The world of hardcore Pokémon can also be very warm

At the entrance of the contestant entrance, Yang Yan and others were slowly entering the battle square.

The excitement in the audience became increasingly clear.

At this time, the loud and contagious voice of a uniformed man who was riding on a strong shield sword monster and flying over the square as if he were commentating was being transmitted to every corner of the field through the microphone.

"Dear viewers, please look, walking towards the center of the square is the trainer from the Pokémon League from across the ocean!"

"Let us welcome them with applause!"

The enthusiastic screams suddenly became louder and louder.

"The people of Galar don't seem to have any hostility towards us, which is quite interesting!"

"Perhaps it's because all they see is their identity as a 'competitor'."

Yang Yan expressed his opinion to Qian Li.

"Does the expectation for the game outweigh the regional differences? It would be great if it were like this. At least we don't have to worry that the audience will support my family one-sidedly!"

Qianli, who had not experienced such a scene for many years, was indeed a little worried about the audience's reaction.

Of course, what he is worried about is not that he will be affected. He thinks that he is not that fragile yet. He is just thinking from the perspective of the overall situation. After all, not everyone can ignore external influences when fighting. However, the bursts of applause relieved a lot of his worries.

After Yang Yan and others arrived, the commentary finally turned to the Galar trainers who stopped at almost the same time.

Perhaps due to greater familiarity, the introduction of these people is obviously more detailed, and the once again high atmosphere reflects this well.

Yang Yan paid attention to the explanation while observing the Galar trainer not far away.

It can be clearly seen without counting that the opponent's number is much higher than our own. A rough estimate is that there will be no less than 40 people.

There are more than 40 king-level trainers... and they have a team of king-level Pokémon. This number is a bit too much, at least in Yang Yan's perception.

After all, there is the King Ranking Battle as a reference.

Excluding a small number of people who do not want to participate or are not qualified to participate, on average there are only thirty or fifty trainers with a team of King-level Pokémon in a region. The Galar region is inviting all those who meet the requirements. Is it a success?

"Have you noticed that the people across from you all seem to be wearing the same style of clothes?"

"Maybe that's the dress of trainers in the Galar region. There's nothing strange about that."

"The strange thing isn't the style, haven't you noticed? Not only do their clothes have a three-digit number on them, but some also have stickers that look like product brands!"

"It's true what you said!"

"Look around the square, there seem to be many sponsors' logos. It looks like a commercial event!"

Through the discussions between you and me, everyone discovered that the "battle" in the Galar region was not just a culture, but also evolved into a complete business model.

This is very novel.

"As we all know, we have many friends from Galar this time. In order to reflect the friendship between our Galar region and the Pokémon League, this competitive elimination round will adopt a new battle mode..."

Just when the explanation began, on the high platform on the top floor of the square, behind a certain glass wall that was separated separately.

A'Du, who was wearing a red cloak, crossed his arms and looked straight down, saying, "Is this really good? The trainers we come over are all carefully selected strong men. If the defeat is too ugly then, , I’m worried that you won’t be able to explain to the people of Galar.”

Next to A'Du, President Roz, who was wearing a gray suit with one hand in his pocket, smiled and said: "Please don't worry, because we still have the strongest trainer in the world. As long as the Dan Emperor is still there, the people of Galar will Then they won’t feel too big a blow. At most, they will just verbally condemn the defeated trainers.”

"The strongest in the world? You are as confident as ever!"

"If Mr. A'Du doesn't believe it, you can participate in the next Champions League final and give it a try yourself."

"There will be a chance……"

……

"The above are all the rules for this competitive knockout competition."

"If you trainers have no doubts, then please look at the big screen..."

Following the direction pointed by the commentary, everyone looked up at the double-sided large screen hanging high in the sky.

There are portraits neatly arranged on the left and right sides of the screen, separated by a huge "VS" in the middle.

The characters "Galar" and "Pokémon League" are also marked above the avatar.

"I think everyone can't wait, so let's start the first battle of the day!"

“The big screen scrolls—!”

All the avatars were closed together, and then the picture was enlarged to nearly half the screen size and scrolled.

