Hearing Jose's expnation, the crowd was left speechless. All that talk about Blue potential and vast resources—was that even achievable for ordinary people?

  Even for the desdants of wealthy families, such feats were incredibly difficult.

  Obtaining a Pokémon with Blue potential? Unless you beloo a top-tier family like the Walkers, it ractically impossible.

  Even potential was something most Trainers could only dream of.

  So, while Jose's expnation about why Max's Tyranitar and Julian's Metagross could defeat Elite-tier Pokémon was clear, it was little more than amusing to the crowd.

  Before long, Shu Uy sent out their fourth testant, a Fighting-type Trainer who used a Machamp.

  By now, the battlefield had entirely bee Tyranitar's domain. Thanks to its Sand Stream ability, the arena was engulfed in a swirling sandstorm.

  On paper, Tyranitar's four-times weako Fighting gave Machamp a signifit advantage.

  Unfortunately, the gap in strength betweewo Pokémon was far too wide. Even with the type advantage, Machamp couldn't gain the upper hand.

  The flying sand stantly interfered with Machamp's movements, and the fine grains even ed around its ankles as it ran.

  Tyranitar's mastery over the sa Julian in awe.

  Three mier, Machamp was defeated by Tyranitar's Hyper Beam.

  "With the state Tyranitar is in, apart from Shu's team captain, none of their other members stand a ce," Jose said with a smile.

  In team petitions, the strength of most members might be simir, but the captain alossessed overwhelming power.

  If not for Julian's presen the Imperial Uy team, Max undoubtedly deserved to be their captain. Of course, Julian had no i ile.

  For Shu Uy to stop Max's winning streak, their only option was to send out their otain.

  However, the lineup order couldn't be ged once submitted, so it depended on when Shu's captain was scheduled to enter.

  Typically, team captai st.

  Imperial Uy was fident enough to have Max go out fourth, thanks to Julian's remarkable presence.

  Without Julian, Max would likely have been their final testant as well.

  Shu sent out their fifth member.

  Two mier, the fifth member was defeated.

  The sixth testaered the field.

  Four mier, the sixth testant was defeated.

  Then came the seventh.

  Three mier, the seventh testant also fell.

  Max single-handedly took down five of Shu Uy's team members, boosting Imperial Uy's morale to a new high.

  In the livestream, supporters of Shu Uy were so embarrassed they didn't dare to say much, while those cheering for Imperial Uy were mog them relentlessly.

  As students of Imperial Uy, they seemed to share one on hobby: taunting Shu Uy.

  Seeing Shu suffer brought them joy; seeing Shu in trouble brought eveer joy.

  If Shu supported something, they opposed it; if Shu opposed something, they supported it.

  The rivalry betweewo uies had been simmering for decades, though no one quite remembered how it began.

  In Imperial Uy's eyes, even a stray dog from Shu Uy wandering into their territory would deserve a good thrashing before bei back.

  "Hey, hey, this is overkill! Max, don't you know how to go easy on them? Look at Shu—they're about to shut down pletely!"

  Jose was having the time of his life. As an Imperial Uy alumnus, despite having graduated nearly three decades ago, he still delighted in seeing Shu Uy suffer, especially at the hands of Imperial Uy.

  Oher hand, Lisa was visibly frustrated. Ever since Max took the stage, the smug remarks from this old mao her hadn't stopped.

  'Shu is hopeless,' 'Imperial's performance isn't bad at all,' 'Shu, always the eternal runner-up,' 'Why are their students so weak?'

  "Hmph! What's there to gloat about? Shu's captain is stepping in now. Let's see how your Max hahat!" Lisa snapped, spping the table in frustration.

  At first, Ben, sittiweewo entators, cimed to be Lisa's fan for the sake of the show.

  But now, as the verbal sparried, and Lisa even looked ready to start a brawl, Ben found himself caught in an increasingly aosition.

  "Do you think Imperial only has Max?" Jose said calmly.

  His retort left Lisa momentarily speechless. She g Julian, who was sitting quietly on the Imperial Uy bench, and muttered in dissatisfa, "Why didn't Shu recruit Julian?"

  Shu Uy was already regretting it bitterly. If they had known Julian would perform so monstrously after entering uy, they would have done anything to steal him away from Imperial Uy.

  But Imperial Uy's offer at the time had simply been too overwhelming, leaving Shu Uy no pete.

  Finally, Shu sent out their eighth testant—their captain, Carter.

  As captains of their respective teams, Carter and Max were naturally familiar with each other. Outside of petitions, they were both rivals and friends.

  "Tyran!!"

  Tyranitar, tnized Carter. As soon as it saw him, it let out a thunderous roar.

  Tyranitar: 'So, you've finally decided to show up, you little runt!'

  Not uanding Tyranitar's words, Carter assumed it was simply greeting him and smiled in response before tossing out his Poké Ball.

  "Aero!!!"

  The roar that followed was a ae, sending a chilling aura through the arena that made everyone's hair stand on end.

  A gray Pokémon soared through the air, seemingly ued by the swirling sandstorm.

  "An Aerodactyl! That's an Aerodactyl!" Lisa excimed in shock.

  The audience was just as stunned upnizing the Pokémon.

  Aerodactyl and other fossil Pokémon like Kabutops were incredibly rare in the modern world. While many fossils had beehed, living fossil Pokémon were almost exclusively found in a secret realms.

  There were only three sut secret realms worldwide:

  - One was located in iional waters, trolled by multiple nations, and only a handful of trainers were allowed access each year.

  - The sed was i Africa, uhe trol of several dangerous anizations.

  - The third was in Drakoria.

  Even within these a secret realms, fossil Pokémon were rare, and their reprodu rates were extremely low. Aerodactyls, for instance, could only y a few eggs in their lifetime.

  This made opportuo capture one even scarcer.

  What was even more astonishing was that this Aerodactyl had Blue potential. sidering the rarity of Aerodactyls, this might very well be the only Blue-tier Aerodactyl iire world.

  As one of the top predators of the a era, Aerodactyl's appearance sent a chill through the battlefield, its very preseimidating.

  Pokémon: Aerodactyl (Rock/Flying)

  Level: 70

  Potential: Blue

  Ability: Rock Head

  Held Item: Hard Stone

  Gender: Male

  Moves: Bite, Supersonit Power, Scary Face, Wing Attack, Rock Slide, ch, Iron Head, Take Down, Stone Edge, Hyper Beam, Giga Impact

  TMs: Protect, Rob, Earth Power, Stealth Rock, Substitute, Hurrie, Iron Tail, Fire Bst, Fmethrower, Dragon Dance, Dragon Cw, Earthquake

  Geic Moves: Dragoh, Roost, Tailwind, Wide Guard, Steel Wing