Elf: My three starters are the three gods of Hoenn

Another easy victory left Xiaoju feeling helpless!

But then again, it makes perfect sense, because the man she's facing is arguably the strongest trainer in the world!

He defeated them easily, but they were still honorable in defeat!

"The last one, please, Thunder Zebra!"

Zebra, a Pokémon unique to the Unova region, is an Electric-type Pokémon, just like Emolga and Elexo!

However, compared to the previous electric spider and electric flying squirrel, this lightning zebra is clearly much stronger!

"Ding-dong, the current attribute values ​​of Thunder Zebra are as follows:"

Elf: Thunder Zebra

Rating: 72

Features: Lightning rod

Attribute: Electric

Qualification: Gold

Bond Evolution: Not yet unlocked

Super Evolution: Not yet unlocked

Gigantamax: None

Skills: Charged Flame Strike, Quick Attack, Electric Wave, Stomp, Agility, Wild Volt, Rampage, Burnout, Charge...

"It's Thunder Zebra, then you're up there!"

Seeing Zhang Feng switch Pokémon again, after the Crystal Onix disappeared from the battlefield, it was replaced by an Ice Ninetales!

"Hmm? The Nine-Tails from the Alola region!"

"The Pokémon that Champion Zhang Feng owns are all quite different!"

"These Pokémon have never been seen used by Champion Zhang Feng before. Could they be his latest Pokémon?"

"I'm so envious, sob sob sob, I want to become a champion too, if I become a champion I can go on dates with Cynthia and Lorelei!"

"Give me a break. If it were that simple, Lance and Steven would have already become Champions with Cynthia and Lorelei. To win a woman's heart, you need a legendary Pokémon!"

……

Although Nine-Tails has evolved, its current strength is only at the Elite Four level, so it will be at a slight disadvantage against Zebra!

But it doesn't matter!

Even if the opponent is stronger, Zhang Feng is fully confident that he can make the Ice Nine-Tails defeat Kiku's Thunder Zebra!

"Ice Nine-Tails, unleash the Freeze Ray!"

"Thunder Zebra, Charged Flame Strike!"

When the Thunder Zebra burst into flames and charged straight at Zhang Feng's Ice Nine-Tailed Fox, the Ice Nine-Tailed Fox also let out a delicate shout!

A rich surge of ice-based energy began to be released!

As ice and fire began to collide, Thunder Zebra still had the upper hand. With the force of the impact, it increased the kinetic energy of its flames and charged towards Ice Nine-Tails while braving the freezing ray!

Upon seeing this, Zhang Feng immediately spoke up!

"Ice Nine-Tails, unleash Magic Flash!"

In an instant, Ice Nine-Tailed Fox changed its skills and unleashed a dazzling pink skill the moment the Thunder Zebra charged at it!

The power emanating from the Fairy type immediately caused Thunder Zebra to lose its senses slightly!

That gave Ice Nine-Tails an opportunity!

"A continuous steel tail!"

The Nine-Tails is called the Nine-Tails because it has nine tails. So, when facing the Nine-Tails' Iron Tail attack, there are nine steel tails!

With a series of booming sounds, under the powerful attack of the Nine-Tails, the Thunder Zebra was sent flying backward!

"Finish off, Freeze Ray!"

As a pillar of icy blue ice appeared, the lightning zebra that was flying backward was frozen by the ice nine-tailed fox!

The outcome is now decided!

"Ding-dong! Ice Nine-Tails defeated Thunder Zebra, gaining 8,000 experience points and leveling up to level 70!"

After defeating the Thunder Zebra, the Ice Nine-Tails successfully entered the Champion level!

Seeing this, the referee waved his flag and shouted!

"Zebra is unable to battle, Ninetales wins. Since Gym Leader Kiss's three Pokémon are all unable to battle, the winner is Zhang Feng!"

Zhang Feng won the first round and advanced to the top 32!

The three-on-three matches are progressing very quickly!

On the first day of the competition, as the global live broadcast progressed, one strong player after another secured their place in the next round!

The champions and runners-up from each region easily defeated their opponents and successfully entered the top 32!

After the seventh day of competition, the dust finally settled!

The first round of the competition is over!

In the Hoenn Pokémon League, only five people advanced to the top 32: Zhang Feng, Steven, Wallace, Genji, and Bonney. The rest, such as Ye Yue, Tetsuya, Adam, Senri, Huayue, and Furong, were all eliminated!

That's a bit of a pity!

In the Galar region, there were only two people, Leon and Chibana, and of course, both of them advanced!

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Chapter 174: List of Advancers, Who is the Next Opponent?

After seven days of competition in the first round, the contestants who have advanced to the top 32 are as follows!

The Kanto Pokémon League – the list of those who advanced is: Lance the Champion, Lorelei the Vice Champion, Brandon the Vice Champion, Lance the Ice-type Elite Four member, Gary the Poison-type Elite Four member, Berber the Fighting-type Elite Four member, Yonex the Pokémon League Champion, Ash Ketchum the Rising Star, and Gary the Rising Star Researcher, for a total of nine people!

There were only 32 rankings in total, and the Kanto Pokémon League alone took more than a quarter of them. This shows that the Kanto Pokémon League is indeed the strongest, far surpassing other Pokémon Leagues!

Of course, that's perfectly normal!

After all, the Kanto Pokémon League alone covers the battle frontiers of the Kanto Pokémon League, the Orange Islands Pokémon League, the Johto Pokémon League, and the Hoenn Pokémon League!

If they really do split up, Shindai should be considered a member of the Hoenn Pokémon League!

Ash, Gary, and Granny Orange are members of the Kanto Pokémon League!

Lorelei and Yuuji are members of the Orange Islands Pokémon League!