"Who do you think will be the first to fight?"

"I hope it's not me. I need time to adjust the team."

"Yes, the Galar people are so bad that they designed such random rules. Isn't this a clear trick to deceive people?"

But it is a pity that everyone standing here is riding a tiger and cannot get off. They can only pray that they are not the ones chosen, so that at least they will not be tricked by the rules.

"Yang Yan, what do you think..."

Qianli was about to ask Yang Yan what he thought, but then he was speechless because the scrolling screen stopped.

And the avatar displayed under the five characters "Pokémon League" is... "Oki Yohiko"!

"It seems that my luck is not very good. There is such a small chance of 'winning'..." Yang Yan didn't know how to express his emotions at the moment.

The corner of Qianli's mouth moved, and finally it turned into a sigh, "Just fight hard and use your full strength. There are so many people on the opposite side, and your opponent may not necessarily be a strong one. After all, looking at the photo, he is very young."

I'm not that old either...

Yang Yan really wanted to say this, but since the referee had already asked others to go back to the player area to wait, he thought about it and let it go.

While the others left the field and Yang Yan and his opponent walked to their respective sides of the battlefield, the commentator began to introduce the two sides to the audience in detail.

"Dear audience friends, in the first match of the King-level competitive knockout tournament, the person representing us in Galar is Trainer Peter from Dance Town and Dance Arena!"

"Trainer Peter is also an old friend of ours. We look forward to him bringing us a wonderful battle!"

As the big screen gave a close-up shot, Peter's arrogant and confident expression was revealed in front of everyone.

"Come on Peter!"

"We must win!"

"Peter, show your style as our Galar trainer!"

Although the cheers are different from sentence to sentence, they express the same meaning.

"This guy named Peter doesn't look simple!" Yang Yan glanced across the audience and finally stopped at his opponent.

At this time, the commentator may have just received the information and began to introduce Qi Yangyan's information to the audience.

"Viewers, what we are seeing now is the trainer who takes the lead on behalf of the Pokémon League—Oki Haruhiko."

"Although Trainer Oak is young, he showed amazing talent soon after becoming a trainer. He won the league championship only two or three years after his debut."

"The so-called Alliance Conference can be regarded as a high-level venue for our competitive elimination tournament!"

"In addition, what is even more surprising is that Trainer Oak also has amazing talent as a breeder. More than two years ago, he was promoted to 'Doctor', breaking the youngest age for promotion to 'Doctor' in the Pokémon League in the past 10 years!"

"Foster home?"

"PhD?"

"The Pokémon League can't find anyone?"

……

Perhaps it was because Yang Yan's achievements as a breeder were more prominent on the surface, coupled with the commentator's intentional or unintentional guidance, the audience couldn't help but question Yang Yan's ability, and even involved the Pokémon League.

"Since you are so talented as a breeder, why are you interfering in our trainer's affairs? Isn't it better to stay in the laboratory honestly, my friend?"

A disdainful voice came from the front, but Yang Yan smiled and said, "If you underestimate others, you will suffer. If you accidentally lose to a breeder like me, I wonder how much of your confidence will remain?"

……

In the stands.

Roz smiled confidently and said, "Mr. Oak's luck is a bit bad. Not only is he the first to appear, but he also met Peter. Let's hope he can hold on a little longer."

A'Du looked unhappy, but soon regained his composure, "President Luo Zi, I think you guys really... underestimated our Oak Trainer!"

"what?"

……

Players room.

Most of the people who came back went to apply for a replacement Pokémon, and only a few people sat down slowly, including Qianli and Gao Hai.

"Yang Yan is underestimated."

"This is a good thing. The other side will definitely suffer because of this!"

Gao Hai looked very happy.

Qianli nodded, "Yes, people who don't know the details are too easily misled by the information revealed by Yang Yan on the surface. The guy named Peter on the opposite side will not be the last one."

……

At this time, when the atmosphere was heated to the limit, the game finally began.

At the commentator's, or referee's, voice, the two people in the center of the field threw their Poké Balls at the same time.

"Ice-walking puppet, go!"

"Come and say hello first, Axe Mantis!"

