Chapter 45 : Start of the main competition
In the main event of the Little Phoenix Cup, a total of 128 players were divided into 16 groups.
The group number is represented by the first 16 English letters. Each group has a total of 8 players, and 4 matches are played. The winner advances and the loser is eliminated.
Each of these groups has a seeded player, these people are relatively strong newcomer trainers shown in the qualifiers. In order to prevent them from encountering each other in advance, the organizer deliberately conducted such a grouping.
Fang Yuan is No. 3 in Group D. According to the order, he should be in the 14th game today. His opponent is No. 4 in Group D, who is a female rookie trainer.
Walking in the Oriental Pearl Arena, Fang Yuan looked around looking for someone.
"I'm here, where are you?"
"I saw you go a little further." A voice came from Fang Yuan's mobile phone.
Fang Yuan heard the words and continued to walk a few steps forward, and as expected, he found Lin Jing waving at him.
"Hey."
"Hey."
"I actually wanted to ask yesterday... this summer have you been following Uncle Lin's special training?" Fang Yuan said.
"How could it be, he just threw me and Growlithe into the police dog training camp, and then ignored us." Lin Jing said in a breath.
"The rest time is short, the instructor still puts on a long face all day long, haven't you seen me get a tan?"
"Did you turn black? No." Fang Yuan was taken aback.
"You're one to talk." Lin Jing smiled.
No, I just didn't pay much attention to you before...
Fang Yuan murmured in his heart, thinking it would be better not to say it, otherwise he would definitely be rejected.
"By the way, what's the matter with your clothes, it looks pretty, but why are you wearing a hat in the summer. Is it not hot for you?"
Lin Jing pointed to the red dress that Fang Yuan had just put on today and asked curiously.
"It's all right..." Fang Yuan turned his hat and said, "I'm afraid of being nervous, maybe wearing a hat can make me relax a little."
"Really...well, should we go to the player's room first?" Lin Jing glanced at the time and said, "The matches should start in a while."
"Okay, let's go then."
The matches are about to begin. Not only have the players already arrived in the arena, but the audience has also entered the auditorium from the audience channel.
It also includes the guests of the Little Phoenix Cup, one by one on stage.
The guests included representatives from the Magic City Trainers Association and the sponsor, Shuguang Group.
"Student Lu, I didn't expect you to come too."
Among the guests, there was a young man who looked particularly young and was chatting and laughing with everyone. Everyone who saw him would come over and have a polite conversation.
"Yes, this time there is a girl from our dojo who is competing, so I came to take a look."
"Oh? I've heard for a long time that Tianxin Dojo has accepted an apprentice with psychic talent. It turned out to be true."
"I will trouble you to introduce her to us later."
"Definitely," the young man replied.
Tianxin Dojo is one of the several places where superpowers in China are concentrated. It is not difficult to tell from the words of the youth that this time the Little Phoenix Cup also has superpowers participating.
...
On the other side, Fang Yuan and Lin Jing also came to the player's room.
There are not many people here. Most of the contestants went to the outside contestant's platform to watch the excitement. Those who stay here either prefer quietness or don't care about the outside world.
Fang Yuan is neither because he promised Lin Jing yesterday that he would give her a hug with Eevee today...
This is the real reason the two came here.
When he arrived at the player's room, Fang Yuan took out the Pokemon Ball and released Eevee. Eevee was still at a loss, but the next moment, it was picked up by Lin Jing with joy.
"It's so cute..."
Lin Jing kept rubbing Eevee's hair,
He said: "Eevee has no fighting power, how did you get into the main matches."
"Vee..."
Being held in this way by Lin Jing and being suspected of its strength, Eevee quickly turned to look at Fang Yuan and asked what was going on.
"It depends on Eevee's strength." Fang Yuan smiled and let Eevee calm down.
"By the way, why don't you let Growlithe out too, I want to see Growlithe too."
"This..." Lin Jing hesitated and said awkwardly: "My Growlithe is a bit special and doesn't like contact with strangers. For the sake of your life, let's talk about it later."
"Ah, even when my dad tried to touch it, he almost got knocked down. It is only close to me now."
"Does it have such a personality..." Fang Yuan scratched his cheek: "In fact, it's not a bad thing. If it is like Eevee, it might be abducted someday."
"Vee..."
Eevee showed a foolish expression but was unable to refute: ('???`)
In Pingcheng, Eevee has been almost lost because of the fragrance of the roadside food stalls more than once.
It can be said that Fang Yuan was worried about it very much. Sure enough, there are drawbacks to keeping a Pokemon outside the Pokeball.
"The competition is about to start. Please prepare in advance, Group A players."
"I repeat, the competition is about to..."
It didn't take long for the broadcast in each player room to sound. Fang Yuan and Lin Jing looked at the time, and the matches were indeed about to start.
"Let's go out and have a look." Fang Yuan said.
"The seeded player in Group A, I remember him being the trainer with the Scyther. I want to see his fighting style and make preparations in advance..."
Lin Jing opened his eyes and looked at Fang Yuan.
"He is in Group A and you are in Group D. Even if you can meet him, it is at least when you are in the top eight..."
Fang Yuan nodded seriously.
Little Phoenix Cup rookie trainer match, the matches officially started at 8 am!
In the first stage of the qualifiers, many contestants were eliminated, and 128 newcomer trainers were selected.
Most of these people come from various key high schools in Magic City, and a few come from schools in several nearby cities, but they will compete on the same stage together.
In the first game, the No. 1 player in Group A played against the No. 2 player in Group A.
Both sides of the battle are both fairly standard newcomer trainers, and Fang Yuan's visual observation is that they are about the same level as Liu Le and Munchlax.
If he is allowed to fight with them, Eevee can end the game in less than half a minute with all its strength.
He didn't worry too much.
Finally, within two minutes, the first match was over.
"At this stage, the Pokemon's ability to continue combat is not strong. This is a good thing for Eevee and me." Fang Yuan said.
In the second match, Fang Yuan concentrated on the match as a short-haired student walked into the venue, the commentator began to introduce to everyone:
"Xie Ming, the No. 4 player in Group A, had very good results in the qualifiers. In four matches, his Pokemon only used one or two moves to solve the opponent each time. I don't know how he will perform in the main match."
"And his opponent is from..."
In the face of seeded players, Xie Ming's opponent did not dare to underestimate the enemy, and his Pokemon Electrike is also very cautious.
All the players who can enter the main competition have made serious preparations for more than a month, so Xie Ming did not win as easily as in the preliminaries.
"The Scyther is so fast...Even if it is disturbed by Thunder Wave of the Electrike, it can still maintain such a fast speed. I really don't know how he trained it..." Lin Jing said.
"It's really fast, and the sickle seems to be very dangerous..." Fang Yuan pointed at the field with his mobile phone, preparing to record the battle.
The speed of its quick attack is already faster than Eevee. It seems that the innate advantage cannot be easily compensated easily. This is still under the condition that they take the advantage of the Sand Scale Fruit, but in terms of reaction speed, Eevee should exceed the Scyther by a lot...