Chapter 177: Hoenn League Caiyou Conference, Preliminary Championship (A ray of hope after a dark pe
In the early morning, Hemmer struggled to wake up from the bed. Darkrai's nightmare reached a new climax and successfully woke Hemmer up instantly.
Having said that, in fact, every time he woke up from a nightmare, Heimer would feel very refreshed.
Well... Most of the time, when he has a sad dream, Heimer will still feel sad after waking up. However, he won’t be sad for too long. Generally speaking, he still feels refreshed.
How should I put it? I feel that Darkrai’s nightmare has a cleansing feeling.
All the negative emotions seemed to disappear directly along with the terrible nightmare.
However, after waking up for a while, physical fatigue will slowly emerge. It seems that the characteristics of nightmares will still cause some harm to the body.
Nightmare characteristics, causing physical harm and cleansing the scars on the soul.
After getting out of bed, Heimer went to the bathroom and brushed his teeth while reading the rules of the preliminary tournament in the conference guide book.
There are three matches in the preliminary tournament of the official competition, and each one is a two-on-two doubles match.
而从预赛晋级的256位选手，闯过第一回战的256进128，第二回战的128进64，第三回战的64进32后。
You can then successfully qualify as one of the top 32 and participate in the final tournament where six Pokémon will compete in an all-out battle at the largest venue of this Caiyou Conference!
In addition, Heimer also learned that whoever wins the Hoenn League Caiyou Conference will have a chance to challenge the Four Heavenly Kings of the Hoenn League.
As long as you successfully defeat all the Four Heavenly Kings, you will get a chance to challenge Hoenn Champion Daigo.
In addition, the Four Heavenly Kings themselves have an opportunity every year to apply for a challenge to the champion, so if they can pass the league's review and become the Four Heavenly Kings, then they have a great chance of becoming the champion of that region.
At this moment, Heimer and Xiaozhi and his friends are waiting at the Pokémon Center for the results of the first round of the preliminary tournament.
Among the five medium-sized arenas numbered A, B, C, and D, Hemmer was assigned to the afternoon game in Arena A.
As for Xiaozhi, Masamune, and Tetsuya, they were all assigned to the afternoon competition in a different arena than Highmore.
Whenever talking about the competition, Masamune and Satoshi would always compete with each other and say to each other with a smile that they would definitely advance before the other.
Every time the two of them start competing, they will start all kinds of competitions, such as who can reach the training ground first or the cafeteria first.
Satoshi and Masamune are really good friends and great rivals to each other.
In addition, Haimo, Zheye and Xiaoyao successfully formed a food team. The three agreed to eat all the limited foods of the Caiyou Convention together during the Caiyou Convention.
Xiaosheng stayed with Xiaogang, using the Pocket Navigator to check the opponent information of Heimer, Tetsuya, Xiaozhi, and Masamune, and also pulled Xiaogang's ears when he chatted with Miss Joy and Miss Junsha.
The afternoon preliminary tournament was about to begin, and after entering the arenas they had been drawn to, Satoshi, Masamune, Tetsuya, and Highmore took their trainer positions on the battle field.
Before saying goodbye to each other, the four agreed to meet at the final tournament.
The venues for the preliminary tournament are the same as those for the preliminary rounds, all of which are flat ground.
At this moment, Heimer stood on one side of the battlefield and saw his opponent in the first round of the preliminary tournament.
Heimer's opponent is a girl named Pingduo who has a student hairstyle and wears sportswear.
According to the host of the arena where Heimer is, Pinduo is a top university student majoring in Pokémon. It is said that her use of moves is unpredictable and flexible.
Referee: "Time is almost up, both players please take out your Pokémon."
As soon as the referee finished speaking, Heimer and Pinduo took out their Poké Balls.
Chi Haimo: "Make a handsome appearance, Poison Rose! Lizard King!"
The white light faded away, and Poison Rose appeared on the field, glaring at Pingduo with a ferocious look on her face. After the Lizard King made his handsome appearance, his sharp eyes swept across every corner of the arena.
Faced with the powerful auras emitted by Poison Rose and Lizard King, Apple was not afraid at all and threw out her two Poké Balls calmly.
Pingduo: "Come on, Guoran Weng, little fire horse."
A white light flashed, and sure enough, Weng and the little fire horse appeared on the battlefield like two stone sculptures, motionless.
