When Senbu effortlessly defeated Nut Dumbbell and rewritten the score to 2:0, the game was actually over.
Menas and Xianbu were in good condition, and Xia Chen's last elf hadn't even appeared yet, which meant that Bai Zhengqiu had to complete the feat of one through three if he wanted to make a comeback.
But if he really had that kind of strength, why would he always be wasting away outside the fifty ranks?
So, after symbolically sending out his last Elven Bronze Bell to show his unyielding, Senbu simply settled the battle with two magical flames.
At this point, this position change match officially ended with Xia Chen successfully defending 3:0.
Except for a small accident during the battle, the result was not unexpected. After Xia Chen came off the field, no one paid attention to the game anymore.
Needless to say, in the last few games, facing opponents who barely made it into the top 50, the more powerful school team members ended the battle with almost no effort, and the scores were mostly 3:0 or 3:1. A crushing situation.
At early five o'clock in the afternoon, this month's position-changing competition was completely over.
But everyone knows that the position-changing competition is just an appetizer before the meal, and the selection competition the next day is the main meal.
In the evening, Xia Chen received a text message from the school office. The content was exactly the rules of the selection competition that he had been curious about for a long time.
As he imagined, the rules were fairly simple.
There are two rounds in the competition. In the first round, people ranked 21-30 will fight against people ranked 11-20. Their opponents will be randomly selected, and the winner will advance.
By analogy, in the second round, the winner will randomly draw and play against the top ten. Similarly, the winner will get one of the ten places in the Donghuang Youth Competition.
Xia Chen's previous guess was correct. The rules of the competition were indeed beneficial to those with higher rankings on the ladder, but the beneficiaries were the top ten. He, who was ranked nineteen, still needed to play two games.
But it doesn't matter. Since the goal was to win the competition from the beginning, how can it be hindered by the opponents in the trials?
However, the depth of my current lineup is still a bit lacking.
Xia Chen glanced at Soraya who was practicing his body skills in the training facility and thought slightly in his heart.
I wonder if this little guy can complete his evolution before the competition officially starts?
If Zoroark, the overlord of the ghosts and phantoms, comes to dominate the field, there will be a lot of work to be done.
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The next day, the main hall of Beijing University Arena ushered in the hottest moment of the year.
Although it is not as good as the Donghuang Conference held every four years, during this time when there are no major competitions, the Donghuang Young Trainer Competition has attracted the most attention in recent times.
Therefore, even though the competition has not officially started, the trials as a warm-up for the competition are still very popular.
Almost all the students who had no classes today came to the main venue early, waiting for the game to start.
There were also elf battle enthusiasts from outside the school in the audience, who came to watch the competition of what was considered to be the best group of young trainers in Beijing.
At nine o'clock in the morning, the drawing ceremony for the first round of competition officially began.
Xia Chen followed other members of the school team who were also ranked 11-20 on the stage to select his opponent.
Although there is actually no difference between being drawn and being drawn, at least the initiative is in the hands of the former, and it can also be regarded as a reward from the school for those with higher rankings.
According to the order, Xia Chen is the second to last person to draw his opponent. Of course, he only has two opponents left to draw.
In the case of choosing one of the two, Xia Chen missed the 27th place and drew the opponent ranked 22nd.
Bad luck, but he didn't care.
After careful study, Xia Chen even found that the opponent he had drawn was a trainer who mainly focused on fighting elves, which would make him feel more comfortable.
Xia Chen's game was in the ninth game and was not expected to start until the afternoon, so he sat in the players' rest area waiting for the game and looked at his opponent's information.
In fact, the people ranked at the top are relatively familiar with each other. After all, according to the matching mechanism, only those with similar strength and ranking will be matched together.
Xia Chen met this opponent once after returning from Kalos. Because his strength was not as good as his own, and due to his attribute restraint, Xia Chen won quite easily.
Because she looked like a soft and weak girl, but what she pulled out was a big-muscled tyrant like Wei Li and Domineering Panda. Xia Chen still had some impressions of this opponent named Ye Yimei.
Since it was an opponent he had defeated easily not long ago, Xia Chen relaxed a lot.
After scanning the opponent's elves and the moves they were good at, he watched the battle on the field.
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Before the lunch break, there were exactly eight games played on the field, of which five were higher-ranked wins, but they were slightly over 50%, which was lower than most viewers expected.
There are many reasons for this deviation, including improvisation by players and elves, and random attribute restraint.
Of course, the most important thing is that the actual strength gap between the two groups is not that big.
This situation is of course a good thing for the people who come to watch the game. What do they want to see?
Whichever side ranks higher can win?
That would be boring. To borrow an Internet lingo, what they want to see is "rivers of blood."
When the status is changed to spectators, the alignment of most people will automatically change to chaotic neutral.
The more exciting the scene, the more back-and-forth, and the more unpredictable the ending, the more it tugs at people's heartstrings.
