Pokémon: Master System.

This was Xia Yu's first time standing on such a big stage. The shouts and cheers from the audience made him feel excited. His blood was boiling. Was this the stage of youth?

Young people should unleash their passion and sweat to the fullest, let the battle begin!

Chapter 167 Heracross vs. Charizard

"Cai Panqiu is a Pokémon trainer who specializes in Bug-type Pokémon. His signature Pokémon are Scizor, Heracross, and Beedrill. He is quite strong, but there is still a gap between him and Xia Yu. The only one to watch out for is his ace Pokémon, Beedrill."

"Although Xia Yu is nominally a Dragon-type trainer, his ace Pokémon are the Grass-type Sceptile and the Fire-type Charizard, with the Dragon-type Noctua ranking third."

The commentators are the famous Pokémon battle commentators She Yi and Mu Mu. They are also regular guests on the commentary desk for the Gym Leader Ranking and Elite Four Ranking. Wu Qianshan spent a lot of money to invite these two commentators.

She Yi is around fifty years old this year. He has a square face, a slightly plump figure, and a deep, resonant voice.

Mu Mu is around 24 or 25 years old, young and beautiful, 165 cm tall and 95 kg. She has a great figure and good looks, which is the standard configuration for the commentary booth during the game. One person is good-looking and responsible for attracting attention, while the other is professional and calm and responsible for the commentary.

She Yi chuckled and teased, "We usually call Xia Yu a pseudo-Dragon-type trainer, or a Flying-type trainer. That's because Charizard and Nombat both have the Flying type. He's more like a Flying-type trainer than a Dragon-type trainer."

"Actually, Xia Yu seems to have other Dragon-type Pokémon, but he's only just started training them and hasn't reached the Lord level yet. By the way, Teacher She, who do you think will win this match?" The young and beautiful Mu Mu, wearing black stockings, sat with her legs together on the commentary platform and asked.

"Xia Yu will definitely win this match," She Yi said decisively. With years of commentary experience and being a Gym Leader-level trainer himself, he had a good eye for talent: "Xia Yu's Charizard alone will be difficult for Cai Panqiu to deal with, and with today's sunny weather, it's very likely that he will be able to defeat all three of them in one go."

"One against three?" Mu Mu smiled sweetly at the camera: "Teacher She really made a bold prediction. Let's turn the camera to the competition scene."

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A proper battlefield like this covers a huge area, with hard rocks, grass, and a large pool.

The pool is extremely large, taking up almost half of the area, and there are also many stone pillars protruding from the water, providing a place for Pokémon to land.

"The competition rules are 3V3 singles. The match begins!"

"Go, Charizard!"

"Go, Heracross."

Xia Yu naturally sent out his Charizard without any doubt. The fire and flying dual-type Charizard had a type advantage against Cai Panqiu's three Pokémon. In addition, with the sunny weather, Charizard was undoubtedly the best choice for the starting lineup.

Cai Panqiu sent out Heracross. Beedrill was his ace, and he didn't want to send it out immediately.

As for Scizor, with its four-fold weakness to Fire, it has absolutely no chance of winning against Xia Yu's Charizard.

"Here it comes, Xia Yu's shiny Charizard. Every time I see it, I think it's so beautiful. If I had a Charizard like that, I would definitely ride it around three times a day." She Yi looked at Xia Yu's shiny Charizard, couldn't help but tease it a bit before he officially began to introduce Xia Yu's Charizard.

"Xia Yu's shiny Charizard has the extremely rare Solar Power ability and is also a Special Attack type. What's rare is that while it has trained its Special Attack to be extremely strong, its physical attributes are also better than those of a typical Physical Attack Charizard."

"Charizard will win this match," She Yi said decisively.

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Heracross, Rock Blast!

Cai Panqiu had made ample preparations before the match, and specifically had Heracross learn the Rock-type move Rock Blast to counter Xia Yu's Charizard.

Heracross used its strong arms to lift the rock from the ground, spun its body around, and used the power from its waist to throw it at the Charizard.

"Whoosh!"

"Charizard, use Flamethrower!"

The huge rock flew at high speed, like a cannonball, towards Charizard. However, Charizard was extremely agile in the air and easily dodged Heracross's Rock Blast attack. Then it opened its mouth, which was filled with raging flames!

The flames burned fiercely, like a long dragon flying towards Heracross.

"Fly, Heracross, dodge the Flamethrower!"

Although it is said to fly, it is actually more like jumping and gliding. Although Heracross does not look like a Pokémon that can fly, it actually has a pair of wings on its back, which are only revealed when it is flying.

After leaping into the air, Heracross spread its wings and glided lightly, narrowly avoiding the fire-breathing dragon's flames.

Despite missing his target, Xia Yu was not discouraged. Instead, he immediately gave the order: "Charizard, fly over there and use Flamethrower!"

"Roar!"

The fire-breathing dragon roared, flapped its wings, and flew towards Heracross. When it got close enough, it spewed out the flames that had been building up in its mouth.

"Hold on, Heracross."

Normal-type energy surged from Heracross, enveloping and filling its body.

The flames surged forth, completely engulfing Heracross's body, the raging fire continuing to burn.

"This is the 'Endure' skill," explained She Yi from the commentary booth. "This skill, combined with Resurrection, is one of Heracross's signature combo skills. Cai Panqiu will definitely have Heracross use Resurrection next. The key is whether Xia Yu's Charizard can dodge it."

"However, under normal circumstances, only a Heracross-level user can learn the Resurrection skill. This Heracross is able to learn it with the strength of a Lord-level user, so its aptitude is quite good."

Cai Panqiu did not disappoint She Yi. With a wave of his hand, he instructed Heracross to use the Resurrection skill: "Heracross, use Resurrection!"

