Pokémon: Master System.

Xia Yu walked into the enclosed indoor training arena, turned on all the lights, and threw the Poké Ball from his waist.

Xia Yu released all the Pokémon except for Gigantamax Lapras.

Xia Yu rushed to the construction site in the middle of the night for two reasons: firstly, to check on the construction progress, and secondly, to hold a friendly match of his Pokémon tonight!

The friendly match was supposed to be held half a month ago, but due to the limitations of the match venue, Xia Yu specially postponed it for half a month, waiting for the match venue here to be completed.

This is also because Xia Yu's Pokémon have become increasingly powerful, and the basement of the Purple Mountain Villa can only meet their basic training needs. If they were to really fight, they would probably destroy the entire villa.

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All of Xia Yu's Pokémon were quite excited after emerging from their Poké Balls, clearly eager for the upcoming battles.

"Alright, alright." Xia Yu first calmed down the Pokémon's excited emotions, and after a while, he said, "In the upcoming match, if you support someone, stand on their side of the field. Watch the match carefully. This match is for everyone to exchange and learn from each other, learn from others' strengths, and make up for your own weaknesses."

"You can't improve by just burying yourself in hard training; real combat is the best way to test your strength."

"And one more thing you must remember: friendship first, competition second. Got it?" Xia Yu said, turning his gaze to Diancie and Aishou, earnestly instructing them.

While other Pokémon might just be engaging in friendly sparring, these two are the most likely to end up fighting.

"Did you hear that?"

"Roar!"

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"The first match!"

"Doraki vs. Lizard King!" Xia Yu's voice rang out: "I won't be giving you any orders today. You're free to experiment and hone your combat skills."

As Xia Yu's voice rang out, Lizard King and Doraki were the first to step onto the battlefield.

Although both Sceptile and Draco are currently Gym Leader level, there is still a certain gap in their strength.

Draco was already a Gym Leader-level player during the High School Cup finals. Now, after six months of constantly shattering Ghost-type energy from the Punishment Pot, his strength is unfathomable. Even Xia Yu himself doesn't know just how strong Draco really is.

In contrast, Sceptile only reached the Gym Leader level a month or two ago, and there is still a significant gap in strength between him and Draco.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, Doronchi will win this match.

"Alright, whoever you support, stand on that side of the field," Xia Yu said. "Iron Warriors, you stand in the middle and watch. Whichever side you go to, they will all follow you."

"Darkrai, I didn't tell you to take sides, you guard the gate!"

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Upon hearing Xia Yu's words, the Pokémon present began to take sides. Xia Yu had initially assumed that the vast majority of Pokémon would support Dragapult, but to his surprise, almost all of them chose to support Sceptile!

Of course, this is also related to Doron's low profile. Apart from letting Doron play in the final of the High School Cup, Xia Yu did not let Doron participate in any other battles. Doron's training was also unassuming, and its powerful strength was not apparent at all.

In addition, the significant size difference between Drakkiss and Sceptile has led many Pokémon to choose to support Sceptile.

Of all the Pokémon present, only the cunning Charizard chose to support Dragapult without hesitation, except for Shiny Gengar, which is extremely sensitive to Ghost-type energy.

Xia Yu was also somewhat surprised, not realizing that Charizard was so intelligent and had discerned Dragapult's formidable strength.

However, what he didn't know was that the clever Charizard supported someone without considering their strength at all.

It had already decided that it would support whichever side had fewer Pokémon tonight.

The main selling point is high emotional intelligence and good interpersonal skills.

It's better to offer help when it's in need than to add to someone's already good fortune.

With so much support already given to the Lizard King, my support won't make a lasting impression on it.

Hey~ But it's different if I support Dragapult. If it's just me and Gengar supporting it, it will definitely remember me!

"Scepter King, Doronki, are you ready?" Xia Yu's gaze fell on Scepter King and Doronki, and the two nodded slightly.

"three……"

"two……"

"one……"

"Game start!"

Chapter 452 A Race of Speed

"Game start!"

Almost the instant Xia Yu's voice fell, the Lizard King suddenly exerted force with its feet, its emerald green body weaving through the arena, as if its feet were equipped with springs, and it instantly launched itself into the air!

The Lizard King displayed its astonishing speed at the start of the battle, its wrists glowing with a fluorescent green light as two leaf blades formed from grass-type energy materialized at its wrists.

Both Sceptile and Drakengard are Pokémon known for their speed.

