My Pokémon changes freely

In fact, Shi Lu is also quite adept at using the Exquisite series of props. She knows how to let Gorilla hit the [Grass Slide], and knows how to change Pokémon to remove the Exquisite series' restrictions on skills.

Coupled with the support of Roaring Moon, Shi Lu actually has very strong competitive ability.

This Slimy Dragon is not an ordinary Slimy Dragon. The Slimy Dragon with dragon and steel attributes has quite outrageous resistance.

What's even worse is that this slimy dragon is a herbivore, so grass-attribute skills are ineffective against it.

There is no doubt that this is aimed at Xingcai's Magic Masked Cat.

In other words, this Pokémon will be very effective against Starlight when fighting it.

But in fact, Xingcai still thinks that the hard shell armor is a bit more outrageous in terms of versatility. The skill of Herbivorous seems to be able to limit her Magic Masked Cat, but in fact it just seals the skill of [Thousand Changes].

In Xingcai's battle records so far, the number of times Xiao Zi used grass-attribute skills was extremely rare, and the [Raid] that she used to like to use is rarely seen now.

Now, Zi-Gi-Oh doesn't even need the priority bonus from [Raid], and can easily block both of the opponent's Pokémon at the same time in a doubles battle.

Shi Lu's Pokémon lineup obviously does not have any transit Pokémon. Although Booming Kong can play a certain transit role, its real strength lies in doubles. In singles, Booming Kong's transit role is obviously weakened.

Xingcai has a certain understanding of Shi Lu's Pokémon lineup, and as for Shi Haijiao, the first-year captain of Imperial Capital High School, Xingcai discovered that although both are members of the Shi family, there is a big gap between Shi Haijiao and Shi Lu.

Shi Lu has begun to show some knowledge of Pokémon items, but Shi Haijiao does not have any Pokémon items to use. Xingcai cannot see any Pokémon items her Pokémon has ever had, and her Pokémon battles are also very difficult.

She has a king-level Pokémon, but she has no way to use the level advantage to defeat other trainers. Her way of defeating opponents is not as straightforward as other trainers with ideas. She just watches the Pokémon of both sides fight each other, and her skill selection is also very crude.

Could there be such a huge gap between sisters from the same clan?

Xingcai couldn't help but shake her head. This was why she hated this way of training trainers.

"Shi Lu, she showed her style as the strongest person of her age! 5:0, this is the third one in this year's 5-strong elimination match! Shi Lu! She also completed the feat of 0: after the dark horse Xin Han from Bamin High School and another favorite to win the championship, Xing Cai!"

"Shi Haijiao! As the captain of Imperial Capital High School, she also tenaciously won the victory and won the second place in the top 16 for Imperial Capital High School!"

Listening to the commentary, Xingcai left the viewing platform. She wanted to think about the tactics for the next game.

Chapter 34: Top 16 Focus Battle

As the elimination round of the top 32 draws to an end, this year can be said to be a year of great victory for Fujian High School.

The three first-year players from Bamin High School who entered the top 32 all successfully entered the top 16. Two second-year players also advanced to the top 16 because of the advantage of Tai Crystalization. The third-year player was a one-man show by Zhai Mengwei, and no Pokémon was a match for the Pokémon named Sidolan.

The draw for the round of 16 began soon. Xingcai and Xinhan were lucky as they once again drew an opponent with mediocre performance.

However, Zhai Menghui drew Zhen Ling, which made her look unhappy because her Pokémon were mostly fire-type, while Zhen Ling's were all water-type.

"I now understand why you all say it's better to diversify your Pokémon lineup." Zhai Menghui was helpless. Facing Zhen Ling's lineup, she really had no idea what to do.

Xingcai took a quick look at Zhen Ling's Pokémon. Among Zhai Menghui's Pokémon, probably only Flare Ace had a better chance of breaking the deadlock.

