Chapter 167: Grand Celebration, 8 to 4 (No Way Back, Only Forward)
The match from 16 to 8 is finally over, and Heimer's next opponent is Chang'an. Xiaoyao and Xiaoshun also became each other's opponents in the match from 8 to 4.
In addition, after Heimer and Miss Joy sent the Lizard King to the Pokémon Center next to the venue yesterday, Heimer learned that there were more than three Miss Joys coming to this large-scale celebration.
In order to ensure the normal progress of the large-scale celebration and for the health of the Pokémon, a total of six Miss Joys were invited.
Including the Miss Joy that already existed in the Pokémon Center, there were a total of seven Miss Joys helping out at this large-scale celebration. Among them, three served as judges and four took care of injured Pokémon at the Pokémon Center.
Yesterday, the three Miss Joys who served as judges accompanied Heimer to send the Lizard King to the nearby Pokémon Center. After that, they contacted Joy at the hospital about some specific information about the Lizard King, and then immediately rushed to the main stage venue to continue serving as judges.
At this time, because the Lizard King was wrapped in bandages and unable to move, Heimer was carefully making the fruits into easy-to-eat liquid food.
Chi Haimo: "Lizard King, does the wound still hurt now?"
Lizard King: "Cha..."
The Lizard King shook his head gently, apparently not wanting to make Heimer worry.
Chi Haimo: "Miss Qiao Yi said that you need to rest quietly these few days. Well, don't worry, I and everyone else will definitely win the next game beautifully."
Lizard King: "Cha~"
The Lizard King smiled happily, as if saying to Heimer, Okay, I'm waiting for your good news.
(Great, the Lizard King seems to have recovered well. However, the Natural Bird has been sleeping these days. It seems that he is adjusting his body in this way.)
After feeding lunch, Heimer gently said goodbye to the Lizard King and Natural Bird, even though Natural Bird was sleeping and couldn't hear them.
Heimer carefully closed the door and went to the training ground provided by the large-scale celebration to carry out daily Pokémon training.
On the day of the top 8 match, the match between Xiaoshun and Xiaoyao started first.
Although Xiaoyao successfully made Xiaoshun deduct some points by relying on her excellent adaptability and good tactical command, due to Xiaoshun's strong strength, Xiaoyao's Cattail and Strong Chicken were finally defeated by Xiaoshun's Poison Rose and Desert Dragonfly.
Xiaoyao was not too disappointed after failing to make it to the semi-finals. Due to his very positive attitude, he quickly regrouped and cheered up again.
In the preparation room backstage, Heimer received a blessing from Xiaoyao.
Xiaoyao: "Heimer, come on, well, come on for my part too!"
Looking at Xiaoyao's energetic smile and the tears in the corners of her eyes, Heimer answered gently and affirmatively.
Chi Haimo: "Xiaoyao...yeah, definitely!"
Xiaoyao: "I'll be in the audience, cheering for you and Xiaoshun."
After Xiaoyao leaves, the battle between Heimer and Chang'an is about to begin.
Before going on stage, Changan whispered to Heimer.
Changan: "Heimer, let's have a fight without regrets."
Chi Haimo: "Well, no regrets."
At this time, Vivian was holding the microphone and talking happily to the camera.
Vivian: "Dear audience, the last match of the top 8, Chi Haimo vs. Chang An, is about to begin. Who will be the last player to advance to the top 4, our Chi Haimo or our Chang An?"
Just after Vivian finished speaking, Chang'an and Haimo slowly walked to the sides of the stage and took out their Poké Balls.
Changan: "Come on stage dazzlingly! Warrior of fire, queen of fire!"
The white light dissipated, and Ninetales appeared on the stage with the handsome Houndoom, gracefully dancing her nine beautiful tails.
Chi Haimo: "I'm counting on you, Butterfree and Jigglypuff!"
Two Poké Balls were thrown onto the stage at the same time. The white light dissipated, and Chansey appeared on the stage happily bouncing, while Butterfree gracefully flapped its white wings and appeared above the stage charmingly.
Vivian: "Then, the five-minute countdown begins!!!"
The five-minute countdown begins, and the battle is about to begin!!!
Changan: "Go ahead!!! Hellfire!!!"
The temperature of the nine tails of the Nine-Tailed Fox rose rapidly, and the powerful fire attribute power quickly gathered in her mouth, and the jet of flames was instantly launched.
And just after the Nine-Tailed Fox used the jet flame, the shadow ball in Houndoom's mouth turned into a black light and merged into the jet flame, and the jet flame instantly turned black.
It turns out that Hellfire is a combination of jet flames and shadow balls. This move adds points both in power and performance, so Heimer was deducted some points.
Chi Haimo: "Shadow Ball plus Jet Fire? In that case, Butterfree, use Mind Interference and Chandler, use Help!"
Jigglypuff waved his hands happily, and the power of help emanated from Jigglypuff. Under the influence of help, the power of mental interference of Butterfree was much stronger than usual. The blue light in Butterfree's eyes dispersed, and the combination of jet flame and shadow ball stopped in the air immediately.
Chi Haimo: "Ba Daicho, return the hellfire to Nine-Tails and Houndoom!"
The black flames were instantly bounced back by Butterfree's mental interference, but who knew that this was exactly Chang'an's plan.
Changan: "Go, warrior of fire, accept the cleansing of this raging fire! Accumulate energy to attack with flames!"
The scorching flames immediately covered Houndoom's entire body. With the help of the accelerated energy of the flame attack, he rushed into the black flame.
