is incapacitated, and the abandoned monkey wins." The referee made the judgment with a jolt of fear.

Having been a referee at the Frosty Mountain Gym for so long, this was the first time I had ever seen Gurusha suffer such a crushing defeat, losing three Pokémon in a row without managing to launch any effective attacks on the opponent's Pokémon.

Gurusha was now regretting his decision to have a 4v4 match with Shigeru, especially with so many people watching, which made him feel embarrassed.

To be honest, if it weren't for so many people watching, Gurusha would have wanted to admit defeat right now.

But with so many people watching, Gurusha can't possibly admit defeat. Otherwise, if word gets out, he'll lose his title as the strongest gym leader.

After recalling the Tundra Bear, Glussa then sent out its last Pokémon.

"Go, mighty whale!"

541: Enhanced Forsaken Monkey

Baton!

【LV48 Vast Whale♂/Near-King】

A colossal figure makes its appearance.

The giant whale is enormous, standing nearly 5 meters tall and about 8 meters long, larger than a jeep.

Gurusha dared not let the Abandoned Monkey make the first move, and preemptively ordered, "Great Whale, use Ice Whirlwind attack."

"Waru!"

The massive whale rapidly spun its body, creating bursts of ice energy around it, using its abilities to accelerate as it charged towards the Abandoned Monkey.

Seeing the massive whale charging towards them, Shigeru calmly commanded, "Attack with sharp stones."

The Abandoned Monkey punched the snow, and with a loud thud, a rock blade pierced out from the ground. Then, a continuous stream of rock blades surged out from the ground.

The colossal whale was not afraid; it was nothing more than a rock blade. Its massive body crashed into the stone blade, and just as it broke one of the blades, the ground beneath it trembled. A rock blade then pierced out, lifting the spinning colossal whale into the air.

"Waaaaa!!"

Weightlessness caused the massive whale to stop spinning immediately.

"Shadow Fist!"

The Abandoned Monkey threw a punch, and a dark fist shadow shot out, striking the falling, massive whale.

"Waaaaa!!"

The massive whale cried out loudly, having been attacked twice in succession, and was beginning to falter.

"Close combat," Xiao Mao commanded.

The abandoned monkey charged toward the enormous whale.

"Use ice picks!" Gurusha quickly retorted.

The colossal whale opened its massive jaws, and ice spikes condensed and fell forward. However, these ice spikes posed no danger to the Abandoned Monkey. Although the Abandoned Monkey shattered the ice spikes with a single punch, it quickly broke through the attack range of the ice spikes and rushed in front of the colossal whale, continuously striking the colossal whale's body with its fists.

The massive whale was powerless to resist and collapsed after being brutally beaten by the abandoned monkey.

"Whale is unable to battle." The referee announced, "Gym Leader Glussa's Pokémon have all been defeated. The winner of this gym battle is challenger Gary."

The dojo tournament has concluded.

The surrounding audience was still savoring the match. Although Gurusha had been humiliated, the fierce and heroic figure of the Forsaken Monkey was etched in their minds.

"Brother, are you alright?" Gu Ling rushed to Gu Luxia's side and asked with some concern.

"Don't worry, I'm fine. It's just a gym battle. There are winners and losers. I'm not so bad that I can't afford to lose a single battle," Guru said with a forced smile.

Seeing that Guruxia could still smile, Guling felt much more at ease.

After calming Guling down, Gurusha walked up to Shigeru and handed him the badge.

"This is the dojo badge of Frosty Mountain. Here you go."

In the Padilla region, the gym leaders are not given any names; they are simply called badges. The badges all have the same design, only the symbols on them are slightly different. For example, the badge of the Mt. Frost gym has a snowflake pattern on it.

"Thank you."

Xiao Shigeru accepted the badge.

[Ding! Mission complete. Rewards have been sent to your inventory.]

"Farewell."

Having received the badge, Shigeru prepared to say goodbye and leave.

"Wait a moment."

No sooner had he finished speaking than Gu Ling suddenly stood up.

Xiao Mao and Gu Luxia both looked at Gu Ling with puzzled expressions, wondering what she was going to do.

"What's up?" Xiao Mao asked.

Gu Ling took a deep breath, pointed at Xiao Mao and said, "Xiao Mao, I hereby challenge you. Sooner or later I will defeat you."

Xiao Mao couldn't help but chuckle.

Gu Ling's words are like a child telling me from a young age that I want to be a scientist; you can only listen to them, not take them seriously.

"That might be very difficult. You should qualify for the World Championships first," Xiao Mao said.

"What is the World Championship?" Gu Ling asked, her face full of confusion.

Shigeru then looked at Grusha and found that Grusha also looked embarrassed, clearly also awkward about his sister's question.

"You should ask your brother about that. I'm leaving now," Xiao Mao said, quickening his pace to avoid being bothered by Gu Ling.

After leaving the gym, Shigeru checked what the Pokémon item he had been awarded was, and he was shocked by what he found.

"Huh? Ability Enhancement Stone, the reward item for a Pokémon can include this!!"

Xiao Mao always thought that the rewarded Pokémon items were all Pokémon items he knew, just with stronger effects. He never expected that even the items rewarded by the system could be obtained randomly.

"Should we give it to the abandoned monkey?"

Gary thought about his Pokémon and concluded that Abandoned was the most suitable Pokémon to use an Ability Enhancement Stone.

Shigeru's Abandoned Monkey has the Defiant trait, and its other two traits are Drive and Spirit.

The mental strength trait can help you defend against intimidation and cowardice, and it can be useful sometimes.

The "Hardcore" ability prevents Pokémon from falling asleep and makes them immune to any sleep-inducing moves, so it's not very useful.

After careful consideration, Shigeru couldn't quite imagine what these two enhanced traits would look like, but he really wanted to try it out.

Back to the Pokémon Center in Frostbite Village.

While waiting for the abandoned monkey to be treated, Gary went into the room to strengthen it. He first used one Ability Enhancement Stone to enhance the abandoned monkey's ability.

[Ding! Feature expansion successful.]

Gary felt terrified looking at the Forsaken, which had three unique traits.