But unlike the agile Xiao Zi, Zhai Menghui's Flash Ace is more proficient in fighting skills, so in fact Zhai Menghui does not have much ability to change the disadvantages in attributes.

Although the result of this draw is not very good, there is nothing much to say.

According to Principal Zhang, there is currently no such thing as cheating in the lottery.

Lin Xiao, who tried to cause trouble, has also been driven overseas. Now no one in the National College League will interfere with the head-on confrontation between Xingcai and Shi Lu.

Recently, Xingcai also discovered that Principal Zhang was busy with something and had little communication with Xingcai.

Grandpa and the others must be doing something, so they don’t care much about what’s happening here.

This is actually because Xingcai is more reassuring. After all, her abilities are there. At least in Pokémon battles, Xingcai is stronger than most people.

It is very safe in the Alliance Competition Center. Those guys doing underground activities don’t have the courage to come to the imperial capital.

At present, the most anticipated match among the entire top 16 is actually the battle between Zhai Menghui and Zhen Ling.

Although Zhai Menghui is at a disadvantage in terms of attributes, due to her ability to become crystallized, public opinion still believes that Zhai Menghui has the potential to make a comeback.

After all, if Zhai Menghui also came up with a Taijing Grass Bone Pattern Giant Crocodile, Zhen Ling would probably be paralyzed.

Xingcai and Zhai Menghui also discussed this tactic, but the final conclusion was that this tactic is more suitable for doubles, because if someone opens a sunny day, Taijing Grass Bone Pattern Giant Crocodile using [Sun Beam] would be a better choice.

Crocodile doesn't have very good Grass-type Pokémon skills.

"Zhen Ling, are you sure about Zhai Menghui?" Everyone in the Modou High School team was worried about Zhen Ling.

Zhen Ling still maintained a calm expression, "She's not Xingcai, why are you so worried?"

"But..." Someone hesitated to speak. Zhen Ling of course knew what that guy wanted to say.

After all, she was defeated by Xin Han head-on. Even though it was because she had never seen the tactic of "taking over the baton" before, she suffered a loss.

However, after a period of research, she has found some key points to crack the [Relay] tactics.

The first is the skill [Try Again], which can effectively interrupt the process of [Take Over]. Even if the opponent is tough, you can sit on the ground and strengthen yourself, and also use [Take Over] to gain an advantage.

There is no doubt that Zhen Ling was holding her breath when she lost to Xin Han. It's not that she couldn't afford to lose, but she didn't want to lose so easily.

If it was a knockout round, she would definitely show her cards.

But it was just a group match, so Zhen Ling chose to give in. Anyway, she was sure to win against Wang Jincheng.

Among the top 16 this time, the veteran powerhouses Modou High School and Yaodou High School only had one player each. This year, everyone seemed to be running for Xingcai from Bamin High School and Shi Lu from Didu High School.

Looking at the growth paths of the two, Shi Lu has participated in various competitions along the way, and her Pokémon training has been arranged by a professional team, which has maximized her talent in battle.

Xingcai traveled all over the Fujian region and participated in many major events.

In comparison, Zhen Ling actually longs for a trip like Xingcai's, but if reality forces her to choose, she would still choose the stable way like Shi Lu.

Just thinking about this, Zhen Ling felt empty in her heart for no reason.

"Maybe. But even if I lose, I won't lose badly." Zhen Ling finally managed to say, "I'm going to continue preparing for the game. You guys should also train well. We should still have a chance in the team competition later."

Zhen Ling returned to the room to rest, leaving her teammates alone. They looked at each other and could only sigh helplessly.

Xingcai and Shilu really made the trainers of their generation despair.

Zhen Ling walked out of the school lounge, and this scene happened to be seen by Shi Lu who was passing by in the corridor.

She still had some impression of Zhen Ling. When she went to the Magic City to compete, it was only Zhen Ling who defeated her Pokémon and almost dragged the game to the end. Unfortunately, in this year, Zhen Ling's growth was not as fast as hers.