Lance, Liu Bo, and Shiba are members of the Chengdu Pokémon League!

With the combined strength of four alliances, it's no wonder that one alliance has become the strongest!

Dara lost even with Articuno because his opponent was N, the dark horse of the Unova Pokémon League!

Even with a legendary Pokémon, Dala would definitely lose to this guy who could crush Champion Alder!

However, although nine people have advanced, only Lance and Lorelei are truly capable of competing for the position of the Eight Masters. Shiro is still a bit lacking!

Only five Pokémon from the Hoenn League advanced: Zhang Feng, Steven, Wallace, Genji, and Bonney. This makes it the second strongest Pokémon League, with at least three of them capable of competing for the title of Master of the Eight!

Looking at it this way, the Hoenn Pokémon League still has the advantage in the list of the eight masters!

The Sinnoh Pokémon League – the qualifiers are Champion Cynthia, Psychic Elite Four member Gosho, Electric Elite Four member Denji, Fire Elite Four member Daphne, and the dark horse trainer Darkrai, a total of five people, just like Zhang Feng's Hoenn region, which also has five!

However, only two people were truly able to break into the level of the eight masters: Cynthia and Darko!

The Unova Pokémon League – the advancing members are Champion Alder, Fighting-type Elite Four member, Psychic-type Elite Four member Cattleya, and dark horse trainer N, a total of four!

Among these people, only two, or even only one, are qualified to advance to the level of the Eight Masters, and that is N!

Because Aldek's strength has declined significantly, he no longer has the strength of his peak level!

The Kalos Pokémon League consists of four members: Champion Diantha, Dragon-type Elite Four member Dorasena, Steel-type Elite Four member Goose, and dark horse trainer Alain.

Of all these people, only Karuno truly possesses the fighting power of the Eight Masters!

The Alola Pokémon League is a bit unlucky, with only two members advancing: Acerola and Cassiopeia. It's rather tragic, and it seems that Ash will have to become the champion and turn the tide in the later stages!

Galar Pokémon League: Champion Leon and Dragon City Gym Leader Chippane, it's still just these two!

After all, they were all powerful figures who had once served as the Eight Masters, so they certainly had the strength to compete for the position of the Eight Masters!

Padia Elf League: Champion Yeci, one person in total!

However, Ye Ci's strength as a champion is probably weaker than that of Adek, so he is basically out of the running for the Eight Masters!

……

In the second round of the competition, Zhang Feng faced off against Yuuji, the champion of the Kanto Pokémon League Orange Cup!

This is the first time that champions have faced off against each other!

Although the Orange Pokémon League isn't particularly well-known among all Pokémon Leagues, it's still a champion, so the battle between Zhang Feng and Yuuji has attracted quite a bit of attention!

The matches for advancing from the round of 32 to the round of 16 will still be three-on-three!

However, the list of sixteen who advance to the eight masters will become a six-on-six all-player battle!

After that, the eight people who were selected became the eight strongest trainers in the first World Championship, and they were called the Eight Masters!

At this level of competition, aside from the regional champions with overwhelming strength and those dark horse trainers, anyone could win or lose. Therefore, even Zhang Feng could not completely predict the outcome!

So, who will ultimately advance to the top 16 and become a contender for the top eight masters depends on luck and skill!

However, if he faces Zhang Feng, Yuuji will definitely not be able to advance!

As the rounds of matches began, Lorelei, Cynthia, Lance, Steven, and Wallace successively defeated their opponents. Ash faced off against Alain, but unfortunately, he was defeated and stopped in the round of 32!

On the third day of the competition, it was Zhang Feng's and Yongci's turn!

As the two arrived at their respective battlegrounds, countless cameras were already pointed at them. There were sixteen Rotom cameras in total, scattered around the battlegrounds, all for the purpose of broadcasting the match between the two from multiple angles!

"Next up is the World Championship, the round of 32 to the round of 16. The two teams facing off are Zhang Feng, the champion of the Hoenn Pokémon League, and Yuji, the champion of the Kanto Pokémon League Orange Cup. The battle rules are three against three. Now, please send out your Pokémon!"

After the referee said this, Yuuji immediately brought out his ace Pokémon!

The next moment, a majestic Dragonite appeared!

Yuji's Dragonite is at level 79, reaching the peak of Champion level. It seems that Yuji's strength has increased rapidly over the years since he was defeated by Ash!

"Well then, Garchomp, I'm counting on you!"

With a flash of white light, Zhang Feng's Garchomp appeared!

This is a pseudo-legendary Pokémon that Cynthia gave to Zhang Feng. Speaking of which, all the pseudo-legendary Pokémon that Zhang Feng has, apart from the black Tyranitar which he caught himself, such as Metagross, Salamence, Dragonite, and Garchomp, were given to him by these champions.

Tsk tsk tsk!

"Game start!"

As soon as the referee gave the order, Zhang Feng immediately gave commands to Garchomp!

"Garuda, Dragon Dive!"

As soon as Zhang Feng finished speaking, Garchomp roared, and a powerful phantom of a divine dragon appeared, then suddenly covered everything and charged towards Yuji's Dragonite!

Faced with Zhang Feng and Garchomp's attack, Yuji immediately waved his hand and roared!

"Dragonite, the opponent is strong, but we will never give up so easily. Go! Let's use Dragon Dive!"

The next moment, a blue dragon phantom appeared on Dragonite's body, and then the two pseudo-legendary characters clashed directly!

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Chapter 175 Battle against Yuuji, the Mega Battle!

With the two pseudo-legendary characters simultaneously unleashing the Dragon Dive move, Dragonite and Garchomp clashed head-on!

The enormous impact directly caused a shockwave, instantly kicking up the dust and smoke on the battlefield!

For a moment, the entire battlefield was lost from view!