Not long after, Fang Yuan returned to Magic City.
And a new Fang Yuan's Tournament was held.
This tournament had many changes.
Darkrai joined the team;
Venusaur was coached by a Legendary Pokémon for half a year and even learned Dominant Field;
Glutton devoured a Platinum Bead Fragment with great adaptability;
Eevee underwent Evolutionary Origin;
All these events caused a drastic change in the strength of Fang Yuan's Team.
At the same time, the rankings of Fang Yuan's Tournament were completely rewritten.
This time, Fang Yuan's Tournament still only counted individual strength, and the Armed Magnetic Monster gave its approval.
The specific ranking, the strongest Pokémon version: Eevee.
Eevee, forever the god.
With the partner Eevee at Ordinary Guardian God Level strength, combined with its multi-attribute Partner Skill, there was simply no rival within the team.
Even Darkrai was completely outclassed by Eevee.
First tier: Armed Magnetic Monster, Darkrai.
Both Pokémon possessed Ordinary Guardian God Level strength. Although they were similar in level to Eevee, they specialized in certain areas and were not considered all-rounders.
Compared to Eevee, who can output damage, take hits, heal, and control, they were slightly inferior.
Quasi first tier: Monferno.
Without incorporating Ditto's versatility and the energy charging and healing from Victini and Milotic, Monferno, combined with Fire of Life, could barely reach the limit of Quasi-guardian god level strength in a state of continuous battle.
If it had forcibly triggered its fifth gate on its own, it could be included in the first tier, but due to the tournament's rule against energy charging by Victini, it had no chance to showcase its full potential.
Second tier: Glutton, Venusaur, Dragonite, Milotic.
Without considering Mega Evolution or Z-Moves, under normal circumstances, these four Pokémon all had roughly Top Level Third Phase strength.
However, Glutton and Venusaur had the ability to Mega Evolve. After Mega Evolution, they could possess Quasi-guardian god level strength and temporarily be part of the quasi first tier.
After that, it was time for the kids' group.
The top-strength Ditto, capable of transforming into any of Fang Yuan's Team's Pokémon, especially the Lightning Flame Mode Monferno, was undeniably the leader of the kids' group.
The Mane Rock Werewolf had its training direction confirmed by Fang Yuan and, coupled with the achievements from training with the World Tree, advanced rapidly in strength, ranking second.
Rotom, even with little training, still had Master Level strength, its overall combat ability roughly ranking third in the kids' group.
The two Plus and Minus Gear Group could be considered one entity with Self-detonating Magnetic Monster or as individual entities. Each one also had Master Level strength, but being used as ornaments for a long time and even with the boost of blue lightning, their own fighting ability was not outstanding, not even as good as Rotom's.
Moreover, since they competed in the main group with Self-detonating Magnetic Monster, they did not participate in the kids' group competition, so they're not ranked.
Another one that did not participate in the competition was the little guy Victini.
This guy, in terms of fighting capability, was actually not weak. Even with little training, if it came down to a war of attrition, Fang Yuan estimated it wouldn't be weaker than Milotic or Dragonite.
But, the key issue was that this little guy was too lazy to battle on its own and preferred to play a supportive role calmly, quite like those who instantly pick a support role in games.
Then there was 3D Dragon II, serving as Rotom's research assistant and not engaging in combat. With its strength not yet reaching the Professional level, even if it did battle, it would probably only be at the bottom of the rankings.
To sum up, Eevee re-ascended to the top in this edition of Fang Yuan's Tournament.
Additionally, due to Dragonite's suggestion of relying on one's own ability to sustain in battle rather than on Victini and Milotic's support, Monferno could only unlock four gates and sadly dropped out of the top three because it couldn't unleash the fifth gate.
Venusaur, despite returning improved from its training, ended up at the bottom due to truly unworthy teammates and Dragonite's efforts.
Thus, this edition of Fang Yuan's Tournament came to a cheerful close, and Fang Yuan happily embraced a new beginning.
A few days after Fang Yuan's Tournament, Fang Yuan took Eevee, Armed Magnetic Monster, Darcrai, Monferno, and Glutton and stormed through the World Tree, challenging and soundly thrashing the three guardian gods of the World Tree in one-on-one battles.
Although the strength of these Trilogy Deity Pillar was extremely close to High-level Guardian God, situated at the peak of the Ordinary Guardian God Level, they couldn't withstand Fang Yuan and his Pokémon's one-on-one battles, and the inclusion of the Trainer and Z-Moves, so the Trilogy Deity Pillar all met their defeat. Following this, they even became sparring partners for Fang Yuan's Pokémon.
