The champion of the conference → challenge the four kings of the league → challenge the regional champion of the league.

If you win the former, you advance to the latter.

This is the most well-known challenge route for Pokémon World to advance to the strongest champion in the region, and it is also the route Aoyagi is taking now.

Generally speaking, though, a lot of tournament champions who go for the regional championship usually fall in the middle of the process of challenging the league's four heavenly kings.

Because unlike the regular battle, the Heavenly King Challenge here does not mean that after playing a Four Heavenly King, you will rest and adjust, and wait until tomorrow to continue playing second place.

But...... Wheel Wars!

After playing against the four Four Heavenly Kings in a row and defeating them all with little time to rest, he can rest and challenge for the championship.

After all, the seat and strength of the champion should have crushed the Four Heavenly Kings.

Such a special format undoubtedly increases the difficulty faced by the challengers, but it is also because of this that it attracts more attention and attention.

The best proof of this is that tickets for the King of Heaven Challenge are even better sold than during the finals of the tournament.

Because compared to the Lily of the Valley Conference, only battles at the level of the Four Heavenly Kings can generally be truly called "high-end games", and many powerful trainers will even buy tickets to watch the battle and learn combat experience.

Some people who can't buy tickets will even find resources from second-tier dealers at a high price.

In such an atmosphere, the queue in front of the ticket window every day is full.

And as long as there are people, there will be gossip and gossip, not to mention this kind of high-end game.

Every year, speculating on how many Four Heavenly Kings the challenger will be able to win, to what extent, and whether he will be able to challenge successfully to challenge for the championship in the end.

But this year, the wind has completely changed.

The vast majority of the audience discussed topics that were completely opposite to previous years.

"Guess how many Pokémon sacrifices the Four Heavenly Kings have to pay this year to force Aoyagi to use the second Pokémon?"

"I bet that at least the first three will have to dedicate all their Pokémon to the last Aliu Heavenly King before it is possible for Aoyagi to send a second Pokémon."

"I feel the same, whether it's the Rose Beast or the Steel Sea Dragonmon, or the mechanical tyrannosaurus that destroyed the entire battlefield with just one blow, their strength is too terrifying,

"That's right, I was at the scene at the time, and I was stunned when I opened my eyes in the back."

"Anyway...... You're too optimistic, aren't you? ”

Hearing someone interject, the few people who had just spoken immediately immediately looked at him in unison.

"What do you mean? Do you feel that the Four Heavenly Kings can win? ”

"I mean it's unlikely that it will turn out as you guys say, because ...... The Four Heavenly Kings will most likely be killed by one of Aoyagi's Pokémon. ”

For a while, there was a cheerful atmosphere all around.

Except for one place......

The man in the suit, the sick old man, the old lady with a scarf, and a thin young man heard the voice not far away, you look at me, I look at you, and finally all four of them showed a little helpless wry smile on their faces.

"To be honest, after being the king of the four heavens for so many years, it's the first time I've heard such words before the game."

The insect king Ah Liu cut his hair and spread his hands.

"Yes, it's the first time I've been the Four Heavenly Kings for almost twenty years, and I have to say that this novel experience is really interesting." Mitsuzo smiled kindly.

Gomatsu smiled awkwardly and didn't speak, while Kikuno straightened his scarf, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, as if he didn't have any negative thoughts from hearing these discussions.

This couldn't help but make Ah Liu a little surprised.

"Kikuno-senpai, why do you feel like you're still happy?"

"I'm going to be able to retire soon, so why be sad? Hahahahaha ”

Kikuno began to laugh uncharacteristically as he spoke.

The crazy laughter made the other three look slightly embarrassed, and it also attracted the audience who were discussing the King Challenge nearby.

Finding that the main person being discussed was in front of them, several people immediately blushed like the buttocks of an ape, and quickly ran away after quickly bowing and saying hello + apologizing.

"Kikuno, you've scared someone."

Seeing this, Guangzang reminded helplessly.

As the Four Heavenly Kings at about the same time as the other party, he naturally knew how much effort Kikuno had put in to retire before, and it was normal for him to be excited when he saw the opportunity coming.

But even so, it is necessary for him to tell the other party: "According to Aoyagi's current strength level, he can launch a strong impact on the champion, once he succeeds, the person who retires at that time will theoretically only have the champion, and there will be no you, so ......"

Hearing this, Kikuno's smile suddenly stiffened a lot.

She understood the meaning of Hikarita's words, as long as Aoyagi defeated them and won the championship, even if it was fast, she would have to wait until this time next year to retire.

"But there's another way!"

Kikuno's expression gradually became a little hideous at the last moment after a continuous change.

While the three of them were taken aback, they couldn't help but have a strong curiosity about the method that Kikuno said.