Host: "The Pokémon sent by Pingduo are Guranweng and Pony, while the Pokémon sent by Chi Haimo are Lizard King and Poison Rose. Not only that, but Haimo's Poison Rose is a different color!"
Referee: "Now, the game begins!"
As soon as the referee waved the flag, Heimer shouted.
Chi Haimo: "Poison roses, petals falling in profusion! The Lizard King rides on the waves of flowers to use his blade leaves!"
The sea of fallen petals spread out immediately, and the Lizard King stepped on the petals like surfing. He waved his arms and the two swords emitting green light unfolded instantly.
Host: "Contestant Heimer took the initiative. Facing such a strong combination of skills, how should contestant Pingduo respond?"
Pingduo: "As expected, old man, I will return it double."
Guoran Weng immediately stood in front of the little fire horse, and the orange light clothes quickly wrapped around Guoran Weng's body. After the falling petals hit Guoran Weng, although Guoran Weng suffered some damage, he bounced all the falling petals back.
Facing the falling petals with double the power that were bounced back, the Lizard King decisively jumped up, dodged the attack, and quickly spun his body in mid-air, using his blades to attack the little fire horse behind Guoran Weng.
Host: "Although the little fire horse has the fire attribute, being hit by the blade of the lizard king may still cause enough damage to the body. Player Pingduo, you haven't made any moves yet. Are you planning to take this attack?"
Just as the Lizard King was about to hit the little fire horse, Pinduo smiled softly and said.
Pingduo: "Little Fire Horse, switch places."
After Xiao Huo Ma closed his eyes, his position was directly swapped with Guo Ran Weng's position.
At this moment, Guo Ran Weng was still maintaining the state of double return, and the Lizard King was unable to dodge, and the blade chopped Guo Ran Weng's body.
In an instant, the damage from the blade rebounded back to the Lizard King with twice the power, and the Lizard King was instantly blown into the air.
(What!!!)
Pingduo: "Little Fire Horse, use the jet of fire now."
Chi Haimo: "I won't let you succeed, Poison Rose, use the magic leaf on the little fire horse!"
Poison Rose immediately waved the rose, and the power of grass attribute instantly turned into magic leaves and quickly shot towards the little fire horse.
At this moment, Guo Ran Weng actually changed his moves. The orange light clothes on his body turned into white light clothes. Guo Ran Weng quickly took the magic leaf for Xiao Huo Ma.
The magic leaf was quickly bounced back after hitting Guoran Weng's skin. Poison Rose had no time to dodge and was hit directly by her own magic leaf and took a few steps back.
At this moment, the power of fire gathered instantly, and the scorching flames immediately shot out from the mouth of the little fire horse. The Lizard King in mid-air was unable to avoid being hit directly and fell to the ground.
Although the power of this flame jet is not very strong, it is still a heavy blow to the grass-attributed Lizard King.
Host: "After being knocked into the air by Double Payback, the Lizard King was hit head-on by the Fire Horse's jet of fire and fell directly from the air. This is the end of everything."
(I really didn't expect that the little fire horse would actually exchange places, resist the attack and successfully pursue the victory. Well, it's not easy to launch an attack. In this case.)
Chi Haimo: "Lizard King, sword dance!"
As soon as Heimer gave the order, a sword-shaped blue light immediately began to dance around him as the Lizard King moved.
Upon seeing this, Pingduo immediately changed his battle strategy and took the initiative to attack.
Pingduo: "Little Fire Horse, spray fire."
Chi Haimo: "Poison Rose, use Shadow Ball to resist!"
The flame-formed mane on the little fire horse's body quickly heated up, and while the surrounding air was distorted, the little fire horse's jet of flame immediately shot out from its mouth towards the Lizard King.
After receiving instructions from Heimer, the Poison Rose jumped, and the shadows gathered in the center of the rose following the Poison Rose's movements.
In an instant, the shadow ball and the jet of flame collided with each other. The scorching flames failed to successfully resist the powerful black shadow, and the jet of flame was directly broken by the shadow ball. Seeing that he could not compete with the power, Pingduo planned to use the same trick again.
Pingduo: "Little Fire Horse, switch places! Sure enough, mirror reflection!"