In the afternoon, the fighting resumed.
The first game was the duel between Xia Chen and Ye Yimei.
The man appeared again, which cheered up the somewhat sleepy audience in the afternoon.
Most people don't want to see him win, but they want to see how this guy loses.
But it is a pity that both the process and the result of this game disappointed them.
This is the most crushing of the nine games played so far today.
With only one immortal cloth and one elf, he completed one and three wears heartily.
The starting elves of both sides are Senbu and Commander Pi Zhan respectively.
Obviously, the Cleaver Commander was Ye Yimei's joint defense blind elf who majored in fighting.
The Cleaver Commander with dual attributes of evil steel is indeed not afraid of Immortal Cloth, and even has some ability to restrain his opponent.
However, attribute restraint is only a small aspect of the battle. Strength and performance are the most important factors that determine victory or defeat.
As a joint defender, Commander Pi Zhan's cultivation time is much shorter than Ye Yimei's other two main elves.
Naturally, the strength is also weaker, not even elite level.
Xianbu has never fought a tough battle. Even in a battle with reverse attributes, many elves who are stronger than her are hated by her sharp silk, not to mention a senior-level Cleaver Commander.
In just a few rounds, Senbu killed him neatly.
As for Senbu himself, he only received damage from Tietou, who made a final counterattack before his opponent fell.
Not to mention the two elves after that. Although the two elves with no muscles are strong and strong, they can only be played between the silk and satin by the fairy cloth.
This is especially true for the domineering panda. The dual attributes of evil and fighting are terrible compared to the fairy cloth.
After a loud sound, even the high-speed star added by Senbu's back hand had not hit the opponent. The domineering panda, which looked like a hill compared to Senbu, suddenly fell to the ground.
So far, Xia Chen has advanced to the finals without losing any blood.
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The first round ended at two o'clock in the afternoon, and the second round started at four o'clock.
One is to give the players time to prepare, and the other is to give the audience time to rest.
If you think about it carefully, the audience is more tired than the players. The latter only has to play one game, but the former has to watch ten games.
After a while, there will be ten non-stop games. If there is no buffer time in between, some spectators will have bladders.
Of course, there is one important thing that needs to be done before halftime.
Draw lots.
However, in the last round, Xia Chen was the one who whipped someone else. This time, it was the top ten people who came to whip him.
To be honest, Xia Chen was still a little nervous, mostly because he was afraid of being slapped by Populus euphratica.
He estimated by himself that if Gardevoir was exposed, the winning rate would be about 70%.
Sorry, 70% belongs to someone else.
But since fate is in the hands of others, Xia Chen has no other choice but to silently pick up his mascot Senbu and wait for the result.
The good news is that when Hu Yang, who was the first to play, drew a white ball with a number on it from the box, it was clearly displayed on the main venue screen that the number was "8", only one place away from Xia Chen's "9" Difference.
Xia Chen immediately put down the fairy cloth and breathed a sigh of relief.
Sure enough, the one-tenth chance, no matter how you say, the possibility of drawing yourself is too small.
However, after a few seconds, Xia Chen was dumbfounded when Yin Yuan, who was ranked second, drew a small ball with the number "9" from the box.
He looked down at the fairy cloth he had just put down, somewhat doubting his life.
Populus euphratica didn't hit me just now. Was it really because I was holding Xianbu?
His name is Fairy Eevee, is he really that fairy?
Really, science ends in metaphysics.
Xianbu yawned and had no sympathy at all for Xia Chen, who was looking confused after getting the second worst lottery.
You just burned the bridge across the river, now you blame me?
After thinking about life in silence for a while, Xia Chen finally accepted this reality.
He even had the time to comfort himself with Ah Q's spirit.
Isn’t it okay to sign for luck? At least I wasn’t drawn by Populus euphratica, right?
In short, taking advantage of these two hours of preparation time, he decided to study this opponent with the elves.
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In fact, Xia Chen had played against Yin Yuan, who was ranked second on the ladder, just a few days ago.
Although his ranking was only nineteen, perhaps it was because of his continuous winning streak that the reason for his high score was hidden. Xia Chen had played against the top three players.
Lost all three games.
Hu Yang was the guy who couldn't defeat him even if he sent Gardevoir, and Yin Yuan was the one who Xia Chen judged that he would probably not be able to defeat even if he sent Gardevoir.
This person is also a talented girl who is famous at Beijing University.
But this seems to be nonsense. Those who can be ranked in the top ten of Shangjing University, which gathers the best academic trainers in Donghuang, can basically be called this kind of title.
It's just that the higher the ranking, the higher the gold content.
This year, Xia Chen's direct senior, Yin Yuan, is a third-year student in the training family and is one of the leaders.
Yin Yuan, who is proficient in the electrical department, was the champion of Xia Chen's first two recruitment competitions, which is quite similar to Xia Chen.
