Chapter 291 Encountering the Strongest Group
The fifth group advanced smoothly. Kalia had almost no presence. After all, she was the last to appear. She relied on Gu Du and Sam to win twice in a row and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals.
After advancing, Gu Du laughed out loud, as if advancing to the quarterfinals was already a remarkable achievement. After all, even the third and fourth groups failed, and the fifth group advanced. Although it does not represent strength, good luck is also useful.
Although the audience was surprised, they were still not optimistic about the fifth group because there was a junior trainer in the fifth group.
The group of Mal is proof of this. The battle between the three junior trainers was a mess. They were beaten badly and had no power to fight back. This is the gap.
In everyone's eyes, the fifth group was like one person was missing. Kalia was the one who was bound to lose. Once Sam and Gudu lost once, there would be no hope.
"The fifth group can advance, why didn't they arrange the fifth group to the third group before, so that the third group can advance."
"This is all randomly arranged, who knows? But luck is sometimes too important. Obviously, the third and fourth groups are not weak, but they still failed to advance because they met the strongest group. Sigh!"
With the victory of the fifth group and the failure of the sixth group, the seventh and eighth groups will become very important. Once they all lose, then there will be five groups of trainers from the Elly region advancing to the quarterfinals, while only three groups from the Sebastian region will advance. This is the most embarrassing and shameful situation.
It was clearly an exchange competition. If it ended up being an internal competition , the trainers in the Sebastian region would probably be so ashamed that they would feel embarrassed.
Fortunately, the final result was still acceptable. Group 7 and Group 8 might have been under a lot of pressure, so they both tried their best and fought unexpectedly hard. Although one of the groups still lost, Group 7 won in the end.
As a result, four groups from the Sebastian region also advanced to the quarterfinals. The following matches will still be a one-on-one battle, which can be considered as barely saving face.
After the first round of competition, there was a break and the second round, which was the competition for the top four, was held in the afternoon.
From Sebastian's side, the first and second groups advanced, and the fifth and seventh groups advanced. Among them, the first and second groups were the strongest and had the greatest hope of entering the finals, while Kaliya's group was not favored.
The first round was mostly a matter of luck, as the opponent was not that strong. If Gu Du and Sam were above average in strength, the opponent could only be considered average in strength.
At this time, each of the four groups left in the Eli area has superior strength, so it is very difficult to win.
Now everyone's attention is basically on the first and second groups. Taking advantage of the rest time, the trainers are frantically studying the opponent's lineup. In the first round, there is nothing they can do because they don't know clearly, but in the second round, they must study the opponent's Pokémon lineup and make the best response.
The same is true for the Eli region. This is basic operation. If you don't understand your opponent's elf lineup, but your opponent understands your elves, even if the strength is similar, the final result may be that the side that understands has a greater chance of winning.
During the break, because Kalia did not play, the elves did not need to recover, and Lin Chuan was very depressed that he did not even have the chance to play.
But this is better. If the opponent is too weak, the battle score will definitely not be high enough. After advancing to the quarterfinals, you may encounter a very strong opponent next, and a mid-level trainer of four Pokémon. If you can win, you can make a lot of combat value by defeating the combined battle score of the four Pokémon.
As for losing, Lin Chuan had never thought about it. Judging from the current levels, the strength of the Pokémon of the top intermediate trainers is probably around level 50. Lin Chuan is not afraid of Pokémon of this level. Besides Lin Chuan, there is also a Lizard King with very strong fighting skills.
Unless it is an elf above level 60, and of the electric type, which can restrain Lin Chuan, Lin Chuan will not be afraid even in a head-on confrontation.
Lin Chuan's resistance is now no lower than that of Snorlax, but he just doesn't have any recovery moves. If Lin Chuan had moves like Yusu, and he didn't have to worry about the battle score, he would have the confidence to face off against even the Pokémon of a high-level trainer.
Time quickly came to the afternoon, and after the trainers had enough rest, they returned to the battle gym and continued the competition.
The big screen began to randomly assign the battle list. Kalia stared at the big screen, wanting to see which group she would meet. It would be best if it was not the strongest group. In that case, no matter how confident Kalia was, she would not be able to advance, because even if she was strong enough to win the next game, Gudu and Sam would definitely lose.
This is not because Kalia underestimated them, but from a practical point of view, Kalia knew the level of the two in the first round of the game. How could fight against the opponent's top intermediate trainer.
Kalia herself is an exception, but not everyone is an exception. There are not many trainers who can own Pokémon with such great potential as Charizard.
However, what you fear will come true. When the list of opponents appeared on the big screen, Kalia was stunned.
Because what they have to face is the third group of the Elly region, which is the strongest group of three top intermediate trainers.
"It's cold, there's no hope at all."
The last hope was shattered, and Gudu's face turned pale. If he could have met the sixth group from the Eli region, he would still have a chance, but he was directly ranked with the strongest third group. There was no chance at all.
Kalia was also a little disappointed. It seemed that she could not advance. Even if she won, it would be useless because neither Sam nor Gu could win.
However, even if she is doomed to fail, Kalia is prepared to fight well this time to prove her strength. The opponent is strong, but she is not weak either, so she may not be an opponent.
“Even if I can’t advance, I must win beautifully.” Kalia clenched her fists. She didn’t play in the first round and didn’t prove her strength, but this time she would not miss such a good opportunity.
For Kaliya's group, it was definitely bad luck, but from the overall perspective, in the eyes of everyone, it was undoubtedly a good thing that Kaliya's group could compete against the strongest group.
This can prevent the strongest groups from the two regions from meeting each other too early. The later they meet, the greater the chance and the more they know about their opponents.
Most people knew that Kalia's group was bound to lose, and the result would be basically the same no matter which group they fought against. This was actually the best arrangement.
The strongest group from the Sebastian region was ranked against the opponent's seventh group, which meant they were basically certain to win and advance to the top four.
With the roster arranged, the competition officially began. The first group went on stage first, and their opponent was the seventh group from the Ailey area.
