The soul penetrates Xiaozhi and destroys Gou Hao at the beginning

Upon hearing the instruction, the scyther immediately dodged backward. Because the scyther's daughter attacked in front of it, the scyther was afraid of accidentally hurting her and hesitated, so its attack was a little slower.

Seeing this, Guzma revealed a smug smile and gave the order,

"Hehehe, there's a loophole, scythe, use the cross shears."

The Scizor seized the opportunity to move forward and fired a cross-shaped shot that struck the Kangaskhan's chest head-on, dealing significant damage.

"It's not over yet, Kangaskhan, keep using Power Punch."

"Scizor, dodge to the right, then continue with your scissor attack."

The Kangaskhan mother and daughter launched another attack, but Guzma again had Scizor use the same tactic, dodging to the right, once again placing the Kangaskhan's daughter between the two. This way, the Kangaskhan, mindful of its daughter, couldn't unleash its full power.

Meanwhile, Scizor seized the opportunity to move forward again and landed a cross-shaped attack on the giant scythe.

After taking two hits with the crosshairs, the Kangaskhan was exhausted and panting heavily, its body covered in wounds. The Kangaskhan's daughter looked at her mother with great concern.

"What exactly happened that caused Ilima to be in such a tough fight?" Shi Kuang asked.

"What exactly happened? How did the situation suddenly reverse?" Mamane asked, puzzled.

"It's because of the Scizor's position."

When Scizor moves during battle, it always maintains a straight line with its opponent.

"The Kangaskhan hesitated for a moment because it was worried that the smaller Kangaskhan in front of it would be attacked," Kachi explained.

Ash nodded, completely agreeing with Kiawe's point of view.

"They actually used the little kangaroo as a shield," Lillie exclaimed in surprise.

Just as Mamane had predicted, the situation on the field had reversed. Ilima looked at Kangaskhan with a worried expression, wondering how much longer the injured Kangaskhan could hold on, while Guzma wore an extremely smug expression.

"That's about enough. Destroy it, Scizor, use your cross-shaped blades."

"King of the knuckles, get out of the way!"

Unfortunately, the injured Kangaskhan didn't have time to dodge, and don't forget that Scizor has a speed of +4, making it faster than Kangaskhan and hitting it head-on with its X-Scissors attack first.

With a thud, Kangaskhan collapsed heavily to the ground, its Mega Evolution form deactivated, rendering it unable to fight.

The little kangaroo, now transformed back into its original form, was so frightened that it quickly burrowed back into its mother's pouch.

"The Kangaskhan is unable to battle, and the Scizor has won, so the winner is Guzma," Hala announced.

"Come back, Kangaskhan. You've done your best. Thank you."

Ilima retrieved his Kangaskhan. Although he lost, he was not discouraged because he had indeed given it his all. His opponent was stronger than him, so it was normal to lose.

On the contrary, Ilima's female fans all looked dejected and very disappointed.

Guzma remained silent, recalled his Scizor, and coldly left the arena, as if it were all perfectly normal for him.

Guzma believed that all his battles before encountering Ash were utterly crushing, so this was something he had expected. There was nothing to be happy about; winning was only natural, and wasn't that how it should be?

"A major upset occurred in the competition. Champion contender Ilima was eliminated in just one match, stopping at the round of 16," Shi Kuang said.

Ash shook his head. There was nothing he could do about losing this match; the moves Ilima had taught Kangaskhan were already quite standard.

Mega Evolution's standard moveset is: Fake Out + Take Down + Kick/Power-Up Punch + Sucker Punch/Ice Punch/Protect.

Ilima's moveset was already quite good, but unfortunately, his experience in battle and the tactics he chose were not as sophisticated as his opponent's, and he lost because of a lack of experience.

This also shows that Guzma actually understands Pokémon battles very well, and knows that he can use Daedalus's daughter to restrain Daedalus.

The third match that followed was between Haw and Principal Oki.

Hau sent out an Alolan Reichu, while Principal Oak sent out an Alolan Exeggutor.

Hau's Alolan Reichu appeared riding on its tail, flying around in the air and disturbing Principal Oak's Alolan Exeggutor.

Unfortunately, there is no Electric Field on the field right now, so its Surf Tail ability cannot be activated at all.

Hau made the first move, letting his Alolan Raichu hit Principal Oak's Alolan Exeggutor head-on with a Thunderbolt. With a four-fold resistance, it wasn't very effective.

"Hao's Alolan Reichu is surprisingly agile."

However, Oak's Alolan Exeggutor was completely unable to keep up with Raichu's lightning speed.

However, Oak's Alolan Exeggutor withstood the attack from the Alolan Raichu; what amazing endurance!

Hearing this explanation, Xiao Zhi was so angry that he wanted to go up and drag Shi Kuang down and beat him up.

Can they even provide commentary? If they can't, then we'll replace them.

What does it mean to have amazing endurance? An Alolan Exeggutor has four times the resistance to Electric, its Defense and Special Defense aren't lowered, and its opponent's Attack and Special Defense aren't increased or decreased either.

If I can't withstand a 100,000-volt attack with only a quarter of its effect, what's the point of having four times the electrical resistance?

Furthermore, it's said that Alolan Exeggutor can't keep up with Raichu's speed, so of course it can't.

Raichu is a high-speed team member. Its base speed of 110 is already quite fast, and with the Surf Tail ability, its speed doubles even more under Electric Terrain.

Alolan Exeggutor only has a Speed ​​of 45, making it suitable for Trick Room teams.

This is a very good speed, unlike the awkward 70 or 80 km/h.

Speed ​​is something that either goes for the fastest, like 135 or higher;

Either the slowest, around 50 or below,

The worst thing is to be stuck in the middle, neither fast nor slow.

Even with a tailwind, you can't outrun your opponent; once you open up space, your opponent moves first.

"I won't lose so easily, Exeggutor! This time, taste mine, Bangias!"

"Coconut Exeggutor, unleash the Dragon Hammer!"

Faced with this attack, Hau immediately had his Alolan Raichu dodge with Quick Attack, and then used Focus Blast to hit Principal Oak's Alolan Exeggutor head-on, successfully knocking it to the ground.

"The Alolan Exeggutor is unable to battle, and the Alolan Reichu wins, so the winner is Hau," announced Liz, the referee for this match.

"Great! We won! Haha, we won!" Hau exclaimed excitedly.

Hala, sitting in the audience, also showed a relieved expression.

The fourth match followed, a battle of best friends between Mao and Shui Lian.

Just before going on stage, the two comforted each other, telling each other not to be nervous and promising to fight with all their might.

"The fourth match is between Mallow and Lana. The two are classmates at the Pokémon School and good friends. What kind of battle will they bring us?" Shi Kuang said.