"Seeing Eevee always reminds me of unpleasant memories."
"Same for me."
After a moment of silence in the competitors' seats, Jiang Ran and Xu Jing shared their thoughts.
This Eevee, they had seen at the professional assessment, was indeed very strong.
However... that was for the professional assessment.
Now, they faced a battlefield close to the top tier!
An Eevee, trained to a professional level, is already surprising, but one that could reach the near-top tier domain?
What they didn't know was that this Eevee was not only the one from the professional assessments but also the one from the Little Phoenix King Cup, the Su province rookie competition, the one that beat them!
"Eevee..."
Coincidentally, Yun Guancheng had also encountered Eevee, but after it had grasped several partner skills.
At that time, Eevee was already capable of defeating Master level Pokemon.
Mysterious and powerful, mastering moves of multiple types, it was simply unbelievable.
Now seeing this Eevee again, Yun Guancheng's face was filled with disbelief. Could it be that Fang Yuan had trained that Eevee to almost a top-tier level?
Not many trainers who knew Eevee were present, and when Shang Ren saw Fang Yuan sending out an Eevee, he didn't know what to say.
Walking silently to the field, he directly threw his Poké Ball.
"Tyranitar! Whip up a sandstorm!!"
Roar!!!
The instant the Poké Ball opened, a terrifying roar rang out, followed by an overwhelming sandstorm that engulfed the field. As the core Pokemon of Shangren's Sandstorm Team, Tyranitar, not only swept through ten Pokemon with six Dragon Dances in the first stage but also played a key role in defeating the top overlord in Shangren's second stage selection.
Amid the wild sandstorm, Tyranitar's fierce expression focused on Eevee. As a tyrant of the desert, this Tyranitar, raised to this level, was absolutely a terrifying king of destruction, easily capable of changing the terrain around it and causing mountains to collapse!
"What is he thinking?"
Comparing Tyranitar and Eevee, even the three people on the chairman's podium couldn't see through Fang Yuan's thoughts at this moment. In fact, with their level of access, they could easily investigate and find out that Fang Yuan's Eevee and Sun Eevee were indeed the same Pokemon, both his beginner elves.
However, by now, Fang Yuan had no thoughts of hiding any longer. With his current strength and status, the small matter of Eevee evolving freely wasn't worth mentioning at all. Even if he showed it off or made it public, it wouldn't have any impact.
In a critical moment, Fang Yuan would even let Eevee use its strongest moves, combination tactics, fighting alongside both Eevee and Sun Eevee on the field simultaneously!
But whether he would need to reveal this trump card would depend on his opponent's level.
"Are you sure you want to use Eevee for the battle?" Shang Ren asked before the fight began.
"Don't worry, its strength is very formidable. There's no need to hold back."
Fang Yuan knew what Shang Ren was worried about. For a giant monster like Tyranitar, it was all too easy to seriously injure Eevee, and one careless move could result in Eevee being snapped in two on the spot.
Shang Ren could find nowhere to cry if he were to be held accountable for killing a Pokemon during the match.
"Alright, then."
Seeing Fang Yuan's serious expression, Shang Ren believed him.
However, watching the petite Eevee with a strained face amidst the sandstorm, Shang Ren was speechless. Already affected by the most ordinary sandstorm?
Shang Ren's expression remained unchanged, reminding himself not to be careless because of this, for Fang Yuan didn't seem like a foolish man. There must be something off here, but he couldn't fathom how an Eevee could possibly defeat his Tyranitar!
"Dragon Dance!!" Without hesitation, Shang Ren gestured grandly, taking the initiative to enhance Tyranitar. His use of Dragon Dance was almost as proficient as Fang Yuan's. During the dance, a violent airflow formed around the moving Tyranitar, sweeping up the sandstorm and hurling it at Eevee like bullets. The attack was so dense and relentless there was nowhere to hide.
Many of the qualifiers had witnessed the power of this tactic before. The combination of Dragon Dance with the sandstorm allowed the sand particles to gain the destructive power of shattering rock. With Eevee's small size and no chance to dodge, it seemed inevitable that it would be riddled with holes...
"You're still underestimating the opponent." Although he noticed Shang Ren was trying his best not to hold back, blatantly using transformation moves right in front of him, did he really think Eevee was just for show?
"Bind!"
Before Fang Yuan could speak, Eevee had already formed a round psychic shield with Reflect Wall, protecting itself. The raging sandstorm swept in but couldn't break through the Reflect Wall. At the moment Fang Yuan finished speaking, Eevee also made its next move, pressing its pink paws heavily onto the ground!
Crack!!!
In the midst of Dragon Dance, Tyranitar suddenly sensed immense danger. The next instant, the ground beneath its feet cracked open, and huge vines grew from the surface. They twined up Tyranitar's legs, along its body, and wrapped it up completely.
"Roar!!!" With Dragon Dance interrupted, Tyranitar immediately roared angrily, trying to continue with Dragon Dance, using the power of the dance to tear through the vines. However, these vines seemed to possess astonishing tenacity and vitality.
