"I thought you'd go cry somewhere after losing."
Jiang Chen left the spectator stands and found Xiao Luoxue backstage. Xiao Luoxue had already composed herself.
"You underestimate me too much. Do I cry every time I lose? I'm not a sore loser."
"Besides, this was just a competition. Next time I duel her, I definitely won't lose."
Xiao Luoxue rolled her eyes at Jiang Chen.
In the afternoon, Jiang Chen and Li Tianlang's match began.
On the spectator stands, Ling Wanqiu and Xiao Luoxue held cheer signs for Jiang Chen. After losing to Ling Wanqiu in the match, Xiao Luoxue wasn't at odds with Ling Wanqiu.
Her defeat to Ling Wanqiu this time was genuinely due to inferior strength, and Xiao Luoxue wasn't bitter about it.
"Go, Metagross."
Jiang Chen sent out Metagross. Sending out Metagross indicated Jiang Chen's intent to dominate.
Metagross vs. Blaziken. In terms of typing, Blaziken had the advantage; Fire-type was super effective against Steel-type.
However, the strength gap was quite significant. Metagross was Jiang Chen's ace, its strength already approaching Elite Four level.
"Use Psychic to pull Blaziken over, then use Bullet Punch."
An irresistible force forcefully pulled Blaziken in front of Metagross. Then, Metagross lightly raised its claw and struck Blaziken.
"Blaziken is unable to battle."
It was an instant knockout. No one on the stands was surprised. Although the contestant named Li Tianlang wasn't bad, his presence on the semi-final stage was somewhat due to luck.
His strength was even inferior to Lin Yuefeng, who had been eliminated by Xiao Luoxue earlier and only reached the top 16.
Subsequently, facing the Nidoking sent out by Li Tianlang, Metagross hit it with a Flash Cannon.
Another instant knockout, completely unable to withstand a single hit.
"This Metagross is already over-spec for a competition like this."
In the spectator stands, Ling Zhan looked at Metagross. Simply by observing Metagross's performance, he could roughly judge its strength.
"Your son is truly extraordinary. His future achievements will definitely surpass yours."
"Hahahaha."
Jiang Yuan let out several hearty laughs. Hearing others praise Jiang Chen made him happier than hearing praise for himself.
"It seems my daughter won't have a single chance tomorrow."
In previous Rookie Trainer Competitions, Ling Wanqiu's strength would clearly have been enough to contend for the championship.
But this year, Jiang Chen was simply too strong. So far, no one had seen Jiang Chen use his full power.
This afternoon's semi-final match was probably the most uninteresting match. It was a complete sweep from start to finish. Li Tianlang felt he had no experience at all.
However, the audience was very excited. This kind of overwhelming battle was quite thrilling, it just ended too quickly.
Jiang Chen did not switch Pokémon throughout the match. He used Metagross to defeat all six of Li Tianlang's Pokémon. From start to finish, the entire match lasted no more than three minutes.
"Congratulations to contestant Jiang Chen for advancing to the finals."
The commentator congratulated him.
It ended too quickly. He, the commentator, hadn't even had time to exert himself, and the match was over.
Li Tianlang left feeling utterly defeated, feeling like he was the most unfortunate opponent Jiang Chen had ever faced.
Fortunately, he knew and understood Jiang Chen's strength. Although the loss was too devastating and left him feeling defeated, he didn't completely break down.
"Suddenly, I feel like losing to you isn't so bad after all."
From the spectator stands, Xiao Luoxue said to Ling Wanqiu.
Tomorrow, Ling Wanqiu was going to face Jiang Chen. If Jiang Chen was still that ruthless tomorrow, Ling Wanqiu might end up just like Li Tianlang.
"It seems I need to talk to him beforehand and ask him to go a little easy on me, so I don't lose too embarrassingly."
Ling Wanqiu said jokingly.
Leaving the spectator stands, when she saw Jiang Chen, Xiao Luoxue couldn't help but ask, "Do you have a grudge against that Li Tianlang?"
"No, I didn't even know him before. What grudge could I have with him?"
Jiang Chen looked at Xiao Luoxue confusedly, not understanding what she meant.
"If there's no grudge, why were you so ruthless?"
"Ruthless? I just wanted to end the battle quickly," Jiang Chen shrugged.
"Tomorrow, when we battle, I don't ask for mercy, just please don't be too ruthless, don't let me lose too shamefully."
Ling Wanqiu said to Jiang Chen.
"Don't worry, I'll definitely let you lose with dignity," Jiang Chen said with a chuckle.
Because Jiang Chen's match in the afternoon ended too quickly, he took the opportunity to take Xiao Luoxue, who had lost today, out for a stroll to clear her head.
The next day, the highly anticipated finals finally arrived.
"Gardevoir~!"
