Greatest Pokémon Trainer

Jiang Li had mastered curse techniques that were a combination of both!

Gengar cursed itself with a Spirit Realm Curse, entering a special enhanced cursed state. Under this curse, Gengar's physical strength would rapidly deplete, but its Ghost Energy would become incredibly potent due to a boost from the Spirit World.

The dark red curse energy, even when forming the most basic Shadow Ball Technique, possessed the power of a top-level one-hit kill technique. This powerful skill from the Spirit World Lineage astonishingly gave Gengar the capacity to match those with top second-tier combat power. Everyone wondered how strong the curse power would be if Gengar, under this state, used Destiny Bond with the pressure of the Spirit World.

Ultimately, with just a single Gengar, Jiang Li easily took care of the opponent's six Pokémon.

However, while Jiang Li's side had a smooth victory, the team battle that followed was not as favorable for the Hua Nation team.

Xie Qingyi and Xu Haoran faced the two strongest Kings from the America team, the Flying King Katie and the Ghost King Chaks, and were at a disadvantage during the battle.

Although they managed to exhaust and seriously injure some of the opponent's Pokémon, their own side lost all their aces and main forces, paying a much heavier price.

In the team battles, the China Team lost two straight matches, and with Su Shu's defeat, they lost three out of five matches.

The score was 4:6, with the America team leading by 6 points.

This was the only time the Hua Nation team found themselves at a disadvantage.

In the Hua Nation spectator stands, countless spectators showed tense expressions. On the main platform, Master Ma Chenzong also looked extremely serious. This battle was not going to be easy...

The key to this match was Gura's Volcarona. If Jiang Li and the others could take down Volcarona with minimal losses, there was still hope for a turnaround.

But all of this was a gamble. Hua Nation's side truly had no certainty of victory.

"It seems it's over," Master Brian of America said with an indifferent smile. Not only Gura's Volcarona but now Gura's Incineroar had likely also taken a special gene potion. Though the side effects were significant, it should be fine in the upcoming individual matches. Their speed of injury recovery and physical strength restoration was definitely superior to that of the China Team.

This battle, America team was certain to win.

"Brian, you're celebrating too early, be careful not to get slapped in the face like before," Ma Chenzong spoke. Besides trusting Jiang Li, he did not believe that Fang Yuan had no trump cards up his sleeve. From start to finish, the lad Fang Yuan had been very composed... so whoever it was between Fang Yuan and Jiang Li who could replace Gura, the other one had the capability to break through in individual matches. That was where Ma Chenzong's confidence lay.

"No, this time Gura will win," Brian looked towards Gura in the America team's seating area, his orange hair the same color as the Volcarona's. Brian didn't believe that in individual matches, Gura would lose.

.........

In the Hua Nation team seating area, the contestants needed to quickly decide the lineup for the individual matches before they began.

The candidates left were Jiang Li, Yun Kai, and Fang Yuan.

However, due to the order of appearance, the three began to argue.

"I'll go first. Aside from Gura, I can easily defeat the other two," one said.

"Even if it's Gura, I'm confident," Fang Yuan spoke.

Jiang Li asked, "Monferno? Sun Eevee?"

Fang Yuan shook his head, "Monferno probably won't make it, it could have a chance in a team match. As for Sun Eevee, it's normally not a match; at best, it's a 30/70 split, but if I can unleash my strongest Wave Guide, I might be able to..."

"Like Jia Lan, who burst forth to her limits?" Jiang Li shook his head. Both Suzu and Fang Yuan seemed to have this kind of burst technique at their limit, but such a move had too many side effects and hidden dangers, and they could not consider it a regular tactic unless it was a critical moment.

"That's not it," Fang Yuan said. A Z-Move was much more powerful than Jia Lan's burst, and the expenditure wasn't as significant; at most, it was just physical strength that couldn't keep up. However, this time he didn't plan to use Sun Eevee.

"Not Monferno nor Eevee, but another Pokémon, Gengar – watch me do it. If I can't win, then you can finish things off," Fang Yuan told Jiang Li.

"You…" Jiang Li's expression immediately froze in surprise. Your Gengar?? The Shiny Gengar that was barely managing to fight against two exhausted top-level combat Pokémon as a support for Monferno??

"You're not joking?"

Jiang Li had a bellyful of complaints that he could not voice, but seeing Fang Yuan's confident expression, he hesitated. Fang Yuan was not someone to boast aimlessly; since Fang Yuan was confident, could it be that the combination of Wave Guide and Gengar could unleash some formidable power?? Could it possibly be a tactic of mutual destruction??

"You'll see in a moment," Fang Yuan replied noncommittally.

In the end, the Hua Nation team finalized the order of appearance: Fang Yuan would lead, followed by Yun Kai, with Jiang Li as the last defense.

Xie Qingyi and Xu Haoran, having lost the match, along with Su Shu, who was in meditation, all took a deep breath. The pressure of the semifinals was completely different from before...

........................

Ten minutes after the team battle ended.

Inside the arena.

The Head Referee Maki Noboru-hime continued to preside over the battle on the platform.

At this point, she had received the specific order of appearance for both sides.

"For the individual matches, the first contestants from both sides will be Fang Yuan and Gura!"

Maki Noboru-hime read out the names of the next contestants with a surprised expression, and the profiles of Gura and Fang Yuan immediately appeared on the battle screen.

Fang Yuan? Gura??

These two again?

In an instant, the spectator stands of both Hua Nation and the America team erupted in excitement.

The previous match was a 3VS3 team battle, and now it was a 3VS3 individual battle – the two Trainers who had previously competed against each other had met once more... how would the outcome unfold this time?

"Good!!" In the contestants seating areas of both nations, Fang Yuan and Gura's eyes lit up simultaneously, filled with a fighting spirit.

Clearly, both sides had been eager to encounter each other again for quite some time.