Elf: Start with small diamonds, then mutate into Diancie!

Su Hao raised an eyebrow, very satisfied with Ye Yibu's choice.

It only has a few moves in its skill pool that can deal excellent damage to metal monsters.

Sunny weather can trigger its ability and also turn the newly learned Weather Ball move into a Fire-type attack.

Putting aside Yeev's low Special Attack stat, it is indeed a very good countermeasure.

However, as Diancie and the others began to reduce their candy intake, Lucario and Yeevee started consuming more candy as well.

With the support of Candy's comprehensive basic abilities, Yeebu's Fire-type Weather Ball is quite powerful.

Then, it remains to be seen how the metal monster will respond.

Su Hao taught it the skill of electromagnetic levitation. Electricity and magnetism are inseparable, so the metal monster learned it very easily.

Unfortunately, it hasn't been fully mastered yet, and electromagnetic catapults can only travel in a straight line.

Once it evolves into Metagross, it should be able to turn at will.

Seemingly because both of its attacks were neutralized by Yeev, even though MetalGreymon had remained calm due to its two brains, it was now somewhat embarrassed and angry.

MetalGreymon no longer uses Electromagnetic Launcher. Under the influence of Mewtwo's Destruction Gene, its increasingly large psychic power, almost comparable to that of a professional Psychic-type Pokémon, continues to surge forth.

This time, the Psychic Hammer was different from the previous one, which only covered the golden spikes on MetalGreymon's face. It covered MetalGreymon's entire body, intending to smash through Yeev's Weather Ball!

A fireball, growing larger and larger, was launched in front of Ye Yibu with a roar.

Meanwhile, the metal monster brought its two arms together in front of it, and starting from its front claws, a dense wave of mental energy that almost materialized became a shield. Driven by its increasingly powerful superpowers, it flew out like a meteor!

At this moment, the MetalGreymon's figure was filled with the beauty of power, and its psychic hammer, which used its entire body as a battering ram, rushed straight towards Yeevee with terrifying momentum.

The metal monster exploded with air currents, like a fighter jet emerging from a sonic boom cloud.

Diancie stopped meditating, a look of admiration on her face.

The power of Metal Monster's attack is almost approaching the power of its moves when it was still in the Little Diamond Smash stage.

The weather ball was smashed apart by the metal monster in the blink of an eye; the type-advantageous attack seemed to have no effect on it at all.

For the first time, a serious expression appeared on Yeev's face; clearly, the MetalGreymon's attack had put immense pressure on it.

The metal monster used its full strength, so it had to use its full strength too!

Ye Yibu's newly acquired, normalized three-layer sword dance was no longer retained, and his aura instantly rose several levels.

Seeing this, the Blazing Roaring Tiger and the Emerald Warrior Eagle trembled slightly, glancing furtively at Su Hao, who was intently watching the arena.

Seeing that Su Hao wasn't looking at him with a disappointed expression because of Ye Yibu's perpetual sword dance, his tense muscles instantly relaxed.

Yeev unleashed the sharpness he had gleaned from the broken horn of Virizion without reservation, turning the metal monster before him into a target for his slash.

The leaf that grew from the center of Yeezy's forehead gradually transformed into a long, emerald-green blade as Yeezy gathered its strength.

This is its trump card, and the move it considers its most powerful attack—Leaf Blade.

The Grass-type energy that Leafeon absorbed from the broken horn of Virizion seems to have subtly altered the shape of its leaf blades; the slightly curved long blades can be described as either knives or swords.

A soaring, sharp intent lingered on the leaf blade. Facing the mental hammer that seemed to want to smash everything in its path, Ye Yibu's gaze remained calm as he unleashed a sword strike.

The blade sliced ​​straight into the interior of the Mind Hammer as if cutting through tofu; its sharpness was beyond what one would expect from a blade technique.

Su Hao felt that it even had some of the characteristics of the Holy Sword of Biligion.

The high-speed metal monster suddenly stopped, and a fine hum like the sound of a sword rang out. The mental hammer surrounding the metal monster shattered into fragments.

Leaf Blade stopped just a short distance in front of MetalGreymon; Leafeon had no intention of striking.

The metal monster looked on with lingering fear; if it weren't for its steel body, its face would have been covered in cold sweat.

It even has a kind of illusion.

If Ye Yibu's sword were to strike, even with his exceptionally tough body, he would likely be disfigured.

So terrifying.

Su Hao wasn't too surprised by Ye Yibu's victory.

MetalGreymon has not yet fully unearthed the hidden power within Mewtwo's Destruction Gene, while Yeevee's talent for the Way of the Sword is simply terrifying.

It actually comprehended the ethereal sword intent described in fantasy novels.

It's probably only a matter of time before Yeev completely absorbs the sharpness of Virigion and even develops his own swordsmanship.

Su Hao even wondered if he had traveled to a fantasy film set.

Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river...

Facing Ye Yibu's revenge after he has mastered the art of swordsmanship.

R Research Institute is probably in trouble, according to Su Hao.

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Chapter 417 Fighting Capital, Advanced Ball Promotion Tournament

Fujian Province, Yunnan Province.

This is a paradise for Fighting-type trainers, the Fighting Capital of the Shenzhou Alliance.

Su Hao knows that several Fighting-type specialist trainers originated in this city.

Meanwhile, Jiang Chengcheng's family's acrobatic training ground was once located in Yundu, but it was moved to Yangcheng decades ago.

The small secret realm that her family controlled, which might belong to a martial arts bear master, also seems to be near this Cloud Capital.

However, since the other party was still struggling with high school and couldn't come to Yundu to show Su Hao around, he didn't ask where the secret realm was.

