Chapter 252 Salt Stone Giant

College Cup, Xishu Province semi-finals.

Xia Yu was a little nervous and his palms were sweating, probably because today's game was particularly important, and his opponent was extremely strong. It was the first time that Xia Yu was so nervous before a game.

"call."

Xia Yu kept taking deep breaths in the backstage to adjust his mindset, but his heart rate was still too fast. He could even feel that his heart was about to jump out.

Even in the match against Shang Hongxin, Xia Yu had never been so nervous. Why was he so nervous today?

Maybe it was because he cared too much about winning or losing. This match was really crucial for Xia Yu. If he won, he would advance to the national finals. If he lost, he would only be eliminated here and would not even have the chance to go to the capital to participate in the competition.

Stay calm, you must stay calm!

Xia Yu silently opened the Douyin account inherited from his brother Xia Luo and decided to watch the videos that his brother had liked in the past to relax.

I have to say that my brother's trumpet is simply a harbor for Xia Yu's soul. It can always soothe Xia Yu's restless emotions, make him calm, cultivate his character, and improve his sentiments, so that his whole soul is sublimated.

So lovely.

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A few minutes later, just as Xia Yu was immersed in the video, a message suddenly popped up.

Teacher Long: “Come on.”

After looking at the message from Teacher Long and the video on his phone, Xia Yu fell into silence. He suddenly felt that the video on his phone was no longer interesting. How could he be so depraved? Don't let desire break through your will.

I really deserve to die!

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"Dear audience, hello, I am Cheng Taiheng."

"I'm Jiang Yao."

"Today we will continue to bring you the commentary of the semi-finals of the College Cup Xishu Province. First, let me introduce the two contestants, He Zhizhou, the seeded player from Mumian City, and Xia Yu, the seeded player from Xingguang City."

"I believe that the audience is already quite familiar with the two players in this game. He Zhizhou has always been the favorite to win the championship. His trump card Pokémon is Saltrock Giant. He has made it to the semi-finals with a crushing attitude."

"And Xia Yu is the biggest dark horse of this year's College Cup. He made it to the semi-finals despite being underestimated. I wonder if he can continue his dark horse legend today."

"According to the official intelligent AI prediction, based on the analysis of both teams' lineups and Pokémon strength, He Zhizhou's winning rate is as high as 70%, while Xia Yu's winning rate is only 30%." Jiang Yao, who was standing aside, added.

"AI predictions can only be used as a reference. The difference between humans and AI is that humans can create infinite possibilities." Cheng Taiheng said with a smile: "I always believe that Xia Yu can create miracles."

"The game will start soon, let's wait and see."

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Xia Yu and He Zhizhou appeared at the same time. He Zhizhou was gentle and handsome, wearing a pair of black-framed glasses on his nose. His face looked a little childish and he had the temperament of a scholar.

Although He Zhizhou looks like a weak scholar, he is actually quite powerful.

"Game start."

When the referee's voice sounded, Xia Yu immediately became serious and devoted himself to the match, focusing all his attention on the game. This match was of great significance and he could only win and not lose.

Only one of him and He Zhizhou can participate in the national competition, and the two sides will compete fiercely for this spot.

"Go, Lizard King!"

"Go, Saltstone Djinn!"

The two Pokémon appeared at almost the same time. Knowing that the opponent had a rock-type Saltrock, Xia Yu naturally would not send Charizard, which was four times weaker to rock, as the starting player.

Therefore, Xia Yu chose to send the Lizard King into the game.

The Lizard King made his first appearance, his huge body like a monster from a disaster movie, his eyes fixed on the Salt Stone Giant, ready to attack at any time.

He Zhizhou's salt stone giant was also well developed, also more than three meters tall, even a little taller than the Lizard King, and its white body was covered with sparkling salt stains.

"Saltstone Giant, pickle with salt!"

At the beginning of the game, He Zhizhou took the lead in attacking. He chose to let the Salt Stone Giant use its exclusive skill, Salting, which is also the signature skill of the Salt Stone Giant.

The Salted skill is a rock-type physical move. It is not very powerful, and it can even be said that its power is quite low. However, the Salted skill has a rather outrageous ability, which is that after hitting the enemy, it will put the opponent into a salted state.

While salted, it can deal continuous damage to Pokémon, and the continuous damage to Steel and Water Pokémon will be doubled.

The original Rock-type Saltrock Giant has five weaknesses: Fighting, Ground, Steel, Water, and Grass, but the Salted skill restrains both Steel and Water types.

This gives Saltrock Giant the means to counter Steel and Water Pokémon, and it has become a popular Pokémon in battles. It is known as the "Salt Prince" in the world, and can be said to be very successful in battles and is quite difficult to deal with.

A large amount of rock energy gushed out of the Salt Stone Giant, forming large pieces of salt stone, which were poured onto the Lizard King, and the salting skill was activated.

"Lizard King, sword dance!"

Facing the flying mass of salt, Xia Yu remained quite calm. He had expected that the Salt Stone Giant would use the salting skill, so he decisively ordered the Lizard King to use the Sword Dance skill to deal with it.

The Lizard King was seen wrapped in normal energy, and then it twisted its body and spun violently at high speed on the ground.

It is hard to imagine that the Lizard King, with such a huge body, can actually rotate like this. It spins its body at high speed, its thick tail constantly dancing, with a faint whistling sound of the wind, and actually forms a small storm with itself as the center.

The salt flew towards the Lizard King, but as soon as it approached the green storm, it was instantly bounced away and could not get close to the Lizard King at all.

The sword dance moves used by the Lizard King at this time were somewhat similar to the sword dance skills of the civilian insect king Cai Panqiu's Beedrill.

The Lizard King successfully used the Sword Dance skill to rotate his body at high speed to play a defensive role, which not only strengthened his own attack, but also blocked the salting skill from the Salt Stone Giant!

"Well done, Lizard King." Xia Yu smiled and happened to see Cai Panqiu cheering for him in the audience, with a hint of gratitude in his eyes.

During these three days, Xia Yu had been thinking about how to defeat the Salt Stone Giant. The first thing he had to do was to crack the Salt Stone Giant's salting skill. After thinking for a long time, he thought of Cai Panqiu's giant bee.

The scene where Cai Panqiu's Beedrill used the Sword Dance skill to block Charizard's flame-spraying skill left a very deep impression on Xia Yu. He also came up with a bold idea, whether he could rely on the Lizard King's Sword Dance skill to break the Salt Stone Giant's salting skill.

For this purpose, Xia Yu specially contacted Cai Panqiu to ask about the use of sword dance skills. Cai Panqiu did not refuse and agreed without hesitation. He shared his understanding of sword dance skills with Xia Yu and also acted as a sparring partner.

After three days of continuous practice, although the Lizard King is not as proficient as Cai Panqiu's Beedrill, he can already use the Sword Dance skill to block the Salting skill.

I have to say that this use of Sword Dance is quite powerful, combining offense and defense.