Chapter 169

When Xiangling issued three different instructions, Takumi's explanations and comments also reached the live broadcast room and the audience at the right time.

This gave many viewers who didn't know what was going on a clear sense of grasping the battle situation:

"Scyther is obviously Xiangling's fast attacker and will also be the main carry."

"It is very fast and is suitable for targeting the Hu Tao player's fragile Pokémon first... Exeggcute is just the target in the back row!"

"Have you forgotten? Last time it was this egg that used Hypnosis to defeat Ajiu."

Hu Tao seemed to have expected it, and she chuckled.

"You want to take down my Exeggcute first?

Come on, come on!

A Pokémon with tricky Psychic abilities in the back row—the hatred value is indeed maxed."

"But it's already over level 40, close to 50—a super Exeggcute. It's no longer a soft persimmon! Even if it hasn't evolved yet!"

"Exeggcute, use Bullet Seed!"

Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta...

The emerald green light of Grass-type energy appeared on Exeggcute's body, and a row of seeds fired like anti-aircraft shells.

"Scyther, use Quick Attack!"

Whoosh!

The two pairs of small wings on Scyther's back buzzed and trembled. Immediately, Scyther turned into a bolt of lightning and rushed through the air defense net. The sharp scythe blade slashed hard on Exeggcute.

This strange Pokémon composed of six cracked eggs—multiple eggs screamed at the same time, and the surface of some eggs had more cracks.

The host Liu Su shouted, "The effect is remarkable! Exeggcute is seriously injured!"

"With another move from Scyther, it will perfectly complete the mission of taking out the back row..."

"No..."

Takumi reminded with a smile:

"Player Xiangling has fallen into Hu Tao's pocket formation."

Host Liu Su was stunned, "Pocket formation?"

Audience: ???

Only a group of people in the guest area took a breath.

From their overlooking perspective, at this time, on the field, Scyther charged into the battle alone.

The Larvesta and Centiskorch on Xiangling's side were trying to restrict Garchomp!

There was no choice—a fully evolved pseudo-legendary, with intimidation and oppression, was there.

Then, Xiangling regarded herself, the trainer with a Vision, as a "free agent," planning to go wherever she was needed.

Therefore, Scyther's charge seemed too deep, and the formation was very fragmented.

"That's it!"

Hu Tao's command was perfectly.

"Flygon, use Supersonic!"

**Supersonic:** A sonic attack that will plunge the target into confusion.

As a peerless assassin, Scyther suddenly froze!

"Dragon Dance!"

Hu Tao seemed to be manipulated by him from a distance. Every step and every command was exactly the same!

"Dragon Rush!"

Boom.

The whole body shone with dragon power. Flygon slammed into the confused Scyther.

Exeggcute, which was used as bait before, was estimated to have only a third of its health left.

It also suddenly became aggressive.

"Giga Drain: Attack the target and convert 50% of the damage caused into your own health."

A draining move!

It took the opportunity to finish off the opponent.

At the same time, Exeggcute's condition also improved instantly. Several cracked eggs that had closed their eyes opened one by one and regained their vitality.

"Ah~ my Scyther!"

Xiangling suddenly became anxious, a little off guard, and angrily shouted at Hu Tao on the other side:

"Are you still playing dirty tactics and routines?"

"The promised head-to-head confrontation! Fight like a man!"

Hu Tao looked at her with eyes that seemed to say she was being naive:

"First of all, my dear, this is the quarterfinals!"

After that, she said to the eager Garchomp who was ready to move:

"Garchomp, use Take Down with all your might!"

Xiangling was startled.

"Huh? It's a collision! Is it this move again?"

Under the shocked eyes of the audience, Garchomp's body was filled with the energy and vigor of the dragon.

If earlier, the small Gible using Take Down only knocked down a house.

Now!

Seeing Garchomp's body covered with dragon-type light, full of oppression, it was like a dragon meteor crashing in!

Xiangling hurriedly shouted to her locked-on Larvesta:

"Larvesta, use Protect!"

**Protect (Status Move):** There is a chance to completely resist the opponent's attack, but it is easy to fail if used continuously.

The next moment,

"Chi~" A shield of strange energy appeared on the surface of Larvesta.

Then, Garchomp hit fiercely.

Bang!!

Larvesta flew backward like a baseball hit for a home run. It smashed into the backfield.

Under Xiangling's shocked expression, Larvesta was stuck on the high-altitude isolation net between the venue and the audience. After a few seconds, it slipped down with a "plop."

But what no one expected was that Larvesta was still alive. After sliding to the ground, it shook its head, and the mysterious shield from the Protect move on its body shattered.

Obviously, the move still took effect!

Xiangling felt lingering fear and patted her chest. She said to Guoba beside her:

"Hiss..."

"Guoba, we're going in too!!"

The battle situation was becoming more and more one-sided. If she, the trainer with a Vision, continued to fight, she might as well just admit defeat.

"Guoba, use Flame Breath!"

Xiangling skillfully raised Guoba with both hands and threw him from a distance.

**Target!**

**Enemy trainer, Hu Tao!**

**Spinning Fire Wheel!**

Xiangling followed Guoba, her body surrounded by a circle of rapidly rotating flames.

