"Who exactly is this Trainer?"
Not long after Monferno and the Electric God Pillar started fighting in earnest, some high-ranking officials of the Su Province Association, watching the blurry images from satellite surveillance, were rather puzzled.
At the moment, a single Monferno was holding off the Electric God Pillar alone.
Although Monferno was in a dire state, being beaten back every time it charged, it was like an indestructible cockroach, creating huge problems for the Electric God Pillar time and again.
This was indeed a cause for celebration as the Electric God Pillar had at least stopped its advance.
However, what they couldn't understand was that while all this was happening, President Wen and the two members of the Twelve Branches just stood by silently watching, without any intention of intervening.
What was even more surprising was that, facing such a huge threat from the Electric God Pillar, after a while, the three individuals, President Wen included, simply turned and walked away, leaving the area completely to the young man they had been speaking with earlier—the Trainer of Monferno.
What tremendous trust this was... And it was precisely why they all wanted to know the identity of Fang Yuan.
In fact, the situation everyone guessed was somewhat different from reality.
The reason President Wen and others left so abruptly was because Fang Yuan was being too unreliable.
Even though Fang Yuan had demonstrated the ability to contend with the Electric God Pillar on his own, President Wen and the others were still somewhat worried.
Therefore, Master Qiao Jing suggested, "Why don't we let the two of them supervise the Dragon Pillar?"
"I'll stay and help you."
"Just having Milotic for healing might be a bit of a stretch."
Her Happiness Egg and other Pokémon have healing abilities that are not much inferior to Milotic's, making them the best support for treatment.
Fang Yuan only had Milotic on his side as a healer, which might lead to problems with endurance.
President Wen and Fu Hei nodded in agreement, it was a good idea to leave Fang Yuan with a Treatment Trainer, ensuring a higher chance of success.
"Don't worry,"
"My Milotic can handle it, but Master Qiao Jing, if you want to stay, that's fine too. It seems like the Electric God Pillar is starting to decline. If you see something wrong, just give it a hit of healing."
"In this way, Monferno can get some extra-special training and the Electric God Pillar can feel some of the remaining warmth in the world. Heal it a few times, and it might even be moved to leave on its own accord."
Fang Yuan proposed earnestly.
After several experiments, he was no longer worried about problems with the Armed Magnemite, Monferno, Milotic, or Victini.
Rather, he started to worry that the Electric God Pillar couldn't hold on.
"Goodbye."
After Fang Yuan finished speaking, President Wen and the others turned and walked away.
They might as well go supervise the other God Pillar together; President Wen felt that even if they were all vanquished, Fang Yuan would probably still be fine.
He hoped the Electric God Pillar would be okay.
..........
"You will know his identity soon enough."
In the Su Province operation room, one of the Twelve Branches, Sishé Miao Ji, having brought back a pile of documents, watched the situation unfold and listened to the high-level discussions of the Su Province Association, then spoke up.
At the moment, President Wen and his team were looking for an opportunity to offer Fang Yuan, or rather, "Red," a legitimate identity to represent the Hua Nation Association in the battle against Mewtwo.
This incident with the Electric God Pillar might just be the chance for Fang Yuan to step into the public eye.
As Sishé finished speaking, the high-ranking officials of the Su Province Association in the room were all momentarily stunned.
The Twelve Branches did indeed recognize this young Trainer!!
The only ones who didn't were them.
Now, everyone was more curious than ever.
Why could this person fight alongside President Wen and others, gaining their immense trust??
They could be certain that the top-tier powerhouses they knew of in the Hua Nation definitely did not include such a young man.
Even Hua Nation's Champion, Xie Qingyi, would be leagues behind him in terms of combat power.
Monferno suffered quite a bit, but it's important to consider the opponent—it was facing a Guardian God Level Legendary Pokémon. Most Pokémon wouldn't even qualify to stand by the sidelines, so overall, Monferno's performance was commendable. After all, it managed to reappear time after time to repel the Electric God Pillar, something not just any Pokémon could do, only at least those at the Guardian God Level.
And the Trainer with such a Pokémon, theoretically, could not possibly be someone unknown.
Quite strange indeed.
