The place they were located in was Yanjing City.
Pet beast battling facilities were everywhere, and people could be seen strolling the streets with their pet beasts.
Just like in the Pokémon worldview, pet beasts had completely integrated into the daily lives of humans.
“Chi Hong, you’ve never had a pet beast battle before, right?”
“First of all…”
Along the way, Chao Xia prepared to educate Chi Hong on some relevant knowledge.
After all, Chi Hong had never systematically studied it before, and regular schools only provided a brief overview.
Since Chi Hong had attended a regular high school, no one ever thought he could become a Beast Tamer.
“Stop right there.
Just have your two hundred bucks ready, there’s no need for any other words.”
“Chao Xia, I’m telling you, up here…” Chi Hong tapped his own head and said, “I’ve had an epiphany.
I just realized that I’m actually a genius pet beast trainer.”
“It’s best if that’s true!”
“That way, we can finally be together!”
Chao Xia grabbed Chi Hong’s hand, her face beaming with a smile.
In his memories, this girl treated him with meticulous care.
He was clearly just a penniless loser now, so could she be one of those legendary girls blinded by love?
Did he somehow serve as the unattainable first love for this lovesick girl?
Soon, the two arrived at a pet beast battle training gym.
This place offered treatment, breeding, training, and battling services for pet beasts.
Of course, Chi Hong remembered this training gym.
It used to be his family’s property, but now, it belonged to someone else.
Chi Hong felt absolutely nothing about this.
“Yo?
Isn’t this Young Master Chi?
What’s up?
Are you here to practice pet beast battling?”
“Oh!
I forgot, Young Master Chi doesn’t even have a pet beast!
Hahahaha!”
Just as they reached the entrance, a young man about Chi Hong’s age walked toward them, laughing heartily.
He was followed by a group of lackeys who, seeing their boss laughing, also chimed in with laughter.
In reality, they had no idea what was so funny.
“Lin Zhou!
You’re going too far!” Chao Xia’s face darkened as she stepped in front of Chi Hong.
She then turned back, looking apologetically at him, and said, “Chi Hong, let’s go to a different place.
I’m sorry, I didn’t know this guy was here too…”
“It’s fine.”
“I don’t care.”
Before Chao Xia could finish her sentence, Chi Hong interrupted her.
He stepped past Chao Xia, glanced at the still-laughing Lin Zhou, and simply crossed his arms, staring at him calmly.
Lin Zhou and his gang laughed loudly for quite a while before finally stopping.
There was nothing he could do; this kid wasn’t speaking, so he didn’t know what to say either, and just standing there laughing non-stop was pretty tiring.
“What’s the matter, Xia, did you not know?
This training gym used to belong to Young Master Chi’s family.
Back then, instead of going into the forbidden zone to save them, his uncle turned right around and sold off the family assets!”
“By bringing him here, aren’t you just making him humiliate himself?”
After glancing at Chi Hong, Lin Zhou shot an amused look at Chao Xia.
“You bastard…” Chao Xia glared fiercely at Lin Zhou, then immediately grabbed Chi Hong’s arm and said, “Chi Hong, I’m sorry.
I really didn’t know…
I…”
“It’s alright.
I just said I really don’t care.” Chi Hong raised a hand and patted Chao Xia’s head.
There was nothing he could do about it; combining his life before transmigrating with his current one, his actual age was over forty.
He had absolutely no interest in this kind of child’s squabble.
Chao Xia was taken aback.
This was the third time today that Chi Hong had interrupted her, something he had never done before.
The old Chi Hong was insecure and cowardly, and he would only hide behind her when trouble arose.
But today, it was as if he had become a completely different person.
Was it really because he had had an epiphany?
“We’re going to battle, remember?
If you lose, you owe me two hundred bucks.”
Chi Hong said with a smile, completely ignoring Lin Zhou.
“Alright.”
Chao Xia smiled and nodded, secretly resolving that she had to lose to Chi Hong no matter what.
She absolutely couldn’t crush his hard-won confidence.
