Pokémon cross over into the real world

Chapter 509: Battle against the Magic City Tower (1)

The match time arrived, and with the audience cheering, everyone came out of the lounge. The big screen lit up the portrait of the first trainer to appear, and it was Qiu Leiyin, the captain of the Deep Blue Gym.

"Letting the captain go first again?" A middle-aged man in the Magic City Battle Tower booth smiled. "Looks like Wang Qiyi is planning on going one-on-five in the final match again. That's why he's letting the second-strongest captain of the Deep Blue Gym go first, guaranteeing a point. Then Wang Qiyi will reap the five points in the final match. Winning the two games in between doesn't matter."

Wang Qiyi also recognized the middle-aged man who was speaking. He was Wang Lingfeng from the Wang family in Shanghai, Wang Wenbing's father.

The Magic City Battle Tower can be said to be the property of the Wang family. Almost all the high-level fighters of the Wang family are contracted trainers of the Magic City Battle Tower, except for the legendary head of the family, Wang Zhengyuan, who is already a national elder and is not suitable to participate in this kind of battle event.

Wang Lingfeng seldom participated in the regular season of the gym, and usually other legendary trainers signed by the Battle Tower led the team. However, this battle was particularly important, and his cousin Wang Lingyun, who ran the Battle Tower, came personally to invite him to lead the team. He originally wanted to call Wang Ruoping as well, but then thought better of it. It is better to save Wang Ruoping as a trump card for the playoffs.

The Magic City Battle Tower is incredibly wealthy, and its contracted trainers are all legendary figures from across the country, even some from abroad. It's safe to say that the Magic City Battle Tower is the true powerhouse of the Dragon Nation, with the trainers from just one gym capable of overwhelming a small nation.

There are 10 trainers in the Magic City Battle Tower this time, 8 of them are legendary, and each of them has at least three legendary Pokémon, 5 of which have reached the peak of legendary level.

"Yin Chuanqi, you go first. Qiu Leiyin is quite powerful, especially his Nian Meilong, who is at the peak of Legendary level. Be the first to take him down. Don't worry about the others. As long as we win the first three games, Wang Qiyi won't be able to play in the final one. To win the final game, Wang Qiyi will definitely send elves to support the second or third game, and his rhythm will be disrupted by us."

"Understood. I'll go and win the first game." The person who came on the field was also a middle-aged man. Wang Qiyi recognized him at a glance. It was Yin Junchen, the number one legendary trainer in Wen'an County. Unexpectedly, he was also a contracted trainer of the Magic City Battle Tower.

"Iron Legend Yin Junchen, I didn't expect you to be the first to appear." Qiu Leiyin bowed to Yin Junchen. The venue arranged by the Deep Blue Gym this time was a water venue, but the alliance had a requirement that the water venue must be half land and half water. If it was a completely water venue with no foothold, the land elves would not be able to participate in the battle.

Yin Junchen also bowed to his opponent, quickly pondering which Pokémon to send out. Water fields weren't very friendly to Yin Junchen, as he was a Steel Legendary, and his main Pokémon were all Steel-based. Steel-type Pokémon are very heavy, making this half-land, half-water field difficult to utilize. However, he happened to have a main force that could counter Water fields: the Electric-steel Magnetron. And he knew Qiu Leiyin had a Ground-type Swamplord, which was immune to Electric-type skills and had a quadruple counter to Magnetron.

At the referee's command, both teams simultaneously sent out their starting Pokémon: Grunt vs. Swampking. Yin Junchen's lips curled up, having anticipated his opponent's prediction. Qiu Leiyin, on the other hand, was taken aback. The opponent hadn't even used Magneton, and he felt he'd been tricked. However, Water-types had double the resistance to Steel-types, so he remained confident.

Upon entering the scene, Mantis Claw didn't attack immediately, but instead performed a Sword Dance, its claws dancing and sending streams of sword energy flying around it. Swamp King didn't seize the opportunity to attack, but instead opened its mouth wide and activated its Rain skill, gathering rain clouds over the field. A legendary Swamp King's Rain can last for a long time, and as long as it's not overtaken by another Pokémon's Weather Skill, it can rain all day long. Therefore, Qiu Leiyin's Rain Skill allows subsequent Pokémon to maintain the rainy environment, enhancing the power of Water-based Pokémon.

