After dinner, Mu Li also explained the situation to Wang Xiang. Wang Xiang had the staff wait in place, while he shamelessly insisted on following along, claiming it was to observe how the National Team trained.
Mu Li didn't refuse and led everyone directly to the seaside.
There were many people on this trip, and since Gardevoir was still sleeping, they could only trouble Mewtwo to help carry some people.
"Where are we going?" Didi still hadn't figured out the situation.
"To the sea to train with them," Mu Li explained.
"Oh? Training with the National Team? That's rare!" Chichi said, somewhat excited.
"Really? Are we going out to sea to watch them battle?" Peng Xiaochang said excitedly. Even Zhang Xiaoyang and Zhang Xiaofeng, who weren't particularly interested in battles, showed great excitement.
Due to changes in the battle competition system, Champion-Level trainer battles were rarely held publicly anymore. Even television no longer broadcasted them, so ordinary people could only rely on luck to see one.
Mu Li directly summoned Togekiss, who carried Sylveon and Jigglypuff, while the others floated on the sea, controlled by Ninetales and Mewtwo.
When they were deep enough into the sea, where there were no fishing boats around, Mu Li stopped and said, "Here will do."
Guan Tong, Yan Jin, and Zhang Yi couldn't help but frown. Mu Li understood what they meant and said helplessly, "This area, only the sea is suitable for action. There's no other way, let's just make do."
However, Mu Li turned his head and said to the three Rowlet struggling in the sky, "Articuno, help create a field."
Articuno understood, directly transforming from Rowlet back into its original form. It flew over the sea, and the seawater immediately froze into ice, forming a giant ice field.
"Oh my! That's Articuno!" The three Champions were instantly dumbfounded.
Why would a Rowlet turn into Articuno?
Even more dumbfounded than the three Champions were Zhang Xiaoyang and his two companions.
"A... A Li... I'm not seeing things, am I? Rowlet turned into such a beautiful bird?" Zhang Xiaoyang was a bit incoherent.
"You're not mistaken. That's called Articuno, a legendary Pokémon," Mu Li explained.
Articuno deliberately flew past Zhang Xiaoyang as if to provoke him, then transformed back into a Rowlet.
However, Zhang Xiaoyang was already stunned and completely oblivious to the Rowlet's approach.
With a stable field to stand on, the three Champions nodded to themselves.
Mu Li also set everyone down on the ice. The three Champions left the group to discuss their strategy nearby.
"Old Liu, where are you going?" Mu Li saw Liu Junyi seemed to want to follow them and called out to him.
Liu Junyi asked, somewhat puzzled, "What's wrong? Am I not going with them?"
Mu Li's eyes were full of doubt: "Have you advanced to Champion Level?"
"No?" Liu Junyi said as a matter of course.
"Then what are you going for? To make a fool of yourself?" Mu Li didn't miss the opportunity to be sarcastic. He pointed at Jigglypuff and said, "Your opponent is her."
"Who? Sylveon?" Liu Junyi asked, confused.
"Heh heh, no," Mu Li sneered. Then, Jigglypuff jumped down from Togekiss's back and stood in front of Liu Junyi. "This is your opponent."
Liu Junyi's eyes widened: "No way? You're looking down on me that much? I'm telling you, I've already reached the Heavenly King Level Great Perfection."
Before he finished speaking, Liu Junyi saw Jigglypuff casually strike an Ice Punch, directly creating another frozen field. Only then did he recall the scene he had seen on the "Wu Ha" program before.
"Stop talking nonsense, fight her first," Mu Li said impatiently.
He ignored Liu Junyi and looked at the trio discussing their strategy, shouting, "Stop discussing! What's there to discuss? The rules are casual, just don't attack me."
Mu Li casually threw out Gyarados's Poké Ball: "Your opponent is him."
A Gyarados over ten meters tall appeared before everyone with a flash of red light.
"My goodness, such a huge Gyarados? How many Energy Cubes must that thing eat?" Zhang Yi couldn't help but complain, "But A Li, you're underestimating the three of us too much. Just this one Gyarados, I'm afraid it's still..."
Before he could finish his sentence, he saw a golden light envelop Gyarados, and then he watched as Gyarados grew to ten times its original size at a visible rate.
Zhang Yi and his two companions' eyes nearly popped out: "No, this thing can still grow bigger?"
Yan Jin's gaze sharpened, and he said in a deep voice, "The energy within this Gyarados has already surpassed the peak of the Champion Level."
"That's right, it truly is a Divine-Level Gyarados." Guan Tong's gaze was also somewhat solemn.
"Its size does look exaggerated." Zhang Yi also calmed down. "But with just this one Divine-Level Gyarados, the three of us should still be able to handle it..."
However, before Zhang Yi could finish his sentence, a white light flashed on Gyarados, and Gyarados had already Mega Evolved into Super Gyarados.
"This..." Before Zhang Yi could speak, Yan Jin and Guan Tong simultaneously shouted, "Zhang Yi, shut up."
Zhang Yi could only helplessly look at the Super Gyarados in front of him and silently pulled out all his battle power.
After Mega Evolution, Super Gyarados was no longer just at the initial Divine-Level. The three had no choice but to unleash their full battle power to contend with it.
