Chapter 265

At the critical moment, the red orb on its forehead emitted a glow, successfully breaking through the ice, while its telekinesis formed a shield to block the Water Gun.

But with its fragile telekinesis, how could it possibly contend with a Water Gun? In the end, it was blasted away, smashing through the ice and plunging into the water.

Two attacks had drained most of Golduck's stamina, so Chen Guang simply didn't let it surface again, letting it hide underwater and slowly recover.

"Aren't you afraid I'll freeze the entire pool into a block of ice?"

"You're welcome to try, but that would cost Dragonite a great deal of stamina!"

"Hah, you think I wouldn't dare?"

"Dragonite, Ice Beam!"

Seeing Bai Jing was serious, and the pool was rapidly freezing over, Chen Guang immediately ordered an attack!

"This is exactly what I've been waiting for!"

"Golduck, Water Gun!"

Golduck had long been lying in wait beneath the ice; upon receiving the order, it immediately surfaced and fired a powerful Water Gun at Dragonite.

"Alright, I've had enough playing around!"

"Dragonite, show them your true strength!"

Dragonite raised its head, and the output of its Ice Beam suddenly intensified several times over; the beam became a pillar of light, first completely freezing the Water Gun, then encasing Golduck in an ice sculpture, which plunged back into the water.

That wasn't all—Dragonite continued firing at the water's surface, freezing the entire pool into a massive block of ice in just a few seconds.

In this situation, let alone the fact that Golduck had already lost its ability to fight, even if it hadn't, it couldn't get out—making it no different from having lost its ability to fight.

Chen Guang was stunned. "So powerful! Were you letting me win this whole time?"

"Naturally!"

"Why?"

"Because of one shout of 'handsome lad'!"

Chen Guang truly didn't know whether to laugh or cry. What magic did this shout of 'handsome lad' hold? Why do out-of-towners love saying it so much?

"Fine, you truly are the most handsome lad of them all!"

"Golduck is unable to battle—Player Bai Jing and Dragonite win!"

Bai Jing recalled Dragonite and said to Chen Guang, "I hope you can smoothly advance to the Strongest Tournament!"

"Farewell, you few from Jiao!"

He left with great flair, but Chen Guang and the referee were left dumbfounded!

"My Golduck!"

"My arena!"

"Bastard, come back—at least unfreeze the ice before you leave!"

Bai Jing walked even faster, indicating that Dragonite didn't have the ability to unfreeze things, and that they should slowly roast it with Fire-type Pokémon themselves!

The five members of Ouyang's group watching the match had solemn expressions.

"Although we've only seen the tip of the iceberg, this Dragonite is undoubtedly very powerful, especially in Ice-type—it's no weaker than Aegislash."

"It's likely one of his main Pokémon too!"

"Fortunately, Dragonite is quite dependent on terrain; aside from Water and Ice fields, we don't need to be so afraid of running into it."

"We can't be careless either! In short, whether it's Aegislash, Dragonite, or even the Lucario that briefly showed a thing or two, we cannot afford to let our guard down when facing any of them!"

"Especially him—Longdu University cannot afford to fail!"

"Exactly, we must take him down!"

Feng Feiyi's match also ended smoothly.

In the afternoon, the three arrived at the Rock field to cheer Student Mu Rong on, but the moment her opponent appeared, the three of them burst out laughing.

It was none other than Lei Ming, who had been eliminated by Bai Jing in the elimination round and then fought his way back into the qualifiers through the resurrection tournament.

"This unlucky guy is probably going to get crushed badly!"

"Longdu University is about to have one of its contestants completely eliminated!"

"His mood right now is probably like ten thousand alpacas galloping past!"

Indeed, Lei Ming felt like crying at that moment. Why did he have to run into this Young Lady Mu Rong of all people?

First Bai Jing, now Mu Rong—I'm at least the elite of elites, so why is my luck so terrible?

Mu Rong's shameless battle style is absolutely something most contestants don't want to encounter—it's just too maddening!

As expected, Lei Ming was tormented into complete submission, ultimately losing the match and thoroughly becoming Longdu University's disgrace!

The next day, Bai Jing's second match was on the Grass field, against a contestant from the Jiangsu-Zhejiang University—Dong Aiguo.

Bai Jing beckoned. "Fellow townsman, your name is a bit rustic, wasn't it your grandfather who picked it?"

Dong Aiguo's face reddened. "Cut the nonsense. The name fits the person—my name's meaning is better than yours!"

"But the key is it's rustic—it's a typical name from the grandparents' generation, and the meaning of my name isn't bad either!"

"The character 'Jing' refers to the radiance of jade. Bai Jing means the radiance of white jade, comparing a person to jade shining brilliantly. To put it in one sentence: 'A gentleman on the path, like jade; a young master unmatched under heaven!'"

The crowd spat all over the ground—so shameless!

"Ahem~ Qingshuangfang Sect, release your Pokémon!"

Seeing the two chatting about home, the referee had no choice but to step in and stop them.

On the Grass field, Bai Jing chose Charmeleon.

Dong Aiguo sent out a Sceptile, and then he was at a loss—completely countered to death by Charmeleon!

Sceptile

Gender: Male

Type: Grass

Ability: Overgrow

Stats: HP (C), Atk (B), Def (C), Sp. Atk (A), Sp. Def (B), Spd (S)

Potential: Quasi-Champion

Strength: Elite (Peak)

"Fellow villager, this would be way too unfair to you — why don't you just surrender?"

"Cut the chatter. A type-disadvantaged match doesn't necessarily mean I can't win!"

Right, right, right — that line would sound about right coming from Ash!