"Could he be a lucky individual who accidentally befriended a Guardian God Level spirit??"
The officials couldn't help but speculate, and admittedly, this speculation seemed plausible.
In each country, not all humans who befriend wild guardian god level powers are well-known Trainers. For example, Shen Gong who befriended the Crystal Steelix on the Road of Champions is just an ordinary stone peddler.
Now, seeing that Fang Yuan is still sending Monferno to battle alone, the crowd almost concluded that Fang Yuan didn't have many combat options available.
This didn't fit the usual profile of top-tier Trainers, but it did match the character they had just imagined!
The crowd couldn't help but pat themselves on the back for their cleverness.
[Come on, Monferno...]
Up until now, since it had always been Monferno fighting alone, the crowd couldn't help but get teary-eyed and could only silently chant:
However, the situation on the scene was like this...
Realizing that the power of the Electric God Pillar's moves was following a parabolic trend, first increasing with anger and then decreasing due to declining condition, Fang Yuan and his team couldn't help thinking:
[Come on, Electric God Pillar...]
What's going on? You absorbed so much lightning earlier, how can it be like you've absorbed none? It's been less than ten minutes, and you're already slipping?
How can this be? Monferno is still so far from reaching its species limit in physical fitness!!
"Should we let the Electric God Pillar take a break?"
"Victini, go secretly charge it up halfway..." Fang Yuan muttered to himself.
If Master Qiao Jing won't do it, we can do it ourselves!
"Bimi bimi..." Next to Milotic, Victini waved its hands, not wanting to do it, fearing a beating if it were found out.
The Electric God Pillar seemed to be in a state where it could no longer tell friend from foe.
The Electric God Pillar was indeed furious, but more than that, it was tired and mentally unbalanced.
"Wah!!!" As the fight went on, Monferno felt that something was off. After numerous battles, its body strength grew stronger, nearing the species limit, which made enduring Thunder Flame Mode much easier. On the other hand, the Electric God Pillar was getting weaker.
"Ergh..." At this moment, the mentality of the Electric God Pillar was truly collapsing.
Every attack it made was meant to be deadly, but Monferno was protected by the Fire of Life, meaning it couldn't be seriously hurt in a meaningful way.
As long as Monferno didn't fall, with Victini and Milotic's coordination, Monferno could be brought back to life. The Electric God Pillar had never encountered such a difficult opponent.
It wasn't that it didn't want to take out the healers first, but it simply could not disengage, as its opponent's movements were too skilled.
What made the Electric God Pillar most mentally distraught was that during the fight with it, Monferno's strength was actually increasing, and even showed tendencies to assimilate its power of thunder and lightning!
Monferno, having long been trained with Awakened Electricity to strengthen its body and using the Fire of Life to heal, was quite sensitive to the powers of lightning and life.
After being repeatedly struck by the Electric God Pillar's lightning containing life force, it was impossible for Monferno to feel nothing.
At least, its resistance to the Electric God Pillar's lightning had now become extremely high.
As a result, the training effect might become worse, but the advantage was that Monferno gained a deeper understanding of this special power, laying a foundation for mastering it in the future.
Therefore, continuing to fight like this, the Electric God Pillar feared that its innate ability would be outright learned by Monferno.
This must not be allowed to happen!!
"Ergh!!!"
Thus, as Monferno came charging again, the Electric God Pillar was too lazy to dodge and simply let Monferno hit it. After deep contemplation, being hit sent it flying away, seizing the impact force to make its escape.
Leaving Monferno, which was waiting for electric shock training, all alone.
I! Won't! Fight! Anymore!
Monkey! You! Just! Wait!
The Electric God Pillar roared.
"Wah??" Amidst the ruins, Monferno looked confusedly at the disappearing black speck and scratched its head.
Monferno: (⊙.⊙)?
What's happening? I can win without fighting??
Fang Yuan: Eh????
Seeing the Electric God Pillar running away, Fang Yuan and his team were collectively stunned.
What's going on, it ran away??
Where is the dignity of a Legendary Pokémon?
The high-level officials of the Su Province Association watching the scene were also dumbfounded. The Electric God Pillar ran away??
Wait a minute, wasn't the Electric God Pillar in control the whole time? Why run away...