Chapter 490: Achieving Fame and Success
Originally thought to be an uneventful crushing match, no one expected that a Pro-level peak battle would unexpectedly take place in this points match.
First Division League rookie Basalt defeated the long-famous ace of the powerhouse club Yume, strongly ranking among the top 10 of the First Division League.
This was the first battle of Pantheon vs. Sanctuary.
However, after this round ended, the subsequent matches completely lost their due meaning and brilliance. Everyone was immersed in the scene of Basalt's victory, unable to extricate themselves for a long time.
In the end, Sanctuary suffered a crushing defeat in this match, as expected. But a crushing defeat was just a defeat; the Sanctuary Club didn't lose out! Because Basalt's fame spread far and wide, their club could also piggyback on huge benefits.
That night, Basalt made the headlines of the League Daily, becoming extremely popular. While Basalt's fan count skyrocketed, the fan count of Sanctuary Club's official promotional account also began to skyrocket at an amazing speed.
Immediately after, Basalt's phone was blown up, all congratulations from friends and family. Too many people; Basalt couldn't answer them all, so he simply turned off his phone later. Countless money was rushing towards Basalt, crying and shouting hoping Basalt would accept it.
"Anji, please help me check. Accept some suitable endorsements or commercial performances for me!"
Regarding this, Basalt naturally wouldn't refuse. No trainer doesn't lack money! However, with Earthly experience, Basalt naturally didn't want scam products causing bad influence, which required Anji to check strictly.
"Rest assured, I understand!"
Anji agreed and hung up the phone. At this moment, Anji admired her boss Abdullah so much that she prostrated herself in admiration. Back then, he insisted on spending heavily to sign Basalt against all opinions; now it was time to initially reap the rewards.
As for transfer invitations from some powerhouse clubs, Anji rejected them directly. They didn't lack money; although the transfer fees were as high as hundreds of millions, she didn't care.
In the following time, Basalt focused mainly on making money, and competitions became a side job instead. Anyway, just playing a match casually every week was easy and relaxing.
Because Basalt was too strong, ordinary clubs would rack their brains to send inferior players to perfunctorily deal with Basalt. Anyway, they couldn't win! As for top clubs with top 10 players, their ace trainers also had no guarantee of defeating Basalt. Based on this, staggering was the best choice.
Because apart from Basalt being strong, the comprehensive strength of other players in the Sanctuary Club was far inferior to top clubs. As long as the club could win, it was fine! There was absolutely no need to fight to the death with Basalt. Crucially, if they lost, their popularity would drop, which wasn't worth the loss.
Thus, Basalt won easily in the subsequent matches. The First Division League completely lost its challenge in Basalt's eyes. And Basalt now mostly sent newly cultivated Pokémon to hone their actual combat abilities; Carbink and Hakamo-o became the main force of the competition instead.
Time flew; two months passed in the blink of an eye, and this season of the Huaxia Professional League finally came to an end.
This season, due to Basalt's joining, the Sanctuary Club rose thirteen places in ranking, reaching the top twenty. However, limited by the uneven comprehensive strength, even with Basalt, a top 10 superstar player, they couldn't get too high a ranking. The rules of the points match were like this; mainly looking at team strength.
Unfortunately, Basalt's strength exploded too late, completely unqualified to compete for this season's MVP!
Moreover, in terms of strength, Basalt wasn't the top among the top 10. Because when facing powerhouse clubs, he was fortunate enough to see the scenes of Long Feiyu, Kong Linfang, Jin Gang, and others fighting with full force; the scenes were extremely spectacular and shocking.
The comprehensive strength of these people should be slightly stronger than Basalt because the combat power of their main Pokémon had fully formed. Although the combat power of the four aces among Basalt's Pokémon had indeed fully formed, the remaining Camerupt, Swampert, Carbink, and Hakamo-o hadn't grown to the limit of the Pro-level. In this way, Basalt was at a disadvantage!
Not to mention the battle experience of these veterans was also much richer than Basalt's. So comprehensively, Basalt didn't have a big chance of winning!
"Wait for my return next year, then I'll crush you all!"
Watching the top player who won the MVP title shaking the trophy, Basalt secretly made up his mind.
Not long after the First Division League ended, the semi-finals of the University League had already begun. Unsurprisingly, South River University faced Shanghai University again, the two schools competing for third place.
In this batch of South River University, although the senior students weren't very strong, Basalt was strong! And the captain of the Shanghai University school team this year was only at the top 30 level in the professional league like Fang Tianjin, much weaker than Kong Linfang last year.
Thus, Shanghai University suffered a tragedy. They only stayed in the title of Huaxia top 3 for one year before being miserably driven off the throne. South River University revitalized its prestige and regained the Huaxia top 3 throne!
At the same time, Basalt also advanced from sophomore to junior year and successfully took over the position of captain of the South River University school team. Regarding this, no one in the entire school questioned it!
Basalt even declined a few times. Not that Basalt wanted to play the "declining three times and accepting three times" routine, but because Basalt wanted to take advantage of this free time to settle himself properly.
Because after reaching the Pro-level limit, his Pokémon also encountered bottlenecks, especially Excadrill! Previously, with the "Groudon Scale," as long as Excadrill absorbed the energy within step by step every day, and then trained appropriately, its strength would rise steadily.
But now, Excadrill felt that the energy its body could contain had reached the limit. Unless it broke the shackles, no matter how much energy was in the Groudon Scale, it couldn't absorb anymore and could only hover in place.
Therefore, Basalt had the idea of "ascetic cultivation," staying away from the hustle and bustle of the world, cultivating in seclusion, striving to break the shackles.
Upon learning the reason, Principal Mou Kangzhuang naturally wouldn't do things to hold Basalt back. He promised that the chores of the school team wouldn't trouble Basalt at all. Basalt only needed to lead the school team to fight in some key competitions; as for some small competitions or preliminary matches, the members of the SRU school team could handle them themselves.
It is worth mentioning that in this batch of the SRU school team, Zhan Xinglong and Si Yu were surprisingly on the list. However, Zhan Xinglong was a regular player, while Si Yu was a substitute player.
After handling everything, Basalt put on his backpack and embarked on the journey to the Taklamakan Desert again.
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