At a critical moment, the Super Metagross launched a Zen Headbutt attack on the side of Gyarados's tail, forcibly altering the trajectory of Iron Tail slightly, causing Iron Tail to narrowly miss Charizard.
However, this single blow also consumed a great deal of Super Metagross's strength.
It was terrifying. Everyone initially thought that while Super Gyarados's body was enormous, its movements would be restricted. But they didn't expect Super Gyarados to be so swift in its actions, and with every move, Gyarados could unleash incredibly powerful strength.
“This isn't good. If this continues, I'm afraid everyone won't be able to hold on for much longer,” Yan Jin said in a deep voice.
“This Gyarados looks massive, but its movements are actually very agile. Dragonite's several attacks were all neutralized by its own attacks, which allowed it to seize opportunities to attack other Pokémon. Its combat prowess is simply terrifyingly strong,” Guan Tong couldn't help but praise.
“Don't praise it anymore,” Zhang Yi said irritably, “If we don't think of a solution soon, Metagross won't be able to hold on either.”
Guan Tong said exasperatedly, “You don't really think you can win against it, do you? It clearly hasn't even used its full strength yet, and we're already almost down for the count.”
Yan Jin couldn't help but smile bitterly, “I didn't expect that after all this time, its strength would become even more formidable.”
After the brief exchange just now, the three of them had a better understanding of each other's strength. This was already completely a battle of different levels.
This Gyarados hadn't even flown; it stood there like a large target, and the three Pokémon couldn't do anything to it, let alone the fact that strengthening moves like Dragon Dance hadn't even been used yet.
Although Guan Tong also had a Gigantamax attack up her sleeve, for some reason, Guan Tong had a faint premonition that using this Gigantamax move would not only fail to change the battlefield but would also cause Dragonite's speed advantage to disappear, turning it into a sitting duck just like Gyarados.
Now, the three of them weren't even thinking about winning; they just wanted to hold on for as long as possible under Gyarados's onslaught.
“We're still doing well. Look over there; it's absolutely brutal,” Guan Tong tried to comfort them, but when she saw Liu Junyi, she couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Guan Tong pointed to the other side of the battlefield. Yan Jin and Zhang Yi looked over, only to see Jigglypuff swinging its three farmer's punches (Thunder Punch, Ice Punch, Fire Punch), knocking out one opponent after another, making Liu Junyi wail and cry.
Liu Junyi's Pokémon could only keep their distance, trying to stay as far away from Jigglypuff as possible.
However, Jigglypuff's footwork was not something to be trifled with. She moved effortlessly through various long-range attacks, like a secret agent weaving through a hail of bullets, with very few attacks managing to hit Jigglypuff directly.
Even if Liu Junyi managed to wound Jigglypuff with a long-range attack, Jigglypuff would turn around and cast a Heal Pulse on herself, and a few seconds later, she'd be as good as new.
Liu Junyi was almost in tears: “This isn't fair; you're bullying me!”
Yan Jin and Zhang Yi also couldn't help but laugh out loud, completely forgetting their own predicament.
Just then, Zhang Yi suddenly turned his head, glimpsing Mu Li, who was chatting with Ling Fei and others nearby, and let out a mischievous laugh: “Watch this.”
“Destructive Beam,” Zhang Yi suddenly gave the command, and the attack direction of the Destructive Beam was precisely towards Mu Li's side.
“No!”
“Stop!”
Yan Jin and Guan Tong reacted instantly, their faces changing drastically as they immediately tried to stop him, but it was already too late.
The Destructive Beam had already formed and blasted directly towards the chatting crowd.
Mu Li, Ling Fei, and Zhu Yuping subconsciously looked in the direction of Super Metagross, while He Lin and the others hadn't noticed Super Metagross's attack.
“Oh my god, he's really shameless. I said no attacking people, and he's still using a big move on the crowd,” Mu Li complained irritably, “Zhang Yi's integrity is truly hitting new lows.”
“Leave it to me,” Ling Fei was about to summon a Pokémon to stop it but was held back by Mu Li.
“Articuno, Mirror Coat.”
As Mu Li's words fell, a huge glass mirror appeared in front of everyone. The Destructive Beam smashed onto the mirror without any pause, reflecting back with even greater power. Not only was the beam much thicker, but its speed was also nearly doubled.
Super Metagross didn't even have time to move before it was directly blasted away by the reflected Destructive Beam.
Zhang Yi was stunned: “Oh my god, I forgot about Articuno.”
Guan Tong couldn't help but sigh, “How did I end up with such a stupid teammate?”
Yan Jin also complained, “Even without Articuno, don't forget, he also has an invisible Psychic Pokémon over there! Have you forgotten how you got here?”
Having been hit head-on by a double-reflected “Mirror Coat,” even Super Metagross, with its Steel typing, had to lie down and rest for a while.
While Super Metagross was down, Super Gyarados's offense became even more berserk. The remaining two Pokémon found it even harder to hold on and were quickly dealt with by Gyarados.
However, Mu Li also realized that for Gyarados, this was its first time engaging in such a one-against-many battle, and it was clearly not well-suited for this type of combat, as most of its strength had not been utilized.
Or rather, Gyarados's entire strength originated from the Kapu Guardians. Although it possessed such immense power, its control over its own strength was still in the state of a Magikarp.
These were all due to a lack of combat experience.
Otherwise, a Gyarados in its most ordinary state would be enough to contend with these three Champions.
