Pokémon: Master System.

"Roar!"

A flash of red light appeared, and a one-eyed Charizard emerged from the Poké Ball. Only its right eye remained normal; its left eye was just the white of its eye, and there was a terrifying and hideous wound on its eyelid, running from the end of its eyebrow to the corner of its mouth. It was long, thin, and frightening, giving the Charizard a sinister aura.

Its gaze was fierce as it looked towards the direction from which the thick smoke was coming from halfway up Tianlin Mountain, where a terrifying presence existed even in its eyes.

"Let's go, Charizard." After climbing onto Charizard's back, Roger remembered Xie Tianming and Zhao Mirou beside him: "Go find reinforcements, call all three teams over, and tell them we have a big deal."

"Captain!" Zhao Mirou asked worriedly.

"I've told you so many times to call the captain. You're just a burden here. Alright, go on." Roger waved his hand impatiently and said, "Hurry up and call him."

After speaking, Roger patted the fire-breathing dragon beneath him, its orange wings flapped, creating a gust of wind that blew away the snow in the forest, and it flew towards the thick smoke of Tianlin Mountain.

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Midway up Tianlin Mountain.

"boom!"

With a tremendous roar, a massive avalanche erupted suddenly, its force immense and howling as it swept in, quickly turning into a colossal disaster.

Large amounts of snow slid down rapidly, cascading down the mountainside. Powerful air currents swept everything away with incredible speed and force, instantly destroying century-old trees that were powerless to resist.

Countless Pokémon began to flee. Those that could fly escaped the scene, while those that could not fly were swallowed up in the blink of an eye.

With the sound of an explosion, more than a dozen figures riding Flying-type Pokémon quickly fled the scene from the direction of the rising smoke.

"Damn it, what just happened?"

Ye Jing's face darkened. Their poaching had been going very smoothly, but suddenly he felt a malice lock onto them, sending chills down his spine.

Immediately afterwards, a bone-chilling cold suddenly erupted, and a massive amount of ice energy surged forth, spreading wildly like a spider web, freezing everything in its path.

Ye Jing reacted quickly. He immediately unleashed his Weezing Pokémon's Self-Destruct to block the biting cold and delay the freezing process. Then, he immediately rode his Flying-type Pokémon and fled the scene.

However, not everyone has Ye Jing's reaction speed. About a third of the people didn't have time to react before being permanently frozen by the bone-chilling cold, turning into ice sculptures and remaining forever on Tianlin Mountain.

Even after fleeing the scene, Ye Jing was still somewhat frightened. What kind of Pokémon lived in that cave, yet it possessed such terrifying power even before it showed itself?

Could the legend be true? Is there really an ancient sword leopard living here?

"Boss, someone's coming!" The group who had escaped were still shaken; just moments before, they had been so close to death. As they regained their senses, they noticed a dark figure rapidly approaching from afar.

Ye Jing frowned, his gaze fixed on the rapidly approaching black shadow. He was now unwilling to cause any further trouble. Of the more than thirty people who had come this time, more than ten had already died, leaving only about twenty.

Fortunately, their poaching haul was quite substantial; otherwise, even as the vice president of the Dawn Society, he would still face scrutiny upon returning.

"Let's shake him off and leave immediately," Ye Jing's voice rang out, signaling the Steel-Armored Raven beneath him to accelerate and shake off the pursuers behind them.

But Ye Jing soon realized something was wrong. The pursuers behind him were getting closer and closer, and only then did Ye Jing see what they looked like.

"Roger?"

"Big characters burst into flames!"

As Roger saw the distance closing in, he immediately had his Charizard unleash Flame Burst, sending a large, V-shaped burst of flame flying towards Ye Jing's Corviknight.

"Hold on, Corviknight!"

Faced with Charizard's signature move, Flamethrower, Ye Jing dared not be careless in the slightest. He immediately had Corviknight use Protect to create a Light Shield and block the Flamethrower attack.

"Roger!" Ye Jing shouted at Roger, who was chasing after him, "Don't push your luck, don't force me to take action, you're all alone."

"Come on, you try. See if I'm good enough on my own. It's been a long time since I've fought, my bones are practically rusting. Let me see just how strong the vice president of the Dawn Society really is." Roger beckoned to Ye Jing with a disdainful look on his face.

"You're asking for it!" Ye Jing, who was already seething with anger, was successfully provoked by Roger's provocation: "Steel Crow, land! Brothers, get to work!"

Hearing Ye Jing's words, all of his subordinates landed on the ground and released their Pokémon to surround and attack Roger.

"A bunch of rabble, come on, attack together!"

Despite the enemy's siege, Roger showed no fear. These people were just a rabble; only Pokémon with Elite Four-level strength could pose a threat to him.

Chapter 245 Vice President of the Dawn Society

Tiandu Plateau wilderness area.

"Charizard, Heat Wave! Torkoal, Fire Breath!" Roger's voice rang out. Facing the large number of poachers, he showed no fear. Instead, he ordered Charizard and Torkoal to unleash their Fire-type area-of-effect attacks.

"Spread out, you all step back!" Faced with the attack of two Elite Four level Pokémon, Ye Jing shouted directly to his subordinates.

He gestured for them to step back and create distance to ensure their safety, while Ye Jing also threw out a Poké Ball: "Slowking up, Felfin! Felfin, use Wide Guard!"