Despite its enormous size, Sceptile is incredibly fast, ranking fifth among all Grass-type Pokémon, even considering regional forms, Mega Evolutions, and legendary Pokémon.

Mega Sceptile's speed ranks second among all Grass-type Pokémon and first among Dragon-type Pokémon!

Without a doubt, Sceptile is the ultimate speed-type Pokémon.

Dragapult is also a high-speed Pokémon, because among all Dragon-type Pokémon, Dragapult is the second fastest, right after Mega Sceptile!

There is no doubt that the battle between the two is absolutely a contest of speed.

"Leaf Blade!"

Despite the Lizard King's fierce attack, Doronchi remained calm and soared into the sky like an arrow, using its aerial advantage to deflect the Lizard King's first wave of attacks.

Seeing Draco fly into the air, Sceptile stopped and looked up at Draco. Then, Dragon-type energy surged from his body, and in the blink of an eye, a dragon-shaped shockwave flew into the air!

"Dragon Wave!"

Faced with the Lizard King's attack, Draco's body was surrounded by a strange ghost-type energy, and a dimensional portal suddenly opened in front of it, and Draco's figure disappeared into the air in the blink of an eye.

Another-dimensional attack!

This is Xia Yu's unique skill, the Otherworldly Surprise Attack.

"boom!"

Almost the instant Doronchi entered the other dimension, a portal to the other dimension appeared behind the Lizard King in an instant, and Doronchi's figure shot out like an arrow, hurtling towards the Lizard King.

So fast!

At this moment, Draco displayed astonishing speed, but Sceptile reacted equally quickly. The instant it heard the noise, it seemed to sense something, immediately spinning its body, whipping its tail, and slamming it down on Draco with steel-type energy.

"Iron Tail!"

"boom!"

Doronki and the Lizard King's iron tail collided, creating an astonishingly loud explosion.

Be on guard!

Xia Yu's eyes flashed with surprise. The Lizard King's naturally calm personality was undoubtedly born for battle. The same was true for the Dragon King. Their personalities were somewhat similar: calm, decisive, and confident.

In that situation, the Lizard King dared to use Iron Tail directly behind him without even seeing Draco, which shows considerable confidence.

Although the Lizard King managed to defend against the attack, the outcome was somewhat unexpected for Xia Yu.

In the recent clash, the Lizard King was actually at a slight disadvantage.

They are both at the Gym Leader level, but there are still differences even among Gym Leaders.

Especially now that Dragapult has absorbed most of the Ghost-type energy from the broken Judgment Pot, it's estimated that it's just one step away from breaking through to the near-Champion level.

Even without evolving into Dragapult, it still held an absolute advantage against Sceptile.

However, at that moment, ghostly flames suddenly ignited on Doronchi's body, and countless eerie flames floated on Doronchi's body, blooming in the air like violets.

Suddenly, all the eerie, ghostly flames surged towards the Lizard King!

"Will-o'-the-wisp!"

Doronchi then changed tactics, choosing to use the Will-o'-the-Wisp skill to inflict a burn on the Lizard King, and then use the Misfortune-on-One skill!

The combination of Will-o'-the-Wisp and Misfortune is also a very good skill combination.

Seeing the dense swarm of violets flying towards him, the Lizard King remained extremely calm. Suddenly, Normal-type energy surged from his body, and then he began to spin violently!

Sword dance!

Xia Yu nodded in approval at the Lizard King's brilliant response. If he were in charge, he would have also had the Lizard King use the Spinning Sword Dance to deal with the will-o'-the-wisp.

The spinning Lizard King resembled a green top, blocking all the will-o'-the-wisps and greatly enhancing its own attack power!

In this way, the difference in strength was somewhat leveled out, and the Lizard King even had a slight advantage.

The match started to get interesting, and the outcome became full of suspense.

Sceptile calmly stared at Draco, then pushed off with its feet, its body wreathed in Dragon-type energy, and launched an attack on Draco!

Dragon Claw!

Facing the Dragon/Ghost type Dragapult, Sceptile suddenly chose to use the Dragon-type Dragon Claw move. Dragon-type power enveloped Sceptile's wrist, transforming it into a huge dragon claw that slammed down on Dragapult.

It was a grand spectacle, with astonishing power.

Faced with the attack from the Lizard King, Draco also unleashed a surge of fierce Dragon-type energy. At this moment, Draco actually chose to use one of the strongest Dragon-type moves, Draco Meteor!

Dragon-type energy shot straight into the sky, meteorites fell, and burst into dazzling light in the dark night, as terrifying as the end of the world.