The soul penetrates Xiaozhi and destroys Gou Hao at the beginning

But at that moment, Bai Gungun, who was lying in Lillie's arms, collapsed.

Unfortunately, Alolan Vulpix's base stats are just too low; its total base stats are less than 300.

Furthermore, Lillie's white panda has basically never experienced any battles, and its level is also very low.

The gap in strength between them and Gladio is simply too great; it's already quite impressive that they've managed to hold on this far.

"Alolan Vulpix is ​​unable to battle, Umbreon wins, so the winner is Gladion," announced Happou, the referee.

"Come back, Bai Gungun, thank you."

Lillie put the white panda she was holding back into the Poké Ball, then pressed her face against the Poké Ball to feel the warmth emanating from the panda inside, and thanked it.

Gladion walked over to Umbreon, squatted down, patted Umbreon's head, and praised Umbreon.

The siblings' earnest duel drew prolonged applause and cheers from the audience.

Xiao Zhi couldn't help but nod.

Both were internal conflicts, but the best friend group's Maola won big.

Gladion and Lillie, on the sibling side, both performed exceptionally well.

It goes without saying that Gladio and Suiren are both incredibly powerful.

But Lillie isn't as delicate as Mallow. Instead, she does everything she can to leave no regrets, to live up to her Pokémon's expectations, and to respect her opponents.

Furthermore, Gladion's Umbreon is anything but dirty; it comes with a full three offensive moves.

Umbreon is generally used as a support unit because of its exceptionally high durability; its 95-110-130 base defense is no joke.

Furthermore, it possesses a wide variety of transformation skills, such as Taunt, Stand, Thunder Wave, Roar, Toxic, Light Screen, Reflect, Yawn, Help, Baton Pass, Moonlight, Fake Cry, Scary Face, and many more.

The support capabilities of the two signature attack skills, Roar and Shifting Flowers and Grafting Trees, are also excellent.

As a Dark-type Pokémon, it is not afraid of provocations from Pokémon with the Prankster ability.

With this unique mental strength, one is neither afraid of surprise attacks with high-fives nor intimidation, and will not fall into a state of cowardice.

The typical setup usually involves choosing either "Loud Roar" or "Shifting Flowers and Grafting Trees," and then selecting three additional transformation skills.

Most effort values ​​should be allocated to durability, with a small amount allocated to speed.

"Let's congratulate Gladgio on securing the last spot in the quarterfinals."

Ladies and gentlemen, the Round of 16 (16 to 8) of this year's Alola League Manalo Conference has now concluded.

Next up is the quarterfinals, which will be held tomorrow.

After fierce competition, eight top players have advanced to the second round. They are:

Xiao Zhi,

Guzma,

Harbin-Uzbekistan athletes,

Water Lily contestant,

Oro Oro player,

Mamane,

Kachi,

Grazio player,

So, what are the matchups for the second round? Now, please turn your attention to the large screen in the center of our venue.

Upon hearing this, everyone in the room turned to look at the big screen, and the live stream cameras also pointed their lenses at the screen.

The screen then displayed the profile pictures of the eight people who had advanced, and began scrolling randomly.

A few seconds later, four battle groups emerged, which everyone could see.

Shi Kuang then spoke up,

"As you can see, the quarterfinals draw for our Alola League Manalo Conference has been released."

The first match: Glagio vs. Orooro!

The second match is between Ash and Hau!

The third match: Kachi vs. Mamane!

The fourth match: Guzma vs. Shui Lian!

Upon seeing this group assignment, Kachi and Mamane immediately looked at each other, pointed to themselves, and said in unison,

"The two of us!" x2

The expressions on these two people's faces were exactly the same as those of Shui Lian and Mao when the group assignments were announced in the previous round.

It's quite a coincidence, really. The last game was an internal battle between the best friend team and the brother-sister team.

This time it's another internal battle between the best buddies.

As for Shui Lian, she looked solemn, unable to express her grievances. If they wanted to eliminate her, they should just say so! What was the point of pairing her with Guzma as an opponent?

Glagio and Orooru didn't know each other, but they exchanged greetings.

Ash, on the other hand, didn't seem to care much. Hau was Ash's formidable rival, and he was quite satisfied with his next opponent.

On the contrary, Ash's Rowlet, upon hearing that Ash's next opponent was Hau, meaning its opponent was Hau's Decidueye, immediately became incredibly excited, as if injected with Blaziken's energy, and even threw out some harsh words at Hau's Decidueye.

Seeing Rowlet's unusual enthusiasm, Ash smiled and decided that Rowlet would be the one to battle tomorrow.

After all, the quarterfinals are also one-on-one matches.

Ash's Rowlet had already considered it a formidable rival since their first meeting, when Hau's Decidueye was still a Roach.

We can't not let Rowlet go, especially since Rowlet counters Decidueye.

In the evening, Ash and his friends had dinner at the Pokémon Center to celebrate that many of them had advanced to the top eight, and to encourage everyone to keep up the good work in tomorrow's competition.

Silent all night.

The next morning, before the competition began.

When everyone woke up, they found that Ash wasn't in his room. When they went outside, they discovered that Ash was giving Rowlet special training.

"Ash, why are you guys up so early today? I just woke up and found you weren't in the room," Mamane asked.

"I was woken up by Rowlet today."

As he spoke, Ash picked up Rowlet, who was full of energy and enthusiasm, and held him in his arms.

"By Rowlet!" Mao exclaimed in shock.

"You've surprised me!" Shui Lian exclaimed in surprise.

"Ever since yesterday, when Mumu learned that our next opponent would be Hau, he's been full of energy."

After all, he can fight Hau and his sniper tree owl again.

"It's really exciting, especially in such a formal competition, isn't it, Rowlet?"

"Buwoo!~"

"About this, Ash, although you defeated Hau and his Owl before..."

However, this time the opponent is the evolved Decidueye, which is still very disadvantageous for Rowlet.

"I think it might be better to send out a Blazing Roaring Tiger, which has both Fire and Dark types," Kachi said.

“The Blazing Roaring Tiger does indeed have an advantage in terms of attributes,” Mamane said.

"I've made up my mind. I'll send Rowlet into battle."

"Have you come up with a plan yet?" Lillie asked.

"My choice this time has nothing to do with tactics or anything, it's simply because Rowlet said it wants to play."

"But Rowlet is far stronger than Hau's Decidueye, so why not let Rowlet go?" Ash laughed.