"Charizard, take off and create distance!"

Heracross unleashed a ferocious Fighting-type energy. The massive injuries on its body amplified the energy within Heracross, and then the Fighting-type energy within its body slammed towards Charizard like a giant fist.

The most powerful aspect of the Resurrection skill is that the lower the health, the greater the power. For example, when Heracross uses Endure to preserve the last bit of health, it can definitely cause the greatest damage!

Upon hearing Xia Yu's command, Charizard had already taken to the air, creating a significant distance between itself and Heracross. Even so, the energy blast from the Fighting-type attack still hurtled towards Charizard in the air. Despite Charizard's attempts to dodge and weave, it was ultimately grazed by the Fighting-type energy and sustained minor injuries.

"Heracross, unable to fight, Charizard wins round one!"

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"The gap in raw power is still too big," She Yirui commented. "Add to that the difference in attributes, and Heracross definitely can't beat Charizard. I'm curious, which Pokémon will Cai Panqiu send out for the second time?"

"Should we send out Scizor or Beedrill? If we send out Scizor, it would be a success if Scizor, which is four times weak to fire, could land a Bullet Punch on Charizard." She Yi joked with a smile.

Cai Panqiu's strength might be considered good among ordinary people, but there is still a certain gap between him and Xia Yu's carefully trained Charizard.

"Please send out a second Pokémon, Cai Panqiu."

Cai Panqiu hadn't expected Xia Yu's Charizard to be so strong. After thinking for a moment, he took out a Beedrill Poké Ball.

"Go for it, Beedrill!"

As She Yi said, Scizor has zero chance of winning against Charizard. In that case, it would be better to send Beedrill to fight Xia Yu's Charizard directly!

Chapter 168 Big Needle Bee!

Xia Yu's gaze fell on Cai Panqiu's giant bee.

Cai Panqiu's beetle is quite well-developed, but it still falls short of being a top-tier beetle. Its size is almost the same as that of a regular beetle, and it doesn't seem to have anything special about it.

Most importantly, Cai Panqiu's Beedrill only has the aptitude of Lord level! This means that under normal growth conditions, the limit of this Beedrill is Lord level. If it wants to continue to improve, it must find treasures to improve its aptitude, or train slowly in the Bug or Poison type secret realm for a long time.

The fact that this Beedrill has a Lord-level potential means that it's not very valuable to train, but it is Cai Panqiu's starter Pokémon. So even though this Beedrill only has a Lord-level potential, Cai Panqiu is still doing his best to train it, constantly improving its move pool to make up for its lack of potential.

This also resulted in this Beedrill having an extremely rich skill set, having learned a large number of moves.

Cai Panqiu's gaze fell on Beedrill. He didn't care about winning or losing now; his goal had always been to stand on such a stage one day and fight alongside Beedrill.

Just do your best. Having a clear conscience is more important than winning or losing the game!

"Beedrill, charge!" Cai Panqiu waved his hand, his whole body suddenly becoming excited: "Sword Dance!"

"Charizard, don't give it a chance to boost, just use Flamethrower."

Since it was the opponent's trump card, Xia Yu naturally took it seriously and directly had Charizard use the Flamethrower skill, spewing out a large ball of flame as it roared towards them.

At this moment, Cai Panqiu's large needle bee raised its two needles high, brought them together, and made a crisp sound. Then it spun its body at high speed like a top.

The flames surged toward Beedrill, but Beedrill blocked them all with its rapidly spinning body. Apart from a few faint sparks sticking to its body, only its two needles glowed red and were heated to a bright red by the flames, but it was not seriously injured.

"This Beedrill has such a high level of skill proficiency!" Commentator She Yi exclaimed in surprise. "Although this Beedrill's aptitude isn't high, its mastery of skills is quite impressive. Just now, it used Swords Dance to spin its body at high speed, creating an airflow barrier to block Flamethrower!"

"This match is going to be exciting!"

Cai Panqiu smiled confidently and directed Beedrill: "Our turn! Beedrill, use your straight-through drill!"

A ground-based direct-impact drill?

While it might sound ridiculous to use Ground-type moves to attack Charizard, since Flying-type Pokémon are completely immune to Ground-type moves in the games, in reality, Flying-type Pokémon are only immune to moves like Earthquake. They are not immune to attacks that rely on sharp points, such as Drill Rush. Furthermore, if they land on the ground, they will still be hit by Ground-type moves.

Ground-type moves converged on Beedrill's two needles. Beedrill brought its needles together again, spun around, and thrust at Charizard like a silver flash, its momentum astonishing!

What a fast Beedrill!

Xia Yu was somewhat surprised by Beedrill's astonishing speed, but quickly recovered.

This Beedrill is about the same size as a regular Beedrill, which is likely to maintain its extreme speed!

"Charizard, Hot Wind!"

Xia Yu calmly commanded Charizard. Facing Beedrill's powerful attack, Charizard absolutely could not dodge at this moment! Because his Charizard's greatest strength was its outstanding Special Attack ability, not its evasion ability.

Similarly, Beedrill's greatest strength lies in its physical attack capabilities. Both are fast attackers, so in this situation, it's a battle of wits where only the brave will prevail, and neither can back down! Whoever retreats first will lose.

"Roar!"

The Charizard roared, gathering scorching heat in its mouth, and then suddenly spewed it out!

A wave of heat rolled in, enveloping the area in front of us!

"boom!"

Like a silver flash, Beedrill passed through the heatwave area. Its cicada-like wings were sparkling with fire, and its body was charred black. It was clear that the heat wave attack had damaged Beedrill.

However, at the same time, Beedrill Twin Needle Spinner, after passing through the heatwave area, crashed into Charizard's body, instantly hitting Charizard and knocking it away!