Bottom-tier trainers in the Pokémon world

Or rather, at this stage, apart from Cynthia, Lance, and Daigo, Xia Yan wouldn't be surprised if anyone else lost or won.

However, his fight today was scheduled for last.

Watching Kona battle through three rounds before finally defeating Rika from the Johto region, I was on tenterhooks for her.

Rin is the future Dark-type Elite Four member of the Johto region. She is quite strong and doesn't have much of a type advantage or disadvantage over Lorelei. Either of them could win.

Daigo was the second player to compete.

Steven's opponent is Gosho from the Sinnoh region, a trainer specializing in Psychic-type Pokémon.

Finally, Steven's shiny Metagross finished the battle, becoming the first pseudo-legendary Pokémon to reach its fully evolved stage in this competition.

The appearance of this shiny Metagross undoubtedly put a lot of pressure on many players.

It has fully evolved into a pseudo-legendary Pokémon!

This actually goes beyond the scope of this youth competition.

Of course, this is also a demonstration of Daigo's personal abilities.

But when Xia Yan looked at the calm expressions of Wataru and Cynthia beside him, he felt uneasy.

He was clearly not the only one hiding things.

Daigo, Lance, Cynthia, and the others also kept it a secret.

It wasn't that they were deliberately hiding this move to guard against each other; rather, they were worried that summoning these Pokémon would have a significant psychological impact on Xia Yan, Kona, and the others.

In fact, the three of them already knew the truth, but Xia Yan still clung to a last shred of hope.

pity.

The stroke of luck is gone.

"Your Dragonair and Garchomp have evolved too, right?" Xia Yan asked with a hint of resentment.

Du turned away without saying a word.

Cynthia nodded, readily admitting it.

She estimated that she might not be able to win against the opponent she was about to face without summoning Garchomp, just like Steven had just faced him.

Having received a positive answer, Xia Yan felt relieved.

He was even considering whether to have the Fairy-type Togekiss, posing as a Pokémon, "punish" them.

However, considering the impact of the Fairy type, they ultimately decided to give up on it.

It's ok.

He didn't insist anymore.

Anyway, Kikuko promised to help him get a gym leader status, so he'd accept it even if he lost.

Daigo and Kai came back.

All smiles.

The next few matches didn't really concern them.

Cattleya won against Zimi from the Carlos region.

Karuno won against Unova's Blueberry.

The Sinnoh League has finally "taken action" against these two regions, forcing them into a "love-hate relationship."

Later, Miketsu from Hoenn defeated Pachira from Kalos, which was purely due to type advantage.

Mikkuri, who excels at Water-type Pokémon, has a significant type advantage over Pachira, who excels at Fire-type Pokémon.

Xia Yan also deliberately asked Daigo about Mikuri.

Daigo only said that he knew Wallace and knew that he came from Sootopolis City in Hoenn, but he had not had any in-depth communication with Wallace, so the two were just nodding acquaintances.

This surprised Xia Yan somewhat.

After all, when Daigo steps down as champion and is "forced" to return to inherit Devon Corporation's multi-million dollar fortune, it will be tantamount to "giving" the champion's position to Mikkuri.

But thinking about it, it makes sense.

Steven is a Trainer, but Wallace is actually a Coordinator.

It is estimated that the Hoenn League played a significant role in "giving" the prize to Mikkuri at the time.

This can be considered as a contribution to promoting and coordinating trainers.

Mikoli's opponent, Pachira, is also quite interesting.

Pachira is an underground force in the Carlos region. He was an undercover agent planted by Flame Team leader Vladari in the Carlos League and eventually rose to the position of one of the Elite Four. It has to be said that Vladari and Pachira are both very powerful.

The only other person who managed to get his subordinates into the Elite Four position was Giovanni of Team Rocket, who sent Akito to the Johto Elite Four position.

This shows that Vladali's abilities are among the best of all the leaders of the underground forces.

