Chapter 471: The First Division League Begins
Catching the final deadline, Basalt finally arrived in Shanghai and, accompanied by the big boss Abdullah himself, came to the 'Sanctuary Club'.
Basalt's arrival received a warm welcome from the Sanctuary Club. After greetings and pleasantries, Abdullah issued the highest instruction to the Sanctuary Club's head coach "Zhang Dongliang": arrange for Basalt to play tomorrow.
"Boss, rest assured, I understand!"
Zhang Dongliang nodded solemnly. Although some time had passed since Basalt's news at Huaxia University and the heat had dropped, as soon as Tyranitar took the field, it could be heated up again. For the Sanctuary Club, this was absolutely a great thing.
"Boss, why don't you just join the club and fight alongside me?" Basalt joked with Abdullah.
"I'll pass! My father's health is not good; I dare not take it lightly. Worldly distractions are too many; cultivation inevitably becomes slack."
Abdullah sighed. He was originally a member of the powerhouse club "Pantheon," and his combat power was quite extraordinary. However, as the competition for the throne became increasingly heated, Abdullah couldn't concentrate on cultivation and had withdrawn from the club. This led to Basalt's joke about pulling Abdullah to Sanctuary to fight side by side.
As the vice-captain of the Shanghai University school team last year, Abdullah's strength was stronger than Basalt's. As for now, Basalt couldn't say for sure, but even if there was no progress, presumably it wouldn't have regressed. Anyway, definitely not weaker than the current Basalt!
"About the contract, I wanted to talk to you long ago. In terms of annual salary, I raised it to 35 million. Regarding commercial plans, my Saudi Group will have several projects for you. These are not urgent; wait until you stabilize your footing in the league."
Abdullah smiled. The Saudi Alliance was a small nation with desert terrain, having simply too many desert products. Letting Basalt be the spokesperson was just right!
"Thank you, Boss! Boss is generous!"
Basalt chuckled. With a rich tycoon boss like Abdullah, Basalt basically received max-level treatment in terms of money. Incidents like wage arrears and salary cuts that often happened to members of other clubs were basically impossible to happen to Basalt. Basalt didn't even need to ask; Abdullah raised it automatically.
"Work hard!"
After patting Basalt's shoulder, Abdullah left in a hurry.
After Abdullah left, Head Coach Zhang Dongliang and a group of club members quickly breathed a sigh of relief. In front of the big boss, employees always felt pressure.
"Basalt, our opponent tomorrow is the Fire God Club from Fujian Province. I will send you out then; be mentally prepared."
Zhang Dongliang scrutinized Basalt carefully. If he hadn't heard of Basalt's fame long ago and frequently seen news about Basalt, it would be really hard for him to believe that this handsome young man who looked very immature was a super genius-level trainer. Only twenty years old, yet already reached a height many trainers couldn't reach in their lifetime.
Originally, according to the plan, Basalt would play support for a while after coming to Sanctuary. But now, it wasn't necessary! Just be a main player directly. After all, a school team from a top university like South River University, even placed in the First Division League, belonged to the upper-middle level. Conversely, the Sanctuary Club was lower-middle in the First Division League. If not for Abdullah's acquisition and capital injection, Sanctuary might have been relegated already.
"Fire God Club?"
Basalt raised an eyebrow, and the image of that obedient sweet girl who kept calling him "Senior Brother" popped into his mind.
"I remember Rong Rong is a member of the Fire God Club, but she wasn't a main member before. Tomorrow, won't run into her, right?"
Basalt stroked his chin. Actually, he was a little expectant!
Seeing Basalt not nervous at all, Zhang Dongliang quickly reminded: "Because the Fire God Club is a mono-type club, it is extremely easy to be countered, so its ranking in the league is not high. However, their strength is not weak. So, Basalt, you must not take it lightly."
After speaking, Zhang Dongliang sent a file to Basalt, full of information on the members of the Fire God Club. Basalt opened it and indeed saw that sweet and familiar face.
Nothing happened overnight.
Early the next morning, Basalt and others welcomed the group from the Fire God Club who came all the way from Fujian Province to the club.
At the same time, nearly five or six thousand spectators came to the Sanctuary Club's battle hall. Spectators in the thousands? This was something unthinkable in the regular season of the Second Division League. And this was because both Sanctuary and Fire God clubs ranked low and had low fame in the First Division League. If it were two evenly matched clubs or clubs with grievances, a full house of spectators would be possible. If it were a battle between powerhouse clubs, the scene would be even more explosive.
Before the match started, as usual, the players from both clubs greeted each other first.
In the Sanctuary Club, Basalt was currently ranked fifth. This was because he had just arrived and had no record, so he could only be ranked last among the main players.
