Elves: Angler's Rainy Day Team

Chapter 892, Preliminary Round
The 148th day after leaving the Orange Islands, sunny.

The weather was clear, and the morning sun shone unreservedly on the earth, giving the scenery outside the window a layer of golden glow.

The preliminaries of the Silver Conference kicked off. Before entering the preliminary round, there were three one-on-one preliminaries, the purpose of which was to eliminate the many contestants to only forty-eight people, and then the preliminary round groups would be carried out.

Yu Hai just got the qualification badge last night, and went to the registration office to sign up for the competition. The preliminaries will last for three days, starting yesterday and will continue until tomorrow.

According to the rules of the competition, for the qualifiers registered last night, the competition time is this morning. For the qualifiers registered this morning, the competition time will be scheduled in the afternoon.

Waking up in a simply decorated single room in the athletes' village, he stretched and moved his body around to dispel any remaining sleepiness.

After a quick wash in the bathroom, he was preparing breakfast for the elves. Seeing the elves eating with satisfaction, he was in a good mood today.

After cultivating a relationship with little Lugia for a while, he headed towards the preliminaries venue. The preliminaries venue was bustling with people coming and going.

There are battle fields separated by barbed wire, marked as several areas such as ABCDEFG.

The sun shone on the wire mesh, reflecting a dazzling metallic luster. The air was filled with a tense and heated atmosphere. The conversations, cheers, fierce shouts of the surrounding spectators and the explosions of battle were intertwined with each other.

As soon as Yu Hai entered the venue, he heard a loud voice on the radio calling his name...

"Please, contestant Yu Hai, go to venue D as soon as possible to participate in the preliminaries. Please, contestant Yu Hai..." The broadcast voice echoed in the venue, clearly reaching everyone's ears, and naturally also reached Yu Hai's ears.

He quickened his pace and rushed towards the D venue. When he arrived at the battle venue, he saw that his opponent was already waiting there.

The other person was a teenager wearing simple sportswear, a white T-shirt with blue sports shorts, and a pair of white sneakers. He was standing there with a confident look on his face.

He took out the Pokémon Encyclopedia from his pocket, proved his identity to the staff, then calmly walked into the battle field and stood in the player area on the other side of the battle field.

He was wearing a black short-sleeved top, black trousers and a pair of black sneakers today. He looked capable and calm. He was calm at the moment and was looking forward to the battle that was about to begin.

They waited quietly for the referee to announce the rules of the game. A breeze blew gently, bringing a hint of coolness and also blew up a few strands of hair on his forehead.

"In the qualifying round at venue D, the match between Ukai and Hirakawa will begin now. Both contestants, please release your elves and attack together..." The referee stood in the middle of the venue, explaining in a loud voice.

"Please get ready, both contestants. The competition is about to begin!" The referee dropped the small flag in his hand with force. The quick and decisive action was the battle horn, officially announcing the start of the competition.

Ukai and the opposing player, Hirakawa, threw their Poké Balls at almost the same time...

"Go, Swampert!" Yu Hai shouted loudly, the Poké Ball drew an arc in the air, and Swampert appeared in the field with a red light. Its huge body stood steadily, emitting a powerful aura, and its eyes flashed with eager fighting spirit.

"Go, Naughty Bomb!" Pingchuan shouted, not to be outdone. Naughty Bomb popped out of the Poké Ball with a "whoosh" sound, spinning rapidly in the air, making a buzzing sound, and the yellow electric arcs on its body kept flashing, as if demonstrating to the opponent.

“Oh, you investigated yourself?” Yu Hai looked at the boy opposite him, his mouth slightly raised, with a hint of ridicule in his words. He didn’t expect that the other party would actually send out an electric-type Pokémon, just right to face his Swampert…

It was a one-on-one match, with only three duels in the qualifying round. He knew in his heart that he would definitely not send out the Queen Bee in such a crucial qualifying round.

Queen Bee has not yet reached the senior level and is a little immature in such an arena, so she is not suitable for the qualifiers. After some thought, he decided to play it safe and sent out Swampert.

"How could it be? This guy has the most water-type Pokémons, he should be able to guess right easily." Pingchuan looked at Swampert that appeared on the field with disbelief in his eyes. His originally determined expression instantly fell, as if a basin of cold water was suddenly poured on him. He really didn't expect that he only guessed half right.

