Afternoon, still Area E, Field 7.
Fang Yuan welcomed his second battle.
He had to admit that there were really a lot of Rookie Trainers participating in the Little Phoenix King Cup. No wonder so many fields were being used for battles at the same time...
If they didn't do this, it would be impossible to complete all the matches in a week.
"Your Pokémon is an Eevee, right?"
"My condolences, my Pokémon is a Machop, which has an advantage in terms of type."
This time, Fang Yuan's opponent was a talkative Trainer with the potential for trash talk. If Fang Yuan were an honest person, he would probably already be feeling the pressure.
But how could he care about this kind of type disadvantage?
"Don't you know that winning against type matchups is the standard configuration for the protagonist?" Fang Yuan said.
The opponent thought, what the heck, he had never seen such a shameless person.
In the next moment, the two released their Pokémon at the same time. At the referee's command, the Machop followed the Trainer's order, making a sharp hand-knife posture and starting to chop towards the Eevee.
Whoosh!
On Fang Yuan's side, it was still just a simple Quick Attack command, and the Eevee instantly left the Machop's sight.
"Reaction speed is too slow," Fang Yuan said.
The Machop's vision couldn't keep up with the Eevee's Quick Attack speed at all. When the Machop reacted, its hand was already out of strength, because its waist was hit by a huge force, and its body completely lost its balance.
Watching the Machop being dealt with so neatly, the expression on Fang Yuan's opponent's face instantly froze.
How could it be? Its Machop had been hitting a sandbag with Karate Chop for a month...
A month of effort was all in vain, and it didn't even last a single move.
"No. 444 Fang Yuan advances," the referee glanced at Fang Yuan.
He was also the referee for Fang Yuan in the morning. In a day, this field had to go through many battles. It was difficult for the contestants to impress the referee, and the referee would not deliberately remember them.
But Fang Yuan did it. In two consecutive matches, he easily solved his opponents with one move. The Eevee's combat skills were really eye-catching.
"Very good, just keep your strength like this and advance all the way. We can get the official competition qualification soon."
After only two battles, the advantages of Fang Yuan's Special Training for Eevee became apparent.
The first opponent they encountered was a typical example of someone who hadn't done any training at all, and their Pokémon was raised as a pet.
The second opponent, although the momentum of the Karate Chop move was good, was full of weaknesses.
In comparison, although Eevee couldn't be said to have no weaknesses, it was definitely not so easy for enemies to target.
After finishing the second match, Fang Yuan probably didn't have any matches today. He planned to go back early and practice Counter Shield with Eevee again.
However, just as Fang Yuan passed a field, his feet stopped involuntarily.
"Hey, buddy, what's going on?"
"Hmm?"
The person Fang Yuan patted on the shoulder was taken aback, then said, "The girl in the blue tracksuit seems to be an apprentice from the Winter Dojo. I just got here too. That move really startled me."
"Oh, thanks." Fang Yuan looked at the field.
Snorunt's Icy Wind directly froze the Water-type Krabby into an ice cube. The power was considerable, and the technique also had some tricks.
Icy Wind is a move that blows freezing cold air at the opponent to attack. It's generally difficult to directly freeze external objects, but Krabby was frozen in an instant... This Icy Wind is a bit interesting.
"I wonder how this Snorunt is in other aspects. If it's a glass cannon mage, it's fine, but if its basic qualities are not inferior to Eevee, encountering it will mostly be a difficult battle. But a Pokémon like Snorunt... the chances should be small."
Seeing the Snorunt's Trainer leave, Fang Yuan didn't stay long either. He didn't expect to witness a powerhouse so quickly.
...
Leaving the Oriental Pearl Arena, Fang Yuan took a car to a Public Battle Arena relatively close to his hotel.
He and Eevee would continue their Special Training for Counter Shield here.
Although he was currently encountering opponents that could be easily dealt with, Fang Yuan didn't think everyone was at this level.
Now, on the official Little Phoenix King Cup forum, many powerful Rookie Trainers had already been revealed, including that Dojo apprentice, who should not be underestimated.
"Dojo apprentice, huh..."
"I just wonder how many more people like that there are."
On the second day of the preliminaries, after Fang Yuan and Eevee warmed up, they once again set off early for the Oriental Pearl Arena.
Today, their opponent was the Rock and Ground-type Geodude.
Relying solely on Quick Attack might not be enough to instantly kill this kind of thick-skinned Pokémon.
"Against Rock-types, the power of Quick Attack is halved. It seems I need to coordinate with other moves." Fang Yuan was prepared to reveal more of his strength.
The field was the same old field, the referee was the same old acquaintance. After the match time arrived, Fang Yuan smoothly walked into the Battle Arena.
This time, Fang Yuan's opponent was a seemingly taciturn, scholarly Trainer. The opponent didn't take the initiative to speak, and Fang Yuan couldn't think of any trash talk to say after holding it in for a long time.
Looks like I don't have enough ink...
As Fang Yuan silently felt helpless, the referee had already announced the start of the battle.
"Eevee, start running."
Without hesitation, Fang Yuan issued a command to take the initiative.
"Geodude, Rock Throw!"
Although he didn't use Quick Attack, Eevee's speed was still unmatched by Geodude. Geodude could only watch Eevee helplessly, then follow the Trainer's command to launch a ranged attack.
The offensive was fierce, but unfortunately, the accuracy was a bit lacking.
Not a single one of the thrown stones hit Eevee. Eevee didn't even need to use its Ability... It could react and dodge just by sight.
"Sand Attack."
Taking advantage of the gap when Geodude used the move, Eevee had already run to the opponent's side. It lightly raised its paw, and a pinch of fine sand accurately hit Geodude's eyes, making it unable to see the surrounding environment.
"Keep using it," Fang Yuan said.
After several consecutive Sand Attacks, the Geodude was helpless, losing its vision. Tackle, Rollout, and other moves were like wild, random attacks.
Finally, when the Geodude was exhausted from being toyed with, the Eevee used Quick Attack to knock it out of the Battle Arena.
"Sand Attack is really dirty..." Fang Yuan thought.
Sand Attack was originally most effective when aimed at the face, but after so much practice, Eevee's Sand Attack, as long as the opponent wasn't too fast, could hit the eyes every time.
Before leaving, the referee glanced at Fang Yuan again, and Fang Yuan also looked at him and greeted him.
"See you in the afternoon."
"This No. 444 Fang Yuan, if he wins the match smoothly this afternoon, we can set him as a seeded player."
Watching Fang Yuan's departing back, the referee thought.
Stamina, movement speed, reaction speed, move mastery, and psychological quality, Fang Yuan's Eevee far surpassed other Pokémon. Ordinary Trainers who encountered Fang Yuan's Eevee would basically find it difficult to gain the initiative and advantage, because the strength between the two was not on the same level...
Moreover, after three matches, Eevee had only shown Quick Attack and Sand Attack. It was likely that it was hiding a lot of strength, which was the most important thing.
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