Surprise, Surprise
Xu Lan's victory was sealed not long after the battle began.
It was because Beedrill's wings were accidentally frozen, failing to completely evade Snorunt's Icy Wind.
"A homing Icy Wind, huh…"
Fang Yuan stroked his chin, considering it within an acceptable range. Eevee's Rotating Sand Attack was begging for a fight!
But…
Seeing Xu Jing's Abra easily win her third match, Fang Yuan grew somewhat worried. Teleport and Psychic would definitely be troublesome in a battle.
So, compared to Xu Jing, he'd rather face Xiao Wenyu and his Torkoal!
Fang Yuan, Xu Lan, Xu Jing, and Xiao Wenyu, the four of them became the top four of this Little Phoenix King Cup.
This fact was a consolation to Fang Yuan.
Because regardless of whether he could seize the final victory, Fang Yuan knew that he already had a guaranteed 30,000 yuan prize and a Pokémon Item as a reward.
It was a bit of a pity though… this Pokémon Item was just a small portion of Silver Powder, or rather, special scale powder. Fang Yuan had no idea what use this stuff was to him. He didn't have any Bug-type Pokémon. Selling it was an option, but that wasn't his main goal at all.
...
That night, to rest well, Fang Yuan didn't contact anyone except his parents, quietly studying his opponents alone.
As for Eevee, it continued to train.
In the hotel, worried about damaging the room, Eevee could only practice Double Team and Sand Attack. After practicing for a while, Eevee turned to look at Fang Yuan holding his Phone and called out.
"Eevee…"
Eevee dropped the bottle filled with sand, indicating that it wanted to watch too.
"Finished practicing Sand Attack? Then go practice Double Team." Fang Yuan said, "Tomorrow is the most important day, and then we'll be free."
"Eevee!"
Eevee turned its head back in annoyance, and then created a Double Team.
Looking at the clones that were exactly like itself, Eevee sighed. It was a pity that they were just afterimages. From the moment it learned this move, Eevee had been thinking, how great would it be if there was a real clone that could do Special Training and battle for it?
That way, it could happily binge-watch dramas.
Shaking its head vigorously, Eevee felt that this thought was becoming its obsession.
...
The next day.
In the guest seats, the audience seats, and on the Players' Stand, pairs of eyes were fixed on the two people walking towards the battlefield.
Han Jia… Wang Jie… Xie Ming… these players who had been eliminated by Fang Yuan had not left. They wanted to see how far the person who defeated them could go.
In addition, the audience was also full of enthusiasm, anticipating the emergence of an upset.
"I remember this Fang Yuan wasn't even a Seed Player, and now he's in the semi-finals. This dark horse is really dark!"
"Who says otherwise? It would be interesting if he continues to win, haha."
The guests also wanted to know the outcome of this match. Which is stronger, the apprentice of the Winter Dojo or an unknown Rookie Trainer?
"Lu Student, would you like to offer your opinion?" Suddenly, a Professional Trainer smiled and looked at Lu Hai.
Lu Hai wore a bitter face: "I've been slapped in the face several times, so I won't offer any more opinions. The rookies these days are all cunning. Let's just focus on the match."
On the battlefield, Fang Yuan looked at the girl opposite him with a grin. Is this the legendary Ice Beauty?
Although she's still young, some qualities are hard to fake. This Xu Lan seems too cold.
"Xu Lan Student, you should have watched my battle yesterday, right? Eevee is very skilled at dodging. If Snorunt tries to deal with Eevee like it did with Beedrill, it definitely won't work. Have you thought of another strategy?"
"I have," Xu Lan said frankly, "So your good luck ends here."
Fang Yuan's heart sank. Good heavens, she really has a plan?
He wanted to see what strategy it was.
After the Referee gave the order, Snorunt and Eevee, released by Xu Lan and Fang Yuan, moved at the same time.
Snorunt is a small, black Pokémon, very tiny, with a yellow conical cloak with orange edges covering its body. After the match started, it instantly grinned, aimed its blue eyes at Eevee, and quickly created ice blocks in front of it, throwing them quickly.
