Pokémon, Inkaros, my starter Pokémon

However... Kona simply shook her head.

"It's different from absolute zero, but all I know is... this technique is even stronger than absolute zero!!!"

Whether it's the freezing point or the release speed... they're not even in the same league.

Kona was both excited by the fact that ice-type power could reach such a level, and also felt a sense of awe that was hard to describe.

Yu Longdu's face was extremely ugly. As a master of dragons, he could feel the near "absolute restraint" and destruction contained in that attack.

Everyone was immersed in a state of bewilderment and shock, wondering, "What happened? How did it end like this?"

In the arena, Tokito calmly recalled Axia and walked over to Tsubaki Hakuryu, who was still looking lost and dejected, staring at the dragon that had lost its ability to fight.

Shidou broke the silence, saying, "Miss Tsubaki, it was a truly wonderful match. Your control over the weather and your use of Dragonair were simply divine. If it weren't for Axia, this Ice-type Pokémon, I might not have been your match."

Just kidding. Even without Axia, my Sagros could probably one-shot your Hakron with a Demon Flame Wave or a Netherworld Slash.

However, seeing how upset Xiaochun is, we still need to save face for her...

Upon hearing Shidou's words, Xiaochun slowly raised her head, her eyes still showing disappointment and resentment, but more so a bittersweet sense of relief in the face of an absolute gap in strength.

Xiaochun took a deep breath, straightened her back, and said:

"No, Mr. Tokito, I lost. Your strength and that of your Pokémon far exceeded my expectations, and I accept my defeat wholeheartedly. I have learned a lot from your command and Axia's power. Now, congratulations on advancing to the semifinals. I am truly happy for you."

"Miss Xiaochun is also very powerful. I believe she will become a noble Dragon (Flying) Elite Four member in the future."

Shi Dou smiled and nodded: "Thank you. I look forward to having the opportunity to fight you again in the future."

Next, Tokito and Tsubaki exchanged compliments, and after shaking hands, Tsubaki turned and left the venue with mixed feelings.

The commentator, finally recovering slightly from the shock, shouted excitedly, "After many twists and turns, Shidou, with his powerful Axia, has overwhelmingly defeated Tsubaki and successfully advanced to the semifinals of this year's Gym Tournament! Let's give Shidou a round of applause!"

"Ooooooooooo!!!"

The entire audience rose to their feet and gave a thunderous round of applause that was filled with amazement and admiration!

Shi Dou stood in the center of the arena, bathed in spotlights and cheers, accepting it all with equanimity.

Currently, InCarlos has not yet made his appearance.

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PS: Axia's skill pool is still too small, and it's not even over the limit, which is a disadvantage for an early-game Pokémon.

Chapter 107 Pokel only needs this move, Aju has something for you to enjoy!!

In the first match, Ash won. The next match was between Ash and Flynn. Flynn, the Flying-type Gym Leader of Violet City, was also very strong. His Pidgeot was huge and even gave Ash's Charizard a hard time in the anime.

But how to say it.

After all, A-Ju became the Poison-type Elite Four member a year later, and his strength at that time was already at the peak of the near-Elite Four level. So, Asu, the elite Gym Leader, was naturally no match for him.

The match was back and forth. Asu's giant Pidgeot, with its amazing speed and power, defeated Aju's Sumeru Moth with a powerful Brave Bird Attack, drawing cheers from the crowd.

However, it seems that everything was within A-Ju's calculations.

Crobat then appeared, taking advantage of the brief stun after Pidgeot used its ultimate move, and used its ghostly speed to unleash a strange light to disrupt it. This was followed by a series of wing attacks and venomous fangs, which eventually wore down Pidgeot.

With his unfathomable tactical plans and skillful switching of Pokémon, Aju secured a 3-1 victory.

In the second half of the match, the winner of the third game was the Ghost-type Matsuha. The match between Matsuha and Akane was a clash between Ghost and Normal types.

Xiaoxi's other Pokémon have no combat power, and she can only rely too much on her ace Miltank's Rollout. This simple tactic was completely seen through by Matsutake.

Pine Leaf's Ghost-type Pokémon appeared and disappeared unpredictably, using tactics like Curse and Nightmare to wear down Miltank's relentless attacks, eventually wearing it down and securing the final victory.

In the fourth match, Sir Bob once again dominated, defeating Lt. Surge 3-0. Lt. Surge's aggressive electric tactics were rendered powerless in the face of Sir Bob's absolute power.