"You want to enter the field? Not yet, you'll get your turn."
Looking at the Gardevoir pulling his hand, Jiang Chen said.
Facing Ling Wanqiu, Jiang Chen definitely couldn't be too ruthless, so even if Gardevoir wanted to enter the field, Jiang Chen couldn't just send Gardevoir directly. Otherwise, it would become a complete rout.
"Old man Qin, you must be happy today."
Wu Hongzhen, the principal of Imperial Capital Pokémon Academy, looked disgruntled at Qin Deming, the principal of Tianhai Pokémon Academy.
The two who entered the finals were both from Tianhai Pokémon Academy. This was an internal battle for Tianhai Pokémon Academy. No matter who won, Tianhai Pokémon Academy was the winner.
"Hahahaha, you can just envy me."
In front of Wu Hongzhen, he naturally had to show off proudly. After all, the two Pokémon academies were at odds and heavily competitive.
"Oh, right, in all these years the Rookie Trainer Competition has been held, the first contestant to be disqualified seemed to be a student from your Imperial Capital Pokémon Academy, wasn't it?"
Hearing Qin Deming's words, Wu Hongzhen's face darkened even further.
"Go, Ivysaur."
"Charizard, go."
On the field, Jiang Chen and Ling Wanqiu had already sent out their Pokémon. Jiang Chen's Ivysaur was against Ling Wanqiu's Charizard.
"You wouldn't go easy on me, would you?"
Seeing Ivysaur, Ling Wanqiu couldn't help but say.
Based on her understanding, this Ivysaur should be the weakest of Jiang Chen's Pokémon.
"Don't underestimate it. Ivysaur is about to evolve into Venusaur. It might not be weaker than your Charizard."
"Really? Well, I won't go easy. Charizard, use Flamethrower."
"Ivysaur, dodge to the right."
Following Jiang Chen's command, after dodging the flame attack, Ivysaur immediately released Vine Whip, pulling down Charizard, who was trying to fly up.
"Bullet Seed."
A continuous barrage of seeds struck Charizard. Although the damage wasn't high, the continuous attack still hurt quite a bit.
"Charizard, don't block. Use Flamethrower directly to burn the incoming seeds to ashes."
Fire-type was super effective against Grass-type. This battle was indeed a bit disadvantageous for Ivysaur.
The flames burned the seeds Ivysaur launched into ashes, then immediately charged towards Ivysaur.
"Ivysaur, use Synthesis."
Synthesis could restore its own health and also accelerate sunlight absorption. The more sunlight absorbed, the stronger the subsequent Solar Beam would be.
Enduring this attack, Ivysaur suffered some damage, but its injuries were continuously recovering.
"Ivysaur fighting Charizard has no advantage at all. Could contestant Jiang Chen be losing?"
The commentator also realized that the current situation was unfavorable for Jiang Chen.
"This guy is really going easy, huh?"
Xiao Luoxue muttered from the spectator stands.
Purposely bringing out his weakest Pokémon to fight Ling Wanqiu, what else could it be but going easy?
"Ivysaur, use Razor Leaf to attack Charizard's wings."
Jiang Chen seized an opportunity, having Ivysaur use Razor Leaf to injure Charizard's wings.
With injured wings, Charizard was temporarily unable to fly.
Although Charizard's wings were injured, Charizard's counterattack also gave Ivysaur a hard time. Fortunately, Ivysaur was quite resilient.
"Use Vine Whip to bind Charizard again, then use Leech Seed."
Enduring the Flamethrower attack, Leech Seed was still placed on Charizard, continuously draining Charizard's stamina to restore its own.
Leech Seed coupled with Synthesis's recovery effect allowed Ivysaur to actually endure under the unfavorable situation.
"Don't entangle with Ivysaur anymore, Charizard, use Flare Blitz."
"Don't be afraid, Ivysaur, let's use Take Down."
The two Pokémon slammed fiercely into each other. Ivysaur was smaller than Charizard and was sent flying over ten meters.
Charizard's feet scraped the ground, and it was also knocked back four or five meters.
However, Charizard's condition at this moment was a bit off. It felt drowsy, and its eyes were almost closing.
"What's going on? Charizard fell asleep. Is it Sleep Powder? When did Ivysaur use Sleep Powder?"
The commentator noticed Charizard's abnormality.
"Charizard, snap out of it."
Ling Wanqiu also noticed it, but her shouts still couldn't wake Charizard. Charizard directly fell unconscious.
"Ivysaur, use Solar Beam."
Jiang Chen shouted to Ivysaur, who was not in a good state.
The more sunlight accumulated, the greater the power of Solar Beam.
As Solar Beam blasted Charizard, it directly sealed the deal, defeating Charizard.
"Charizard is unable to battle. Ivysaur wins."
The referee announced unexpectedly.
