Upon arriving at the battle arena, the randomly selected venue was a Water Arena, which presented no disadvantage to Jiang Chen.
"Jiang Chen, I didn't expect my opponent to be you. Before, you feared me and dared not battle me. Now you can't escape, can you?"
An Yu stared at Jiang Chen with a twisted, resentful expression.
"Who are you?"
Jiang Chen asked, puzzled, looking at the opponent's resentful gaze.
"You… you actually forgot me? I'm An Yu, the strongest rookie trainer in Luojiang City."
"Oh, I remember now. That guy who challenged me at Tianhai Elf Academy before, and then got beaten badly because he pulled too much aggro." Jiang Chen finally remembered who this guy named An Yu was. He recalled that he was beaten quite miserably back then.
However, this guy didn't know where he got the nerve to say that Jiang Chen feared him and dared not battle him.
An Yu's face turned green after hearing Jiang Chen's words.
"Both parties release their Pokémon."
Without waiting for An Yu to say anything more, the referee announced the start of the match and the release of Pokémon.
An Yu released his Golduck, while Jiang Chen released his Milotic.
Milotic's appearance made many people's eyes light up. Milotic, known as the most beautiful Pokémon, was indeed very beautiful.
The Water Arena only had a few floating platforms, making it most suitable for Water-type Pokémon or Flying-type Pokémon.
Flying-type Pokémon wouldn't be at a disadvantage in any arena.
"Golduck, use Water Pulse."
"Milotic, use Aqua Ring."
A water veil appeared around Milotic, perfectly blocking all attacks outside. And the most crucial part of using Aqua Ring was recovery.
As long as it was within Aqua Ring, it could recover stamina and injuries at all times.
In fact, Milotic was a very resilient Pokémon, and it had many ways to recover. If you couldn't defeat Milotic in one go, Milotic would quickly recover.
After using Aqua Ring, it began to use Hydro Pump from a distance, suppressing its opponent from afar.
"Golduck, use Protect."
An Yu's face immediately changed as he watched the continuous Hydro Pump.
"Dive into the water and approach Milotic from below," An Yu instructed Golduck.
Jiang Chen's expression remained unchanged, watching as Golduck approached Milotic. However, as soon as it got close, it was immediately sent flying by Milotic's Water Tail.
"I was just waiting for you to get close."
Jiang Chen smiled, then ordered Milotic to use Hyper Beam, hitting Golduck, who was sent flying into mid-air.
The powerful force of Hyper Beam directly blasted Golduck off the Water Arena.
"Golduck is unable to battle, Milotic wins. Trainer An Yu, please send out your next Pokémon," the referee announced after looking at Golduck.
"Damn it, I was careless just now."
An Yu reluctantly recalled Golduck, then sent out Charizard.
Using Charizard in a Water Arena was extremely awkward, as there was no solid ground to stand on, and Charizard was afraid of water because the flame on its tail was its life source. If the flame on its tail extinguished, Charizard would die.
An Yu's other Pokémon were basically Fire-type or Ground-type. He only had one Water-type Golduck. After Golduck was defeated, the situation was very unfavorable for him.
"Charizard? A type disadvantage battle, do you think you can win?"
Jiang Chen glanced at Charizard in the air, then directly had Milotic continue using Hydro Pump.
Charizard in the air was indeed flexible, dodging Milotic's attacks several times, and even counterattacking.
However, every time Charizard counterattacked, Jiang Chen made Milotic dive into the water, and Charizard's flames were directly nullified by the water.
After the attack dissipated, Milotic continued to surface and attack.
If this Charizard was truly strong, perhaps it could have considered boiling the water or evaporating all the water in this Water Arena.
But An Yu's Charizard didn't have that strength, and Milotic wouldn't give it that chance. After being hit twice by Hydro Pump, Charizard fell from the sky.
"Come back, Charizard."
An Yu quickly recalled the falling Charizard, worried that it would fall into the water, but this action was equivalent to admitting defeat.
In fact, Charizard had already lost its ability to battle after being hit twice, otherwise, it wouldn't have fallen from the sky.
"Charizard defeated, please send out your next Pokémon."
In the blink of an eye, the battle had only just begun, and An Yu only had one Pokémon left that he could use.
"Come out, Golem."
An Yu released Golem with a grim expression. Golem stood on a small wooden board floating in the Water Arena. Due to Golem's weight, the wooden board sank, threatening to overturn at any moment.
"You might as well just surrender."
Jiang Chen glanced at Golem, which didn't dare to move, and said to An Yu.
