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A knowing, amused smile slowly bloomed on his lips.
Chapter 51 The real formidable enemy, the student council president's weather team! The true ace, evaporating the rain with flames!
The excitement surrounding the freshman ranking competition reached its peak on this day.
The weeks-long elimination and advancement process, like a great wave sifting through sand, filtered out the mediocre and left behind the true gold. The announcement of the top four did not cause much of a stir until the final pairing was locked in by the data stream on the big screen.
Lin Che.
VS.
Sun Rui.
silence.
After a deathly silence, an explosion of energy erupted! The entire giant dome-shaped arena, and every corner of the campus, was ignited by that name!
Sun Rui!
The younger brother of Sun Zhe, the student council president, is a recognized tactical master in the third year of university and a top player who has already proven himself in the school league!
His older brother, Sun Zhe, is the man who stands at the very top of the entire academy.
Sun Zhe's younger brother, personally mentored by him, will face off against the most dazzling and unruly dark horse among this year's freshmen.
This is no longer a simple semi-final.
In everyone's mind, this was the championship showdown that was being staged ahead of schedule!
On the day of the match, the stadium was completely full. The air was scorching from the breaths of tens of thousands of people, and countless eyes were focused on the center of the arena, anticipating the start of a fierce battle.
"I've finally waited for you, Lin Che."
A slightly magnetic voice, tinged with a hint of cynicism, rang out.
Sun Rui walked slowly onto the battlefield. He wasn't wearing the standard school uniform; his well-tailored casual clothes made him look more like a wealthy young master on vacation than a trainer about to engage in a life-or-death battle.
He and his brother Sun Zhe, who always had a serious expression and a calm, mountain-like aura, were two completely different kinds of people.
A casual smile graced his face, but his slightly narrowed eyes revealed a sharp, all-seeing glint deep within their pupils—the light of a predator.
“My brother raved about you to the skies in front of me.”
Sun Rui cracked his wrists, making a soft clicking sound, and glanced at Lin Che and the Alola Ninetales on the sidelines.
"He said you are the most talented freshman he has ever seen, bar none."
"However, a competition is a competition."
He grinned, and his smile became smug.
"I'm going to smash you, along with all the praise my brother gave you, to pieces."
"Each each other."
Lin Che's response was calm and composed, without the slightest ripple.
This extreme calmness only intensified Sun Rui's interest.
The referee's flag was waved down heavily!
"Game start!"
The moment he finished speaking, Sun Rui's smile vanished, replaced by absolute focus and coldness!
He didn't probe in the slightest, nor did he utter a single unnecessary word!
His right hand shot out with a speed too fast for the naked eye to detect, and a Poké Ball drew a precise parabola in the air!
"Screech—!"
Amidst the light, a large beaked gull took flight, letting out a high-pitched, resonant cry that seemed to command something, altering some kind of law of the universe!
[Characteristic: Rainfall]!
start up!
Thick, dark clouds, visible to the naked eye, suddenly gathered above the battlefield, which had been bathed in the clear light of the stadium's dome.
In just two or three seconds, the thick clouds completely blocked out the light source, darkening the entire venue.
Immediately afterwards, cold raindrops began to fall.
pat.
clap clap clap...
The raindrops instantly connected into lines, turning into a torrential downpour that fell from the sky!
Wow!
The deafening sound of rain instantly filled the entire venue, and the huge curtain of water blurred the figures of Lin Che and Sun Rui. The damp and cold water vapor hit them in the face, and the originally dry rock surface of the venue was quickly covered with a layer of water, becoming extremely slippery.
The sudden change in weather caused the audience to gasp in surprise!
too fast!
From the start of the game to the rain fully taking shape, it took less than five seconds!
This is the dominance a top weather team should have!
In the rain, the icy blue aura surrounding Lin Che's elegant Alolan Ninetales was mercilessly extinguished by the rain. Its vital ability, Snowfall, was completely suppressed by Rainfall and didn't even have a chance to activate!
