Regarding whether Champion Level players should participate, various countries around the world have actually discussed this issue.
A hundred years ago, when Pokémon battles were officially incorporated into international sports events, players of all levels could participate in the competition.
But later, everyone discovered that Champion Level players had too great an advantage, especially as players aged, the number of Pokémon they cultivated increased, and their tactical systems became stronger, their advantage naturally grew.
In order to limit the strength of Champion Level players, all Pokémon international sports events restricted the age of Champion Level players to under thirty years old.
Originally, this rule could maintain the balance of Champion Level players very well. The number of new Champion Level players added each year in each country was at most one, and rarely two would appear. Most small countries would even only have one Champion Level player every few years.
So, even in the United States, which had the strongest Pokémon battling strength at the time, there were only five Champion Level players under thirty years old. China only had three at that time, and other countries had even fewer.
At that time, there were only two competition formats: single battles and double battles.
Single battles were the domain of the United States, while double battles were the territory of China.
As China's strength grew stronger and the single battle capabilities of Chinese Champion players increased, the United States also felt a crisis, so they united with other countries to restrict China.
From that time on, Pokémon events added a 5VS5 battle mode, where each side sent out five players, and these five players were only allowed to bring one Pokémon to form an offensive system and engage in battle.
The United States, with its unique five Champion Level players, naturally thrived in this battle, frequently winning gold.
This situation continued for a long time, until the appearance of Mu Li.
Seven years ago, Mu Li burst onto the scene, battling Champions as an Elite, and in the single battles that year, he overpowered many Champions, winning a bronze medal.
The following year, Mu Li was promoted to Champion, leading the Chinese team to sweep all available awards in Pokémon battles with absolute dominance.
This was Mu Li's most glorious year.
That year, the United States, in conjunction with other countries, urgently adjusted the competition rules to restrict Champion Level Pokémon from participating, but also allowed Champion Level players over 30 to return to the battlefield.
In the third year, veteran Champion players from all over the world united, with only one goal: to prevent Mu Li from leading China to victory.
But that year, Mu Li, with only a newly promoted Heavenly King Level Ninetales, once again swept all opponents, bringing all honors into China's embrace.
That year, the whole world was moved by Mu Li.
The whole world wanted to restrict Mu Li, but the battle rules could no longer be changed. They couldn't possibly restrict all Champion Level players from participating, could they?
Even so, Mu Li had a way to deal with it.
The so-called Champion Level player is because the Pokémon trainer has a Pokémon with Champion Level strength in their hands, but if the trainer does not have a Champion Level Pokémon, then they naturally cannot be called a Champion Level player.
Thus, this became a BUG.
If the Pokémon international events changed the rules again, Mu Li could also use this BUG to continue participating.
In desperation, the United States had no choice but to unite with other countries and put pressure on China through various aspects such as scientific research and economy.
At that time, China's development in these areas had indeed not yet reached the world's forefront, and Mu Li also began to lose interest in battles because he had no opponents, which led to Mu Li's retirement.
The official statement to the outside media was that Mu Li voluntarily retired, but those with discerning eyes could see the hidden dealings behind it.
After retiring, Mu Li also happened to prepare for university.
For Wang Xin and others, Mu Li's existence was a legend. They knew better than anyone else how dazzling this young man in front of them truly was.
"By the way, how strong are you now? You haven't regressed, have you?" Wang Xin asked curiously.
Mu Li showed a strange smile: "What, you want to try me?"
When Wang Xin saw this familiar smile, he couldn't help but shiver.
In the past, when Mu Li wanted to torment them, he would show this smile. In a trance, Wang Xin felt like he was back in those three years of being dominated by Mu Li.
Just as the two were chatting, Gao Hanyu came over.
"Wang Xin, what's the concept of Heavenly King Level, roughly?" Gao Hanyu was quite interested in Pokémon battles and had always paid attention to them.
Wang Xin frowned: "When you ask it like that, I really find it a bit hard to answer. How do I describe it?"
Gao Hanyu's eyes lit up, and he asked: "With Heavenly King Level strength, under the current circumstances, how long of an ice path can be created?"
Obviously, Gao Hanyu remembered the scene from yesterday.
Wang Xin was stunned: "Why are you asking so specifically? But speaking of it, creating one or two..." Wang Xin stopped halfway through his sentence when he saw Mu Li frantically winking at him.
After all, the two were once comrades-in-arms, so they had this much tacit understanding.
Wang Xin immediately changed his words, changing the 'hundred' he was originally going to say to 'thousand'.
"Creating one or two thousand meters should be no problem..."
After saying that, he even specifically checked if there were any cameras around.
It shouldn't be illegal for me to brag, right?
But what he didn't know was that Wang Xiang's cameras were everywhere. When Gao Hanyu came over, the camera had already followed. This scene was truthfully recorded as footage.
Gao Hanyu's pupils immediately widened: "One or two thousand meters? Goodness, that's too amazing!"
Wang Xin was somewhat curious: "Why are you asking so clearly?"
Gao Hanyu roughly gestured what happened yesterday.
Wang Xin's eyes widened, and pointing at Jigglypuff, who was sitting on Mu Li's head, he said: "You mean this Jigglypuff, with one Ice Punch, directly laid a five-hundred-meter ice surface?"