"As long as the four of us stop him, then he will only be forced to stay in the position of the Four Heavenly Kings, I think...... You shouldn't be competing with me for this spot then, right? ”

Kikuno's gloomy gaze looked left and right at the three of them.

The three of you, look at me, I'll look at you, and then Wu Song said: "Naturally, I won't go with Kikuno-senpai to grab this place, Mr. Aliu and Guangzang's seniors also mean the same thing, retirement must be Kikuno-senpai's priority, but before that, there is a very important problem in front of you that needs to be solved."

"That's it...... Will the four of us really be able to defeat Aoyagi? ”

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere suddenly became quiet.

The scene of Aoyagi's battle with Sirona and Daktor, they have studied it in the past few days, and they already have a general understanding of Aoyagi's strength.

Basically, every Pokémon he has reached the level of a champion, especially the big guys in it, all of them are extraordinarily powerful in combat, which makes the three of them sometimes fall into self-doubt.

Just like those people said just now, the so-called Heavenly King Challenge that Aoyagi is facing right now, is it Aoyagi who is coming to challenge their Four Heavenly Kings, or is it their Four Heavenly Kings who are challenging Aoyagi?

This time, the order is completely reversed!

But even so, the expression on Kikuno's face still didn't shake much.

'It doesn't matter if he challenges us or we challenge him, the point is that we have to fight with all our strength no matter what.

"Expect Sirona to attend the convention again next year, or that Daktor? What if they don't participate? Doesn't that mean that the last four heavenly kings are still the four of us, I still can't retire, and you won't have such a good fighting opportunity again.

"We have to treat this time, and every time, as the last chance of our lives, to give our best, and to give it our all in the face of strong opponents, isn't that a quality that every trainer should have?"

Hearing these words full of pride and ambition, and even carrying the buff of long-term memories, the eldest Hikarizo's adventurous heart of youth beat again.

He was the same age as Kikuno, and his health was not good, and he would occasionally nag that he should give way to a younger person, but deep down he still wanted to stay in this position a little longer.

Because only in this way can he feel that he has not been abandoned by the years, and can truly feel the vitality around him.

"Okay, you've said that, then I'll fight with you again with this old bone, and then go to the hospital to recuperate, it's not a big problem...... Ahem, ahem! ”

The two oldest seniors spoke, and Aliu and Gomatsu shook their heads with a wry smile, and then followed suit.

Moreover, as the Four Heavenly Kings and as powerful trainers, they also have their own dignity and persistence, just talk and joke, but they must go all out in battle.

"So it's unanimously passed?"

Kikuno looked around at the three of them, her expression gradually returned to calm, and she said in a very serious tone: "Of course, I don't want everyone to fight with just blood, in fact, we really have a chance." ”

The three of them were a little surprised, and they all motioned for Kikuno to continue.

"First of all, this is the format, because Aoyagi's strength is seriously exceeded, and his Pokémon are all big guys, so for the sake of overall safety, as well as all considerations, the six-on-six all-out battle was finally changed to a three-on-three battle.

"In this way, we don't have to face Aoyagi's six full-powered Pokémon, and overall we have some advantages in this format."

All three nodded in agreement.

Although this result will lead to the encounter with three powerful Pokémon carefully selected by Aoyagi, three is undoubtedly a better choice than the six that need to face the same combat power.

After all, they wanted the final victory, not the defeat of a few Aoyagi in total.

"Also, according to reliable sources, the Pokémon that Aoyagi sent to the field first will not be one of the six known."

When the words fell, the three of them immediately frowned.

"Isn't it?"

"Who's that?"

"It's a brand-new Pokémon that I received on Lily of the Valley Island a few days ago, and someone has seen it, and it looks like a blue-and-white dragonman with wings."

Winged dragonmen?

A big question mark came to the minds of the three of them.

Are there such Pokémon in and around Lily of the Valley? How they have never seen it.

Kikuno ignored the doubts of several people and continued.

"This is our chance, the new server means that the tacit understanding can't catch up with the Pokémon that have gone through a lot of battles, and the strength won't be too outrageous."

Kikuno's voice fell, and Ah Liu, who was on the side, frowned and said, "This is treating us as a tool to speed up their run-in...... But this is fine, it is equivalent to directly losing the place of a Pokémon. ”

"Even if that's the case, we can't take it lightly."

Gomatsu feels that the situation may be a little different from what he imagined, Aoyagi is not like the kind of person who looks down on people casually, at least he hasn't shown it, but there is no other way to do it now.

"In addition to the new Pokémon, we also have to explore who the remaining two are most likely to be, and make targeted arrangements."

"That's right, that's the most important thing."

"Let's review ......"

……

Time passed quickly, and three days were quickly over.

(End of chapter)