Chapter 778 Destiny

Under the gaze of the people, Ash's last Pokémon also appeared at this moment, it was his Forest Lizard!

At this point, both players only have one Pokémon left, and the battle has reached its final moment. Whoever wins will advance to the next round and become one of the top 16.

It was impossible to say that they were not nervous. Even Xiaosheng and the others were so nervous that they clenched their fists. They all stood up and cheered for Xiaozhi.

"Xiaozhi! Come on!"

"Don't lose!!"

Just as these friends were cheering for Xiaozhi, Xiaoyao whispered to Xia You: "Brother Xia You, can Xiaozhi really advance successfully?"

It's not that she has no confidence in Xiaozhi, but at this point, any mistake will lead to him being eliminated, and until the last moment, there is no telling who will win.

This is completely different from the feeling when watching Xia You's game. Every time when Xia You fights, they don't worry about him losing at all. They only discuss how much strength his opponent will let him show. But in Xiaozhi's game, not only do people feel worried when he is at a disadvantage, but even when he has an advantage, he feels unstable and there is a risk of being defeated at any time.

"Just trust him." Xia You was not too worried about this and chuckled, "Xiaozhi is the kind of player who can withstand pressure the more critical the moment. If he really had an advantage all the way, he wouldn't know how to play. Instead, he will show his true strength only after he falls into such a tough battle."

After hearing what he said, Xiaoyao looked towards the trainer command area, and seeing Xiaozhi's serious expression, she thought about his style carefully and nodded slightly.

Somehow, maybe it was the change of address that made her feel closer to him. Recently, every time she heard Brother Xia You's voice, no matter how nervous she was, she would always calm down.

It's really amazing.

In the field, the forest lizard and the imperial sea lion have already started fighting.

In terms of attributes, Diva is ice and water, while Lizard is grass. Both Pokémon can cause double damage to each other. Such mutual restraint will undoubtedly make the pace of battle extremely fast.

And although this Forest Lizard has not evolved into Lizard King, it can be said to be the strongest Pokémon in Ash's current lineup. Therefore, it is nicknamed "Big Brother" by many people. Ash used it as the finale, which shows that he has full confidence in the Forest Lizard.

It goes without saying that when these two ace Pokémon fight each other, it will be an exciting battle.

Seeing the battle begin, Xia You couldn't help but sit up straight.

Come on, Xiaozhi, let me see how you grow!

Right at the start, the Emperor Sea Lion used a freezing beam, and the Forest Lizard dodged while also fighting back with leaf blades.

However, the Emperor Sea Lion simply dived into the water, causing the Forest Lizard to miss its target and lose its target at the same time.

Taking advantage of the field, Diva kept emerging from the water and launching attacks, which caused great trouble to the Forest Lizard for a while and made it unable to fight back. However, Ash was Ash after all, and he soon found an opportunity. He used the water surface frozen by Diva's freezing beam to shake Diva out of the water!

This is not the end, because the Diva used too many ice-based moves, freezing the entire water surface into a solid layer of ice, making the Diva trapped in its own cocoon and unable to get into the water, thus giving the Forest Lizard more opportunities.

Although the speed of the forest lizard was affected to a certain extent on the ice, it did not prevent it from approaching the imperial sea lion at an extremely fast speed. With a flash of lightning, its speed suddenly increased, and it hit the imperial sea lion's neck before it could react.

This move was indeed effective and knocked the Emperor Sea Lion heavily to the ground, but at this moment, the Emperor Sea Lion also revealed its ultimate move.

The Emperor Sea Lion suddenly stood up, and then imitated the action of the forest lizard just now, and slammed into the body of the forest lizard at the same extremely fast speed!

This time the forest lizard was also caught off guard, and it retreated more than ten steps before it could finally stand still.

This is when people realized what was happening.

Imitation, a general attribute move, can turn the opponent's last move into your own move during battle. Even if the attributes are not suitable, you can still use it for your own benefit. Therefore, once used, it can often achieve unexpected results in battle!

In this way, the Emperor Sea Lion temporarily possesses the ability of lightning flash, which to some extent makes up for its lack of speed.

