This trainer has no moral principles

That being said, Alyssa immediately turned her attention to other things. She glanced through the list and found Yuan Ying's name. She realized that if they wanted to face each other in the main draw, they would have to win all the way to the quarterfinals. She murmured in her heart: You must not fall before you meet me...

Seeing this, Phil couldn't persuade him any further, so he turned around and asked, "Brother You Zhi, where is your opponent?"

"I got a bye."

You Zhi pointed to where his name was.

Alyssa and Phil immediately looked in the direction and found that his opponent's column was indeed empty, with no name.

"This is too lucky! The chance is almost one in seventeen, but I actually ran into it."

"Ha, I've always had good luck."

You Zhike would not think that he had taken advantage and was unfair to other players. After all, he did not have any secret operations and was awarded a bye based entirely on his own strength.

Luck is also part of strength!

Phil suggested, "Why don't we just predict the contestants for the second round and see who has a better chance of winning? This will help us gather intelligence and prepare in advance."

Alyssa glanced at it and pointed at one of the names and said, "No need to predict, it must be this trainer named Rika who will advance."

"You know her?"

"In the previous preliminaries, I happened to see her dueling with someone. The two of them were completely different levels, like an adult dueling with a child. Even if I went in myself, I wouldn't have much of a chance of winning without using my trump card. It left a deep impression on me, and I later asked someone for her name."

Alyssa paused and added another piece of news: "It is said that she also defeated an A-rank trainer on the celebrity list. If not the champion, she is at least a strong contender for the king. Youzhi, you met such a strong opponent in the second round. Your luck can only be described as ups and downs."

"Pear Blossom..."

Youzhi touched his chin and felt that the name sounded familiar. It should be a character in the plot, but he couldn't remember who it was for a moment. Unfortunately, the league's public competition list only had names and places of origin, but no photos. Otherwise, with just a glance, he would definitely be able to remember it with his familiarity with Pokémon.

"Forget it, just go watch her game and you'll know."

(The author: I've been paying attention to the new card Transcendence Dragon, but I didn't associate it with Frost Brachiosaurus. After seeing the reminder, I realized that the two are indeed related. I originally only planned to give Alyssa a Big Chill Wave, but now it seems that it may be used as a main Pokémon.)

Chapter 287 The Main Competition Begins

You Zhi watched Lihua's duel in the audience. Just as Alyssa said, her strength was obviously more than one level higher than her opponent. She was at ease throughout the whole process and won the victory with a crushing momentum. After the game, she quickly became the favorite to win the championship. The fact that casinos lowered her odds was the best proof of this.

It is worth mentioning that Lihua's crushing was not a one-on-three as generally believed. In fact, she used up all the spots in the duel. All three elves appeared, but none of them lost more than half of their health, which perfectly blocked all the opponent's offensives.

"A depletion tactic based on Dark-type Pokémons is worthy of being the original Four Heavenly Kings."

When he saw Rika's appearance, Youzhi clearly remembered that she was the evil king in Pokémon Gold and Silver.

Although she uses one more Poison-type Pokémon than Dark-type Pokémon in the game, the six Pokémon used by Du are all Flying-type, and he is still the Dragon-type king. It can be seen that what Pokémon you like to use has nothing to do with the name, the key is which Pokémon is the ace Pokémon.

In the Pokémon world, Rika's trump card is Umbreon and To's trump card is Dragonite.

As for Youzhi claiming to be extremely familiar with Pokémon, it is not surprising that he can't even remember the names of the Four Heavenly Kings.

Except for the first generation of the Four Heavenly Kings, the presence of the other Four Heavenly Kings is very weak. After all, their positioning is very awkward. They cannot compete with the league champions, and they are not as approachable as the gym leaders. Even if a plot occurs, they have no chance to participate. This leads to the fact that neither players nor anime fans can name many of the Four Heavenly Kings.

Of course, in this world, the Four Heavenly Kings still have great prestige and presence. After all, their strength is there, and every move of the strong will attract everyone's attention.

Thanks to a lucky bye, You Zhi was able to get through the first round easily, but Alyssa was not in such a mood. She almost capsized in the first round.

The boy named Hao looks silly and like a country bumpkin, but his strength is extraordinary. His trump card is an 8-star Synchro Pokémon named Lifestream.

The first characteristic of this elf is that its health becomes 4000 points. In a card duel, this is a rather useless effect, and in many cases it is even a negative effect. However, in an elf duel, it is a top-tier powerful effect.

In the competition, Hao first fought as a pre-evolved Power Tool Dragon (7 stars), and then evolved into Life Torrent when it was seriously injured and dying, activating its characteristics to restore it to its peak state, which was equivalent to having an extra Pokémon in disguise.

At one point, Alyssa was forced into a desperate situation and had to use the "Ultimate Gem God Rainbow Dragon", which she regarded as one of her trump cards, and finally managed to turn the tables.

