Fourth match! Fang Yuan's fourth opponent in the preliminaries was only so-so in strength, with nothing outstanding about him.
Eevee still easily defeated the opponent using only Quick Attack and Sand Attack.
With this, the second day of the preliminaries came to an end.
At this stage, the main tournament contestants had already been mostly selected, with the number of remaining contestants now less than two hundred.
The referees from each area also began to report the battle situation in their respective areas to the organizers.
After discussion by the organizers, a total of sixteen seeded players were selected from these people and placed in different groups in the main tournament.
These sixteen players were all nominated by the referees from each area. The initial number of nominations was more than sixteen, but restricted by the groupings, only sixteen seeded players could be chosen.
Therefore, the organizers had to make decisions based on the Pokémon types, schools, and backgrounds of the players nominated by the referees, carefully selecting sixteen people.
"Lucky! Got a bye and advanced directly!"
On the soft bed in the hotel, Fang Yuan, who was lying on it playing with his phone, said "Yay".
Except for a small number of unlucky contestants, most of the contestants advanced directly to the main tournament and did not have to participate in the third day of the preliminaries.
In other words, he and Eevee had the whole day tomorrow for Special Training.
After confirming that he had entered the main tournament, Fang Yuan once again notified his parents, Liu Le, and the Psychology Club of the good news.
Then, he put down his phone and fell into deep thought about life.
"Should I post something on WeChat Moments?"
"No, I should wait until I get into the top sixteen."
"Wait! Wouldn't it be more shocking to directly show off the trophy after winning the championship?"
Fang Yuan nodded, not in a hurry for the time being.
However, he opened his phone again, only to be startled.
Because the class group was discussing the Little Phoenix King Cup.
"No way, has it been exposed so quickly?"
Fang Yuan clicked in despair, only to find that the classmates were not talking about him, but about someone else.
Class Monitor: I didn't expect that, Lin Jing, you actually went to participate in the Little Phoenix King Cup and even entered the main tournament, amazing.
Li Mu: Not bad, not bad, keep it up. If you get into the top sixteen, you can show your face on the live streaming platform, with millions of views afterwards.
Lin Jing: Ah... don't have too high expectations, I don't think it's very likely.
Zhang Jiale: Don't give up, we can also get some credit if you get into the top sixteen. Hurry up and get your dad to give you some temporary Special Training!
Lin Jing: He doesn't have time! Also... he's the one who asked me to come, otherwise I wouldn't want to participate.
...
Fang Yuan opened WeChat Moments and found the post Lin Jing had made.
The commotion in the group originated from here.
Lin Jing: "I've been doing Special Training with Growlithe all summer, so tiring. Now I'm being chased by my dad to Modu to participate in some Little Phoenix King Cup... Luckily, I made it to the main competition, or I'd definitely be lectured again when I get back (skull emoji)."
"Whoa," Fang Yuan exclaimed in surprise.
He actually ran into a classmate, and she also made it to the main competition.
"I almost forgot, Uncle Lin is also a Professional Trainer and has always been raising Lin Jing like a police officer, so it's no problem for her to come and gain experience... So, we might become opponents next?"
While marveling at how small the world is, Fang Yuan sent Lin Jing a message.
Fang Yuan: "Which group were you assigned to?"
Lin Jing: "Group F... Wait, why are you asking?"
Fang Yuan: "Good."
Lin Jing: "Good?"
Fang Yuan: "Because I'm in Group D."
Lin Jing: "..."
Lin Jing: "You... you... you came too? (shocked emoji)"
Fang Yuan: "Picture (screenshot of battle information)"
Lin Jing: "...Very impressive, as expected of a man who walked out of the Secret Realm alive!"
Fang Yuan: "You flatter me."
Lin Jing: "Let me calm down first... By the way, have you checked the forum?"
Fang Yuan: "What's up?"
Lin Jing: "The information of the seeded players in each group has been exposed. I took a look, and the seeded player in your Group D is a Trainer with an Ivysaur. It's said that he's a top student from Moda Affiliated High School. Do you and Eevee have confidence?"
Moda Affiliated High School... Ivysaur...
After Fang Yuan saw the message from Lin Jing, his eyes narrowed. Then, he opened the Little Phoenix King Cup forum and indeed found a newly appeared post with a "Fire" symbol.
Group D Seeded Player, Lin Sen, Moda Affiliated High School, beginner Pokémon Ivysaur.
"Eevee." Fang Yuan called over Eevee, who was watching TV.
Then, the two of them seriously looked at the information together.
"Are you angry?"
"Eevee!"
"We're actually not seeded players."
"How did they even rank this!"
"Eevee!" Eevee was angry.
"Next, we have to show them what we're made of and make them regret not setting us as seeded players." Fang Yuan said, "If we can't be seeds, we'll be dark horses!"
Eevee thought that was OK.
"So, since there's no match tomorrow anyway, I'll take you for some temporary Special Training, okay?"
Eevee: ???
Afterward, Eevee sighed and nodded. Oh well, oh well, if I get through these few days, good days will come.
After learning about the seed players' information, Fang Yuan lost the mood to continue chatting with Lin Jing. After they encouraged each other, he went to study his opponents' information.
"This Lin Sen and his Ivysaur should be the most troublesome in Group D, right? In less than two months, he's cultivated his Bulbasaur to evolution. Did he feed it Jin Kela?"
Fang Yuan shook his head and then looked at the information of the other fifteen seed players.
Scyther, Snorunt, Onix, Misdreavus, Abra... all very familiar.
At this moment, Fang Yuan fell into deep thought about life for the second time. As expected, it's this group of people.
We're all Rookie Trainers, why are you all so outstanding?
"See you on the field."
Fang Yuan was full of fighting spirit. It was impossible to scare him off with just some information. Who can go to the end will only be known after a competition.
He and Eevee had worked hard together for two months, and their goal had always been clear: the championship.
Out of importance, before going to bed, Fang Yuan was studying the information of the known players in Group D and the seed players, while Eevee, although watching TV, was also absent-minded, with more attention focused on the Red Star Erguotou glass bottle in front of him.
Yes, Fang Yuan added a buff to the bottle, changing the plastic bottle into a harder glass bottle, because it saved Eevee from always changing bottles, which was a waste.
On the third day, the sun rose as usual, and the alarm clock woke up Fang Yuan and Eevee. Fang Yuan quickly washed up, then took Eevee out for breakfast. Immediately after, they began their intensive Special Training before the main competition.
Bite, Double Team, Counter Shield...
As long as they hadn't been eliminated, Fang Yuan and Eevee didn't plan to give up any time they could seize, constantly practicing these moves or techniques.
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