Pokémon: From Magikarp

"Boom."

The Kabutosaurus' four short and stubby legs tumbled quickly, and its whole body emitting white light, it crashed into a wooden stake not far away, hitting it with a bang, causing wood chips to fly and breaking it in half.

Since evolving into a Kabutosaurus, its daily routine has basically been just sleeping and banging its head against wooden stakes. It doesn't even need to eat. Lin Shi did buy some special nutrient solution and applied it on its shell, which seemed to have some effect, but not very obvious.

Lin Shi was a little worried. In order to help the Kabutosaurus get through this period as soon as possible, he needed to collect more cultivation resources such as dragon scales.

After coming out of the training ground, Lin Shi planned to go back to the dormitory to pack up. As soon as he arrived at the door, he saw Gao Duo coming out with a box.

"Lin Shi, you're back? I'm leaving soon. I'll bring you some local specialties from my home when I come back."

Gao Duo said excitedly when he saw Lin.

Time flies, and before we knew it, it is National Day. During this short holiday, my roommates all started their journey home. Gao Duo was the last one to leave, and Li Fan, who left first, has now returned home.

"Bye-Bye……"

After seeing Gao Duo off, Lin Shi began to pack up. It wasn't that he was going back to Baishan City, but it was a rare long vacation, so he had to make use of the time to deal with some things.

"Here we go, Lin Shi."

When I came downstairs, Lin Shi’s counselor Zhang Shuiying greeted me with a smile.

"It's a rare holiday, don't you plan to go home?"

"No, my parents are out traveling, and there's no point in me going back alone. It would be nice for me to go with Sister Ying to broaden my horizons."

Lin Shi shook his head and said obediently.

"Ha ha……"

Zhang Shuiying laughed heartily.

"Okay, get in the car, let's go."

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Steel Fist City is a resource-based city located in the northeast of China, adjacent to Taoxian City where Northern University is located.

In addition to minerals, the most famous thing in the city is the Gauntlet Gym located in the city center.

Steel Fist Gym is a gym that specializes in fighting attributes. Its owner Zhang Tianshuo is not only an outstanding trainer, but also a renowned martial arts master.

This was Lin Shi's first time to visit the interior of the dojo. It was obvious that the Steel Fist Dojo had a strong distinctive style, with elements related to traditional martial arts everywhere. The apprentices coming and going were all energetic and well-proportioned martial artists.

"Sister Ying, your gym is doing well."

Looking at the extremely high flow of people in the gym, Lin Shi couldn't help but say that it was extremely rare for a gym to reach this level of customer volume.

"It's a holiday, and a lot of it depends on my dad's fame." Zhang Shuiying said as she tucked the troublesome hair on her forehead behind her ears.

Generally speaking, in the Shenzhou Alliance, the core organization of a larger city is usually composed of three parts: the municipal government responsible for planning and development, the security bureau responsible for protecting the safety of the people and guarding against wild Pokémon, and finally the city gym in each city.

The city's gyms are responsible for a variety of tasks, including but not limited to assisting the city government and the police department. They also have certain operating rights to local secret realms and provide related services to trainers, etc.

It can be said that the City Gym is like a brick, which can be moved wherever it is needed. Its importance is no less than the other two.

The two people came to a training ground, but this was not a training ground for elves, but an arena for human fighting enthusiasts. At this moment, many people were sweating profusely on the field, fighting back and forth.

"Lin Shi, shall we practice?"

Zhang Shuiying turned her head to look at Lin Shi, her eyes full of eagerness to try.

"Oh?"

Lin Shi looked at the fierce battle on the field and was immediately intrigued. It had been a long time since he had a serious fight with anyone.

"Okay, but Sister Ying, let me tell you this first, I won't show any mercy."

Lin Shi flexed his wrist and said confidently.

"That's good, otherwise it would be boring."

Zhang Shuiying threw the gloves to Lin Shi and pointed back.

"Go change clothes first."

Soon, the two of them changed their clothes, put on protective gear and walked onto the ring. Zhang Shuiying was worthy of being born into a family of martial arts. Her usual loose and monotonous clothes completely concealed the tendons on her body.

