Elf: Starts with small diamonds, then mutates into Diancie.

In an instant, the giant salt stone skillfully unleashed a sandstorm, and a vast expanse of yellow sand swept in.

Lucario covered his eyes with a waveguide to protect his vision, thinking that in terms of durability alone, the Saltstone Giant was probably not much different from the Blazing Roar Tiger, which had not yet learned Perpetual Enhancement.

However, if it had to choose, the Saltstone Giant would obviously feel better to fight, and the sense of accomplishment when breaking solid rocks is incredibly satisfying.

The Blazing Roaring Tiger will also fight back.

Lucario continued to maintain its waveguide activity, and even the swirling sandstorm could not stop it from probing its surroundings, including... the sneak attacks from sharp rocks!

The jagged, sharp stone pillars burst forth from the earth, and the Salt Stone Giant began to display its formidable physical attack power.

Lucario slightly opened its right palm, and the power of its aura quickly gathered into a wave missile that hovered above its paw pad. Then it hurled the wave missile at the row of sharp stones that were attacking it.

After completing these actions, Lucario didn't even glance over there. With the roar of the Aura Sphere piercing through the sharp rocks as background music, he unhesitatingly gathered the Comet Fist and blasted it into the sky.

boom!boom!boom!boom!

With four consecutive loud bangs, the rockfall that had been concealing itself under the sandstorm was completely blasted away by Lucario.

Then, Lucario's figure disappeared from the spot again, and the Steel Wave Missile burst out on the surface of the Salt Giant before it could react. The massive energy explosion of Fighting and Steel types made the Salt Giant roar in pain.

This move was even more effective than the Mimikyu, as evidenced by the Salt Stone Giant's body becoming pitted and its movements slowing down and staggering.

Zhao Tiancheng looked at Lucario, whose clothes were almost spotless, with despair in his eyes. Only today did he realize that even if the levels were the same, the difference in combat power was like an insurmountable chasm.

Whether on defense or offense, he could not shake Lucario, whose teleportation activation time was almost instantaneous.

They don't even exist in the same dimension.

In his grief and rage, the Salt Stone Giant used its ultimate attack, devastating beam, and even a massive explosion, but still couldn't gain any advantage over Lucario.

Lucario, having easily deflected the attack from the Salt Stone Giant, stood tall on the field, its imposing presence causing the other university players to break out in a cold sweat and stare at it in shock.

Without a doubt, Lucario's fighting power is like that of a university team captain and ace, full of suffocating pressure!

With his Dao Heart shattered, Zhao Tiancheng's subsequent fighting style became completely chaotic. After his third mid-stage professional-level Pokémon was easily defeated by Lucario, Jiangcheng University achieved a resounding victory in their first match of the main tournament!

In the eyes of all universities, Su Hao's threat level has risen sharply!

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Attached image: Fire-breathing dragon.

Chapter 536 The Motor Lizard's First Lesson

Su Hao's 3-0 victory completely propelled Jiangcheng University's momentum to its peak, and the Jiangcheng University team, with its unstoppable collective spirit, forced Central South University into a series of defeats.

Lin Daoyi, whose overall strength is very even and has no fatal weaknesses, won the second match of the 33-person singles, scoring two points.

Mu Yao led Li Xiao and Long Ningyan's classic Sandstorm team to victory in the team battle, earning three points.

With a 7-point lead, Jiangcheng University secured the victory without needing to play a final match, easily advancing to the next round.

Because a rare event occurred in the first round of the main competition where a top 10 player was eliminated.

After the game.

Su Hao, who was the most outstanding player in the entire competition, represented Jiangcheng University in an interview with the media.

In fact, he himself is unwilling to appear on camera. After all, if some unruly reporters ask some annoying and tricky questions, he can't guarantee that he won't slam a missile at them.

"Mr. Su Hao, as the youngest player in this year's college league and a very outstanding performer, are there any players you have faced so far who have left a deep impression on you?"

No, I forget about it as soon as I turn my head. There's really no one who can leave a deep impression on me... Of course, you can't say that.

With a blank expression, Su Hao read aloud from the template he had memorized: "Everyone performed brilliantly, especially... the contestant... left a very deep impression on me."

"What do you think you relied on to cultivate combat power that others have cultivated over three or four years, even though you've only been a trainer for less than a year?"

Su Hao paused for a moment, then suddenly asked, "Have you ever seen a training hall at 4:30 in the morning?"

"........ah?"

Su Hao stared with dead fish eyes and shamelessly began spouting platitudes: "I've seen it."

"So, Su Hao, what you mean is...?"

"What I mean is, my success today is not only due to hard work, but also fucking hard work!"

Backstage, Zhao Yun's smiling face instantly fell, leaving Mu Yao and Li Xiao beside her speechless.

