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Upon arriving at school, Jiang Chen looked at Zhao Qian, who was praying, and couldn't help but ask, "What are you doing?"
"Praying, hoping I don't encounter you or School Beauty Ling. If I run into either of you, I won't even have the strength to resist." Zhao Qian said with a solemn face. He was most afraid of encountering Jiang Chen. From what he understood, Jiang Chen had swept through all his opponents yesterday. Zhao Qian estimated that if he met Jiang Chen, he would surely be defeated in an instant.
Today, he had to win at least two rounds to enter the top eight. Otherwise, his dad wouldn't break his legs, but he would certainly "educate" him thoroughly. Entering the top eight would be considered a success, and if he made it to the top four, there would definitely be a reward.
"The drawing results are out!" At this moment, a classmate shouted loudly, and then everyone in the class who hadn't been eliminated immediately checked the drawing results.
"Thank goodness, my opponent isn't you, nor is it School Beauty Ling." Zhao Qian breathed a sigh of relief.
"Why am I so unlucky? Big Brother Jiang Chen, please go easy on me." A unlucky classmate in the class found his opponent was Jiang Chen.
"Brother, be content with making it into the top thirty-two. And no one will say you're disgraced if you lose to Jiang Chen." Wang Qi, the kind fellow who was Jiang Chen's opponent, nodded in agreement. It wouldn't be shameful to lose to Jiang Chen. Moreover, with his strength, making it to the top thirty-two, besides his skill, also relied on some luck. Some of those who were eliminated were even stronger than him.
At nine in the morning, the campus ranking matches began. The thirty-two-to-sixteen matches were still held simultaneously, with sixteen arenas active at once. However, the most attention was focused on Jiang Chen and Ling Wanqiu.
"Go, Lucario."
"Phew, good, it's not Ralts." Wang Qi's Pokémon was a Torchic. Seeing that Jiang Chen wasn't using Ralts, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief. Yesterday's Ralts had simply swept aside everything, with no one lasting more than one move.
"Torchic, use Ember."
"Extreme Speed, then use Rock Smash."
Lucario, using Extreme Speed, was too fast. It instantly dodged Torchic's attack, then slammed into Torchic, and while Torchic was pushed back, followed up with a Rock Smash.
"Bang~!"
"Torchic is unable to battle. Lucario wins." The referee announced.
"As expected of Jiang Chen, as fast as ever."
"Jiang Chen is so fast, what will School Beauty Ling do?"
"Holy crap, can you drive on this broken road (referring to a double entendre)?"
"Come back, Lucario." Jiang Chen recalled Lucario.
"I knew it." Wang Qi wasn't surprised at all by how quickly he lost. In fact, Jiang Chen had already given him face. At least Lucario used two moves, unlike Ralts yesterday, which defeated everyone in one move.
The battles on the other side also concluded one after another. After they finished, there was a half-hour break before the second round of battles for the day began, the sixteen-to-eight matches. This time, Jiang Chen used Squirtle. Although he could only use one Pokémon, he could swap Pokémon for each battle; there was no rule that one Pokémon had to fight all the way. Of course, if you only had one Pokémon, then that one Pokémon would have to fight all the way.
Squirtle was matched against Bulbasaur, which Squirtle had an advantage over. Despite the type advantage, the opponent showed no happiness, secretly sighing at his bad luck for encountering Jiang Chen.
"Bulbasaur, use Vine Whip."
"Squirtle, use Water Pulse."
Although it had a type disadvantage, Squirtle's strength was overwhelming. An ordinary Tier 7 fighting an ordinary Tier 4 was an easy victory.
"Defeated in one move." The opponent collected his Pokémon with a stunned expression. Jiang Chen won again, entering the top eight of the campus competition. In truth, for Jiang Chen, this campus competition was simply bullying.
Subsequently, Jiang Chen used Nidorina to win another round, and his next opponent was Mo Yangjia, the top student of the neighboring elite class. Mo Yangjia looked solemnly at Jiang Chen. This was his biggest rival in his mind. If he could defeat Jiang Chen, he would secure first place.
"This battle is going to be interesting." The top students of two elite classes. Even the teachers were quite interested.
"Come out, Metang." Seeing Jiang Chen's Metang, and then looking at his own Swampert, Mo Yangjia knew he had lost.
"Metang's strength should have reached the elite level by now, it seems Mo Yangjia is bound to lose."
"Sigh, actually Mo Yangjia isn't weak. He just met too strong an opponent." The teachers sighed helplessly, especially Mo Yangjia's homeroom teacher, who looked enviously at Old Zhang, Jiang Chen's homeroom teacher.
"For this year's exchange match with the Imperial City Pokémon Academy, we can probably only rely on Jiang Chen."
"If we can win, Old Zhang, you'll at least become a Dean of Students. Don't forget us then."
"That's not even a certainty yet. The Imperial City Pokémon Academy isn't weak either," Old Zhang quickly said. He couldn't be too confident; it was easy to get slapped in the face. They had lost the exchange matches for three consecutive years, so truthfully, none of the teachers had much confidence.
"Swampert, use Mud Shot." Even in a losing battle, Mo Yangjia didn't give up. Ground-type moves counter Metang, what if he could win?
"Metang, use Confusion to block Swampert's attack, then pull Swampert over." In games, Confusion was not considered a strong attack move, but in reality, the uses of Confusion were too broad. Using Confusion to create a barrier to block attacks, it could also forcibly pull the opponent in front of itself.
The powerful Confusion barrier was simply unbreakable by Swampert's attack. Swampert was forcibly grabbed by Confusion.
"Bullet Punch." Metang's arms became afterimages. It would be strange if Swampert's small body could withstand it.
"Swampert is unable to battle. Metang wins." Besides Dragonite, Jiang Chen's strongest Pokémon were Ralts, Metang, and Wobbuffet. Their elite-level strength was unrivaled in the school, so it was no surprise that he easily won.
In the afternoon, the first-place battle of the campus ranking competition began. The one vying for first place with Jiang Chen was, naturally, Ling Wanqiu. Due to special arrangements, Jiang Chen and Ling Wanqiu had not encountered each other before, saving their match for last. This was the most anticipated match for all teachers and students in the school. However, for this battle, more people favored Jiang Chen. Although Ling Wanqiu was strong, she didn't always dominate like Jiang Chen did.