"Yes!" Gao Hanyu nodded, "I originally thought A Li was very strong, but I didn't expect you Elite players to be even stronger!"
Gao Hanyu couldn't help but exclaim, but he didn't see that Wang Xin's jaw was almost dropping.
"Haha, that's..." Wang Xin could only laugh awkwardly. He felt that to help Mu Li cover up, he would one day reach the brink of social death.
After Gao Hanyu finally left, Wang Xin couldn't help but ask Mu Li: "Is what he said true?"
Mu Li didn't speak, but Jigglypuff nodded seriously: "Bo Li!"
"Tell me honestly, what's this Jigglypuff's strength?" Wang Xin whispered.
Mu Li frowned, thought for a moment, then waved his hand, looking indifferent: "Champion Level, right? I'm not very clear either. I don't battle, why would I care about these things?"
Wang Xin only felt a bit of a toothache: Who would cultivate a Jigglypuff to Champion Level for no reason?
What he didn't know was that Jigglypuff was able to reach Champion Level entirely to compete with the green tea Sylveon.
Although that Sylveon was usually a bit of a green tea, she was also genuinely Champion strength.
Before reaching Champion strength, Jigglypuff was often bullied by Sylveon, so she worked hard, observing Dragonite and Giratina battling every day, and finding various legendary Pokémon to improve her potential. Besides not training, she tried almost every crooked path that could enhance her strength, which is why she has her current power.
Even Mu Li didn't know how much his little Jigglypuff had sacrificed for him behind the scenes.
Everyone traveled by car until they arrived at a horse farm. When they saw that what appeared in the horse farm were not real horses, but horse-type Pokémon, Deng Fei immediately started cursing.
"Wang Xiang, get out here! You call these horses?" Deng Fei roared, "Don't tell me we're going to ride these Rapidash, Zebstrika, and Mudsdale for the competition later?"
Wang Xiang added: "You can also choose Mudsdale."
"Is that the point?" Deng Fei continued to roar, "Riding horses is one thing, but is riding Pokémon the same concept as riding horses? Are you trying to kill us?"
"They're all horses, why not?" Wang Xiang said indifferently.
Deng Fei's eyes widened immediately: "What you said makes so much sense, I can't even refute you."
Chichi's eyes darted around, and he asked: "Director Wang, can I ride my Blastoise instead of a horse?"
Wang Xiang thought for a moment and replied: "You can."
At this, everyone felt like a new world had opened up.
Deng Fei: "Then I want to ride Electivire."
Zhang Shiqi: "I want to ride my Charizard."
Hani: "I want to ride my own Rapidash."
Jie Ni: "I want to ride Pidgeot."
Wang Xiang: "Flying Pokémon cannot be ridden."
...
Finally, Gao Hanyu, Fan Yizhi, Wang Qin, Xu Sheng'er, and Jie Ni, who were left, looked at each other.
Gao Hanyu: "I do want to ride our doggy..."
Jie Ni's Pidgeot was directly banned, Fan Yizhi's Blaziken could barely carry him, but it would be difficult to compete.
Wang Qin's Pokémon was a Meowth, and Xu Sheng'er's Pokémon was a Raichu.
None of them could participate in the competition.
"Those who don't have suitable Pokémon can go ride horses now," Wang Xiang urged mercilessly.
As a Heavenly King Level player, Wang Xin naturally had no shortage of Pokémon. He directly summoned a Dragonite.
At this, the rest of the members immediately began to complain.
"Can Dragonite even be used in this competition? I'm calling the police."
"Can't we just have fun?"
"Ban him! We demand Wang Xin be banned."
...
Wang Xiang completely ignored the demands of this group of people. The next moment, this group of members immediately changed their tune.
Deng Fei: "Brother Xin, let's be on the same team."
Chichi: "Xin, team up with me. The two of us will be invincible."
Fan Yizhi: "Can you show some respect for the older members? Let me be on Wang Xin's team."
...
Once this group of people started making a ruckus, they couldn't stop.
Wang Xiang directly stopped them: "How about this, we'll divide into two teams, Wang Xin's and Mu Li's. You can choose freely first."
Wang Xin and Mu Li stood directly at the front of the lines. Others who wanted to choose a corresponding team could stand directly behind that person.
Mu Li only felt a group of people shuffling behind him, and then he saw Wang Xiang and the other staff members couldn't help but laugh.
"There won't be no one behind me, will there?" Mu Li looked incredulous, turning his head to see Chichi hesitating.
Seeing Mu Li look back at him, Chichi immediately pretended as if nothing had happened, walked behind Mu Li, and put on a 'I support you' expression.
"Brother Chichi, you were just about to stand over there, weren't you?" Mu Li questioned.
Chichi immediately showed a helpless expression: "It's not that big brother doesn't support you, but they have a Dragonite over there. You can't use Togekiss, so how can we compete?"
Mu Li retorted angrily: "Well, I have a doggy too!"
With that, Mu Li released his Arcanine.
As soon as Arcanine came out of its Poké Ball, it instinctively let out a long howl, and as a result, the entire horse farm fell silent. The originally restless Rapidash, Zebstrika, and Mudsdale stopped neighing and trembled in place, almost kneeling.
Not to mention these horses, even Wang Xin's Dragonite's eyes widened, and it immediately shielded Wang Xin behind it, looking as if facing a formidable enemy.