Pokémon: Master System.

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A dozen minutes later, Xia Yu began his second battle. Compared to his first opponent, Wang Mo, his second opponent was significantly weaker and chose a 2v2 singles match. Xia Yu sent out Charmeleon first. Although Charmeleon was slightly weaker than Grovyle, it could still easily handle most Pokémon and won the battle by defeating two opponents in one go.

Two consecutive victories made everyone realize that Xia Yu, the new defending trainer, was really strong, at least among the top elite trainers.

Xia Yu maintained his winning streak, playing from morning until 5 pm. Excluding the lunch break, he played a total of nine matches, winning all nine, achieving a 100% win rate, which is quite an impressive record.

Wu Qianshan was also impressed by his junior brother. He originally thought that Xia Yu was just a researcher and that he wouldn't be very good at battles. However, after these few battles, he found that Xia Yu's Pokémon were extremely strong, almost overwhelming.

Especially that forest lizard, which is almost at the peak of elite-level combat power. Even ordinary lord-level Pokémon might not be its match.

More and more people gathered in the stands. Many had heard that a very strong and handsome elite-level trainer had come to defend the Dragon-type Gym today, and they all came to watch.

"It's the last game, just one more game and then we'll go home."

After a day of battles, Xia Yu was also a little tired. The energy consumed in actual combat far exceeded that consumed in regular training. Therefore, he decided to play one last match to achieve a ten-game winning streak.

Just as Xia Yu was waiting for his next opponent, a commotion suddenly broke out in the crowd.

"Why is Li Wenkai here?"

"Isn't he an elite defending champion at the fighting dojo?"

"This is going to be a showdown, isn't it? This is going to be interesting."

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The chatter in the crowd clearly reached Long Yanning's eyes. Her gaze fell on the tall man who walked in. He was about twenty-three or twenty-four years old, with bulging muscles, dark skin, and a neat head of short hair, clearly someone who worked out regularly.

She didn't recognize Li Wenkai; after all, Long Yanning was already a near-Elite Four level trainer, so she naturally wouldn't pay attention to ordinary elite-level trainers. However, since this person had come to challenge Xia Yu, and seemed quite strong, she couldn't help but feel a little worried.

Although Xia Yu is very strong, he should know that there are always people stronger than him, and the actual population of the capital city exceeds 60 million, with all sorts of experts among them. Xia Yu might not necessarily be a match for the experienced Li Wenkai.

"In the third arena, elite-level trainer Li Wenkai will face off against elite-level defending trainer Xia Yu. The rules of the match will be chosen by Li Wenkai."

"3V3 singles." Li Wenkai chose 3V3 singles to fight against Xia Yu.

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Chapter 123 The Battle to Defend the Throne (3)

"Game start!"

Xia Yu and Li Wenkai simultaneously threw out their Poké Balls. Xia Yu's starting Pokémon was a Shiny Charmeleon. Since it was a 3v3 match, Xia Yu didn't send out his ace Pokémon, Grovyle, but instead wanted to let Charmeleon test the waters. Li Wenkai's starting Pokémon was Breloom. (See image above!)

The appearance of the Shiny Charizard immediately attracted the attention of many people, who took out their phones to take pictures. Shiny Pokémon are still quite rare, unlike in the previous game where in a 6v3 singles battle, both sides had Shiny Pokémon.

Breloom is a Grass/Fighting type Pokémon. Although its base stats are low, it is quite useful in battle.

Li Wenkai's Breloom is unusually large, significantly bigger than a typical Breloom, and exceptionally well-developed. Unlike the generally gentle nature of Grass-type Pokémon, this Breloom's eyes reveal a warlike spirit, its gaze fixed on Charmeleon with eager anticipation, a rarity among Grass-type Pokémon.

What's even rarer, of course, is this Breloom's ability, an extremely rare one: Technician. Xia Yu prefers Technician to Technician; after all, who doesn't love a Technician?

The Technician's trait is that when using low-power moves, the power is increased by 50%. Its standard combination is a priority move like Sonic Punch and Seed Machine Gun, which are low-power moves that can be used consecutively. The 50% boost, combined with its 130 physical attack, makes it quite powerful.

