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How Strong is a Pokémon That Has Broken Through the Racial Limit and Reached the Professional Level?

The professional-level Pokémon Roy was most familiar with was the Clefable head coach at Promise Gym.

That Clefable had served in Promise Gym for more than thirty years and was older than Lucario's father, Rock. It had broken through the racial limit purely through time, accumulation, and resource management.

When Lucario and Clefable sparred against each other, the Fairy-type remained relaxed and casual throughout the entire process. Without showing its real strength at all, it easily defeated Lucario.

Roy was very clear that he couldn't beat a professional Pokémon yet.

"I know Jaxon quite well, and I've met him a few times," Elon said. "His Starter Swampert reached A+ level at the end of his sophomore year, and it was stuck at the racial limit. He's been accumulating for many years... During a chat with me, Jaxon mentioned that his most optimistic expectation was that Swampert would break through to the professional level within two years after graduation. He never expected they would make the breakthrough this year."

Roy laughed and said, "Is Jaxon Lying?"

"No." Elon shook his head. "At that time, Elon's expression and tone didn't seem like he was lying. Maybe he had some adventures recently."

There are two most common adventures for Trainers.

The first is to get guidance from senior experts who impart unique strategies and Breeder experience.

Roy is like that.

The second is to obtain precious relics during exploration of the spirit realm.

That alien civilization always unearths some unbelievable black technology and some magical ancient relics that are simply incomprehensible.

As for other types of adventures, such as "Someone encounters a mythical beast and receives its inheritance," or "A certain powerful Pokémon who has lived for thousands of years guided someone"—these are all urban legends, and few have been confirmed.

Roy wondered what kind of adventure Jaxon had experienced.

"When a Breeder produces a professional-level Pokémon that breaks through the threshold, but the Trainer hasn't yet reached professional-level standards themselves, there's a special name for it in our circle," Elon said.

"Semi-professional."

"If our Capital University wants to surpass previous results, we must find a way to overcome Jaxon, a semi-professional obstacle."

Having said that, Elon's expression wasn't very confident.

The overall strength of Stonecrest University's school team was higher than that of Capital University's school team, and now their captain, Elon, had made great strides to become semi-professional.

This year's East China Division championship would probably go to Stonecrest University again.

"Oh well, as long as we reach the semi-finals, we can go to the national competition. The only difference is whether we have seeded status," Elon thought regretfully.

Roy didn't speak. He was also thinking about ways to deal with professional Pokémon.

In the short term, breaking through the racial limit and advancing to the professional level wasn't realistic.

In other words, he needed a method that could leapfrog these challenges...

Roy's mind quickly flashed through several methods beyond the standard, thoughtfully.

The means to leapfrog challenges were nothing more than a few special powers.

Mega Evolution, Z-Moves, Dynamax...

The most practical of these super-standard methods was Mega Evolution.

In fact, Roy had long wanted to exchange for the "Key Stone" and "Mega Stone" needed for Mega Evolution, but unfortunately, the prices of these two items discouraged him.

[Key Stone: A mysterious stone containing huge life energy, necessary for Mega Evolution. Price: 100 million points.]

[Mega Stone: This stone contains a certain Pokémon's lost genetic code, necessary for Mega Evolution. Price: 10 million points.]

Roy could actually have exchanged for Lucario Mega Stone or Blastoise Mega Stone long ago.

But the problem was that without a Key Stone, exchanging for a Mega Stone was useless.

It was impossible for Roy to just deposit 100 million points and exchange them for a Key Stone without any popularity points or Breeder Pokémon.

That would be putting the cart before the horse.

In the games, professors gave away Key Stones. Roy never expected their value would be so high... Though considering Mega Evolution was on the same level as Primal Reversion, the price was actually considered cheap.

Z-Moves and Dynamax were also limited by his popularity value, so they couldn't be realized for the time being.

If he could win the championship in the East China Division, then his popularity value would definitely be enough.

Roy knew how high the ratings were for the National College League. In this nationally watched competition, as long as Lucario could win the championship, they could easily attract countless fans, and their popularity value would have a high probability of breaking through 100 million.

But here came the problem.

To win the championship in the East China Division, he had to defeat Jaxon.

