The soul penetrates Xiaozhi and destroys Gou Hao at the beginning

Guzma smashed all the runner-up and second-place trophies in the house to pieces.

At the time, Boolean thought that it would be great if they were all championship trophies, so that they wouldn't have become a pile of scrap metal.

After Guzma entered the stadium, Bulmeri led the remaining members of the Skull team to the stands to cheer for Guzma.

"Alright, guys, let's help our boss get the atmosphere going in the arena."

"it is good!"

Except for Bulmi, they all sang the Skull team's rap song in unison, using rap to cheer on their big brother Guzma.

Meanwhile, at the competition venue.

Looking at the arena, already buzzing with excitement from the first match of the semi-finals, everyone cheered and jumped for joy. The host and commentator, Shi Kuang, excitedly picked up the microphone from the table in front of him and began to speak…

"Ladies and gentlemen, what follows is the second match of the semifinals of the Alola League Manaro Tournament."

The two players facing off here are Guzma and Ash.

Guzma is the leader of Team Skull and is representing the entire Team Skull in this Alola Pokémon League tournament.

Furthermore, he was once a disciple of Mr. Hala, the island king of Melemele Island, just like Dr. Kukui, and possessed formidable strength.

His opponent was Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town.

He had won six consecutive regional league tournaments, and everyone who had faced him spoke highly of him.

In all his matches at this tournament, he won with overwhelming dominance, making him the most likely champion, bar none.

This is truly a battle between top players; what kind of sparks will fly when these aces clash? Let's wait and see!

Now, let's give a warm round of applause to welcome our two players who will be facing off here!

As soon as Shi Kuang finished speaking, a cacophony of shouts, cheers, screams, and applause filled the ears of everyone present.

Ash and Guzma also entered the battlefield from the player tunnels on both sides.

"Guzma, you defeated opponent, just surrender. Save yourself some face in front of your subordinates, or don't blame me for saving face for you," Ash said with a mocking expression.

"Hmph, enough nonsense."

"I can only talk nonsense with you," Ash shrugged.

"Now, let's begin the second match of the third round of the battle between Guzma and Ash from Pallet Town."

There are two Pokémon that can be used. When all the Pokémon of one side lose their combat ability, the game is over.

During the match, both sides can freely switch Pokémon.

In addition, Mega Evolution, Z-Moves, Dynamax, and Crystallize are four ways to enhance a character's power-up, and these can be used infinitely in battle.

"Now, both sides, please send out your Pokémon simultaneously," announced Mordan, the referee for this match.

"Go, Scizor."

This Scizor is level 68 and has the ability Technician. When it uses a move with a power of 60 or less, the power is multiplied by 1.5.

"Ibrahimovic, I choose you. Get ready to battle."

"Buy, buey!"

"Guzma's first Pokémon was Scizor, while Ash sent out Eevee to fight him."

"Now, let the battle begin!" Merdan announced.

"Ibrahimovic, unleash Blazing Inferno!"

"Scizor, use U-turn."

Eevee gathered its Fire-type energy, its entire body engulfed in flames, and charged directly at Scizor.

Faced with this attack, which has a fourfold effect and is an instant kill upon hit,

Scizor remained completely calm. After charging up, it leaped into the air and slammed its foot into Eevee's chest. Then, it transformed into a red light and returned to the Poké Ball hanging on Guzma's waist. Guzma's Golem immediately popped out of another Poké Ball.

This armored warrior is level 68 and has the ability to avoid danger. When its HP drops below half of its maximum HP, it will automatically bounce back into its Poké Ball.

Clearly having undergone extensive special training, the armored warrior immediately folded the shields on his claws together to block the raging, fiery attack as soon as he emerged.

"What is Guzma doing! He actually used U-turn to recall the Scizor!" Shi Kuang exclaimed in surprise.

Ash was full of praise for this. Guzma really understands Pokémon, and even knows how to learn U-turn, which is an important move for switching in battle.

"What a pity, Eevee's Fire-type move didn't hit Scizor," Mamane said with a regretful expression.

“After all, fire-type moves can deal very high damage to Scizor,” Lillie said.

“So he used a rapid turnback,” Mao said.

“Guzma is so shrewd,” said Shui Lian.

However, as the saying goes, "the devil is always one step ahead," and Ash had anticipated Guzma's move.

Guzma was looking at Ash with smug satisfaction. For a Golisopod with high durability, taking a hit from a Fire-type move with double the effect was a piece of cake.

However, what he didn't know was that Ash's partner Eevee's stats were even better than many legendary Pokémon (see Chapter 1363 of this book for details).

Furthermore, Guzma was surprised to find that sparks were appearing on the armored warrior's body, clearly indicating that he was being burned. This made him grit his teeth and glare at Ash.

That's right, the skill "Blazing Inferno" not only has a power of 90 and a perfect hit rate, but it can also inflict a burning status on the attacked opponent.

The armored warrior is now in a burning state, not only losing health every turn but also having his physical attack halved, making him no threat at all.

Seeing Guzma's expression change from smug to annoyed, it was Ash's turn to feel smug, looking at Guzma with a mocking expression.

"Hmph, I can easily take care of you. Armored warriors, use Water Stream Crack."

"Eevee, use the numbing shock."

The armored warrior gathered water-based energy, gripped his water blade, and swung it towards Eevee.

Eevee, on the other hand, gathered electric energy, its entire body enveloped in golden electricity, and a golden bolt of lightning shot out from it.

However, the armored warrior dodged with a turn and slashed back, knocking Eevee back with a slash that dealt only moderate damage.

"Ibrahimovic, use the Zephyr Bomb!"

Eevee gathered its Grass-type energy and slammed it into the ground. A giant vine immediately sprouted from the ground and began to scatter seeds at the armored warrior.