I, Zhulan's childhood sweetheart, was trapped in Xicui.

Its largest open-air venue has enough seats to accommodate more than 60,000 people and is almost packed.

The host was standing at a booth on one side and had already said a lot.

"...Our Galar has suffered many disasters before. But fortunately, we, the people of Galar, have managed to survive! Now, let us forget those troubles for a while and enjoy the joy that the competition brings us!"

"I now declare that the Pokémon World Masters Tournament officially begins!"

Brilliant flames flashed across the sky, and two masked figures suddenly appeared under the words "Opening Ceremony" on the huge screen in the field.

The host paused.

"First up is our Galar's strongest champion, Dandi!"

As soon as the host finished speaking, accompanied by thunderous cheers, a fiery red and majestic fire-breathing dragon descended from the sky. Dan Di rolled up his cloak, raised his hands to greet the audience, and then jumped down!

"Then please welcome the special guest of this opening ceremony—Mr. Xu Li!"

The curtain rose, and Xu Li simply walked slowly from the contestant's area to the front of the stage. He raised one hand and waved briefly to the audience with a smile, as a greeting.

The audience's cheers this time were not as enthusiastic as when Emperor Yu Dan appeared, but they were still quite loud. Just by looking at Xu Li's handsome smile, many people applauded out of respect.

——After all, it was Zhulan who forced Xu Li to dress up carefully.

However, despite the applause, there was also a lot of whispering in the audience.

Most people are wondering who Xu Li is.

"Xu Li, haven't you heard of him? The undefeated record holder from two months ago, the King of Fried Fish!"

"But this... doesn't mean I'm qualified to be a special guest, right?"

Someone said mysteriously, "I heard he's the one who saved Galar. My uncle works in the League, well, you know... I can't reveal much..."

"It's Xu Li!" In the southwest, the new Alola Ghost King, Acerola, raised his slender arms and waved them. "I'm looking forward to his battle!"

Next to her, Mao was smiling widely and waving. Shui Lian held up the fishing rod in her hand. Only a hint of effort could be seen on her face, but she attracted strange looks from the people around her.

the other side.

Xiaozhao, holding Xu Li's New Leaf Cat, and the Magic Masked Cat beside her, looked intently at the stands. Xiaoguang was playing and fighting with the two Pogo sticks beside Platinum.

Lusamine smiled, Nancy puffed up her face, Huoxia was quiet, just looking around curiously at the grand stage, and Zhulan had a warm smile on her face.

Only Xi Jiana shouted, "We can definitely defeat that Dan Emperor!"

On the battlefield.

Xu Li briefly shook hands with the Dan Emperor.

Looking at the densely packed trademarks on the other person's cloak and the faint dark circles at the corners of his eyes, Xu Li couldn't help but twitched his lips.

Being a full-time champion is not easy.

The Dan Emperor seemed to notice Xu Li's gaze and looked somewhat helpless.

He had to be the league champion and the league president, and with the heavy burden of post-disaster reconstruction on his mind, he hardly slept a wink during that time.

but.

Dan Emperor's eyes suddenly showed excitement.

"Thank you so much for your help to us Galar, and thank you for accepting the invitation to be our guest of honor at the opening ceremony," he said. "I've wanted to fight you for a long time! Although this is just an exhibition match, I will take it seriously. Let's give the audience a wonderful battle!"

Xu Li smiled: "Of course."

The two of them split into two sides. Perhaps because of Galar's Gigantamaxing, the battlefield was unexpectedly large, as big as a football field.

Since it was just an opening ceremony of exhibition nature, the rules of the battle were very simple - 1v1.

At the same time, on the commentary seat specially arranged by the official next to the host, a camera in the shape of Magnemite was floating next to Qishu, explaining to the countless viewers watching through the live broadcast room.

"Hehehe! Good morning, noon and evening~ Hello~! Who's Qishu? Of course it's me, Qishu!"

"Hmm... Now the two players have entered the arena! The one on the left is the Galar champion, Dandi, and the one on the right is Xu Li!"

"Oh? You asked the anchor who he supports?"