Because Houndoom has the attributes of fire and evil, the black flame not only did not cause much damage to him, but instead enhanced the power of the charged flame attack. The flame of the charged flame attack was soaked in the black flame and immediately turned black.
At this moment, Houndoom, wrapped in black flames, with terrifying eyes and gray-black hair, really matched the name of Hellfire. He successfully showed his charm and cleverly resolved the combination of moves that bounced back Bardie. Houndoom's performance caused Highmore to deduct more than half of his points.
However, because Houndoom still suffered some damage, Chang'an was also deducted some points.
Chi Haimo: "In that case, Bardie, track the sleeping powder! Jigglypuff, magic shine!"
The refreshing green color spread rapidly, and the sleeping powder, under the control of Butterfree's mental interference, gathered into a dense ball and hit Houndoom accurately.
At this moment, because Houndoom was surrounded by black flames, the dense grass-attributed sleeping powder actually exploded the moment it touched Houndoom's flames!!!
Not only was Houndoom injured by his own fire, but he was also successfully hit by sleeping powder and fell into a sleeping state, so Chang'an lost a lot of points.
Not only that, after Houndoom fell to the ground and fell asleep, Chansey immediately emitted a strong pink light. Houndoom was severely injured by the magic flash, and Chang'an's points were deducted again.
(Sure enough, the grass-attribute powder-type trick can trigger a dust explosion. Hahahaha, what do you think, Changan? This trick suddenly occurred to me when I was preparing yesterday. Although in this open-air stage, the sleeping powder can be easily blown away, thus failing to meet the conditions for triggering a dust explosion, but if it is under the control of mental interference, then it will basically be triggered 100%.)
Facing this scene, Changan smiled, snapped his fingers and said.
Changan: "Warrior of Fire! Use the vortex of fire to trap the opponent in front of you!"
Due to its early waking characteristic, Houndoom immediately woke up from its dream, and the vortex of fire was quickly launched at this moment. Butterfree immediately took off into the air to avoid it.
But Chansey couldn't dodge in time and was surrounded by a vortex of flames. At this moment, the scorching flames were causing damage to Chansey little by little, and Heimer's points were also being lost little by little.
(No! No, Heimer, don’t panic. Don’t panic.)
Chi Haimo: "Jelly Egg, don't be afraid, use magic flash! Butterfree, air blade!"
Changan: "Queen of Fire, use your noble jet of flame to reinforce the cage of flame! Warrior of Fire, use Shadow Ball to devour your opponent's wind!!!"
The Nine-Tailed Fox's jet of flames was swift and accurate. The power of the flame vortex was immediately enhanced by the jet of flames. Many burns from the flames appeared on Chansey's body. The magical shining pink light emanating from its body could not reduce the heat of the flames. Heimer's score was continuously decreasing.
At this moment, Houndoom immediately summoned the black shadows, and Butterfree flapped its wings quickly. The strong wind blades generated by the wings and the black light emitted by the shadow ball released by Houndoom collided with each other. In an instant, the air blades and the shadow ball dissipated at the same time, and Chang'an and Heimer's points were deducted as a result.
Also, after the magic flash ended, Changan shouted to Houndoom.
Changan: "Right now, warrior of fire, use unreasonable tactics on Jigglypuff!!"
Houndoom scolded loudly, and the power of evil was integrated into his fragmented words, making it temporarily impossible for Chansey to use her magic flash.
This also means that if Chansey, who is unable to use his attack skills at the moment, wants to escape the vortex of fire, he needs the help of Butterfree.
(Damn it, I didn't expect Chang'an to have this trick!!! And he actually endured it for so long, and just now when Butterfree used mental interference, he didn't use it, um, it's really abominable.)
Seeing his score about to return to zero, Heimer swallowed nervously.
(Calm down, Heimer, think of a solution quickly... Use mental interference to crush the flame vortex? Well, no, after using mental interference, you will be sealed by Unreasonable Troublemaking, and no matter how you use mental interference, Houndoom can definitely launch an attack when Butterfree uses mental interference with its own evil attributes. Besides, if you want to use mental interference that can extinguish the flame, Butterfree probably doesn't have the remaining mental power. While using mental interference to crush the flame vortex to rescue Chanel, you also use mental interference on yourself to help yourself avoid the attack. So, if Houndoom attacks when Butterfree uses mental interference, I'm afraid it will be difficult for Butterfree to avoid it. After all, what is needed to use powerful mental interference is concentration.)
(So, use Protect immediately after using Mind Interference? Well, that won't work either, because there's still Ninetails. Ah, even if you attack Ninetails first, the result will be the same. Houndoom with evil attributes won't be controlled by Mind Interference. Not only might you not be able to rescue Chandler, but Butterfree might also lose its ability to fight. Moreover, if you decide to attack Ninetails, it's best to use a powerful attack to kill it with one strike. Now, whether it's Butterfree's Air Blade or Mind Interference, there's no way to guarantee that this can be done. Chang'an's Pokémon are really strong, and the risk is too great. Well, if you just use soft attacks on Ninetails, it's meaningless at all. At most, it will just deduct some points from Chang'an...)
Chang'an looked at Heimer and saw that he had not launched an attack. He smiled knowingly and said softly.
Changan: "Take your time to think about it, Heimer. I'll give you some time. Just wait until the time is up and then win. That's not bad either."
Vivian: "There are only two minutes left!!! Chi Haimo has not yet launched any attack momentum, and Changan seems to be planning to stay put. This is really a battle of endurance. Well, however, Chi Haimo's current score is being reduced by the vortex of fire along with Jigglypuff's physical strength. Chi Haimo, if you don't launch an attack, I'm afraid you will lose because your score will be zero."