The two held their breath and stared closely at the fierce battle between Lock-On and 28 on the court. The host's passionate real-time commentary heightened the tense atmosphere to the extreme.
Perhaps because of entering the main match, the battle rhythm has suddenly accelerated. Compared with the last round of the preliminaries, the confrontation between Pokémon is now more intense, making people feel dizzying.
Because of this, the game progressed incredibly fast. In less than twenty minutes, the first three battles came to an end. With the host's announcement, the fourth battle officially kicked off.
"Next game, Xinhai Bai Mu versus Kaito Yoshida! Invite two players to play!"
Hearing this name, Nurse Joy instantly became energetic and looked at the two contestants on the field intently, causing some of the other three judges to also become serious.
Xinhai The moment he stepped onto the ring, blazing gazes from all directions surrounded him like a wave, which made him feel a little nervous.
However, years of training and love for Pokémon quickly calmed him down. He looked at Kaito Yoshida and threw out Poké Ball at the same time.
"Go! Torchic!" "Rhyhorn, it's your turn!"
Two red lights flashed, and a smart Torchic and a huge, rhino-like Pokémon appeared in the center of the field.
They stared at each other quietly, their eyes full of vigilance, waiting for the trainer's instructions.
Seeing that both sides were ready, the referee raised the flag without hesitation and waved it down forcefully. "The battle... begins!"
As soon as the referee finished speaking, Kaito Yoshida immediately shouted, "Rhyhorn, Rock Tomb!"
Rhyhorn stepped heavily on the ground with one foot, and several rock pillars gathered around it under its control, and smashed towards Torchic.
Not to be outdone, Xinhai shouted, "Torchic, Flame Charge avoid!"
Torchic The wings were instantly wrapped in blazing flames, like a burning meteor, while avoiding the attack, it quickly flew away into the distance.
The sharp rocks scraped against its tail feathers, creating shallow pits on the ground. The waves of flying gravel caused the flames on its body to sway in all directions.
Yingnan on the contestants' bench looked at this thrilling scene, his heart was in his throat, and he couldn't help but sweat for Xinhai and Torchic.
"Rhyhorn, blockbuster Rock Tomb attacks!" Kaito Yoshida looked at Torchic's flexible evasive movements, frowned tightly, and quickly issued new instructions.
Rhyhorn's two front feet hit the ground like giant hammers, the ring seemed to be shaking, and the ring beneath its feet was cracked open by this blow.
Xinhai saw this, his expression darkened, and he decisively ordered, "Use Double Team!"
In the process of running fast, Torchic quickly separated into five other clones. The six Torchic kept changing their positions, and finally spread out in a fan shape on the ring.
At the same time, the large rocks at the crack were suspended beside it under the control of Rhyhorn.
Rhyhorn looked at the six Torchic in the distance with great confusion. His head, which was not very bright at first, suddenly became even more confused.
"Is the old trick repeated?"
Kaito Yoshida felt very familiar with this scene and quickly gave an instruction to Rhyhorn: "Rhyhorn, cover them all! Then press forward!"
Rhyhorn's huge body shook violently, and with a roar, the rocks suspended around it poured down on each of its clones like a torrential rain.
'Double Team is easy to use, this trick has been tried and tested time and time again!'
Xinhai chuckled and quickly ordered, "Flame Charge avoid!"
The figures of the six Torchic were wrapped in blazing flames, and they quickly broke out to the side at the same time. Rhyhorn ran towards the six Torchic in a straight line.
The rock formation of Rhyhorn was overwhelming, and the flying rock blocks passed through the five Torchic's, leaving only one true body still running.
Torchic relied on Flame Charge's acceleration to run out of the center of Rock Tomb's coverage when the rocks fell. After briefly dodging a few rocks, he arrived near the corner of the ring.
However, it did not stay, but once again used the Double Team and Quick Attack skills to break out against the energy wall covering the field.
Kaito Yoshida looked at this scene and knew that this was his best opportunity in this battle. If he didn't seize it, he might never have such a good opportunity again.
Kaito Yoshida and Xinhai both know very well that this duel will determine the direction of this battle.
The six Torchic figures were wrapped in white light representing extreme speed, and they quickly broke through along the edge of the ring, while Rhyhorn ran in a straight line towards the edge of the ring.
Kaito Yoshida stared closely at the position of the six Torchic, looking nervous and concentrating on waiting for the best opportunity to arrive.
Just when Torchic was about to break into the straight line formed by Rhyhorn and the edge of the ring, Kaito Yoshida suddenly shouted, "Now, scatter Rock Tomb in front of Torchic!"
Rhyhorn's giant hoof stomped the ground heavily, and dozens of rock blocks broke out of the ground, controlled by it to smash towards the front of Torchic's breakout route.
However, at this moment, a confident smile appeared on Xinhai's lips. He clenched his fists and shouted loudly, "Run as much as you want! Torchic!"
