Pokémon: Thunder Shatters the Darkness

In front of the noisy audience stands a long table with microphones and cameras.

Two commentators, one fat and one thin, were sitting behind a long table, broadcasting as normal according to the work flow during the break between games.

"After Zheng Xi's Fireball defeated the opponent's Ralts, we are about to face... Oh, it's Yang Xiao, the most popular player in the recent competition."

"I know a little bit about contestant Yang Xiao... I heard that he is not only very strong, but also ranked first in the Henghai City key high school entrance examination. He can be said to be a man of both literary and martial arts."

"That's right. According to the results of the online voting, 42.94% of the people who have bought tickets to watch the Rookie Competition believe that Yang Xiao will eventually become the first place in the Rookie Competition."

"This is a scary number. After all, Yang Xiao only participated in two matches in total... This shows that these two matches left a very deep impression on everyone."

"In this round, Yang Xiao will play as the red team. His participating Pokémon is still the Fighting-type bear apprentice of 'Punch Breaks All Laws', which is a very rare Pokémon."

"The blue team's player is an Internet engineer in his thirties named Zhang Tao, who can also be said to be a dream chaser. His participating Pokémon is also a fighting-type Pokémon like the bear apprentice, and is named Porter."

"During the pre-match speeches, both sides were similar and gave up trash talk."

"Yang Xiao's speech was full of encouragement, and although Zhang Tao spoke, it was not trash talk, but..."

The fat commentator paused, looked at the camera and continued: "I want to buy osmanthus flowers and carry wine together, but it's not like the youth's travel."

"Now both players are ready and the game is about to begin."

Stand in the red area.

Yang Xiao silently looked at the middle-aged office worker opposite him who had dark circles under his eyes and was still holding a briefcase.

"Normally there are 47 seconds left before the game starts."

The referee looked up at the stopwatch in his hand and said, "If anyone wants to surrender, do it now. The match has been changed and surrender is not allowed during the match. Otherwise, I will declare the match started."

Yang Xiao shook his head slightly.

The middle-aged man suddenly raised his hand: "I have something to say."

The referee was slightly stunned: "Okay, 34 seconds left."

"enough."

The middle-aged man nodded, then turned to look at Yang Xiao in front of him dimly, and slowly said: "I know I am no match for you."

"but……"

The middle-aged man cleared his throat and straightened his slightly bent body a little: "I won't give up."

Yang Xiao looked at him and said nothing.

"I didn't have many opportunities when I was young. It wasn't until I got married and started a family that I had the time to get my first Pokémon... Even though it's been so many years late, I still long for the hearty battles in my childhood dreams!

"I had already defeated two people before I met you."

He took a deep breath and clenched his fists.

The veins in his neck bulged, and he shouted loudly: "Can't you be the third one?"

in the audience.

There were people of similar age who felt the same way. They stood up and stared at the middle-aged man who was roaring on the stage with burning eyes: "People's dreams have nothing to do with age. They are endless!"

"..."

Yang Xiao remained silent and put his hand on his trainer belt.

"three!"

"two!"

"one……"

The referee looked around and threw down the red flag: "Start!"

"The porter!"

"Apprentice Bear."

Two white lights flashed, and the Pokémon of both teams appeared.

Almost the moment the Pokémon landed, the middle-aged man raised his arms and shouted, "Porter, Jianmei!"

"Giggle!"

The porter with gray skin and black nose immediately lifted the long wooden bar he was carrying like a barbell. Then Yang Xiao could clearly see that the muscles on the former's body bulged slightly.

[Bodybuilding: Use all your strength to tighten your muscles to increase your attack and defense power]

Apprentice Xiong turned slightly and looked at Yang Xiao.

Yang Xiao crossed his arms and did not give any instructions.

"Two more bodybuilding sessions."

The middle-aged man quickly gave instructions and watched his disciple Bear's actions nervously.

For amplification moves like Bodybuilding, the Pokémon must have a few seconds to release it, so if it is interrupted during this period of time, it will have to start over.

But when he saw that his apprentice Xiong was motionless, he realized that Yang Xiao had deliberately asked the porter to complete the bodybuilding.

"This……"

"Don't you want to have a hearty fight?"

Yang Xiao looked at the young porter whose muscles were already bulging and said calmly, "That's just right. I hope there will be a fight to divert Disciple Bear's attention from a failed training..."

"So I have to give you a chance, otherwise... you won't have a chance."

The middle-aged man's eyes gradually became firm: "Really? But I won't stop, move the little craftsman, 'slap' the ground, 'fall rock' attack!"

The order came down.

The porter casually put the long wooden stick aside, roared, and punched the ground heavily.

"boom!"

For a moment, gravel was everywhere and dust was flying.

next second.

The figure of the porter arched forward, out of the dust, holding a handful of stones the size of a baby's fist in his hand.

Then he shouted loudly and threw it out fiercely!

"Take it."

After receiving the order, Apprentice Bear's eyes quickly followed the direction from which the stone came, and his arms quickly waved in the air, leaving several afterimages.

Bang bang bang bang bang——

Apprentice Bear just loosened his grip without changing his expression, and pieces of stones fell from his palm to the ground.

It caught it all.

The audience was in an uproar.

As the noise gradually rose, the middle-aged man did not give everyone time to sigh, but immediately said: "Charge! Slap!"

"Giggle!"

The porter picked up a wooden strip beside him and stepped forward.

He rushed towards the bear disciple with his whole body, then quickly twisted his waist and braked his feet two meters in front of the latter, and swung the wooden stick towards the bear disciple's face with all his strength.

"Jump upwards, and then use the momentum to perform the Swallow Return!"

Yang Xiao gave the order almost instantly.

Apprentice Bear jumped up without hesitation, also about two meters.

Then a pale white light quickly covered the bear disciple's right arm.

He was seen turning his body in the air, and then he rushed towards the porter who was looking up at him like a diver.

"Get out of the way!"

The middle-aged man was horrified.

The porter suddenly jumped to the side and narrowly avoided the powerful force of Yan Fan.

"boom!"

The tabletop cracked instantly, and waves of dust and debris swept around.

The porter immediately hid himself in the dust wave that was raised again.

next second.

Apprentice Xiong adjusted his body and rushed to the place where the porter disappeared. He reached out to Chen Lang with his arm, but touched nothing.

It pulled outwards again, and the wind it created blew away the dust waves.

no one!

Yang Xiao narrowed his eyes slightly: "Disciple Xiong, cheer up."

"Huh!"

Apprentice Bear responded in a deep voice.

The voice just fell.

A sharp rock suddenly flew towards the bear disciple from the front right.

The sound of breaking through the air is endless.

Apprentice Bear immediately turned his head to avoid the stone, without moving his eyes, staring closely at the figure gradually emerging in the dust waves in front of him on the right.

The long wooden bar still stood beside it.

The stones appeared again in the hands of the porter. He must have picked them up from the dust just now.

But its condition at the moment was not good, and it was gasping violently.

It seems.

Even though it had bodybuilding three times, and even though the Swallow's Return did not land on it but only brushed past its body, it still caused it damage that could not be ignored.

The gap between Pokémon always exists.

Yang Xiao calmly looked at the panting porter.

In terms of talent alone, this Pokémon can't even compare to the last Squirtle, let alone the Bear Apprentice.

But it also has its own advantages.

That is……

Its trainer did not go crazy, but instead focused on improving the Pokémon's physical advantages, giving it explosiveness, attack power, and reaction that far exceeded that of Squirtle.

This is what a normal rookie trainer should be like.

Thinking of this, Yang Xiao sighed again.

Even if the other person is already thirty years old.