Pokémon: I picked up a reborn Eevee at the start of the game.

The metal monster, which was falling rapidly, strangely stopped its body and moved a short distance away from the area that Milotic's water cannon could not reach!

Almost simultaneously, the hunter, who had been patiently waiting in the darkness for a long time, finally spoke.

"Use Awakening Power in front of the Metal Monster!"

"Fuwoo!"

As soon as Xia Chen finished speaking, the water cannon that had been shooting into the sky stopped instantly, just like a sound-activated fountain.

Instead, an energy ray, almost as dark as eternal night, appeared, heading straight for the direction Xia Chen was commanding, which was also exactly where the metal monster was rushing to avoid the water cannon!

The spectators with extensive combat experience immediately recognized it as the awakened power of the Dark attribute!

I didn't expect Xia Chen to have this trick up his sleeve!

Without a doubt, even with double the strength of the awakened power, the damage is far less than that of a water cannon in the rain.

But its advantage lies in its speed!

The speed at which energy is gathered and the speed at which rays are emitted are unavoidable disadvantages of powerful water cannons.

Xia Chen chose to awaken his power for a simple reason: to use this unpredictable arrow to firmly lock down the metal monster's last sliver of room to break through!

…………

This energy ray, specially condensed for the Metal Monster, was extremely fast and arrived at the Metal Monster's landing point before it could even reach it.

From a distance, it looked as if the metal monster had deliberately collided with this awakened power of evil attributes.

Whether by choice or by force, this pitch-black ray, representing despair, severed the metal monster's last hope of turning the tide.

With the high-speed movement bonus period completely over, it became even more impossible for MetalGreymon to break through Milotic's blockade.

The attacking side's momentum had weakened, while the defending side's momentum was unstoppable; there was not much hope to begin with.

Not to mention that Milotic has only taken one Thunder Punch so far, while MetalGreymon has been bombarded from beginning to end and is already half-crippled.

Although the game is not over yet, it is already garbage time.

Outside the arena, the guest seating area, which had been unusually quiet due to the intense and exciting match, finally became noisy.

"This match was really high-level. Even the finals between the last and second place teams couldn't be this good, right?"

"Indeed, they were quite impressive. Not only were their Pokémon strengths superior, but their command abilities also far surpassed those of the others. In particular, their final psychological battle was truly outstanding!"

"To be honest, Xia Chen's victory also had an element of luck. In the end, the two of them gave commands almost simultaneously, and Xia Chen just happened to bet on the metal monster's dodge direction correctly. Otherwise, if the metal monster had gotten close, it would have been hard to say what the outcome would have been."

……

"No, Xia Chen didn't guess."

In the back row of the guest seats, a middle-aged man who had been watching the game quietly from beginning to end slowly spoke.

Hearing that familiar voice, everyone turned around in surprise. They didn't expect this big shot to come to watch a match of this level, and they were even more surprised that he would give his opinion on Xia Chen's command.

One teacher couldn't help but ask, "Principal Yu, what did you mean by that just now?"

The man gazed longingly at Xia Chen, who was celebrating his victory with Milotic on the battlefield, and slowly said, "Because that position is the most difficult for Milotic to adjust its angle to release its moves. Chen Mo knows this, and Xia Chen knows it even better."

The last chapter has been posted, now I need to work harder!

See you tomorrow night at the same time, 23:59!

Chapter 113: You're the cutest newborn in the universe?

Since Xia Chen published his paper on the second evolutionary path of Milotic, some discordant voices have been circulating online.

Such as

"Artificially evolved Milotic carries unknown risks; the beauty evolution may be a capital scam."

"The only Milotic in the world that did not evolve using Beautiful Scales has yet to test its strength in battle, and it is likely to be a showy but empty shell."

These tactics often involve using events that haven't happened yet to incite trainers' anxieties and then attacking energy cubes that haven't been mass-produced yet.

The originators of the widely circulated misleading statements are quite conspicuous: those merchants who are the only ones with a "motive" and who hold the beautiful scales in their hands.

Their purpose in spreading these rumors is simple: to suppress their competitors and sell more of their beautiful scales.

This Milotic's debut match, which was broadcast live online in its entirety, debunked some of the rumors.

Based on the combat power displayed by Xia Chen's Milotic, can you say it's inferior to one that evolves using a Beautiful Scale?

In some respects, it is clear that Milas, who mastered the weather technique of rainmaking at the amateur level, is superior.

Milos's first win on the field has sparked another debate online.

Meanwhile, the recruitment competition is still ongoing.

……

In the second game of the afternoon, Xia Chen did not let Minas play.

It wasn't because Milotic was too tired after the first game; the interval between the two games was long, and Milotic's stamina was not weak.

