Xia Yan and Leon's battle had ended.
The sheer spectacle of that match ranked among the best since the Masters Tournament began.
Especially the final, epochal collision between Charizard and Infernape.
It had even blasted a huge hole through the barrier painstakingly prepared by the organizers.
One had to understand.
This was a barrier specifically prepared for the Masters Tournament.
It was not one of the barriers used for ordinary matches.
Its durability was on an entirely different level.
And yet.
It had still been punched through.
Of course, the organizers had long been prepared for such a possibility.
Because the further the tournament progressed, the stronger the battlers would become, and the harder it would be for them to hold back.
Otherwise, they would not have deliberately stationed so many staff members around the barrier in case of accidents.
But this was only the second round.
More precisely, the second round had only just begun.
Yet the barrier had already been destroyed.
It was even foreseeable that tomorrow's headlines would very likely be about the barrier being pierced.
The Ecruteak City incident had seemingly passed, and the matter had settled down.
A month later, Xia Yan was about to make the headlines again.
However.
This battle between Xia Yan and Leon had given quite a few people who had been watching this young Elite Four member some ideas about how to fight him.
After reviewing the battle.
Many people reached the same conclusion.
When battling Xia Yan, if their strength was comparable to his or weaker, they had to seize the initiative and attack first, striving to take him down in a single rush.
They absolutely could not worry that taking the initiative would lead to them being countered by Xia Yan, just as Leon had been.
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