Chapter 353

The first contestant to be reviewed is Bai Ziyu from Rongcheng. This contestant specializes in Dragon-type Pokémon. His main team consists of an Elite-tier early-stage Tyrantrum, an Elite-tier early-stage Duraludon, and his ace, Flygon, which is likely in the Elite-tier late-stage.

I believe that by now, everyone has some understanding of this person's background, right?

Hailing from a branch family of the Dragon Tamer clan, Bai Ziyu is highly skilled at using sandstorm weather to create favorable conditions for himself. In my mind, he is a powerful contender who is guaranteed a top-three spot and is fighting for second place!

As for why it's "guaranteed top three, fighting for second," please read until the end!

16L Netizen:

This year's high schoolers are a bit scary. They've only had their starter Pokémon for about a semester and already have three Elite-tier Pokémon. And that's not even counting the "true" starter Pokémon that these big family descendants have been raising since they were little.

It's a good thing the rules only allow new Pokémon caught during the senior year to compete, otherwise ordinary citizens wouldn't stand a chance at all!

17L Netizen:

The person above is right. If you look back at video archives from years ago, you can see that the competitions and the college entrance exams were almost entirely dominated by the new generation of big families who raised their Pokémon in advance. It was extremely difficult for ordinary people to find a way out.

18L Netizen:

It's fortunate that we can now compete in a relatively fair environment. It's just a pity that these restrictions are lifted after university; that's when the real "gods" fight...

19L Netizen:

Pardon my ignorance, but are you looking for a full team of Professional-tier seniors who have already obtained their Professional-tier certificates?

20L Netizen:

6, it seems the Youth Cup for university students is where the real "gods" fight.

21L Netizen:

Off-topic. By the way, why hasn't the OP updated yet? Hurry, hurry, hurry, I'm a Baxcalibur!

30L Bai Xiaosheng:

The second contestant to be reviewed is Wang Bingqian from Shen-du City. Her main Pokémon are an Elite-tier early-stage Espeon and Alolan Ninetales, and her ace is an Elite-tier mid-stage Venusaur.

This contestant does not specialize in a single type, but her family background is quite excellent, and there is a certain probability she could reach the top four.

31L Bai Xiaosheng:

The third contestant to be reviewed is Cang Yun from Xucheng. His main Pokémon are an Elite-tier early-stage Pelipper and Ferrothorn, and his ace is an Elite-tier mid-stage Kingdra with the Swift Swim ability.

This person is very skilled at using rain teams in battle. I am very much looking forward to seeing whose strength is greater—the sandstorm team or the rain team—once he faces off against Bai Ziyu!

105L Bai Xiaosheng:

Next is the ninth contestant to be reviewed. The other party's identity is Lin Xingyan, an apprentice at the Fire-type Rising Sun Gym, one of the original eighteen-type gyms.

Although he is related to the Fire-type gym in Yangcheng, Lin Xingyan is representing his birthplace, Jiacheng, in this provincial selection tournament. His main Pokémon are an Elite-tier early-stage Arcanine and an Elite-tier mid-stage Blaziken, while his ace Pokémon is an Elite-tier late-stage Charizard.

Lin Xingyan has excellent talent, but compared to the contestants mentioned above, his family background can only be considered ordinary. Aspiring to become a Fire-type Heavenly King, he chose to come to Yangcheng to become an apprentice at the Rising Sun Gym.

He is also currently the only known powerhouse with an Elite-tier late-stage Pokémon. In my eyes, he is also a strong contender for the top three.

106L Bai Xiaosheng:

However, if I had to say who in my mind has the best chance of winning first place, it would definitely be this Su Hao contestant, who has some connection to Yangcheng and the previous contestant, Lin Xingyan.

I believe everyone has some impression of Su Hao's parents, the Pokémon Doctor Su Qing and the Fire-type Gym Leader Su Xu.

If his parents are "first-generation wealthy" who climbed to their current status on their own, then Su Hao is a "second-generation wealthy."

Su Hao's current Pokémon species and strength are temporarily unclear for certain reasons, but this does not affect my belief that he has the highest probability of winning first place in the Sichuan Province selection tournament.

This person dominated Yangcheng High School as soon as school started, and has since been on a leave of absence to travel.

His starter Pokémon is Carbink, and its current strength is unknown.

You might be wondering why the son of a Fire-type Gym Leader would have a Rock/Fairy-type Carbink as a starter. Unfortunately, I don't know why either.

The second Pokémon is quite heavy-hitting. This is also the only Pokémon in Su Hao's possession whose battle record can be found in public competitions—Incineroar.

It is the reason why I dare to say Su Hao has the highest chance of winning first place.

As the saying goes, the son inherits the father's business; the Fire/Dark-type Incineroar is undoubtedly a Pokémon prepared for him by Su Hao's father, and Su Hao has trained it to be heaven-defying.

The only recorded match for Su Hao was a "friendly" exhibition match held in Yangcheng a month ago against Rongcheng.

I won't go into the reasons and the process of the competition; I will only state the result.

Su Hao's Incineroar had an external energy level of Elite-tier mid-stage at the time. With just this Incineroar, he shut out several geniuses from Rongcheng's No. 1 High School, defeating over ten Elite-tier Pokémon as easily as chopping melons and vegetables.

Among them was that Bai Ziyu contestant I mentioned earlier as a guaranteed top-three, fighting-for-second contender.

Just this one Incineroar is already so powerful, not to mention the strength and true identities of the other Pokémon in his team, which remain unknown.

There is also a piece of inside information: it is said that there are other match recordings of Su Hao, but these things were "crabbified" (censored) before they could even spread. I even favor him to take a top spot in the national competition!

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Lucario, Mew.