The Water Arena was Golem's bane. Golem didn't dare to move at all, fearing it would fall into the water from the floating platform.
Water-type moves dealt four times the damage to Golem. Golem was even more afraid of water than Charizard.
"Surrender? How can I surrender? Golem, jump up and use Explosion."
Explosion and Self-Destruct were definitely the most terrifying damage-dealing moves, but the drawback was that the user would also lose battle capability after using them.
"Milotic, use Protect."
With a bang.
The sound felt like it could be heard throughout the entire venue; the entire arena was blasted into chaos.
The referee's face was grim. Fortunately, he retreated in time; otherwise, he didn't know if his life would be saved.
"Come back, Milotic."
Because it used Protect, that move was truly overpowered, so Milotic was fine.
Milotic was fine, but An Yu was finished.
In competitions, some moves are actually forbidden, such as moves with overly terrifying destructive power.
For example, Draco Meteor, a move with too wide a range of destruction, like a meteor shower leveling the ground, is forbidden in competitions. Otherwise, the people watching the competition would be killed by your moves.
Explosion is also a forbidden move, but Self-Destruct, which is similar to Explosion, is not within the forbidden range, because the range of Self-Destruct is smaller than Explosion.
"Match over, Trainer Jiang Chen wins. Trainer An Yu, please come with me."
The referee looked at An Yu with ill intent.
This matter must be heavily penalized. It almost cost him his life. How could it not be heavily penalized? It must be heavily penalized.
How An Yu would be punished was none of Jiang Chen's business. Jiang Chen had already left the battle arena.
To be fair, Explosion was indeed terrifying; it completely obliterated the Water Arena.
Even with timely use of Protect, Milotic still suffered some damage.
Upon arriving at the Pokémon Center, Jiang Chen had Milotic treated, then went to the spectator stands.
"Congratulations, Young Master, for advancing to the top 64," Ning Ya said, congratulating Jiang Chen with a smile.
"There's nothing to congratulate about the top 64, is there?"
"Indeed, Young Master will definitely win the championship."
Ning Ya firmly believed that Jiang Chen could win the championship. If Jiang Chen couldn't win the championship, it would mean there was definitely something wrong.
After observing several battles from the spectator stands, he found a few quite powerful trainers. The abundance of geniuses this year was not just talk.
There were indeed many geniuses, but they posed no threat to Jiang Chen.
Ling Wanqiu and Xiao Luoxue's battle also ended in an easy victory. Wang Xin, who battled Xiao Luoxue, was easily eliminated, losing all three of her Pokémon to just one of Xiao Luoxue's Pokémon.
There were many battle arenas, so the competition was completed in a single day, and the top 64 of the New Trainer Tournament were directly finalized.
It could be said that anyone who made it this far was absolutely not a weakling.
"I'm unlucky. Bad luck. If I hadn't run into Xiao Luoxue, I feel like I could have struggled a bit longer." Wang Xin secretly sighed at her bad luck. Among the people who advanced to the top 64, there were also those whose strength was inferior to hers. But they had good luck and encountered weaker opponents, successfully advancing.
However, luck was also a kind of strength.
"If you were strong enough, you wouldn't have to complain about bad luck."
Xiao Luoxue glanced at Wang Xin and said.
Although Xiao Luoxue's words were true, Wang Xin felt very angry hearing them.
"Wanqiu, you must avenge me."
Wang Xin said to Ling Wanqiu, her eyes burning with fire.
"Alright, I promise I'll avenge you."
Anyway, if she encountered Xiao Luoxue, she would definitely defeat her. However, Ling Wanqiu was not in a hurry to encounter Xiao Luoxue now.
It wasn't that she was afraid of encountering Xiao Luoxue, but that she wanted to wait until after entering the top 16, then defeat Xiao Luoxue in a six-on-six battle, which would make the victory more valuable.
"Revenge? When we meet, I'll eliminate you both."
"Then we'll see who eliminates whom." The smell of gunpowder once again spread between Ling Wanqiu and Xiao Luoxue.
Beside them, Wang Xin shivered, caught in the middle.
After today's matches ended, Jiang Chen went straight home. Xiao Luoxue, temporarily staying at Jiang Chen's house, naturally returned with him.
"You have another match tomorrow, and you're still training today?"
Seeing Jiang Chen release his Pokémon for training, Xiao Luoxue couldn't help but ask.
"Only by constantly training can I maintain my strength and continue to grow stronger."
"No wonder your Pokémon are so strong. In that case, let's train too!" Xiao Luoxue shouted to her Pokémon.
