Chapter 326 Group Match
As he personally lit the sacred fire that symbolized the Phoenix King, Wu Ji's heart was filled with turbulent waves. After so many years, under his leadership, the Bell Tower finally reached the height of the original alliance.
You know, the sacred ceremony of lighting the holy fire has always been performed by the Alliance Chairman Dama Lanqi. Now, not only is the Silver Conference held in Yuanzhu City, where the Bell Tower is located, but even the sacred ceremony that originally belonged to the Alliance Chairman has fallen into the hands of him, the second elder of the Bell Tower. It can be said that the Bell Tower has reached its peak thanks to the efforts of their generation.
"Dear guests, welcome to the Silver Conference. This conference aims to select outstanding trainers and promote the development of the Pokémon industry. I hope everyone can give full play to their strengths and achieve good results. Now, I declare that the Silver Conference officially begins!"
As Wu Ji's speech ended, the Silver Conference finally officially began. Just as Yang Ming remembered, the group stage of the Silver Conference adopted a three-person round-robin format and a three-on-three elimination system. The winner scored three points, the loser scored zero points, and the tie scored one point each. The highest score among the three advanced. If there was a tie, a one-on-one elimination match would be held. The group stage was held for several consecutive days, and the elimination match would not be held until all the groups were finished.
As luck would have it, Silver's group match was today. His opponent was a somewhat arrogant and domineering teenager, but for some reason he always gave Yang Ming a familiar feeling.
"We've already agreed that I'm the one who's going to marry Sirona in the future, so poor bastards like you should just stand aside."
The boy's arrogant words revived Yang Ming's long-forgotten memories, and he finally remembered who this familiar boy was.
"So it's him! I didn't expect that even this kind of bastard could enter the Silver Conference."
When Yang Ming was working at the Boulder Branch, he once made an exchange with a young man who had just started traveling. He exchanged his "stolen goods" Dodoli for a Bulbasaur with good qualifications. Later, this Bulbasaur evolved into Venusaur, and has long been active on the battlefield as Yang Ming's strongest Pokémon.
However, this young man had a very bad personality. Not only was he arrogant and domineering, but he was also cold-blooded and cruel. He almost killed Yang Ming's future main Pokémon. So even though he was a person who had done a "great favor" to Yang Ming, Yang Ming did not like him at all.
"Hey? Who is he? Is he someone you know?" Feng Lu couldn't help but ask when she saw Yang Ming staring at the young man in a daze.
Yang Ming finally came back to his senses from his memories and said meaningfully, "He? He is one of my 'benefactors'."
Feng Lu obviously didn't understand what Yang Ming meant. She smiled and said, "Since he is your benefactor, he is naturally my benefactor as well. I must thank him later."
"I advise you not to do this. This kid is very vicious."
While the two were talking, their competition began.
"Come out, Gyarados!" The boy casually sent out a Gyarados. Obviously, as a novice who has been traveling for a year, to have a powerful Pokémon like Gyarados, it means that he is either extremely talented or has a very powerful family behind him.
Yin thought for a moment and sent out what he thought was the safest option.
"Come out, Hu Di!"
After Yang Ming left Azurite City, Gin's training did not slacken. His Yugi and Haunter evolved into Alakazam and Gengar respectively.
"Hu Di, use the reflective wall!"
As soon as he made a move, Silver chose the safest tactic. Since the opponent chose Gyarados, who was good at physical attacks, all he had to do was to use the reflective wall to build a line of defense and gradually increase his advantage.
However, he clearly overestimated his opponent.
"Gyarados, use Fire Jet!"
Yin couldn't believe his ears, and Yang Ming in the audience couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"Hahahaha, this idiot is still as useless as ever."
When they first met, Yang Ming saw him let Bulbasaur use the grass-attribute vine whip to attack the flying-attribute Pidgeot. He didn't expect that after a year, there was still no improvement.
Gyarados's physical attack capability is far stronger than its special attack, so normally no one would deliberately develop it in the direction of special attack.
Silver on the field was also stunned for a moment, and he breathed a sigh of relief after discovering that Gyarados's jet of fire did not cause much damage to Alakazam.
"Hu Di, use mental shock!"
As Alakazam's two spoons gradually bent, the powerful mental power turned into tangible sharp blades and stabbed at Gyarados. This move directly hit Gyarados hard, causing it to spasm in pain on the ground.
"Bullfighter, why is Alakazam's Psychic Blast so effective against Gyarados?" Jones couldn't help but ask, "Isn't Gyarados a very powerful Pokémon? Why is it performing so poorly?"
"I can answer this question for you," Fenglu replied, "Although Gyarados is generally considered a powerful Pokémon, with impeccable attack and defense, its physical defense is actually much lower than its special defense."
"The reason why Gyarados' physical durability is usually very strong is because of its 'Intimidation' feature. When the opponent's physical attack ability is weakened by Intimidation, Gyarados no longer has a weakness."
"But Alakazam's Psychic Shock is very special. It is a special attack skill, but it attacks the opponent in the form of a physical attack. It is equivalent to using its strongest point to attack Gyarados' weakest point. It can also ignore the influence of Gyarados's Intimidation characteristic and deal the greatest damage."
Jones suddenly realized.
At the same time, Gyarados was defeated by Gin's Alakazam.
"Damn it, it must be because this Gyarados is so useless. Come out, Arcanine, use Flare Charge!"
Windspeed's Flare Charge is extremely powerful, but it is useless. Since the reflective wall created by Alakazam is still there, half of the power of its attack is removed, and it cannot kill Alakazam instantly.
"Alakazam, use Double Payback!" Gin said calmly. This was a special move he learned from Alakazam when he was training with Caidou, and now he finally had the chance to use it.
As the damage received by Alakazam was doubled and counterattacked to Arcanine, Arcanine also lost its ability to fight.
"Damn it, if that's the case, then I only have the last trump card left, come out, Pokkiss, use Air Cut!"
At this time, Alakazam's physical strength had reached its limit, and Gin knew that Alakazam alone could not defeat three people, so he let Alakazam make the final layout.
"Hu Di, use predict the future!"
Alakazam's attack did not hit Togekiss, but disappeared out of thin air. At the same time, Alakazam fell down exhausted, and Silver also replaced his second Pokémon.
"Come out, Crossbat, use the Cross Poison Blade!"
"Pokkiss, use electromagnetic waves!"
As a Pokémon from a big family, this Togekiss is undoubtedly very powerful. After enduring the cross poison blades of Xbat, it still has enough energy to paralyze the opponent with electromagnetic waves.
"Hahaha, I won!" The young man laughed proudly. Although he didn't know any tactics, he had heard instructions from his family elders before the competition that as long as he used electromagnetic waves to paralyze the opponent, Pokkis would be invincible.
However, an unexpected situation suddenly occurred, and a powerful superpower appeared out of nowhere and hit Pokkiss.
It was the future-forecasting technique that Alakazam had used before, and it finally came in handy at this moment!
"Pokkiss loses the ability to fight, Silver wins!"