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"Ahem, hello, hello, can you hear me?" Xin Li adjusted her earpiece, and her slightly androgynous voice reached everyone's ears through the speakers set up on the sidelines.

"I can hear you!" xN

Xinli's fans immediately screamed. Piper, standing next to Karl, blinked and thought to himself: So Xinli is this popular?

During the pause between Xinli and Hachisaku's pre-battle speeches, Karl mentally rehearsed the course of the battle.

Unlike the Four Heavenly Kings of Kanto, the Four Heavenly Kings of Padiya do not have a mutually restraining relationship, which means that the key to winning or losing this battle lies in the command and troop deployment of both sides.

Since this is just an exhibition match, the rules for this battle are one-on-one singles. This means that as long as one of the two sides can guess which Pokémon the other side will send out, they can gain an advantage.

Since all of Hachisaku's main Pokémon are Dragon-type, based on the logic of type advantage, Sinri will probably send out a Pokémon in her team that has learned Ice-type moves.

However, Hachisaku's ace, the Triceratops, is an Ice/Dragon type Pokémon and is not weak to Ice, so Sinri might also send out Camerupt from her team to deal with it.

Furthermore, if Xinli has confidence in her trump card, the Earth King, she might also send the Earth King to use a highly poisonous tactic.

However, due to the existence of the Crystallization mechanism, as long as Hachisaku changes the Crystallization type of Pokémon to Steel, the impact of the Toxic Tactics can be greatly reduced.

When Hachisaku was considering which Pokémon to send out, he followed the same line of thinking. Both sides were Elite Four level trainers, so the tactical game was not much different from rock-paper-scissors.

Thinking of this, Carl recalled his upcoming battle with Sinri. Since his opponent was an Elite Four member specializing in Ground-type Pokémon, and her ace was a Ground-type Pokémon adept at Toxic tactics, Corviknight was Carl's optimal choice.

Although Sinri might send out Camerupt, Carl is confident that he can command Corviknight to defeat the opponent. After all, even Charizard has a hard time taking down Corviknight during team training, let alone Sinri's Camerupt.

Just as Carl finished his mental contemplation, the exhibition match began.

As both sides simultaneously threw their Poké Balls, two Pokémon of vastly different sizes appeared on either side of the battlefield.

Among them, Hachisaku sent out a Pokémon that looked like a worm living inside a hollow apple—Appleclaw, while Sinri sent out a camel with two chimney-like humps on its back and its whole body covered with a layer of orange-red hair—Camel.

"Xinli has a pretty big advantage," Carl remarked casually.

"Huh?" Pipa first made a vague sound, then asked in a puzzled tone, "Brother Karl, how did you figure that out?"

"If you know anything about the Pokémon Appledra, you'll know that its move pool doesn't contain any Water or Ground-type moves that could threaten Camerupt," Karl said casually.

"And then?" Piper asked, puzzled. "Even without attribute advantages, it doesn't necessarily mean that Celestial Queen Cindy has a significant advantage, does it?"

"Nemo, what do you think?" Karl didn't rush to explain, but instead posed the question to Nemo.

"Hmm... if I remember correctly, Camerupt should have Poison moves, right?" Nemo frowned and pondered, "Applecutter, as a Grass/Dragon type Pokémon, has Poison moves as its weakness."

“That’s true, but there’s another very important point you haven’t considered.” Karl raised an eyebrow. “Do you remember what kind of reward I asked Chairman Yeci for?”

"Oh, I see." Nemo suddenly realized.

"What do you understand?" Piper was completely confused and could only look at Carl expectantly, hoping he could give her an answer.

“The Crystal Bead allows Pokémon to enter a state called Crystallization, in which the Pokémon will temporarily gain a certain type,” Karl explained. “Sinnri’s forte is tactics centered around Toxic moves. If Yasaku had anticipated this, then Appledra’s Crystallization type would likely be a Steel-type Pokémon that is immune to Toxic moves.”

"But in Camerupt's move pool, there is the Fire-type special attack move Fire Breath that makes Charizard envious. If Yasaku uses Crystallize right from the start, Camerupt only needs to use Fire Breath once to end the match."