The white light clothes wrapped around Guoran Weng's body again. After the little fire horse retracted the sprayed flames, he closed his eyes again, and Guoran Weng and his positions immediately exchanged.
The shadow ball hit Guoran Weng hard, and then was reflected by the mirror and bounced back quickly with twice the power.
Chi Haimo: "Poison Rose, now is the time, use your strongest Falling Petals!"
Poison Rose waved the two bunches of roses fiercely, and the sea of flowers rushed towards the Shadow Ball like a mountain torrent. After touching the falling petals, the Shadow Ball dispersed into a black light and instantly merged into the falling petals.
At this moment, black petals were flying all over the sky, blocking the vision of Guoran Weng and Little Fire Horse and quickly attacking them.
Pingduo: "Combination moves, no matter whether you use Mirror Reflect or Double Payback, there is no way to bounce all the attacks back, um... In that case, Ponyta, use Overheat!"
At Pingduo's instruction, the little fire horse's body temperature reached its highest point at this moment. The scorching flames immediately turned into a sea of fire under the control of the little fire horse, and collided with the black sea of fallen petals.
Host: "Faced with the strong counterattack from contestant Chi Haimo, Pingduo did not give in at all and immediately used Overheat to resist!!"
Chi Haimo: "Lizard King, now is the time! Use the double strike!"
The flames dissipated, the petals disappeared, and the Lizard King jumped over the little fire horse with his nimble and swift steps. He waved his arms, and the purple jagged blade of light immediately unfolded.
Pingduo: "Little Fire Horse, use overheat!"
Chi Haimo: "Lizard King, reverse scar sword technique!"
Relying on the agility of the Nihen Sword Technique, the Lizard King swiftly swung the purple blades on his arms in mid-air, and the overheated flames were directly split apart by the first of two consecutive chops.
Pingduo: "In that case, Little Fire Horse, let's switch places! As expected, I'll give you double the reward!"
Seeing that the little fire horse was unable to withstand the two consecutive attacks from the Lizard King, Pingduo immediately used the previous tactics again.
The little fire horse closed his eyes, and Guoran, who was wearing an orange coat, swapped positions with the little fire horse in a flash.
I thought that he would be knocked away by the Double Return like before, but who knew that after the second attack of the two consecutive slashes, Weng lost his combat ability and fell to the ground.
Pingduo: "Sure enough!!!"
Referee: "As expected, Weng has lost his ability to fight. Lizard King wins."
Host: "Double Payback and Mirror Reflection are both blood-for-blood moves. Although Guo Ran Weng successfully bounced back all the moves of Poison Rose and Lizard King, he also suffered considerable damage."
(Well, not only that, the attack power of the Lizard King after the sword dance is not something that Guo Ran Weng, who has experienced too many moves, can withstand.)
Chi Haimo: "It's time to decide the winner, Lizard King, Blade Leaf! Poison Rose, there's light at the end of the tunnel!"
Pingduo: "Little Fire Horse, get out of the way!!"
The Lizard King swung the two green swords on his arms flexibly. Because the little fire horse was not as fast as the Lizard King, it was directly hit by the Lizard King's sword blades.
At this moment, Poison Rose used Magic Flash at the same time as Shadow Ball.
The shadow ball turned into a black light and then instantly wrapped around the little fire horse in a spherical shape. After the little fire horse's vision was blinded, it became very anxious and uneasy.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the light needles transformed by the magic flash pierced through the shadow that wrapped around the little fire horse, and at the same time whipped the little fire horse's body like willow branches. The little fire horse immediately lost its ability to fight under the continuous attack of the magic flash.
Pingduo: "Little Fire Horse!"
Referee: "Little Fire Horse has lost his ability to fight, Poison Rose has won, so the winner of this match is Chi Haimo."
After Poison Rose and Lizard King heard the result of the competition, the two good friends immediately hugged each other happily.
After that, Heimer shook hands with his rival, Pinduo.
Chi Haimo: "Your tactics are really great, thank you for giving me a good game."
Pingduo: "No, your Lizard King and Poison Rose are really strong. Well, I still need to continue to improve."
Just like that, relying on the powerful strength of the Lizard King and Poison Rose, Heimer successfully won the first round of the preliminary tournament.
After Hemmer's victory, news of Satoshi, Masamune, and Tetsuya's victory also spread immediately.