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On the competition field, because it was only a 1v1 match, the battles progressed quickly and ended in just a few minutes each.
Soon it was Jacob's turn to compete against Julia. Jacob released his only Dragon-type Pokémon, Noibat. Since Dreepy couldn't be revealed for the time being, Jacob's only choice was Noibat.
Julia followed suit and used her powerful Haxorus.
"Jacob versus Julia. The match begins." As the referee, Nina glanced at both trainers and announced the start of the match.
"Haxorus, use Thunder Wave!"
After her conversation with Jacob, Julia naturally decided to go all out. Although Jacob's chances of winning were practically zero regardless of his strategy, Julia still very methodically commanded Haxorus to use Thunder Wave first to paralyze Noibat and reduce its speed.
The enormous gap in strength allowed Haxorus's Thunder Wave to successfully hit Noibat without any difficulty, successfully paralyzing it.
"Noibat, Double Team!" Jacob naturally couldn't just sit there and wait. Even though he was definitely outmatched, he still had to give it his all.
A move like Supersonic would definitely not affect Haxorus, so Jacob chose to have Noibat use Double Team to create several copies to reduce the chances of being hit.
The paralyzed Noibat endured the numbness in its body and created its duplicates with difficulty.
Julia looked at the four or five Noibat that appeared in the air with a calm expression. With her extensive battle experience, she seemed able to handle this situation with ease. Without hesitation, she ordered Haxorus to use Twister: "Haxorus, Twister!"
Dragon-type energy erupted, forming a tornado that sucked all four or five Noibat copies into its vortex, leaving them no chance to escape.
The storm surged, and when the tornado subsided, Noibat had fallen to the ground, lost consciousness, and fainted.
"The match is over. Julia wins," Nina announced expressionlessly.
Jacob had already expected this result. This Haxorus was one of the strongest Pokémon in the training camp. To be honest, the Thunder Wave at the beginning had been unnecessary.
How could he have fought against that?
If Jacob had faced an Lord-level opponent, maybe he could have lasted for two or three moves; at least he wouldn't have lost so decisively. But when facing Julia's Haxorus, Jacob had no chance at all.
Thinking of this, Jacob glanced resentfully toward Nina at the center of the competition venue. He could vaguely see that the corners of Nina's mouth seemed to rise slightly, as if she was pleased to see Jacob being humiliated.
Nina had indeed deliberately arranged this match because she suspected that the two were developing feelings for each other. In such a match, as a boy, Jacob would definitely feel ashamed about being outclassed by a girl. Only then would he understand humility and be motivated to train harder.
In order to push Jacob to dedicate himself to the path of becoming a trainer, Nina had gone to great lengths. What she didn't know was that Jacob had already developed thick skin. Such a minor setback wasn't a blow to Jacob at all. Deleting his TikTok account—now that would be devastating.
...
Three days later.
Dreepy's strength and size had improved dramatically. In just three days, Dreepy had grown significantly larger. At the same time, its appetite was enormous. Its daily consumption of energy cubes, Moomoo Milk, honey, and other foods was nearly several times the amount of other Pokémon.
Jacob couldn't help but marvel at how powerful the ghost core energy from the Poison Bottle truly was. The accelerated growth effect was remarkable.
From what he could observe, the growth acceleration was approximately five times the normal rate. At this pace, Dreepy's development would be extremely impressive. It was very likely to evolve into Drakloak during the College Cup. As soon as it evolved, it would become battle-ready.
However, with Dreepy's rapid growth came an extremely critical problem: the Ghost-type energy in Dreepy threatened to overwhelm its Dragon-type energy, causing a serious imbalance.
Therefore, Jacob could only reduce the Ghost-type energy cubes recently and provide as much Dragon-type nourishment as possible. Additionally, Jacob brought Dreepy into the forbidden area of the secret realm every night for training to replenish its Dragon-type energy.
Only by doing this could he barely maintain the balance between Ghost and Dragon energies.
Jacob felt somewhat relieved about his situation. Fortunately, he had obtained the Ghost-type core energy. If it had been Dragon-type core energy instead, he wouldn't have known how to replenish the Ghost-type energy.
As Dreepy grew rapidly, Jacob's other Pokémon were also developing steadily.
...
"Noibat, stay steady and get ready because I'm going to increase the wind speed."
At this moment, Noibat was flapping its wings vigorously to fight against the strong wind in front of it. Before it stood a huge blower that could generate powerful gusts—equipment specially designed for training Flying-type Pokémon.
"Get ready. Three, two, one, increasing wind speed." As Jacob finished the countdown, he pressed a button, and the gears of the giant blower shifted. The engine's roar grew louder, and the increase in wind intensity was immediately noticeable.
The change in wind speed caused Noibat to be blown backward, forcing it to flap its wings frantically as it struggled to stabilize itself.
"Very good!" Jacob didn't hesitate to praise Noibat, then prepared to begin the next phase of training. "Noibat, get ready for evasion training. Remember what I taught you a few days ago."
"Ready, set, go!"
Jacob took some small stones from a nearby box, held them in his hand, and tossed them in front of the giant blower. Under the influence of the strong wind, seven or eight tiny stones were instantly propelled toward Noibat.
Faced with the flying projectiles, Noibat had to resist the strong wind while doing its best to dodge. However, there were too many stones, and it could only avoid some of them. One stone still struck it, leaving a small bloody mark on its body.
"Noi!"
Noibat let out a painful cry, its face contorted with discomfort, but even though it was clearly suffering, Jacob could only steel his heart and continue: "Very good, Noibat. You were only hit once. Hang in there, let's do it again. This time there will be more stones. Feel them with your heart and use your echolocation to track them!"
Jacob grabbed another handful of stones from the box beside him, held them in his palm, and said to Noibat, "Get ready."
A handful of stones were thrown out, and Noibat still tried its best to evade, but there were too many projectiles, leaving very little space to maneuver. At the same time, it had to resist the powerful wind, which left Noibat overwhelmed. In a blink of an eye, several more bloody marks appeared on its body.
Affected by the injuries, Noibat's body shook violently as it lost its balance. It was instantly blown away a considerable distance before gradually stabilizing itself and struggling to fly back.