Pokemon: Pick up Eevee at the start

Xia Chen only remembered that this happened after Sirona reminded him.

Last year when he was in Fengyuan, Mi Keli mentioned it to himself, and almost half a year passed in a blink of an eye.

Before he had time to sigh, Xia Chen suddenly remembered something, "Before this, do you still have to participate in the gym leader selection competitions in various regions?"

Of course, it is impossible for all of the eighteen gym leaders in Donghuang to participate, so the selection competition naturally came into being.

Xia Chen glanced at the time on the computer desktop. It was 17:23 on February 19, 2026, and felt a thump in his heart.

"The fight isn't over yet, is it?"

He hurriedly went to the official website of Donghuang League to check the start time of the trials. By coincidence, it was February 20th, and he almost missed it.

Xia Chen breathed a sigh of relief. For others, it was a bit tight to get from Padiya to Donghuang in one night, but Xia Chen was different. There was a reason why it was only a few hours' journey.

After making sure that he would not miss the game, Xia Chen was no longer in such a hurry. He looked at Sirona beside him and said, "Would you like a ride? I'll take you back to Sinnoh first?"

Sirona nodded obediently, so although Luton's ride was not as comfortable as an airplane, its speed could make it a lot farther away. After so many days of vacation, it would be good to go back earlier.

After greeting Olin in advance, the two left Area Zero after dinner.

Seeing the night sky again, the two of them didn't feel like they were separated from each other.

After meals every day, they would go to the upper level of Area Zero to get some fresh air. Otherwise, they would be depressed if they stayed in the depressing bottom level that was dull all year round.

However, when they saw the warm human lights in Jinhui Town, they were still a little dazed, especially Xia Chen, who had been isolated from the world for almost two months and had never seen a living person except Sirona.

That is to say, there are elves in this world, otherwise Xia Chen would definitely not be able to bear this feeling of loneliness.

There was no time to express any more emotions. Under the bright moonlight shining in the sky, Xia Chen waved goodbye to the lights behind him, took the Gulton, and left Padia with Sirona.

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I took Sirona back to Sinnoh on the way, and when I returned to Zhijiang Yuanling Island again, it was almost nine o'clock in the evening.

When the housekeeper Chris Jia heard that Xia Chen was back, she didn't care to disturb him and hurried over to tell him what happened on the island during this period.

"The most important thing is that the Yuanling Gym has been officially completed at the beginning of this month and can be put into use at any time. Then, Sister Jiang Qian and many others have visited you frequently in the past two months. I have left phone numbers for all the visitors. Furthermore, A person named Lian Shuxiang, who claims to be the head of the Gym Management Department, has informed me of more important information. I want to ask you if you still want to participate in the selection competition on February 20th, which is tomorrow?"

Having just escaped from the misery of studying Tai Jinghua, and having to fall into the quagmire of miscellaneous things again, Xia Chen lay helplessly on the sofa, enjoying Gardevoir's knee pillow and massage.

"Let's put the rest aside for now. The focus is on tomorrow's trial. Please tell me that I will participate on time. By the way, where is the competition place?"

Krisjia lowered her head and looked at her phone, "Uh, let me take a look, Xingsha City."

Xia Chen sighed, sat up and stretched, "Gu Ledun, let's go to Xingsha City."

Xingsha City is also one of the big cities in the south of Donghuang. It is about a thousand kilometers away from the Yujiang River. At Guluton's speed, it only takes time to put on headphones and listen to a few songs.

I don’t know if it’s because the Donghuang Trials for the World Gym Leader Competition will be held here tomorrow, but when Xia Chen came over, he couldn’t book a regular hotel room.

Helpless, he had no choice but to use his money-making ability and stayed in a championship suite worth tens of thousands a night.

There is no registration part for the selection competition. There are only a few people in the entire region who are qualified to participate. Except for two people who knew that they were not strong enough and informed them early that they would not participate, there were a total of sixteen people participating.

The competition system is a double-elimination elimination system with a higher error tolerance, which avoids the situation where two powerful top gym leaders meet in the first round and one of them will be eliminated.

After all, the real battlefield is the World Championship next month. The alliance and all Donghuang people hope that the four strongest gym leaders will represent the Donghuang Alliance in the competition.