"Then why didn't the Elite Eight choose Ground or Rock, two types that resist Poison?" Nemo suddenly thought of this question.

“Because the cost-effectiveness is too low.” Karl shrugged. “If Sinri sends out the Earth King or the Catfish King, wouldn’t he also be at a disadvantage?”

"I see!" Nemo's eyes lit up after hearing Carl's analysis. "The probability of encountering the other two Pokémon is higher than encountering Camerupt, so we chose Steel-type Pokémon Crystallize to completely block the Toxic tactic..."

"As expected, Pokémon battles are really fun!"

Chapter 25 Hachisaku VS Shin-ri (Please read and add to your favorites)

“However, if Hachisaku doesn’t play by the rules, Sin-Li might suffer a big setback.” Karl added as if he had suddenly thought of something.

"For example?" Nemo looked at Carl with some curiosity.

Karl smiled mysteriously: "If this Apple Dragon's possession is a Peach Fruit or a Wood Fruit that can cure poison and deadly poison, then its Crystal attribute cannot be Steel."

Appledra has a rather obscure skill – Recycle.

After using this skill, the Pokémon can regain the items it consumed.

In other words, the Apple Wrap Dragon can rely on this skill to repeatedly remove the poison status.

Just as the two were talking, the exhibition match officially began after a whistle blew.

"Fire-breathing camel, use highly poison!" Xin Li ordered immediately after the competition began.

Dark purple poisonous energy emerged from the Fire-Breathing Camel's body and then surged overwhelmingly towards the direction of the Apple-Wrapped Dragon, almost completely blocking all of the Apple-Wrapped Dragon's hiding space.

However, Bashuo was no ordinary person. The moment Xinli gave the order, he immediately commanded Pingguolong, "Pingguolong, use Tornado to attack."

Tornado, a Dragon-type Special Attack move, creates a tornado that pulls the opponent in, sometimes causing them to flinch.

Following Hachisaku's command, the Apple-Wrapped Dragon began to gather dragon-attribute energy, then flapped its two wings, which resembled apple shells, and relied on its faster attack speed to directly guide two whirlwinds to attack the Fire-Breathing Camel.

The raging tornado shattered the poisonous energy the moment it came into contact with it, and then slammed into the fire-breathing camel's body.

At the same time, the highly toxic substances scattered by the tornado landed on the apple dragon, causing its body to bubble with dark purple hues, a symptom of poisoning.

"Fire-breathing Camel, Flame Charge!"

The moment Xinli finished speaking, the two humps on the Fire-Breathing Camel's back simultaneously emitted a red light, and dense fire-attribute energy instantly enveloped the Fire-Breathing Camel's body. Then, its four thick hooves slammed into the ground, crashing towards the direction of the Apple Dragon.

"Pingguolong, hold the line."

Faced with the powerful attack of the fire-breathing camel, Hachisaku calmly gave the order: "Next, use the wings."

Just as the Fire-Breathing Camel was about to collide with the Apple Wyvern, an invisible barrier appeared in front of it, blocking the Fire-Breathing Camel's Flame Charge. Then, its wings simultaneously emitted a pale blue energy, striking the Fire-Breathing Camel's bulky body.

Seeing this, Xin Li's lips curled up slightly: "Fire-breathing camel, endure it, then use smoke!"

At such close range, the Apple Dragon could no longer dodge the Fire-Breathing Camel's smoke attack. Logically, it could only try its best to stay away from the Fire-Breathing Camel to reduce the damage caused by the smoke.

However, Pingguolong in the field did not choose to do so, but instead stayed quietly in place, waiting for Hachisaku's command.

"Too crystallized, Pingguolong!" Hachisaku's expression remained unchanged as he took a semi-transparent black crystal ball from his pocket and threw it in the direction of Pingguolong.

The black crystal that Hachisaku threw out was a Taijing Bead, which was made from Taijing ore.

The moment the Taijing Pearl reached the top of the Pingguo Dragon's head, it suddenly burst into a dazzling flash of light, and then the Pingguo Dragon's body was immediately enveloped by crystals formed by Taijing energy.

At the same time, the two humps on the fire-breathing camel's back spewed out a large amount of thick smoke mixed with fire-attribute energy like a volcanic eruption, which enveloped most of the battlefield in the blink of an eye.

