Elf: Starts with small diamonds, then mutates into Diancie.

Zhao Yun, who was standing nearby, was frantically deleting and modifying data with the analysts and tacticians, saying in a frenzy, "They were actually hiding their strength, and they are more than twice as strong as they showed before and as indicated in the data!"

Su Hao ignored Zhao Yun's outburst and focused his attention on the competition field.

On the field, Long Tianzhao, who was commanding his ace dragon to easily defeat the opponent's ace, seemed to notice Su Hao's gaze and met Su Hao's eyes across the distance with his sharp eyes.

Long Tianzhao's lips moved, and he looked at Su Hao with a provocative expression, as if he were saying something silently from afar.

Before Su Hao could get excited, Zhao Yunlan and Xia Xiaoguang, who couldn't hold back, got anxious and said angrily, "That's too arrogant! Although we don't know what he said, it certainly wasn't anything nice!"

Jiang Xiangyun suddenly spoke up: "I've studied lip reading. What he meant was something like... If you're a man, don't run away?"

Li Xiao raised an eyebrow and smiled, "Is this a provocation?"

Mu Yao's expression remained unchanged as she calmly stated, "This is a provocation."

Long Ningyan glanced at Su Hao, who seemed completely unaffected by Long Tianzhao's provocation, and then glanced at Long Tianzhao.

She remembered... Long Tianzhao was probably the person who admired Long Tianxing the most in their generation, right?

Was this at Long Tianxing's behest, or was it a spontaneous act by Long Tianzhao?

Long Ningyan was a little confused.

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The attached image shows Ash's original team lineup.

Chapter 549 Mid-Gate Sniping Showdown, King Against King, Dragon Against Dragon

On the day of the quarterfinals, Longdu University, a long-established powerhouse backed by the Yulong Clan, will face off against Jiangcheng University, the biggest "dark horse" of this year's competition, which was once ridiculed as a fallen powerhouse.

Compared to the other three quarter-final matches, which had little conflict, this match was clearly more eye-catching.

As always, Zhao Yun summoned the nine regular players of the school team, while the reserve players consciously stayed in the back to act as logistics personnel, guarding the water dispenser.

After Jiangcheng University reached its current position, the strength of its opponents has increased at a visible speed. It can be said that there is no weak team among the schools that have fought their way to the top eight.

The leisure for training is long gone; even if they give their all in every match, there is no guarantee that their team will advance.

Even aside from the bench players, some of the starting players are unsure whether they will be able to play, such as Xu Qin, whose strength is far inferior to the others.

She felt that even if it dragged into the arena, with her lineup featuring only a mid-stage Pro-level Gallade as her ace, going up there would be suicide.

Since avenging his great enemy, Zhao Yunlan was in an extremely good mood. Taking advantage of the time when Zhao Yun called Mu Yao aside for a private chat, he held his phone screen up to Su Hao and excitedly said, "Su Hao, look, you and that Long Tianzhao are both in the news!"

Su Hao stared at it closely, his lips twitching, and he couldn't help but curse inwardly at these idiotic self-media outlets for coming up with such a stupid headline.

"What? Let me see too!" Xia Xiaoguang came over as if watching a show, making Zhao Yunlan want to punch him.

Xia Xiaoguang's gaze wandered across the phone screen as he kept saying, "The fateful eye contact on the field... the unspoken understanding between formidable rivals."

"Pfft, what is this thing!"

Xia Xiaoguang couldn't hold back and burst out laughing.

Zhao Yunlan forced back his laughter, but like a villain, he said mercilessly, "What kind of stinking fish and shrimp dares to call our Brother Su a formidable enemy? They're really shameless."

Xia Xiaoguang chimed in, "That's right!"

Ever since the battle at the snowfield base, Zhao Yunlan and Xia Xiaoguang have become Su Hao's biggest fans, praising him almost indiscriminately regardless of the occasion.

Two clowns.

Su Hao smiled and shook his head, offering no comment on the news. Instead, he looked at Zhao Yun, who was leading Mu Yao toward them, and asked, "Teacher Zhao, has the list been submitted yet?"

Zhao Yun, who had just approached, said with a helpless expression, "It's already been reported... but are you really going to keep your promise?"

Su Hao replied matter-of-factly, "Of course, after all, I've already made the promise. Don't worry, I'm quite adept at dealing with Dragon-type Pokémon!"

Zhao Yun was taken aback. Did Su Hao mean that he was going to send out his ace, the powerful Fairy-type Pokémon Diancie?

If it were Diancie, maybe she really could win in a singles match...

Thinking of this, Zhao Yun could only pat Su Hao on the shoulder and slowly say, "Then this time... I'll leave it to you."

Su Hao nodded slightly, and with the encouragement of his teammates, he calmly followed the stage manager through the player passage to the battlefield.

On the other side, Long Tianzhao, who had just escaped his coach's endless nagging, stretched his shoulders and neck and walked towards the battlefield with an eager expression.

He couldn't wait to defeat Su Hao, who had provoked Uncle Long Tianxing. He had also made ample preparations to deal with Diancie, the special Rock/Fairy type Pokémon.

This battle... we will win!

As the contestants entered the arena, cheers erupted from both sides of the arena like a tsunami.

