Chapter 71

This also proves that the Big Character Exploding Flame has been completely formed!

"Charmeleon!" The Charmeleon spat out the Big Character Exploding Flame, and in an instant, the flame surged toward the Trapinch with unstoppable momentum.

The massive character and the Trapinch's petite body formed a stark contrast!

At this moment, the Trapinch seemed unaware of the impending danger, still looking left and right.

"Whoosh!"

The Big Character Exploding Flame pierced through the Trapinch's body.

Along its path, it left behind a scorching aura.

When the Big Character Exploding Flame vanished, the Trapinch lay on the ground, smoke rising from its body.

The Trapinch was defeated!

[Charmeleon defeated Trapinch, gaining 120 experience points!]

"The Trapinch is unable to battle, so the winner is contestant Su Yu!"

The referee announced the match result.

With a "Boom!", the entire audience section erupted in excitement.

"Damn! This is too awesome! He actually swept through three opponents in a row?"

"Holy crap, what a powerful Charmeleon, what a cool Charmeleon!"

"Hiss... even if I went up there, I couldn't beat this Charmeleon; I've brought shame upon us sophomore students."

"Don't be discouraged; I'm no match either. I didn't expect this year's freshmen to be so formidable."

"Wow! So handsome and so strong, the junior is so cool!"

On the other side of the playground.

He Sheng looked at Su Yu's Charmeleon and snorted coldly.

"It's just relying on a level advantage; it's not worth worrying about at all."

"My Gyarados will defeat him easily!"

On the high platform, Principal Gao Mao, seeing Su Yu's performance, broke into a smile.

"Is this his true strength? Indeed, he has given me a huge surprise."

Principal Gao Mao's gaze upon Su Yu was filled with satisfaction.

"If we let him grow, our school might shine brilliantly in the future National Pokémon League and even take first place!"

Hearing Gao Mao's words, Liu Liu Qianghui, the director of the Pokémon Academy, felt a tremendous shock surge within his heart.

It was well known that in recent years, the championship of the National Pokémon League had always been claimed by Jingdu University and Modu University.

This time, Gao Mao was saying that Su Yu had a chance to win the title.

It seemed the principal held extremely high hopes for Su Yu.

Returning to their seats, Yu Xing and the other two approached with faces full of joy.

"Su Yu, that was simply too cool! You have no idea how loudly everyone was cheering when your Charmeleon took down those three opponents."

"That's right, a bunch of girls were even clamoring to marry you."

"With such strong power, your Charmeleon will surely teach He Sheng a lesson later; let's see how arrogant he can be then."

Su Yu nodded. "Rest assured, I never even considered He Sheng a threat. When I meet him, I'll make him understand what true strength is."

In the time that followed, matches for the other contestants proceeded.

However, after witnessing Su Yu's Charmeleon, the audience now found these other matches somewhat dull.

Perhaps this was simply the effect of being dazzled; everything else seemed ordinary by comparison.

After some time, the list of the top 16 was freshly released.

Su Yu's opponent this time was an ordinary-looking girl named Liu Yan.

She was one of the few girls who had managed to enter the top 16.

Upon seeing that her opponent was Su Yu, Liu Yan felt like crying without tears.

"It's over; I actually ran into Su Yu. How could I possibly win now?"

Just earlier, she had watched Su Yu's entire match; the immense power of his Charmeleon had left a very deep impression on her.

Su Yu's previous opponent, Wang An, had strength similar to hers, yet Wang An's three Pokémon were all instantly defeated; she imagined her fate would be the same.

"It's okay, Liu Yan; you're already very strong. Even if you lose, it doesn't matter; Su Yu is a favorite to win the championship."

"Exactly, just do your best. Don't be too sad; you've already done wonderfully."

"Go for it; we'll cheer you on."

Encouraged by her roommates, Liu Yan composed herself.

When the broadcast announced her match, Liu Yan walked onto the arena with determined steps.

At this point, having reached the top 16, the matches began rotating venues.

The five venues—desert, solid ice, grassland, river, and plain—rotated in turn.

This rule was designed to increase the uncertainty of the battles.

After all, it wouldn't be fair to other Pokémon to let them fight only on a single type of terrain.

After both parties stepped onto the stage, the screen began selecting the venue.

Finally, it settled on the grassland venue.

Seeing this, Liu Yan breathed a sigh of relief.

If the venue were a river, her Spirit would be in dire straits.

Before the battle began, Liu Yan looked at Su Yu with a pitiful expression.

"Classmate Su Yu, could you please not use your Vigoroth? I'm simply no match for it."

At this moment, Su Yu was stunned; he hadn't expected his opponent to say such a thing.

"Sure," Su Yu nodded.

"It's fine if you refuse; I was just joking... What! You said yes??" Liu Yan looked at Su Yu in shock.

She hadn't actually expected to succeed; she had only said those words to elicit pity.

But she never expected Su Yu to agree.

"Well... actually, Classmate Su Yu, it doesn't matter what you use; I was just playing around."

Liu Yan said, feeling somewhat embarrassed.

"It's fine; I wasn't planning on using Vigoroth from the start anyway."

"Is that so?" Since Su Yu had said as much, Liu Yan spoke no further and began preparing for the match.

"Contestant Su Yu and Contestant Liu Yan are ready; the match begins!"

At the referee's command, the battle between both sides commenced!

"Come out, Ambipom."

"Face your match, Luxio!"

The Spirit Liu Yan sent out resembled a monkey, yet its long tail looked like a hand.

It was precisely the Normal-type Ambipom!

On Su Yu's side, he naturally used one of his main forces, Luxio!

Come to think of it, Su Yu had rarely used Luxio in many matches, having him train every single day instead.

Feeling somewhat sorry for him, Su Yu chose to send him out in this round.

"Meow-ao!" As soon as Luxio appeared, crackling lightning surged across its entire body, looking extremely excited!

Seeing Luxio, the opposing Ambipom displayed an expression of fear on its face.

It was precisely Luxio's Intimidate Ability activating!

[Intimidate: Upon entering the field, intimidates the opponent, causing them to flinch and lowering their Attack.]

Seeing Su Yu's Luxio, Liu Yan on the opposite side revealed a surprised expression.

This was yet another Spirit that Su Yu had never revealed before!

This meant that this was another of Su Yu's trump cards!

Moreover, judging by Luxio's stance, its dignity revealed a hint of ferocity.

It looked extremely formidable!