"Eevee!" Looking at these not-so-dense ice blocks, Eevee's mouth curled up, planning to close the distance directly.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
The ice shards landed, none hitting Eevee, and Eevee got closer and closer to Snorunt.
"Icy Wind!" Xu Lan commanded.
"Sandcastle!" Fang Yuan followed.
Sandcastle?
At this moment, the staff member in the audience, holding a large box selling cold drinks and sandcastle, was stunned.
What?
Everyone looked back and saw Eevee waving a pile of sand to defend.
The Icy Wind blew onto the sand first, the cold air directly spreading over it and freezing it before it landed. The frozen sand is, well, sandcastle.
"No matter how many times I see it, this freezing speed is really fast."
As Fang Yuan muttered in his heart, Eevee had already shifted its position and used Quick Attack to crash into Snorunt.
Snorunt's speed isn't very fast, far from Scyther, so this time the initiative is with Eevee, and defense isn't Snorunt's forte. As long as Eevee finds the right opportunity, victory is in sight!
However, the semi-finals are indeed not that easy.
Whoosh!
Eevee suddenly attacked, but it missed. It turned out that this Snorunt also knew Double Team, but it hadn't shown it before.
Without waiting for the Trainer's command, Snorunt, dodging the attack, directly waved a large Water ball and smashed it towards Eevee. Judging from the vibration speed of the Water ball, it should be the Water Pulse move.
"Dodge quickly!"
Fang Yuan shouted directly, and Eevee lived up to expectations, successfully dodging.
Immediately afterward, in order to create distance, Snorunt retreated while attacking, squandering energy as if it were free, leaving the audience bewildered.
At this rate, before Eevee can even attack, won't Snorunt run out of energy first?
Snorunt retreated again and again, finally reaching the edge of the battlefield, with no way to retreat. Eevee, after dodging all the attacks, looked at it again.
Little one, keep retreating.
However, just as Eevee was about to step forward, it suddenly slipped, and its body almost lost balance.
Fang Yuan and Eevee looked at the ground and saw that a layer of smooth ice had formed on the ground at some point.
"So that's it, changing the battlefield by using water and ice to create a smooth ice surface, restricting Eevee's movements. As expected of an apprentice from the Winter Dojo, they have already learned to utilize the terrain." Lu Student's eyes lit up, and he applauded, "Now, Eevee's movement is completely restricted."
At the same time, the commentator also explained, and the audience finally understood.
"That's a good move."
So this was Xu Lan's strategy, and the ice created by Snorunt didn't seem to melt in a short time.
Fang Yuan frowned slightly, intending to have Eevee create some distance first, and then use Sand Attack to cover the ice surface, creating some friction to make it easier for Eevee to run.
However, something unexpected happened to Fang Yuan. After only a slight adjustment, Eevee found a suitable posture for its movements.
It actually used Normal-type energy to wrap its feet and easily slide on the ice, looking even more agile than before!
"What's going on? Isn't that a figure skating technique for Pokémon?" Some viewers noticed the change in Eevee and said blankly.
"Eevee?"
Fang Yuan quickly called out, only to see Eevee confidently nod at him.
In that instant, Fang Yuan understood.
His Eevee also had talent!
Not only could it perfectly recreate those buildings from movies with sand, building perfect sandcastles.
Now it even imitated the poses and techniques from the Pokémon figure skating championships. Eevee, why are you so flashy?
Next, as Eevee used Quick Attack again on the ice without any hindrance, Xu Lan was stunned, Snorunt was stunned, the guests were stunned, and the audience was also stunned.
Just tell me, an Eevee that knows how to figure skate, isn't that a surprise!
After dodging several ice blocks thrown out in a panic, Eevee successfully arrived next to Snorunt, knocking it away in one fell swoop and taking the opportunity to finish it off.
The referee hesitated for a moment, looked at the fallen Snorunt and the triumphant Eevee, and somewhat suspiciously announced the result of the battle.
"Snorunt is unable to battle..."
For some reason, Fang Yuan felt that he was getting further and further away from Red, and more and more like Ash...
He has Pi Shen, I have Bu Shen!
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