Seeing this, after being surprised, Xiaozhi no longer used speed to deal with it, but ordered the forest lizard to launch a close combat.

Xiao Feng naturally would not show weakness, and also let Diva go forward. However, he never thought that this was just Xiaozhi's strategy. Just as the two Pokémon approached, Lizard retreated suddenly and used the Seed Machine Gun to hit Diva!

Seeing this scene, Xiaosheng and others opened their mouths wide again.

No one expected that Xiaozhi actually knew of a trick!

This move of his not only fooled Xiao Feng, but also the host and the audience. It looked like he was going to decide the outcome with his opponent in close combat, but it was actually just a feint!

This guy has really grown up.

Judging from its performance alone, Satoshi's Forest Lizard can attack from a distance and defend. Although it has not evolved yet, its performance is almost on par with Tetsuya's Lizard King. If it evolves into a Lizard King, its strength will definitely be improved.

And just after the successful attack just now, the Forest Lizard completely took control of the initiative, exerted its momentum and gained the upper hand. In the final fight, it dodged the Emperor Sea Lion's lightning flash at its limit, and then hit the Emperor Sea Lion's vital point with its leaf blade, defeating it!

At this point, the outcome has been decided.

The referee immediately announced the result of the match: "The Diya Sea Lion lost its ability to fight, the Forest Lizard won, and the winner of this battle is Xiaozhi!"

It has to be said that the process was full of ups and downs, and several exciting battles made the audience very enjoyable to watch. Now that they saw Xiaozhi winning, they all gave warm cheers. Even Xiaosheng and a few others stood up and shouted something to Xiaozhi.

Unfortunately, their voices were completely drowned out by the noisy sound. Not only Xiaozhi in the field, but even those sitting next to them couldn't hear what they were shouting.

Although Xia You didn't stand up, he also clapped his hands gently to congratulate.

From this battle, he did see Xiaozhi's progress. While his style remained unchanged, his strength steadily increased and he also became more strategic. Compared to when he just started traveling, he had undoubtedly grown a lot.

This also makes Xiaozhi more threatening, but still a little immature for Xia You.

Seeing Xiaozhi walk into the contestant channel, Xia You and his group also stood up and left the audience seats.

A few people met outside the stadium, and before they got closer, Xiaozhi waved to them with a smile on his face.

"Congratulations, Xiaozhi, you have successfully entered the next round." Xiaosheng and Xiaoyao also took a few steps forward to express their congratulations.

Xia You also smiled and said, "It was a good battle. You have grown a lot."

Xiaozhi's mouth almost reached his ears, and his smile became even brighter.

"Hehe, no, no, I'm very strong, how could I fall in this round!"

Xiaoxia mercilessly rebuked him for his arrogant behavior: "How shameless! If I hadn't watched the game, I would have thought you defeated your opponent easily. Didn't you win by luck in the last game?"

Xiaozhi was really shocked and scared of Xiaoxia, especially her mouth. He had experienced it too many times. It can be said that except for Xia Youge and Xiaoyao, she was always so sharp to everyone.

His face froze, and his smug expression froze.

"Okay." Xia You rubbed Xiaoxia's head and smiled, "You two should stop bickering. Xiaozhi's opponent is not weak. If she hadn't met Xiaozhi, she would have had a good chance of advancing to the next round."

Seeing Xia You speaking up for him, Xiao Zhi immediately smiled and looked at Xiao Xia proudly.

"Did you see that? Even Brother Xia You thinks Xiao Feng is very powerful. If I can beat her, it proves that I am even stronger!"

Xiaoxia was of course not trying to pick a fight with Xiaozhi on purpose, especially when she was so happy. It was just that they had been traveling together for so long that it had become a habit for her to argue with him. She felt uncomfortable if she didn't say a few words. Now that she saw Xiaozhi had returned to his usual self, she snorted with a smile in the corner of her eyes and turned her head away from him.

After Xiaozhi's game ended, there was another game in between, and in the last period of today's schedule, Masamune's game was also held.

In this match, he defeated his opponent with a large margin, which made Xiaozhi, who regarded him as a strong rival, very jealous.