After the battle, Alyssa locked herself in the room for a day and a night, not eating or seeing anyone, and only came out when Phil was about to ask You Zhi to break the door by force.

Unexpectedly, although Alyssa's clothes looked a little sloppy and not as elegant as usual, she was in good condition, without a trace of depression, and her eyes were even brighter than before.

From that day on, her arrogance disappeared and she no longer looked down on others. No matter how famous her opponent was, she would carefully collect intelligence and think of targeted tactics.

In a sense, it is more effective than defeating the opponent easily.

The first round of the knockout stage had the most matches, so it lasted a total of five days, with the second round starting on the sixth day. You Zhi finally had his first official match.

According to the rules, both players must shake hands in a friendly manner before the game.

At this time, Lihua, who had long blue-white hair, wore a belly-baring short shirt and high heels. She looked unkempt and exuded a lazy temperament. She said, "You must be the 'Great Cruelty' that Lian Du admired so much."

You Zhi understood instantly: "Are you also the owner of the Pokémon Encyclopedia?"

"Not only that, I've also participated in your 'Everyone is a Sage' plan. I have to admit that this plan is very much to my liking. I also wholeheartedly want this plan to succeed, and I can't wait to see what the world will look like after it is changed." Lihua said excitedly, like a fan meeting her idol.

You Zhi did not relax at all, because he knew too well the temper of these real trainers, who would regard letting someone win in a duel as an insult.

It is an insult to both yourself and your opponent.

They are the ones who deserve the title of "ardent duelists"!

"Usually, this is when you have to follow up with a 'but'."

"Hahaha, your prediction is correct. My support for your plan doesn't mean I won't let you down in the upcoming duel. On the contrary, I will use all my strength to defeat you! Only the strong can change the world. If you can't even defeat me, then it proves that the 'Everyone is a Sage' plan is not yet ready to be implemented."

"I will not let you down."

As the two chatted in low voices, the commentator finished his introductions and the referee repeated the rules of the duel once more before both men turned around and returned to their trainer positions.

The originally noisy audience seats suddenly became quiet, and tens of thousands of eyes were fixed on the two people on the field.

"Duel!" X2

Lihua's first summon was a humanoid elf wearing silver-black armor.

[Dark Demon Lord LV4 (4 stars)]

[Lineage: Evil, Steel]

【Level: 48】

[Attack power: 1000 (1700)]

【Defense Strength: 300 (510)】

[Demon-type, Effect: Negate the effects of opponent's monsters destroyed by this card in battle.]

You Zhi summoned his old subordinate, the Demon Lizard Yihao.

Seeing that both sides of the duel only summoned very ordinary elves, there was a burst of disappointed boos from the audience.

At this time, Lihua smiled and said, "Others may think that you summoned the Demon Lizard Yihao to avoid leaking information, but I can feel the close bond between you and this Pokémon. Judging Pokémon by strength or weakness is just a vulgar person's personal opinion. A truly powerful trainer will only work hard to win with the Pokémon they love!"

"Thank you for your understanding, but I won't show any mercy, nor will I let you stall for time. We have the overall advantage in terms of attributes. Yihao, use Tile Splitting!"

The demon lizard Yihao rushed out and slashed with a knife.

"Tsk, has he been discovered? The Dark Demon is using surprise attack!"

Raid is a dark skill that can only be successfully performed when the opponent is attacking, giving you the advantage of being the first to strike.

The Dark Demon King dodged to the side, avoiding the knife from the Demon Lizard Yihao, and at the same time, he threw a jab wrapped in evil energy.

Today's Demon Lizard Yihao is already a seasoned combat master. He relies on his resistance to take a punch, and at the same time uses his tail instead of legs to launch a lower body kick, hitting his opponent's legs.

The Dark Demon King failed to dodge, but when it felt the intense pain, it couldn't help but grin, lowered its body and smashed its head on the opponent's chest. It was the "Mind Hammer" of the psychic type, which had a restraining effect on the fighting type.

Both sides retreated in pain, and then roared and fought again. The Demon Lizard Yihao, who had an overall advantage in offensive and defensive capabilities, clearly had the upper hand.

Seeing that the situation was unfavorable, Lihua did not rush to evolve the elves, but calmly covered the field with the newly refined "Explosive Armor".

Chapter 288: The Law of Invalidation

Even a layman could see from the situation on the field that the Demon Lizard Yihao had a clear advantage and was almost suppressing his opponent with a torrential output.

This is not surprising. Both sides have the same star level. Although the Dark Demon King has characteristics, his applicability is too narrow. He is useless against the Demon Lizard Yihao. The Demon Lizard Yihao not only has a lineage advantage, but his attack and defense values ​​are almost twice that of the opponent. It is strange that he does not have the advantage.