I saw the figure of Torchic on the field speeding up again, turning into a shooting star with a long white tail, and breaking out towards the other side of the ring.
Kaito Yoshida's pupils shrank, and he watched helplessly as the figure turned into a white rainbow and quickly rushed through the coverage area of Rock Tomb.
In the shocked eyes of Kaito Yoshida and the audience, Torchic ran to Rhyhorn's half, and Rock Tomb hit the energy wall at the edge of the ring and turned into a puff of dust.
The top disciples Rustboro Gym and Trainer Morisaki looked at this wonderful scene with appreciative smiles on their faces and said, "Speed Boost's Torchic? He's a good prospect. Is he a student of your school? Director Nakamura!" As he said that, he looked at the teaching director Rustboro Trainer School next to him.
Director Nakamura pushed up his black-framed glasses, shook his head and said, "No, I didn't see this child's information on the list of students who advanced to the main competition. He is most likely a traveling trainer! It's a pity that his talent is not good. If he enters our school, he will most likely become a trainer Elite level."
Mr. Suzuki looked at Nurse Joy with a smile and asked curiously, "Nurse Joy should know this kid! I saw that when this kid came on the field, Nurse Joy, you were obviously a lot more serious."
With a gentle smile on his face, Nurse Joy gently stroked the hair beside his ear and said, "Director Nakamura guessed it right. This child is a travel trainer and is traveling Gym Challenge with the goal of Ever Grande Conference."
"In the beginning, I also heard from my cousin Verdanturf Town about this child, saying that he has good conduct and a kind heart. A few days ago, he was injured during the battle with Pokémon. He was treated at Pokémon Center, so I got to know him better and found that this child is a very good trainer."
Her eyes followed the high-spirited young man on the ring, and her voice softened unconsciously, "The most important thing is that I can deeply feel the deep bond between him and Pokémon, so when I saw him play just now, I naturally paid more attention to him."
Mr. Suzuki suddenly realized. "So that's it! Then this kid is really a pretty good kid." The other two people also nodded in agreement.
Just as the judges were communicating in low voices, the battle situation in the arena took a new turn.
Since Torchic has exposed its speed, it will no longer retain the speed of Flame Charge twice.
Coupled with the increased speed of [Acceleration] Ability, when the two are superimposed, the speed of Torchic is equivalent to the third level of improvement.
When the speed in the real world is increased by three levels, the effect is not just to hit the opponent faster than the opponent in the game. The improvement of every ability in the real world can be said to be an all-round improvement.
Taking the current Torchic as an example, the change brought about by speed can be described in one sentence, that is: when I want to hit you, I can catch up with you right away, but when you want to hit me, I have already disappeared.
Of course, the huge increase in speed also has negative effects. Any increase in ability will make it more difficult for Pokémon to control his body.
To put it simply, Pokémon will feel uncoordinated and find it difficult to perform some fine movements.
At this time, Laser Training plays an important role. Under the continuous and intensive attack of the laser, Pokémon's ability to control its own speed will be greatly improved.
Similarly, there are corresponding training methods for improving other abilities. Through these methods, Pokémon's control over a certain ability can be improved.
Torchic relies on its greatly increased speed to easily dodge Rhyhorn's Rock Tomb skills.
Then use the sixteen-character guerrilla warfare formula of "When the enemy advances, we retreat; when the enemy is stationed, we harass; when the enemy is tired, we attack; when the enemy retreats, we advance." This tactic continuously consumes Rhyhorn's physical strength.
Rhyhorn, who was harassed by guerrilla attacks, became increasingly irritable. Although he still obeyed the trainer's instructions, the hit rate of his skills dropped sharply.
Xinhai looked at Rhyhorn who was constantly throwing skills on the field and thought: 'With the skills that Rhyhorn can master, I am afraid that only Earthquake, Magnitude and other powerful or wide-range moves can cause damage to Torchic.'
Rhyhorn The large rocks raised fell into the air again, creating dense shallow pits on the ground.
Kaito Yoshida wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked at Xinhai Bai Mu opposite him. He really wanted to have a real PK with him, but unfortunately he was still competing.
Kaito Yoshida looked at Torchic who was easily dodging the attack, and ordered helplessly, "The most powerful Earthquake!"
This is his last attempt. If the [Earthquake] skill can no longer solve the opponent, then they can surrender.
The scarlet-eyed Rhyhorn raised its front body, and hit the ground with its thick forelimbs. The cracks spread out Spider Web with it as the center, and ripples appeared on the suspended energy wall.
'Is it finally here!' Xinhai, who had been on guard for a long time, thought to himself, and at the same time quickly ordered, "Run to the edge of the ring, Torchic!"
Torchic's dexterous figure galloped across the ring. The moment Rhyhorn cast Earthquake, it was already running along the edge of the ring.