But why do I feel envious?

Shi Lu couldn't help but touch her chest. She found herself feeling suffocated and having an awkward emotion.

After that, she saw Xingcai and six first-year students from Bamin High School passing by the corridor.

The six of them were talking and laughing.

"Zhan Jiurong, Zheng Gang, where have you been during this time?"

"Where else can we go? Of course we should go to see a doctor for this guy's Pokémon!" Zheng Gang complained, "Captain, you don't know, Zhan Jiurong is really stubborn, but his Pokémon is even more stubborn than him!"

"One feels that he didn't protect the Pokémon well, and the other feels that he didn't protect the trainer well. These two guys are so weird!"

Zhan Jiurong, who was standing by, blushed and rushed over to cover Zheng Gang's mouth. "Alright, alright, stop talking! The Scaled Armored Dragon also came out, and it also completed its evolution after that. I feel like my strength has improved a lot!"

As the six people walked away, Shi Lu felt her chest getting more stuffy.

Is this a friend? Oh, I am really enviable. Shi Lu had a blank expression on her face. She was used to hiding everything and all her emotions inside, and then venting them in battle.

Well, it's okay, I can still go on! I can still, go on!

Chapter 35: Zhen Ling vs. Meng Hui (I)

The showdown between Zhen Ling and Zhai Menghui is coming soon, and the Pokémon lineups of these two people have actually been known to everyone for a long time.

The only special point is that Zhai Menghui has not actually used Flame Queen very often, and Zhen Ling's Galleon has also been used very rarely, appearing only once in the top 16 Pokémon battle.

Zhai Menghui knew very well that she must have a surprise weapon to win, and her Flame Queen Lizard was this surprise weapon.

Unlike her special attack ace, the Bone Patterned Giant Crocodile, the Flame Queen Lizard's body is obviously much more fragile. But in fact, Zhen Ling is very clear that the Flame Queen Lizard's real function is only one, and that is to poison.

"Hello, I hope that both you and I can show our level today and enjoy the battle!" said Zhai Menghui.

Zhen Ling frowned. She felt like she had heard this sentence from someone before.

So, who was it? Well, I heard it from Xingcai's battle.

"Do people from Bamin High School like to say that?" Zhen Ling asked casually, "Victory is everything, isn't it?"

Zhai Menghui shook her head. "I used to think so too." She couldn't help but touch the Poké Ball in her hand. "But after going through some things, I realized that what's important is never the battle, but every day of living with Pokémon."

Zhen Ling was silent. She had never thought about such a question before, so she had no way to continue the conversation.

"Come on, I will do my best." Zhen Ling said this and was ready for the fight.

Zhai Menghui also nodded to signal the referee that she could continue the fight.

With the referee's whistle, the six-choice-three singles match between the two trainers officially began.

"Go, Flamehawk!", "Go, Gyarados!"

Gyarados versus Flamehawk, there is no doubt that this is an absolutely disadvantageous match for Zhai Menghui.

From all aspects, Gyarados is quite restrained by Flamehawk. After all, both of them have flying as their secondary attribute, and Gyarados has an absolute restraining advantage over Water.

In comparison, the Fiery Arrow Eagle's only advantage is its speed, and Zhai Menghui naturally has to make use of this advantage.

"Firehawk, [Feather Dance]!", "Gyarados, attack!"

Contrary to Zhen Ling's expectation, the Fiery Arrow Eagle actually used transformation skills. It seemed that even with the absolute disadvantage in attributes, Zhai Menghui did not intend to give up so easily.

The effect of [Feather Dance] is very simple, which is to greatly weaken Gyarados's physical attack attribute.

This kind of weakening is actually forcing Gyarados to use [Dragon Dance] to strengthen itself.

But this approach actually helped Gyarados in a sense.

This is not a good thing, but Zhai Menghui is very clear that this is her possibility of victory.

