Ever Grande City was exceptionally lively today, especially the largest Ring Arena in the center of Ever Grande Lake.
The host for the main competition is Lei Ye, the host from Roy's arena.
Because when Primeape went berserk, he reacted very quickly, placing Charizard in front of the incapacitated Throh.
Therefore, the tournament organizers decided to appoint the other party as the host for the main tournament and subsequent events of the Edge Cup.
At this moment, Lei Ye was riding on Charizard's back, holding a microphone and passionately shouting the start of the match:
"Welcome to all the viewers who have traveled from afar from Hoenn. Thank you for watching our triennial Edge Cup."
Let me hear your cheers!
Enough with the chit-chat!
The main tournament of the Edge Cup has officially begun!
Upon hearing the words "opening ceremony," cheers erupted from the audience. They were also very much looking forward to this year's Edge Cup, mainly because the organizers had edited together several match videos.
This CG clip is currently playing on a loop on the Arena's large screen.
The scene where Darkrai instantly defeats Pidgeot and Sandslash is placed at the very beginning, with the intervening clips featuring some exciting battle scenes:
Including a battle between two Pokémon, Primeape and Hariyama, Wallace's Milotic's desperate struggle before falling asleep...
After a pre-show CG sequence finished playing.
The camera on the large screen in the battlefield was pointed towards the judging panel.
On the judging panel, Agatha and Drake, the two regional Elite Four, sat in the center position. Chairman Damaranch sat to his left, and on his right sat the head of the Jenny family, who was in charge of police work in the Hoenn.
The appearance of the four heavyweight guests instantly elevated the event's prestige to a whole new level.
Many viewers were seeing the head of the Jenny family for the first time.
Furthermore, in order to fully engage the audience and make them feel that today's match alone is worth the ticket price.
The tournament organizers deliberately arranged for the most controversial player, Tobias, to play in the first game of the main event.
As for Tobias's opponent, it's the traveling Pokémon Trainer previously battled Steven's Metagross using Sceptile.
Upon learning that his opponent was Tobias, this traveling Pokémon Trainer didn't feel unlucky or anything; instead, he became extremely excited.
He enjoys fighting against strong opponents.
"Steven, you've battled his Sceptile. Do you think he could take down that Darkrai with three of his Pokémon?"
Roy, Wallace, and Steven appeared in the same preparation room inside the Arena.
"I don't know if he can win, but why are you two here instead of in your own preparation room?"
Steven didn't understand why the Arena's preparation rooms for the athletes during the main competition had changed from open-plan rooms to individual cubicles.
Each contestant has their own preparation room. Why do these two have to come into their own preparation room for no reason?
The problem is that the two of them dislike each other and are always fighting, which sometimes affects them as well.
After seeing Tobias appear on the screen, Roy and Wallace stopped bickering. They gave Steven a "shh" gesture and then focused intently on Tobias's battle against the traveling Pokémon Trainer.
Steven: Speechless...
Tobias once again sent out his Darkrai as the first move.
The traveling Pokémon Trainer's first Pokémon is his Trump Card, Sceptile.
Darkrai vs. Sceptile?
This scene seems a little familiar.
However, it's hard to say whether this current Sceptile can replicate the battle from the Sinnoh Conference.
The Sceptile looked at Darkrai opposite him, sensing Darkrai's immense power. He spat out the grass root he was holding in his mouth, and his eyes sharpened.
Darkrai remained unchanged, still acting indifferent. Despite the Sceptile's considerable strength, he still looked down on him.
The black figure and the green figure clashed in the Arena.
The two sides fought fiercely for another ten rounds, until finally the Sceptile lost its ability to fight.
The traveling Pokémon Trainer sent out his second Pokémon, a Pseudo-Elite Four level Electivire.
Electivire was equally powerful and experienced in battle, causing Darkrai to show signs of fatigue.
The traveling Pokémon Trainer skillfully used Sceptile and Electivire to bring Darkrai to low health.
However, the cost was that both Sceptile and Electivire lost their ability to fight.
The Traveling Pokémon Trainer's third Pokémon was a Conkeldurr. Conkeldurr entered the battle and used Mach Punch to hit Darkrai, taking down the weakened Darkrai.
Darkrai revealed its ring-shaped eyes and lost its ability to fight.
Did he kill a god?
The scene of the Conkeldurr killing a god with a single punch made the audience cheer. Compared to watching Legendary Pokémon, this scene of killing a god was obviously more exciting.
The four judges on the panel were not so surprised, as they knew that the two Legendary Pokémon in Tobias's possession were merely Legendary Pokémon without Divine Authority.
Many Legendary Pokémon species-based, and while Pokémon, their strength is still limited.
It's normal for Darkrai to be taken down with a single punch by the Conkeldurr, which is super effective against Dark type, after being weakened by Sceptile and Electivire.
However, before everyone could recover from the surprise of the Conkeldurr killing the god, Tobias recalled his Darkrai and took out his other Poké Ball.
At this moment, the Drone's camera was focused on Tobias's actions and Fling onto the large screen.
What is Tobias's second Pokémon?
The audience held their breath; the Arena, which held over ten thousand people, was eerily quiet.
A flash of red light appeared on the Poké Ball.
A blue and white Latios with a streamlined body, red rear half, jet-like wings, fish-fin-like feet, and a red triangular symbol on its chest appeared on the battlefield.
The good news is that the traveling Pokémon Trainer forced Tobias to retreat, Darkrai the bad news is that the opponent's second Legendary Pokémon Pokémon.
Another Legendary Pokémon!!
These are already two Legendary Pokémon.
The audience was completely baffled by Tobias's second Legendary Pokémon; had the ticket price already been recouped just from this one battle?
Where else can you spend 500 Poké Dollars to see two Legendary Pokémon battle?
Steven's preparation room
Wallace was completely numb. He turned around and saw that Steven also had a heavy expression on his face. He then turned to look at Roy, thinking that Roy would be as surprised as he was or as heavy-hearted as Steven.
He discovered that Roy's reaction to Latios was not intense; instead, he seemed to take it all for granted.
No?
These are two Legendary Pokémon!
Could Roy have been scared out of his wits by Latios?
Wallace waved his hand in front of Roy's eyes, but Roy slapped it away, looking at Wallace with disgust.
Look at you, so naive and unsophisticated.
Don't disturb him while he's watching the match.
Roy was unable to scan the information of this Latios on the large screen.
However, seeing how accurately and quickly the opponent eliminated the last near- Pseudo-Elite Four Conkeldurr, from the Traveling Pokémon Trainer's field, he deduced that this Latios had also reached the level of a beginner Elite Four.
Wallace was shocked, as were the audience members and countless others watching the live stream.
Two Legendary Pokémon appeared in the very first match of the Edge Cup main tournament, and the audience and the Edge Cup live stream started discussing what Tobias's three Pokémon were.
Could it be another Legendary Pokémon?
No?
These two Legendary Pokémon are already so strong, if there's another Legendary Pokémon, wouldn't Tobias have already Lock-On the championship position?
Looking at all the contestants in the entire Edge Cup, only Tobias possesses two Legendary Pokémon. What else is there to compare?
Why not just send the other players home for dinner and let Tobias win another championship?
Some people have even started underground betting, wagering that Tobias will be the champion of this year's Edge Cup.
With the news of the two Legendary Pokémon emerging, countless Hoenn residents who were unable to travel to Ever Grande City to watch the battle up close switched their televisions and Communicators to Ever Grande City's live broadcast studios and television channels.