A Little Warning

At noon, Xia Yan had a simple lunch with Lance and the others in the contestants' cafeteria at Manalo Stadium.

The preliminaries continued that afternoon.

To demonstrate absolute "fairness and impartiality," no one was allowed to skip the preliminaries.

Even the island kahunas were no exception.

Fortunately.

Although there were many participants, most of them were not particularly strong, and none of Xia Yan's group encountered any surprises.

Xia Yan ended the first day with three consecutive victories.

He still drew quite a bit of attention.

Although he had only sent out Eevee and Feebas during the matches.

Most of the time, Eevee merely acted as a Baton Pass user, leaving the main fighting to Feebas.

Feebas did not disappoint Xia Yan either.

Although it looked rather dull-witted, it showed no mercy in battle. Once it received Eevee's boosts, it changed many people's dismissive view of Feebas.

During that time.

There were no surprises in Xia Yan's battle results, which made those supporting him very happy.

"Xia Yan is someone worth supporting. Other people research Pokémon through observation and study, but Xia Yan truly leads by example. He wrote a paper on Eevee, so he caught an Eevee himself. He wrote a paper on Feebas and Milotic, so he caught a Milotic himself."

No one knew who had first voiced that opinion, but it won the approval of many people.

"It isn't just that he caught them. Xia Yan has also raised them very well. Before this, if anyone told me Feebas could fight like that, I never would have believed them."

"So this is the Hero of Truth? He really is truthful enough."

Unlike the Lily of the Valley Youth Tournament, Xia Yan received plenty of attention from the very beginning of this competition.

He was hailed as one