Pokémon: Master System.

"It's alright, you can tell your master, but remember to ask him to keep it a secret," Xia Yu explained.

"Ah."

The two discussed the details on the phone for a while, and it was past 1 a.m. when they finished the call.

Only then did Long Yanning return Chi Hanqing's call. The moment the call connected, Chi Hanqing's roaring voice rang out: "Long Yanning!!!"

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Meanwhile, after hanging up the phone, Xia Yu lay on the bed, frowning as he looked at an item in the system space.

Xia Yu obtained this item three days ago when the College Cup started, but he had no idea how to use it.

This item was the final reward for Xia Yu's winning streak mission, and he eventually won a total of 61 matches.

【All-Purpose Elixir】: Can be used on any Pokémon to raise its potential to Champion level (40%), near-Champion level (30%), Champion level (20%), near-Master level (9%), or Master level (1%). It can also change its ability to any ability it can have and change its Crystal type to any type.

This item isn't actually that powerful. In reality, its final effect is to add a Pokémon with Champion-level potential and customize its ability and Crystal type.

However, this item has a very powerful feature: it can be used on any Pokémon. This means Xia Yu could find a Caterpie on the roadside and use it to turn it into a Pokémon with Champion-level potential or higher, which is incredibly impressive.

Secondly, this item can also be used by my older brother or father. My older brother also has a Charizard with Gym Leader caliber potential. After using it, it can break through the limit and become a Charizard with Elite Four caliber or higher potential.

In short, this item is powerful and has many uses, and Xia Yu didn't know how to use it for a while.

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The next day, Xia Yu participated in the competition with dark circles under his eyes. He hadn't slept well the night before and kept yawning. Unfortunately, his yawning skill couldn't be used on enemies, otherwise he would have attacked the opposing trainer directly.

According to the schedule, today's matches are the round of 64 to the round of 32 and the round of 32 to the round of 16, with each person having two matches.

Tomorrow is the round of 16 to 8 and the round of 8 to 4, which is also the most important day. As long as you make it to the top four, you can participate in the provincial main tournament. In order to win a spot in the main tournament, all the trainers will do their best and give it their all to fight for a place in the top four. Tomorrow's competition will be the most intense.

In comparison, the semi-final the day after tomorrow is not particularly important, because everyone will be in the top four, so the ranking is not particularly important.

The finals the day after tomorrow are equally important, because the winner of the final Starlight City competition can be a seeded player and skip the first two rounds, guaranteeing a spot in the top 32 in the province. This is a real benefit.

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Xia Yu's first round of matches arrived quickly.

"Xia Yu (No. 7) will face Liao Quanliang (No. 8)."

Xia Yu knew Liao Quanliang. They were both students at Xingguang Middle School, but Liao Quanliang was in the next class and was quite famous in the school.

Liao Quanliang, too, already knew his opponent was Xia Yu, and wore a bitter expression. With his skill, barring any major setbacks, he should have easily made it to the quarterfinals, if not the semifinals.

His goal was to secure a top-eight finish and strive for a top-four finish, but who would have thought he would run into Xia Yu right away? At this moment, Liao Quanliang wanted to look up to the sky and sigh, "Why did Xia Yu exist if I am born?"

"Game start!"

Chapter 191 Starlight City Top 16

The stands were bustling with noise, and the shouts of the audience echoed throughout the Bug-type gym.

The annual University Cup enjoys immense popularity nationwide, attracting viewers of all ages, from eighty-year-old seniors to four- or five-year-old children. It consistently ranks first in viewership ratings each year.

In addition to the extremely high viewership ratings, residents from all over the country also bought tickets, brought various support props, and sat in the audience to cheer for their favorite contestants, hoping that the contestants they supported could achieve better results for Starlight City.

Although Starlight City's performance has been far from ideal in recent years, with no trainers reaching the national finals for many years, the citizens of Starlight City are eagerly anticipating the emergence of a powerful trainer who can dispel the gloom and bring glory to Starlight City.

Xia Yu's appearance undoubtedly gave the citizens of Starlight City a shot in the arm. Since the start of the competition, Xia Yu's Charizard has not lost a single match, and such powerful strength has quickly gained him many fans. Many citizens of Starlight City have purchased Xia Yu's posters and related merchandise.

The local media in Starlight City devoted their front-page headlines to Xia Yu, lavishing praise on him as a once-in-a-century genius and the hope of Starlight City. The articles concluded with confident assertions that Xia Yu was very likely to break Starlight City's best performance record since its founding this year.

That's why more than half of the audience today were Xia Yu's fans, holding up support signs and even huge posters of Xia Yu, cheering for Xia Yu with all their might.

In stark contrast to Xia Yu was Liao Quanliang, whose audience consisted of only a small group of his friends and family. Listening to the cheers for Xia Yu coming from all directions, Liao Quanliang blushed and silently took out his Poké Ball!

"Go, Blastoise!"

"Go ahead, Charizard!"

Xia Yu stuck to his usual Charizard as his starting lineup, while Liao Quanliang sent out his ace Blastoise.