"Swampert, Mud Shot!" Yu Hai stared closely at the pure electric-type Naughty Bullet. In his opinion, the situation of this battle was relatively clear, and as long as he performed normally, he would not lose.

"Naughty Bullet, roll away quickly..." Pingchuan shouted hurriedly, with a hint of anxiety in his voice. "Lagu Lagu!" Swampert immediately opened his mouth, and mud shots shot out of his mouth like cannonballs, with the sound of whistling wind, and shot rapidly in the direction of Naughty Bullet.

The mud shot drew arcs in the air and accurately hit the rapidly rolling naughty bullet. The huge impact force directly sent the naughty bullet flying onto the barbed wire, which made a "clang" sound from the impact.

For Pokémon with solid basic training like Swampert, hitting a moving target is basically child's play. This is a basic skill that every Pokémon must master.

If he couldn't even do this, how could he have the nerve to say that he was the elf cultivated by Yu? He raised his chin slightly and a confident smile appeared on his face.

"How is this possible? So accurate?" Pingchuan looked at the mud-covered naughty bullet in disbelief, with shock and unwillingness in his eyes, and his lips trembling slightly. This battle was not at all what he had imagined!

I saw the naughty bomb with yellow arcs flashing all over its body, rolling back to the field. It was obvious that it was very irritable at the moment, as if it was angered by the attack just now.

"Naughty bullet, roll over and hit it!" Pingchuan frowned, beads of sweat appeared on his forehead. He was at his wit's end at this moment. Looking at the situation on the field, he secretly groaned in his heart.

When facing Swampert, Naughty Bomb is unable to use any electric-type moves. In desperation, it can only hope to use rolling, a type of move with a certain resistance effect, hoping to defeat Swampert by stacking attack power.

“Haha.” Yu Hai was secretly happy. He was really lucky to meet such an easy opponent in the first game. He shouted directly to Swampert: “Swampert, earthquake!”

"Lagu!" Swampert responded, raised his fist high with his strong and powerful arms, and slammed it heavily on the ground.

In an instant, the ground seemed to be shaken by an invisible force, making a dull "boom" sound, and a wide crack quickly appeared on the path that the naughty bullet had to roll through.

The crack continued to spread in all directions, dust was flying, and the air was filled with a strong smell of earth. The naughty bullet was unable to dodge and rolled straight into the crack.

Then, Yu Hai saw this good opportunity and shouted to Swampert again: "Swampert, rock collapse!"

"Lagu!" Swampert roared, swung his fist again and smashed it hard on the ground.

As the punch landed, there was a loud "boom" sound, and the earth shook instantly. The original large crack collapsed instantly, and countless huge rocks rolled down from all directions, hitting the naughty bomb like raindrops.

For a moment, stone chips flew and crackling sounds were heard continuously, and the naughty bomb was instantly buried underground by these falling rocks.

Swampert seemed unsatisfied and punched the ground again. With a dull thud, the big crack slowly closed, trapping Naughty Bomb tightly underground.

"Naughty bullet..." Pingchuan knelt on the ground in a daze, staring at the naughty bullet buried deep underground, his eyes empty and desperate.

At this moment, he finally understood that he had been defeated. They were simply not players of the same level. A feeling of powerless frustration surged in his heart. He seemed to have lost his soul and muttered to Naughty Bomb.

"Drop-chan has lost its ability to fight, Swampert wins, and the winner is Ukai!" The referee looked at Drop-chan, who was dug out of the ground by other Pokémon and was already unconscious, and immediately announced the result of the battle.

The referee's voice rang out on the battlefield, clearly reaching the ears of Yu Hai and the other man on the field, but the young man was unable to come back to his senses for a long time.

"Come back, Swampert." Yu Hai shouted calmly and threw out the Poké Ball to retrieve Swampert.

Then, he turned and left, went straight to the audience seats, found a seat and sat down, quietly waiting for his second qualifying match. At this time, he was thinking that the qualifying match of the Silver Conference was easier than he expected.

With Swampert's current strength, it is indeed difficult to meet an opponent that can compete with it in this kind of qualifying round. It has become so strong without realizing it!

(End of this chapter)