Chapter 50: Quarterfinals

In the quarterfinal advancement match after making it to the Round of 16, Su Hao still only sent out Torracat to easily defeat his opponent.

By 2:00 PM, the list for the quarterfinals was out.

They were: Su Hao, Li Hua, Wen Hao, Jiang Chengcheng, Kong Lingwei, Qi Shu, Xie Hongbo, and Wang Jin.

Among the eight, Su Hao, Li Hua, and Jiang Chengcheng were students from Class 1, Grade 3.

Wen Hao was a student from Class 2, whose main Pokémon were a regular-level Wartortle and Pinsir.

Kong Lingwei and Qi Shu were both from Class 5. During the quarterfinal advancement match, Kong Lingwei demonstrated her psychic powers to assist her regular-level Xatu in unleashing an elite-level attack, defeating the Snivy belonging to He Xu of Class 1.

Qi Shu used a regular-level Liepard and a novice-level Seel.

Xie Hongbo and Wang Jin, as students from Class 8 and Class 10, also had one regular-level and one novice-level Pokémon.

After computer allocation, the matchups were decided.

Su Hao was matched against Wen Hao, Li Hua against Wang Jin, and Jiang Chengcheng against Qi Shu.

For Class 1, Li Hua went first. His Wingull had promoted to regular-level in the morning. Facing the strong attacks of Li Hua's mid-regular-level Corvisquire and early-regular-level Wingull, Wang Jin from Class 10 was quickly defeated.

The Liepard that Jiang Chengcheng faced was quite troublesome; after defeating the Seel, her Pancham was toyed with by the Liepard and defeated.

The Machop facing the Liepard could do nothing for a while against the ghost-like speed of the Liepard and could only reach a stalemate.

The Machop, suffering more and more injuries, erupted completely in a desperate situation. The light of evolution broke the stalemate, and the evolved Machoke used Counter during a gap in the Liepard's attack to send it flying.

The super-effective move combined with the attack Machoke had been building anger for meant the fragile Liepard directly lost the ability to battle.

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In the stands, everyone was discussing who would win this match.

Some felt Wen Hao could win; both of Su Hao's Pokémon were countered by his Squirtle, and it was rare to win a battle against a type disadvantage at the same level.

Some felt Su Hao could win; to reach the quarterfinals, Su Hao had only used one Pokémon, the regular-level Torracat. The strength of his starter Pokémon, Carbink, remained unknown.

In front of the podium, Su Xu, who was sitting with the leaders of Yangcheng High School, was asked by the principal beside him: "Gym Leader Su, do you have confidence in your son's victory?"

Su Xu, who had his eyes closed and arms crossed, replied: "Before school started, he could already defeat elite-level Pokémon."

"To think that's the case..." The people around them were extremely shocked to learn this explosive news.

【Now entering the arena is Su Hao from Class 1, Grade 3, battling Wen Hao from Class 2, Grade 3.】

【The number of Pokémon used is two; they can be swapped at will. The winner is the one who makes both of the opponent's Pokémon lose the ability to battle.】

【Now, please both sides release your Pokémon simultaneously!】

"Go, Carbink!"

"Go, Pinsir!"

"Holy crap!"

A commotion erupted in the stands, and Wen Hao, standing on the field, couldn't help but have a few drops of cold sweat seep from his forehead.

Just look at the Carbink confronting Pinsir on the field; the aura radiating from its entire body without reservation brutally told a cruel fact!

Elite-level!

Su Hao's starter Pokémon had promoted to elite-level in just a month and a half of winter break!

Facing a Carbink that was a stage higher in strength than itself, Pinsir was also a bit fearful at this moment.

Every stage was a major leap for a Pokémon's strength. For Wen Hao and the students, defeating a higher stage with a lower one could be considered a fantasy.

Facing the elite-level Carbink, Wen Hao didn't know how to defeat her.

However, the arrow was on the string and had to be fired. If he stood on the field and surrendered without even fighting, what kind of trainer would he be in the future!

"Pinsir, use Thrash and give it your all!"

Pinsir's body was brown, and it had two large, long horns on its head with small spikes. Its teeth were brush-like rows on the left and right, looking very ferocious.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Pinsir maintained a charging posture, aiming the two large horns on its head, which were wrapped in white light, at Carbink, and charged straight up!

The high-speed charging Pinsir turned into a streak of white light, piercing the air and crashing toward Carbink.

"Dazzling Gleam!"

Dazzling colorful light radiated from the diamonds on Carbink's body, and then formed a colorful shield around Carbink. ===== CHAPTER 51 =====