As the smoke slowly dissipated, the spectators on the sidelines finally saw the situation on the battlefield.

At this moment, the Pingguolong was covered with a layer of crystal-clear outer shell, and on its head was a huge blue crystal shaped like a fountain.

At that moment, Hachisaku's command echoed throughout the arena: "Pingguolong, use Taijing Burst at full power!"

With a command from Hachisaku, blue water-based energy immediately appeared on the surface of the Pingguolong's body.

At the same time, Xin Li's expression changed, and she immediately commanded, "Fire-breathing camel, use Grass-Raising to dodge!"

Although Xinli reacted and commanded the fire-breathing camel to use the "drafting" move, which could increase speed.

However, because the two were too close, even with the increased speed of the Fire-Breathing Camel, it was still unable to completely dodge the Crystal Burst from the Apple Wrap Dragon, which was almost point-blank.

Although the Crystal Burst attack didn't completely hit Cameroon, the Cameroon's stamina was already mostly depleted due to the fourfold type advantage.

"It seems Xinli didn't expect that the Taijing attribute of this Apple Dragon of Bashuo would be water attribute." Karl watched the battle in the arena with great interest. "However, the victory is already decided, and the rest is just garbage time."

On the field, Hachisaku saw that his surprise move was dodged by the fire-breathing camel, but his expression did not change much.

After all, Xinli and he were both among the Four Heavenly Kings, and the difference in their command abilities was not significant. Even though his burst of Taijing energy secured the victory, it would still take some time to completely defeat the opponent.

Although Xinli later used the Crystallization technique, the Fire Camel eventually fell on the battlefield due to the elemental advantage.

After Principal Mu Fei announced the end of the match, the crowd watching from the sidelines applauded the exciting game.

Meanwhile, in the rest area beside the battlefield, Xinli complained to Hachisaku with a helpless tone, "Hey, Hachisaku, this is just an exhibition match, do you have to take it so seriously?"

"Ahem, sorry, Xinli." A hint of embarrassment appeared on Bashuo's somewhat mature face. "I'm about to start working at Orange Academy, so I'm taking this a little more seriously."

"Okay, okay, I forgive you." Xin Li smiled nonchalantly. "But as compensation, you have to treat me to a big meal after the event."

"No problem." Hachisaku breathed a sigh of relief and immediately agreed.

"Sigh, the thought of losing again later makes me lose all motivation." Xin Li picked up an unopened bottle of mineral water and took a big gulp. "I should have asked Aoki to participate in this event for me."

"Hmm?" Hachisaku looked at Xinli with some confusion. "If I remember correctly, we'll be randomly selecting a viewer for a coaching match later, right?"

“That’s how it should be.” Xinli pouted. “But our beloved President Yeci assigned me a trainer who is just as good as her, so I can’t do anything about it.”

"Huh?" For a moment, Hachisaku thought he had misheard, but when he looked at Xinli's lifeless expression, he realized that he hadn't misheard.

"This is really..." Hachisaku didn't know what to say, so he comforted her, "If that trainer is really as strong as Chairman Yaji said, Xinli, you can learn a lot from battling him, right?"

"I hope so," Xin Li said weakly. "I just hope I don't lose too badly."

"Hehe, Xinli, you don't look too well." Yeci appeared behind the two of them at some point. "Then I'll trouble you to go on stage first, Bashuo. As for Xinli, you should take advantage of the time when Bashuo is on stage to prepare yourself."

"Yes, Chairman." X2

Chapter 26 Defeat in One Move (Please add to your favorites and read on)

Since Yaji did not designate an opponent for Hachisaku, Hachisaku randomly selected a student from Orange Academy after going on stage.

With the "sea release" of Hachisaku, this guidance battle can be described as a back-and-forth affair.

Of course, Hachisaku was undoubtedly the winner of this guidance battle. The Orange Academy student who was chosen also received his guidance after the battle, and the first guidance battle came to an end.

"Xinli, it's your turn to go on stage." Back in the rest area, Hachisaku said to Xinli, who was sprawled out in her chair.