After all, he had defeated Xiaofeng with great difficulty, but Masamune won so easily that he felt like he was being outdone.

On the first day of the competition, except for Tetsuya who was eliminated by Xia You, Xiaozhi and Masamune all advanced, which made their future battles more promising.

In order to celebrate the three of them entering the top 16, that night, at Xiaozhi's suggestion and Xiaoyao's strong approval, they specially found a pizza restaurant with the highest rating and had a good meal to celebrate.

The popular dish in the restaurant is the most authentic pizza baked in a stone stove. The crust is crispy and the cheese melts in the mouth. Paired with a variety of grilled meats, seafood, and fruits, it is a feast for the whole group.

Especially Xiaozhi and Masamune, they started competing with each other again, and they had to determine who could eat more.

Obviously, with Xiaozhi's small belly, how could he compete with Masamune's big belly? In the end, he was defeated by him.

This also made Xiaozhi sigh unwillingly, and then, with a big belly, he threatened to defeat him in the next competition.

Just as they were happily dining, the groups for the top 16 were announced.

After receiving the notice, Xia You and his friends lost the mood to eat. Xia You paid the bill and then hurried back to the contestant hall with a few people.

Because the journey was too long and took some time, by the time they arrived here, all the battle groups had already been displayed on the big screen.

When they looked up and saw their grouping, Xiaozhi and Masamune were shocked at the same time, and then they looked at each other at the same time.

All I saw on the big screen was the first row and the first group fighting, and their avatars were exactly that!

They would never have thought that they had just been having dinner together, but tomorrow they would have to compete in a competition!

The expressions of both of them froze, and their eyes were filled with complexity.

Although I knew that after advancing, as the number of contestants decreased, there would be a day when we would meet, but I never expected it to be so early!

This also means that no matter who wins, the other will leave the field with regret!

Taking his eyes off them, Xia You shook his head and turned to look for his own group. He found his own avatar in the last group in the second row.

His opponent was a young female trainer with a ponytail and thick black-framed glasses.

Xia You thought carefully about this person.

As the competition progressed, the number of remaining players has decreased a lot, so he still has a certain impression of these people. And this female trainer, in the top 32 competition, used a fierce method that was completely different from her inconspicuous appearance. She easily defeated her opponent and presented a one-sided crushing game to the audience!

interesting.

Xia You touched his chin thoughtfully.

In the first round, I met Zheya, and in the second round, I met the strongest of the remaining contestants. Will I have to wait until the next round to meet the strongest of the top eight?

Of course, he didn't think much about it and just thought it was because of his luck.

In fact, even if he knew that this was an intentional arrangement by the Pokémon League, he would just laugh it off. After all, in the face of absolute strength, no matter how many tricks there are, they are futile.

He looked away and was about to look at Satoshi and Masamune again, but Masamune suddenly ran out of the door. Seeing this, Satoshi was stunned for a moment and then chased after him.

Seeing this scene, Xiaoyao and the others stood there in shock.

"them……"

"Don't worry about them." Xia You waved her hand and said nonchalantly, "It's just a disagreement between two boys. It's no big deal. Let them handle it themselves. There's no need for us to intervene. Let's go back to the dormitory and wait for them."

Just like Xia You said, Xiaozhi and Masamune are both friends and rivals. Since it is inevitable that they will become opponents tomorrow, the outcome must be decided on the battlefield. If they still want to maintain this friendship, then no one can help them except themselves opening their hearts.

Nodding, Xiaoyao and the others naturally understood this logic. After shaking their heads, they no longer cared about the two of them and followed Xia You back to the dormitory.

Just after the few people left, behind the glass window on the second floor of the hall, Dama Lanqi looked at Xia You's disappearing back and was silent for a long time.

That’s right, the arrangement of the opponents this time was naturally arranged by him.

He is also the most powerful trainer he selected from the remaining contestants!

Xia You has already entered the top 16, which is a dangerous signal. If I can't stop him in the next round of competition and let him enter the top 8 or even the top 4, then my thoughts and expectations will really fail...