The matchup list has been announced on the official website a few days ago. Xia Chen's opponent in the first round is Gexi from Litang City's Bingzhen Gym. It has a bit of a strange name, but because it is from Qingyuan, it doesn't matter. Strange.

Speaking of which, Xia Chen once defeated the descendant of the Bingzhen Gym in the Donghuang Youth Competition more than a year ago. Unexpectedly, it was such a coincidence this time that he directly defeated the gym leader.

Then again, if analyzed carefully, the strength of Bingzhen Gym is above average among the eighteen series.

It is not as good as the well-known gyms in the more developed areas along the southeast coast, but because of its special environment, it is an excellent habitat for ice elves.

When the "source of life" is relatively good, the gym is not weak either.

As for the tactics, they are all in ice gyms. It would be a bit unreasonable not to fight against the Snow Sky Team to revive the Snow Sky Glory. When did the Snow Sky Team have glory?

In short, tomorrow's game is most likely just a small test, and the stage is not big enough, so there is no need to use Tai Jinghua.

After briefly analyzing his opponents in the first round, Xia Chen fell into a deep sleep.

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The next day, Xia Chen still woke up very early after sleeping in the new environment.

After breakfast, I meditated deeply for a while. When I opened my eyes again, it happened to be half an hour before the start of the game.

As I walked slowly to the competition venue not far from the hotel, I couldn't help but be struck up a conversation by fans.

"Master pigeon, you actually showed up! People on the Internet said that you also pigeoned this competition!"

"Master Pigeon, Master Pigeon, I am your fan. Can you cheer for the cutest elf in the world, Xianbu, for me?"

"Master Pigeon, please, can you super evolve Gardevoir today? I want to see Gardevoir in a black dress and I'm going crazy!"

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And so on.

Most of them say they are their fans, and then they are little Heizi who cheer for the elf.

Xia Chen walked through the crowd with a dark face, walked into the player channel, followed the staff responsible for guiding him into his own lounge, and the world was considered pure.

There are eight games in the first round, and only half of them can be played today.

Battles at the gym level and above are basically 6v6, which best reflects the overall strength of the trainer. The advantage is that it is exciting enough, but the duration will be much longer than 3v3.

So the time allowed for each game is as long as two hours, but of course, in most cases it doesn't need to be that long.

With the huge gap in strength, a 6-0 scoreline in less than half an hour is not impossible.

Xia Chen's game was the second one in the morning and couldn't start until ten o'clock.

With nothing to do, he naturally watched the first game with the elves in the player lounge.

The two sides fighting against each other were Lei Jun, the lightning type gym leader, and Xie Qing, the poison type Tiannan gym leader. There was no attribute restraint between them, but the gap in strength was quite large.

The Electricity Gym is located in the bustling Nandu, while the Poison Gym is located in the economically underdeveloped Tiannan on the border of Donghuang.

The economic base determines the superstructure. Naturally, the expensive profession of trainer is also a type of superstructure. It is normal for there to be differences in strength.

After a fierce battle for more than half an hour, the young gym owner Xie Qing, who had just inherited the family business, lost to the veteran gym owner Lei Jun with a score of 2:6 and fell into the loser's bracket.

There was nothing to say about the whole game, just two words, crushing.

The only thing worth mentioning is that Lei Jun's Electric Dragon and Xie Qing's Bulbasaur both completed the super evolution in the game.

Based on this inference, super evolution is advancing very fast around the world.

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The first game ended just before nine o'clock, which was still very early before the start time of the second game at ten o'clock. Most commercial games should be in commercial time at this time.

But Xia Chen received a notice that he would start playing at nine o'clock. After all, the purpose of the trials was not that commercial.

After briefly cleaning up, leaving four elves who could not play to watch the battle in the lounge, he walked through the corridor and entered the battlefield.

The loud and noisy noise from the stadium was overwhelming from the stands, which made Xia Chen, who had just returned to human society yesterday, feel a little uncomfortable.

However, the impact is not big, and it is still the same as how to fight.

This game received relatively high attention in the first round of selection.

In addition to Xia Chen, who is relatively popular as the "Internet celebrity gym leader", there are also many people waiting to see how this youngest gym leader will perform in the competition after upgrading.

