Pokémon cross over into the real world

Chapter 626 National Pokémon Peak Tournament (1)

According to this rule, Guardian-level Pokémon are the main force for attacking and defending the arena. However, other countries have 12 hours to challenge, so they can send out Legendary-level Pokémon to wear down their opponents through a series of battles, and then send out their Guardian Pokémon for the final blow. Guardian-level Pokémon are like trump cards in the hands of each country, but they cannot be played carelessly. If a Guardian Pokémon is played and then defeated by the opponent's Guardian Pokémon, it would be a huge loss.

Therefore, the ace must be paired with a certain number of miscellaneous cards. Just like the tournament between Yunjiang High School and Longshan Middle School in the past, in order to defeat Wang Qiyi, Longshan Middle School adopted a support wheel battle. They sent out a bunch of elves in front just to use their support skills to create a favorable environment or apply negative buffs to the opponent. Finally, they sent out the ace to deliver the final blow, reducing the ace's consumption so that they could defend the title later.

Therefore, holding a national Pokémon Grand Tournament to select the strongest Pokémon from across the country to participate in the Guardian God Battle is crucial. Although the eleven elders of the League are all legendary and very strong, they are all getting on in years, and their Pokémon are also entering old age. The Grand Tournament aims to see how many new generation of top Pokémon have emerged nationwide in recent years, and whether any new legendary Pokémon have appeared or been captured by humans.

To attract the nation's strongest Pokémon to participate, the National League must offer sufficiently attractive rewards. The competition features 18 champions, each representing one of the 18 attributes, and each champion receives a level 7 attribute gem. Level 7 attribute gems can fetch over 100 million Dragon Coins at auction—an astronomical resource.

After the 18 attribute champions are crowned, there will be a grand championship to determine the strongest Pokémon in the country, with each winner receiving a level 8 attribute gem. Many families treat their level 8 resources as family heirlooms; these items are incredibly valuable and rare on the market, and would be fiercely contested at auction. In addition, the top-ranking Pokémon will receive rewards from various sponsors. The Dragon Kingdom Alliance has spared no expense in this year's competition, making it the most generously rewarded event in its history.

Each Pokémon chooses one type to compete. If a Pokémon has two types, it can only choose one type group to compete in. For example, a Ground-type Swampert can choose either the Ground or Water group. Battles between Pokémon of the same type minimize type advantage. Of course, there are exceptions, such as a Water-type Lanternfish that can have a type advantage by participating in the Water group, but these are relatively rare.

In the past, Wang Qiyi stood on the field as a participant in various competitions, but now he has become the organizer of the competition. Chairman Jiang's meaning is that he is already invincible in the country and is leaving some opportunities for others. If he needs any cultivation resources, he can apply directly to the national treasury, which is the prerogative of the national elders.

There are five divine-level resources in the national treasury, but they cannot be taken away; they can only be borrowed. Divine-level resources are not only family heirlooms, but can even determine the rise and fall of a family. For example, the Flaming Mountain, the fire-type cultivation secret realm of the Fei Yi family, and the cultivation cave of the Superpower Fan family are environmental divine-level resources, which are fixed in one place.

The hourglass in Adai's hand, the Arceus tablets in Wukong and Jerry's hands, and Xiaohong's blue orb—these are all examples of god-level equipment resources. Of course, there are also god-level edible medicinal resources. Wang Qiyi guessed that the seven-colored energy cubes Adai made were close to this level, which was the secret to his elves' rapid growth in such a short time. Thinking about it this way, Adai is the true super-god-level resource.

Since Wang Qiyi was in charge of this competition, he added fuel to the fire by increasing the rewards in the registration and promotional materials: all participants in each group who place in the top eight will permanently receive the corresponding Mega Evolution Stone and Key Stone. If the corresponding Pokémon does not have a Mega Evolution form, they will receive Titanium Crystal Beads and a certain amount of Titanium Crystal Ore. Trainers who place in the top thirty-two in each group will receive the opportunity to participate in the League Island Z-Move Trial.

