My Pokémon changes freely

As he spoke, Xingcai waved his fist and made a rather ferocious gesture.

Well, even though they said that, for some reason, everyone couldn't help but smile when they saw it.

Maybe it was because what she said was very popular? Xingcai felt a little guilty, but she still felt that way.

Xingcai reminded everyone of this loophole in the rules, and at the same time, the Imperial Capital High School where Shi Lu was studying was quite calm.

They had even known about the changes in the competition rules very early on, so there was naturally no need for further elaboration.

They even developed another way to win by exploiting the loopholes in this set of rules.

That is to drag the battle of generals into a double defeat, forcing the opponent to fight them in other matches.

In this way, both sides must accumulate advantages point by point, and they can win by relying on the quality of their players.

In the entire Chinese region, there are not many high schools that are capable of gathering six gym leader-level trainers in the first year of high school. As long as they use this rule to drag the game to a double elimination, they can easily win with a small score.

Of course, they did not communicate this strategy to Shi Lu, because Shi Lu, who was the top student in the grade, was not the captain of the first grade in Imperial Capital High School.

Chapter 5: Focus of the Individual Competition

After looking at the problems in the team battle, Xingcai and the others turned their attention to the individual competition.

It must be said that individual competitions in college leagues not only span a long period of time, but also involve a lot of content.

First of all, there is the group round-robin tournament.

Since there were 384 participating colleges and universities, there were 16 contestants in each grade. If they played a large Swiss round, it would be hard for the scorekeeper to decide the top 24 of the -plus contestants, so they were simply divided into groups, people in each group, and the order was shuffled after the calculation using Rotom, and it was ensured that contestants from the same school would never be assigned to the same group.

Under this rule, only the top two teams in each of the 16 groups have the opportunity to advance to the knockout stage.

There will be a large number of games started at the same time every day, so even each group will have a dedicated live broadcast for point-to-point broadcasting.

"I always feel that the individual competition is even more outrageous." Xin Han couldn't help scratching her head. She basically had no advantage in this multi-round Swiss round. As long as someone had seen her [Head-on Attack], someone would definitely be on guard against it.

Xingcai was naturally more aware of Xin Han's situation. She encouraged him, "It doesn't matter. The most important thing is to participate. No matter where the competition will go in the end, the important thing is to improve yourself."

Although it was just nice words, everyone knew that Xingcai's desire for victory was stronger than anyone else's.

The only difference is that even if he loses, Xingcai won’t think it’s a big deal.

Being able to enjoy the process of Pokémon battles is probably the most attractive part of Star Color.

After all, most people still care more about the results, and Xingcai's unique behavior is indeed quite eye-catching.

However, for now, Xingcai's popularity cannot be compared with Shi Lu, the real hot favorite in the same age group.

Unlike Xingcai, Shilu started marketing at a very early stage.

Xingcai had already obtained New Leaf Meowth and Xiaozi when she was fourteen years old. In the same year in the imperial capital, the Shi family had already announced that they had a genius who had captured a quasi-god Pokémon at the age of fourteen.

The one being talked about is Shi Lu who got the iron dumbbell.

Shi Lu was very ignorant at that time. Iron Dumbbell was her first Pokémon and also the only Pokémon that she had played with in the true sense.

Other Pokémon don't receive this kind of treatment at all.

After all, after officially joining the ranks of trainers, these Pokémon need to squeeze out their potential in order to complete their evolution as quickly as possible.

The only difference was that Shi Lu was reluctant to let the metal monster fight so hard.

Therefore, the Shi family removed the metal monster from Shi Lu's lineup.

Many people thought that changes needed to be made in Shi Lu's lineup. After all, the metal monster did not perform particularly well in Shi Lu's hands.

However, neither they nor the Shi family had expected that Shi Lu would actually let the metal monster go.

This alone caused Shi Lu to receive the first criticism in so many years.

Although her mother still spoke softly at the time, Shi Lu herself could feel the tremendous pressure from it.

Normally, she was overwhelmed by all kinds of social interactions, battles, and a bunch of interviews that had no value for her own abilities. After that, she simply lost a window to vent her emotions.

This is also the reason why Shi Lu does not serve as captain. She is under too much emotional pressure, and even the counseling of a psychologist may not be effective.

Recently, she could only sleep peacefully after taking sleeping pills.

Although Shi Lu seemed to be in good spirits due to her family's strict management, her dull eyes always gave people around her a chill.

However, whenever she encounters a Pokémon battle, Shi Lu becomes like a different person. She seems to have a special passion for Pokémon battles that allows her to temporarily forget the unpleasant things around her.

However, this approach is not a good thing for Shi Lu herself.

Her strange condition made her friends afraid to approach her, which made her depression worse.

As soon as she gets off the opposite platform, she will immediately switch to a depressed state, and the words "I have depression" are just short of being written on her face.

