Chapter 647: Creating History
In the fifth round, Arthur sent out the little dragonfly again, easily defeating the opponent's Grimmsnarl.
By this point, the Primordial Sea captain's mentality had completely collapsed.
His hands were shaking when he saw Arthur send out the little dragonfly again in the sixth round...
There was no helping it; something like this happening to any professional player was a humiliation hard to face!
Being swept by a single Pokémon was extremely rare in any league, let alone in the Champions Cup, the highest level of competitive play.
If this happened, it would surely be a memorable moment worthy of the history books!
The Primordial Sea captain could imagine: even after he retired, this memorable moment would haunt him for the rest of his life.
This moment might take a lifetime to heal!
But what could he do?
The more fearful he was, the more the pressure suffocated him.
In the end, his commands in the final round failed to bring about any effective reversal.
Before the Dragon Dance buff dissipated, the little dragonfly swept the match!
The nightmare finally became reality!
"Amazing!! Incredible!! This should be the first six-kill sweep in Champions Cup history!! One Pokémon defeated the entire opposing team! This Kubfu player, Arthur, has created history! Created a miracle!"
The commentator was incredibly excited, and the audience stood up and cheered, their voices thunderous.
This was a nightmare for the Primordial Sea captain, but for competitive viewers outside of Hoenn, it was a carnival, a carnival worthy of being recorded in history!
Before this year, the 6v6 Captain's Match wasn't a fixed event; it only appeared when the regular singles and doubles scores were tied. This made 6v6 Captain's Matches rare in past Champions Cups, and even when they did occur, they usually happened between teams of similar strength.
Because a tie in regular singles and doubles meant the two teams' strengths weren't far apart.
So before this, no one had ever accomplished the feat of sweeping an entire team with one Pokémon in the Champions Cup!
There were many such cases in lower-level professional leagues across major regions, but in the Champions Cup, Arthur was the first case, absolutely unprecedented!
Whether there will be successors is hard to say, but everyone believed that this record would probably be hard to surpass in the short term.
"Too strong!! Arthur is awesome!!"
In the Kubfu rest area, everyone was cheering and celebrating, standing up to high-five and hug each other.
In stark contrast, the Hoenn rest area a few rooms away was silent.
"What a pity."
Arnold, also defeated by Arthur, stood up first and led his team out of the lounge.
After the match, there was no need for these professional players to watch the subsequent interviews.
Besides, facing such a humiliating defeat, the follow-up interviews would only be upsetting to watch.
With this, all teams from the Hoenn Alliance except Grand Master were eliminated.
At first, major TV media thought this year would be a hopeful one for Hoenn, but unexpectedly, Kubfu's Starlight and Frost cut down two Hoenn teams in two consecutive rounds, leaving them with only one remaining seed in the blink of an eye.
Although this seed had entered the finals early, waiting for the challenger from the loser's bracket like a Big Demon King.
But after watching two consecutive matches, the Hoenn audience's confidence in the Grand Master Team suddenly wavered.
On the live screen, the commentators were still excitedly commenting.
"This year's Champions Cup is truly exciting! Many new records have been created so far! Outstanding teams and rookies have emerged in major regions, unlike the previous two tournaments where the Hoenn Alliance dominated alone!"
The commentators were very excited.
As viewers and competitive enthusiasts, this year's matches were naturally very enjoyable, with rookies performing brilliantly one after another.
Except for White Eagle and Siren, genius rookies from all major alliances were showing off!
However, for the Hoenn Alliance, which had dominated the Champions Cup for the past two years and was only one step away from establishing a three-peat dynasty, this year's situation didn't look so wonderful.
The day the winner's bracket matches ended, the whole of Hoenn was jubilant, thinking this would be another year of satisfying slaughter.
Fans even shouted slogans about meeting in the finals.
Unexpectedly, in just a few days, the situation took a sharp turn for the worse!
Arthur single-handedly slapped Hoenn twice in the face!
One shutout and one sweep!
Within three days, the enthusiasm of Hoenn fans was completely extinguished, chilled to the bone.
In the rest area, everyone could only look at Steven.
Because at this time, no one else could stand up.
Steven smiled calmly.
"No rush, let's wait for them to come to the finals."
In front of his teammates, as the captain, Steven naturally had to show the calmness of having everything under control.
Only after others looked away did he look at Arthur on the live screen alone, putting away all smiles and contemplating deeply.
No one could guess what he was thinking at this moment.
After the two matches in the morning ended, there were no matches in the afternoon.
The organizers had many activities, but as players, they didn't need to participate.
After returning, they hurried to heal their Pokémon, continued to review and analyze, and prepared for the new round of matches tomorrow afternoon!
At this time, as everyone expected, Arthur asked for leave again.
The head coach facepalmed helplessly.
"That brat! Does he look down on my tactical analysis that much?!"
The others were silent as chilling cicadas, daring not to speak at this time.
But since they had just won, and Arthur had a precedent the day before, the head coach accepted it much more smoothly this time.
"Forget about that brat not coming; he knows what he's doing and won't slack off at a time like this anyway.
"You guys! None of you can run away this afternoon!! Without Arthur's results, none of you are going anywhere this afternoon!"
Everyone could only obey obediently.
There was no helping it; they weren't Arthur, they really couldn't compare.
After lunch, in the large open-air training ground in the hotel's backyard, Roman was dragged to the yard by Arthur to spar again.
Roman, who couldn't even rest after eating, looked helpless.
"By the way, aren't you training too hard? You just pulled off an unprecedented Champions Cup sweep, don't you need to go back and celebrate with your teammates?"
Arthur looked up and smiled at him.
"There's no need. If we really want to celebrate, it won't be too late to do it after winning the championship."
"You really dare to think about winning the championship? It's your first time participating in the Champions Cup!"
"Why not?" Arthur asked back. "Did you think I could pull off a shutout sweep before?"
"Uh, I didn't think so..."
"But I've done it now. So you don't dare to think about winning the championship now, maybe I can do it in the future too?"
"..."
Reasonable and well-founded, leaving Roman speechless for a moment.
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