Mu Li looked at Gyarados, stroking his chin in thought: “Anyway, this guy can't catch fish, so why not throw it back to Dragonite for training?”
“Hmm, that's decided. For a Water-type Pokémon that can't catch fish, special training is its destiny.”
Mu Li nodded. At the same time, Super Gyarados, for some unknown reason, seemed to feel a sudden surge of killing intent, which instantly froze it.
The battle was over, and the three Champions' moods were somewhat dejected, but Liu Junyi was the most dejected.
“Who am I? What did I experience? What was beating me up?” Liu Junyi was beyond tears.
Mu Li irritably retorted, “That's what you get for not training properly! Now look? You can't even beat my mascot. How embarrassing.”
“And you three…” Mu Li was about to complain, but then he saw Guan Tong raise an eyebrow, her already imposing eyes narrowing slightly, her aura becoming even more intense, as if to say, if you don't speak properly, I'll have a real-life showdown with you.
Mu Li quickly changed the subject: “And you three, how can your strength compete in the Olympics?”
Guan Tong said irritably, “It's because Champion-level Pokémon can't participate. Our three strongest Pokémon are already Champion-level.”
“That's true, but we still can't lose to them in the Champion tournament, can we?” Mu Li said as tactfully as possible.
Since Mu Li's retirement, the Olympics once again brought up the concept of a Champion tournament, but this time, the proposal did not pass.
Everyone knew that the US, seeing Mu Li's retirement, wanted to showcase their advantage of having more Champion trainers. But everyone wasn't foolish. Although they were unwilling to see the US dominate before, they didn't take any action because even if they proposed this idea, it would be vetoed by the US.
Now, they themselves had banned trainers with Champion-level strength from this competition. If they wanted to bring it back, they would have to see if everyone agreed.
Finally, after some commotion, considering that if there were no Champion-level battles, it would be a loss for the promotion and popularization of Pokémon battles, it was ultimately decided to still showcase Champion-level trainer battles.
However, Champion-level trainer competitions would not be included in the official competitions, only serving as entertainment viewing, and the previous age limit of 30 years old was still applied.
In recent years, China has also been able to contend with US trainers thanks to Yan Jin and the other two.
Guan Tong completely ignored how Mu Li was rambling and directly asked, “So what do you suggest we do?”
Although Mu Li had left the National Team and had been busy with his own affairs these past few years, he still had a strong affection for the National Team, especially for these friends, whom he cherished deeply.
However, in recent years, he hadn't found his goal and only thought about slacking off every day, let alone helping others train.
“How about this? After the show recording is finished, you three, uh…” Mu Li looked at Liu Junyi again, “And you, bring Wang Xin and Ren Wei along later, and come to my place.”
Ling Fei was a bit surprised: “What's up? What are we going to your place for?”
“Special training, what else?” Mu Li said irritably, “Director Ling and Zhu Yudao, you two come along too. Think of it as a vacation and let them have some good special training.”
Ling Fei and Zhu Yuping had no objections to this. They knew that since Mu Li had brought it up, he would definitely have some special training methods that the National Team couldn't achieve.
Mu Li looked at Chichi and asked, “Chichi, are you interested? Don't you want your Blastoise to get an upgrade? If you don't have time, you can just leave Blastoise with me.”
“I'll go and see too. I haven't been to your place before, so it's a good opportunity to visit.” Chichi was clearly very interested in Mu Li's home.
Mu Li also extended invitations to others, but apart from Chichi, everyone else had their own work schedules.
“If you have time later, I'll invite everyone to come and have fun together,” Mu Li said.
Since he had already agreed to help the National Team with special training, Mu Li didn't do any special training these two days, just letting everyone relax.
However, Zhang Xiaoyang and the other two's curiosity about Mu Li reached its peak. As soon as they returned, they searched for all sorts of Mu Li's past experiences.
These two nights, they even dragged Mu Li along, constantly asking about past events, which made Mu Li not sleep well these two days.
After the recording ended, Ling Fei and the others flew directly to Yangcheng with Mu Li. Wang Xin and Ren Wei also came along.
As for the shameless Wu Bing, who had been idle at home every day since his retirement, as soon as he heard about such a good thing, he immediately followed Ren Wei.
Fortunately, most of them had flying Pokémon. After getting off the plane, they flew directly to Mu Li's home.
“Before, the road here wasn't properly built, so cars couldn't get in,” Mu Li complained, “I only built the road later to open up a flower farm.”
As everyone flew along, they saw a winding concrete road gradually extending deep into the mountains and couldn't help but ask curiously, “Then how was your house built?”
Mu Li shrugged, “It's all made of wood. I just had Alakazam open a spatial portal and teleport the materials over.”
Everyone was speechless and didn't know what to say.
Using spatial teleportation to transport renovation materials, only a guy like Mu Li could do something like that.
“The worst part was those workers. I directly took them into the mountains, and they thought I was some kind of terrorist who would silence them after the renovation. They were all terrified,” Mu Li complained.
“If I were them, I'd probably fight you to the death,” Wu Bing said irritably, “You just brought people to such a godforsaken place. It's good enough that they didn't curse you.”
“I explained it to them properly, but they just wouldn't listen,” Mu Li said helplessly, “It wasn't until I told them to call the police that they finally felt a bit at ease.”
While everyone was chatting, they finally arrived at their destination for this trip.