As the referee riding on the Shield Sword Monster blew his whistle, the game officially began.

"Go, Blizzard King!"

"Menas, prepare to fight!"

The white light appeared simultaneously with the shouts of the two trainers on the sidelines, and the starting elves of both sides appeared.

The Blizzard King, who has both grass and ice elements, and Menas, who has evolved into a water dragon.

Menas's new look, which has not appeared in the public eye for a long time, really surprised the audience again.

According to Jiang Qian, every time Menas appears in a competition, the sales of beautiful energy cubes will increase a lot, and the live broadcast is a good thing.

On the opponent's side, Xia Chen was a little surprised by the direct appearance of the Blizzard King.

He thought that Ge Xi would play the opening routine of Snowfall, Ice and Nine Tails opening the Aurora Curtain, which he was most familiar with and was best at.

Did he guess that he would attack Menas to steal the weather, so he went directly to the ace Elf Blizzard King that Menas could not handle?

It's not impossible.

Although the attribute combination of grass ice is well known to be weak, there is really nothing to defeat it in Xia Chen's lineup, especially the lack of fire elves, which allows the thick-skinned Blizzard King to go head-to-head.

However, Xia Chen was not in a hurry to change elves. Menas was not as simple as his opponent thought.

…………

Xia Chen's mind was racing, and heavy snow mixed with fine hailstones was already falling from the sky. It was the activation of the Blizzard King's characteristic [Snowfall].

He was about to instruct Menas to use or leap into the abyss to grab the weather, but he keenly noticed the dazzling light reflected from a gem under the Blizzard King's thick snow-white fur.

Xia Chen raised his eyebrows in surprise, is it the Blizzard King Super Stone?

In this case, there is no rush to change the weather.

The characteristic of Super Blizzard King is still snowfall, but now it takes advantage of the weather. After a while, the opponent's super evolution changes it back, and it is useless to go back and forth.

With this in mind, Xia Chen commanded: "Meinas, butterfly dance!"

Blizzard King's output is not considered violent, let's talk about greed first.

Ge Xi, who was deliberately waiting for the next move, reacted quickly and immediately shouted: "Blizzard King, Blizzard!"

During the butterfly dance, Menas is a living target. If he doesn't use the most powerful moves at this time, when will he do it again?

call--

A gust of cold wind suddenly blew from the battlefield, and the cold breath roared across the entire battlefield.

It is the coldest day before spring. The temperature in Xingsha City is below freezing all day long. In such an environment, the cold wind suddenly picks up, and many people in the audience have already begun to curse.

But this is a ticket I bought myself, and I have to watch it while crying.

Driven by the energy of the nearly king-level Blizzard King, the already biting cold wind became even more biting, and the extremely high wind speed made the entire battlefield seem to be transformed into a snow-capped mountain thousands of meters high.

The snow in the sky is getting heavier, and what's even more dangerous is that the white snow scene is also mixed with many boulders almost as big as a fist.

They were carried by the cold wind controlled by the Blizzard King, and kept hitting Menas, who was still dancing leisurely despite the surrounding environment.

Bang bang bang——

The ice formed by the condensed ice energy is not only attached with terrifying energy that can corrode into the bones, but is also far stronger than ordinary boulders in nature.

Ice cubes of all sizes hit the sapphire-like scales of Menas, making a thrilling collision like ice porcelain.

Gexi, who came from a remote area, took a deep breath and sighed in her heart - Menas is so hard.

It's not like he has never watched Xia Chen's competition on TV. Although it was really amazing, there is one thing to say, a competition of that level cannot be compared to a battle between gym leaders.

This time they really met him, and Gexi realized that this guy was even stronger than what he saw on TV.

This guy has improved again!

It seems that it is impossible not to use super evolution.

Gexi's rough hands rubbed the keystone hidden in a string of beads on his chest, and he secretly made up his mind.

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Because Die Wu's special defense is improved, the further the blizzard blows to the back, the less damage it will cause.

In addition, Menas's special defense is extremely high. After the snowstorm, Menas's scales were only slightly cracked like slightly blemished white jade. Apparently, he was not seriously injured.