Upon closer listening, it became clear that more than half of them were cheering for Long Tianzhao and Longdu University, while the other half were cheering for Jiangcheng University and Su Hao.

Even though Jiangcheng University and Su Hao performed brilliantly, building popularity is not something that can be achieved overnight.

Su Hao arrived at his assigned command post, his eyebrows slightly raised, somewhat surprised yet finding it reasonable.

He was assigned to the left, which is almost always the direction where he's going to lose... Although it's superstitious, it seems quite a few people don't have high hopes for him.

However, that makes sense; the combat strength he has displayed so far is not yet strong enough to gain a one-sided response.

The extent of aid.

Based on the information gathered by Zhao Yun, and given that Long Tianzhao himself is quite arrogant and never bothers to hide anything, Su Hao has memorized all the information about the Pokémon in his team.

The ace players from the top 3 universities are quite something; they have five professional-level late-game Pokémon, making them the pride of the younger generation.

The only ones who could surpass him are probably the top students from Shanghai and Tsinghua and Peking Universities.

However, all of that has become less important.

From the moment he made his declaration, as if he had "lost his mind," he decided to reveal his uniqueness.

The reason is quite simple: Miao Yin called me shortly after the battle with Treasure Island University, about the matter of the High Seas Secret Realm representing the Divine Continent Alliance to face off against the young geniuses of other alliances.

The higher-ups have hinted that they want to select one player directly from the college league so that he can represent the Shenzhou Alliance without having to participate in any selection process.

However, there are some concerns from above. After all, among the young geniuses who are eligible to represent the Divine Continent Alliance in the high seas secret realm within the age limit, there are quite a few geniuses with dojo-level combat power.

In preparation for this resource battle in the massive high seas secret realm, all the alliances even unanimously agreed to postpone the World Championship.

He absolutely had to go to the high seas to bring Articuno back.

In order to gain the recognition of the Shenzhou Alliance that he is qualified to stand alongside geniuses under the age of 30.

Although it might be a bit cruel to these senior students, he will no longer hide his talents.

The first to be stabbed was Long Tianzhao, who, according to Long Ningyan, had a good relationship with Long Tianxing.

Since neither side intended to engage in any verbal sparring, the referee naturally wouldn't force them to say a few words to liven things up, and simply blew the whistle to announce the start of the match!

"Dragonballor's first public appearance after its evolution!"

"Let's cause a ruckus, aluminum-steel bridge dragon!"

Two incredibly powerful dragon spirits, unattainable to ordinary people, appeared on either side of the arena, heads held high and roaring with battle intent.

On one side is the ghostly pseudo-legendary Dragon-type, and on the other side is Duraludon, the evolved form of Duraludon, which can rival the pseudo-legendary Tyranitar!

A hint of interest ignited in Su Hao's eyes. Aluminum-steel bridge dragon, this is a formidable opponent.

With its unique ability to endure, its defense increases the longer it stays on the field. It can also act as a relentless turret, launching a barrage of attacks. Combined with the excellent attribute configuration of the Steel Dragon, it is not much worse than a pseudo-legendary.

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Attached image: Super Fairy.

Chapter 550 The Road Has Narrowed

The Aluminum Steel Bridge Dragon's body is more like a moving bridge than a dragon. These days, it seems like every Pokémon can have a dragon attribute.

Long Tianzhao preemptively struck: "Cannon Beam!"

The Aluminum Steel Bridge Dragon stretches out with a sturdy Chrono Digizoid (mist), a solid alloy body, and its limbs grip the ground firmly to fix it in place, making the entire Pokémon completely transformed into a structure fixed in place.

Immediately afterwards, an incredibly dazzling white light gathered at the head of the aluminum-steel bridge, and the cannon beams converged into a thick beam of light with a diameter of one meter, shooting out.

This attack is considered top-tier in terms of destructive power even among late-stage professional-level Pokémon.

According to the information provided by Zhao Yun, in the previous round of 32 to 16, even a professional-level late-game Desert Tyrant was defeated by this Cannon Light Cannon.

It can be said that it was a killer move from the moment it appeared!

Feeling the countless gazes cast upon him from behind, Su Hao remained unfazed and said, "Dragon Arrow!"

Doronbalut didn't release any aura or dragon might; it simply hovered quietly in mid-air. The Doronmesia siblings played and frolicked carefree beside it, seemingly unaware of the impending danger.

Upon hearing Su Hao's command, the Doronmesia siblings instantly became excited, their tails twitching slightly as they happily burrowed into the launch port on Doronbaluto's head, one after the other.

Boom!

Surging dragon energy enveloped the Doronmesia siblings, and flames exploded from the launch port. Trailing azure tails like flames, the Doronmesia siblings transformed into two incredibly fast missiles and fearlessly headed towards the cannon!

"Fool!"

On the sidelines, Long Ying and his two companions from Longdu University, who had come to watch the match, narrowed their eyes, completely unable to understand Su Hao's choice.

As we all know, Dragapult is a very weak individual Pokémon. Even with the protection of Dragapult's energy, a single shot and a continuous output are not the same!

If this continues, the Dorgonmesia team might end up seriously injured.