It seems he was completely preoccupied with finding tablets before, and he was even strategizing against Hoopa when the Alliance was determining the rules for the divine battles and the World Tournament; he had no time to pay attention to this...
"You...!!"
Seeing that Fang Yuan even needed to ask her about the rules for the battle of guardian gods, Xie Qingyi instantly became "???" extremely annoyed.
There was no way Fang Yuan didn't know; he was definitely teasing her.
Taking a deep breath, Xie Qingyi looked at Fang Yuan's serious face and couldn't help feeling irritated...
"Fine, I'll say it again, listen carefully."
"There are 16 legendary resources, and during the divine battles, they will be awarded in turn as prizes, contested in a tournament format, totaling 16 matches."
"If a participating nation has a need for the legendary resource that appears, they can send a Pokemon to defend the title. Once the defending nation has been determined, any nation can send out a Pokemon to compete against them. The victor continues on as the challenger, while the defeated Pokemon is eliminated until no other nation challenges, and then the legendary resource becomes the property of the nation holding the title at that time."
"The restriction is, every Pokemon can only appear once. For example, your Monferno, even if it could be undefeated across the world, can only participate in one tournament battle and cannot defend or challenge in the other tournaments."
"So, having strength is not enough... The number of Pokemon each participating nation possesses must also be sufficient. This ensures that as many legendary resources as possible can be secured, and it also restricts any one nation from monopolizing all the legendary resources all at once."
A Pokemon being able to compete in only one legendary tournament can prevent a nation from suddenly befriending a legendary-level Pokemon and swallowing up all the resources.
At the same time, it also tests the participating nations' judgments about which legendary resources to fight for. For some high-value legendary resources, several major nations might compete at the same time, challenging one after another with fierce battle outcomes.
But for a lower-value legendary resource, if the defending Pokemon is really powerful, other nations may pass it up to save their strength.
"Right, the rules also limit a nation to a maximum of 10 legendary resources. It's another measure to limit a monopoly, but that rule can be ignored since it's basically impossible for any country to successfully defend a title ten times under the pressure of nations worldwide..." Even superpowers like China and the US only hope to secure as many as 3 to 5 high-value legendary resources in the divine battles, which would be a good outcome.
In addition to that, each participating nation's number of challenges is also limited, which Xie Qingyi continued to explain to Fang Yuan.
"The rules are quite complicated," Fang Yuan complained.
Does that mean, even if Eevee could instantly defeat all guardian gods, it could only claim one legendary resource?
But indeed, this would be fairer, giving other nations some opportunities.
"Yes," said Xie Qingyi, not in the best of moods: "On our side, counting Mega Evolution and Z-Moves, there are still some trainers who possess guardian god level combat power, and we have befriended some willing to battle guardian gods. The meeting that will soon start is aimed at further establishing everyone's capabilities so that when the divine battles happen, we can better arrange the battle order."
"Right, thanks to your Heart Source Style, the Giant Rapid Dragon from Dragon Island can now fight normally. Those five god pillars from the Su Province Secret Realm have also agreed to battle. Speaking of which... the three god pillars that guard your research institute… their strength has reached guardian god level, hasn't it...??"
Fang Yuan had previously helped the Giant Rapid Dragon from the future space-time complete its super ancient transformation, and also assisted the future space-time's Hua Nation Association in befriending the Electric God Pillar and Dragon God Pillar from Su Province Secret Realm. However, this was not something Fang Yuan had personally handled in this timeline.
Before, he had handed the intelligence data and methods of strategy to his disciple, allowing He Xiaomai and Prince of the Sea to take over, treating it as an experience task for them. It looked like He Xiaomai had succeeded.
The Dragon Island Giant Rapid Dragon, perfectly mastering super ancient transformation, matched top guardian gods, and both god pillars were also among the top-tier in high-level guardian gods. This constituted extremely vital combat power for the Hua Nation Association in the divine battles. In the eyes of President Wen and the other Twelve Branches, He Xiaomai had truly made a great contribution.
"Senior sister."
Fang Yuan fell silent for a moment, then said, "There's no need to convene an offline conference."
Xie Qingyi: "Huh?"
"You just said the maximum number of legendary resources a country can defend and obtain is 10, right?"
"Right..."
"Then that settles it."
"Eevee, Self-detonating Magnetic Monster, Monferno, Gengar, Milotic, Dragonite, Ditto, Darkrai, Venusaur, Mane Rock Werewolf, count for yourself. My Pokemon, each defending one tournament, will just claim 10 legendary resources. I shouldn't have miscalculated."
All this special training, using the battle of the guardian gods to test the training results, seems not too bad?
But would it be somewhat improper to seize the opportunities of other trainers and guardian god spirits who have been preparing for so long?
Never mind, he's not being human about this.
Silence.
Xie Qingyi silently looked at Fang Yuan.
If it wasn't through a screen, she would have liked to touch Fang Yuan's forehead to see if he was feverish.
"Can each of your Pokemon really handle challenges from guardian god level Pokemon from all over the world? Even among them, there may be top guardian gods!! Near-legends!!" Xie Qingyi said.
Fang Yuan laughed: "Of course they can..."
Even if there happened to be any unforeseen circumstances, and he faced targeted onslaught by other countries, wouldn't he still have Victini, Hoopa, Dream, Mewtwo, and Celebi?
He hoped the other nations would give Doctor Fang Yuan some face and not be too excessive.
Otherwise, he would have to send the legendary Pokemon in as the next line.
Xie Qingyi didn't know what to say.
Was Fang Yuan serious??
Rational thinking made Xie Qingyi doubt whether Fang Yuan was aware of the scale of this divine battle.
But then, considering the wonders Fang Yuan had created, she felt he was serious.
This guy, really planning to use his own bred Pokemon to single-handedly challenge the guardian gods from all over the world???
"Don't tell me, go tell President Wen and the other Twelve Branches..." Xie Qingyi was exhausted.
...
Shortly after.
The Twelve Branches online meeting convened.
President Wen and the other Twelve Branches saw Fang Yuan, the "acting president," actually in attendance. They were about to comment on Fang Yuan's presence, but he pre-empted them.
"Qingyi has already told me the rules for the divine battles among the nations this time. In this competition, the ten legendary resources a single country can acquire, I'll take them all."
"For the time being, seniors, you need not worry. No need to thank me, as the acting president, this is my duty."
I'm invincible, you guys relax.
Defending the title ten times...
The ten-crown king...
Fang Yuan analyzed the situation, it should be doable.
Having the skills is enough.
President Wen, the Twelve Branches: ????
Huh? What did you say?