Chapter 62 The Second Round Begins
Three days have passed since the Speed Conference was held, and the first round has come to an end. A total of fifty groups of competitions were completed yesterday evening.
During the three days, many elves stood out in the fifty groups of competition. The most popular one among them was naturally the Iron-faced Ninja, who had won the most championships in the past.
However, there are always variables in every session. In the last session, a big king swallow defeated the iron-faced ninja and won the first place.
Fifty elves successfully advanced to the second round. The competition mode of the second round was also a group competition, divided into ten groups, with five elves in each group competing.
Today is the start time of the second round. Early in the morning, Lin Chuan met up with Kaliya and Yue Chuanjiang. Then Lin Chuan and the Fire Dinosaur exchanged identities and went to the Blue Grassland together.
In order to avoid being exposed, Kalia has not gone to the Pokémon Center for practical training in the past few days. After all, there are many trainers there who also participated in the Speed Tournament.
Fortunately, there is also a battle field in the Pokémon Hotel, but it is where some adult trainers gather. Maybe the trainers are not very strong, but most of the Pokémon they own are the final evolved types. Sometimes when they encounter some high-level Pokémon, there is no room for operation at all, and the training effect is far inferior to the battle field of the Pokémon Center.
After arriving at the Blue Grassland, Kaliya and Yue Chuanjiang first came to the competition venue to draw lots for group divisions.
Fifty Pokémon are divided into ten groups. Since the Pokémon that can pass the first round are all fast, the competition organizers have always let the trainers draw lots themselves to decide the grouping of the Pokémon. In this way, even if they are not satisfied with the results, they can only blame it on bad luck for the lot they drew.
Yue Chuanjiang reached out and grabbed a piece of paper from the box. When he opened it, he saw "two" written on it. It was obvious that Lin Chuan was assigned to the second group out of ten.
Yue Chuanjiang looked at the big screen, which showed the current list of ten groups of Pokémon. Some trainers had not arrived yet, so it was not complete, but some Pokémon from the second group were already there.
Lin Chuan also looked at the big screen. In addition to him, three other elves in the second group had already been confirmed, and the rest should not have been drawn yet.
Currently, the three Pokémons in the second group that have been confirmed are Micko, Ursa Major and Dragonfly. These three Pokémons basically pose no threat to Lin Chuan.
Needless to say, it is impossible for Mook and Ursa Major to be faster than Lin Chuan unless they are above level 25. The Dragonfly is still a threat because of its acceleration characteristics, but it cannot be faster than Lin Chuan at the beginning, so you just need to find an opportunity to defeat it.
Now it all depends on what the last elf is. As long as it is not one of those elves, Lin Chuan is confident that he can advance smoothly.
After waiting for a while, the last Pokémon of the second group was updated. It was the Scyther that had impressed Lin Chuan before.
Lin Chuan was not sure about the level of this Scyther, but judging from the previous matches, it should be no lower than his, which meant that its level was at least 25.
At such a high level, even if Lin Chuan's awakening rock has four times the restraint, it cannot kill it in one second. This has nothing to do with Lin Chuan's output, it's simply because the level gap is too big.
Unless Lin Chuan's special attack output can be improved to a higher level, he might be able to defeat Scyther in one go and not give it a chance to counterattack.
Normally, Scyther's wing attack would not be able to kill Lin Chuan in seconds, but Scyther might have the characteristic of a technical expert. If it is a technical expert, with Lin Chuan's current defense, he would not be able to withstand Scyther's wing attack.
"We'll see when the time comes." Lin Chuan didn't think too much about it and would act accordingly. At least he would encounter Scyther instead of the King Swallow and the Iron-faced Ninja.
Those elves who encounter the Great King Swallow and the Iron-faced Ninja will definitely have no hope of advancing. These two elves have always been contenders for the championship in previous speed competitions.
Even Lin Chuan has no confidence in meeting them now. The speed ability values of the Iron-faced Ninja and the Great King Yan are at least over 600.
"I was drawn into the fifth group. What bad luck."
Kaliya also drew lots at this time, but it seemed that her luck was not very good. She drew the fifth group, the group with King Yan.
With the Forest Lizard's current speed ability, it is impossible for it to match the Great Swallow, and because it is a Grass-type Pokémon, it cannot defeat the Great Swallow, so it basically has no chance of advancing.
"I also drew the second group and met that Scyther. I wonder if Charmeleon can advance." Yue Chuanjiang didn't know Lin Chuan well and said with some concern.