Of course, what makes Breloom most memorable is not its Technician ability, nor its high Attack stat of 130, but its ability to master one of the most powerful moves, Spore.

Mushroom spores can hypnotize opponents and have a 100% hit rate in the game. They are ineffective against Grass-type Pokémon, Pokémon with the Dustproof ability, and Pokémon wearing Dustproof Goggles. Only Pokémon with the Energizer or Insomnia abilities can resist them, making them extremely annoying.

Xia Yu sometimes thinks, if only the Wind Fairy could learn this skill, it would be great. Just use Mischievous Heart's mushroom spores, what can you do against me!

However, while mushroom spores are a god-tier skill in the game, they are not actually that terrifying in reality. Although mushroom spores are also difficult to dodge in reality, and the mushroom spores that are spewed out cover the entire field, making them impossible to defend against, if the number of mushroom spores released is not large, they can be dealt with by blowing them away with a storm or burning them with a fire-type skill.

Of course, there is also good news: Breloom itself cannot learn the ability to produce mushroom spores. Normally, only when Breloom reaches the Overlord level without evolving can it learn this ability.

Xia Yu immediately checked the stats of the Breloom through the system and confirmed that this elite-level Breloom had not learned the Spore skill. Xia Yu could accept that. The only thing he needed to be careful of was its Master Tech ability and Sonic Punch skill.

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"Bulbasaur, Mach Punch!" As soon as the match started, Li Wenkai gave the first order, letting Bulfon launch the first attack. Bulfon's red claws gathered Fighting-type energy and instantly burst out with extremely fast speed to punch Charmeleon.

Breloom's figure disappeared from the spot almost instantly, and in the blink of an eye, the red sonic punch had already landed on Charmeleon.

While the power of the Sonic Punch isn't great, its strength lies in its extreme speed. Furthermore, when combined with the special abilities of a skilled user, its power remains astonishing.

"Charmeleon, Heat Wave!" Xia Yu had already prepared for the Sonic Punch, and he also knew that it would be difficult for Charmeleon to dodge it with its speed. Therefore, he gave up on dodging and let Charmeleon take the hit head-on while he countered.

Charmeleon had no time to react, nor did it even think about dodging. It took the punch head-on. Thanks to its advanced technical ability and the Fighting-type bonus, the power of Mach Punch was quite astonishing. Even Charmeleon showed a pained expression, having suffered significant damage.

However, this also gave Charmeleon a chance to counterattack. Fire-type energy burst forth, enveloping Charmeleon's body. It took a deep breath and exhaled a scorching breath that filled the large area in front of it.

A hot wind swept in, and all that could be seen was a crimson expanse. The scorching heat instantly dealt a severe blow to the mushroom, causing its body to begin emitting white smoke.

Then, as the white smoke grew thicker, the intense heat directly ignited the mushroom's body.

"Burning!"

"Xia Yu is so lucky that he managed to burn the Hata Mushroom."

"It's basically impossible to win now! The two sides are evenly matched, and Xia Yu will definitely seize the opportunity to take the victory."

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In the game, burns will cause you to lose 1/16 of your health each turn, while also reducing physical damage by 50%.

In reality, it's completely different. This is because fire can be extinguished in reality. As long as it's not a burn caused by a skill like will-o'-the-wisp (the name was changed to phosphorescent fire in the original text), flames caused by hot air can be extinguished by simply rinsing them with water or diving into the water.

At the same time, after extinguishing the fire, there is no claim that the burns on the body reduce physical damage, but the pain from the burns will affect the Pokémon's battle.

Of course, although the fire can be extinguished, the grass-type Breloom was ignited at this time. Without water around, it might not be possible to put out the fire. The grass-type body is directly ignited when it comes into contact with fire. In just a few breaths, the flames on its body not only did not decrease, but instead showed a tendency to burn more and more fiercely!

Li Wenkai was clearly unprepared for this situation, and as the flames on the mushroom grew stronger, he was at a loss.

"Come back, Mushroom Hat!"

Li Wenkai naturally wouldn't stand idly by and watch Breloom be burned by flames and lose its ability to fight. He wanted to recall Breloom immediately, but Xia Yu didn't care at all. This was because as long as Li Wenkai changed Pokémon, the new Pokémon would definitely be caught off guard and hit by Charmeleon.

