Chapter 411 King of Heaven Challenge? You Are the Challengers! (Second Update)
Conference champion → Challenge the Four Heavenly Kings of the Alliance → Challenge the League Regional Champion.
Win the former and advance to the latter.
This is the most well-known challenge route for those who want to be promoted to the strongest champion in the region in the Pokémon world, and it is also the route that Qingliu is taking now.
However, generally speaking, many conference champions who go for the regional championship usually fall in the process of challenging the Four Heavenly Kings of the Alliance.
Because it is different from the conventional battle, the King Challenge here does not mean that you will rest and adjust after defeating one of the Four Heavenly Kings, and wait until tomorrow to continue to fight the second one.
Instead... a round-robin battle!
In the absence of any rest time, you will fight against four Four Heavenly Kings in a row, and only after defeating them all can you rest and challenge the championship.
After all, the champion's seat and strength should have crushed the Four Heavenly Kings.
Such a special competition system undoubtedly increases the difficulty faced by challengers, but it is also because of this that it attracts more people's attention and attention.
The best proof is that the tickets for the King Challenge are even better than those during the conference finals.
Because compared to the Lily of the Valley Conference, only the battles at the Four Heavenly Kings level can be truly called "high-end games". Many powerful trainers will even buy tickets to watch the game and learn combat experience.
Some who can't buy tickets will even pay high prices to find resources from middlemen.
In such an atmosphere, the number of people queuing in front of the ticket window every day is full.
And as long as there are people, there will be gossip and gossip, not to mention this kind of high-end game.
Every year, the audience queuing to buy tickets will guess how many of the Four Heavenly Kings the challenger can beat, what level he can reach, and whether he can finally challenge successfully to challenge the championship throne.
But this year's trend has completely changed.
Most of the audience discussed topics that were completely opposite to those in previous years.
"Guess how many Pokémon the Four Heavenly Kings have to sacrifice this year to force Qingliu to use the second Pokémon?"
"I bet that at least the first three will sacrifice all their Pokémon before the last Aryuu will be able to let Qingliu send out the second Pokémon."
"I feel the same way. Whether it's Rosemon or MetalSeadramon, or the Machine Tyrannosaurus that destroyed the entire battlefield with just one hit, their strength is too terrifying.
"That's right, I was at the scene at the time, and I was stunned when I opened my eyes later."
"By the way...are you too optimistic?"
Hearing someone interrupt, the people who had just spoken looked at him.
"What do you mean? Do you think the Four Heavenly Kings can win?"
"I mean the result is unlikely to be as you said, because...the Four Heavenly Kings are likely to be killed by one of Qingliu's Pokémon. "
For a moment, a cheerful atmosphere filled the surroundings.
Except for one place...
The man in a suit, the sick old man, the old lady with a scarf, and a thin young man heard the voice coming from not far away, and looked at each other, and finally all four of them showed a helpless smile.
"To be honest, after being the Four Heavenly Kings for so many years, this is the first time I have heard such words before the game."
Insect King A Liu combed his hair and spread his hands.
"Yeah, this is the first time I have been the Four Heavenly Kings for almost 20 years. I have to say that this novel experience is really interesting." Guangzang smiled kindly.
Wusong smiled awkwardly and didn't say anything, while Kikuno adjusted his scarf, with a faint smile on his lips, as if he didn't have any negative thoughts because of hearing these discussions.
This surprised A Liu.
"Senior Kikuno, why do you seem so happy?"
"You will be able to retire soon, why are you sad? Hahahahahahahahaha! "
As Kikuno was talking, he started laughing, which was unusual for him.
This crazy laughter made the other three people look a little embarrassed, and also attracted the audience who were discussing the King Challenge nearby.
When they found out that the person being discussed was right in front of them, they blushed like the buttocks of hyperactive monkeys, and ran away quickly after bowing and apologizing.
"Kikuno, you scared others. "
Kouzou saw this and reminded him helplessly.
As he became one of the Four Heavenly Kings at about the same time as the other party, he naturally knew how much effort Kikuno had put in to retire. Seeing the opportunity coming, it was normal for him to be excited.
But even so, he had to tell the other party: "According to Qingliu's current level of strength, he can launch a strong impact on the champion. Once he succeeds, the only person who will retire at that time will be the champion in theory, not you, so..."
Hearing this, Kikuno's smile suddenly stiffened a lot.
She understood what Kozou meant. As long as Qingliu defeated them and won the championship, no matter how fast, she would have to wait until this time next year to retire.
"But there is another way!"
After Kikuno's expression changed continuously, it gradually became a little ferocious at the last moment.
While the three were startled, they couldn't help but feel a strong curiosity about the method Kikuno said.