In the first match, Charizard faced Blastoise in a battle between the original three starter Pokémon.

"Xia Yu, go for it! Beat that son of a bitch!"

"Kill Blastoise!"

"Use Sunny Day first, then Solar Beam (I also think this sounds good), and remember to bait out its Protect skill first."

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Hearing the sounds coming from the stands, Xia Yu felt slightly embarrassed, because this was exactly the tactic he had envisioned. In fact, his Charizard tactic had been this simple and brutal since the start of the tournament.

First, set the weather, then choose one of the four moves—Heat Wave, Solar Beam, Dragon Pulse, or Flamethrower—to instantly defeat the opponent, depending on the Pokémon.

"Charizard, Sunny Day!"

Blastoise, pray for rain!

This time was a little different; Liao Quanliang's Blastoise actually used the Rain Prayer skill.

This was the first time Xia Yu had encountered a situation where he had to compete for the weather. In the game, the one who goes last has the advantage in competing for the weather. Whoever goes last can win the weather.

However, in reality, the struggle for weather is much more complex.

Firstly, just like in the game, a weather-changing skill or ability that is used later can override a weather-changing skill or ability used earlier.

Secondly, the original weather conditions on the competition field will also affect the weather competition. For example, in a rainstorm, if the strength of both sides is similar, using the Sunny Day skill, whether it is used first or second, will absolutely not be able to compete with the Rain Prayer skill.

Finally, and most importantly, the struggle for the weather is also related to the strength of both sides; whoever has stronger control over energy will be able to seize the weather.

Just like in this situation, Charizard and Blastoise are using their skills at the same time to compete for the weather. It's a cloudy day, so it's a contest of energy control. Whoever has better energy control will win the weather.

It's obvious that Xia Yu's Charizard has far better control over energy than Liao Quanliang's Blastoise.

As a fire-elemental energy ball flew into the air, the powerful fire energy instantly dispelled the dark clouds in the sky, changed the weather, tore a hole in the clouds, and a ray of sunlight broke through the clouds and shone on the field.

"Charizard, Solar Flare."

Blastoise, protect!

Liao Quanliang reacted very quickly. After hearing Xia Yu tell Charizard to use Solar Beam, he immediately had Blastoise use Protect to block the incoming Solar Beam.

"Blastoise, water cannon!"

Liao Quanliang knew that after using Protect, his Blastoise would definitely not be able to withstand Charizard's Solar Beam, so he directly had Blastoise use its special move Hydro Pump.

Even if you can't beat Charizard, you still have to deal damage to it!

"Charizard, Sunshine Flame!"

The light gathered on Charizard's body, and the powerful Grass-type energy formed a beam of light that slammed into Blastoise, eventually colliding with its Hydro Pump.

"boom!"

Solar Beam completely overwhelmed Blastoise's Hydro Pump, passing right through the Hydro Pump and striking Blastoise, instantly knocking it down!

"Blastoise, unable to battle. Xia Yu wins the first round!"

As soon as the referee's voice rang out, cheers erupted from the crowd, like a tsunami.

Since the start of the High School Cup, in all of Xia Yu's matches, except for a few Pokémon that managed to stall for one turn by using Protect, all other Pokémon have been one-shotted by Xia Yu's Charizard.

With its Lord-level peak strength, plus the Sunny Day and Solar Power abilities, almost no Pokémon of the same level can withstand Charizard's full-force attack.

Hearing the shouts and cheers from the crowd, Xia Yu waved in response, finding the stage enjoyable. Only Liao Quanliang, relegated to the background, released his second Pokémon, Raichu, looking dejected.

"Raichu, Thunderbolt!"

"Charizard, Heatwind."

Charizard's mouth was filled with raging flames, which surged and spewed out scorching breath, covering the entire area. Compared to its last battle with Li Miao, Charizard's strength had increased even more.

Faced with the overwhelming heat wave, Raichu only felt a crimson expanse before his eyes, and his body was scorched by the heat wave. Before he could react, he was swallowed up by the heat wave.

"Thunderchu!"

Liao Quanliang looked at Raichu, which was enveloped in heat, and shouted loudly, but to no avail.

When the heatwave subsided, Raichu's figure was revealed, lying motionless on the ground.

"Raichu is unable to fight, and Xia Yu wins this match. Congratulations to Xia Yu for advancing to the top 32."

"Xia Yu!"

"Xia Yu!"

Cheers erupted, and Xia Yu enjoyed the cheers of the crowd. Listening to the hoarse shouts and feeling the atmosphere around him, Xia Yu also felt his blood boiling.

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Xia Yu's match in the round of 32 to 16 was in the afternoon, and with Xia Yu's dominant performance, he naturally won the match easily.

至此星光市16强全部决出，明天也即将迎来最重要的两场比赛，16进8以及8进4。

Everyone else was more or less nervous, but Xia Yu was very relaxed. Faced with absolute strength, he had never worried about being defeated.

For him, the Starlight City competition was just a warm-up. His real opponents were the top four contestants from other cities in Xishu Province, who were much stronger than the contestants from Starlight City, starting from the main competition.

Chapter 192 Relay Tactics