"Ga~!"
Ivysaur, bathed in a white light of evolution, successfully evolved into Venusaur.
"Wow, contestant Jiang Chen's Ivysaur evolved! I didn't expect it to evolve into Venusaur during the battle. Its condition seems to have improved significantly after evolution."
[Venusaur]
Gender: Male
Strength: Elite Rank 9
Talent Potential: Quasi-Elite Four
Type: Grass/Poison
Ability: Overgrow
Moves: Tackle, Vine Whip, Sleep Powder, Leech Seed, Razor Leaf, Synthesis, Petal Dance, Solar Beam...
After evolving, Venusaur's body became considerably larger, looking heavier than before, but the sense of pressure it exuded was clearly much stronger than before.
"Come out, Haxorus."
Ling Wanqiu, who had recalled Charizard, sent out Haxorus.
"Venusaur, use Frenzy Plant directly."
It used a big move right from the start. Rapidly growing plants surrounded Haxorus, then slammed down violently.
Just entering the field, Haxorus suffered a great disadvantage.
However, after using Frenzy Plant, Venusaur was affected and temporarily unable to move. It could only wait for Haxorus to counterattack.
"Haxorus, use Hyper Beam with full power."
Ling Wanqiu, who had suffered a great disadvantage, naturally wouldn't let this opportunity slip. Haxorus's full-power Hyper Beam sent Venusaur away in one hit.
"Come back, Venusaur."
Jiang Chen recalled Venusaur with a smile.
Since Haxorus suffered a great disadvantage, Venusaur losing its combat capability wasn't a loss.
"Lucario, it's up to you."
"Haxorus, use Dual Chop."
Ling Wanqiu also wanted to give Lucario a harsh blow as soon as it was sent out.
"Haxorus running over for close combat with Lucario is very irrational. Lucario, use Low Sweep."
Lowering its body to dodge Haxorus's Dual Chop, it kicked Haxorus's lower body, knocking Haxorus to the ground.
Before Haxorus could get up, a continuous barrage of Power-Up Punches rained down on Haxorus, like a fierce storm.
Lucario's attacks were too sharp. And Lucario, seizing the opportunity, would never give the enemy a chance to breathe.
"Haxorus, defensive counterattack."
"It's over."
Jiang Chen shrugged, then saw Lucario deliver a Comet Punch to Haxorus's head, directly knocking Haxorus unconscious.
"Haxorus is unable to battle. Please send out your next Pokémon."
"So cool! Continuous attacks, is this the charm of Fighting-type Pokémon?"
The commentator couldn't help but exclaim after seeing Lucario's spectacular attacks.
"Come back, Haxorus."
Haxorus was unable to battle. Ling Wanqiu had lost an ace. Among her Pokémon, only Dragonite was stronger than Haxorus.
"Flygon, I'm counting on you."
She originally wanted to use Dragonite, but after some consideration, Ling Wanqiu recalled Dragonite's Poké Ball and sent out Flygon.
"Lucario, use Aura Sphere."
Flying has an advantage. No problem, I'll just knock you down.
Aura Sphere locked on. Flygon couldn't dodge. Ling Wanqiu also knew this.
Although it couldn't dodge Aura Sphere's attack, Aura Sphere's attack could be blocked. Using Dragon Pulse to hit Aura Sphere and cancel it out.
"How many can you block?"
"Lucario, continuously use Aura Sphere."
Continuously releasing Aura Sphere, one after another, as if lined up, they flew towards Flygon.
With Lucario's stamina, such an attack was nothing to it.
Ling Wanqiu looked at the numerous Aura Spheres charging towards her. Her face changed. Before she could think of a countermeasure, she saw Flygon hit by several Aura Spheres.
At this point, even using Protect would be useless. Protect could only block one, but it couldn't block all the Aura Spheres.
After a barrage of Aura Sphere attacks, Flygon fell from the sky.
"Extreme Speed, then use Comet Punch."
Lucario, already fast and good at running, appeared in front of Flygon like a teleport after using Extreme Speed, then delivered a Comet Punch.
Bang!
Boom!!!
Flygon was knocked out of the field by Lucario and lost its combat capability.
"Your son is too ruthless."
Ling Zhan's mood was somewhat displeased at this scene.
"Cough, cough, I'll talk to him later. This kid is getting a little too serious."
Jiang Yuan coughed lightly. He was still hoping Jiang Chen would pursue Ling Wanqiu. With such ruthless attacks, how could he possibly pursue her?
"Unconsciously, I hit a little too hard."
Jiang Chen also felt his attacks were too sharp, not even giving the opponent a chance to retaliate.
Ling Wanqiu took a deep breath, recalled the defeated Flygon, then sent out Dragonite. Among her Pokémon, only Dragonite could fight Lucario.
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