Greatest Pokémon Trainer

The field.

Fang Yuan and Lin Sen looked at each other.

Fang Yuan could tell that Lin Sen was prepared for his trash talk.

"Too bad, this battle Eevee and I planned to do the opposite. Since you're ready for trash talk, we won't speak it, but fight seriously instead," Fang Yuan thought to himself.

Walk your own path, let others guess.

Spurt spurt...

When the battle started, Bulbasaur started swinging its bulb, and the next moment, a sweet scent burst forth, beginning to spread in all directions on the field.

The confusing sweet scent primarily aimed at Eevee's location.

"Sweet Scent!"

Lin Sen issued the command first, and Bulbasaur didn't hesitate, quickly using its skilled Sweet Scent to seal the field.

Seeing Bulbasaur use Sweet Scent, the guests and audience all started observing closely.

The field was about to be covered...

Now, Eevee wouldn't be able to run fast on the field.

As long as it accidentally inhaled a bit of the sweet scent, Eevee would definitely be restricted by Bulbasaur's barrage of attacks.

But just at that moment.

Whoosh!

Without changing its expression, Eevee used Sand Splash, and a skyful of dust rose up. Yellow dust directly went upwards, intertwining with the sweet scent - this usage of Sand Splash was completely different from what Eevee had shown before.

In the previous battles, Eevee's Sand Splash was delicate and clear, with sand grains visible to the naked eye, like a clump of weapons that Eevee threw into the enemy's eyes time after time.

But the current Sand Splash showed no sign of sand grains, like a small sandstorm, making the visibility on the field extremely low.

The field became a murky mess, and Bulbasaur and Eevee lost sight of each other instantly.

"This Eevee has a high level of control over Sand Splash."

On the stands, a guest spoke up unexpectedly.

"Yes, it's very skilled at controlling Sand Splash. I didn't expect this Eevee, besides being very talented in speed, also put a lot of effort into the Splash Technique. It seems they've been practicing a lot."

The murky dust merged with sweet scent, instantly blocking and covering up the smell of the sweet scent, rendering the move ineffective.

"I'm afraid this Trainer Fang Yuan had thought of the strategy already, but... even though the dust blocked the sweet scent, Eevee also lost the sense of the enemy's position, which is not good. I remember this Eevee doesn't have long-range moves, right?"

"That Bulbasaur's Vine Whip isn't so easy to dodge, with a very fast swinging speed!"

The guests' guesses were right; with their vision obscured, Lin Sen hesitated only for an instant before issuing the most suitable command.

"This is to our advantage, sweep with Vine Whip!"

The forceful Vine Whip swung over, stirring a ripple over the field mixed with dust and sweet scent, yet Fang Yuan remained calm and collected.

"Dodge."

Eevee took a step and slightly tilted its body, moving not as quickly as in the previous battle, but with movements full of agility.

As if it had anticipated the trajectory of the incoming Vine Whip.

The Vine Whip followed a line, striking the spot where Eevee was previously standing, and continued across, leaving deep marks on the ground.

Unfortunately, the Vine Whip, although very close, did not hit Eevee.

"Push forward in one go, get up close to the opponent," Fang Yuan said.

He completely changed his previous battle style, and Eevee seemed even more brave, swiftly running towards Bulbasaur.

Bulbasaur didn't move fast, but it swung its Vine Whip very quickly. The Vine Whip was as flexible as its hands, which, coupled with its sweet scent, had penalized many faster Pokemon. This was why they had become seeded contestants.

Lin Sen could tell that Eevee's speed had slowed down a lot, slower than the speed it had shown in the previous battle.

However.

Even though Eevee was running straight at it, Bulbasaur's Vine Whip still couldn't hit its target.

"Eevee, Shadow Clone," Fang Yuan continued.

In the blink of an eye while running, Eevee turned into three afterimages, further confusing Bulbasaur's judgment with its two vines.

"Attack the one on the right!" Lin Sen immediately distinguished the real from the fakes, as only the one on the right was still moving, but Fang Yuan's goal wasn't to confuse Bulbasaur and Lin Sen, but to control the opponent's position using Shadow Clone.

Because Eevee's reaction speed was so fast, fast enough that each time the vine whip came down, it could run to a different location, leading Bulbasaur little by little until, for a greater attack and targeting range, Bulbasaur had backed into the corner of the field.

At this moment, Eevee's speed wasn't fast, but it gave the impression of being quick. To outsiders, this might seem very strange, but to experts, it was astonishing.

"This Eevee's reaction speed is unbelievable. It doesn't seem like a New Trainer's Pokemon at all."

"Yeah, it's as if it could predict the opponent's attacks in advance."

"Not just that, its body can also quickly coordinate with its consciousness, which shows that its control over its body is also incredibly impressive."

Some guests were secretly amazed. Reaction speed and movement speed are completely different things. A Pokemon can run fast but might not dodge quickly because it still requires the brain to react and judge the location of the enemy's attack.

What's more, even if the brain can react to the opponent's attack, the body might not be able to respond immediately. This difference in reaction time is hard to master.

In the eyes of experts, Eevee's performance could be considered astonishingly brilliant.

Facing such a dense barrage of Vine Whip strikes from Bulbasaur, Eevee didn't attack, instead slowly suppressing the opponent, putting great pressure on both Lin Sen and Bulbasaur, who could only fret silently.

"Wasn't the opponent supposed to win with trash talk? How did they suddenly become so fierce?" Lin Sen thought in a panic.

The original plan was thrown into disarray in an instant.

"Something's off."

"This reaction speed, it shouldn't appear in a Pokemon at this stage, even among Psychic System Elves, it's very rare."

Student Lu from the Heavenly Heart Dojo who possessed superpowers, stood up, looking at Eevee with confusion.

The few guests beside him, upon hearing this, paid even closer attention to Eevee.

They had not noticed before that reaction speed was Eevee's most formidable trait. It was just that the previous opponents were not able to force Eevee to show such fast reaction speed.

Or to put it another way, in the past battles, Fang Yuan had never intended to let Eevee win against enemies relying on reaction speed.

The Danger Premonition trait and coordination ability gained through the Stump Training Method, combined with the experience from group battles over time, had made Eevee's reaction speed its most monstrous trait. Both Fang Yuan and Eevee were aware of this fact.

...

Now, it wasn't just the guests and the audience who were amazed, but also Lin Jing on the contestant stage and Han Jia, who had been eliminated by Fang Yuan the day before, both had bewildered expressions on their faces.

A seeded contestant... being pressed and defeated by Fang Yuan and Eevee?

They rubbed their eyes vigorously, making sure they hadn't seen it wrong.

"This Eevee's physical strength is also quite remarkable; it's been tussling with Bulbasaur for so long," said a representative from the Magic City Trainer Association, surprised.

In the oppressive offense led by Fang Yuan and Eevee, the advantage of reaction speed took the leading role, followed by Eevee's control over the Sand Splash Technique. It continually used sand-like Sand Splash to neutralize sweet scent and Sleep Powder, making Bulbasaur and Lin Sen very anxious. As a result, the standoff lasted a long time but the first to appear tired was, paradoxically, Bulbasaur.

"In less than a minute, Lin Sen will lose. At this point, there are flaws all over Bulbasaur."

"Unexpectedly, we all guessed wrong. Fang Yuan obviously still had cards up his sleeve. As the first Trainer to eliminate a seeded contestant... he can definitely be considered the biggest dark horse of this competition now," said Student Lu with a smile. "He's quite the sly one. The current style of combat is drastically different from the image he had previously crafted."

"Let's estimate the size of Lin Sen's mental shadow."