The soul penetrates Xiaozhi and destroys Gou Hao at the beginning

This boy is called Hachiro. He took Xiaozhi and his party to a battle venue by the sea.

"The battle venue for the official competition is as high as the sea. There are four pillars standing upright and five platforms floating on the sea." Hachiro said.

Xiaozhi is very satisfied with Hachiro choosing this battle here. In this battle, Hachiro's Iron Cannon Fish can gain experience points, and Xiaozhi can familiarize himself with the battle venue in the future official competition in advance.

"The way the game is played is one-on-one combat."

"no problem."

"Xiao Zhi, if you treat this as normal training, you will get injured."

"To each other."

"Come on, Iron Cannon Fish."

"Powerful Crocodile, it's up to you to decide, prepare to come out and fight."

"Water!"

"Preemptively strike, Iron Cannon Fish, hit it with a water gun."

"Hercules, use the water cannon."

The 150-power water cannon directly swallowed the 40-power water cannon, and then hit the iron cannon head-on.

At the same time, the Iron Cannon Fish began to evolve, but just after it evolved into the Octopus Barrel, it lost its fighting ability.

"Come back, Octopus Bucket. Thank you for your hard work. Xiaozhi. Thank you. Thanks to you, my Iron Cannon Fish can evolve into Octopus Bucket."

"No, I also want to thank you for giving me the opportunity to adapt to the venue in advance."

"With your strength, Xiaozhi, you will definitely be able to easily enter the official competition. Let's meet in the official competition next time."

"it is good."

In the evening, Xiaozhi and his party rested in the hotel.

"Pikachu, this Whirlpool Islands Competition is a water-type Pokémon competition. You can watch the competition from the audience. Xiaogang, Xiaochun, please help me take care of Pikachu."

"Pickup."

"No problem, just leave it to us."

"Xiao Zhi, you have to work hard."

"Well, just wait and see me get the championship back."

"Xiao Zhi, there may be many strong enemies this time. Don't underestimate the enemy." Xiao Gang said.

"Don't worry, I have a perfect plan."

Early the next morning, Xiaozhi contacted Dr. Oak. After replacing Pokémon, he went to the competition venue with Xiaogang and Xiaochun.

There will be two rounds of preliminaries this morning. Of course, only those who can advance in the first round of preliminaries will do so.

In the first round of the preliminaries, Xiaozhi's opponent was a passerby, a little sea lion.

The little sea lion is level 33 and has thick fat. When attacked by fire and ice skills, the damage taken is halved.

The little sea lion and the white sea lion family are the only eight-fold ice-resistant Pokémon among more than a thousand Pokémon.

"Giant Claw Crab, the decision is yours, prepare to come out and fight."

"GoGi."

"Game start."

"Little sea lion, use the water gun."

"Giant Claw Crab, rush over and use Splitting Tiles."

The giant claw crab lost a drop of blood against the attack of the water gun, and then killed the little sea lion instantly with a burst of fire.

"The little sea lion lost its fighting ability and the giant crab won, so the winner is Ash from Zhenxin Town."

Xiaozhi's opponent in the second round of the preliminaries was still a passerby, using Big Tongue Shell.

The giant tongue clam is level 31. It has the characteristics of hard-shell armor and will not be hit in vital parts.

"Giant Claw Crab, the decision is yours, prepare to come out and fight."

"GoGi."

"Game start."

"Big Tongue Shell, use impact."

"Giant Claw Crab, use 100,000 horsepower."

The two Pokémon collided head-on, but Crab's strength was even greater. With 100,000 horsepower, it hit Crawfish head-on and defeated it.

"The giant-tongued clam loses the ability to fight, and the giant-clawed crab wins, so the winner is Xiaozhi from Zhenxin Town."

Xiaozhi passed the preliminaries easily.

On Xiaoxia's side, she used Bullfrog and Sun Coral respectively. The opponent she encountered in the first round was King Carp and the opponent in the second round was King Goldfish, and she passed easily.

"Xiaozhi, congratulations on passing the preliminaries."

"Pikapi."

"Thank you for cheering me on."

Ash's preliminaries were over, and the group was about to go back to the Pokémon Center when they saw Hachiro walking out of the venue with a depressed look on his face.

"Hachiro, what's wrong with you? Could it be that you didn't pass the preliminaries?"

"Yeah." Hachiro nodded in frustration.

"Hachiro, don't be discouraged. There will be another chance in three years."

"Thank you, but at this rate, I might still lose when the time comes."

"What happened?"

"By the way, come to my house tonight, I'll treat you to dinner, and we can chat while eating."

Faced with Hachiro's warm invitation, Xiaozhi and his party couldn't refuse.

After arriving at Hachiro's house, I discovered that this guy was also a rich second generation.

There are three or four large fish tanks at home, with nearly a hundred iron gunfish in them, just like an aquarium.

"Look, these are not ordinary cannon fish. I caught them from the four sea areas in the southeast, northwest and northwest of the Whirlpool Islands. I also selected the best cannon fish among them and let them evolve into octopus barrels. It’s the one you fought with Xiaozhi yesterday.”

After saying that, Hachiro released the octopus barrel. Before it evolved, it was the boss of the many cannon fishes. However, after evolving, its appearance changed, so the cannon fishes could not recognize it. Not only did they no longer regard it as the boss , and still reject it.

"Today's preliminaries were like this. I lost because I was too frustrated and couldn't exert my full strength. After losing the game today, I wanted to train it for the new Whirlpool Islands Competition three years later. However, I hope it will be very good. Slim."

"Don't worry, I'm here to help you."

With the help of Xiaozhi, Hachiro's cannon fishes evolved into Octopus Bucket one after another, and accepted the original Octopus Bucket boss.

Another day later, the official competition of the Whirlpool Islands Competition began. Xiaozhi and his team arrived at the main venue where the battle was about to take place. The main venue was packed with people and every seat was packed.

It's a bit like the Colosseum in ancient Rome. The entire venue is circular, surrounded by auditoriums and a fighting area in the middle.

The difference is that the battle venue for the Whirlpool Islands Competition is entirely filled with water. There are only four pillars and five floating platforms on the water.

Xiaogang, Xiaochun, and Pikachu took their seats in the audience.

Xiaozhi and the other 63 contestants have to stand on 16 small boats parked in the center of the battle venue to receive the attention of the audience.

When the time came, the host said,

"Dear viewers, now begins the opening ceremony of the Whirlpool Islands Competition. Please see, these outstanding Pokémon trainers are the ones who have passed the preliminary rounds and aim to become the brave men of the sea.

Since ancient times, the Whirlpool Islands have had a unique civilization and culture, worshiping water Pokémon and living with them to this day. This culture has not disappeared, but is continued by the priest of the sea, Miss Maya, who abides by the ancient traditions. Carrying on the tradition, let us ask Miss Maya to read out the declaration of this competition. "