Miao Yin, whom Su Hao knew, was one of the twelve Earthly Branches hidden in the shadows. He also came from Yundu. It seems that Zhao Yunlan's hometown is also here. Unfortunately, he changed from a fighter-type prodigy to a water-type prodigy.

There seem to be some waveguide users in this city, but unfortunately their abilities are not as strong as mine.

This place is also the birthplace of various martial arts, just like Qin Gang, the wave guide who once wanted to invite Su Hao to join his school, with the goal of physical strength.

In short, it's a bunch of martial artists who can fight Pokémon hand-to-hand, and a bunch of Fighting-type trainers who can fight Pokémon hand-to-hand.

Zhao Yunlan's performance was already a disgrace to this side.

Walking down the main street of Yundu, Su Hao could see that there were a lot of big guys around him, and muscular strength was the mainstream aesthetic here.

Although it is the mainstream, Su Hao was somewhat frightened when he saw the scene inside a wedding dress shop while passing by.

A female Mega Charizard, a male Gardevoir, and a shiny Jynx are all vying for a man's affections. Has the world become this magical?

Feeling like he might be hallucinating, Su Hao rubbed his forehead and turned into the nearby Formula Battle Arena.

Because the ranking matches are the selection events for the Four Heavenly Kings and the champion, a huge arena has been set up in almost every major city specifically for matchmaking.

In general, during regular competitions, walls are raised from the bottom of the arena, dividing a huge battlefield into numerous smaller battlefields.

When a large-scale event is to be held, that is, a battle between high-ranking players, the arena will start selling tickets in advance once the two sides are successfully matched on the alliance matchmaking system and assigned to a certain arena.

The official website displays basic information about both trainers to attract interested people to buy tickets and watch the show.

However, that's a privilege only players at the high-level (Advanced Ball 1) and Master Ball levels can enjoy.

Su Hao stared at the pop-up message on his phone that indicated a successful match, and began searching through the various split-battlegrounds without any spectators.

Before visiting Grandpa Xia, I decided to finish the advanced ball-level qualifying match while I still had time.

Only high-level opponents will send out professional-level Pokémon, and their team compositions are more scientific and diverse.

Matchmaking will also take longer, since there are only so many high-level players scattered throughout the Shenzhou League.

Although professional trainers around Su Hao seem like common cabbages, that's because he's part of the trainer community.

In the world of ordinary people, elite trainers are rare and powerful individuals.

It's like a joke.

Su Hao randomly picked a student from the combat department at Jiangcheng University and asked him, "Did you get accepted into the combat trainer major?" The student naturally answered that he had.

At the Master level, if you live in a remote area, you may have to wait a long time or be matched with someone in a big city thousands of miles away.

At that time, a large number of trainers will be concentrated in major cities such as Beijing and Shanghai, which will make matchmaking faster.

Su Hao had clicked on matchmaking before coming to Yundu, and only recently managed to match with a trainer who was a level 5 Advanced Ball.

That's right, the promotion match from Superball to Advancedball requires playing against and defeating an Advancedball player.

Unlike the Poké Ball and Great Ball levels, which have no limit on the number of players, the Ultra Ball level has a fixed limit on the number of players. When someone reaches the Ultra Ball level, someone else will be demoted from the Ultra Ball level.

Therefore, the qualifying rounds often feature high-level goalkeepers, seasoned veterans from all walks of life.

At least the guy Su Hao encountered seemed to be a seasoned veteran who had been navigating the ranks of advanced ball level 5 for several years.

He glanced at Su Hao, seemingly not recognizing him as the top high school student who had recently gained fame.

Or perhaps they feel they won't encounter only a few high school students just entering the professional level on such a brutal battlefield as the advanced ball level.

Tang Gang simply sighed, "These days, are college students already making it to the advanced level qualifying tournaments?"

His tone was full of vicissitudes, his half-closed eyes and the unlit cigarette in his mouth, along with his business suit, trousers, and leather shoes, made him look exactly like a corporate slave.

For him, being a trainer is no longer a hobby, but a profession and a way of life.

The referee for the match was changed from referee Lotom to a professional referee with a referee qualification certificate.

The other person seemed to know Tang Gang, but due to the refereeing rules, they couldn't have much contact with him. They just shouted from a distance, "Old Tang, stop posing there. There aren't any girls watching you. Hurry up and get ready for the match. Aren't you going to discuss business this afternoon?"

Upon hearing this, Tang Gang smoothed his slightly disheveled hair, squinted at Su Hao, and looked at him with an inexplicable air of dominance. He said calmly:

"I, Old Tang, have seen what hell is like. Students, you should just stay in the Super Ball level and play house. Doubles matches are not as simple as you think..."

Su Hao's lips twitched slightly. Although he had heard that dirty tricks and tactical teamwork were rampant in both singles and doubles after reaching the advanced ball level, he did not expect to witness it in the promotion tournament.

Looking at the four Poké Balls beneath both players' portraits, a hint of interest appeared in Su Hao's eyes.

To be honest, although he's not a hardcore competitive player, he's still a semi-competitive player who reached Master level in Sword & Shield and Violet Evergarden, so he knows a bit about some classic doubles team strategies.

It just so happens that I came to Yundu this time specifically for this, so it's only natural to let the doubles god give a performance, right?

"This battle is a doubles battle where you choose four out of six. Please place the four Pokémon you have selected on the tray next to you!"

Without hesitation, Su Hao and Tang Gang released four Poké Balls. As the countdown began on the large screen above them, the referee's voice rang out: "3, 2, 1, both sides release their Pokémon simultaneously, the battle begins!"