Having stormed through the World Tree, Fang Yuan felt he had no more ambitions and became disinterested in challenging the Road of Champions, turning into a repetitious machine, incessantly asking Dream when they could go search for tablets and whether there was any news of Celebi.
And Dream would always say, just wait, just wait... nothing found yet.
During this time, in addition to waiting for Phantump to find Celebi, Fang Yuan was also searching on his own.
Although Fang Yuan knew that Tapu Koko seemed to have the ability to traverse parallel dimensions, Phantump said that the restriction was too great. It needed to react with the electrical energy of a differently colored Tapu Koko from a parallel world and cooperate with each other to open the space-time passage.
That is to say, with the current situation, Tapu Koko did not have a stable ability to travel through time and space, far less reliable than Celebi, which made Fang Yuan give up any fluke and choose to wait honestly for Celebi.
Besides searching for Celebi, Fang Yuan was also waiting for the approval of two legendary resources from the Alliance.
This wait turned out to be four months long.
Perhaps because legendary resources had been distributed frequently recently, the process this time was extremely slow.
However, in the end, Fang Yuan still successfully obtained the Heart Droplet, which might be used to revive the Doom Desukaan.
In addition to the Heart Droplet, Fang Yuan also wanted to apply for another legendary resource for the Prince of the Sea.
But after deliberating for a long while, Fang Yuan couldn't choose a good resource that he could also make use of when he had the chance.
Ultimately, Fang Yuan could only find the Prince of the Sea and let it choose for itself.
What Fang Yuan didn't expect was that the Prince of the Sea chose a stone known as the "Wishing Stone."
This stone was acquired by Master ZI Wan from a top-level Phantom Elf known as Kira Pray, who wakes up only once every thousand years and has the power to grant any wish. Its purpose was to locate Kira Pray using the stone once it was close to awakening.
It sounded quite nice, being the first to find Kira Pray, perhaps making a wish; but it was all for naught, for Kira Pray had only recently slept for a few decades. When it would wake up again, the world would have changed; a thousand years later, Fang Yuan for sure wouldn't be able to benefit from it, though perhaps the Prince of the Sea could live until then.
"So boring, but soon there'll be something to do."
In these four months, Fang Yuan's life was very monotonous, just boringly training his abilities and then spending time with his Pokemon.
At the beginning of 2022, a year and a half after the last World Championship, Fang Yuan, in this not long yet not short time, strangely might have become one of Earth's strongest Trainers.
His main Pokemon all had the strength of top level Third Stage, and at full force, they could even threaten Pokemon of the High-level Guardian God tier. In terms of Pokemon strength, Fang Yuan could almost be said to have no rivals.
Unless it was an old powerhouse like the President of the Hua Nation Association who could command a common Guardian God level Lucario and also had Mega Evolution and Z-Moves, otherwise, Fang Yuan was really invincible.
This level of strength was the primary reason why Fang Yuan had no further pursuits; although his goal was the Legendary, that was too far off, not something that could be achieved in a short time, hence his lack of interest. As for challenging Guardian Gods in other nations, that was not realistic either.
But now, the Heart Droplet had finally arrived, and it meant he could finally stop being bored.
Although researching the revival of the Doom Desukaan could also be quite dry, it at least added some novelty.
However, before Fang Yuan had the chance to take the Heart Droplet to check the progress of the Doom Desukaan fossil research at the Fossil Resurgence Institute, the unexpected happened.
"Mew~~!!"
"Mew!!!!"
Phantump rushed over from the vicinity of the World Tree in a hurry.
Fang Yuan, on the surface, was watching cartoons with Eevee and Victini, but in his heart, he was contemplating the Doom Desukaan revival plan.
Should he take the advice from Rotom long ago and use the Super Stones of Bug Type Pokemon like Beedrill as the energy core for the revived Doom Desukaan?
A Doom Desukaan that can change forms... sounds very cool.
Fang Yuan had many thoughts, but Phantump's arrival directly interrupted his train of thought.
He watched the panting Phantump with a puzzled look.
It can't be that serious. You, a Legendary Pokemon, even if you were to fly around the Earth, shouldn't be this tired.
What Fang Yuan didn't know was that Phantump wasn't tired but excited.
"Mew~~!!" With its two tiny hands, Phantump gestured cheerfully.
"Bwoo??"
"Bimi??!"
Hearing Phantump's notification, both Eevee and Victini were stunned.
Fang Yuan was also stunned.
"Mew!!" Phantump nodded seriously, reaffirming.
Celebi had finally appeared! It had sensed traces of time-space travel and must have traversed into this time-space.
Fang Yuan, go and find it!! Charge!! You can finally go in search of the Tablet!!