"This is our decision, but we still need to ask for your opinion. What do you think? If you're not satisfied, we can change it."
"Anyway, this is our home turf; we can set the rules."
For this exchange competition, they were the rule-makers.
"Of course I have no objections. It's quite interesting to defeat everyone and make them submit. I'm just worried they won't like it," Jiang Chen thought. He could unleash a group taunt later, then sweep away all these weaklings.
"They won't like it? If they don't like it, tell them to scram." Xiao Chengtian was very strong against people from other countries. Those people proposed this exchange competition not for friendly exchange. Xia Country was currently the strongest country in terms of comprehensive strength.
It was hard to guarantee that people from other countries weren't trying to unite and dampen their spirits. Knowing their ill intentions, why be polite to them? Anyway, for competitions in their country, they had to follow their rules. If you didn't want to, you could scram. They were strong, so they could stand firm.
"According to these rules, not only will they not dislike it, but they will even support it, because it is more beneficial to them."
"They might use a 'relay' strategy to deal with you. You can just bring out your Beedrill and one-shot them one by one." Xiao Chengtian was very familiar with Jiang Chen and knew he had a Champion-level Beedrill, which was why he arranged this. He knew Jiang Chen had this strength. Even if the opponents ganged up, they wouldn't be Jiang Chen's match.
"To deal with them, why would I need Beedrill? Dragonite is enough." He even thought that even without Dragonite, sending out Gardevoir and Metagross would be enough to handle them.
"You decide yourself. Just make sure they lose as miserably as possible."
Xiao Chengtian didn't care what Pokémon Jiang Chen used, as long as he made them submit.
"Alright, I've told you everything I needed to. You can chat with Luoxue now." As a Heavenly King, Xiao Chengtian was quite busy and didn't linger. Knowing his daughter's feelings, he also thought highly of these two and didn't want to be a third wheel for his daughter, lest she nag him later.
"This exchange competition is going to be fun."
Jiang Chen already had a plan in mind after Xiao Chengtian finished speaking.
"What are you planning to do?" Xiao Luoxue asked curiously.
"You'll know when the time comes. If I tell you now, won't it spoil the surprise?"
In a flash, the time for the exchange competition arrived. Ling Wanqiu also specially came to the Imperial Capital to cheer for Jiang Chen. Including Jiang Chen, there were eight participants in this exchange competition. The representative from the United States was Hardy, from Gaul was Amy, from Sakura Country was Hachinoda Ichiro, and from Hans Country was David.
From the Elephant Country was Salman, from the Eagle Country was Dennis, and from the Polar Bear Country was August. They were all champions of the New Trainer Competition in their respective countries this year, representing the strongest new trainers from each nation, the "Rookie Kings" of the year.
This exchange competition was held at the Imperial Capital's arena, attracting a good number of spectators.
"I have already informed you of the rules for this exchange competition. There is only one restriction: you can only use six Pokémon." Xiao Chengtian glanced at the representatives from other countries and announced calmly.
"You are free to choose any opponent to challenge; it's entirely up to you."
"I want to challenge Jiang Chen from Xia Country." Hardy, the representative from the United States, immediately looked at Jiang Chen.
"I also want to challenge Jiang Chen."
"Our Sakura Country also wants to challenge Jiang Chen." Most of these people wanted to challenge Jiang Chen.
"Since all of you want to challenge me, why don't you all come at once? After all, one weakling is no different from a group of weaklings."
"It's too troublesome for me to deal with you one by one. Just come at me all at once."
Jiang Chen's words silenced their clamor. Instantly, all the participants in the exchange competition glared at Jiang Chen.
"Are you looking down on us?" Hardy, the American representative, stared angrily at Jiang Chen.
"Yes, I am looking down on you. I hope you can show some strength that makes me look up to you."
"Actually, I originally couldn't be bothered to play with you, but seeing as you've traveled so far to challenge me, I'll mercifully give you a chance to challenge."
"Come on, release your Pokémon."
Jiang Chen directly released Dragonite.
"To actually tell us to go all at once, he's looking down on us too much! Typhlosion, teach him a good lesson!" Hachinoda Ichiro of Sakura Country released his Typhlosion.
As soon as Typhlosion appeared, Dragonite quickly approached it and one-shot it with a Dragon Claw.