Lin Shi put away his contempt. Just with this physique, it would be impossible to get here without hard training.

"Lin Shi, come on."

Zhang Shuiying seemed very excited and signaled Lin Shi to attack first.

"Then I'll be polite. Sister Ying, be careful."

As he spoke, Lin Shi paced forward quickly and punched Zhang Shuiying on the shoulder. Zhang Shuiying reacted quickly and stepped back to avoid the punch, but Lin Shi did not stop. He turned his fist into a claw and struck Zhang Shuiying's neck.

But Zhang Shuiying obviously had good combat experience. Facing Lin Shi's sweeping claw attack, she quickly bent down to dodge, and then quickly threw several punches at Lin Shi. Lin Shi's eyes flashed and he quickly blocked with both hands, blocking all of Zhang Shuiying's punches.

Then Lin Shi rushed forward with continuous punches, Zhang Shuiying stepped back a few steps and dodged nimbly. Lin Shi immediately threw punches, Zhang Shuiying lowered her head to avoid, Lin Shi seized the opportunity, twisted his waist and immediately turned around to punch, then struck Zhang Shuiying fiercely.

But Zhang Shuiying obviously saw through Lin Shi's moves, and accurately caught Lin Shi's whip fist with his left arm with both hands, holding it tightly to prevent Lin Shi from breaking free, and then pressed hard to the lower left.

Lin Shi thought to himself that it was not good, but before he could find a way to deal with it, Zhang Shuiying raised her leg and took a step forward, leaning slightly and bumping into Lin Shi. Lin Shi had no way to avoid it, and was knocked back several steps by Zhang Shuiying before he could steady himself.

"Good job, Lin Shi. I didn't realize you've really practiced before."

Zhang Shuiying was a little surprised. Judging from Lin Shi’s attacking method just now, he must have spent a lot of time training specifically.

Rubbing his arm that was numb from the collision, Lin Shi grinned bitterly. This Zhang Shuiying looked like a humanoid elf.

"Come again, come again!"

Zhang Shuiying waved her hand, her eyes full of fighting spirit, as if she had received some unexpected surprise.

"call……"

Lin Shi took a deep breath, shook his arms, looked at Zhang Shuiying, and got ready for battle...

……

"Surrender, surrender, I won't come anymore."

Lin Shi was pressed to the ground by Zhang Shuiying, and he patted the ground with his hands and said.

"hey-hey……"

Hearing this, Zhang Shuiying let go of Lin Shi and shook her sweaty hair, with beads of sweat dripping down.

"Lin Shi is good, very strong. I haven't felt so good in a long time." Pulling Lin Shi up, Zhang Shuiying praised him.

Compared to Zhang Shuiying Lin, he looked much more embarrassed and felt pain all over his body. Fortunately, he was wearing protective gear.

"Sister Ying, you are amazing. How long have you been practicing?"

Lin Shi wiped his face and asked curiously. Although his attack was fierce in the previous battle, it was obvious that Zhang Shuiying had been leading the direction of the battle. She was often able to achieve the effect of being as still as a mountain and as powerful as thunder. It was obvious that there was still a big gap in the levels of the two.

"how long?"

Zhang Shuiying tilted her head and thought, then smiled.

"Since I was a kid, it's been more than 20 years."

After more than 20 years of training, Lin Shi couldn't help but look sideways. How much hardship did he have to endure? Being the child of a gym owner also has its disadvantages...

"Lin Shi, I think you have great talent. Why don't you come to our gym to be an apprentice? I will teach you specifically."

Maybe it was because he was excited to see the prey, Zhang Shuiying suggested.

"never mind."

Lin Shi shook his head.

"I would rather be a trainer than a martial arts fighter."

No matter how powerful a fighter is, it is difficult for him to be a match for an elite elf. Lin Shi understands this very well. He learns fighting only for self-defense and to enhance his reaction ability.

"But if I have nothing to do, Sister Ying, I'd love to learn from you."

Zhang Shuiying's eyes lit up and she nodded repeatedly.

"That's okay..."

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