"Of course it's Xu Li! Xu Li is super awesome, but..." Thinking of this, Qi Shu's fair face suddenly puffed up and he said angrily, "He always stands people up!"

At this time, dense barrages of comments floated by.

[The strange tree healed Xu Li? It's a sure thing! I'm going to bet everything on Dandi to win!]

[Bet on Dandi? Even if you win, the odds aren't very good. If it were you, I'd bet everything on Xu Li! Bet against the competition, and the villa is by the sea!]

[Of the two guys above, I can see at least one of them on the rooftop.]

[Pigeons? I've played a lot of pigeons!]

"Don't gamble, don't gamble..." Qi Shu looked at the barrage, a look of helplessness on his face, "Besides, who said the host had a lot of cancels? I have asked for leave! If I ask for leave, it doesn't count as a cancel!"

"Hum..."

"Now let's look back at the field. Both teams have sent out their Pokémon. Dantei sent out his signature Pokémon - Charizard!"

"Oh! The one Xu Li sent out was Yaya! No, it was the Shining Double Axe War Dragon!"

[I seem to have some impression of this double-axe war dragon... Has Qi Shu photographed it?]

[Is it that Dual Axe War Dragon whose fighting techniques have been explained countless times by countless bloggers, yet no one has ever managed to replicate it? Even though there's only that one video, it's very famous online! And its unique color makes it easy to spot, practically one-of-a-kind.]

"Yes!" Qishu responded proudly to the barrage.

"From the perspective of attributes, the dragon-attributed Dual Axe War Dragon has the advantage and can effectively resist fire-attributed moves!" Qi Shu analyzed it logically. "I knew it! Xu Li will definitely win!"

Is this the host of the "official commentary that doesn't favor anyone"?

This is the 'neutral anchor'!

Qi Shu blinked, ignoring the comments, and continued, "The Double Axe War Dragon rushed forward with its Dragon Claw move! It's very fast... Huh?!"

"Dan Emperor directly used Gigantamax?!"

Qi Shu's surprised voice sounded.

I saw Dandi put Charizard back into the Poké Ball, raised his arm, and made a signature pose, with the Gigantamax wristband on his wrist shining brightly. The Poké Ball in his hand grew bigger and bigger, and was thrown out by Dandi suddenly.

"Burn up, Charizard!"

The Gigantamax Charizard reappeared, casting a shadow, its entire body ablaze with vast, blazing flames. Facing the charging Twin Axe War Dragon, its flaming mouth suddenly bulged, and then suddenly erupted with a fierce burst of flames.

Huh, huh, huh——

The flames burned, carrying crackling sounds and flooding towards the double-axe war dragon.

"The range of this flame is so large! It seems that the Double Axe War Dragon has nowhere to hide..." Qishu said worriedly.

The rolling heat wave submerged the Double Axe War Dragon. Under the sea of ​​fire, the situation of the Double Axe War Dragon inside was almost invisible.

But even you can't see it.

Gigantamax Charizard did not miss the opportunity to press the advantage. Its body was shrouded in purple energy flames. Aiming at the flames, its dragon-attributed Gigantamax move - Gigantamax Dragoon was ready to go.

But just when the Super Gigantamax Charizard was accumulating dragon energy.

The ground beneath it suddenly broke open!

boom!

The Double Axe War Dragon, shining with a dark steel-like light all over its body, suddenly rushed out, carrying huge pointed rocks, and slammed into the lower body of the Super Giant Charizard, its bulging abdomen!

Bang bang bang!

Continuous rocks pierced Charizard's belly. Even though it was still maintaining its Gigantamax with huge life, it still couldn't help but feel a deafening pain under the four times damage.

The sudden change in the scene left the audience a little confused.

[Why did the Double Axe War Dragon suddenly appear below Charizard?! Is Dandi Charizard's exclusive Dynamax move that easy to dodge?!]

[Look at the ground, it's burning red!]

The sea of ​​fire dissipated, and the ground seemed to have turned into boiling lava. There was only a hole left where the double-axe war dragon had been, but... the ground next to the hole was no different from before the sea of ​​fire rolled through.

