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

Several teams struggling against the wild Pokémon army realized something after witnessing Lucario's performance: this late-stage professional-level Lucario was using this high-intensity battle to break through to the Gym level!

The silver-white Metagross and the seemingly ordinary Yeevee also performed brilliantly. Although both Pokémon were only at the late professional level, they made the Gym Leader level wild Pokémon retreat in fear.

Metagross hovered in mid-air, its psychic energy surging outwards like waves. Its terrifying psychic power easily stripped a group of wild Pokémon of their mobility, causing their bodies to collide with each other until they lost their ability to fight.

Occasionally, Metagross, with its invulnerable body, will transform into a silver meteor and rampage through wild Pokémon hordes, randomly selecting a group of lucky ones to experience the feeling of being head-on blasted away by a large truck.

The Leafeon was even more astonishing. When its small body was attacked by a group of giant Rock-type Pokémon, a solar blade that seemed to connect heaven and earth easily shattered their solid rock armor, leaving countless marks as if they had been cut by a sharp blade.

After commanding Nidoking and the others to use their powerful attacks to repel another large group of wild Pokémon, Cheng Liming glanced at the direction Yeeev was responsible for, and then...

Then a vulgar curse spurred out: "Fuck!"

Good heavens, this Ye Yibu is too outrageous. It has such a thick sword with sword energy that makes his eyes hurt just looking at it. Is Su Hao really just slacking off?

The other three also looked at Su Hao with suspicion. Why is your behavior different from the plan?

Noticing their gazes, Su Hao, who was paddling in the water, secretly used his wave guide to speak in their minds: "Although we're supposed to be paddling, we can't just do nothing, that would be too obvious."

"Simply fielding Lucario, Metagross, and Yeevee will allow us to showcase our strength without affecting the inevitable defeat of the Rebel Alliance."

The sudden voice in their minds made everyone feel uncomfortable, especially Xiao Zijian, who slapped his head a few times, thinking to himself awkwardly, "No matter how many times I've experienced it, this sudden voice in my head still makes me feel a little nauseous..."

Jin Lin and the other two nodded in agreement.

Su Hao smiled and said, "Let's be patient a little longer. With the efforts of the Rebel Alliance, the battle line is almost at the location of the Zarud and the Sakura Kingdom alliance team."

"Although more than half of our teams have had to forfeit and withdraw from the battle because their Pokémon were injured and their score bracelets were taken away, that Zarude should be making its move soon."

Su Hao had been pondering how to defeat that late-stage Celestial King-level Zarude.

Diancie, a Gym Leader-level Pokémon, is still comparable in strength to a regular Elite Four Pokémon, but Zarude is also a Mythical Pokémon, and Aokigahara Forest is its home ground.

Without using his trump card, it would be really difficult to deal with this Zarude in a one-on-one fight. Su Hao himself had the prerequisite of not revealing too much of his true combat strength to the drones in the sky.

He has now reached his answer: He only needs to use the Rebel Alliance's power to weaken most of Zarude's wild Pokémon. Then, with his Grass-type army... he can defeat Zarude!

The core of all this is Ye Yibu, a sword master who is not bound by ranks and keeps moving forward on the path of the sword!

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Chapter 642 Hahaha, I've won!

The entire battle lasted from the early morning until the afternoon. Most teams were exhausted, and most of the wild Pokémon controlled by Zarude were cleared away.

The monitoring room was completely silent.

To be honest, each team leader was at least a top-tier figure, but they also never expected things to develop to this point.

The so-called "range circle" rule has basically become invalid. Everyone is now almost in the very center of the Aokigahara Forest, so there is no need to run from the poison gas.

Among the team leaders observing the scene using a drone hovering in the air, Park Jung-woo, the leader of the South Korean alliance, said in a deep voice, "It's like fighting a boss. I knew the Japanese alliance had ulterior motives for choosing this Aokigahara Forest."

The other team leaders nodded in agreement, while some left with grim expressions, heading to the forest entrance to pick up their eliminated teammates.

Galatea Vias, the Psychic-type Elite Four member of the Indian Alliance, floated cross-legged in mid-air, his eyes slightly narrowed: "However, at least the wild Pokémon have been mostly cleared out. The only remaining targets are the Sakura Kingdom Alliance team and that Elite Four-level Zarude."

Kim Lim-joo, the champion of the Korean Alliance, said with dissatisfaction: "But now the main force of the Resistance Alliance is already at its last gasp, and there are only a handful of teams with complete members left."

"Liao Guanjun, don't you have anything to say? Your Shenzhou Alliance is one of the teams that has maintained its strength intact, right...? Besides, even if the participants don't know, we can see it clearly here. You still have those wild Grass-type Pokémon hidden away, don't you?"

Liao Xingchen, who was mentioned, crossed his arms and laughed, "Isn't all of this allowed by the rules? The Sakura Country Alliance even took advantage of its home ground, which I think is normal."

Although a gentle smile appeared on her face, the smile did not reach her eyes.

Liao Xingchen touched his chest, wondering why he had a bad feeling since last night. Could it be related to Ito Ryuzaki not returning?

...........................

On the third day of the selection competition, at 7 p.m., it was getting dark.

The rebel army paid a heavy price to finally wipe out all the wild Pokémon populations, and the remaining forces were now closing in on the Sakura Kingdom alliance team and Zarude.

"There are far too few people left. Did we really underestimate the strength of Zarude, who have been entrenched in this Aokigahara forest for who knows how long?"

Su Hao turned his head and looked over. The 31 alliance teams had now been reduced to just a handful, apart from the few alliances they led.

Only the three major alliances of South Korea, India, and Korea still retain some fighting strength, but that King-level late-stage Zarud is still at full strength. The rebel alliance, having lost its numerical advantage, has almost no hope left.