But this not only did not affect her image, but even made her the queen of depression.

If something similar happened to Xingcai, it would create a completely different public opinion environment. Previously, Xingcai always said in his videos that one should enjoy the process of fighting and not just look at the outcome.

This led to people sarcastically saying that Xingcai would definitely be broken if she lost. After all, she could only enjoy the battle if she won, and if she lost it would all be pain.

However, in reality, Xingcai never won in the six-choice-four doubles against senior Tu Feng.

She had never felt that such a failure was a painful thing. Even Shark Qima became the powerful Tyrannosaurus through such sparring.

It can be said that in public opinion, everyone seems to be more tolerant of Shi Lu.

People often criticize Xingcai, saying that she has achieved her current success only because of her grandfather who is a researcher.

But regardless of what kind of help Mr. Luo gave to Xingcai, at least he has never revealed his identity as a researcher. Xingcai's resources were obtained entirely because Dr. Wang had this need and they cooperated with him.

This kind of mutually beneficial and win-win situation became all the credit of Mr. Luo in their mouths.

It has to be said that Mr. Luo has to thank him! After all, this has increased his contribution by several orders of magnitude.

However, in reality, Xingcai had no interest in these so-called public opinions, and she herself was not affected by them at all.

After all, she has never accepted any interviews, never done any live broadcasts, and has no fans.

Her fundamental purpose of becoming a trainer is pure. Those who are obsessed with money will naturally not like her, let alone flatter her.

But it is precisely because she has no fans that Xingcai lives a much more comfortable life. It is also because she does not care about these things that Xingcai's life will not be affected by these things at all.

At this point, Xingcai has won too much.

As for who is stronger between Xingcai and Shi Lu, it depends on who will have the last laugh in the individual competition.

Xingcai had the confidence, but Shi Lu just sat in front of the window of her house and stared out. She paid no attention to the Swiss round match that was about to begin.

Everything seemed unimportant to Shi Lu.

Chapter 6: Empirical Theory

The day before the competition started, all the contestants came to the venue.

The main purpose of their arrival today is to cooperate with the organizer in the draw.

Because the team competition will be conducted directly as a Grand Swiss round, there is no need for a pre-match draw, but the groups for the individual competition still need to be drawn today.

The individual competition is divided into three categories: six-on-six singles, six-choice-three singles, and six-choice-four doubles. Among the three types of matches, the six-on-six hard power match has the highest points, with three points for winning, while the other two only have one point each.

In the battle between the two trainers, the first one to score four points will also score one point.

This kind of super-long-threaded competition can be said to be a test of every trainer's ability, and for those in the first year of high school, a trainer with six excellent Pokémon will have a great advantage.

Because the points weight of the six-on-six singles event is really too great.

Before the competition, all players needed to report their Pokémon lineups. At this time, Xingcai, Zhai Menghui, and Zhai Mengwei's Pokémon lineups all had a completely unfamiliar name added to them.

Crimson Knight and Azure Blade, these two names that have never appeared in the Pokémon encyclopedia before, have become the focus of everyone's attention.

In a very short time, some people speculated that these two names were the evolved forms of Tan Xiaoshi.

But the Evolutions have two names? Does that mean they evolve the same way as Eevee?

This is the first trump card played by Bamin High School. The importance of this card is not high, but for other universities, it is something that needs to be vigilant.

"The evolution of Tan-sama? Is there any specific information at the moment?"

"Not at all. The three of them have never taken out this Pokémon in a formal occasion."

Most schools received this information at the first opportunity. It was obvious that Xingcai and her colleagues had done an excellent job in their preliminary work.

Of course, there is actually a problem with this, that is, neither the Blue Flame Blade Demon nor the Red Lotus Armored Cavalry has been tested in actual combat.

Using such an important competition as a touchstone is somewhat not worth the effort.

However, Xingcai has a lot of theoretical experience with these two Pokémon.

"Meng Hui, you have to remember that unlike the burst-type Red Lotus Armor Rider, the Azure Flame Blade Ghost is more suitable for standing still and strengthening on the spot. I remember that your Azure Flame Blade Ghost has the fire-inducing attribute, right?"

"Yes, it is fire-inducing. Will this feature weaken the Blue Flame Blade Ghost's ability? I think the effect of Shattered Armor seems to be better, right?"

Xingcai immediately shook her head, "Menghui, and everyone else, I need to correct a misunderstanding."

"Any Pokémon planning should be based on the Pokémon's skill pool, attributes, and characteristics. Take the Azure Blade Demon as an example. Because of the strength of the skill [Sword of Regret], the Azure Blade Demon actually has a great advantage in terms of recovery."

"So its characteristics should provide it with a certain margin for error. In this case, Shattered Armor becomes a common choice."

