Pokémon: From Magikarp

After taking a shower and changing clothes, Lin Shi and Zhang Shuiying left the fighting area. After fighting for almost an hour, Lin Shi felt a little hungry.

"What's that place over there? It looks like it's very busy."

Lin Shi looked at the crowd in the distance and couldn't help asking.

Zhang Shuiying took a quick glance and replied immediately.

"That's the challenge area. Maybe someone is taking advantage of the holiday to challenge the gym."

Lin Shi nodded and seemed to be somewhat interested in this place.

As a dojo, one of its essential jobs is naturally to accept challenges from outside trainers, mainly students from various universities.

The Shenzhou Alliance stipulates that every student majoring in Pokémon training at an officially certified university must obtain the gym badges of eight regular gyms in the Shenzhou area before graduation. This is a hard requirement for students to graduate.

In other words, Lin Shi also needs to collect eight gym badges before graduating from his senior year.

Generally speaking, the way to obtain gym badges is naturally through Pokémon battles, but that's not always the case. Some gyms will incorporate other elements to assess trainers in order to highlight their own style and attract more trainers.

Of course, because the gym owner has limited time and energy, most students' gym challenges will be handed over to the gym disciples below for assessment. For example, at this moment in the Steel Fist Gym, the gym trainer is a young man with a crew cut, who should be an apprentice of the Steel Fist Gym.

"Why do you want to go and see it?"

Zhang Shuiying suggested while looking at Lin.

Lin Shi was somewhat tempted, but he now wished more to have a meal and have a good rest, so he immediately shook his head. Zhang Shuiying also understood and took Lin Shi to the restaurant.

After having a full meal and a good drink, Lin Shi returned to the room prepared for him by Zhang Shuiying. Lin Shi now felt more and more fortunate to have such a counselor who could serve as the successor to the dojo.

Lying on his bed, Lin Shi thought about his schedule for the past few days.

Lin Shi chose to come to the Steel Fist Dojo with Zhang Shuiying not to get his first badge, but because the Steel Fist Dojo itself is proficient in fighting.

The opening of the Baishan Secret Realm is getting closer and closer. If nothing unexpected happens, the Baishan Secret Realm will completely pass its secret period and become stable during his sophomore year. He needs to make some preparations as soon as possible.

As for this trip to the Baishan Secret Realm, in addition to bringing back the Windy Dog, what Lin Shi cares most about is of course the divine beast bear apprentice who may be living in the secret realm.

The Pokémon Bear Apprentice is a Pokémon that is keen on practicing and studying various moves. Depending on the moves it is good at, the martial arts bear master it evolves into will also change.

This brings us to the two forms of the Bear Apprentice's subsequent evolution. Using the Scroll of Evil, he can evolve into a One-Strike Martial Arts Bear Master, with attributes of evil plus fighting. He has unparalleled explosive power and can kill opponents in one blow. He is extremely powerful.

By using the water scroll, the bear apprentice can evolve into a combo-style martial arts bear master, with the attributes of water and fighting. When attacking, it is like a stream of water, sometimes calm and sometimes turbulent, continuous and making it difficult for the enemy to resist.

It can be said that no matter which form it is, Martial Arts Bear Master has powerful combat capability that is enough to dominate the battlefield, but the problem is that in this world, it is difficult to say whether these two types of hanging scrolls exist, or in other words, even if they exist, it is still unknown whether they can be found.

So Lin Shi thought that maybe he could try to find an opportunity for evolution similar to the hanging scroll by contacting some gyms that specialize in fighting. In this way, if he could find the bear apprentice when he entered the secret realm again, he might be able to rely on this kind of thing to attract its attention and gain its recognition to a certain extent.

Not doing anything without preparation is also Lin Shi's consistent style. After all, since he already knew in advance that Disciple Bear might be in the secret realm, of course he had to make full preparations.

Lin Shi didn't think that if he just shook his tiger body, his bear apprentice would obediently enter the Poké Ball on his own.

Coincidentally, Lin Shi happened to hear that during the National Day, a forum summit entitled "Human-Elf Fighting Exchange" would be held in Steel Fist City, and the organizer was the Steel Fist Gym where Zhang Shuiying was.

Lin Shi certainly would not miss this opportunity to capture all the fighting masters in the entire Shenzhou area, so he immediately followed Zhang Shuiying under the pretext of gaining some experience.

Zhang Shuiying readily agreed and agreed to it immediately, which led to the next events.

Tomorrow is the day of the forum summit. Thinking about it, Lin Shi is really curious about how this strange-sounding summit will be held.

……

The next day, Lin Shi was woken up by Zhang Shuiying while it was still early and drove to the forum venue.

But gradually, Lin Shi felt that something was not right. Why did the road outside become more and more difficult to walk on, and there were more and more trees?

"We're here, Lin Shi, get off."

Zhang Shuiying stopped the car, took off her seat belt and said to Lin Shi who was sitting in the passenger seat.

Her words stunned Lin Shi.

Arrived? Where?

Lin Shi opened the door and saw towering rocks and dense trees all around. It looked like he was in a remote and continuous valley.

Let’s put it this way, there’s not even a road from the alliance built here, so you can imagine how remote it is. If Lin Shi didn’t know Zhang Shuiying well, he might think that Zhang Shuiying brought him here to rob him and kill him.

"Sister Ying, even if our conditions are limited, at least we can find a way to get through. Isn't this a bit too tight?"

"Where will the participants sit later? On the rocks?"

Lin Shi’s words made Zhang Shuiying roll her eyes.

"What are you talking about? How can you open a forum here?"

Lin Shi turned his head and looked at Zhang Shuiying.

"Then why are we stopping here?"

Zhang Shuiying smiled and did not answer immediately. She pretended to be mysterious and said:

"You'll know this in a moment."

"Om..."

Just as he finished his words, a black car came speeding behind them, its spinning wheels kicking up a cloud of dust.

"Miss Zhang, you've arrived so early. Does it look like you're determined to win this time?"

The car door opened, and a short and thin young man walked out and said to Zhang Shuiying.

"Master Bao is not too late."

Zhang Shuiying sneered slightly and seemed to be at odds with the young man.

The young man named Bao snorted and ignored Zhang Shuiying. Instead, he looked at the towering mountains in the distance, wondering what he was thinking about.

"Who is this, Sister Ying?"

Lin Shi touched Zhang Shuiying's shoulder and asked in a low voice.

"Bao Qingyang is the son of the owner of the Lion City Gym in Lion City, North China. Like our Steel Fist Gym, it is also a gym that specializes in fighting. However, he is very difficult to get along with. You should stay away from him."

Lin Shi nodded slightly. It seemed that this Bao Qingyang should be one of the people who came to participate in the exchange forum, but he still didn't understand why they came to this place where no one was living. What was there to study fighting and martial arts in this place? Watching birds fight?

But soon, cars came from a distance, and without exception, they were all forces from all over China that had studied martial arts. There were dojos, organizations, and even martial arts clubs. In a short while, more than thirty people had gathered.

Without exception, everyone is not very old, but they are all full of energy, with bulging temples. If nothing unexpected happens, they should all be trained martial artists. Judging from their physique, Lin Shi looks like a little lamb among these people.

Seeing more and more people coming, Zhang Shuiying finally took action. She greeted all the guests one by one. As the organizer of this forum, all parties also seemed very enthusiastic.

"Everyone is welcome to the Human-Elf Fighting Exchange Forum Summit. Now that most people have arrived, our first activity can officially begin..."

Zhang Shuiying announced.

Lin Shi was still confused. What on earth were these people trying to do?

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