The captain of the Korean alliance team was a hot-tempered man. He glared angrily at the composed Tachibana Mahiru and her three companions, and roared, "Despicable villains! If you've got the guts, come and fight us fair and square! What kind of tricks are you using...?"

“I refuse.” Tachibana Mahiru raised her head, took a few steps forward to the center of everyone’s attention—Sairud, and said arrogantly, “What can you, a bunch of remnants, possibly do?”

"You!" Captain Goryeo seemed to be enraged and immediately commanded his Pokémon to attack Tachibana Mahiru. His teammates and several other teams followed suit, summoning their remaining forces to attack them.

Although Tachibana Mahiru's words were provocative, she was not arrogant. She released the massive Aggron from the Poké Ball she had prepared to protect herself, and then said, "Zalud-senpai, I'm leaving it to you."

Sarud spoke, and a telepathic message appeared in the minds of everyone present: "Understood, these are the remaining prey."

Four thick, emerald-green vines extended from its back and arms, sweeping away the remaining attackers with unstoppable force, like dancing serpents.

......

"hateful!"

The Korean captain, who was temporarily hiding behind the fire wall created by the demonic red fox, looked grim. They had finally managed to cross that hellish battlefield, but the strength of this Zarude had completely exceeded their expectations.

They were no match for the power of a late-stage Elite Four level Mythical Pokémon. Several early and mid-stage Gym Leader level Pokémon were instantly defeated in a single exchange, and even the late-stage Gym Leader level Ace Pokémon could only hold out a little longer.

Is it... that everything is over?

Despair filled the face of the leader of the Goryeo Alliance.

Tachibana Mahiru watched with satisfaction as Zarud slashed through the enemy like butter, snatching their bracelets and tossing them over to them.

His three teammates are now constantly transferring points to the mountain of points bracelets, and the Sakura Kingdom Alliance's points on the leaderboard are rising steadily.

After the Goryeo Alliance captain's fiery red fox was rendered incapacitated by Zarud's crushing blow, Tachibana Mahiru leisurely stepped forward, snatched the Goryeo captain's bracelet, and swiped it onto her own bracelet.

In the leaderboard, the Sakura Kingdom Alliance team ranks first with a precipitous 2080 points difference.

He threw the bracelet at the Korean captain's face; it bounced off and landed on the ground with a thud, a gesture brimming with insult.

Tachibana Mahiru chuckled, "Why don't you just hand over the bracelet obediently? Otherwise, you'll just get beaten up for nothing and have your bracelet stolen."

"Look, just like the Shenzhou Alliance team over there, they surrendered right there from the start. That's what a smart person does."

Tachibana Mahiru pointed to the five people, including Su Hao, who had remained silent and had not participated in the battle.

Captain Goryeo glared at the five people with resentment; these people were a disgrace to trainers!

Suddenly, Atobe Sousuke spoke up: "Captain Tachibana, our bracelets have completed the score transfer... but the scores are not right."

"Even if we exclude the 50 points from the Shenzhou Alliance, we're still short 280 points no matter how you calculate it."

"Ok?"

Upon hearing this, Tachibana Mahiru frowned and raised her right hand to look at the score displayed on her wrist.

2080 .......

A total of 48 teams from the alliance participated in this selection competition, with five players on each team, for a total score of 2400 points.

Also, 330 points are missing.

However, the Shenzhou Alliance, which is currently ranked below the Sakura Kingdom Alliance, only has a base score of 50 points displayed on the leaderboard.

Although Captain Goryeo was short-tempered and easily angered, he was very quick-witted. Through the conversation between the two, and combined with the fact that he had not been able to find those few Grass-type Elite Four Pokémon in the wild Pokémon herds, he figured it out.

He came to an absurd answer.

Without hesitation, the Korean captain recalled the Pokémon that had lost its ability to battle and retreated rapidly, laughing wildly, "You think you're sitting on the sidelines? In the end, you're no different from us; you've already fallen deep into their elaborate web of deception!"

Tachibana Mahiru's heart tightened, a bad premonition spread through her, and she abruptly turned her head to look in the direction of the five members of the Divine Continent Alliance.

Zarud, who had been nonchalant, suddenly stood up straight and looked into the forest not far away.

As if in response to the Korean captain's words, a large group of wild Grass-type Pokémon appeared...!

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Chapter 643 This sword can cleave through the stars.

Bai Linglong and the other three took a few steps back in unison, releasing their Pokémon to protect Su Hao's side.

Now all they need to do is help Su Hao defend against possible sneak attacks.

The rest depends on Su Hao's performance.

Su Hao remained calm as he deactivated the waveguide covering his shoulder bag.

Immediately, the score bracelets of Tachibana Mahiru and the other three showed that 28 more score bracelet signals had appeared at that location.

He handed the bag to the four people, and soon, the Shenzhou Alliance's points were displayed on the leaderboard as 330 points.

At this moment, the Grass-type Pokémon army that Su Hao had captured also left the dense forest behind him and appeared on the battlefield, which had become empty due to the battle.

Tachibana Mahiru frowned. Thanks to the unbridled aura emanating from these wild Pokémon, he could tell their strength at a glance.

Three early-stage Elite Four level Pokémon: Masked Meowth, Honeycomb Serpent, and Torterra.

The rest are mostly late-stage Grass-type Pokémon at the Gym level, and there are quite a few dubious ones, such as the Eyjafjalla that hasn't even finished evolving. The total number is about fifty.

Even though Zarude no longer has any wild Pokémon to command nearby, with its late-stage Elite Four level and the unique physique of a Mythical Pokémon, dealing with them... is no problem.