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Anming Yama was stunned.

Young people lack martial ethics!

They came to deceive and ambush this old comrade, the Heavenly King.

As expected of a top-tier trainer, he possesses exceptional mental fortitude.

He quickly adjusted and, based on the current situation, had already read Bai Zhou's next instructions.

It must be an attack move!

So... the advantage is still with me!

"Dream Demon, suddenly..."

Anming paused, his voice abruptly ceasing.

Bai Zhou smiled.

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Why aren't you smiling? Don't you like to smile?

Gastly, Shadow Ball.

Under Anming's dazed gaze, Gastly rapidly rubbed its tongue in front of it, condensing a dark ball three times its own size. It looked down at the crying Misdreavus with a wicked grin.

"Yay~"

"Stop! Stop it now! I give up!"

Anming quickly recalled the crying Misdreavus into its Poké Ball and signaled to the referee to end the battle.

He did indeed lose this match.

We lost completely.

The Misdreavus currently only has three attack moves: Psychic, Fright, and Sudden Attack. Apart from Sudden Attack, the other two moves deal very low damage.

The move Fright is excellent at dealing with type disadvantages, but its damage is only slightly higher than Psychic and far inferior to Sucker Punch, posing no threat to Gastly.

Even if Gastly's Shadow Ball doesn't defeat Misdreavus in one hit, it only delays the battle.

From the moment the attributes he had enhanced through meditation were erased by the smoke of purification, he had no hope of winning.

Thinking of this, Anming sighed.

I was completely caught up in his rhythm of the game. His loss was well-deserved; he's a force to be reckoned with...

The referee enters the court and announces the verdict.

"Battle over, Gastly wins!"

"What happened? Why did Father suddenly stop commanding and admit defeat? He was sure to win if he had continued commanding the attack..."

An Xin looked confused, but was interrupted by An Yi's hand gesture halfway through her sentence.

"If you're bad, practice more. If you can't handle losing, don't play. A pincer is a pincer, a crab is a crab... Ouch, ouch, ouch, sis, I was wrong, let go, let go."

Seeing An Xin grabbing An Yi's ear, Zhu Lan smiled slightly and explained:

"It's the Grievous move. Gastly's Grievous move sealed off Misdreavus's Sucker Punch move, so Misdreavus can't use Sucker Punch anymore."

"Resentment? I remember now, doesn't that mean Bai Zhou calculated the outcome of the battle from the very beginning? How is that possible! His battle strategy... it's terrifying!"

Anxin exclaimed in surprise, overwhelmed with disbelief.

Battle command console.

Bai Zhou nodded to An Ming, whose expression was complicated, and was about to walk towards Zhu Lan when he discovered that Gastly had already started moving ahead of him and drifted to Zhu Lan's side with the wind.

"Gas!"

"A brilliant battle, this is your reward."

With a smile, Bamboo Orchid patted Gastly's head and handed it an Energy Cube.

Gastly didn't stand on ceremony; it tossed its tongue into the air and started chewing.

White Boat was only one step slower than Gastly. Seeing this, it immediately flew into a rage, grabbed Gastly, and mercilessly and wildly ravaged its cheeks.

You big-eyed, thick-browed Gastly!

I never expected them to betray me!

Looking at the childish Bai Zhou, Zhu Lan covered her mouth and chuckled softly.

"A perfect strategic game, I look forward to the day I face you in battle."

"Oh, not at all, I'm nowhere near as good as you."

Bai Zhou held the Gastly with its round eyes tucked into his waistband, looking rather embarrassed.

At this moment, Anming had already calmed down the still sobbing Misdreavus in the Poké Ball, and walked over with two simple wooden boxes, handing them to Cynthia and White Boat respectively.

"This is Champion Zhulan's and Brother Bai's badge box. Inside are the Wuchang Dojo badges. Please keep them safe."

He couldn't understand why Bai Zhou could win, even if Zhu Lan was the champion.

Even though he underestimated its opponent, even though he hadn't expected Gastly to be so powerful, even though he really wanted to show off in front of his children, even though...

Okay, it really is my own problem.

"Father, I told you long ago..."

"Boss! I knew you'd win. Dad's nothing special~"

Is that all there is to it?

Tonight I'll show you what it means to be nothing special!

The "love" of his children became the last straw that broke the camel's back. Without hesitation, An Ming punched An Yi on the head, causing him to crouch down and cover his head in pain.

However, Anming is still a Heavenly King, so he has that much of a sense of perspective.

He accepted Bai Zhou.

Bai Zhou watched the scene of the father yelling at the son, his lips twitched, and he silently accepted the badge box.

The emblem of the Wuchang Dojo is shaped like a small gate to hell, with the words "Seeing it brings wealth and peace to the world" written on the gatepost. It is indeed beautiful.

After putting away the badge box, Zhu Lan brought up the important matter with An Ming.

"Master Anming, how much do you know about the local forces in Di'an City, especially their recent unusual movements?"

"This is not the place to talk. Please come with me."

An Ming's expression turned solemn as he led Zhu Lan and Bai Zhou to a quaint study deep within the dojo.

In the study, Zhu Lan briefly explained the progress of the investigation into the ghostly energy tides in Di'an City.

Bai Zhou then added his findings and speculations at the First Emperor's Mausoleum.

An Ming listened intently, his fingers unconsciously tapping the mahogany tabletop. After a moment of contemplation, he spoke:

"To be honest, Di'an City has excellent public security. The so-called powerful groups are mostly entrenched interest groups, but they are all legally registered companies and can be directly vetted through the proper procedures. However..."

He then changed the subject.

"About a month ago, just before the Ghost-type energy tide started to fluctuate abnormally, a number of mysterious and unfamiliar organizations did indeed flood into Di'an City. I tried to investigate using some private channels, but... I found nothing."

An unfamiliar organization...

Bai Zhou tried to connect the clues.

A mysterious organization secretly infiltrated the alternate dimension of the First Emperor's Mausoleum → They opened the jade coffin → This caused Gastly to awaken unexpectedly → This triggered a Ghost-type energy tide.

But... what exactly is their purpose?

"Little A Assistant reminds you: The mission to investigate the cause of the anomalies in the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum's alternate dimension has been completed. Rewards: 100 BP points and Energy Cube Crafting Technology Lv.1 have been obtained."

The system's pop-up notification interrupted Bai Zhou's thoughts.

Immediately afterwards, a vast amount of knowledge about the creation of energy cubes powerfully knocked open his skull and flooded in.

This is... a pawl!

Wait, the mission is already complete?

Bai Zhou was taken aback, then quickly digested the knowledge.

The system's assessment is complete, meaning his previous speculation that the cause of the anomaly was the opening of the jade coffin was entirely correct!

Is this okay?

He was speechless.

The three discussed for a while longer, and after An Ming presented the list of major interest groups, Bai Zhou and Zhu Lan prepared to take their leave.

The direction of the next task became much clearer.

Aside from being a bit time-consuming, you just need to visit each person on the list to conduct the inspections.

Before leaving, An Yi approached Bai Zhou.

"Boss, I recorded your match just now. You don't have any objections, right?"

"First of all, I'm a law-abiding citizen; secondly, I don't have any objections, but you..."

Bai Zhou fell silent halfway through his sentence, and An Yi followed his gaze to look behind him.

There, Anming's cheeks were flushed.

"An Yi! You'd better die!"