The Alpaca, a Champion-level Torkoal with the Solar Ability, combined with its maximum-powered Flamethrower, unleashed a burst of power that instantly illuminated the entire Tianlin Mountain, with endless fire-type energy gushing from Torkoal's body.

Similarly, the Charizard's hot air swept across the entire area, and the scorching flames instantly melted the snow, spreading outwards.

However, when Heat Wave and Flamethrower got close to Felmoth and Slowking, they were directly blocked by the invisible Rock-type energy shield that formed a wide-area defensive energy beam.

The scorching heat dissipated, revealing Frostwolf and Slowking. Although Charizard and Torkoal's attacks were very powerful, Frostwolf and Slowking were completely unharmed.

It's all because of the Wide Area Defense skill.

Wide Guard is a Rock-type status move, and like Protect and Quick Guard, it is a defensive move. Unlike other defensive moves, Wide Guard can only defend against area-of-effect (AoE) moves, but it cannot stop single-target moves.

Charizard's Heat Wave and Torkoal's Fire Breath are both wide-range area-of-effect attacks, which are countered and blocked by Frostwolf's Wide Guard.

"Dumb King, use a lame joke!" (I bet many people don't know this move.)

After Edelweiss successfully blocked the skill with Wide-Area Defense, Ye Jing immediately gave the order to Dazed King.

Slowking unleashed ice-type energy, which coalesced into an ice-type energy ball that instantly soared into the sky. The weather, which had been altered by Torkoal's Sun ability, changed again, and a light snow began to fall.

After using the lame joke, Slowking turned into a red light and returned to its Poké Ball.

A lame joke: Slowking's exclusive move, which can only be learned by regular Slowking and Galar Slowking, changes the weather to snow and returns to its Poké Ball to trade with its backup Pokémon.

This is an incredibly powerful move, especially when paired with Slowking's Regenerator ability, making it ridiculously strong. On one hand, it can change the weather to snow, and on the other hand, it can return Slowking to its Poké Ball to trigger the Regenerator ability, while simultaneously allowing a snow team's attacker to safely enter the field.

Regeneration: Returns a large amount of HP to the Poké Ball.

After Slowking returned to its Poké Ball, Mamoswine took its place.

Snowflake Moth and Ivory Boar face Charizard and Coalossal Tortoise. A fierce battle between the Snow Team and the Sunny Team.

Ye Jing stared coldly at Roger, his face ashen.

As the vice president of the Dawn Society, Ye Jing is already a senior Elite Four level trainer. Although his strength may not be comparable to the Elite Four, it is not far off.

Roger is also a veteran Elite Four level trainer. He was already an Elite Four level trainer when he became the captain of the patrol team. Now, after so many years, and with his long-term presence in the Wild Area, his strength is equally unfathomable.

"Roger, don't push your luck. You're all alone. Don't force me to kill you." Ye Jing looked at Roger, uttering threatening words, but dared not make a move.

"You can try. Let's see if I kill you or you kill me." Roger's eyes were full of confidence.

Even though the change in weather put Roger at a disadvantage, he remained calm and composed, gazing at Ye Jing with an air of confidence.

The more confident Roger was, the more uneasy Ye Jing felt.

"Charizard, big words bursting with flames!"

"Coal Turtle, burnout (overheating)!"

"Snowflake Moth, Blizzard!"

"Ivory Boar, Ice Screw!"

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The chaotic battle at the foot of Tianlin Mountain did not cause any ripples, because everyone's and all the media's attention was focused on the University Cup.

In Tiandu City, on the battlefield of the University Cup.

"Charizard, final burst of fire!"

As Xia Yu's voice rang out, Charizard erupted with astonishing flames, which swept across the entire arena and instantly engulfed Yeeev.

"Roar!"

When the flames died down, Ye Yibu had completely lost his ability to fight.

"Ye Yibu is unable to fight, Xia Yu wins this match, congratulations to Xia Yu for advancing to the semi-finals!"

With only one Leafeon left, Xu Jiahao naturally couldn't cause much trouble, especially since Xia Yu switched to Charizard, which was its counter, just to be on the safe side.

It has to be said that Xia Yu's composure despite having such a significant advantage is a bit too cautious.

The outcome of this match was somewhat unexpected. Everyone thought that the match between Xia Yu and Xu Jiahao would be a fierce battle, but no one expected that Xia Yu would win the match so easily.

In today's match, Xia Yu's three Pokémon all showcased new moves: Charizard's Scorching Sands, Nombat's Draco Meteor, and Sceptile's Rock Slide.

The new moves these three Pokémon learned played a crucial role in the match and were key to Xia Yu's quick victory.

Without these new techniques, Xia Yu would have faced a tough battle, and even if he had won by chance, it wouldn't have been so easy. This made Xia Yu realize the importance of money once again, and also made him think of Su Muzi.

Who knows how many moves Su Muzi's Pokémon might know, given how wealthy she is?

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After defeating Xu Jiahao, Xia Yu successfully advanced to the semifinals. Now he only needs to defeat one more player to participate in the upcoming national finals. Therefore, the next match will be a crucial one for all the semifinalists.

To allow the four finalists ample time to prepare and rest, they were given three precious days of rest.

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Back at the hotel, Xia Yu began to focus on preparing for the semi-finals three days later. At this stage, none of the players who could stay and advance to the top four were weak, after all, each of them had fought their way through thousands of competitors.