The main reason for changing the Pokémon was that Xia Chen's opponent was a Forest Lizard with considerable overall strength, and type advantage should be respected.

After all, this is a crucial match where winning would directly secure an admission letter to Peking University, so playing it safe wouldn't hurt.

When it comes to stability, there is no one in Xia Chen's team more stable than Ibrahimovic.

The opponent's Grovyle has a fighting style somewhat similar to Eevee, both relying on agile movement and engaging in a drawn-out, back-and-forth battle.

But the forest lizard is faster, like a nimble assassin in a game.

However, no matter how fancy the tactics are, they are all in vain in the face of the golden duo of Xia Chen and Ibrahimovic.

Less than five minutes later, the Forest Lizard collapsed in front of Eevee, its eyes filled with resentment.

Xia Chen thus achieved the most important goal of his trip to Beijing: to enter the top six in the recruitment competition.

But since we're already here, how can we not fight for the championship?

To be honest, although it was just a competition held by Beijing University for student recruitment, the significance of this championship is by no means small.

Firstly, this competition brings together almost all of the best newly debuted academy-trained trainers in the entire East, making it far more prestigious than the Piplup Cup.

In terms of tangible benefits, it's very attractive to all participants: scholarships worth millions of yuan annually after enrollment, preferential treatment in educational resources, and the allure of independent dormitory rooms.

If this weren't just a recruitment competition for high school seniors, many elite trainers might have joined in.

In short, a generous reward will surely attract brave men.

The more generous the rewards, the fiercer the competition.

After a day of rest, the final day of the highly anticipated Kyoto University entrance exam competition finally arrived.

…………

December 17th, the Pokémon Arena at Kyoto University.

Perhaps because the contestants participating in the finals were all my future juniors, all the empty seats in the audience were finally filled today.

Among the guests was a heavyweight figure, Yu Zhaohua, the president of Peking University.

For outsiders, what's more important is his other identity: the former champion of the Donghuang region!

Yu Chaohua, who is now nearly fifty years old, served as the Donghuang Champion for eight years more than ten years ago.

He represented the Donghuang region in two Masters Tournaments, winning second place once and third place once.

Although it never reached that most dazzling glory, it was the last glories of the Donghuang region.

In the two editions that followed, the champion of the Donghuang region failed to even get past the first round.

Therefore, even in today's internet age, many people still lament, "I thought that was just the beginning, but I never imagined it would be the peak."

Yu Chaohua's playing style was extremely aggressive when he was the champion, but after retiring, he seems to have become more self-disciplined.

At this moment, he looked at the information of the last six contestants who had made it to the final day and waited for the competition to begin.

……

"I didn't expect Lin Yuan, who was favored before the competition, to not make it into the top six. The competition this year is really fierce."

"You didn't expect Chen Mo to be in the loser's bracket? I originally thought the only ones who could be his opponents were Song Qian's Incineroar and Yin Li's Gengar."

"Yeah, it's really unexpected that Xia Chen from Zhijiang has gotten this far. Do you guys think he can stay in the dark forever?"

"The first match against Incineroar is easy, Milotic has a natural advantage in terms of type and ability. But the second match against Gengar will be difficult. Some of our students might not even be able to beat that Gengar, right?"

Although the professors at Kyoto University are mostly senior elites, they still have a heated discussion about amateur-level matches.

There are also differences between amateurs.

What some trainers take three to five years to barely reach, these prodigies can easily achieve in just one year after their debut.

Undoubtedly, their future holds much more than this.

Senior, Elite, Dojo, even King, and even Champion

Who can guarantee that they won't become the trendsetters standing at the forefront of the times in the future?

As Yu Chaohua listened to the teachers' discussion, he tapped his fingertips lightly on the table and gazed intently at the battlefield.

The first match has begun.

…………

Xia Chen's luck with the fortune sticks was a bit bad, but not particularly bad.

The reason he was considered unlucky is that his opponent in this match was the undisputed favorite to win the championship, and his Pokémon was a starter Pokémon that had undergone a third-stage evolution.

It's important to know that while the starter Pokémon aren't exactly rare, their strength is comparable to many rarer Pokémon.

This can be seen from the fact that many of the champions' starting lineups include the top three teams from various regions.

Not to mention that this starter Pokémon is the legendary Incineroar, the cutest hatching Pokémon in the universe!

Although Tiger God can only fully demonstrate his abilities in doubles, to be fair, he is not weak in singles either.

Both the average ability level of the population and the coverage of the skill pool are excellent.

Coupled with the [Intimidate] ability that lowers the opponent's physical attack upon entering the battlefield, a well-trained Incineroar is extremely troublesome to deal with.

Xia Chen's only slightly good luck lies in the fact that his Menasor nature is precisely competitive.