“Understood—” Xinli stood up, patted her cheeks with her gloved hands, and her expression became serious. “Let me see if that young man named Karl is worthy of Chairman Ye Ci’s evaluation.”

As Xin Li stepped into the arena, the audience on the sidelines immediately welcomed her back with waves of applause.

When Xinli stood in the middle of the battlefield, the large screen at the side of the field started scrolling rapidly, finally settling on Karl's delicate and three-dimensional face.

Karl sighed first, then looked at the Martial Arts Bear Master beside him. The Martial Arts Bear Master shook his head knowingly, so Karl started walking towards the battlefield.

When Carl arrived at his designated spot on the battlefield, Mufei, who was standing next to him, picked up the microphone and asked, "Young trainer, what is your name?"

“Karl,” Karl replied calmly.

“Okay, Karl.” As Mu Fei spoke, he scrutinized Karl’s young and handsome face. “Do you have anything to say about being chosen to fight against King Xinli?”

Carl blinked, then replied in a very official tone, "I am honored to have this opportunity to fight against King Xinli. I hope I can show my skills."

Standing on the other side of the battlefield, Xinli's lips twitched when she heard Karl's words. Shouldn't I be the one saying that?

Piper and Nemo, watching from the sidelines, exchanged a glance, both seeing a hint of speechlessness in each other's eyes. How could Karl be so mean?

After the pre-battle interview, Mufei retreated to the edge of the battle arena: "Next, please send out your Pokémon."

According to the rules of this "guidance battle", Sinri should have sent out her Pokémon first, but Karl very "disobeyed the rules" and threw out a Poké Ball instead.

As the Poké Ball landed and opened, Corviknight, the chief pilot under Carl's command, appeared in the arena.

The moment Corviknight appeared on the field, the air suddenly went quiet for a moment. Although the audience on the sidelines were no strangers to Corviknight, after all, there were Corviknight populations in some areas of Padilla.

However, Karl's Corviknight was completely different from any they had ever seen before. Just from its imposingly large body and its gray-black feathers that looked like they were cast from steel, one could tell that this Corviknight was extraordinary.

Xinli raised an eyebrow and immediately threw the Poké Ball in her hand.

With a flash of white light, an even larger fire-breathing camel appeared in the arena.

'That's probably the fire-breathing camel from Xinli's team,' Karl thought to himself, glancing instinctively at Xinli standing on the other side of the battlefield. Xinli was also watching Karl.

Their eyes met in the air, and they both saw the other's fighting spirit in each other's eyes.

With the sound of a whistle, this "guidance battle" began.

"Fire-breathing camel, use yawn!" Xinli gave the command to the fire-breathing camel the instant the whistle blew.

"Steelclaser, Provoke." Karl's command was almost synchronized with Xinli's, but Karl was clearly the better one.

Taunt, a Dark-type status move, prevents the opponent from using status moves for three turns in the game.

The effect of provocation in real life is almost identical to that in the game, and in most cases, it can keep the opponent in a provoked state for half a minute.

'Tsk, was it read first?' Xinli realized this immediately after hearing Karl's instruction.

Upon hearing Corviknight's Dark-attribute "trash talk," Camerupt, which had initially intended to yawn, immediately entered a provocative state, opening its mouth and spewing a concentrated flame at Corviknight—Flamethrower.

Carl continued to calmly issue commands: "Corviknight, fly into the sky and dodge while activating the Light Wall."

The Corviknight immediately flapped its wings and flew high into the sky to avoid the scorching flames. Then, psychic energy emerged from its body, completely isolating it from the fire energy that posed a great threat to it.

Xinli seized the opportunity when the Steel Crow dodged the flamethrower and threw the Crystal Bead in her hand at the Fire-Breathing Camel.

As the crystal covered the surface of Camerupt's body, it exploded with a bang, and a crown representing the fire attribute's evolution = crystallization immediately appeared on Camerupt's head.

"Corpse Raven, use Bodybuilding." Seeing Xinli's decisive and crystallized actions, Karl immediately ordered Corpse Raven to enhance its abilities on the spot.

Seeing two beams of light emanating from the Steel-Armored Raven's body, Xinli quickly gave the command to the Fire-Breathing Camel: "Fire-Breathing Camel, use Fire Breath at full power!"