Under Eevee's control, the vines accurately entangled around Tyranitar's main exertion points, reducing its strength by half. This kind of battle sense was something that currently only Eevee in Fang Yuan's team was capable of.
Having bound Tyranitar, the vines didn't stop growing. On the contrary, they grew more vigorously. Though not as spectacular as the forest of Crazy Plants created by the lord Venusaur in Bulbasaur Forest, in an instant, it became a towering plant, almost 1.5 times taller than Tyranitar. The "Bind" move, in the eyes of outsiders, was also extremely shocking.
"Leech Seed." Fang Yuan promptly said, and the next moment, the massive vine binding Tyranitar scattered numerous green energy seeds. With a "pop," they merged into Tyranitar's body. All of this happened in the blink of an eye. Seeing Tyranitar wrapped up in the middle of the field like a zongzi (rice dumpling), Shang Ren was stupefied on the spot.
Many of the other Trainers were dumbstruck in the seating area.
On the main stage, Master Ma Chenzong, a veteran Trainer who'd lived for the better half of his life and experienced countless battles, also showed an incredulous expression.
"Bind? Leech Seed?"
Eevee blocking the sandstorm with Reflect Wall was one thing, which was within the realm of acceptance. However, in a blink of an eye, it grew towering plants from the ground, crazily binding Tyranitar, preventing it from breaking free, and then growing Leech Seeds on the plant. This technique, was this really Eevee, or was it a grass-type nearly-top-level overlord?!!
Even Leaf Eevee wouldn't be much different, right?
However, this was no ordinary Bind and Leech Seed, but a Grass Partner Technique, enhanced with the Emotional Power of the Mind and Life Power: "Booming Growth".
Booming Growth: Grows massive vines, scattering seeds to attack. The seeds drain the opponent's physical strength every turn, which can be fed back to the vines, giving them more vitality and making them harder to break free. They can also be fed back to Eevee itself, allowing Eevee to recover physical strength.
It was an overwhelmingly powerful move. Since saying the name of this move out loud sounded quite odd, Fang Yuan simply replaced it with similar move names like Bind and Leech Seed.
"Use Fire Punch!" Stunned for a moment, Shang Ren quickly reacted, and under his command, Tyranitar stopped struggling, conjured up Fire Punch. The fire spread from its fist all over its body. This time, facing the bane of fire, the vines finally couldn't cope. After draining the last of the physical strength, they turned into countless sparks, feeding energy back to Eevee.
And they themselves had reached the end of their lifespan.
However, although Tyranitar had freed itself from the vines, Shang Ren and Tyranitar took too long. Especially Tyranitar, although it only struggled for four or five seconds, its physical strength had already been halved by the parasitic seeds absorbing energy from all over its body.
By the time Tyranitar burnt away the vines and regained freedom, the battle could already be declared over. Trapping Tyranitar for those few seconds was enough for Fang Yuan and Eevee to determine the direction of the battle.
In mid-air.
Eevee had somehow already left its original position and leaped into the air, a spherical pink light ball condensed to the size of a basketball, similar to a mini-twister, was thrown by Eevee towards Tyranitar in this posture.
A Fairy Type Partner Skill, Shining Storm, had now been condensed by Eevee into a "Rasengan" shape, serving as the final blow. The instant Tyranitar shook off the burnt vines, the pink energy ball smashed onto Tyranitar's body.
"Boom!!" With a loud sound, the terrifying twister that erupted from the pink energy ball dispersed the sandstorm. A fragrant and pungent scent instantly permeated the entire field, and blinding light nearly covered everyone's vision.
In the midst of the light, a "thud" of something hitting the ground made Shang Ren's pupils contract. When the light dissipated, everyone could clearly see the scene on the field.
Tyranitar lay on the ground, as if scorched and scraped by the intense light and wind, incapacitated. On the other side, an Eevee, panting heavily as though it had exhausted a vast amount of physical strength, still watched Tyranitar with undiminished fighting spirit.
The result took everyone by surprise.
An Eevee, with just two moves that countered Tyranitar, overpoweringly finished the battle.
Including the three officials on the main stage, expressions of shock were visible.
"This...…"
The dramatic twist in the plot left everyone dumbfounded, speechless. Shang Ren, the reigning king, was already plunged into a state of extreme confusion. My god, what on earth was that Eevee?
Moreover, that utterly exhausted expression you're showing, who are you fooling!! All the energy from the Leech Seeds was clearly floating towards you!
Shang Ren, the king, rarely got angry. The last time he was angered, it was because he felt his own strength was insufficient, leading to his defeat by Xie Qingyi. This time, Shang Ren didn't understand why he felt inexplicably bad...
Come to think of it, Fang Yuan also seems to be from Magic City University.
Thinking this, Shang Ren's hand holding Tyranitar's Poké Ball trembled slightly.