Hu Tao didn't panic at all.

She laughed leisurely and said, "Are you finally willing to give it your all? If you had rushed in with Scyther earlier, I might have been in trouble, but now..."

"The battle is decided!"

On the other side.

The Larvesta, which had no defensive moves left, fought with Garchomp. Within a few rounds, it was defeated by the pseudo-legendary.

Sizzlipede was stopped by Flygon.

The power of the dragon formation was fully displayed.

The main offensive moves of Sizzlipede are all Fire-type, but they happen to be resisted by Dragon-type.

Therefore, high-level Fire-type moves were not as effective as some low-level Bug-type moves!

Conversely, when the opponent's Dragon-type moves hit, they made Sizzlipede howl.

Two or three moves with Dragon-type power—how could she fight against that?

Hu Tao was also ruthless!

One by one, she defeated all the Pokémon of her good sister Xiangling.

After completely cutting off Xiangling's options, she surrounded Xiangling with Exeggcute, Flygon, and Garchomp, wearing a wicked smile.

Many viewers were disappointed for Xiangling.

"Damn it! Who will stop Hu Tao, the Hall Master!"

"If I were Xiangling, I'd be frustrated. My Larvesta and Centiskorch are mainly Fire-type attackers, but they encountered a Dragon-type formation!"

"You're too naive. Even if you have Fairy and Ice-types to restrain Dragon-types, your tactics would be completely countered!"

"That's right, Scyther was too isolated!"

"But as the saying goes, if you're at a disadvantage from the start but have an assassin like Scyther, if you don't attack early, when will you?"

"Damn! Dragon-types are really tough... Where can I find Dragon-type Pokémon that I can tame? Willing to buy clues to Dragon habitats in the ecological zone at a high price..."

**Guest Area**

Seeing Xiangling defeated so helplessly, Yelan, who didn't have time to sign up for the competition, was surprised:

"Looking at this situation, even if Xiangling's Larvesta evolves into Volcarona, the result would be the same?"

Xingqiu sighed, "The pseudo-legendary is still too powerful; it can definitely fight three at once!"

Whether it's Ningguang's Metagross or Hu Tao's Garchomp, they all showed invincible combat power at the same level.

"With type disadvantages, is there really no way out?"

"That's the problem."

"Depending on the Pokémon's type, it's easier to learn advanced moves of those types..."

"But these advanced moves, high-damage moves, and type resistances make it complicated! Other people's advanced moves can hammer you, but your advanced moves are just tickling them..."

Hearing discussions among the notable characters, Takumi thought this was a good opportunity. It showed that these Vision trainers had a deep understanding that type matchups often reverse the balance in a battle. After all, not everyone can be a master of countering type disadvantages.

It's time to reveal the move learning devices!

After the referee declared Hu Tao the winner, Takumi cleared his throat:

"Fire-type moves are indeed resisted when encountering Dragon-types, and this type matchup cannot be reversed!"

"But, why don't you try to let your Fire-type Pokémon learn moves that are not resisted by Dragon-type?"

"Let's take player Xiangling as an example."

"Volcarona evolved from Larvesta, and now Centiskorch."

"Isn't the issue that Fire-type moves are not effective?"

"Is the problem solved? It's simple. Wouldn't it be great if we let them learn some advanced moves that are not resisted by Dragons?"

"Through the Move Tutor, Centiskorch can even learn the Water-type move 'Scald.'"

"Volcarona can learn the Flying-type move 'Hurricane'..."

**Move Tutor!**

Takumi had mentioned this possibility many times and hinted at it for a long time.

**Medical Room**

After returning together and handing their Poké Balls to Hu Tao and Xiangling, Dr. Azhi.

Hearing the broadcast, they looked at each other.

They both picked up their Pokédexes and opened the group chat interface:

**Hu Tao:** "Manager Takumi, please introduce the Move Tutor! I heard that Ice and Fairy types are strong against my Dragon lineup, so I will let Garchomp learn some advanced Fire-type moves to counter Ice types!

Learn Steel and Poison-type moves to counter Fairy types!"

**Xiangling:** "Manager Takumi, please introduce the Move Learning Device! (Revenge Rage.jpg)"

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The second battle was between Ningguang and Keqing.

So the hot topic for the Super Series changed again: **Amazing visuals! The civil war breaks out among the Liyue Qixing—hurry up if you want to see it!**

**On the Field**

There was always only one Pokémon that Ningguang sent out: the silvery-white Shiny Metagross.

Keqing's Pokémon was Gardevoir, which had evolved all the way from Ralts.

Seeing the elegant and beautiful Gardevoir, the live broadcast room was filled with the laughter of delighted viewers and the howls of admiration.

Its beauty is different from that of Milotic; because it's humanoid and very close to a human being, its pure white dress can't help but remind people of a fair lady.

The two of them seemed to have made an agreement.

They didn't want to send out more Pokémon, for fear of damaging their rapport.

They left the stage for Metagross and Gardevoir to face off.

Thus, Metagross almost completely suppressed Gardevoir.