Kaliya said: "It doesn't matter if you don't advance. After all, there are many junior trainers in the Speed Tournament. It's hard to compare."
The growth rate of the Pokémon of a junior trainer is much higher than that of a novice trainer. This is the accumulation of time and must be made up by time.
If Kalia obtains three red star badges and then participates in the Speed Competition, with the speed of a forest lizard, it will be no problem for her to get into the top three, and she will have a good chance of getting first place.
"The first group of matches has begun."
By the time all the elves were arranged into groups, the competition was almost officially about to begin. The elves in the first group had already started preparing and arrived at the starting point.
There are three Flying-type Pokémon in the first group, and of course, Mkroth is one of them. Mkroth is almost the most numerous Flying-type Pokémon among the participating Pokémons.
In addition to the Flying type, the rest are the Electric type Pikachu and the Water type Frog. Water type Pokémon are very rare in the Speed Tournament and can be said to be hard to see.
Pikachu is not very fast, and its speed racial stat barely reaches 90.
The Frog should be the one with the highest speed racial value in the first group, but its speed racial value of less than 100 is still too low. Even if it advances, it will not last until the last round.
The first group's competition started soon, and the previous beautiful commentator Jia Jia was still riding on the Mke Eagle to provide the commentary.
"Hello everyone, the Speed Contest has now entered the second round. Now it is the first group of the second round. It will begin in ten seconds."
Time passed, and with the referee's order, the first group of competition began, and the elves rushed out of the starting point in the first time.
Lin Chuan looked at the big screen. After the game started, Jia Jia aimed the camera at the five elves, and it was almost obvious who was fast and who was slow.
What surprised Lin Chuan was that Pikachu was actually ahead of Frog. Although the gap didn't seem big, you have to know that the speed racial values of the two Pokémon differed by seven points. It seemed that Pikachu was at a higher level than Frog.
As time passed, the distance between the elves gradually widened, and some elves even began to interfere with the elves in front of them.
The flying Zubat behind Mook released ultrasonic waves in an attempt to interfere with Mook.
If a Mook is hit by an ultrasonic wave, it may fall into a state of confusion and lose track of directions. When it returns to normal, it will be difficult to catch up with other Pokémons.
Zubat was lucky. Mook flapped its wings with all its might, but it had no idea of Zubat 's secret plan. After being affected by the ultrasonic waves, it immediately fell into a state of confusion, began to stagger in the air, and could no longer fly.
Golbat's method is very effective, and he continues to use the same trick, trying to influence Pikachu and Frog through ultrasound.
However, Pikachu and Frog discovered it in time, and Pikachu immediately counterattacked with an electric shock move.
Zubat failed to gain the advantage over the opponent as it was hit by the electric shock and was severely damaged. Its speed also slowed down and it was instantly overtaken by the Pokémon behind it.
Pikachu did not stop fighting. He ran quickly while releasing electric shocks to attack the Frog behind him.
Frog also fought back, releasing a smoke screen move, and a cloud of black smoke sprayed towards Pikachu, trying to block Pikachu's vision.
The reason why no water-based moves were released is naturally because water conducts electricity. If Pikachu happens to release an electric shock, the current will flow along the spitted water and directly hurt it.
After the Smoke Screen move hit Pikachu, Frog took advantage of Pikachu's vision being blurred by the Smoke Screen move and released the Water Wave move, injuring Pikachu.
The battle in the first group was very intense. Obviously, they had received orders from their trainers, so they would take the initiative to fight other Pokémon. Otherwise, they would usually compete in speed.
After a battle, Frog won. Pikachu itself was a Pokémon with weak defense and could not withstand Frog's second move, Water Wave.
At this time, there are only three elves who can continue the competition. If nothing unexpected happens, it should be the Frog that will qualify for the next round.
Not long after, the Quaotoad successfully reached the finish line first and qualified for the next round.
"It's my turn."
Next up was the second group's competition. Lin Chuan was a little nervous, after all, this time he had to face a Scyther that was much higher level than him.
At the same time, you need to be careful about the dragonfly's acceleration characteristics. Don't let the dragonfly's acceleration characteristics accumulate accidentally, otherwise ten Lin Chuans will not be able to catch up.
Lin Chuan planned to kill Dragonfly first, and then take action depending on the situation. The results of the first group's competition made Lin Chuan realize that the Pokémon participating in the second round had already received orders from their trainers and were ready to go all out. It was impossible for them to simply compete in speed, and they would definitely take the initiative to attack.
