Chapter 961

"Nice!"

Many people in the main venue applauded for Shanren and Mega Alakazam.

Although he didn't defeat Matt and Mega Sharpedo head-on, consequentialists made up the majority.

Victory is up, defeat is down.

No matter how beautiful and moving the journey is, everyone generally still hopes to reach the destination.

Otherwise, this journey wouldn't have started.

Getting off halfway is often just a forced, helpless move.

And what the other part of the people saw was Shanren's use of the rules and his perfect layout and planning ability.

This point is very important for a trainer, and even more important for a League Chairman!

Although one cannot arbitrarily conclude that Shanren is suitable for the position of League Chairman based on this, there is an old saying: see the big from the small.

Not to mention, who can deny Shanren's contribution to Orre over the past two years?

Iron Town is peaceful and orderly, leaping to become a stable industrial hub of Orre, all of which he handled with ease!

In terms of achievements among the younger generation, there is only one person qualified to compete with him for the position of Chairman—

Leader of Team Rainbow! All Baimu!

VIP seats.

Archie felt sorry for Matt and also felt lucky for him; being "rule-killed" by Shanren could actually be considered a good ending.

Neither lost to Team Magma's Courtney, nor was he defeated head-on by Shanren.

The former is the point.

Matt had been aiming for Courtney from the beginning, but unfortunately, his brain didn't turn the corner, stupidly moving along the stream.

A bunch of Fire and Ground-type Pokémon trainers from Team Magma, how could they possibly get close to a water source?

Archie tried hard to resist not looking at Maxie, feeling that he would definitely be mocked.

However.

Compared to mocking his old rival, Maxie was more concerned about his own Courtney; she hadn't appeared on the big screen for a while.

Eliminated?

The super-giant Steelix's irregular strikes were so fierce, it wasn't impossible!

When the two villain leaders were worried.

Canyon arena.

Matt and Mega Sharpedo were teleported away, and Shanren hurriedly supported the falling Mega Alakazam.

"Fu..."

"Yes, we won."

He looked at the weak Mega Alakazam, seeing it give him a thumbs up, and smiled.

Mega Alakazam is very strong, but correspondingly it is also very fragile, especially its physical defense.

Let alone super-effective moves, it might not even be able to take Mega Sharpedo's Aqua Jet.

A scratch is an injury!

Shanren had been wary of Mega Sharpedo's Aqua Jet, very worried about not being able to dodge it.

In fact, it really couldn't dodge it.

Future Sight only allows Mega Alakazam to see the future, not to make a corresponding reaction.

Fortunately, at the critical moment, Disable was timely enough.

Under All Baimu's guidance, he had trained for a week, during which Disable was a key subject.

Why?

Just because Disable's hard control has no blind spots!

Even if a Ghost-type stands in front, it can still be controlled!

In contrast, several other Psychic-type moves with hard control either have blind spots or poor hard control effects.

Never thought this card would come in handy in the preliminaries.

For Shanren, who had been absent from the battle scene for two years, a week of intensive training could only allow him to win back his old skills, plus a slight enhancement.

Wanting to become very strong is impossible.

Everything seeks stability.

Shanren supported Mega Alakazam to run from the poison, while giving orders.

"Recover."

"Fu!"

Mega Alakazam closed its eyes, fluorescent green light emerging from its body, gradually healing the cuts and stabs from the sharp fangs and the impact injuries from the Aqua Jet.

Although Mega Sharpedo only touched it slightly at the end.

But it still almost kicked the bucket.

No wonder All Baimu kept emphasizing the importance of bulk; if you can't take it, there's no possibility of counterattacking.

"Preliminaries, it's fine until the preliminaries!" Shanren said so.

Compared to a single Pokémon, he put more effort into the team as a whole.

Shanren saw Mega Alakazam had recovered, and let go of its left arm.

"Go! Move toward the center!"

The circle shrinking was still continuing, current remaining contestants—

One hundred and thirty-one.

In the dark cave.

Otsuka and Naruhiro were panting, and beside them were Krookodile and Excadrill.

"Didn't catch up, right?"

"No."

The two had converged not long ago when the circle shrank.

At that time, Otsuka was being hunted, and Naruhiro went up to help, but the two Pokémon couldn't beat the other's one Pokémon, so they had to change from fighting together to fleeing together.

Thanks to the circle shrinking being more important than eliminating people, they were spared.

Until their breathing gradually evened out.

Otsuka said: "Boss, Big Sister, they should all be in the center, let's converge as soon as possible, to avoid being besieged again."

Among the Orre locals participating, the number of Battle Mountain trainers and Beryllium City trainers was the largest.

The former was fine, but the latter generally huddled together for warmth, simply not talking about martial arts!

Otsuka had been besieged by this group several times, and they asked him where he came from; he didn't think he would be let go if he replied Iron Town.

During the previous arena exchange day, the other party clearly looked down on Iron Town trainers.