Gexi knew this very well, so at the end of the blizzard, he showed the key stone without hesitation and muttered something.

"Supreme God of Ice and Snow, please give me your power, winter is coming!"

Xia Chen was quite speechless. How long had it been since the advent of super evolution that the standard second-tier lines became popular?

I thought to myself, I am also a younger sister!

All joking aside, Xia Chen put away his thoughts and squinted at the Blizzard King, who was exuding light blue ice light. When his super-evolved light reached its brightest, he said in a deep voice: "Meinas, maybe leaping in deep!"

The wind and snow on the field were too strong, and the noisy noise drowned out Xia Chen's command, failing to reach the audience on the sidelines.

So they didn't know at the moment what an astonishing scene they would see soon.

"Roar--"

A high-pitched roar tore through the evolutionary light, revealing the face of the Super Blizzard King under the light.

It was originally standing and had to lie down on the ground due to its gigantic size. Its body hair was umbrella-shaped like a pine tree, lush and sharp.

The four new shoots on the back grew into huge icicles, emitting a dangerous cold light.

Just in appearance, it was countless times more burly and majestic than the original Blizzard King in its ordinary form.

The same goes for actual changes.

In the game, the increased racial value of Super Blizzard King is all concentrated on double attack and double defense, and even the speed is sacrificed by 30 points.

The changes in offensive and defensive capabilities before and after are not small.

Super Blizzard King is like a heavily armored tank. Although it travels slowly, its offensive and defensive strength is astonishingly high.

This was the first time that the Super Blizzard King appeared in an official public competition. The audience was carefully observing and admiring the close-up of this ice and snow monster. In the next second, a sudden change occurred.

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Under the extremely burly body of the Super Blizzard King, a stream of water suddenly rolled up.

At first, the water flow was not conspicuous, completely covered by the Blizzard King's generous bear paws and the heavy snow falling in the sky, but soon, the sound of dragon roars that seemed to come from afar from another world made it aware that something was wrong.

Before he could react, the next moment, a blue "Meenas" made of pure water elements suddenly broke through the water formation and roared out.

"Roar--"

The roar of the dragon was so loud that it drowned out the sound of the wind and snow. Super Blizzard King, who had no time to react, was lifted up by this unknown water-based move. After being pushed up to a height of several meters by the water dragon, he fell heavily. Downstairs, in an extremely embarrassed state.

The water dragon did not stop after impacting the Super Blizzard Queen, but continued to fly upward with its head held high. Finally, after touching the clouds with heavy snow falling in the sky, it exploded.

Then, the water dragon turned into a large cloud of mist and dispersed. However, the snowflakes that had been flying in the sky suddenly stopped and were replaced by a sudden torrential rain!

Snowy days have turned into rainy days!

The incredible scene on the field made the audience scream out in surprise, not to mention how the water-type move with twice the resistance caused such high damage to Super Blizzard King.

Just this change of weather is a bit confusing——

In addition to the move [Rain] and the characteristic [Rainfall], are there any moves that can turn the field into a rainy day?

Xia Chen and Menas once again opened the eyes of the audience.

Many water-type trainers in the audience were even more enthusiastic, their eyes gleaming.

With this move, why worry about my team not being happy on a rainy day!

It looks like it is definitely not weaker than the intuitive power of the water cannon, and it also prays for rain. When Kyogre comes, he has to shout "Water God", right?

The mood of the audience off the court was one of wonder and emotion, while Ge Xi on the court frowned deeply.

Xue Tian's rewriting was definitely a very unfavorable situation for him.

Snow Team Snow Team, can we still be called Snow Team when it’s not snowing?

Then use [Snow Scenery] to grab the weather again?

Let’s not talk about whether we lose the rhythm or not. Another more serious problem is before us——

Super Blizzard King can only activate the weather, but Menas can also deal damage by using the weather!

Who is playing with you?

He could imagine the most likely situation for a while - both sides taking turns to release [Snow Scenery] and the unknown water-type move.

However, the end result is that he gets nothing except a waste of time, while the other party can get hurt for nothing while fighting for the weather.

Gexi's brows almost resembled the mountains and plateaus of his hometown.

The innocent man from Qingyuan was stunned. Are all the people in the city such hooligans?