Chapter 626: Kicking the Demon King Into a Friend's Face
Beedrill crossed her stingers and thrust them downwards!
X-Scissor is usually a slashing move for most Pokémon, but Beedrill is a rare exception.
With needles at the ends of her forelimbs, her best attack method was always stabbing, not cutting.
Crossed needles, stabbing at one point!
The trajectory was more of a "V" than a cross.
The converging point was exactly the back of Malamar's neck!
Beedrill put everything into this stab!
BOOM!
The next moment, she was blasted away by a sudden burst of powerful psychic energy.
Psychic-type move: Psyshock!
Compared to Psychic, its usage was much more rigid, unable to perform many tricks, only dealing straightforward shockwave damage.
But it was particularly suitable for a big, clumsy Pokémon like Malamar.
Malamar wasn't an intelligence-type hero anyway; complex, precise operations never suited it.
This hit dealt significant damage!
Most importantly, the Iron Ball was still on Beedrill's back. After being knocked back, she soon fell uncontrollably to the ground, unable to fly.
"Now, Malamar, whip her with your tentacles! Suppress her! Prepare Flame—"
Unfortunately, the Grand Master main player couldn't finish his sentence.
He was too excited!
Too focused on turning the tables!
All his attention was on the grounded Beedrill, causing him to accidentally overlook his own Pokémon's condition.
After being hit by X-Scissor, Malamar staggered uncontrollably, swaying like a drunkard. Just as his master's command was halfway through—
He finally collapsed headfirst, unable to hold on any longer.
The Grand Master main player couldn't say the last word "thrower."
Because the referee had already raised the flag first!
"Malamar is unable to battle!"
The scene erupted!
In the Kubfu rest area, countless people raised their hands and shouted excitedly.
"We won!! Haha, we won!!"
"Hoenn Alliance, right? Grand Master, right? Told you not to be greedy! Not bringing a Coba Berry but an Iron Ball, like to show off, huh? Show off now!"
Bella was very loud at this moment.
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This volume probably reached the neighboring Hoenn Alliance rest area, but no one stood up to speak at the moment.
After all, inferior skills make words useless.
Luna was already 2-0.
As a rookie, she even had a chance to shut out the opposing veteran!
"Go for it, Sister Luna!"
Then, amidst everyone's eager anticipation, Luna did it!
In the last round, ignoring type matchups again, she sent out her last ace: Kabutops.
The Medicham, who had already fought half a match, couldn't withstand the exquisitely refined blade light honed through thousands of trials and fell regretfully.
The Grand Master's starting main player, the Big Demon King who had brought immense pressure to Kubfu in the past few Champions Cups, was really shut out!
The moment the result came out, countless Kubfu viewers stood up and cheered excitedly.
The livestream chat was flooded with "Ohhhhhhhh!" and "66666."
Kubfu's history of resisting Hoenn seemed to usher in a memorable milestone today.
In the subsequent doubles segment, both sides very harmoniously took one win each.
Harry and Andrew's luck-based combo failed; luck couldn't make up for the gap in hard power after all.
But the Otter Team's veteran Thunder-Rain combo won smoothly.
Having climbed peaks and experienced troughs, the Otter Team's Thunder-Rain combo had now washed away the glitz, abandoning flashiness and impetuousness to become truly pragmatic and reliable!
As the damage dealer, the Raichu trainer no longer blindly pursued flashy moves like in the past. Having restarted serious training with his Raichu this year, the results were remarkable.
Now his Raichu was no longer a show pony with no output capability besides Thunder.
Making up for the shortcoming of insufficient conventional attack methods, this combo rejuvenated with a second spring!
Thus, the Otter Team went 1-1 in the doubles segment, maintaining the point difference.
The total score came to 7-4!
With a three-point lead, Serena started her Captain's Match!
As soon as it started, she immediately felt pressure like stormy waves!
Steven lived up to the title of Big Demon King. His Pokémon's use of Mega Power was far beyond what Wutong and the Primordial Sea Team could compare to!
Serena started poorly but still held on stubbornly!
After the ace Pokémon on both sides quickly traded blows and were exhausted, Steven hesitated rarely, but in the end, he didn't do anything excessive.
A standard battle;
A standard win;
A standard failure to close the point gap!
In the end, Steven defeated Serena 6-4, continuing his record of being undefeated in individual matches during the group stage.
However, the two points from the differential weren't enough to cover the Grand Master Team's earlier deficit.
Luna's shutout seemed particularly crucial at this moment!
The Grand Master Team pulled the total score back to 6-7, but it wasn't enough to rewrite the victory!
The Otter Team won!!
"Holy crap!! They really did it!! Otter Team is awesome!!"
In this moment, countless Kubfu viewers cheered and jumped for joy, spamming frantically on all accessible social platforms!
No one expected that under circumstances where everyone was pessimistic and the whole world had pronounced a death sentence, the Otter Team would miraculously carve out a bloody path!
They snatched a victory from the Big Demon King Grand Master Team!
They accomplished a feat never before achieved in Kubfu's history of resisting Hoenn over so many years!
Although it's uncertain if there will be no comers after, at least at this moment, their achievement is unprecedented!
Everyone was stunned.
Even the host Regal Alliance's official commentator had an incredulous tone.
"My god?! Grand Master actually fell? Kubfu's number three seed, Otter Team, they killed their way out of the Group of Death! They created an amazing miracle!!"
In the Kubfu player rest area, Bella was so excited she almost turned into a curly-haired baboon.
"Oho! We won!! Great, Sister Luna won!! Everyone meets in the knockout stage!"
Everyone was excited at this moment.
Until Forrest suddenly dropped a sentence.
"Calculating this way, Grand Master's point differential will drop to the second-to-last position among all group winners."
Bella didn't react at first.
"Hmph, let them be arrogant! In the end, their results aren't that great! Second to last, and still called the Big Demon King, tsk! We are—"
Halfway through, she couldn't continue.
Forrest looked at her with a faint smile.
At this time, others also reacted one after another.
"Holy crap!"
Someone exclaimed subconsciously.
Forrest spoke faintly, "Finally realized? The first round of the knockout stage is paired based on the point differential ranking in the group stage.
"Grand Master's current point differential has dropped to the second-to-last position among all group winners, so the opponent they will match in the first round of the winner's bracket..."
Bella continued the sentence herself.
"Their opponent will be us, ranked second..."
Among all the top teams in the group stage of this tournament, the one with the highest point differential was the Wild Card Glory Three Waves Team, whose points were mainly farmed from San Diego.
And ranked second was the team that had a 16-0 victory in the first round—
Starlight and Frost!
Otter Team's victory unexpectedly kicked a certain Big Demon King right into the face of their brother team.
Now, Bella's excitement vanished completely.
"Sister Luna..."
Murmuring her best friend's name again, this time her tone was tearful.
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