If it weren't for the boss suppressing them so they didn't dare to act presumptuously, how could it be so harmonious?

"Hmm, be careful."

Naruhiro agreed.

They didn't think about converging with the other few companions; the boss said everything depends on fate, no matter who you lie to, you can't lie to yourself.

Two Orre trainers who had truly relied on themselves to get to where they were today slowly converged toward the center.

Hundreds of meters away.

Long Ren sat on top of Snorlax's head, puzzled: "Can't see them anywhere..."

How did those two disappear all of a sudden?

"Hum~"

Snorlax covered its thunderous stomach; it was hungry again after exercising for too long.

Long Ren lowered his head and said: "Okay, eat first! After eating, go to the center! There must be many people there!"

"Hum~"

Snorlax smiled foolishly.

It was originally a cadre of the second-generation Cipher—a Dark Pokémon of Ardos, the brother of the Phenac Stadium manager, Eagun.

After being saved by Long Ren, it followed him wholeheartedly.

"Airdrop, come!"

Long Ren clicked the corresponding button on his watch.

A buzzing sound of propellers suddenly came from the horizon; it was a Porygon patrol drone bringing an airdrop.

"Oh oh! So fast!"

"Hum~"

Snorlax's small eyes glowed, drooling as it ran wildly toward the airdrop!

Rumbling~

A trail of dust was kicked up.

Comparable to using the signature Z-move—【Pulverizing Pancake】.

Long Ren was almost thrown off, fortunately grabbing its ears in time. But it also made him look like a carp streamer, blown horizontally by the airflow.

But he wasn't angry; instead, he laughed loudly.

"Fast, fast! Snorlax! Time to eat!"

"Hum~!!"

Long Ren's optimism and liveliness were largely his reliance for defeating Cipher.

Airdrop point reached.

An unexpected situation occurred; someone had arrived first!

Long Ren said politely: "Hello, this is our airdrop."

"What yours, my name is—huh? Long Ren?" The other party seemed to recognize him.

Long Ren stopped the impatient Snorlax, looked carefully for two seconds, and smiled: "So it's the sister from the Battle Mountain before!"

He had also challenged Battle Mountain, just didn't finish challenging it.

The other party looked at the drooling Snorlax and suddenly smiled: "Since you say it's your airdrop, then let's battle! Whoever wins gets it!"

"Okay, okay!"

Long Ren couldn't wait.

Problems that can be handled with battles are all small problems.

Snorlax's eyes burned with fire upon hearing this; in order to fill its stomach with food, it erupted!

And at the position where the two had left before.

A Porygon patrol drone carrying an airdrop circled around, question marks appearing on its forehead.

Where are the people? Mis-trigger?

It thought for a while and threw the airdrop down.

Maybe they were hiding; anyway, it had done its job.

One kilometer to the east.

Zheng Yi, standing on high ground, saw the airdrop, hesitated slightly, and decided to get something to drink before going to the center.

Hundreds of meters on the slope.

One of the trainers from the arena exchange day, Marin, was walking slowly with her younger brother Ford and a group of Orre trainers.

"Sister! There's an airdrop!"

"Go over and take a look."

Marin quickly made a judgment.

Unlike ordinary people who want to hide until the end, she was more inclined to actively eliminate others to ensure she could advance smoothly.

Another direction.

Several people were also approaching the airdrop.

Long Ren's airdrop signal successfully attracted "thousands of troops and horses" to meet.

The key was that he himself had found the wrong airdrop.

It appeared exceptionally dramatic.

There was someone in the back office of the organizers with a talent for directing, who arranged corresponding shots on the big screen, letting the audience understand what was about to happen.

Hearing the exclamations from the arena, he smiled happily.

Between the woods.

Lei Ou and Espeon closed their eyes.

Swish!

The sound of wind approached rapidly from the left; he opened his eyes suddenly, and Espeon also swung its tail quickly.

A light blue light shield appeared suddenly, blocking a pair of fluorescent green giant horns covered in jagged spikes.

Sizzle—

Sparks flew.

But just as the horns were about to break through the light shield, Mega Pinsir retreated instead of advancing, pulling away a distance from Espeon like lightning.

The giant cover that the light shield suddenly transformed into missed.

Bartlas saw this and said: "You've become stronger, Lei Ou."

"Not as good as you, I no longer have the certainty of victory." Lei Ou said calmly, saying something that made people angry.

Bartlas smiled, "I thought you would slowly become tame after putting on the International Police uniform all these years; very good! Still the Lei Ou who betrayed Team Snagem!"

The two finished talking.

Neither had any intention of continuing the battle.

It would be a pity to just take each other down like this; a real reunion should be a hearty full-team battle!

At this time.

A figure rushed out of the woods, looking at the two in a daze, followed by Garchomp.

He said: "Lei Ou? Master Bartlas? It's actually you!"

