Pokémon: Forced to Become a Dragon Master at the Beginning

On the 8 to 4 battle stage.

With the last burst of heat from Charizard, Xia Yu defeated three opponents with absolute strength and made it into the top four of Starlight City, earning a place in the main competition.

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After leaving the battlefield, Xia Yu went to the box to watch the next battle.

Zhao Ruohan versus Wang Qingli.

Looking at Zhao Ruohan, who was standing tall and graceful with a cold face on the battlefield, Xia Yu found it difficult to combine her current beautiful and cold appearance with her gentle and lovely appearance half a year ago.

He never expected that Zhao Ruohan could make it to the quarterfinals. You know, Zhao Ruohan became a trainer two months later than him.

Although Bug-type Pokémon grow the fastest among all Pokémon, Zhao Ruohan has only undergone five months of training so far. Even with the strong support of her father and the training in the Grass Bug Secret Realm, it is still quite impressive that she can make it into the top 8 in Starlight City.

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Xia Yong in the box looked at Zhao Ruohan on the field with a smug look on his face. He said to Xia Yu proudly, "Son, take a look at your father's last disciple. How is he? He's pretty strong, right?"

"Very impressive." Xia Yu praised sincerely, "Just a little bit worse than me."

"You kid." Xia Yong was very satisfied with Zhao Ruohan as his apprentice, and the smile on his face could not be hidden. Because as long as Zhao Ruohan could win this game, he could enter the provincial competition.

Among the top four in Starlight City, one is his son and the other is his apprentice. Half of the top four are related to him. It makes me proud just thinking about it. Look, this is the lineup of the Bug-type Gym.

Looking at Xia Yu and then at the many young people on the field, Xia Yong realized that he was really getting a little old.

As the two brothers Xia Luo and Xia Yu grew up, the Xia family developed better and better, and he paid less attention to training Pokémon.

Besides, he is already in his fifties or sixties. It is too tiring for him to strive to become a top-level trainer. The opportunity should be left to the young people. Xia Yong thinks it would be better for him to just be a bug-type gym leader.

Xia Yong is now looking forward to Xia Luo's child being born soon so that he can take care of his grandson earlier.

For this reason, Xia Yong basically gave all the bug-type Pokémon that Xia Yu gave him to Zhao Ruohan, and began to focus on training Zhao Ruohan, wanting to retreat to the second line.

"Game start!"

As the referee's voice sounded, Xia Yong and Xia Yu turned their attention back to the battlefield. At this time, both sides released their Pokémon.

Zhao Ruohan sent out Iolup, who is at the top of the elite level. (Picture above)

Wang Qingli on the other side sent out a lord-level Thorny Shell. Unfortunately, the characteristic of this Thorny Shell was not continuous attack, but hard shell armor.

"Xiao Yu, who do you think will win between Zhao Ruohan and Wang Qingli?" Xia Yong asked his son.

Xia Yu glanced at the skills of the two Pokémon, and suddenly he frowned. He saw a strange skill in Eulop's skill pool.

Take the baton.

The skill of taking over has always been a magical skill in Pokémon battles. It can be replaced with the back Pokémon, and the replaced Pokémon can inherit the changes in its abilities.

An extremely famous baton relay tactic has also been developed around the skill of baton relay. However, with the rise of skills such as blow away, roar, black fog, and provocation, the relay tactic has become increasingly difficult to perform.

However, in this level of competition, the relay tactic still has a lot of potential. It is obvious that Zhao Ruohan is now using the relay tactic.

At the same time, Zhao Ruohan's Eulop happened to have learned the two skills of Meditation and Iron Wall. Combined with the two skills of Light Wall and Reflection Wall that Eulop could learn by itself, as well as Eulop's powerful double defense, if it is really strengthened and replaced by Snow Moth, it is possible to directly push the team and defeat Wang Qingli.

Especially since the opponent's spiny shells have not yet learned the skill of breaking shells, their threat is much lower.

"I think Zhao Ruohan wins." Xia Yu said.

"Oh? Why?" Xia Yong was surprised. As Zhao Ruohan's teacher, he naturally knew that Zhao Ruohan's Iolup also had a baton-taking tactic.

Why does Xia Yu think Zhao Ruohan can win?

"Support your classmates."

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Just then, the game began.

"Eulup, reflective wall!"

Facing the Thorny Clam that mainly relies on physical attacks, Zhao Ruohan responded calmly and first let Orup use the Reflection Wall skill to reduce the physical attack damage received.

"Spiny Shell, Ice Cone!"

Wang Qingli had the attribute advantage, so she naturally let the Thorny Shell attack. Several ice cones condensed in front of the Thorny Shell and flew towards Iolup. However, facing Iolup, who was famous for his double defense, and the damage reduction effect of the reflection wall, the damage Iolup received was quite limited.

"Iolup, the Iron Wall!"

The Iron Wall skill can greatly improve defense. A large amount of steel energy emerged in front of Orup, his skin was glowing with metallic luster, and his defense was greatly improved.

After the enhancement of the Iron Wall skill, Iolup is now completely an iron wall.

The attack of the thorny shell hit Iolup, and even though the attribute was restrained, it was just like scraping.

Hearing Zhao Ruohan's order, Wang Qingli frowned. It was unlikely to break through Orlop relying solely on Ocellaris, so after hesitating for a moment, she chose to replace the Pokémon, taking back Ocellaris and replacing it with Glaceon.

Facing Wang Qingli's substitution, Zhao Ruohan still calmly executed her tactics: "Use Oulupu, light wall."

Glaceon relies on special attack as her main focus, so no matter how high her defense is, she still chooses to open a light wall first to reduce the special attack damage she receives.

"Ice Eevee, freeze-dried."

"I Olupu, meditate."

Next, Glaceon continuously used the Freeze Dry skill to reduce Iolup's stamina, while Iolup continuously used the Meditation skill to increase his special defense and special attack.

A few minutes passed, and Zhao Ruohan's Iolup hadn't used any attack skills at all. She had been constantly using the meditation skill and had taken several freeze-dried shells.

After several consecutive freeze-drying skills, Orup's injuries became increasingly serious and almost reached his limit, but at the same time, his special attack and special defense were stacked to a terrifying level.

"Take over, Eulup!"

Normal energy surged from Orlop's body, and then his body turned into a red light and retreated back to the Poké Ball, replacing Edelweiss.

The snow moth is the evolved form of the snow swallower. It is the snow swallower with quasi-king-level qualifications that Xia Yu chose. It was born almost at the same time as Yaya.

Snowmoth is one of the weakest Pokémon before evolving, but the evolved Snowmoth has an extremely powerful ability, Ice Scale Powder.

Ice scale powder can reduce special attack damage by half, which is equivalent to having a built-in light wall.

This Edelweiss also has the strength of a top elite. Although its strength is not as good as Wang Qingli's Pokémon, Edelweiss is good at special attack. Coupled with the improvement of several meditations and the improvement of Iron Wall skills, its special defense and special attack have reached an extremely terrifying level.

The game has reached this point, which actually means Zhao Ruohan has a big advantage. As long as she can grasp the current situation, she will most likely win the game.

"The chirping of the snow moth!"

The pure white snow moth flapped its white wings, making a high-pitched insect sound, instantly causing serious injuries to Glaceon.

The next part of the game is Edelweiss's time to push the team. After meditating several times, Edelweiss's special attack is enough to push the team.

Sure enough, the situation of the game was just as Xia Yu expected. Edelweiss successfully promoted the team, and Zhao Ruohan also won a place in the semi-finals.

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