He knows Pokémon better than me.

After killing the opponent in one blow, Xiaozhi originally thought that he could easily advance in this qualifying match.

"Three thousand doesn't seem that strong, does it?"

However, after the bespectacled boy opposite took back the knocking monkey, his face quickly regained its calm expression and he did not lose heart.

"Please, my trump card!!"

Tajima's second Pokémon is a Nut Dumbbell with a silvery-white spiky body and three vine tentacles growing from its head.

Even Yaluo, who was watching the show outside, perked up.

The latter made it into the top 3000 thanks to this highly durable and resistant nut dumbbell.

Obviously, the level is much higher than the previous knocking monkey.

"Aren't the three great families the trump cards?"

Xiaozhi was a little stunned, but then he thought about it and it made sense. Some people even threw the three starter Pokémons directly into the computer after receiving them.

The battle started again, and this time Meltan didn't dare to look around.

"Nut dumbbell, whip it with force!!"

The battle started again. The nut dumbbell extended two thorny ball tentacles, which turned into green vines and pulled out fiercely.

Xiaozhi does not plan to change players. Meltan, who came all the way from the Alola region, is definitely not weak.

"Use the iron wall to block it!"

Meltan's body glowed with a deep silver light, and he was whipped hard from the front.

Snapped! Snapped! !

The vine whip triggered a sonic boom, pushing Meltan back half a meter, but the problem wasn't serious due to the strong resistance of the steel attribute to the grass attribute moves.

"Physical attack doesn't work? Then try this move. Ultimate Absorption!!"

Tajima pushed his glasses and continued to attack with an even more fierce momentum, which was completely different from the style when he was directing the Knocking Monkey in the previous game.

The green vines that had been whipping Meltan continuously transformed into two spirit snakes this time, which rushed out and tightly wrapped around Meltan, lifting him up.

Zizizi!
Then, a red light appeared around Meltan, and his physical strength began to be continuously drained.

"Mei Lu."

Meltan let out a low hum. The Iron Wall could only defend against physical attacks, but it couldn't defend against this special attack.

But in just one round, Xiaozhi had a strategy to deal with it:

"Use the gyro ball to break free!"

Meltan understood, and its hard nut head rotated horizontally at high speed, tearing the energy vines apart.

As for the vines bound to its body, Meltan's liquid metal body shrank directly to become slender, turned into a puddle of mud and slipped out from the vines.

"Now, cannon blaster!"

In mid-air, a laser pulse suddenly shot out from the head of the Meltan Nut. This time, the silver-white metal explosion hit the Nut Dumbbell and exploded.

Boom! !
Nut Dumbbell retreated half a meter and a black mark appeared on the top of his head, but the damage was not great.

"Tsk, it can't do any damage at all."

Xiaozhi frowned and thought about the moves that Meltan currently mastered. It seemed that he had no fighting or fire moves that could break the defense of Nut Dumbbell.

How about replacing it with Magearna?
On the other hand, Nut Dumbbell has mastered fighting skills.

"Kill it in one go, use pounce!!"

Tajima suddenly attacked.

Nut Dumbbell leaped up, covered with a layer of orange light, and fell towards Meltan like a mountain pressing down on his head.

Pounce, a fighting move. The higher your defense, the higher the damage you can deal!

For a Pokémon with high physical defense like Nut-Bell, this is almost equivalent to a powerful attack from a Garchomp! Xiaozhi looked closely at the arena. At this time, it would be great if Meltan knew how to use "Dig". On the one hand, it can dive underground to avoid moves, and on the next round, it can rush out and deal a very effective blow.

Unfortunately, it won’t.

"In that case, use the laser cannon to dodge!"

Meltan understood instantly, and this time he pointed Nut's head at the ground and shot out a silver beam of light.

Boom!

Using the reverse thrust, Meltan leaped into the air, avoiding the dangerous attack completely.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Xiaozhi quickly took out the Poké Ball, ready to take Meltan back first. There was no move that could counter the defense-breaking move.

"Meilu!!"

However, Meltan suddenly shouted while landing, interrupting Xiaozhi, and then the liquid metal body magically condensed into a fist shape at the place where the small hand was originally.
No, a gray-black nut condensed!
Nut's fist was covered with orange light, and Meltan took the opportunity to punch Nut Dumbbell's head hard.

Bang bang! !
There was a dull, heavy popping sound, and even an eerie sound of the Nut Dumbbell's skull cracking, as if the top of the head was cracked open.

Split tiles!

The heavy blow from the nut directly caused the nut dumbbell to fly backwards and fall to the ground in a mess.

Outstanding effect! !
"What?! You even have fighting-type moves?!"

Tajima's expression suddenly became flustered.

Xiaozhi also showed a look of surprise on his face. This was the first time that Meltan showed this ability.

"Meilu?"

After landing, Meltan looked at his own hands in amazement. Now, with a thought, the original liquid metal mud can automatically condense into a substantial gray-black nut.

With the help of this hard nut, you can perform fighting moves!

"Is it because you usually eat so much messy metal that you finally see some changes?"

"Or, is it going to evolve soon?"

In short, now we finally have a way to counter our opponents!
Xiaozhi temporarily put aside his plan of substitution and launched a powerful attack.

"Meltan, use Iron Head!!"

Meltan understood, and shot out like a rocket, with the golden nut on his head emitting a hard, cold light.

Tajima and Nut's dumbbell movements are in chaos.

"Block it with an iron wall!"

A golden light flashed across the latter's body, and he was ready to take the move head-on.

Bang bang! !
However, Meltan's iron head was just a feint. After hitting the iron wall, it bounced over Nut Dumbbell's head with the force.

Then he waved his liquid hand, and the gray-black nut condensed into shape again.

"Now, split the tiles!!"

Meltan took advantage of the situation and chopped Nut's fist down hard, hitting the latter on the crown of the head again.

Bang bang! !
With a loud clanging sound, the lower body of the nut dumbbell was smashed into the ground, and the surrounding ground cracked, showing that the force of the blow was quite strong.

Outstanding effect!

"Could it be possible that Meltan can evolve into a Fighting-type Pokémon?"

Xiaozhi guessed secretly in his heart.

After being hit by two powerful fighting moves in a row, Nut Dumbbell finally couldn't hold on and fell to the ground, with the thorny vines above his head drooping weakly and scattered.

Aerial Rotom quickly lowered his flight altitude, made his judgment, and spoke loudly:
"Nut Dumbbell has lost his ability to fight! So Xiaozhi will advance to the next round!"

"The world championship rankings of both sides have changed, please check for yourself!" (End of this chapter)