socalfunplaces Chapter 668 The Battle of the Guardians (1)
Chapter 668 The Battle of the Guardians (1)
"President Jiang, what brings you here in person to cheer me on?" Li Shining was about to hold a pre-match mobilization meeting in the conference room when President Jiang and his secretary walked in.
"Haha, this competition is too important. Sixteen divine resources are related to the future rise and fall of our Dragon Kingdom. I want to see if I can help. I've called up all my old comrades who fought alongside me before. After all, I am a legendary trainer." President Jiang said.
Li Shining moved aside to give up the main seat, while still saying sarcastically, "When you come back, just don't disrupt our rhythm and plans."
"You're in charge here, I'll follow your orders completely, and I'll let you do whatever you want with me."
"No, no, I've decided to hand over full command of this operation to Wang Qiyi," Li Shining said, pointing at Wang Qiyi.
Wang Qiyi, who was taking notes, was taken aback and looked up: "What does this have to do with me? I can command my own Pokémon, and of course you can all command your own Pokémon too."
Li Shining smiled wryly: "You're the only one here who can command the Guardian Spirits. None of us are qualified to command them in battle; they won't listen to us. I need you to decide who to deploy. We have a mix of high and low cards in our hand, and it's a matter of how to play them. Aside from the Guardian Spirits you can command, the others fight on their own. The legendary ones all have trainers. Here's a file on our team, including information on our substitute Pokémon and their battle strength data."
After Li Shining finished speaking, he tapped a few times on his phone. Each participant had a tablet computer, and all the information was transferred to the computer.
Wang Qiyi flipped through the contents, which introduced the entire lineup of the team they brought this time. There were 9 Guardian Spirits, 10 Legendary Peak Spirits, 13 Legendary High-Tier Spirits, 16 Legendary Mid-Tier Spirits, and 20 Legendary Beginner Spirits. This did not include President Jiang's Pokémon, whose ace was a Legendary High-Tier Dragonite.
However, this data contains a significant discrepancy in the assessment of Wang Qiyi's Pokémon. It only includes Guardian-level Pikachu, Guzzlord, and Calyrex; Legendary-level high-tier Gyarados and Salamence; Legendary-level mid-tier Infernape, Ditto, and Cinnabar; and Legendary-level low-tier Slowking.
This information is from two months ago. Currently, Wang Qiyi's forces include: one god-level Hoopa, the Guardian Angel Slowking, and Little Red, who is at the peak of Legendary level and can fight the Guardian Angels at full power. He also has Dracula, Goku, Squirrel, and Jerry, with Mega Evolution, Titanium Crystal, and Z-Moves. With proper tactical execution, they could even put up a fight against the Guardian Angels.
According to the competition rules, each country can field three Pokémon per match. Even if all resources are contested, only 48 Pokémon can be fielded. The focus will be on Guardian-level Pokémon, with Legendary Pokémon as secondary options. Each country will have its own priorities, and Legendary Pokémon can be used as diplomatic leverage. For example, helping other countries acquire resources can lead to them using Legendary Pokémon to help them secure desired resources. This can result in alliances forming between countries.
The league also issued a supplementary notice regarding the competition rules:
During the competition, a nation cannot challenge a new champion consecutively after a failed challenge; they must wait one turn. This is to prevent a nation from using multiple Pokémon to manipulate the terrain and weather. This restriction does not apply to defending a title. If the current champion is defeated, that nation can send its Pokémon to challenge the new champion first; if the challenge fails, a one-turn interval must be observed.
The maximum time limit for a single battle is 2 hours. If two Pokémon fight for more than 2 hours, the reigning champion wins. This means the reigning champion who enters the battle first has priority, and if a challenger fails to incapacitate the champion within 2 hours, the challenge is considered lost. This is to prevent countries from conspiring to have their Pokémon fight in a prolonged stalemate, essentially throwing the match and dragging it out to 12 hours to decide the winner in the final stages, thus preventing other countries from challenging them.
Seeing such complex rules, and the fact that they even involved diplomatic matters, Wang Qiyi was completely dumbfounded. He had always been focused on his own scientific research and Pokémon training, and even his diplomacy was limited to relationships with Pokémon. Now, dealing with diplomacy with other countries, he truly had no idea how to proceed.