Zhai Menghui did not hesitate and gave an order directly, "Fierce Arrow Eagle, seize the opportunity and use [Rapid Return]!"

At this moment, Zhen Ling's heart was alarmed. What was Zhai Menghui going to do? Something was wrong. She had to be more conservative.

"Come back, Gyarados!"

Zhai Menghui was quick-witted and quick-handed. As soon as [Rapid Return] was used, Zhen Ling chose to take back Gyarados and let Charioteer take the field instead.

Under such circumstances, it is not easy for Zhai Menghui to make the choice of player to play.

The speed of Thousand Faces Chameleon is not slower than that of Flame Ace, and the Bone Patterned Giant Crocodile itself is not able to resist the existence of Thousand Faces Chameleon.

Zhen Ling's change of favorites directly put Zhai Menghui into a dilemma, but the battle was still going on and Zhai Menghui had no time to think about it.

She chose to use her own Cang Yan Blade Ghost, and at the first moment, Zhai Menghui chose a more safe way of playing, she took out the Tai Jing Pearl.

"Cang Yan Blade Ghost, Tai Crystalization!" The Cang Yan Blade Ghost that just went into battle directly completed the Tai Crystalization, and its Tai Crystal attribute is ghost system.

The ghost attribute has many weaknesses, but it is not weak to water. This is the best Pokémon that Zhai Menghui can use to deal with Zhen Ling.

Taijing Ghost? Zhen Ling frowned. Based on her preliminary understanding of the Blue Blade Ghost, she had not seen Zhai Mengwei use many ghost-attribute skills.

[Subconscious Surprise Attack], this is probably the most powerful skill it can use.

Zhai Menghui narrowed her eyes slightly. From the video of Zhen Ling's game, she knew that Zhen Ling's Thousand Faces Escape was very fast, but she often only used the skill "Water Cannon".

It should be the use of the exquisite series of props, and Zhai Menghui's Cang Yan Blade Ghost actually has a very crucial move.

[Spiritual Saoir], this is the most critical skill for Zhai Menghui's Blue Flame Blade Ghost to deal with the Thousand-Faced Evil Spirit.

It's extremely powerful, the only problem is that it requires the opponent's Pokémon to carry the item.

According to Xingcai, this skill is only ineffective against Roaring Moon that carries the driving energy, because Roaring Moon's driving energy is consumed when entering the field. As long as other Pokémon carry props, [Spiritual Flirting] is very useful.

Now, she was going to try this [Spiritual Power] to see if it could cause serious damage to the Thousand-Faced Evil Spirit.

The speed of the Blue Flame Blade Ghost is definitely not as fast as that of the Thousand-Faced Evil Spirit. Zhen Ling still hasn't figured out Zhai Menghui's thoughts.

The Pokémon of both sides were entangled on the scene. Shroudblade frequently used its speed advantage to create distance, while Blade of the Azure used its special ghost-type abilities to frequently entangle with Shroudblade.

At this moment, Zhai Menghui spoke first.

"Blue Flame Blade Ghost, use [Spiritual Saoir]!", "Thousand Faces Escape, [Quick Turn Back]!"

Zhen Ling, who had been preventing Thousand Faces Escape Artist from using his skills, reacted quickly at this moment. She managed to pull Thousand Faces Escape Artist down in great danger.

Then, Zhen Ling used the iron bundle. And the moment the iron bundle was put into battle, a halo flashed around it.

"Does your iron bag also carry driving energy?" Zhai Menghui frowned. She realized the changes in the iron bag at the first moment.

Xingcai once told them that Iron Bag, Iron Thorn, Iron Warrior, and Millerton can be said to be Pokémon from the same series. They all benefit from electric fields. This is similar to another series, namely Roaring Moon and Ground Wing, which benefit from the blessing of Sunny Day.

This characteristic of requiring conditions to trigger is obviously a key point of their strength.

The driving energy can generally be triggered by both parties.