Chapter 712: You Are Not Allowed to Play Pokémon! Chapter 365

After all, even though Lucian had already become an Elite Four of the Sinnoh region, he could still be counted as half a newcomer, and his tournament experience was only the Sinnoh region's Lily of the Valley Conference, where he gained the opportunity to challenge Champion Champion Zhulan due to his bright performance.

Apart from this, he wasn't much better off than Xiang Qingyu.

And looking at Xiang Qingyu opposite him, he seemed much more relaxed.

"This should be our first time meeting in reality, Elite Four Lucian."

Although the two had indeed never met before, they had sparred a few times in the game, and Lucian was even a regular in his livestream room.

So they could be considered quite familiar.

Since they were acquaintances, they still had to communicate properly before the battle.

Holding such a thought, Xiang Qingyu took the initiative to speak.

"Just call me Lucian, Teacher Yu."

Seeing Xiang Qingyu take the initiative to speak, Lucian immediately took a deep breath, then tried his best to reveal a friendly smile.

Even if his lips seemed to tremble a bit at first, they quickly returned to calm.

"I have been looking forward to today's battle for a long time."

"It is my honor to be able to battle with a trainer of your level, Teacher Yu."

After chatting with Xiang Qingyu for a few words, Lucian suddenly felt that his nervous mood seemed to have calmed down a bit.

To this, Xiang Qingyu quickly revealed a mysterious smile again.

"Since that's the case, let's have a battle that is exciting enough; I have been looking forward to Elite Four Lucian's strength for a long time."

"... I will work hard, and I also ask Teacher Yu to show more interesting tactics."

While Lucian nodded, he noticed the referee's signal, then took the initiative to step back a few steps and came to the outside of the field line.

"Go for it, Xiang Qingyu!!!"

In the auditorium, Cattleya, who was sitting next to Champion Champion Zhulan, stood up first and took the initiative to shout.

Her voice immediately drove the surrounding audience to cheer and applaud for the two.

To this, Champion Champion Zhulan just raised her eyebrows, and after Cattleya sat down, she suddenly asked curiously:

"Speaking of which, how did the relationship between you and Xiang Qingyu suddenly get so good? Could it really be because you were completely beaten into submission by Xiang Qingyu in yesterday's battle?"

"How is that possible!!!"

Being said so by Champion Champion Zhulan, Cattleya exploded instantly, but soon became restrained, and even a few unnatural blushes appeared on her face.

Champion Champion Zhulan, who noticed this, suddenly felt her heart stir—

Could it be?

No, it couldn't be...

"I, I just suddenly figured out some things..."

While Champion Champion Zhulan's heart was in chaos, Cattleya quickly spoke in a twisted manner, and her eyes also became erratic.

"The previous me was indeed a bit too childish, always thinking that I must compete with Xiang Qingyu, but after the battle yesterday, I suddenly figured it out—"

"Clearly I can get along with Xiang Qingyu in a friendly way and ask him for advice openly, why must I throw a tantrum..."

While Cattleya was saying this, she quickly lowered her head unconsciously.

Moreover, even if there was a qualitative change in the feelings between Xiang Qingyu and Champion Champion Zhulan, it actually had nothing to do with her, and it was impossible to affect the connection between her and Champion Champion Zhulan.

It was just that she had always regarded Xiang Qingyu as an imaginary enemy, so she targeted him so much.

In fact, it had always been her own willfulness that caused her to have no friends since she was a child, and even Xiang Qingyu, who tried to get along with her in a friendly way...

Perhaps she should have woken up long ago; it was just that she had been deceiving herself.

Now that she finally saw through the truth, Cattleya finally decided to face her heart.

Of course, she definitely couldn't tell Champion Champion Zhulan these words.

"In, in short, I will behave more maturely in the future, and I will become good friends with Xiang Qingyu, and I won't let you be caught in the middle anymore!"

After forcing herself to say this sentence in a low voice while enduring the shame, Cattleya had already turned red, but still pretended to be calm and looked up at Champion Champion Zhulan.

"I've told you everything, you are not allowed to laugh at me..."

For Cattleya's performance, Champion Champion Zhulan was stunned for a moment, then revealed a gentle smile and took the initiative to reach out and touch her head.

"How could I, we are best friends for life."

Why does she always feel that Cattleya like this is particularly cute?

From that little hedgehog who subconsciously curled up to protect herself and didn't let anyone hurt her before, she suddenly turned into a little puppy who could express her inner emotions and was more willing to communicate with them.

These changes were all from the battle with Xiang Qingyu.

Sure enough, she had overthought it just now.

Her previous premonition was correct; a battle finally succeeded in breaking the ice between Cattleya and Xiang Qingyu, making them good friends.

Thinking of this, Champion Champion Zhulan couldn't help but smile.

And Cattleya, who was touched by her, was already very ashamed, and when she saw the "motherly smile" on Champion Champion Zhulan's face, the blush on her face became even more obvious.

"Let's not talk about this, let's focus on the match!"

After using a clumsy excuse to brush off this topic, Cattleya turned around directly, and her gaze was locked on the field below, but her eyes were still erratic from time to time.

She even subconsciously fanned her hands, as if cooling her cheeks that had already been cooked.

"Okay, okay~"

To this, Champion Champion Zhulan watched in her eyes but didn't expose it, following her meaning and turning her gaze to Xiang Qingyu.

Cattleya's expression is really interesting; if only she could let Xiang Qingyu see it and tease her together~

It's a pity that if Xiang Qingyu were still sitting on the side, she probably wouldn't be able to say these words.