Regardless of the bitter struggle the trio was in, Zhang Xiaoyang and his two companions, who were watching from the side, didn't know what to say.
Weren't they supposed to come and watch the Champion-Level trainers train? Why did the opponent suddenly become A Li's Gyarados?
And why did that Gyarados grow bigger?
What does it feel like to watch a Gyarados up close that you can't even see the end of?
The three of them could tell everyone now.
It was nothing but shock. The three felt that this Gyarados could crush them into pieces with a mere flick of its hand or foot.
Even more shocking was that this Gyarados was Mu Li's Pokémon.
Ling Fei and Zhu Yuping were even more astonished and speechless.
He Lin and the others felt it even more acutely. A Gyarados that huge, just looking at it made them feel how powerful it was. They had never seen a Pokémon of such immense size before.
Although He Lin and the others knew that Gyarados was very strong, they couldn't estimate its exact level of power.
But Ling Fei and Zhu Yuping knew it all too well. Although they had previously worried about many Champion trainers catching legendary Pokémon, most of those Pokémon were not mature Pokémon. Although they were called legendary Pokémon, their actual strength was far from reaching the Divine Level. At most, they were Champion Level, and some had not even reached Champion Level.
To cultivate those legendary Pokémon to Divine Level would take an unknown amount of time and resources to achieve.
But the Gyarados in Mu Li's hands now was a genuine Divine-Level Pokémon. It was no exaggeration to say that if this Gyarados made a move, they couldn't think of any Champion trainer who could contend with it alone.
Didn't they see that these three Champion trainers, known as the Four Symbols Guardians of Huaguo, could only retreat step by step under the might of this Super Gyarados?
And it was very clear that A Li was not using his full power, not even commanding, allowing Gyarados to fight freely.
"A Li, when did you cultivate this Gyarados?" Ling Fei couldn't help but ask.
"Him? He only evolved a few weeks ago. It was just good luck; he was strengthened by the Tapu Guardians of the Kapu Islands, which is why he became like this," Mu Li explained.
Ling Fei's mouth twitched involuntarily: Don't make it sound so simple, okay? Why haven't I seen any legendary Pokémon come and strengthen my Pokémon?
After only a few rounds, the Champion trio was clearly struggling to hold on.
Super Gyarados was too massive; with any physical attack, they had no choice but to dodge with all their might. Their three Pokémon completely lost the ability to confront it head-on.
With their inability to confront it head-on, the trio only kept their main Pokémon, because the difference between the two sides was not something that could be compensated by numbers. Those Pokémon that had not reached the Champion Level didn't even qualify to enter the battle.
Even Pokémon that had just reached the Champion Level found it difficult to last more than one round against Gyarados.
Yan Jin's Charizard had evolved into the pitch-black Mega Charizard X, Guan Tong's Dragonite was continuously circling Super Gyarados, looking for an opportunity to attack, and Zhang Yi's Metagross had also Mega Evolved into Mega Metagross.
But even so, the three could only rely on speed to evade Super Gyarados's attacks.
Apparently, Super Gyarados felt as if it had seen this scene somewhere before. Wasn't this the scene a few days ago when its senior, Lugia, was besieged by the three Legendary Birds?
Gyarados didn't think much and directly imitated the scene, unleashing a Twister, instantly stirring up giant waves in place.
Soon, the Twister took effect. The three Pokémon, who were originally flying freely, were gradually restrained by the wind force of the Twister, and their speed also decreased significantly.
Seeing this, Super Gyarados aimed a Hyper Beam at the largest one, Mega Charizard X. Mega Charizard X flapped its wings forcefully, slowing its body slightly. Its body, which was originally rushing forward, instantly rose a few feet, and the Hyper Beam grazed Mega Charizard X's abdomen.
But just as Yan Jin breathed a sigh of relief, the Hyper Beam did not stop. Instead, like a blade of light, it suddenly drew an arc across the sky, directly cutting from the ice surface into the sky.
This attack came too suddenly, and Mega Charizard X reacted a bit slowly, getting directly hit in the wing by the Hyper Beam and plummeting onto the ice surface.
Just this one move was enough to show Super Gyarados's extraordinary control over energy. A Hyper Beam, originally a point-to-point attack, was used by him like a laser sword.
Ling Fei and the others were stunned by this maneuver.
"No way, Hyper Beam can be used like this?" Ling Fei's mouth almost couldn't close.
"This isn't Hyper Beam, this is a laser sword!" Zhu Yuping couldn't help but exclaim.
Yan Jin's expression became even worse, because after Mega Charizard X fell onto the ice, Super Gyarados's subsequent attack immediately followed.
Super Gyarados immediately twisted its body, unleashing an Iron Tail, forcefully interrupting Dragonite's Thunder Punch's trajectory, and then directly smashing towards Mega Charizard X.
This strike looked no different from a skyscraper directly crashing down. Mega Charizard X's body at this moment was like a tiny moth.
If this strike connected, Mega Charizard X would immediately be out of the battle.
Mega Charizard X flapped its wings vigorously, trying to fly out of the attack's range, but Gyarados's body was simply too massive. Mega Charizard X was about to be hit by Iron Tail.