Qi Shu suddenly had an idea: "Look at the Twin Axe Dragon's tail protecting its body! It's the Water Tail! It's protecting it as it digs a hole and reaches Charizard. Hmm... it also has a Surf move! And the flames still lingering on the Twin Axe Dragon's claws are a Chopping move!"

"It probably has some tricks or moves I haven't noticed, but it used a lot of moves to counter the flames of the Gigantamax Charizard!"

Qi Shu blinked and said quickly.

The barrage paused, and then a series of barrages quickly rolled by.

【Huh?】X99

[666 can actually be played like this! How does one manage to connect so many moves...]

[Your question is also what bloggers who study this double-axe war dragon want to know.]

[This is exactly the smell! ]

[This Pokémon is legal... Okay, it's legal, but is it... reasonable? ]

[Has no one noticed that Qi Shu is also very powerful? He actually realized the details of the game so quickly...]

Qi Shu said complacently, "After all, I am a gym leader!"

[Are you the gym leader who only knows how to catch the group and play hide-and-seek all day? ]

This made Qi Shu puff up his cheeks and decide to ignore the comments.

Look back at the field.

After being crushed by the Double Axe War Dragon Rock, the Super Gigantamax Charizard immediately distanced itself from the enemy and looked at the opponent's black dragon as hard as steel with full readiness.

Can be followed.

Xu Li smiled and raised the giant wristband in his hand, which was much heavier than the one on Dan Emperor's wrist.

"Let's come too, Fang."

"Roar--!"

Without putting the Charizard back into the Poké Ball, the Gigantamax energy gathered and the body of the Charizard on the field grew larger and larger, quickly reaching the same height as the Gigantamax Charizard in front of it.

The huge axe blades on both sides of the mouth, as big as blood moons, reflected a cold light on the dark body. The giant double-axe war dragon felt the different vision from usual and adapted quickly.

In other words, there is no need to adapt at all!

Its huge body suddenly started moving. Unlike other Pokémon that became more or less inconvenient to move after becoming Gigantamax, Gigantamax was extremely fast and flexible.

The huge and thick tail was filled with a stream of water that made the Gigantamax Charizard on the opposite side almost open its eyes wide, and along with the heavy rain pouring down from the sky, it was suddenly thrown towards the Gigantamax Charizard!

Water-attribute maximal move - maximal water stream.

Bang!

A stream of water exploded from Charizard!

The Gigantamax Charizard's body was swept back by its tail, crashing into the shields held up by many Alakazams, nearly breaking them. This caused the crowd in the audience behind it to be terrified.

"Great! I hit it!" Qi Shu jumped up happily, as if she was the trainer of the Double Axe War Dragon on the field.

【Face, pay attention to the face anchor. 】

[I think the Dan Emperor is about to die...]

[Not necessarily, not necessarily! The strongest champion must have a backup plan.]

At this time, the corners of Dan Emperor's mouth curled up slightly, and he looked at the Charizard that was slowly getting up, and the extremely healthy, black beast-like Double Axe War Dragon that was slowly walking towards the front, and his brows couldn't help but frowned slightly.

But then.

The Dan Emperor suddenly smiled. "That's it! This is the charm of battle. It's been a long time since I've felt this way, being forced into a disadvantageous position in a competition..."

"Charizard, burn once more, Maximal Dragon Knight!"

"Roar--!"

As if feeling the trainer's excitement and encouragement, Gigantamax Charizard's eyes revealed a violent expression, and the dragon-attributed purple flames on its body quickly gathered!

In less than a moment.

It spread its wings, and its whole body seemed to transform into a giant dragon burning with purple flames, and suddenly rushed towards the double-axe war dragon.

The double-axe war dragon did not dodge either.

It also used the opponent's move, Maximal Dragon Rider. However, it did not have the flames of the opponent's Charizard. Pure dragon attribute energy suddenly burst out, heading towards the Maximal Charizard to counterattack!

The audience all widened their eyes and looked towards the point of collision in anticipation.