“Two hundred bucks?
That’s hilarious!”
“From the looks of it, you’ve managed to get a pet beast.
What’s wrong?
Relying on a woman to sugar daddy you?
If you have the guts, fight me!
If you win, I’ll give you two thousand bucks!”
Lin Zhou’s expression immediately turned ugly.
‘This piece of trash actually ignored me?’
Chi Hong, who was just preparing to walk inside, stopped in his tracks upon hearing this.
He turned around and confirmed with complete seriousness, “Do you mean that?”
“No shit!
Do you think I’m like you, a broke scrub who only knows how to hide behind women?”
“But if you lose, get the hell out of Jinling City and stay far away from Xia!” Lin Zhou’s tone maintained that mocking edge.
Chao Xia’s face grew even uglier.
She was just about to step forward and argue with him when Chi Hong stopped her.
“What a boring, idiotic bet.
Leaving aside whether I’ll lose or not, even if I do lose and don’t honor this laughable bet, what can you actually do about it?” Chi Hong asked with a smile.
“Hmph…”
“If you don’t honor it, I’ll send people to help you honor it.
Our Lin family is going to form a marriage alliance with the Chao family.
My older brother is marrying Chao Xia’s older sister.
When that happens, Chao Xia will be my little sister.
So you, piece of trash, better stay far away from my sister!”
“Otherwise, I’ll torture you to death!”
Lin Zhou threatened with a vicious expression.
“Let’s go, time to teach you a lesson.” After speaking, Chi Hong walked directly toward the battlegrounds.
Chao Xia looked at his face, feeling that it was brimming with an intense, unexplainable confidence that made her completely forget her words of persuasion.
The League Champion of various regions, the Guardian Deity of various cities, the natural enemy of evil organizations, the conqueror of the ocean, land, sky, and universe, of time and space, past and future, darkness and light, life and destruction…
The strongest trainer of Legendary Pokémon, which was himself as a Pokémon game player, and all other Pokémon game players.
At this very moment, Lin Zhou was no different in his eyes than a laughable Bug Catcher.
It was the perfect opportunity.
He wanted to see just how much power this real world, real Pokémon, and his ultimate trainer abilities could unleash in this world!
“Hmph…”
“I’ll let you know the gap between us!”
Lin Zhou gave a sinister smile before also entering the battle hall.
This was a venue roughly the size of a basketball court.
Naturally, there were larger areas available, but Beast Tamers of their level didn’t need a huge battlefield; after all, the destruction caused by beginner-level pet beasts was limited.
“Chi Hong, you can do it!” Chao Xia stood to the side, waving her hand to cheer him on.
Chi Hong calmly nodded at her, then looked at Lin Zhou standing opposite him.
With a wave of Lin Zhou’s hand, a beam of blue light shot out.
After landing on the ground, a pitch-black panther appeared in everyone’s line of sight.
“Lin Zhou’s Shadow Panther is considered strong even among C-Ranks.
Plus, his family is wealthy, so it’s been nurtured very well.”
“This Shadow Panther…”
Chao Xia slightly narrowed her eyes, staring at the Shadow Panther.
This was an ability that every Beast Tamer learned, allowing them to sense the power levels of pet beasts.
In Chao Xia’s vision, the Shadow Panther’s entire body radiated a faint black glow.
“Indeed, it’s a Dark-attribute pet beast.
Judging by its aura, Lin Zhou has nurtured it exceptionally well.
It can already be considered one of the stronger pet beasts in the C-Rank!”
Judging the strength of a pet beast by observing its aura was a standard technique for Beast Tamers.
Chi Hong was much more straightforward; he could directly see this Shadow Panther’s level.
It was merely at Level 19.
His Mightyena was a full seventeen levels higher!
According to his personal understanding, assuming base stats weren’t vastly different, if the level gap was within ten levels, utilizing type matchups and strategies made it highly possible to achieve a one-turn kill.
If the gap exceeded ten levels, even with a type advantage, it wouldn’t necessarily be possible to end the battle in a single turn.