Pokémon: Starting with Lucario and Gardevoir

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That's right, Haoyan is currently standing in the arena, preparing to fight against Yasha.

Hearing a voice calling him, he turned around and looked.

After seeing it clearly, she smiled habitually: "Oh, it's Safia..."

"Brother Haoyan!" Safia ran happily into the dojo.

Outside the dojo, the trainee disciples guarding the gate, seeing that Safia and Haoyan knew each other, let her in.

"Brother Haoyan, it's been a long time~" Safia was overjoyed to see Haoyan here.

"Yes, it's been a long time," Haoyan replied with a smile.

Safia looked at Asha and Haoyan's positions and asked with some confusion, "Why did the gatekeeper say that Asha had important business to attend to and therefore the challenge was not open today when we entered?"

"But, Brother Haoyan is clearly going to fight against Master Asha."

"Why can Brother Haoyan challenge Master Asha, but I can't?"

Safia suddenly appeared, interrupting the battle that was about to begin. Safia walked over and said, "You've got it wrong. It's not Haoyan who wants to challenge me, but me who wants to challenge Haoyan!"

"what?"

"Director Asha, are you challenging Brother Haoyan?"

Safia looked utterly shocked!

The dignified master of Fuyan Town actually used the word "challenge"!

Is a challenge something that only someone strong, rather than someone weak, uses to initiate a battle?

Does that mean Haoyan's strength is even greater than Yasha's?

“That’s right, it’s me who’s going to challenge Haoyan.” Asha repeated, her expression more serious than ever before!

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Chapter 84: Can the outcome be determined before the fight even begins?

"Are you Little Scroll's daughter?" Mura asked as she walked up to him.

“That’s right, my full name is Odori Safia. Are you King Mura?” Safia blinked her big eyes and looked at Mura.

"Yes, but I've already retired."

“I’m not a superstar anymore,” Mura replied with a hint of pride in his voice.

"Hello, Grandpa Mura! I often hear my dad mention you!"

“My father knew I was coming to Fuyan Town, and he specifically reminded me to give you my regards when I ran into you,” Safia replied politely.

The King is a strongman second only to the Champion.

They are outstanding individuals in any region.

"Haha, little Scroll is so thoughtful." Mura was very pleased.

"Mr. Mura, you seem to know Brother Haoyan quite well," Safia asked with a curious expression.

“Mr. Mura is my teacher,” Haoyan replied with a smile.

Safia suddenly realized, "No wonder Brother Haoyan is so strong!"

"So Grandpa Mura was Haoyan's teacher!"

After exchanging a few casual words, Mura said to Safia, "Safia, let's go over and talk."

"Let them start fighting."

"Okay, Grandpa Mura." Safia followed Mura to the audience seats, and at the end, she encouraged Haoyan, "Brother Haoyan, good luck!"

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"Haoyan vs. Yasha, the first round of the battle has officially begun."

"Neither side may switch Pokémon during the battle." With the referee's command, the match began.

"Camel, come out!" Asha was the first to release her Pokémon.

Haoyan and she have known each other since they were little. Haoyan knows all her Pokémon, so there is no need to hide them.

Automatically, the data for the Fire-Breathing Camel appeared in Haoyan's mind.

Pokémon: Camerupt

[Attribute]: Fire, Ground

[Level]: 41

【Characteristic】: Hard Rock (Excellent effect: Reduces damage taken by one-quarter.)

[Introduction]: It contains a huge amount of fire energy, so much so that it has two small 'volcanoes' on its back.

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"Lucario, let the old man see how much you've grown."

Haoyan followed suit and released Lucario.

"Lucario!" As soon as Lucario appeared, Aysa's Camel, like Haoyan, remained calm.

Lucario knew Aysa's Camel when he was still called Riolu.

However, the fire-breathing camel at that time was still a dull fire camel.

They often train together and occasionally battle each other, but they haven't fought since they evolved.

Camel looked at Lucario with a stern expression.

Before everyone evolved, even with its type advantage, Slowbro could only manage a draw against Riolu at best.

Of course, most of the time, Riolu is still the better choice.

Now evolved into the powerful Fire-Breathing Camel, it wants to avenge its previous defeat!

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Hao Yan has Lucario, and everyone present knows that.

"Camel is a Fire/Ground type, and both of these types of moves can deal significant damage to Lucario."

"Brother Haoyan definitely knows this."

"But why is Brother Haoyan still using Lucario?"

"I remember that Brother Haoyan has a Ralts. Riolu has evolved recently, so Ralts should have evolved too."

"Why not use Pokémon that don't have type advantages or disadvantages against each other in battle?" Safia asked Mura, full of questions.

Mura said slowly, "Because Haoyan has absolute confidence!"

"Absolute confidence?" Safia tilted her head, deep in thought.

This is a real world; there are no masters of reverse attributes here.

Knowing the other person's Pokémon's attributes in advance.

Furthermore, given the choice, continue to use Pokémon that are type-deficient.

There are only two possibilities.

First, they don't understand the relationship between elemental attributes and their counters.

Second, have absolute confidence in your Pokémon!

Clearly, Haoyan belongs to the latter category.

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"Fire-breathing Camel, use Sunny Day." Asha didn't relax at all despite having an advantage in attributes.

On the contrary, her face was full of solemnity.

The two 'volcanoes' on the fire-breathing camel's back are condensing energy.

Centered on the fire-breathing camel, the surrounding temperature became noticeably hotter, as if one were under the blazing sun.

A sunny day can quickly transform the environment into one that Fire-type Pokémon need.

In this environment, the power of Fire-type Pokémon's moves is greatly enhanced.

As Asha directed the fire-breathing camel to make its move, Haoyan followed closely behind.

"Xiao Ou, use high-speed movement."

Lucario's eyes narrowed, and the energy within his body continuously spurred cellular changes.

High-speed movement is a powerful buff skill.

It can boost the user's speed by two levels within a certain period of time.

I haven't been practicing high-speed movement for very long, so my proficiency is still low.

However, Aysa did not choose to attack in the first round, which directly gave Haoyan an opportunity.

Mula, sitting in the audience, like Aysa, couldn't hear what specific instructions Haoyan gave Lucario.

But with his experience, he could tell from Lucario's movements that it was using Agility, and silently shook his head, saying, "Aysa is most likely going to lose..."

"???"

Safia, standing to the side, looked on with a face full of questions. In the first round, neither side had officially started fighting yet.

Can this be used to determine who won or lost?

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Chapter 85 Mura: Haoyan's growth rate is too fast.

"Fire-breathing camel, use Flamethrower!" Asha immediately commanded as she saw that the surrounding environment had changed.

The 'volcano' on the fire-breathing camel's back seems to be gathering powerful fire energy.