"The Fire Attraction attribute can directly kill Fire-attribute Pokémon as soon as they see you. In this way, you can easily use [Sword Dance] to enhance your physical attack, and then use [Charged Flame Attack] to enhance your speed. This is actually much more useful than Shattered Armor."

Zhai Menghui nodded. She also understood some of what Xingcai wanted to say. "So, Xingcai, your Red Lotus Armor Cavalry went in another direction, right? Because the Red Lotus Armor Cavalry's skill set is more suitable for instantaneous bursts, so just let its ability stacking be maximized."

Xingcai was quite satisfied with Zhai Menghui's inferences. She continued, "That's right, so you all need to understand the characteristics of Pokémon. This will also help you guess the positioning of your opponent's Pokémon."

"Let's take the simplest example. If you encounter a carnival duck, how should you judge its characteristics?"

Zheng Gang quickly replied: "The characteristics of the Carnival Wave Dance Duck are rapids and overconfidence. These two characteristics are actually quite difficult to distinguish, right?"

Xingcai shook her head. "First of all, if it's a Carnival Dancing Duck that goes on the field right at the start of the battle, you can just assume that it has the overconfident trait. Because if it weren't for this trait, Carnival Dancing Duck wouldn't normally go on the field first."

"And if it's Carnival Wave Dancing Duck that comes on later, you'll need to observe your opponent's movements."

"In the subsequent battle, the role of Carnival Duck is nothing more than harvesting Pokémon in poor condition, so as to stack its Overconfidence. In addition, it may be sent up to strengthen it because it sees that the Pokémon on your field cannot threaten it."

"You must have a certain understanding of your own Pokémon, as well as your opponent's Pokémon, so this is why I ask you to check the recordings of your group members after the groups are formed."

Xingcai said this very seriously, because this is a Pokémon battle. If you don't give it your all, it can't be called a battle.

As they were chatting, Xingcai and her friends' car arrived at the venue.

Soon, led by Principal Zhang, they arrived at the center of the venue.

"Hello, everyone! It's our annual National College League again! How have you been this year? Have you worked hard to get Pokémon? Have you done your best to train Pokémon? No matter how you are doing, this year's young talents are ready to show their style in this grand league!"

"Today, we are going to show you the group draw ceremony for the individual competition. Come on, come on, the first team to enter this year is our host. The eighteen contestants from Imperial Capital High School all look to be in great shape, and everyone is full of energy and spirit!"

"Yes, that's right. As a long-term strong competitor in our National College League, Imperial Capital High School has a rich resume. With fifteen years of experience in participating in the competition, they have won six championships. They can be said to be a veteran team with a lot of experience in training excellent trainers."

"Yes, the favorite for the championship of the first grade this year is also in their group. It's Shi Lu, the first in the first grade of Imperial Capital High School. But for some reason, she didn't become the captain. Maybe it's because Imperial Capital High School has its own considerations?"

The commentators were talking to each other in the live broadcast room, while Xingcai was silently watching the girl with dark circles under her eyes on the TV screen in the waiting hall.

Shi Lu, this is the girl who is always compared with herself. But Xing Cai can only see decadence in her.

Alloy, it seems your former trainer is not doing well.

Chapter 7: More important opponents

The entrance to Imperial Capital High School was underway, and soon Xingcai heard some harsh sounds in the waiting hall.

"Haha, that girl is really addicted to acting. Did she take the title of Queen of Melancholy given to her by netizens seriously? Who is she showing off her sour face to?"

"That's right, I really think I'm that great."

Xingcai was disgusted by such slanderous remarks against Shi Lu.

She could tell that Shi Lu's condition was not what others called acting.

However, she couldn't reason with these people, because she really didn't want to deal with these people who lived in their own world.

There are some differences that should be acknowledged. These people do not understand this most basic principle, but instead think that I am weak and I am right, and she is strong and she deserves it.

She just planned to stay away from such people.

Soon, teams entered the venue one by one. Finally, it was Xingcai's turn at Bamin High School.

"The next one coming towards us is Bamin High School. As the best school in the Bamin region, this year they have a strong player in the senior year who has already joined the Gym Leader Tournament before graduation!"

"That's right. Zhai Mengwei, who was once known as a genius, has fully realized her talent this year. I wonder if she has a chance to win the championship in the senior year group of the National College League this year!"

"Of course, in addition to Zhai Mengwei, this year's senior year at Bamin High School also has a trainer who is attracting attention! That is Xingcai, who ranked first in the national high school entrance exam this year and easily won ten consecutive victories in the mock battle! This is also her first appearance in a national competition. I wonder how much Xingcai has grown after nearly a year?"

Soon, the close-up of the scene was given to the vicinity of Xingcai.

Unlike the gloomy and depressed Shi Lu, Xing Cai seemed very calm. She did not make any gestures towards the camera, nor did she pay much attention to the cheers in the venue.