Chapter 538 Master 8

The next day, all the spectators gathered around the largest competition venue, located in the center of the entire Olympic Arena, and the auditorium was already packed with people.

The host rode on a giant bird in the air to perform today's special ceremony.

The Ritual of the Eight Masters.

"After fierce competition in the points race and regular season, many trainers have proven their status in the world. Not only that, there are eight trainers standing at the top of this world. They are the top eight in the regular season!"

In the center of the venue, a circular stage slowly rose up, with eight small circular marks on the huge circular stage.

"Then let me introduce the eight masters! The first one is the champion of the Free Alliance, the freest alliance, a triple champion-level Pokémon trainer, and a legendary trainer in the world! Brian!"

Bryan's stage slowly rose up, and Bryan appeared in front of the audience, followed by warm cheers from the audience.

"The second one! The champion from the most mysterious and ancient Huaxia Alliance, a triple champion trainer, a legend who once guarded the East China Sea and made all the alliances in the world tremble in fear, Sun Quanwei!"

Sun Quanwei folded his arms, his eyes sharp and enthusiastic, igniting the whole audience.

"The third one! The champion from the Ice and Snow League with the most extensive territory, a triple champion-level trainer, with the most beautiful ice-blue eyes and ice-blue hair in the world, the angel of ice and snow, Polina!"

Polina's cheers suddenly broke out, suppressing Sun Quanwei and Brian for a time.

There's nothing I can do about it, because Polina is so beautiful.

"The fourth one! Another one of the four kings from the most mysterious and ancient Huaxia Alliance, a double champion-level trainer, with golden hair showing a noble and powerful temperament, a cold and strong queen, Bai Yuna!"

The cheers from the audience erupted once again, once again suppressing the cheers from Sun Quanwei and Brian.

"Fifth place! The afterglow of the former British Empire, the English League represented by the heroes and knights, a double champion-level trainer, a noble and champion of the English League, the true queen, Ashley!"

"Number six! A double champion trainer from the industrially powerful German Alliance, a legendary woman who led the German Alliance to become powerful, Merle!"

"No. 7! From the most romantic and beautiful French Union, a double champion trainer who has always led the French Union to be the center of Europe. The champion of the French Union, Mark!"

"The eighth and final one is also from the ancient and mysterious Huaxia Alliance. He gave up the points race and rushed straight up from the bottom of the championship rankings. He is a legend who has been recognized by powerful gods and truly initiated the Pokémon Battle World Championship. He is a double champion-level trainer and as powerful as a god. Ren Yan!"

The whole audience continued to be excited. Ren Yan had become a legendary figure known throughout the world, and had the widest influence compared to the other seven figures.

In the eyes of many ordinary people, Ren Yan is a being higher than gods.

"Let us welcome the Eighth Master!!!"

Eight faces were projected on the big screen at the same time, and there was constant uproar at the scene.

"But the eight masters have been chosen, and the World Championship is not over yet! From now on, the playoffs of the Pokémon Battle World Championship will begin."

"The playoffs will have three rounds in total, an elimination system, eight to four, four to two, and finally the finals!"

"There will be a match every two days, and the final will be held on July 15th!"

"The eight contestants will be randomly divided into Group A and Group B, and will compete against each other in pairs until only two people are left in the final."

"The playoffs are different from the regular season. There will no longer be excessive restrictions on the players' transformation systems. However, having all transformation systems will make it difficult for players to adapt to transformation systems that they have never used before. Therefore, in the first and second rounds, each player can choose two of the four transformation systems: Mega Evolution, Z Moves, Gigantamax, and Super Crystallization!"

"In the final match, all the change systems will be released, and all four change systems can be used once!"

"And today, after the draw, the first round of the first game will begin. Please invite the legends of the Eight Masters to come on stage and start drawing lots!"

Ren Yan let out a long sigh and slowly walked forward with the others.

As the last one, Ren Yan did not have the right to draw lots. Basically, he had to wait until everyone else had drawn their lot before he could draw the rest.

But it doesn’t matter whether you are the last one to draw the lottery, it is still random after all.

Until the last one, Ren Yan came on stage and took out his signature.

Group A2, that is to say, Ren Yan will fight against people who are also in Group A2, and then fight against the winner of Group A1, and finally against the winner of Group B.

"It's over! I'm in Group A1!" Mark said with tears in his eyes as he looked at his group.

"What happened to Group A1?" Ren Yan couldn't help but ask.

Mark looked in one direction, and Ren Yan followed Mark's gaze and saw Brian who was also holding the A1 group label.

Ren Yan curled his lips. Does this mean that Ren Yan will face Brian in the semi-finals? The first place in the points and rankings?

Although the points and ranking tournaments are just a joke in the eyes of the top few and have no reference value at all, it is still quite bad to face Brian.

To be honest, Ren Yan didn't want to fight any of Brian, Sun Quanwei and Polina, mainly because it was too tiring to fight with this group of people.

Ren Yan looked at Sun Quanwei and Polina again, one of them was in B1 and the other in B2.

It looks like these three triple champion level Pokémon trainers won’t be able to match up in the first round.

Ren Yan immediately began looking for Group A2 like himself.

"What a coincidence..." Bai Yuna said to Ren Yan with a smile.

"Uh..." Ren Yan curled his lips. Why was he meeting Bai Yuna?

I can only say that it was just too unlucky. Ren Yan and Bai Yuna were both trainers of the Chinese Alliance, and Ren Yan had to eliminate Bai Yuna in the first round.

"Today is the match between Group A1, and our match will be in two days..." Bai Yuna said with a smile.

"Okay then..." Ren Yan smacked his lips.

It can only be blamed on bad luck. Ren Yan really doesn’t want to eliminate Bai Yuna.

After the drawing of lots, Ren Yan sat in his seat in the audience and watched Mark, the champion of the French League, and Brian, the champion of the Free League, take the stage shortly after.

Playoffs Round 1 Game 1, Mark vs. Brian

After seeing Mark, Ren Yan couldn't help but feel in a good mood.

Mark is even more unlucky than me, at least he faced such a difficult opponent in the first game.

Uh...it seems that Ashley wasn't so lucky against Sun Quanwei, and Merle wasn't so lucky against Polina...

It seems like I'm already pretty lucky.

Brian was very powerful and he didn't even release the third champion-level Pokémon. He won the game with two against six.

Brian advanced to the semi-finals and Mark was eliminated.