After the battle between Mikkuri and Pachira ends, it's time for Lance's battle against Wanlong, a Ghost-type Pokémon specialist from the Unova region.

Wanlong is a gentle and refined girl with a scholarly air.

When Xia Yan entered the arena, he only said one sentence: "Don't be too ruthless."

Don't make that girl cry again.

This drew a look of disdain from Kona.

The final result was obvious: Lance, who summoned Dragonite, defeated Wanlong.

Wanlong didn't cry; in fact, she smiled and congratulated Du.

This prompted him to say something after he returned.

"Well-educated and reasonable..."

then.

And that was it. Kona heard it and voluntarily placed herself in the category of those who were ignorant and unreasonable. And so, their relationship... well, tsk tsk.

Xia Yan was the one who stopped them from going out for a one-on-one fight immediately.

After Wataru comes Cynthia, whose opponent is Kazuki from the Johto region, who is also the last remaining member of the Johto region.

Ichiki and Rika have known each other since childhood and have a very good relationship.

So, to give them company when they went back, Cynthia decisively sent Ichiki away as well.

Of course, Garchomp was inevitably summoned.

This is the end.

All three pseudo-legendary Pokémon in this tournament made an appearance.

And it is precisely because of these three Pokémon that they have been almost pre-determined to be in the top three in the public opinion.

There's nothing we can do about it.

Once a pseudo-legendary Pokémon reaches its full potential, its dominance in youth tournaments is simply too overwhelming.

Xia Yan wasn't sure he could defeat any of the three of them.

Even having an informational advantage is useless.

However, now is not the time for him to think about these things, because his final battle is about to begin after his fight against Cynthia ends.

His opponent was none other than Da Ye, whom Cynthia had previously introduced to Xia Yan, and who had suddenly become very enthusiastic!

The future Fire-type Elite Four member of the Sinnoh League.

One Infernape could take down two of Cynthia's Pokémon, but in the end, it was defeated by Garchomp in a fierce battle!

He was also an opponent from whom Xia Yan could not predict the outcome of his match.

Upon arriving at the arena, amidst endless cheers, and seeing Da Ye, who appeared nonchalant but whose eyes were blazing with "fire," Xia Yan had no choice but to suppress his complex thoughts and focus on the match.

Facing Da Ye, one wrong move and you could lose.

Moreover, on paper, Daye is stronger than Xia Yan.

As the host introduced the two, Da Ye stared intently at Xia Yan, saying, "Xia Yan, I'm fired up!"

Xia Yan: "......"

Chapter 135 It was Xia Yan who taught me!

Xia Yan vs. Da Ye.

Both of them represent the Sinnoh region.

This again demonstrates the organizer's ability to "control the game".

Regardless of whether Xia Yan or Da Ye wins in the end, the Sinnoh region will gain two qualifying spots.

It seems that from the start of the knockout stage, Xia Yan's opponents have always been players from the Sinnoh region.

auditorium.

Ash, Gary, and their friends have become regulars in the spectator stands.

"Xiao Mao, do you think Xia Yan can make it out this time?" Xiao Zhi asked.

They have been discussing whether Xia Yan can qualify for the next round ever since they started paying attention to him.

The so-called discussion was really just Ash choosing one side and Gary choosing the other...

"This time... it's probably hopeless. Da Ye is good at Fire-type Pokémon, while Xia Yan's three Pokémon are both weak to Fire-type Pokémon. And most importantly, Xia Yan has never had a Gym Leader-level Pokémon, but Da Ye has... two."

Xiao Mao provides a rational analysis.

Well-reasoned and supported by evidence.

In fact, not only him, but most people on the field also believed that Da Ye had a greater chance of winning.

Among them were many viewers who had traveled from all over Sinnoh.

After all, Da Ye already had a considerable reputation and had participated in many competitions, both large and small. On paper, he had an advantage in terms of strength and the attributes of his Pokémon, so his chances of winning were indeed greater.

"Then I will support Xia Yan."