Roy looked strange, and two conflicting thoughts appeared in his mind.

One was saying: "Give me Mega Evolution, and I'll easily win the championship!"

The other said: "You need popularity from winning the championship before you can use Mega Evolution!"

What a situation.

Stuck in a paradox.

The world was so vast, and Roy wasn't the only one encountering such problems.

Roy's original plan was to win the East China Division, earn a lot of popularity points to exchange for super-standard methods like Mega Evolution as his trump card, and then try to break through to the professional level in the first semester of his freshman year, when he would challenge Henry.

However, the sudden appearance of semi-professional Jaxon in the East China Division was beyond Roy's expectations.

On his way to bid farewell to Elon and leave school, Roy had been thinking about how to break through this situation.

"What are you thinking about so seriously?"

The familiar voice brought Roy back to his senses. It was Professor Christian in a research uniform who appeared before him.

Cosmog jumped up from Roy's shoulder to say hello, and Professor Christian gave it a gentle smile.

Roy said frankly, "I'm thinking about the college league... Stonecrest University is quite strong this year."

"Jaxon, right?" Professor Christian wasn't surprised and said with a smile, "I've heard about him."

Roy's eyes lit up. "Professor, do you know why his Swampert suddenly broke through?"

"Yes." Professor Christian nodded. "Jaxon's father is a highly respected and knowledgeable Pokémon Professor. He's responsible for ecological surveys and excavations in Alola spirit realm. Some time ago, Jaxon followed his father into the Alola Spirit Realm, and I heard they dug up many valuable items from the ruins."

"Professor Ressler has the right of first refusal for items excavated from the ruins, as long as the country agrees. I heard he spent more than half of his family fortune to buy a treasure for his son."

What could Roy say to that?

He thought Elon had truly experienced some kind of adventure... As it turned out, it was purely family connections.

In the Trainer's world, as expected, having a successful father made all the difference.

How could Roy's ten years of hard work compete with the accumulated advantages of several generations?

Professor Christian sighed, "The opportunity to enter the 'Crown Tundra' is not easy to come by. Professor Ressler worked hard for his son."

Roy was puzzled. "Only champions are allowed to catch Legendary Pokémon. No matter how good the rest of the performance is, it's just entering the Crown Tundra... Is that spirit realm really so attractive?"

In everyone's eyes, the championship had already been decided—it would go to Henry from Jadestone University.

Even so, Professor Elon still invested heavily for his own children, and exchange students from various countries were also ambitious.

What was it about the Crown tundra that was so attractive?

"You'll understand when you go there," Professor Christian replied.

Seeing that Professor Christian didn't seem to want to say more on this topic, Roy didn't press further.

He had enough emotional intelligence for that.

"What did you want to see me about, Professor?" Roy shrugged and said with a smile. "You didn't just happen to run into me, did you?"

"I'm not that free," Professor Christian said. "I just told you that the Professor is in charge of excavating relics in Alola's spirit realm and has unearthed many valuable items. Those relics have already been shipped back to China."

"What does this have to do with me?" Roy wondered.

Professor Christian laughed. "Did you forget that the country still owes you a reward?"

Hearing this, Roy was slightly taken aback, only then remembering this matter.

During the Illuminati incident, because of his great achievements, the school had rewarded him with the "D-Virus," and Frances personally promised him the secret book of "Boguo Boxing."

The official reward was still being discussed at that time, with no confirmation.

Later, Roy went to Promise Gym and immersed himself in training. After two months, he had long forgotten about it. After all, both Champion Frances and Elite Sebastian represented the country in a sense, and Roy thought those rewards were enough.

He didn't expect the officials would actually remember...

"There are many completely unknown items among the relics brought back this time," Professor Christian said. "Considering you have an Alolan Vulpix, you may be able to resonate with some of these items. The officials are allowing you to choose one item from these Alolan relics. Whether you can pick something good depends on your intuition and eyesight..."

Hearing the name of its homeland, Cosmog jumped up happily.

"Mo! Momo!"

Roy reached out and patted Little Hopip's head to comfort it.

But in his heart, there was also excitement and anticipation.

Perhaps he could find something valuable among the relics from Alola's spirit realm...