The powerful Nine-Tails swept through Raichu, Electabuzz, and Magneton in quick succession, demonstrating the overwhelming strength of the former Fire-type Elite Four member. Lt. Surge, who used to enjoy bullying others, has now been given a good "lesson" by the old man.

With this, all four quarter-final matches have concluded.

The list of those advancing to the semifinals has been officially released:

Shidou, Aju, Songye, Xiabo.

The semifinal matchups have now been determined:

In the upper bracket, Tokito will face off against Akiko.

In the lower bracket, Pine Leaf will challenge Blaine.

The intense competition will continue this afternoon, while the final match will be held tomorrow, featuring a showdown of titans.

There was a short break before the afternoon match started.

Tokito and Sabrina strolled leisurely through the bustling streets of the Crimson Lotus Island arena before returning to their inn to rest and prepare for the tough battle to come.

Dou had just stepped into his room when he paused.

My gaze fell on the small wooden tea table in the center of the room, where a ninja-style shuriken had been silently left behind sometime during the night.

The tip of the shuriken pierced precisely through a folded black letter.

Shi Dou raised an eyebrow slightly, stepped forward, drew his shuriken, and unfolded the black letter.

“Mr. Shidou, your strange and unknown spirits are very strong, and I admire them greatly. Even so, I still believe that poison can penetrate the hardest ice and melt the most stubborn bones.”

"In this afternoon's match, I will use every means to defeat you. I hope you will also give it your all, so that we can have a battle without regrets."

"—Akira, the leader of the Scarlet Gym, stays."

"So it's a challenge letter. These days, there are actually people who issue challenges this way... This ninja's hobby is really retro." After reading A-Ju's ninja-style challenge letter, Tokito couldn't help but pick up the cold shuriken and complain to Sabrina.

Sabrina covered her mouth and chuckled, then a hint of curiosity flashed in her eyes as she asked, "Aju is very strong and quite difficult to deal with. How do you plan to deal with his poison-type army?"

Upon hearing this, Shi Dou also dropped his joking expression and fell into deep thought.

“If Grandpa Chapman goes all out, he will be an extremely difficult opponent. Incaros and King Ruth must be kept as trump cards to deal with him and cannot be exposed in the semi-finals.”

"So, who are you planning to send out to deal with A-Ju?" Naz asked.

“We definitely can’t send those two.” Shi Dou nodded, his mind quickly flashing through the Pokémon he currently had.

Then, Tokito seemed to remember something, his eyes lit up slightly, and he said, "Oh right, how could I forget about it... I still have a Pokémon that I'm keeping with Professor Oak. It's time to send it out to reward A-Ju."

Do it when you think of it.

Tokito immediately turned on the video phone in the room and dialed the number for Ooki's research lab.

After a brief wait, the screen lit up.

The first thing that catches the eye is not Professor Oak's face, but a steaming bowl of instant noodles with a particularly prominent piece of char siu pork.

"Oh! It's Tokito! Just a moment..."

Professor Oak's voice came from off-screen, and then he seemed to frantically move the cup of noodles away before his face appeared on the screen, with a little oil on the corner of his mouth.

"Congratulations, Tokito! The match this morning was amazing! My Pokémon and I from the research institute were watching the live stream. That Ice-type Axia was incredibly powerful; it beat Tsubaki so easily. I reckon this amazing Ice-type Pokémon is just as good as Lorelei's. Hahaha~"

Professor Oak, his face flushed with excitement, offered his heartfelt congratulations.

"Thank you, Doctor. I was just lucky," Shi Dou said modestly, then got to the point, saying, "Doctor, we can talk about the pleasantries later. I wanted to ask how Pipi is doing now, the one I asked you to look after before?"

"Pipi? Haha, you've come to the right person!"

Professor Oak smiled smugly, turned around, and shouted loudly towards the backyard of the research institute:

"Pikachu—! No, I should call you Pokel now! Come here, your trainer is here to see you!"

The sound came through the microphone.

Soon, the sound of flapping wings approached from afar.

A pink and white Pokel with long feathers on its head flew to the screen. The Pokel looked energetic and had bright eyes, clearly well taken care of.

but……

Both Shidou and Naza couldn't help but blink.

The Pokel in front of me seems... unusually round?

Its originally sleek figure now looked chubby, and its belly seemed to sway slightly as it flew over.

At this moment, Pokel affectionately rubbed its head against Professor Oak's hand, then looked curiously at Tokito on the screen.