The news caused an uproar across the country. Although Wang Qiyi, the director of the Mega Evolution Research Center, had never been directly involved in its operations, the department had been continuously running, currently possessing over 1000 Key Stones and more than 8000 Mega Stones. Furthermore, there were fewer than 200 people nationwide who permanently owned both Key Stones and Mega Stones, including several of Wang Qiyi's friends.

Next, we will distribute Key Stones and Mega Stones to outstanding trainers across the country through various competitions and rewards, so as to comprehensively improve the strength of trainers in the Dragon Kingdom.

Because the rewards were so generous, trainers across the country were mobilized, and the online registration website was temporarily overwhelmed and crashed. The staff responsible for maintaining the backend were also dumbfounded. This national peak competition is held every four years, and although each edition is grand, the registration website has never crashed before.

The large number of participants would also make the competition schedule more difficult. After discussion, it was decided that each province would be allocated a number of slots proportionally based on the total number of registered trainers. Each province would be given one month to complete its internal selection competition, and the results would be compiled in the capital. Each attribute group would have a maximum of 1024 slots. The main competition in the capital would be a single-elimination tournament until the overall champion was determined.

Upon receiving the notification for the selection competition, each provincial alliance immediately sprang into action. Li Yaoyao, Jia Wencheng, and others, still students at Zhejiang University, were among those who immediately took action. Previously, their focus had been solely on campus-level competitions; their ultimate goal was to represent Zhejiang University and defeat Beijing University to win the national championship.

Now that they've watched Wang Qiyi so much, these campus competitions are no longer enough for them; they want to win a place in the National Elf Peak Competition.

Professor Lu from the Department of Combat at Zhejiang University felt helpless looking at his most outstanding students. He was just a university teacher, and the main purpose of the university's Department of Combat was to train top-tier trainers for the League or coaches for gyms in various cities. As for professional trainers, they were extremely rare.

As for legendary achievements, that's out of the question; universities simply don't have the resources to provide them. Therefore, keeping these students in school would actually limit their development. Perhaps they could apply for credits based on their performance in the national championships to graduate early, like Wang Qiyi who received a doctorate before even finishing his undergraduate degree.

Two weeks later, the national qualifying rounds for the Peak Tournament were in full swing across the provinces. Wang Qiyi, however, had disappeared. He had vanished after posting about the new Peak Tournament rewards on the website, and no one could reach him. Jia Wencheng, Li Yaoyao, and Jiang Zining, who were also participating, wanted to invite him to watch the matches, but they couldn't find him.

"Wang Qiyi, I finally got in touch with you!" Li Shining had dialed Wang Qiyi's number for what felt like the umpteenth time. After being out of contact for two weeks, Li Shining was just trying his luck and made the call. Unexpectedly, Wang Qiyi answered this time. "Where have you been? I put you in charge, but you dumped the mess on me and went out to have fun."

"Of course I went to train with the elves, and I've been in the Mystic World Tree Realm. It's only been two weeks, right? The provincial selection competitions aren't over yet, are they? I'll come back to work after they're over. I should be fine now."

"It's nothing serious, but there's something that's not too big or too small. They were originally looking for you, but they couldn't find you, so they came to me instead. I'm not really keen on helping you with this, so you can handle it yourself."

"Elder Li, what exactly is the matter?"

"About the sponsors."

"Sponsor? What does Glowing Technology have to do with this?"

“It’s not Huiguang Technology. You made Huiguang Technology the exclusive sponsor of this summit competition. That’s like monopolizing the advertising and traffic. When you participated in the Road to Champions, it was your personal battle, so no one objected to Huiguang Technology taking all the credit. But this is the national summit competition, and it’s the largest in history in terms of scale and influence. Many large companies and enterprises want to get involved. Since it’s a matter for both of us, I can’t make the decision alone, so I need to see your opinion.”