Bartlas didn't know him, but Lei Ou did.

"Did Did Yin Ma, it's not too late for you to leave now."

"Leave?"

Did Did Yin Ma realized something was wrong belatedly.

But Mega Pinsir had already taken action, turning into a white light invisible to the naked eye with Quick Attack, directly knocking Garchomp flying.

"Are you going to stand up for him?"

"No, this is a tournament."

Lei Ou shook his head and took Espeon toward the center, leaving only the wailing Did Did Yin Ma behind.

Sometimes luck is also a very important part.

The story is told in two ways.

It wasn't just Did Did Yin Ma who suffered.

After the number of contestants decreased, the probability of meeting acquaintances increased greatly.

For example, Kendall bumped into Liu Ge, Jin Ge from the Beryllium Arena met Lady Ayana, May was blocked by Courtney on the way forward, Silver Ape had a battle royale with Tetsuya and Gladion, and Wu met a trainer also from Unova.

Although they were all direct or indirect acquaintances, the tournament often doesn't recognize relatives, unless you want to meet the other party at a higher level.

Otherwise, they would basically fight to the death.

Victory is up, defeat is down.

The group of people who participated for the sake of participation were eliminated early.

And no matter the result, everyone was tacitly moving toward the center.

The 3D projection in the center of the arena.

Many viewers watched a large number of contestants rushing to the center, and then looked at All Baimu, who firmly occupied the core position and possessed the sandstorm.

They only felt that he was like a monarch waiting for his subjects to pay homage.

At this moment.

The monarch was a bit bored.

"Call an airdrop? Get something to drink?"

All Baimu was really tired of waiting, wishing he could turn into a demon and rush out to take everyone down.

Directly decide the result of the Orre tournament.

Never mind who is the runner-up or the top four; isn't having a champion enough?

He really wanted to be willful, but he was born with a big picture, and his self-control was strong, so he didn't do that.

Called an airdrop.

The Porygon patrol drone flew in swaying.

Don't know why he always felt the Porygon in the sky was cursing; was it in a bad mood?

He opened the airdrop, found drinks inside, and shared food with the super-giant Steelix, letting it fill its stomach and restore its state.

Beep!

The watch rang.

All Baimu looked down and found that the circle, which had only shrunk ten minutes ago, began to shrink again.

"Does this mean speeding up the schedule?"

There was no doubt.

The organizers had thought that reducing more than four hundred people to sixty-four would take at least a whole day.

Little did they know the huge gap between the contestants.

Only half a day had passed, and soon there would only be one hundred people left.

The organizers decided to speed up the circle shrinking, increasing the possibility of the remaining contestants meeting each other.

In the back office, they counted the "head count" of each contestant and found that All Baimu, who basically hadn't moved, was actually at the top of the list.

The super-giant Steelix's random charges allowed him to successfully take out more than forty nearby contestants.

Next was Wally.

Under All Baimu's instigation, he entered the head-counting mode, and counting the enemies he had defeated before, he had a record of twenty-three people.

The organizers decided to announce the specific results of each contestant after the preliminary round ended.

Get the publicity work going!

Add some fire!

Everyone was pleasantly surprised to see the continuously rising discussion on the internet.

In the canyon.

Many contestants who were preparing to rest saw the circle shrinking and complained as they continued to step forward.

They also knew that circle shrinking meant people were decreasing.

The preliminary round entered the most tense and urgent stage.

A moment later.

A large number of contestants arrived at the center, but they didn't rush to attack each other; their attention was entirely attracted by the huge sandstorm.

"What's the situation?"

"Go! Let's go over and take a look!"

Bartlas, Long Ren, and even Liu Ge and others all headed toward the sandstorm zone.

Only Shanren didn't go.

He walked slowly along the boundary, arriving at the center area as late as possible.

All Baimu's warning still echoed in his ears; he was a person who listened to advice, and even more a person who trusted his best friend.

Outside the sandstorm zone.

The remaining contestants were basically all nearby; they narrowed their eyes and looked up at the flying sand filling the sky.

Just as they thought it was some kind of natural weather, the scale of the sandstorm suddenly began to shrink until it stopped.

In the very center of the canyon, the vast yellow sand ground with an extremely open view.

Only one person stood in the middle, looking around at all the approaching contestants, raising his hand to say hello, "Hi! Hello everyone!"

He said to himself: "It's noon, everyone must be hungry, right? Then I'll hurry up! Pointing at soldiers and generals, whoever I point at is whoever..."

When he spoke.

Some people's expressions changed wildly and they fled backward, some looked around for their Pokémon, and some stood in place, seemingly wanting to see what kind of ghost he was playing.

Finally.

All Baimu showed a smile.

"Forget it, let's leave it to fate."

The next moment.

Boom—!!

The earth shook!

The solid earth under everyone's feet shattered like a thin eggshell, and they and their Pokémon fell uncontrollably!