Hearing Harris’s words, Park Sang-eun couldn't help but clench his fists, but he quickly showed a fake smile: “Of course, let me test the waters. Maybe, you two won’t even need to make a move…”
“Heh… who do you think you are?” Joyce sneered, “I advise you not to harbor illusions, no, it should be not to dream foolishly. The world’s number one, acknowledged by Austan, is not something a South Korean like you can understand. Even for us, this time we just want to see the true strength of this newly crowned Champion.”
“Here, his pressure is actually the greatest. Only then do we have a chance to win against him,” Harris said seriously, “Otherwise, what do you think Austan used to convince those old stubborn guys in the Alliance?”
If Mu Li were here, he might have been a little surprised by the two’s clear-headedness.
As expected of Trainers ranked in the top 30 in the world, to achieve such accomplishments, none of them are fools.
Well, except for Park Sang-eun.
Apparently, Park Sang-eun was still raging powerlessly over the two looking down on him, not knowing that this was precisely the reason they looked down on him.
For Harris and Joyce, it’s understandable that your country has just suffered a blow and you want to regain some face, but what you said clearly shows that you don’t put your opponent in your eyes.
Indirectly, you don’t put Austan in your eyes.
Austan is a long-established Champion, and has been recognized as the world’s number one for the past few decades.
How can someone ranked 50th in the world look down on him?
Do you think the entire universe belongs to your country?
But Park Sang-eun didn’t care about any of that. He only knew that he now had a belly full of anger that he wanted to vent, and there was only one target for that venting—Mu Li.
Perhaps in his opinion, Harris and Joyce were only ranked 20 places ahead of him, and maybe in a few years, he would be able to surpass them.
The three of them remained silent. Soon, the first round of the competition was about to begin, and Park Sang-eun walked out of the waiting room with some impatience.
After Park Sang-eun’s figure disappeared, Harris couldn’t help but shake his head and sneer, “Is this South Korea’s first Champion? The standard is simply too poor.”
“Even the first from the island nation is much stronger than him. No wonder he made such a joke at the All-Star Game,” Joyce also couldn’t help but laugh.
“How many matches do you think he can win?” Harris returned to the main topic.
“How many matches? Are you kidding?” Joyce burst out laughing, “That’s the guy who can defeat Austan 8-1… Win? Don’t be funny… You should ask how many Pokémon he can force out of the opponent…”
This type of Champion Level public challenge usually consists of 10 matches, with each side using 6 Pokémon per match for 1VS1 duels. Whoever can eliminate all of the opponent’s Pokémon first wins.
After each match, both sides can adjust their Pokémon, making tactics more diverse.
The competing sides are not restricted from using any means such as Mega Evolution or Dynamax; you can use any enhancement methods you can employ.
Because there are 10 matches, excessive use of these methods will only completely deplete the Trainer’s mental and physical strength, causing them to lose the ability to command.
Therefore, when to use these enhancement methods requires strict planning.
Of course, this is just the most common Pokémon 1VS1 battle.
On the battle arena, Mu Li and Park Sang-eun had both arrived at their respective battle positions.
The host on site happened to be Xiao You, who interviewed Mu Li a few days ago.
Apparently, the reason she was able to host this competition was mainly because her performance last time was indeed good.
After all, after that interview, the news of Mu Li becoming the world’s number one directly ignited the globe.
After seeing Mu Li and Park Sang-eun enter, Xiao You also began to host: “Director Ling and Yan Jin, I wonder if you two have any expectations for this battle?”
Ling Fei and Yan Jin couldn't help but look at each other, exchanging glances.
Ling Fei: You speak.
Yan Jin: No, you speak.
Ling Fei: You have more fans, you’re not afraid of being scolded, you speak.
Yan Jin: I’m a player, being scolded will affect my mindset for the game, you speak.
...
Finally, Ling Fei coughed helplessly and said, “Let me say this first, don’t have too much hope for today’s match.”
Xiao You was startled: “What does Director Ling mean by that?”
Ling Fei sighed: “What I mean by ‘don’t have hope’ is that today’s match will seem very uninteresting.”
“How so?” Xiao You clearly didn’t understand, and not only her, but the audience present also didn’t understand.
“It’s hard for me to say. Everyone will understand after the first match,” Ling Fei sighed.
Xiao You still wanted to ask something, but the two on the battle stage had already begun to summon their first Pokémon.
“Come out, Hatterene.”
“Battle, Metagross.”
Mu Li sent out Hatterene, while Park Sang-eun directly sent out Metagross.
“Director Ling, this Hatterene doesn’t seem to have appeared in A Li’s two team lineups,” Xiao You asked with some uncertainty, “Is this his third team? Sending out a third team member in this situation, is it not…”
Xiao You wanted to say whether it was a bit inappropriate, but she couldn't say it directly.
Ling Fei said impatiently: “What third team? That kid hasn’t even built a third team. This is just a little one he keeps at home. He hasn’t even battled many times.”
“Ah?” Xiao You was instantly a bit flustered, and so was the audience, “This…”
“But you don’t need to worry. Although I haven’t seen this kid’s Hatterene either, but…” Before Ling Fei finished speaking, the battle had already begun at the referee’s command.
Metagross encountering Hatterene, no need to even think, just charge straight in.
Park Sang-eun also didn’t say a word, using Bullet Punch to close the distance, followed by Comet Punch or Thunder Punch to the face.
This is basically Metagross’s standard move when facing Hatterene and Gardevoir.
Just as everyone thought the battle would develop in this direction, dozens of Shadow Balls suddenly appeared around Hatterene.
Each of these Shadow Balls had a radius of over a meter, each one larger than Metagross itself.
In that instant, Metagross was directly stunned.
He subconsciously looked at Park Sang-eun, his eyes clearly asking: “Brother, how do I fight? Should we still get close? If I get close, I’m afraid I’ll die. But if I don’t get close, I’ll probably die too.”
For a moment, Metagross, who had intended to charge forward, subconsciously defied his Trainer’s command.
However, everyone could understand Metagross’s action this time.
What kind of battle is this anymore?
The situation on the battle arena now is that two children are about to fight, one child is about to rush up to pull hair, while the other child directly pulls out dozens of real handguns.
If any of these handguns hit, the opponent is dead.
Of course, the speed of Shadow Ball isn’t as fast as a bullet… or is it?
Everyone was a little unsure.
These dozens of Shadow Balls came too strangely, so strangely that everyone didn’t know what would happen next.