vrcanaries Chapter 639 Like father, like son
Chapter 639 Like father, like son
During the days of the Gym Ranking Tournament, another major event occurred in the Sinnoh region.
Besides the Masters ranking tournament champion, Da Ye will fill the vacancy created by Cynthia's promotion to the Elite Four champion.
Surprisingly, a newcomer emerged from the road to the championship.
He successively defeated Fire King Dai-Ye, Ghost King Hardy, and Psychic King Gosho, but was finally defeated by Ground King Kikuno.
They squeezed Da Ye, who had just become one of the Four Heavenly Kings, out of the group again.
He wasn't exactly a newcomer; his information was quickly dug up.
That's right, it's Sinnoh's all-knowing scholar again.
Li Dazhuang, a native of Weimu City, challenged the Four Heavenly Kings when he was young, but he was just one step away from winning.
After a decade of silence, he made a triumphant return and nearly defeated the Four Heavenly Kings.
All that introduction pales in comparison to that last sentence.
The former head of the Veiled Dojo, and the father of Li Shuwen, the Midas Touch!
Early in the morning, Li Shuwen had just come out of his room to have breakfast when Cai Zhong rushed over and slammed a newspaper on the table.
"No, buddy, you're dominating the dojo rankings, and your father is dominating the Elite Four rankings."
"How are you two, father and son, so amazing!"
Piao Tai couldn't help but shake his head. "Da Ye's luck is really bad. I hope he can defeat Ghost King soon and return to the ranks of the Four Heavenly Kings."
Li Shuwen smiled knowingly, believing that this rare experience would surely inspire Da Ye to continue striving for improvement.
In Li Dazhuang's battle, his ace strength demonstrated powerful destructive force, which made the group of musclemen who trained super strength feel gratified.
The most eye-catching Pokémon is undoubtedly the Forsaken, whose evolution method is not yet fully widespread.
Although Li Dazhuang's Abandoned Monkey doesn't have the same unique rage as Li Shuwen's Abandoned Monkey, its furious punches, with their nuclear-bomb-like explosive power, still make people question the meaning of life.
At the same time, the idea of raising a reclusive monkey to enhance its fighting power arose in his mind.
Especially the Ghost King, Hardy.
He had already been so badly beaten by Cynthia that he wanted to retire.
However, the appearance of the Forsaken Monkey greatly supplements the Ghost-type combat system.
The resilient and powerful Forsaken gave Hardy a glimmer of hope in defeating Cynthia's Garchomp.
Both Li Shuwen and Li Dazhuang used the Fist of Wrath from a fighting perspective.
But Hardy is different. His view of the Fist of Wrath is like Melissa's Cursed Doll, which actively attacks the Golem but triggers the Cursed Body trait.
It wasn't that Abandoned Monkey used its Furious Punch to attack Garchomp's weakness.
It was Garchomp's punch that used its weakness to attack Resurrected Monkey!
This is the mindset of a ghost!
Of course, triggering the Fist of Wrath effect isn't as simple as just saying it.
There are also some tips and tricks for using the ghost attribute here.
He stacks Rage Punch by taking hits from Garchomp.
It's likely that it will be defeated by Garchomp before it can even stack up its full power.
Our newly crowned fighting king, Li Dazhuang, also ate breakfast and read the newspaper in the house the league assigned to him.
The front page headline was about how he, with the help of the Midas Touch, successfully challenged the Four Heavenly Kings.
To sum it up in five words: like father, like son.
"What nonsense! What nonsense! It's as if my success in challenging the Four Heavenly Kings was entirely due to Shuwen."
Although Li Shuwen did help a little, it cannot be denied that Li Dazhuang, who regained his spirits, played a crucial role.
As for how Li Dazhuang got back on his feet, don't worry about that for now.
The Ghost King, who originally planned to retire, has now begun training Forsaken Monkey, intending to fight Cynthia again.
The idea of determining who is better before retiring was also influenced by Li Dazhuang.
Hardy actually felt sorry for the fate of Li Dazhuang, a talented young man.
Li Dazhuang challenged him back then.
He thought that Li Dazhuang would become his colleague smoothly the following year.
But the following year, Li Dazhuang did not continue to challenge the Four Heavenly Kings, and did not even participate in the dojo ranking competition.
After inquiring, I learned that Li Dazhuang had become despondent after his wife's death.
Li Dazhuang was able to recover from the blow of losing his beloved.
Hardy only lost to Cynthia, and should not retire because of that.
He's only 62 years old, the prime of his life as a Ghost-type trainer!
In general, Li Shuwen's influence as the Midas touch is reaching every aspect of the Sinnoh region.
Especially in this gym ranking tournament, regardless of whether the gym leaders who came to participate were strong enough, their gyms were generally located in economically developed cities or towns in the Sinnoh region.
This means that they actually have a considerable influence over the surrounding area.
After his match against Li Shuwen, several mediocre martial arts masters came to him for advice.
Even the most depraved person can't accept constantly losing.
Since everyone says Li Shuwen is a Midas touch, why not go to Li Shuwen's house and ask for his advice? Wouldn't that make their Pokémon stronger and help them win battles?
Li Shuwen wasn't actually an expert in some attributes.
But after Li Shuwen gave his advice, these guys who usually practiced the painstaking training methods passed down in their families and continuously optimized and improved by several generations didn't even look at them.
Without fail, I trained my Pokémon every day according to the method given by Li Shuwen.
A good method is useless if you don't practice it; you have to actually use it to see the results.
Once their Pokémon started moving, all the various medicines and essences they had ingested before finally began to take effect.
The potion can directly increase your stat by 10, but if you move around, you can actually add another 10.
Everyone could clearly feel that the second half of the dojo ranking matches was much more exciting!
In the past, even if there were changes in the dojo rankings, it only affected a small number of people.
The mental state of most of the club owners has been worn down by the long competition, and their performance has clearly declined.
But this year is different!
The only variable this year is Li Shuwen, the Midas Touch.
After watching a match, one spectator couldn't help but exclaim, "Wow, everyone says Midas Touch is amazing, but I never really had a direct understanding of it before."
"But this match felt different to me. This Gym Leader Seraphine used his Bird Pokémon, Aerial Ace, really well."
As everyone knows, Seraf was defeated by Yan Fan during his battle with Li Shuwen, which impacted him and led him to intensify his training in Yan Fan.
Meanwhile, Li Shuwen used U-turn to demonstrate to Seraphine how to use his Pokémon.
Let Serafie know what a true return to the swallows is!
"Why are you still sitting in your seat? The match between Midas and Densetsu is about to start. We need to hurry to court number 2 to grab a seat."
"This is the most exciting match of the year's dojo rankings. If you miss it, you'll regret it for at least six months!"
The middle-aged man quickly stood up. "Why six months?"
"Because you will only see Midas Touch and Dazzle face off again at the Masters tournament, which starts in six months, and because of the Masters tournament's long format."
"This match might be postponed until a year later."
The middle-aged man quickened his pace decisively, "You're right, we need to get moving!"