The venue is a standard square battle platform, with a flat and solid gray rock slab and white border lines drawn around it.
There is a command area on each side of the venue. The audience seats are lined up in a circle around the venue and are full of seats.
Xinhai and Fujiwara Takuma stood in the command area respectively, both looking at each other.
The referee walked to the center of the field, confirmed that both sides were in place, raised the flag in his hand high, and then suddenly waved it down. "The battle begins - please send Pokémon from both sides!"
Fujiwara Takuma's movements were not slow. His right hand passed from his waist and pressed the release button of Poké Ball.
A red light flashed, and a sturdy Crawdaunt appeared in the center of the field.
The crimson carapace glowed with a moist sheen in the afternoon sun. The two huge claws were slightly open, and the jagged structure at the jaws shone coldly. The tail fan slapped the ground behind it, bringing up a cloud of dust.
Xinhai took out Poké Ball from his waist, a red light flashed, and the slender and powerful figure of Blaziken appeared on the other side of the field.
Red's colored feathers glowed with a warm luster in the sunlight, and its blue eyes looked calmly at Crawdaunt opposite.
The moment he saw Blaziken, Fujiwara Takuma's pupils shrank sharply and his face became a little ugly.
He stared at Blaziken for two seconds. The Blaziken's body shape, standing posture, and the Intimidate that was not released deliberately but naturally emitted, were clearly Pokémon from Gym level.
Meeting this kind of opponent in the first round of qualifying is really not good luck.
"Crawdaunt, Aqua Jet!" Fujiwara Takuma took the lead in ordering, with a rush of urgency in his voice.
Crawdaunt's body was suddenly enveloped by the water flow, and his entire body was like a blue cannonball that was ejected, shooting away in the direction of Blaziken.
Its right paw was raised high, its jaws opened to the extreme, and Crabhammer, carrying the potential energy of Aqua Jet, crashed down with a sharp sound of breaking through the air.
"Blaziken, get away." Xinhai's voice was unhurried.
Blaziken's feet lightly kicked on the gray rock slab, and his body slid half a step to the left.
Crawdaunt's Crabhammer hit the spot where it was standing just now. The aqua blue energy exploded into a Spider Web-shaped crack on the rock slab, and crushed lime splashed half a meter high.
Crawdaunt missed the attack, and then his left pincer swept over from the side.
Blaziken leaned back, and the pincer blade brushed against the feathers on its chest, picking up a few fine downs.
Blaziken took advantage of the situation and turned somersault backwards, taking two steps away. When his feet landed on the ground, his knees were slightly bent, and his center of gravity was stable.
"Rock Smash Kick."
Blaziken, who had stabilized his body, pushed his right foot on the ground, and his whole body was like a Red-colored stream of light, instantly approaching Crawdaunt, who had not retracted his left paw.
Lifting his right leg, Fighting type's energy condensed into a dark red shock wave at the ankle. His knees moved from bending to extending, and his feet accurately stepped on the center of Crawdaunt's breastplate.
"Bang--!"
With a muffled sound, Crawdaunt's breastplate dented centered on the impact point, and his entire body flew backwards.
It flipped twice in the air and fell heavily outside the white line at the edge of the field. Its carapace bounced on the ground before stopping. Its two large claws lay helplessly on both sides of its body, losing its ability to fight.
The referee quickly stepped forward to check Crawdaunt's status, then raised the flag in his hand and said loudly and clearly, "Crawdaunt has lost the ability to fight - Xinhai Bai Mu wins!"
From the time the referee waved the flag to when Crawdaunt fell to the ground, it only took about ten seconds.
The audience was quiet for a moment, and then there was a burst of discussion.
Several spectators sitting in the front row craned their necks to look into the venue, as if to confirm whether Crawdaunt had really collapsed like this.
Fujiwara Takuma stood in the command area, his mouth slightly open. He was stunned for two seconds before he realized what he was doing, and took Crawdaunt back to Poké Ball, with a bitter look on his face.
He nodded slightly in the direction of Xinhai, turned around and walked towards the waiting passage.
He also nodded towards the other party, Xinhai took Blaziken back to Poké Ball, and glanced at the Red-colored figure inside through the small transparent window on the surface of the sphere.
Blaziken is regulating his breath with his eyes closed and his breathing is steady. It seems that the kick just now has not warmed him up.
"Thank you for your hard work, Blaziken." Xinhai said softly and buckled Poké Ball back around his waist.
After finishing this, Xinhai bent down, picked up the Eevee on the side, put it on his shoulder, and walked back along the waiting passage.
Returning to the waiting area, Xinhai found an empty chair and sat down, took out a water bottle from Spatial Backpack and took two sips.
People were coming and going in the waiting area, and players were constantly coming in and out. Some people were carrying their bags dejectedly and walking to the exit. Some people were high-fiving their teammates with cheerful faces. There were also several staff members holding signs and walking through the crowd, urging the next round of players to report to the designated venue.
The round information on the large electronic screen is refreshed every one or two minutes. The winning names of each venue pop up one after another, while the eliminated names disappear quietly. The whole process is as smooth as a sophisticated screening machine.
Xinhai glanced at the big screen and saw that the third venue in the East District had advanced to the ninth round.
He calculated the time. In the qualifiers, one person can only play one game. If you win, you will advance and if you lose, you will be able to play the second round at noon today.
After closing his eyes for a while, Xinhai opened his eyes when the staff announced the second round of drawing.
Hearing the sound, he looked towards the big screen, and new information popped up on the screen. "The third venue in the East District, the twelfth round--Xinhai Bai Mu VS Hayase Misaki."
"Let's go, Eevee." Xinhai stood up and put Eevee in his arms on his shoulder.
One person and one person came to the spectator seats next to the battle field and watched the second round of the battle.
The overall strength of the players in this round is slightly stronger than the players in the previous round, but there is still no Gym level Pokémon.
While watching the game, Xinhai also accidentally saw his opponent in this round.
It was a young girl with a single ponytail. She looked very beautiful, with a slender and neat figure. She was wearing a light blue sports coat, with the hem tucked into dark gray shorts, and three Poké Ball hanging from her waist.
She was standing outside the command area of the third field, tilting her head slightly, looking attentively at the ongoing battle on the field, lowering her head from time to time to write down something in her notebook, her expression serious and quiet.
Xinhai's eyes stayed on her for a moment and then looked away, and continued to observe the tactical styles of the players on the stage and Pokémon's skill combination ideas.
The current battle on the field is between a trainer using Magneton and an opponent carrying Linoone.
Magneton's Electric type skill spread out a dense arc net in the center of the field. Linoone was forced to wander around the edge of the field. Several attempts to use Agility to rush in were blocked by Thunder Wave.
In the end, Magneton accurately hit Zap Cannon, and Linoone fell to the ground.
"Thunder Wave spread the field and add Zap Cannon to target Snipe Shot." Xinhai secretly made a note in his mind, "This style of play is very powerful against the speed type Pokémon."
He continued to watch the subsequent battles, taking in the characteristics and weaknesses of the players one by one.
Several trainers' Pokémon has reached Elite-level peak, and the release speed and power of their skills are quite solid, but in Xinhai's opinion, these opponents do not pose much of a threat to him for the time being.