The captain of the Sanctuary Club was named Dong Lin'er, a robust middle-aged man. The vice-captain was named Hua Duo, a middle-aged woman nearing forty but still retaining her charm, with a hot figure, obviously well-maintained, big red lips with big wavy hair, stepping on ten-centimeter pointed high heels, making ding ding ding sounds when walking. One look and you knew she was a sister you couldn't handle! Not sure if it was an illusion, but Basalt always felt the vice-captain was secretly glancing at him.
Besides the captain and vice-captain, the main members of Sanctuary also included Yu Huarong and Zhong Xin, as well as the tragic member Liang Heshan who was squeezed out by Basalt.
Conversely, the captain of the Fire God Club was a young man with fiery red hair, looking like Hanamichi Sakuragi, named Rong Shan! According to the information given by Zhang Dongliang, Rong Shan's ace Pokémon was Volcarona, just like Fang Tianjin!
Immediately after, Basalt saw Rong Rong. The girl was ranked fifth like Basalt.
"Long time no see! Sen! ior! Bro! ther!"
When Rong Rong shook hands with Basalt, the little girl showed a sweet smile on her face, but Basalt shuddered involuntarily. Because Rong Rong put special emphasis on the words "Senior Brother."
This wasn't over, because Basalt felt Rong Rong actually using her fingernails to pinch the flesh of his hand, twisting it forcefully and turning a circle.
"Hiss..."
Basalt sucked in a breath of cold air, suffering in silence. Didn't you call me "Senior Brother" voluntarily back then? What does it have to do with me? Difficult, difficult!
"Sen! ior! Bro! ther! Are you playing today? Convenient to say which match you are ranked in?" Rong Rong wrinkled her nose.
"I... I... I'm ranked third, connecting the preceding and the following! What's wrong?" Basalt lied without blinking.
"Nothing? I just asked casually!"
After muttering a few sentences, the two had to separate their hands because the delay was a bit long, and people behind were waiting.
Soon, the greetings between both sides were completed, and the league staff announced the competition rules. Immediately after, both sides began to send players onto the field.
"Damn liar!"
When seeing Basalt take the field (first match), Rong Rong knew she was deceived again. Truly, a man's mouth, a deceitful ghost!
Seeing Rong Rong's fiery gaze opposite, Basalt shook his head and sighed, "Silly girl, I'm doing this for your own good!"
Rong Rong's strength was inferior to Basalt's a year ago. Now a year later, even with huge progress, it couldn't be greater than Basalt's. Basalt had absolute confidence in this. And in the professional league, Basalt couldn't hold back easily. If he beat Rong Rong until she cried ying ying ying, it would be hard to explain.
"Forget it! Later I'll go all out, let Rong Rong know my true strength, then she'll know my good intentions."
Basalt made up his mind to shatter the unrealistic fantasy in Rong Rong's heart.
When Basalt walked onto the battlefield, the big screen projected his face. The Sanctuary fans on site immediately recognized him excitedly and were greatly thrilled.
"Tyranitar! Tyranitar!"
"Tyranitar! Tyranitar!"
The audience shouted. Pseudo-legendary Tyranitar, this was prestige! Using Tyranitar to "warm up the field" couldn't be better.
Before the match, the field needed to be randomly assigned; the result was a standard field.
"As you wish!"
Basalt just smiled and nodded. He could still satisfy this small request! Besides, Tyranitar could play on a standard field!
"Go, Tyranitar!"
Basalt threw the Pokéball.
"Ty~ran~"
Accompanied by a thunderous roar resounding through the clouds, the unparalleled huge figure of Tyranitar appeared.
The moment Tyranitar landed, its heavy body directly cracked the ground. At the same time, hazy sand appeared out of nowhere, generated from thin air, and gradually swept across the entire field.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh~
In just a few seconds, the field was covered by a high-intensity sandstorm.
"Such an intense sandstorm!"
On the Sanctuary Club side, everyone's expressions changed slightly. Although they knew about Basalt's performance at Huaxia University, after all, no video was leaked, and reports were in text form, so many people didn't understand Basalt's true strength.
But now Tyranitar's performance was enough to make everyone pale. This sandstorm intensity, this huge body, these sharp eyes, and this aura soaring to the sky, explained everything.
Rong Rong was stunned watching! Because this Tyranitar gave rise to a feeling of irresistibility in her heart. Simply not an opponent on the same level.
However, Rong Rong wasn't the most stunned; even more stunned than her was Basalt's opponent.
How to fight this? Waiting online, urgent!
However, urgent as it was, he still had to go up, even if biting the bullet.
Thus, Yu Wei sent out his Pokémon.
This was a tall Pokémon with raging flames around its neck, black eyebrows upturned. Its two thick arms were black, with a red ring on the wrist, an explosion-shaped black tail, and a bulky body. Its appearance closely resembled Zhu Bajie from the Chinese mythology "Journey to the West," with several patterns seemingly symbolizing martial arts on the black ring of its belly.
Emboar!
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