Although the tsundere hasn't been completely cured, it seems to have completely leaned toward the "dere" side; just looking at her makes one can't help but want to tease her~

Thinking of this, Champion Champion Zhulan shook her head again soon.

However, let's forget about it today; Xiang Qingyu's match is more important.

"Then, the battle begins!"

With the referee's whistle, Xiang Qingyu and Lucian each threw a Poké Ball.

Red light flickered, and two Pokémon entered the field one after another.

Xiang Qingyu chose Mewtwo, which had performed brilliantly in the previous battle, as his starter, while Lucian sent out a presence that made him somewhat surprised.

Metagross.

As a pseudo-legendary of the Hoenn region, Metagross indeed possesses the Psychic attribute, and its strength is also very powerful, so it is not strange that it would appear.

But its appearance also added a few uncertainties to this battle.

Because Metagross also has the potential for Mega Evolution; Lucian couldn't possibly not know this.

No, you aren't going to play a Sunny Day space team, why did you suddenly change to Metagross?

When seeing the confused expression on Xiang Qingyu's face, Lucian suddenly relaxed a lot.

He had guessed correctly; Xiang Qingyu couldn't possibly have thought of this unexpected Pokémon!

That's right, after repeated attempts, Lucian suddenly discovered—

The optimal solution for the Sunny Day space team is to optimize away the Sunny Day; this useless thing should be left for Flint to play with!

The format of the Psychic Master Tournament is 3v3, and there is only one free slot, which means that if he wants to force a Sunny Day, he almost only has Torkoal as a weather setter, otherwise he will inevitably waste time opening the weather.

And Camerupt, which he originally intended to use as a trump card, naturally lost its room to enter the field as a result.

Then, rather than this, it would be better to give up the Sunny Day he wasn't that familiar with from the beginning and play a set of tactics that belonged to himself!

With this thought in mind, Lucian finally chose to use Metagross to replace Bronzong, a simple and plain playing method that made the team strength go to the next level.

Facing Metagross, even Mewtwo, whose psychic power is outrageously strong, will definitely not have any good offensive means.

As for the other two Pokémon...

They must also be unexpected surprises that Xiang Qingyu couldn't guess!

Thinking of this, a smile quickly appeared on Lucian's face.

"Metagross, let Teacher Yu see our strength!"

During the speech, Lucian raised his right wrist abruptly, revealing the eye-catching Evolution Key Stone that had already emitted light on the wristband.

"It appeared! It's Lucian's Mega Evolution! Both sides revealed their trump cards at the very beginning; it will definitely be a king-to-king duel where the needles are against the wheat!"

In the commentary seat, Hu Tao's voice resounded throughout the arena.

To this, Wataru added a sentence.

"Because there are relatively few trainers who cultivate 'late-blooming Pokémon,' many audience members may not know much about them."

"But undoubtedly, their strength will become even more powerful after Mega Evolution."

"Therefore, even for Xiang Qingyu and his Mewtwo, perhaps they will fall into a bitter battle because of this."

The existence of pseudo-legendaries itself represents strength, but the difficulty of cultivation is quite high, and most of them require a long time of precipitation.

And once they are cultivated, they will definitely not let down the trainer's expectations and grow into the most reliable partners.

Plus the Mega Evolution that breaks the limit...

The situation has become completely incomprehensible.

Wataru shook his head.

"Sure enough!"

Xiang Qingyu had some expectations for Lucian's next move.

As a positive example of Mega Evolution, Mega Metagross can be said to be a hexagonal warrior, powerful in all aspects without dead ends, so it is also very suitable for Lucian's more steady tactical style.

Coming up with a big move also shows Lucian's respect for himself.

If he had chosen Indeedee as his starter, it would be difficult to block Metagross's two punches, he estimates...

"Mega Evolution...?"

Mewtwo, standing on the field, had its pupils shrink, subconsciously observing its opponent.

From the light emitted by the Evolution Stone it wore, to its body being completely submerged by the evolutionary radiance, and finally the brand-new posture of Mega Metagross making a shining entrance, the whole process was completely presented before its eyes.

And...

Mewtwo could vaguely feel that the evolutionary direction of this Metagross was completely different from Lucario's.

If Lucario's evolution was mainly to strengthen the body, in exchange for extremely terrifying combat power...

Metagross's body didn't seem to have gained any obvious improvement because of Mega Evolution, just that four smaller arms grew out from behind.

Then, it was mainly to improve the brain?

Noticing the "X-shaped" metal skeleton of Metagross, which became more cold and seemed to be seriously analyzing its body structure, Mewtwo quickly made a judgment.

Perhaps compared to Lucario and Sableye, its evolutionary method would be more worthy of its reference?

While Mewtwo was thinking in its heart, Lucian had already taken the initiative to speak, making a command:

"Metagross, use Knock Off!"

"Mewtwo, use Teleport to dodge."

Xiang Qingyu continued his previous thought, not intending to collide head-on with Metagross at the beginning, but intending to observe its behavioral pattern first.

"Kang-jin...!"

Metagross's four front arms were raised high, the hard claws of steel construction were full of oppression, and at the same time, it issued a roar full of momentum, slamming toward Mewtwo.

Although its whole body was highly compressed steel, the weight, which was clearly not in the same league as Mewtwo's, didn't affect its speed at all, and it was even so fast that it left several afterimages in the air.

With its body size, even if it was just hit once, it would probably cause astonishing damage...

However, because it had been prepared, Mewtwo immediately used its psychic power to disappear from the spot, making Metagross's iron fist swing into the air. ===== CHAPTER 714 =====