Rather, it is beyond many people's expectations that the Dark Demon King has been able to hold on until now. His fighting skills are only average, but his life-saving skills are outstanding. He constantly dodges the attacks of the Demon Lizard Yihao, and when he really can't avoid it, he reduces the damage as much as possible.

Even so, its condition has reached its limit.

You Zhi kindly reminded him, "If you don't evolve your Pokémon now, you probably won't have another chance."

Lihua asked back, "Will you let my Pokémon evolve safely?"

"This is what you need to do as the master."

Rika smiled at that and then activated the covered spell card: "I activate 'Explosive Armor', destroying one of the opponent's attacking Pokémon!"

The Dark Demon King, his body covered in a layer of scaly silver armor, rushed forward.

"Your intention to cover the card was so obvious, how could I not be prepared? I activated 'My Body as Shield' to negate the opponent's destruction effect and destroy it. And when there is a demon lizard Yoshihiro on the field, there is no cost."

You Zhi also slapped the spell card in his hand, and the blond knight who had never been summoned but was extremely familiar to him appeared again, holding a shield and standing in front of the demon lizard Yihao without hesitation.

However, when the Dark Demon King rushed forward, the blond knight disappeared like a bubble, not even able to stop him, let alone counterattack.

The next moment, the Demon Lizard Yihao, who was showing an evolutionary light on his body, was hit. The silver-white scales on the Dark Demon King's body flew out and exploded on the Demon Lizard Yihao's body, and the thick smoke and dust engulfed him.

"what!"

Youzhi was really shocked this time. The explosive armor was actually activated successfully. Where was the law of inevitable defeat of Yu-Gi-Oh?

Lihua explained with a smile, "The hidden effect of Explosive Armor will be activated successfully when there is a 4-star Dark Demon Lord on the field, and the effect cannot be negated!"

The reason why she didn't directly summon the elf's strongest state was to trigger the hidden effect.

Upon hearing this, You Zhi looked carefully and found that there was indeed an elf very similar to the Dark Demon Lord on the card shown by the other party.

In card duels, Explosive Armor has long been replaced by the more comprehensive Holy Shield. However, in Pokémon Duel, due to the distinction in spiritual power levels and the fact that there is often only one Pokémon on the field in a regular duel, Explosive Armor is more versatile. Many trainers always have one on hand, but many people still know for the first time that the Pokémon on the card is the Dark Lord.

"Now you can evolve in peace."

Lihua ordered her own elves to evolve. Although a destructive spell card would only deal a certain amount of damage instead of destroying it directly, the 4-star Demon Lizard Yihao would definitely not be able to withstand the damage of the exploding armor.

Amidst the shining light, the Dark Demon King completed two stages of evolution and transformed into an eight-star form. He held a giant sword in his hand and grew three pairs of guillotine-like steel wings on his back.

[Dark Demon Lord LV8 (8 stars)]

[Lineage: Evil, Steel]

【Level: 48】

[Attack power: 2800 (3080)]

【Defense Strength: 900 (990)】

[Demon-type, Effect: Any opponent's monster destroyed by this card in battle has its effects negated and is removed from play.]

"Okay, it's time for you to summon the second Pokémon." Lihua reminded after the Pokémon had finished evolving.

You Zhi said, "Haven't you heard of the law of smoke without injury? The first round of battle isn't over yet!"

"Well, could it be that..."

The smoke and dust dissipated, and a giant lizard named Yihao, emitting dark power, emerged from it.

This time it was Rika who was surprised, "How is that possible? It clearly didn't evolve when it was hit by the armor explosion!"

“It was evolving at the time.”

"That should also be forcibly interrupted by the explosive armor. Could it be the hidden effect of 'My Shield'?"

"Unfortunately, the truth is not that miraculous. It's simply because this Pokémon of mine is the best at endurance and completed its evolution during the explosion."

"Is this kind of thing possible?"

Lihua was a little bit skeptical, but the facts were before her eyes, and there was no point in questioning it. In order not to boost the other party's morale, she immediately said: "Looking at the state of the demon lizard Yihao, it seems that it is not what you said, 'smoke but no damage'."

"Same here, your elf isn't much better."

As the two sides were competing against each other, the two elves clashed again. The giant swords and steel claws collided violently, rubbing out a burst of sparks. Powerful skills emerged one after another. It was the close combat of powerful elves that the audience loved to watch, and it immediately aroused cheers.

As expected, Gigantic Lizard Yoshihiro once again gained the upper hand in the battle. The attack power of both sides was almost the same, but its defense was almost three times that of its opponent, and it still had the advantage in the spectrum.

In addition, the evolved Dark Demon King lost his flexibility. The three pairs of steel wings behind him and the giant sword in his hand seriously slowed down his movements. He could no longer dodge and move as quickly as before, and could only engage in a head-on confrontation.