Pokémon: I have a game menu

While Xiaoyang and the other two were talking in the backcourt, Gladion had already arrived at the competition venue. In the previous match, Manfuyu admitted defeat, which made Gladion very upset recently. His idea now was the same as Haou's, that is, he must win.

Gladion's opponent Aro did not have so many worries. This skinny uncle just came to the competition for fun and did not care about the ranking. In fact, he thought that being able to get a top 8 was already an unexpectedly good result.

When Xiaoyang, Hao and Miyue arrived at the spectator seats in the backcourt, the two people on the battlefield had already thrown the Poké Balls in their hands with just the right timing.

Aro's first Pokémon is a giant bird with a snake head and tail and a colorful body. It is one of the fossil Pokémon of the fifth generation, Ostrich.

Gladion's starting Pokémon is Zoroark, but it uses its ability Illusion to transform into the appearance of Paper Sword.

"Archaic Bird, use heat attack!"

The attributes of Paper Sword were probably guessed by others, and the opponent directly used a fire-attribute move that was four times weaker to fire. However, it did not attack Paper Sword, which was four times weaker to fire, but Zoroark, who had changed his body shape using its characteristics.

Zoroark was hit by Heat Wind, and the illusion was lifted, returning to its original appearance. Zoroark's durability was not high, and Heat Wind, which had no restraint, directly hit more than half of its HP.

"Zoroark, use Dark Explosion!"

Dark energy exploded around Archaic Bird, Archaic Bird shook its head, its hit rate was reduced by the additional effect of Dark Blast. Archaic Bird was also fragile, and this Dark Blast had no restraint, but it also dealt more than half the damage. Archaic Bird's characteristic was a negative characteristic, called Weakness. When its HP was less than 1/2, Archaic Bird's double attack would be reduced to 1/2.

"Archaic Bird, use the double-edged head hammer!"

The double-bladed headbutt is a physical attack skill with rock attributes. It has a power of 150 and a hit rate of 80. The side effect is that the player will receive 1/2 of the damage caused as counterattack.

The Archon Bird charged headfirst, and Zoroark tapped his feet on the ground and dodged the Archon Bird's attack with a side jump. It was normal for a move like the Double-Edged Head Hammer to miss when the hit rate was -1.

"Well done, use Dark Blast to finish it off!" Gladion praised, and Zoroark used Dark Blast again, consuming the remaining half of the HP of the Archontori, making it lose its combat capability.

Aro took back the Great Bird with a look of regret on his face. He had just tried his best. With his double attack reduced by half, only his own powerful moves could have a chance of defeating Zoroark. It was nothing more than a gamble on whether he could hit the target. If he didn't hit the target, he could only say that his luck was not very good.

Aro took out a high-level ball and threw it. His second Pokémon was a monkey with black and white fur. It held a green hard fruit in its hand and wore a hat made of hard fruit on its head. It was one of the common social Pokémon in the Alola region, the Throwing Monkey. The Throwing Monkey was a fighting-type Pokémon, and its characteristic was that it would never admit defeat.

"Zoroark, use Psychic!" Gladion continued to attack directly. Zoroark was restrained by the fighting attribute and would definitely not be able to withstand the attack of the Throwing Monkey. There was no need to protect Zoroark who was half-blood. It would be better to consume some of the Throwing Monkey's HP in the end.

The special defense durability of the Throwing Monkey is very poor, but its HP racial value is pretty good. The mental damage that is not double restrained by the main system is more than half, so as long as you add any other move, you should be able to knock it down.

"Throwing Monkey, use close combat!"

The Throwing Monkey pounced over and knocked Zoroark down with one move, and then suffered the side effect of close combat and his double defense was reduced by 1.

This result was within Gladion's expectations. He put Zoroark back into the Poké Ball, took out another Poké Ball and threw it out. His second Pokémon was Crossbat.

"X-bat, use acrobatic attack!"

"Hurling Monkey, come back!" A Luo chose to exchange and replaced his trump card Pokémon Aegislash. The steel attribute resists the flying attribute. Aegislash in shield form has extremely high double defense. When the effort value is full of HP, Aegislash's durability is higher than many durable Pokémon.

"X-bat, use provoke!"

Aegisblade has a unique characteristic among Pokémon, called battle switch. Under normal circumstances, it will be in shield form, and will change to sword form when attacking. When changing forms, Aegisblade's double defense and double attack racial values ​​will be exchanged. In shield form, double attack is 50 and double defense is 140, and the opposite is true in sword form.

In addition, Aegisblade has a unique skill called King's Shield, which has the same effect as Guard, and can also reduce the physical attack of opponents using contact moves. When using King's Shield, Aegisblade will change from sword form to shield form.

Using transformation moves will not change the Aegis's form, so using Sword Dance to power up in shield form is a very common tactic. If done well, the Aegis's racial value is comparable to that of a mythical beast.

However, this tactic was very vulnerable to provocation, and Gladion had obviously considered the countermeasures carefully before the game.

A Luo wanted Aegisblade to use Sword Dance, but failed due to the effect of provocation.

"X-bat, use hold!" Gladion commanded X-bat to block the mental blade of Aegislash, and Aegislash transformed into a sword form.

"Forkbat, use Crushing Attack!"

The evil attribute is twice as strong as the steel and ghost attribute of the Shield Blade. Although the Shield Blade has maxed out its HP, its physical defense in sword form is too low. It failed to block the attack of the Xbat and lost its combat capability.

The Shield Blade lost its ability to fight, and A Luo only had the last Throwing Monkey left, and the Throwing Monkey was only half-health. It was restrained by the flying attribute and its speed was not even as fast as the Crossbat. There was no possibility of any comeback.

Gladion defeated his opponent quite smoothly and advanced to the top 4.

The top 8 matches are all over, and the top 4 players are Mitsuki, Chihaya, Hao and Gladion.

In the afternoon, the semi-final matchup table was announced, with Mitsuki versus Chihaya and Haou versus Gladion.

In the afternoon, Mitsuki hurried to Naoki and Ye Zi, wanting Naoki and Ye Zi to help her develop a comprehensive battle strategy and a routine against Chihaya.

Haou did not come over. He and Gladion were old rivals, and he had never won in previous battles. He probably wanted to defeat Gladion head-on with his own strength.