This is also a real-world battle. Trainers won't easily switch Pokémon, otherwise whoever gets hit for nothing will be at a disadvantage!

"Charmeleon, prepare the hot air."

"Roar!"

As Li Wenkai threw the Poké Ball, the golden Charmeleon took a deep breath, perfectly timed, and exhaled a scorching breath that covered a large area in front of it.

Before Machamp could even react, it was hit by a blast of hot air. The scorching heat seared Machamp's body, and it glared at Charizard with pain and anger.

It was obvious that being beaten as soon as he appeared made Macy's fury quite intense.

"Heroic Power! Stomp!"

When facing a Fire-type Charmeleon, Machoke's natural choice is a Ground-type move.

Haoli made an amazing move, suddenly raising his right leg high above his head, straightening it to form a standing split, and then suddenly swinging it down!

"boom!"

Ground-based energy enveloped Machoke's right leg, instantly shattering the ground and creating a shockwave that spread outwards!

Chapter 124 The Battle to Defend the Throne (4)

Machoke's Stomp attack created a circular shockwave that spread outwards at an extremely fast speed, leaving Charmeleon nowhere to hide. It took the hit head-on and was knocked back by the shockwave.

"Roar!"

Charmeleon, which had already taken a Rapid Punch, was now on the verge of death after being hit squarely by a Stomp attack. If Xia Yu hadn't insisted on giving Charmeleon high-intensity physical training every day, Charmeleon probably wouldn't have survived the Stomp attack.

Judging from its performance just now, this Machoke is also very strong, at least stronger than the average elite Pokémon. As expected, there is no weakling who can defend a gym.

The heavily injured Charmeleon stared at Machamp, its eyes revealing a hint of ruthlessness and coldness.

"Come back, Charmeleon!"

"Hamlet, Sonic Punch!"

Xia Yu and Li Wenkai gave their orders almost simultaneously. Xia Yu's choice was naturally to save the Charmeleon with its low health, return it to its Poké Ball, rest for a while, and wait for a suitable opportunity to play.

When facing a Charmeleon with very little stamina left, Li Wenkai chose to use a low-power but fast move like Sonic Punch to finish off the weakened Charmeleon and gain the first victory.

In games, high-priority first-strike skills guarantee an attack first. However, in reality, first-strike skills like Sonic Punch and Bullet Punch only provide acceleration, making the user faster and the enemy less likely to react; they don't guarantee an attack first.

At this moment, Machoke uses the Mach Punch move, his entire body is enveloped in Fighting-type energy, he charges forward, increases his speed, and throws out a punch.

"Go, Buzzing Bat!"

Li Wenkai's choice also gave Xia Yu the opportunity to change his Pokémon. Xia Yu thought that Machoke would continue to use the move Stomp, so that the Flying/Dragon-type Nombat could be immune to Ground-type attacks and enter the battle unscathed. However, he did not expect it to be the Fighting-type Mach Punch.

However, this doesn't change the fact that Noibat has double resistance to Fighting-types, so this opportunity to switch out can be considered just right.

As soon as Buzzbat appeared, it was hit with a rapid-fire punch, but the damage to Buzzbat was quite limited, and could even be described as painless.

"Buzz Bat, use your shadow clones after taking off!"

"Hawk Power, continuous freezing punches."

Faced with a Pokémon like Nombat that is four times weak to Ice, Li Wenkai naturally did not hesitate to have Machoke use Ice Punch. If it hit, Nombat would definitely be severely injured, if not completely losing its ability to fight, at least seriously injured.

Xia Yu had anticipated this as well. The three punches of the Mawk family were basically standard moves: Fire Punch, Lightning Punch, and Freeze Punch. Moreover, he had already seen Mawk's skill bar clearly through the system and was prepared to defend against its Freeze Punch.

Therefore, Xia Yu ordered Buzzbat to take off directly, not giving Machoke any chance to get close, creating distance, dodging Ice Punch, and then using Shadow Clone skill.

"With the air blade, Buzzbat."

"In that case, Haoli will use a rockfall to bring it down."