The Steel Claw Mantis quickly completed its Sword Dance upgrade, gazing fiercely at the Swamp King. Suddenly, with a flash of its body, its claws transformed into a scythe, slashing down at the Swamp King. This was a mid-level insect-type skill—continuous slashing. The Swamp King was sturdy and slow, and everyone was convinced the scythe would be impossible to dodge. However, the scythe struck empty air, and the Swamp King slipped gently into the water like a loach.

At the same time, a torrential downpour washed down from the sky, completing the Rain-Calling skill. Swamp King, having just landed in the water, immediately unleashed a blast of water. Mantis reacted quickly, flapping its wings and sending the water blast colliding only with its afterimage. Dodging the attack, Mantis swung again into the water, a scythe emanating from insect-like energy. Underwater, Swamp King was incredibly agile, darting away to evade the attack. Mantis relentlessly pursued, the two sides locked in a stalemate, one in the air, the other underwater.

This battle seems to be a battle between two opposing teams, but once it becomes a protracted battle, it becomes a test of physical strength, and Swampert, trained as a tank, definitely has more endurance. Of course, if it were the Pokémon Battle mode that Wang Qiyi participated in before, Mantis would be no match for Swampert, but in the Gym League, it can attack Trainers. If you hide underwater to defend and delay, your opponent will definitely move towards you.

As expected, the mantis turned and rushed towards Qiu Leiyin. The Swamp King immediately chased after it from underwater, firing a water cannon directly at the mantis's flight path. The mantis lowered its head to avoid the water cannon, plunged into the water, and quickly jumped out.

"Lightning flash, take care of the trainer!" Yin Junchen's voice came. Steelix activated Lightning Flash to accelerate, immediately approaching Qiu Leiyin and slashing with a sickle. At this moment, a water curtain suddenly rushed out in front of Qiu Leiyin, forming a water shield to neutralize the sickle slash.

Steel Mantis swung its sickle again, using the insect skill - continuous slashing. This skill will add layers of murderous aura when slashing continuously, and the output attack power will become stronger and stronger. Once the murderous aura is stacked to the highest level, it will deal damage three times its own attack power. This is an exclusive skill that can be mastered during the Scyther period.

This was the third time Steel Mantis swung its scythe. The water shield was broken, revealing an earthen shield beneath. The scythe left only a single cut. This was the earthen shield formed by the Swamp King's remote manipulation of the earth's power. Steel Mantis didn't hesitate, striking again with its fourth slash. The transformed scythe grew even larger, its blade gleaming with murderous red, twice as powerful as the previous one.

The earth shield instantly crumbled, split in half by a single blow, revealing Qiu Leiyin standing there impassive. At such close range, Mantis was confident it could kill the trainer in a single blow. However, Swampert's attack had already arrived, blasting away with a water cannon, leaving Mantis with no time to dodge or unleash any of its attacks.

Swampking took the opportunity to jump out of the water and came to the command platform to protect the trainer. Mantis circled in the air, and Swampking yawned at it. At this moment, another Mantis rushed out from behind Swampking and slashed at the trainer's command platform. The special effect of the attack was purple. Swampking didn't care about so much and immediately used his body to block the attack.

"It's a double!" Qiu Leiyin saw that the Steel Claw Mantis in the air was fake. "When did you use the double?"

Yin Junchen raised the corner of his mouth and replied, "When in the water." Qiu Leiyin suddenly remembered that the Steel Claw Mantis did dive into the water to avoid the water cannon, but rushed out quickly. He used a substitute in the water in such a short time, so the proficiency of this substitute technique must have reached at least the perfect level.

After blocking the attack from the Mantis, Swamp King rolled back several times to steady himself. When he stood up, he discovered purple poisonous lines covering his body, indicating he was poisoned. The attack had been a poison-type skill—Cross Poison Blade. If it had been a single poison-type attack, Swamp King wouldn't have been easily poisoned. Ground-type Pokémon have double resistance to poison, so it wouldn't have been able to sustain such severe damage. Mantis's attack was definitely not that simple.