Although she also trained her Pokémon diligently, compared to Jiang Chen, she seemed a bit lazy. There was a reason why Jiang Chen's Pokémon were so powerful.
Of course, the assistance of the plates and orbs also contributed.
Their innate diligence, combined with the aid of the plates and orbs, forged their invincible strength.
At least among peers, Jiang Chen had no opponent. Even some genius trainers who graduated four or five years ago might not be as good as Jiang Chen now.
Because there was another match tomorrow, Jiang Chen didn't let his Pokémon train too much.
The next morning, he woke up and signed in. The rewards he received were very common; evolution stones and berries were the easiest to obtain.
He arrived at the Tianhai Elf Arena again, first drawing his opponent. Unexpectedly, his first match this morning was his own battle, against Qin Xiao.
"The principal's grandson."
After seeing his opponent, Jiang Chen remembered the matter the principal had entrusted to him.
Principal Qin Deming had previously asked Jiang Chen and Ling Wanqiu that if they encountered Qin Xiao, they should make him lose miserably, so that he would understand that there was always someone better.
"I originally planned to use Charmeleon, but since I need to teach him a lesson, I'll use Garchomp."
Although Garchomp wasn't the strongest Pokémon in Jiang Chen's hand, it could definitely make his opponent infuriated.
Towards Pokémon weaker than itself, Garchomp always maintained an incredibly arrogant attitude, even deliberately provoking them.
Jiang Chen had tried to change Garchomp's personality several times, but it wouldn't work; this was simply its nature.
Arriving at the battle arena, this time the arena was a Grass Arena. However, no matter what kind of arena it was, it had no effect on Jiang Chen.
"Jiang Chen, let me see if you're as amazing as that old man says."
Qin Xiao looked at Jiang Chen provocatively.
Although outsiders said Jiang Chen was very powerful, he himself didn't think Jiang Chen was that strong. He hadn't even watched Jiang Chen's matches.
"Everyone says you're strong, but I think you're nothing special."
Qin Xiao was a bit arrogant, holding his head high, his eyes seemingly on the top of his head.
"When did people without strength dare to be arrogant? Who gave you the courage?"
No wonder the principal asked him to be merciless when he encountered Qin Xiao. This guy's personality truly had issues, almost identical to Jiang Chen's Garchomp.
But this was also perfect. To deal with arrogant people, you had to be even more arrogant than them to make them uncomfortable.
"You say I have no strength? Then I'll show you my strength."
Qin Xiao was displeased to hear Jiang Chen's words.
"Both parties, please release your Pokémon."
The referee interrupted their conversation at this moment.
"Go, Garchomp."
"Go, Infernape."
Garchomp versus Infernape. When Garchomp saw Infernape, its arrogant expression was already on full display, and its disdainful eyes were perfectly showcased.
"This guy, just a mere Pokémon."
Seeing Garchomp's expression, Qin Xiao trembled with anger. That look was clearly one of disdain, a naked contempt for him and his Pokémon.
"Infernape, teach it a lesson."
Qin Xiao, unable to contain his anger, shouted at Infernape. His anger meant his mentality had already been affected.
"Garchomp, you're free to do as you please."
Jiang Chen directly let Garchomp act freely. If he commanded, Garchomp would still restrain itself a bit.
But if Jiang Chen didn't command, Garchomp would be the most infuriating, absolutely unleashing its arrogance to the fullest.
Looking at the charging Infernape, Garchomp disdainfully used a Dragon Claw, hitting Infernape and sending it flying.
Seeing Infernape sent flying by its light attack, Garchomp raised its head, its eyes sidelong, looking at the Infernape on the ground and Trainer Qin Xiao.
Looking at people sideways; you could tell at a glance it was looking down on you.
"Your Infernape, it seems a bit weak."
"Encountering an opponent like you, I truly can't muster any fighting spirit. I really don't know how you made it into the top 64, but this is as far as you go. Your luck will, at most, get you to the top 64."
Pure villain dialogue, making Qin Xiao's anger meter fill up instantly.
As Jiang Chen spoke, Garchomp cooperated perfectly, walking over and stomping Infernape under its foot, allowing Infernape to struggle.
Then, as if playing around, it kicked Infernape away, and Infernape lost its ability to battle.
"Bullying… bullying too much."
Qin Xiao angrily recalled Infernape.
Those who had been defeated by Qin Xiao before now clapped and cheered upon seeing Qin Xiao's current state.
When Qin Xiao battled them, he would always humiliate them after defeating them. They couldn't win, and they were still humiliated.
After knowing that Jiang Chen was Qin Xiao's opponent, they were excited, just waiting to see this scene.
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