"As long as the four of us stop him, he will be forced to stay at the position of the Four Heavenly Kings. I think...you won't compete with me for this spot by then, right?"
Kikuno looked at the three people from side to side with his gloomy eyes.
The three of you, you look at me, I look at you, and then Wu Song said: "Of course I will not compete with Kikuno-senpai for this spot. Mr. Aliu and Mitsuzo-senpai have the same idea. When you retire, Kikuno-senpai must give you priority." , but before that there is a very important problem that needs to be solved.
"That is... can the four of us really defeat Aoliu?"
As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere suddenly became quiet.
They had specially studied the scene of Aoliu's battle with Sirona and Dakdo in the past few days, and they already had a general understanding of Aoliu's strength.
Basically, every one of his Pokémon has reached the championship level, especially the big ones among them. Each of them has extraordinary combat power, which makes the three of them sometimes... Wrapped in self-doubt.
Just like those people said just now, in the so-called Heavenly King Challenge that Aoyagi is facing now, is it Aoyagi who is challenging them, the Four Heavenly Kings, or is it they, the Four Heavenly Kings, who are challenging Aoyagi?
This time the order is completely reversed!
But even so, the expression on Kikuno's face still didn't waver much.
“Whether he challenges us or we challenge him, it doesn’t matter, the point is that we have to fight with all our strength no matter what.
"Do you expect Sirona to participate in the conference again next year, or that Dakoto? What if they don't participate? Doesn't that mean that in the end the Four Heavenly Kings will still be the four of us, I still can't retire, and you won't have such a good fighter anymore meeting.
"We must treat this time and every time as the last chance in this life to try our best. Isn't this a quality that every trainer should have when facing strong enemies?"
Hearing these words that were full of lofty ideals and even brought with them the buff of long-lasting memories, the adventurous heart of the oldest Kouzou when he was young began to beat again.
He is the same age as Kikuno and is not in good health. He occasionally nags that he should give up his position to a younger person, but deep down he still wants to stay in this position longer.
Because only in this way can he feel that he has not been abandoned by time and can truly feel the vitality around him.
"Okay, since you have said so much, I will continue to fight with you as an old man. At worst, I will go to the hospital to recuperate. It's not a big problem...cough cough cough!"
The two oldest seniors both spoke. A Liu and Wu Song smiled bitterly and shook their heads, then followed suit.
Moreover, as the Four Heavenly Kings and as powerful trainers, they also have their own dignity and persistence. It's okay to talk and joke, but they must go all out in battle.
"So it was unanimously approved?"
Kikuno looked around the three of them, her expression gradually returned to calm, and she said in a very serious tone: "Of course, I don't want everyone to fight with just their passion. In fact, we really have a chance."
The three of them were a little surprised and motioned for Kikuno to continue.
"First of all, the format of this competition. Because Aoyagi's strength is seriously beyond the standard, and his Pokémon are all big guys, for the sake of overall safety and all aspects of consideration, we finally changed it to a six-on-six comprehensive battle. It became a three-on-three battle.
"In this way, we don't have to face the six Pokémon with full firepower from Aoki. Generally speaking, we have some advantages in this format."
The three of them nodded in agreement.
Although this result will result in the three powerful Pokémon carefully selected by Aoyagi, compared to the six that have to face the same combat power, three is undoubtedly a better choice.
After all, what they want is the final victory, not defeating a few Aoliu in total.
"Also, according to reliable information, the Pokémon Aoyagi sends out first will not be one of the six known ones."
As soon as the words fell, the three people frowned.
"no?"
"Who is that?"
"It's a brand new Pokémon that was captured on Suzuli Island a few days ago. Someone has seen it. It looks like a blue and white dragon with wings."
A dragon with wings?
A big question mark appeared in the minds of the three people.
Are there such Pokémon in Suzuli Island and nearby areas? How come they have never seen it before.
Kikuno ignored the doubts of several people and continued.
"This is our opportunity. New capture means that the tacit understanding cannot keep up with Pokémon that have gone through many battles, and the strength will not be too outrageous."
After Kikuno finished speaking, Aliu frowned and said, "This is treating us as tools to speed up their training... But this is fine, it is equivalent to directly losing a Pokémon's quota."
"Even if this is the case, we cannot take it lightly."
Wu Song felt that the situation might be a little different from what he imagined. Qingliu didn't seem like the kind of person who looked down on others casually, at least he didn't show it, but now there was no other way.
"In addition, in addition to the new Pokémon, we also need to explore who the remaining two are most likely to be and make targeted arrangements."
"Yeah, that's the most important thing."
"Let's review..."
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Time passed quickly, and three days passed quickly.