"I told you, come at me all at once. Release all six of your Pokémon. After all, I'm in a hurry and want to end the battle quickly." As Jiang Chen's words fell, Dragonite released its aura as a Heavenly King. The oppressive aura of a Heavenly King-level Pokémon.
The sheer aura forced them to continuously retreat, and they had no choice but to quickly release their Pokémon. Although they knew Jiang Chen wouldn't order Dragonite to attack them, they felt insecure without releasing their own Pokémon.
"Since he's so arrogant and confident, let's team up and teach him a lesson." Hardy from the United States shouted to the others. They exchanged glances and nodded.
They had already discussed beforehand to jointly target Jiang Chen. Besides, this Dragonite's aura was incredibly powerful. If they didn't team up, no one was confident they could defeat this Dragonite.
"Isn't he a bit overconfident?"
"What if he loses? What then?"
"He's too arrogant."
The spectators present were not all confident in Jiang Chen. Seeing Jiang Chen directly challenging all of them alone, their hearts lurched.
"Dragonite should be enough to beat their Pokémon, right?" Xiao Luoxue looked at Jiang Chen's Dragonite. She had confidence in Dragonite because she knew its strength.
"Their Pokémon are definitely not a match for Jiang Chen's Dragonite. I heard you're planning to travel with Jiang Chen?" Ling Wanqiu never thought Jiang Chen would lose.
There was a huge gap in strength between Heavenly King-level Pokémon and those below Heavenly King level. From the very beginning, Jiang Chen was in an invincible position. She was now concerned about something else.
"That's right, and Jiang Chen has already agreed," Xiao Luoxue said with a hint of provocation towards Ling Wanqiu.
"Is that so? I didn't hear him say he agreed to me." The two's gazes intertwined, filled with a strong competitive tension. Fortunately, Jiang Chen wasn't there, otherwise, he would definitely be in the most awkward position, caught between them.
At this moment, on the battle arena, Jiang Chen's Dragonite was rampaging. It faced many opponents, but the skills unleashed by their Pokémon simply couldn't hit Dragonite. Even if they did hit, it was just like tickling it. On the contrary, if Dragonite hit even once, it could one-shot their Pokémon. It even used Dragon Rush just now, directly defeating seven Pokémon.
On this specially prepared giant battle arena, Pokémon lost their battle capabilities one by one. The six Pokémon of the three contestants from Sakura Country, Elephant Country, and Gaul Country all lost their battle capabilities and were now eliminated. The remaining four only had one Pokémon left each.
"Is this all you've got? And you dare to hold an exchange competition to challenge me? You can't even make me serious." Jiang Chen scoffed mockingly, making their faces burn with shame.
"You... using a Heavenly King-level Dragonite, don't you think that's going too far?" Hardy said, his face flushed. When Dragonite first displayed its Heavenly King-level aura, Hardy thought it was an illusion. Now he was certain that this Dragonite truly had Heavenly King-level strength, otherwise, it couldn't have easily defeated so many of their Pokémon.
"Heh~! Too far? You can also send out Heavenly King-level Pokémon, but do you have any?" Hearing this, Hardy's face turned dark. With his talent, cultivating a Heavenly King-level Pokémon in the future would definitely be no problem, but right now... he couldn't produce one.
"Go, Scolipede, use Dragon Rush!"
"Goodra, use Hyper Beam!"
"Blastoise, use Hydro Pump!"
"Alakazam, use Psychic!"
The remaining four of them commanded their remaining Pokémon to attack Jiang Chen's Dragonite together.
"Dragonite, use Giga Impact!"
Meeting the Dragon Rush, Dragonite first dealt with Scolipede, then defeated Dennis's Goodra from Eagle Country. Immediately after, Blastoise also followed Goodra's fate and lost its battle capabilities. Only David's Alakazam from Hans Country dodged the attack with Teleport.
However, Dragonite immediately used Dragon Rush to attack Alakazam. Under the intimidation of its murderous aura, Alakazam was suppressed and unable to move. It couldn't even use Teleport. Its small body naturally couldn't withstand Dragonite's attack and it directly lost its battle capabilities.
At this point, only Dragonite remained standing on the battle arena. All other Pokémon had fallen.
"Are you convinced? If not, I can continue," Jiang Chen said to them with a chuckle.
"No, we're not. If you're so capable, don't use this Dragonite." Hearing Jiang Chen's words, Hardy immediately stepped forward. Seeing Hardy act as the first one, no one else moved.
