He knows Pokémon better than me.

"The second match of the semi-finals, Xiaozhi vs. Xiaojian!!"

In the second half, it was the turn of two younger players from Pallet Town to compete.
Because of work reasons, Xiaojian has now applied for a temporary residence permit in Zhenxin Town, and is considered half a real newcomer.

"Xiaozhi, I didn't expect to have a fight with you."

"Hey, come on, Xiaojian, I've been waiting for this day for a long time~!"

Xiaozhi grinned. Although he could always see Xiaojian, he had never actually fought with him.

boom!boom!
Two Poké Balls were opened, one side showed the ferocious and fierce Scyther, the other side showed the harmless Rowlet, completely two different styles.

"Be careful, Scyther. This Owl is very fast!"

Xiao Jian did not underestimate his opponent at all, and gave a cautious reminder at the beginning.

As one of the managers of the backyard, Xiaojian knows the strength of Xiaozhi's Pokémon better than anyone else.

"fork?"

Scyther was a little surprised. Years of experience told it that the thing in front of it was a little fat chicken that it would kill with one blow. However, Xiaojian's command made Scyther not dare to be careless.

The battle begins!
"Mumuxiao, shadow sneak attack!!"

It was still Mumuxiao's best quick attack strategy at the beginning. He disappeared from the spot mysteriously, and appeared behind Scyther in the next moment, exerting his assassin ability to the limit.

"Use continuous cutting!"

Scyther quickly turned around and slashed out with the sharp blade.

Boom! !
However, Mumuxiao was faster and dodged Scythe's scythe claws, then kicked the latter directly in the face with a bird claw, knocking the latter away.

This kick made Scyther wake up instantly!

Not only is it fast, its claws are also very powerful.

"In that case, move at high speed!!"

The Scyther flew across the field at high speed in an instant, so fast that it even left many afterimages, making it impossible to detect its true location.

"Then, cross-scissors!"

The next moment, Scythe seized upon the blind spot of Owl's vision and slashed fiercely with its sharp sickle in a cross shape!

"Mugu!?"

However, Mumuxiao suddenly turned his head 180 degrees and predicted the attack angle of Scyther one step ahead, which scared the latter.

"The power of bond?"

Xiaojian reacted instantly, raised his head and looked forward, only to see that Xiaozhi on the other side had already raised his hand, and his breath was almost synchronized with that of Owl.

In this state, the images in Ash's field of vision are completely interconnected with Rowlet's.

Unless he is blinded by a kunai or his eyes are covered with a cloth, there are no blind spots in the entire field.

"Mumuxiao, return with the swallows!!"

Even the Owl made a swirl and took off, dodging the cross scissors while darting out again from a low altitude, its tricky and sharp beak poking straight into the Scyther's abdomen.

Whoops!

Yan Fan struck back and immediately knocked the Scyther away.

Outstanding effect! !
"And then there's the Seam Shadow!!"

Mumuxiao bent his bow and drew his arrow. This action instantly made Xiaojian's hair stand on end and he became alert.

It’s this weird and unpredictable move again!
However, the previous battle between Owl and Riolu also taught him how to break the shadow seam.

"Spy, fly up quickly!! Then use the Air Blade in the air!!"

In the air, your shadow naturally cannot be shot!
Scythe quickly flapped its wings and flew up, then swung its sickle arm forward repeatedly, throwing out countless sharp air blades. And Wood Owl also half-raised his head and aimed the attack angle of the Shadow Arrow at the air.

Whoosh!

Release the "wing bow" and the feather arrow will fly out instantly!
As if coming alive, the Shadow Arrow twisted left and right, avoiding all the sharp air blades and aiming directly at the center of Scyther's eyebrows!

"How can it be?!"

Offstage, Hiro exclaimed in surprise that the shadow stitching he had imitated before had clearly failed!

"Hey, Riolu was just imitating, he didn't really master the move of Shadow Sewing."

Xiaozhi touched his nose, feeling a little proud.

Who says that Shadow Seam can't directly shoot arrows to attack the target? Attacking the shadow and restraining the target will only make the moves more strange and difficult to defend. In fact, it can directly attack the target.

After the training of Full Moon Sniper Tree Owl, Wood Owl's archery skills are now quite proficient, and he shot the Sniper Mantis accurately between the eyebrows with the Shadow of the Seam.

boom! !

The next moment, a feather arrow exploded in the head, and the ghost-attribute energy formed an explosion, knocking Scyther down from mid-air.

However, Mumuxiao had a mysterious figure. He used the stealth attack to escape into another space and disappeared on the spot. Scyther's air blade, which fell a step later, only left countless knife marks on the ring, but did not hit the target.

In the state of stealth attack, Timber Owl came to the blind spot behind Scyther.

"The winner is decided at once! Brave Bird Attacks!!"

Mumuxiao's whole body was once again ignited with blue flames, and it turned into a small strange bird and rushed out. Scyther was blown down, and just as it struggled to get up, it heard a sharp whistle coming from behind.

Brave Bird attacked Scyther's back fiercely, and the powerful impact force instantly pushed Scyther all the way to the edge of the ring.

Boom! !
Finally, the energy collapsed, causing another violent explosion at the same place!

"Mugu~!"

The wood owl let out a loud cry, rushed out of the smoke and flew into the sky.

Zizi!

But he was still handsome for less than half a second, as the electric arcs lingering around his body caused Mumuxiao to suffer such pain that his wings cramped and he fell diagonally from the air.

Snapped!
Xiaozhi raised his hand and caught Owl calmly as if he were catching a ball.

Looking at the Scyther that had already fallen to the ground on the other side, Xiao Mao couldn't help but twitch his mouth.

In the last game, Ya Shen cheated. In this game, your Mumu Xiao is also suspected of cheating.
How can an unevolved Behemoth be so powerful?!
"The winner is decided! Xiaozhi and Xiaomo have advanced to the finals!"

The whole audience burst into warm cheers.

On and off the stage, the two “junior” final opponents also made eye contact from a distance, their eyes filled with fighting spirit.

"Hey Xiaozhi, I'm really no match for you."

Xiaojian had already taken back Scyther and walked over helplessly, interrupting the passionate eye contact between Xiaozhi and Xiaoxia.

I thought that with a competition system like the Baby Cup, there might be a chance to defeat Xiaozhi once. As expected, you can't go far relying solely on numbers.

How about letting Scyther evolve?
Previously, there was only the giant mantis in the Johto region, which evolved from a sickle to a clamp.

But his Scyther said that he only wanted to kill people, so he refused to evolve.

But now the new evolved type - Axe Mantis has directly upgraded from a sickle to a stone axe, which can also be used to chop people. It should be quite to the liking of Scyther, right?

Putting aside the idea of ​​evolution for the time being, Xiao Jian smiled and shook hands with Xiao Zhi after the game:
"I'm already curious about your next battle with Xiaoxia."

He sighed and stepped down, leaving the stage to the two finalists! (End of this chapter)