"Don't worry, I'll take care of the alliances with other countries," Li Shining said, seeing Wang Qiyi's predicament.
Wang Qiyi shook his head: "This is really a tough hand to play. I need other information, such as what are the 16 resources the alliance released, and what is their order of priority? What are the other countries' intentions in competing for them, and what are the strengths and capabilities of the elves? Do you have this information?"
"The order of events is a complete secret within the alliance. As for what the 16 resources are, that's also a secret for now. But didn't President Parker take you to see the alliance's treasure trove before? Those should be the things."
"When I visited, there were 24 god-level resources, and to be honest, I wanted them all. But if I had to choose, there are 5 that impressed me the most: Star Core, World Tree Sapling, Evil Dragon Water Ball, Shadow Soul Lock, and Psychic Spoon, which correspond to my five Pokémon: Guzzlord, Venusaur, Gyarados, Calyrex, and Mewtwo."
“It’s good that you have a goal. This operation will be led by you. The more you can take down, the better. The information on other countries is all here,” Li Shining patted the thick document on the table, which was as thick as a dictionary. “I believe you can’t possibly understand everything in the next two days, so on the day of the competition, the four elders, myself, Zhang Chengfeng, Dong Tiancheng, and Li Zhuoma, as well as Chairman Jiang, will be your advisory group. We will only provide opinions, and you will make the final decision.”
Wang Qiyi nodded and began to calculate in his mind. In fact, he had a very good hand, richer than any other country. If he also considered Xiao Hong as a guardian deity, he would have 12 guardian deities. Among them, the Hoopa God-level would definitely secure one resource. By concentrating the guardian deities together, he would have at least 4 resources, so 6 resources was Wang Qiyi's bottom line.
That evening, news spread across the island that the Pokémon Cult's delegation had landed in the Alliance Island's secret realm, and Guild Master Puck had personally gone to greet them. After all, the leader of the delegation was not human, but the god of the Pokémon Cult—Mewtwo, accompanied by the three legendary birds and the Latias and Latios dragons, along with more than 70 humans and legendary Pokémon.
Cardinal Richardson, dressed in a robe, came out to negotiate with Chairman Puck, while Mewtwo remained silent, looking aloof like a god. After the negotiations, the Pokémon Cult representatives were accommodated in a pre-arranged residential area, isolated from other countries' outposts. The accommodations there were primitive, the human dwellings simple, but the area was large, primarily suitable for Pokémon of various types. It was a residential area built mainly for Pokémon, specifically for the Pokémon Cult.
"One god-level being, five guardian deities, and over 70 legendary-level creatures—the Elf Cult's influence is considerable," Jia Wencheng exclaimed in amazement after glancing at the Elf Cult's group from afar.
"Otherwise, how could we force the International League to negotiate with them? This divine resource won't be easy to obtain!" Wang Qiyi sighed, thinking of the Mega Nen spoon. He wanted to get it for his Mewtwo, and that divine Mewtwo definitely wanted that resource too. Should he save Hoopa for the battle against Mewtwo? Hoopa has been powerless for so long; he wondered if it could even face Mewtwo.
"Wait!" Wang Qiyi suddenly remembered that his Tanghe Secret Realm housed a guardian spirit capable of going toe-to-toe with Mewtwo. How could he have forgotten about it? Genesect, a Bug-type, is super effective against Psychic-types, and this Mewtwo can even turn into a Dark/Psychic type, which is 4x weak to Bug. Even if he couldn't defeat it, he could at least weaken it to a great extent. Then Hoopa could finish it off.
When they resurrected Genesect, they hadn't planned to invite it to the Guardian God Battle, so they hadn't told Li Shining that they had another Guardian God on their side. Of course, Wang Qiyi wasn't 100% confident he could get that guy to participate in the competition. He could only try first.
Through Hoopa's spatial portal, Wang Qiyi easily teleported to the Tanghe Secret Realm. Now, Genesect and his companions live very comfortably here, enjoying a life like gods. They even have Bug-type and Steel-type exclusive energy cubes delivered daily by Glowing Technology as snacks. Life couldn't be more comfortable.