Is Su Hao, who sleeps until the sun is high in the sky every day, really the same kind of creature as the Su Hao who boasts about himself?

After a few meaningless questions and answers, Su Hao, who was simply reciting the answers, even felt a little sleepy.

Finally, a question that could lift his spirits a little came up.

What do you think of the statement made by Chen Yuxiang, captain of Formosa University, Jiangcheng University's next opponent and also a top 10 university?

Several question marks popped up above Su Hao's head: Have the group assignments been decided yet?

But... Zhao Yun didn't give him a template answer for this question!

He won't!

The reporter who raised the question carefully opened his tablet and played a video of an interview with Formosa University that he had uploaded not long ago for Su Hao.

Su Hao remembered that the man speaking in the video looked like Chen, the captain of the team from Formosa University.

Facing the reporter's question, Chen Yuxiang, who had just easily secured his victory, gave a slightly sarcastic smile and said, "Jiangcheng University... Although it's a bit inappropriate for me to say these things, you asked me what I think of the battle between two bottom-tier top universities..."

"All I can say is that whoever wins against the other will not pose any threat to us."

"Yes, yes... Even if Jiangcheng University has Su Hao, who is called a king among men, it's the same. We will teach him that the gap in time is not so easy to overcome."

Su Hao raised an eyebrow. Could he interpret this as... a declaration of war?

Su Hao glanced at Zhao Yun, who was frantically gesturing and winking backstage, and nodded knowingly, fully understanding her meaning.

Zhao Yun gestured: "Answer modestly, don't lose your composure!"

Su Hao nodded: "Understood. Our harsh words need to be even harsher than theirs!"

After a moment of preparation, Su Hao's unchanging deadpan expression finally disappeared, replaced by a smiling face.

But his words were incredibly arrogant.

"Formosa University? What a bunch of trash. Our Jiangcheng University's goal this year is to be number one. We're not familiar with any of those top 4 universities."

"Stop trying to get involved and ride the wave of popularity, thank you!"

Su Hao finished his speech, but the entire interview room was as silent as if he had cast a mass silencing spell on it.

The reporters were stunned by Su Hao's arrogant remarks, and then, as if they had discovered some big news, they immediately started writing articles on the spot.

Afterwards, backstage, Su Hao calmly condensed his wave power into earplugs in the face of Zhao Yun's almost roof-shattering roar, and stood there unmoved by her words.

It was a pity for Li Xiao and Mu Yao; after returning to the hotel, they even wondered if their eardrums had been ruptured.

On that day, news of Su Hao, representing Jiangcheng University, arrogantly provoking Formosa University quickly made headlines.

According to a cleaning lady at a hotel who wished to remain anonymous, she swept up a sack full of broken teacups in a conference room at Formosa University that day.

That evening, Su Hao squatted down and stared at the Motor Lizard for a long time before saying quietly, "Young man... do you want to become stronger?"

Motor Lizard: "?"

Is that woman who cooks in the bandit camp out of her mind?

Huh, what's a door?

Su Hao put away his playful expression and said seriously, "I think we should consider your future training plan."

Su Hao didn't know why the Motor Lizard was unwilling to connect with his waveguide. Telepathic communication was more convenient and faster, and the information transmitted would not be distorted due to language barriers.

Fortunately, the side effect of Viridian Power allowed him to roughly understand Pokémon language, although it was a bit strange and eerie that Su Hao seemed to be talking to the Motospi.

Zhao Yunlan, who was about to knock on the door to ask Su Hao for some barbecue skewers, trembled and gave up the idea.

Su Hao's behavior has become increasingly bizarre, it's really creepy.

The motorcycle lizard tilted its head and slowly took the Dragon Gem from Su Hao, beginning to absorb its energy.

In this matter, it shares the same goal as the cook: if it can become stronger, it will have a better chance of returning to the Sky Tower to retrieve its power.

However, the seemingly inert dragon energy within the Dragon Gem dealt Su Hao a blow, while the Motor Lizard seemed unfazed.

"hiss........"

He then gave the Motor Lizard a regular gem to absorb, and it reacted just like the Dragon Gem. Su Hao couldn't help but gasp deeply.

He originally thought that the Motolizard was just less sensitive to type energy than ordinary Pokémon, and that it would improve sooner or later with the accumulation of expensive and rare resources.

However, the problem with the motor lizard seemed to be much more serious than he had thought.

The affinity of this kind of energy... I'm afraid he could grab a caterpillar from the roadside greenery and it would be stronger than a motorcycle lizard.

"In this situation, I'm afraid we'll have to restart... no, I mean call in more players!"

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Attached are images of Latias and Latios.

Chapter 537 Latias's Shock, The Visitor from the Mist