Next, it was Qingwu's turn to enter the stage.
If there was one difference between him and Wutian,
it was that this guy possessed a Blastoise with pseudo top-class combat power.
Tang Xinlan had personally experienced how tough this Blastoise was. Despite giving her all, she was still one step behind, which was the reason she had fallen into disadvantage early on.
This Blastoise had mastered healing-type moves such as Water Ring and knew top-level defensive skills, making it incredibly tough to beat.
Although the Blastoise had just been through a major battle, it was able to recover its strength far better than Wutian's main due to a substantial supply of top-level nutritional products and healing potions in the back.
Now, the Japanese team had high hopes for Qingwu, expecting him to at least take down Gengar.
Qingwu slowly walked onto the field, and after analyzing the situation, he believed that with the strength of his Blastoise, facing Shadow Bind, it shouldn't be as powerless as Wutian had been.
"You're very strong," Qingwu had to admit after reaching the field and seeing the smiling young man waiting for him to send out his Pokemon.
Although Fang Yuan had not brought out top-level combat power, whether it was the self-detonating Magnetic Monster in the group battles or the Shiny Gengar at the moment, the pressure they exerted was no less than that from a top overlord.
"So do you think I can successfully defend my position?" Fang Yuan touched his nose and asked.
Defending his position meant that Fang Yuan had to defeat Qingwu right before him and then beat Fujiwara Haruka, who would come next.
Only then could he be deemed to have successfully defended his position.
Upon Fang Yuan's question, Qingwu was taken aback. This guy, after receiving a compliment, was now becoming cocky. Couldn't he be humble for once? Could humility hurt him?
Ma Chenzong, Ms. Liuqin, Yun Kai, Juzhen Ye, Longqi, and others also heard Fang Yuan's statement about defeating three opponents in a row.
On Hua Nation's side, everyone naturally had odd expressions on their faces.
While on the Japanese side, they felt a mix of anger and amusement.
"Just with him alone, he thinks he can successfully defend?" Longqi chuckled. Perhaps Qingwu might not be able to completely defeat Fang Yuan, but Fujiwara Haruka had neither expended energy nor revealed her true strength in the previous group battles.
If there was to be a triple defeat, it should be Fujiwara Haruka who beats Fang Yuan, and then consecutively defeats the remaining two players from Hua Nation.
On the player's bench.
"He wants to beat three in a row? So that's what he meant by 'the outcome would be the same no matter who comes out,'" Tang Xinlan said.
Shang Ren said, "I see it now. But girl, why were you looking at me when you talked about 'defeating three in a row'? Do you fancy me or what, begging to be taken care of?"
"What do you mean, don't you understand?" Tang Xinlan retorted.
Shang Ren: MMP
...
Meanwhile, on the arena, Qingwu gave a faint smile and released his first Pokemon.
He would let Fang Yuan see what made him different from Wutian!
"Blastoise!!" As Qingwu pressed the Poké Ball, a massive turtle-shaped Pokemon appeared on the field.
Blastoise's body was covered with a huge and thick shell. At the front end of the shell, two water cannons extended out, currently aimed at Glutton.
Knowing about Glutton's fighting style, Qingwu took the initiative and said, "Breaking Shell!"
Click!
With Qingwu's command, cracks instantly appeared on the brown shell of the Blastoise, and a moving deep blue light emerged in its place.
Seeing this, Fang Yuan was slightly surprised.
This is more like it, realizing that not everyone on the Japanese team was an amateur besides their captain.
On the Japanese side, several team members were quite familiar with this technique of Qingwu's.
This Blastoise, although ostensibly possessing top-level defensive skills, could actually be considered to have top-level offensive skills as well. Using the "Breaking Shell" move allowed it to swap between defensive and offensive prowess.
Furthermore, after Breaking Shell, it greatly increased Blastoise's energy flow speed.
The damage from Breaking Shell also helped to instantly activate the Torrent ability of Qingwu's Blastoise, which had developed to a high level, further boosting its combat power.
Against Tang Xinlan's Empoleon, Qingwu felt it was safer to use a defensive exhaustion tactic, but now, against the tricky Glutton, he felt the need to employ a brutal crushing strategy.
"Hiding your true strength?" Seeing the transformation of the Blastoise, Tang Xinlan's expression faltered. She had already gone all out in their previous battle and had not expected that Qingwu still had a card up his sleeve. The state of exhaustion from the singles battle now turned into a boost for the Blastoise to trigger an even stronger Torrent ability.
"The offensive power of the Blastoise must be stronger now than before," Fujiwara Haruka stated.
Wutian and the others nodded. With this, the Blastoise should be able to break free and ignore Gengar's Shadow Immobilization, right?
However, at this moment, Glutton looked at the transformed Blastoise and fell into thought.
It first compared this Breaking Shell Torrent state of the Blastoise to its own Super Evolution Form.
Then, it compared it to Monferno's Thunder Flame Mode.
And finally, it compared it to Dragonite's Nightmare Mode.
Glutton came to the conclusion that while it looked fancy, it was nothing much to fuss about, probably not even a match for Monferno at eighty percent strength.
"Anchoring Method."
After watching the show from the other side and giving them a chance to show off, it was now Fang Yuan's team's turn.
Gengar stood in place, its pupils revealing a dark glow as it controlled the shadows on the ground to try to anchor the Torrent state of the opponent.
However, after entering the Breaking Shell Torrent state, Blastoise concentrated energy incredibly quickly, and the two cannons on its body blasted out powerful Water Gun attacks, interrupting Glutton.