"What a joke. Dragonite is also my Pokémon. Why wouldn't I use it?" Jiang Chen's words left Hardy unable to refute...
"If you're not convinced, continue fighting this Dragonite of mine. I'll give you the chance." Hardy's face was ashen. All his Pokémon had already lost their battle capabilities. Even if they hadn't, they wouldn't be a match for this Dragonite. No matter how unconvinced he was, he had to admit that he simply couldn't defeat this Heavenly King-level Dragonite in front of him.
"Jiang Chen, do you dare not to use this Dragonite and battle with other Pokémon?"
"Oh, are you perhaps trying to challenge my Beedrill?" Saying this, Jiang Chen released his Beedrill.
"Good, I'll challenge your Beedrill." Seeing the Beedrill Jiang Chen released, Hardy's eyes sparkled a bit. He couldn't beat Dragonite, but surely he could beat this ordinary Beedrill?
"Is this guy trying to get himself killed?" Xiao Luoxue in the spectator stands couldn't help but laugh. He couldn't beat Dragonite, yet he wanted to challenge this Champion-level Beedrill? Wasn't that just asking for death?
"He probably doesn't know the strength of this Beedrill. He thinks this Beedrill is weak. Simply looking at its appearance, you really can't tell the strength of this Beedrill." Ling Wanqiu's guess was correct; Hardy indeed didn't know how strong Beedrill was.
After all, from its appearance, this Beedrill was only slightly larger than an ordinary Beedrill; nothing else special could be seen. And Bug-type Beedrill were generally considered weak, only having a place in the wild by forming swarms.
There were very few powerful Beedrill. So Hardy thought this Beedrill was a soft target, but he never expected it to be the true big boss.
"You've already lost, but since you're not convinced and want to challenge Beedrill, I'll give you this opportunity." Jiang Chen's smile was exceptionally bright. Seeing Jiang Chen's bright smile, Hardy instinctively felt something was amiss.
"Which Pokémon do you plan to challenge with?"
"Scolipede."
He chose his Scolipede without hesitation. His Scolipede was the Pokémon that had been with him the longest, and also the strongest Pokémon he possessed. Although Scolipede had been heavily injured by Dragonite just now, it didn't matter. The technology for treating Pokémon was now highly advanced. In at most ten minutes, Scolipede's injuries could be fully recovered.
Jiang Chen generously gave the opponent half an hour. Half an hour later, Hardy returned to the battle arena with a fully revived Scolipede. The representatives from other countries did not interfere; they also stood in the spectator stands to watch.
"Hardy's Scolipede should have no problem defeating a Beedrill, right?"
"I don't think Jiang Chen's Beedrill is that simple. His Scolipede might lose."
Several contestants conversed in low voices.
"Let your Beedrill attack first," Hardy said to Jiang Chen confidently.
"2.4 Are you sure?" Jiang Chen looked at this young man who didn't know his place.
"I'm sure." How strong could a Beedrill be? If he could defeat one of Jiang Chen's Pokémon, it would at least save some face.
"Alright, then I won't be polite." Jiang Chen gestured to Beedrill.
Instantly, a golden-yellow light flashed and disappeared. No one present had even recovered from their surprise before the battle was over. Scolipede's body lay sprawled on the ground. The injuries it sustained this time were far more severe than those inflicted by Dragonite earlier.
"You insisted on me attacking first. Look, now you don't even have a chance to attack." Jiang Chen spread his hands and said.
"How is this possible?"
From beginning to end, he hadn't seen Beedrill move. In his eyes, Beedrill hadn't moved at all. How did it defeat his Scolipede? In reality, Beedrill had just charged in front of Scolipede, one-shotted it, and then returned to its original position. It was just that the speed and the process were too fast for anyone to see clearly. Even Jiang Chen, a Aura user and Psychic, couldn't see it clearly, let alone ordinary people.
"You... what is your Beedrill's strength?" That Scolipede had lost its battle capabilities was a fact; even if Hardy didn't want to admit it, it was useless. However, looking at Beedrill, Hardy couldn't help but ask.
"Guess its strength. Anyway, it's stronger than Dragonite," Jiang Chen said, recalling Beedrill and answering indifferently. "If any of you are still not convinced and want to continue battling me, I fully accept." Jiang Chen glanced at the representatives from other countries, a gentle smile on his face. However, with Hardy as a warning, no one else came forward to humiliate themselves.
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