Pokémon: Forced to Become a Dragon Master at the Beginning

"Let us welcome the finalist of the Dragon Gym Leader Ranking Tournament, Zhao Zhigang!"

After the one-minute promotional video ended, the voice of host Li Xinhai sounded.

Zhao Zhigang walked out of the contestant channel with an old face but firm steps.

As Zhao Zhigang appeared on the stage, there was thunderous applause and cheers.

The audience showed enough respect for this trainer who is still fighting at the age of 55.

Listening to the enthusiastic cheers of the audience, Zhao Zhigang kept waving to the audience to express his gratitude. This was also his first time standing on the finals stage.

Then the lights dimmed again, and Xia Yu's promotional video began playing on the huge screen.

The lights shone, and the first scene that appeared on the screen was when Xia Yu won the College Cup championship.

This also caused the scene to suddenly burst into even louder cheers. Most of the audience got to know Xia Yu from the College Cup.

Even though it has been a year, the scene of winning the championship that summer is still vivid in my mind.

"Xia Yu..."

"The most talented trainer in China in the past twenty years..."

"It's hard to imagine that two years ago, Xia Yu didn't even have a starter Pokémon, and he wasn't even a trainer."

"Yet it only took him one year to become the College Cup champion and the best among his peers."

The camera turned, and the huge screen began to play the wonderful scenes of Xia Yu participating in the Gym Master Professional League and Gym Master Qualifying Competition.

"Now, it took him another year to reach the finals of the gym leader ranking competition again."

"If I win this match, Xia Yu will become the youngest Dragon-type gym leader in the history of the Imperial Capital!"

"Let us welcome the Dragon Gym Leader Ranking Tournament finalist, Xia Yu!"

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Cheers and shouts rang out at the same time!

The audience waved glow sticks and cheering light signs enthusiastically.

Screaming and shouting!

Xia Yu walked through the wide contestant passage and appeared on the battlefield, waving his hands and responding to the audience.

"Xia Yu!"

"Xia Yu!"

"Xia Yu!"

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This competition is also the highest-level one Xia Yu has ever participated in.

In addition to the chief referee, there were two deputy referees. The three referees were riding on shield sword monsters and floating in the air.

There were also many old acquaintances sitting in the audience seats on the sidelines.

Sylvia, Chi Hanqing, Long Yanning, Zhao Ruohan, Wu Yaozu...

Almost all of Xia Yu’s classmates and teachers came. They wore Xia Yu’s battle uniforms and cheered for Xia Yu.

If Xia Yu can really break the record and become the youngest Imperial Capital Pavilion Master in history, it will be a matter of pride for them.

In addition to Xia Yu's old acquaintances, there were many heavyweight audiences in the audience.

All the former champions, the Four Heavenly Kings, and their families appeared in the VIP seats, and the director also gave these people a special shot.

Of course, the most important person in the audience was Duan Hongzhi.

Duan Hongzhi rarely participated in such activities, and his appearance immediately caused a sensation.

As China's top champion player, Duan Hongzhi's popularity is incredibly high.

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"Dear audience friends, welcome back. You have just watched the promotional videos of the two contestants."

"After all, he is 55 years old and has been pursuing his dream for 30 years. Zhao Zhigang, who has won the eighth gym leader ranking competition, has realized his dream of becoming a gym leader."

"Xia Yu, the young and talented player, will continue to write his legend. Let us wait and see."

"This Imperial Capital Dragon Gym Leader Ranking Tournament adopts a 6v6 all-player battle rule. You can freely bring any items to participate, and there are no restrictions on Mega Evolution and Z Pure Crystals."

"The game starts now!"

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As the host's voice sounded, the portraits of Xia Yu and Zhao Zhigang appeared on the electronic screen.

There are six Poké Balls next to the two people's avatars, but the six Poké Balls now have question mark patterns, so it is unknown which six Pokémon the two sides are using.

"The game begins!" the referee said loudly, and at the same time waved the referee flag in his hand vigorously, announcing the official start of the game.

Xia Yu and Zhao Zhigang looked at each other, then they both took out the Poké Balls and threw them out at the same time.

"Go ahead. Bloodwing Dragon!" Xia Yu's voice rang out, and he sent out the Bloodwing Dragon to start the battle.

"Go ahead. Hippomon!"

On the other side, Zhao Zhigang's first player to appear was Hippomon.

Zhao Zhigang's team is actually half sandstorm team, half dragon team.

On the dragon side, there are three dragon-type Pokémon: Flycatcher, Tetrajaw Needle Dragon, and Gnat.

The Sandstorm Team has three popular pets: Hippomon, Dragon Head Hamster, and Nut Dumbbell.

As soon as Hippo appeared on the scene, it immediately used its sand-raising ability to stir up a cloud of sand all over the venue.

At the same time, because the props carried by the Sand Hippo are sand rocks, the power of the sandstorm is enhanced and its duration is extended.

"Zhao Zhigang still used his usual tactics, using the sand horse to start the sandstorm weather."

"Xia Yu's Bloodwing Dragon did not activate its Intimidation attribute after it appeared on the stage. This only proves that the Bloodwing Dragon's attribute is overconfidence."

"Then Zhao Zhigang should be careful. The Bloodwing Dragon with the Overconfidence attribute may not be as practical as the Bloodwing Dragon with the Intimidation attribute, but its upper limit will be higher. Once it defeats a Pokémon, it is very likely to directly defeat the team!"

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"Hippo beast, invisible rock!" Zhao Zhigang's voice sounded, commanding Hippo beast to sprinkle invisible rocks in the air and suspend them around.

"Bloodwing Dragon! Pray for rain!"

On the other side, Xia Yu commanded the Blood Wing Dragon to use the rain-making skill to change the weather.

The blood-winged dragon roared, and water energy surged out of its body, turning into a water ball and flying into the sky.

The original sandstorm weather was quickly covered up and turned into heavy rain.

This scene made everyone stunned.

Because Xia Yu has always been focusing on the sunny day tactics, and his signature Pokémon is Charizard!

Now the Blood-Winged Dragon came up to pray for rain, which was completely beyond everyone's expectations.

Xia Yu is going to play against the Rainy Day Team?

"Rain-making skill? What's going on with Xia Yu?"

"Isn't his team the Sunny Day Team?"

"Does Xia Yu have any new tactics?"

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"Bloodwing Dragon, water cannon!"

Just when everyone was confused, Xia Yu's voice rang out.

I saw a surge of water energy bursting out of the blood-winged flying dragon's body, forming streams of azure water that gathered into the blood-winged flying dragon's mouth.

Looking at this scene, Zhao Zhigang frowned and reacted quickly.

"Come back, Hippomon! Go, Nut-Dumbbell!" Zhao Zhigang took back Hippomon, took out Nut-Dumbbell's Poké Ball, and threw it out.

"Roar!"

Just as Zhao Zhigang replaced Nut Dumbbell on the court, the water cannon skill had already taken shape, and it was like a bright beam of light blasting towards Nut Dumbbell.

"boom!"

With the help of rain, the power of the Blood Wing Dragon's water cannon is quite amazing.

Before the Nut Dumbbell, which had just appeared, could make any reaction, the erupting water cannon had already hit the Nut Dumbbell accurately.

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