Fire-type weather has been suppressed, and ice-type weather has been abolished!
In just one exchange, Lin Che's two core tactical systems were directly cut off by Sun Rui in the most ruthless and unreasonable way!
"Well done, Peacock!"
Sun Rui's lips curled into a confident smile again. He quickly recalled his Pelipper and threw out another Poké Ball!
"Come out, my ace!"
This time, it wasn't a Flying-type Pokémon that appeared.
A tall and agile figure appeared in the rain, its body covered with scales as hard as lapis lazuli, its dragon head held high, exuding a majesty that came from the depths of its bloodline.
Powerful water and dragon energies intertwine and surge around it!
King Thorn Dragon!
【Features: Free and easy movement】!
The moment the first drop of rain fell on it, a dormant switch within Kingdra was completely turned on!
Its body even created a faint white wave of air around it due to its excessive speed!
Whoosh!
No instructions, no warning!
The figure of the Thorn Dragon King suddenly disappeared from the spot.
It's not teleportation, but pure speed, so fast that it exceeds the limits of vision!
In the rain, streaks of blue-green afterimages flashed and intersected, creating dazzling trails. They were so fast that even the most advanced high-speed cameras above the venue could only capture a blurry blur of light and shadow!
"It's over! Lin Che!"
Sun Rui's voice pierced through the sound of the pouring rain, carrying an absolute confidence that proclaimed victory, and resounded throughout the entire venue!
"Stinging Dragon King, water cannon!"
He didn't even try to pinpoint the location of the Alola Nine-Tails!
Because at this speed, locking on is meaningless!
The next instant, one of the rapidly moving afterimages suddenly stopped, and Kingdra's head was raised sharply, pointing towards the approximate direction where Ninetales was located!
Inside its mouth, a deep blue energy spot rapidly expanded, and terrifying water energy was frantically gathering and compressing!
Om-!
A terrifying jet of water, thick enough to make one's breath suffocate, suddenly shot out!
That wasn't just a simple flow of water; it was an energy cannon compressed to its extreme, containing terrifying impact and penetrating power!
The water cannon tore through the heavy rain, leaving a clear white trail in the air, and blasted towards A-Lola Nine-Tails, which was still on the field, with an unavoidable and unmatched momentum!
The terrifying water cannon that tore through the sky, carrying immense power capable of crushing mountains, transformed into an incomparably thick blue beam of light amidst Sun Rui's roar, which was almost a declaration of victory, and slammed into the elegant Alolan Ninetales in the arena.
The terrifying energy fluctuations caused the air to emit a shriek of unbearable strain!
The temperature inside the entire arena seemed to plummet to freezing point in the face of this world-destroying blow.
All the freshmen watching the battle had their hearts in their throats. Many even subconsciously closed their eyes, unable to bear the sight of the beautiful, ice-blue elf being devoured in an instant.
This is a sure-kill situation!
However, Lin Che, standing amidst the turmoil, showed no sign of panic on his handsome face.
His eyes were deep and calm, reflecting the rapidly enlarging destructive water cannon without the slightest ripple.
It was as if this offensive, which could make any genius despair, was nothing more than a common footnote that had already been written in his script.
A fraction of a second.
Just as the surging energy ripples at the tip of the water cannon were about to touch the soft, snow-white fur of the Alola Ninetales, a critical moment occurred.
Lin Che finally moved.
His movements were unhurried and steady, his arm raised without the slightest tremor, his fingertips pinching the red and white Poké Ball.
"Come back, Kyuubi."
His voice was soft, yet it clearly reached the ears of the Nine-Tails in the arena.
"You did very well."
A gentle red light shot out from the Poké Ball, precisely enveloping the body of the Alola Ninetales.
Om-!
The space trembled almost imperceptibly, and the icy blue figure vanished from its spot in an instant.
The devastating water cannon lost its target and crashed heavily onto the empty field, creating towering waves tens of meters high, causing the entire sturdy battle platform to tremble violently!