Although his strength fell short of an Awakened's, he had two Gym Leader Class Pokémon, putting him around the middle of South Korea's team.
Yet from the moment he stepped onto the field, the opposing Pokémon Trainer lacked the energy of the Electric-type Trainers Xiao Ran had met. There was something gloomy about him that made Xiao Ran deeply uncomfortable.
Unexpectedly, his opponent did not send out a Gym Leader Class Pokémon right away, instead choosing a Late Stage Elite Class Raichu.
"Electric-type? Raichu?" Xiao Ran frowned slightly at his opponent's type and choice of Pokémon.
Of his remaining Pokémon, he only had Sylveon, Alcremie, and Diancie. All three were slow Pokémon that would struggle against the high mobility of Electric-types.
One careless move, and he could easily end up being run in circles.
After thinking it over carefully, he stuck to his original plan and sent out Sylveon. With Misty Terrain in play, at least he would not have to worry about paralysis from Electric-type Pokémon.
"Do you think Xiao Ran can take down three opponents?" Veranica asked curiously.
"He... probably can?" Bai Tingjiao replied uncertainly. There was no helping it. Apart from Diancie, Sylveon and Alcremie were considerably weaker than those three Pokémon. Defeating two full teams with these three would be rather difficult.
"Let's see him deal with the problem right in front of him first!" Xuan Yuan Tianyu said with a faint smile, a trace of schadenfreude on his face.
He had already spotted the problem Xiao Ran would face next: the enormous difference in speed between their Pokémon. If Xiao Ran failed to handle it properly, forget fighting two more opponents—he might not even get past this one.
After all, an old Chinese saying held that among all martial arts, only speed was unbeatable.
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