The moment two Pokémon appeared...

"What Pokémon is that?"

The same question popped up in the audience seats, on the stage, and in the contestant room at the same time.

The Galar was naturally asking about Axe Mantis.

However, the people in the Pokémon League who were watching the competition also referred to the Ice-Tread Doll.

"Splitting Axe Mantis? Why would Yang Yan choose to bring the Splitting Axe Mantis? How strange..."

"Do you know that Pokémon?" Gao Hai heard Qianli's puzzled voice and asked immediately.

"I do know a little about the Pokémon Axeman. It is a Pokémon that lived in the ancient times of the Sinnoh region. It is now extinct. It is normal that ordinary people don't know about it." Qianli explained.

Gao Hai was shocked, "Ancient Pokémon? How did Yang Yan get it?"

"Maybe it was resurrected from a fossil, I don't know the details."

"fossil……"

……

When everyone was puzzled about the Axe Mantis, only Peter, who was standing opposite, had no time to think about this question.

"Ice-walking puppet, take action!"

No matter what kind of Pokémon your opponent is or what abilities it has, it's always a good idea to start with your own plan.

"Axe-splitting mantis, rush over, lightning flash!"

Yang Yan gave orders at the same time.

If the opponent's name contains the word "ice", then it is very likely that he is an ice-type Pokémon. At the same time, if he starts kicking and jumping as soon as he comes on the field, he may also be a very flexible Pokémon.

Based on this brief analysis, Yang Yan believed that quickly closing the distance and engaging in close combat should be the correct choice.

But unexpectedly, just after crossing the center of the field, the Axe Mantis suddenly crashed into a barrier and was forced to stop.

"Reflection wall? Smash it!" Yang Yan was surprised at when the other party released the reflection wall, and at the same time, he immediately changed the instructions.

The Axe-Splitting Mantis raised two huge stone axes high up, and then smashed them down with force. There was a bang, and a colorful light shattered.

"What a powerful attack!"

Peter never expected that the reflection wall that the Ice-Stepping Doll was so proud of could only block the opponent's attack for a moment.

"I may have underestimated you."

"Although it was only for a moment, my goal has been achieved...Ice-stepping puppet!"

Tap, tap—!

"Treading on ice——!"

The ice-walking puppet raised his ice staff, and the sky suddenly changed.

Dark clouds gathered and raindrops fell.

"Pray for rain... no, and add hail?!"

"Weather combo? Awesome!"

At this moment, Yang Yan had to admit that the other party was quite capable.

That arrogant attitude at the beginning was not without reason.

Rain + hail is almost the favorite battlefield of ice-type Pokémon, and Axe Mantis' situation took a turn for the worse.

"Double weather skills, Axe Mantis's ability cannot reverse it, so the choice left to me is..."

"Ice-walking puppet, freeze-dried!"

"Insect resistance, charge forward!"

A cold breeze mixed with rain and hail suddenly blew, and the ground quickly froze starting from the feet of the ice-walking puppets. The ice layer spread to the entire venue in the blink of an eye.

A layer of frost gradually formed on the Axe Mantis's body.

At this moment, a beam of energy pierced through the cold wind at a high speed and hit the ice-walking puppet.

The ice-walking puppet was stunned.

Insect Resistance is a counterattack move that requires you to withstand the enemy's attack first.

Resist first, then counterattack. Of course, the power of the counterattack is not great.

The main purpose of performing this move is to utilize another effect of Insect Resistance - reducing the opponent's special attack.

This is definitely a very effective restriction for Ice-type Pokémon.

"Good chance, rock blast!"

As the Axe Mantis moved forward, it condensed stone blades around it and struck out.

"Strong mental thoughts!"

Just when the skill was about to become solid, Yang Yan watched the stone blade stop and quickly change direction.

"Psychic type? It's actually a Psychic type?!"

Such exquisite control and powerful strength are beyond the reach of other Pokémon. Only the super powers of Psychic-type Pokémon can dispel the control of Splitter on the Stone Blade and replace it with its own.

Yang Yan narrowed his eyes, "You hid it well enough...!"