Another similarity is that Yin Yuan's initial elf is also Ibrahimovic.
And the evolutionary form she chose is the nightmare of countless furry lovers, the Reib covered in spikes.
In Xia Chen's memory of his previous life, Lei Ibu's popularity was not outstanding among the Ibrahimovic family.
But in terms of practicality, Leib's battle appearance rate is still at the forefront of the Ibrahimovic family, probably on par with Yueyib and Senbu.
The main reason is its excellent racial distribution.
As the embodiment of lightning, Leib's speed is the fastest among all Ibrahimovics.
Before the sixth-generation mega appeared, it was considered to be at the forefront of special attack players.
Coupled with quite good special attack power and relatively strong penetrating electric-type moves, Reib is an outstanding high-speed special attacker.
Xia Chen thinks that Yin Yuan will most likely start her ace elf.
So, how should you deal with it?
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First of all, we exclude the starter Minas.
It is particularly difficult for Menas to deal with such an opponent.
Although he is not a typical water elf who is afraid of electricity, his relatively clumsy agility will make him suffer greatly in battle.
And Xia Chen doesn't want to directly start the current trump card Gardevoir.
After thinking about it, it seems that the important task of facing off against the opponent's ace must still be placed on Senbu's head.
First of all, although Senbu's speed is far behind Leibu, his small size and agile movement are also a way to compete with him.
Secondly, the electric type and the fairy type are incompatible with each other, and Senbu's special defense durability can be called a wall of sighs for special attackers.
The opponent's two strong points, Senbu, can be dealt with very well.
Use your own shield to defeat the enemy's spear.
No matter how you look at it, Senbu is the best choice to fight against Reib.
And when Xia Chen informed his elves of this decision, Xianbu agreed without hesitation before he could explain the reasons.
Of course, Senbu couldn't be more happy for such a good thing.
Yes, for Senbu, the more powerful the enemy, the more excited she is.
I, Immortal Bu, will not kill Wuming with my sword!
Menas and Gardevoir have no objections to Xia Chen's tactical arrangements, not to mention Soraya and Xiaoduolong. They don't even have a chance to play yet.
But even so, the eyes of the two little guys also shone with a fighting spirit that was no weaker than that of the three older brothers and sisters.
After arranging the opponent's ace elf Reib, Yin Yuan was left with two equally powerful elves, and he couldn't ignore Rotom and Gyarados.
After analyzing how to play several possible games for the elves, two hours passed unknowingly.
Outside the players' lounge, the first battle has already begun.
Because Xia Chen's game was in the second game, he also took the elves outside to wait.
Hu Yang wanted to deal with his opponent, but it didn't take much effort.
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As expected, as soon as Xia Chen sat down, blood had already been born on the battlefield.
Naturally, it was not Populus euphratica that gave first blood, but the opponent's Shield Sword Monster.
Opposite the Shield Sword Monster lying on the ground in the form of a shield, a Gengar was floating in the air with a strange smile, its scarlet eyes full of teasing.
This is Populus euphratica's ace elf, Gengar.
Although he had absolute confidence in Hu Yang's strength, Xia Chen couldn't help but take a breath when he saw the shield sword monsters falling to the ground under the continuous bombardment of shadow balls.
This is the shield sword monster who has set up the king's shield.
Was he just killed by a series of shadow balls?
Gengar the Great is so terrifying.
There were no surprises in the next two battles. In front of Gengar, whose energy seemed to be endless, the dragon-headed gopher and Mimikyu had no place to hide.
Whether hiding under the ground or hiding in the shadows, Gengar's erratic and ghostly figure can always find his opponent.
In just ten minutes, a 3v3 battle was over.
Hu Yang withdrew Gengar casually, as if he wasn't the one who had just completed the one-to-three.
Xia Chen and Xian Bu looked at each other silently, and both saw the meaning in the other's eyes.
Fortunately, I didn't face off against this guy. This Gengar is probably almost at the elite two-star level.
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The second round started at four o'clock, but at 4:15, it was Xia Chen's turn to play.
Although it was indeed a bit unexpected, Xia Chen was definitely not at a loss.
After all, the two hours of tactical analysis and arrangements just now were not in vain.
Although this is destined to be a difficult game, Xia Chen still steps onto the battlefield with confidence.
Sirona told him that confidence is one of the most valuable qualities of a trainer.
He has always believed this.
Holding Xianbu's elf ball tightly, Xia Chen and Yin Yuan stood opposite each other on the battlefield, waiting for the battle to begin.
The audience on the sidelines also understood that this battle might be the most unpredictable outcome of today's game.
Subconsciously adjusting their breathing, they also calmed down and waited for the whistle that signaled the start of the game.
Not long after, the whistle sounded.
Two elf balls were thrown out.
"Come out, Reib!"
"The decision is yours, Senbu!"
The company is a bit busy today, that's all, sorry
(End of chapter)