Looking at the noticeably "well-fed" Pokel, Shidou was speechless for a moment before finally managing to say with a wry smile, "Doctor... it seems the food at your research institute... is quite good, isn't it?"

Upon hearing this, Professor Oak scratched the back of his head somewhat sheepishly and chuckled, "Well... it's probably because it gets along particularly well with the Snorlax in my lab. We always eat together, and before we knew it..."

Looking at the much rounder Pokel on the screen, Tokito couldn't help but recall the time when he temporarily entrusted Clefairy to Professor Oak.

At that time, an agreement was reached with Professor Oak at the Fighting Gym: Clefairy would always belong to Professor Oak, while Professor Oak would have the right to study the ecology and data of this extraterrestrial Pokémon and could retrieve it at any time. Now it seems that Professor Oak has indeed kept his promise without the slightest hesitation.

“Professor Oak, now that it has evolved, I think it’s time to bring it back to my side so it can contribute to the upcoming matches,” Tokito said.

"Of course, no problem!" Professor Oak laughed heartily, showing no sign of reluctance. He continued, "Clefairy has always been your partner, and I've almost finished collecting the basic data. Seeing trainers and Pokémon reunited is the happiest thing!"

Dr. Oki's pure attitude impressed Tokito. He thought that if it were some other researchers, they probably would not have given up so easily when faced with such a precious research sample.

Seeing Professor Oak's straightforwardness and unreserved help, Tokito felt a surge of gratitude. He knew the professor wasn't after anything else; he simply had a pure curiosity and love for the unknown Pokémon. Thinking this, he spoke:

"Doctor, to thank you for taking care of Pokel during this time, I have a rather special Pokémon here that you may be able to study for a while."

"Oh? Really? That's great!" Professor Oak's eyes lit up immediately upon hearing this, his face beaming with childlike excitement.

Shi Dou nodded, pondered for a moment, and took out a red spirit capsule from his waist.

That was the elven capsule containing Huria.

Tokito doesn't currently plan to use this fire-type fox in actual combat, so it's better to hand it over to Professor Oak rather than keep it by his side.

With the doctor, it will not only receive proper care, but perhaps, in a suitable environment, it can also naturally evolve into a more mature Rios, just like Pipi.

This approach would both please him and make this respectable scholar happy, while also providing Julia with an excellent environment for growth—a win-win situation.

Then Toki and Professor Oak simultaneously placed the capsule on the Poké Ball transfer receiver in the room.

Actually, neither of them was sure if the Poké Ball teleportation function was compatible...

Under the watchful eyes of both Klein and the other, tinged with curiosity and uncertainty, the indicator light on the receiver flashed a few times before illuminating a stable green light signifying a successful connection. Accompanied by the familiar sound effects of energy transmission, the Pokémon Capsule was successfully digitized in the light and transmitted to the receiver at Professor Oak's lab.

"Success!"

Professor Oak looked at the solid red capsule that appeared on his receiver with surprise, carefully picked it up, and said happily, "This is amazing! It's perfectly compatible even though it's not a Poké Ball. Tokito, thank you so much! I will definitely take good care of it and study it!"

Seeing Professor Oak's genuine joy, Tokito smiled and asked, "Professor, you've been studying Clefairy for so long, have you made any special discoveries?"

"Speaking of which, that's really interesting!" Professor Oak immediately perked up and began to talk non-stop:

"I measured its various physical data in detail and found that its vitality and endurance are exceptionally strong. In its initial form, compared to our Pidgey, and after evolving into Togekiss and Pidgeot, at every stage, Clefairy's cell activity and physical recovery speed are several orders of magnitude higher, which is simply incredible."

Upon hearing this, Shi Dou smiled slightly, understanding the implication.

This is normal.

Don't forget, these spirits of the Henan originally lived in vast outer star systems, where the environments of many planets were far harsher than Earth's. To survive and reproduce in such places, one couldn't do without exceptional resilience.

The environment shapes life!

After exchanging a few more friendly words, Shi Dou hung up the call.

Then, Tokito picked up the Poké Ball containing Togekiss, and with a thought, activated the scanning function of the special bracelet on his wrist. A faint light swept across the Poké Ball, and the data about Togekiss was immediately and clearly displayed on the screen:

[Elf]: Pokel

[Attribute]: Flying

[Level]: 40

[Racial Stats]:

HP: 85

Attack: 120

Defense: 70

Special Attack: 50

Special Defense: 55

Speed: 100