: Tree Fruit Challenge

[It's live! It's live! My goodness, so many people! Are there really this many people signing up offline? Can Little Farmer even finish playing them all?]

[It's clearly impossible to finish them all; the allure of the move guides for Elite Four Pokémon is just too strong.]

[Guess who I saw? The superstar player from last year's Unicron Championship! A rising star who graduated last year.]

[Several of the top 64 from last year's Higaki Tournament are here, can Xiao Nongfu do it?]

As soon as the live stream started, a flood of comments came from viewers who had been waiting in the chat. Many sharp-eyed viewers spotted some hidden experts among the crowd.

At the same time, amidst the barrage of comments, Xia Ming's voice echoed across the battlefield:

"To be honest, this is the first time I've ever organized such a small competition, and I didn't expect so many trainers to come and participate offline."

As the host of this local farm, I certainly won't let you all leave disappointed. Therefore, before the competition selection, all trainers who come here today intending to register for the competition will receive a portion of freshly picked cranberries from my farm in seven days. It's not much, only about one kilogram, just a small token of my appreciation.

Xia Ming's voice was relaxed and clear, without any of the tension that comes from being stared at by hundreds of eyes.

With Miss Skirt's help, the trainers who arrived listened patiently to Xia Ming's speech.

"Then there's the matter of registering for the fruit challenge I'm organizing. This challenge was originally going to be a ring competition, but it seems that the rules need to be changed temporarily."

The competition schedule remains unchanged at five days, but the format will change from me defending my title to a system where each trainer defends and challenges the previous one. The trainer who defends the title the most each day for the first four days will qualify for the final day's competition.

"Of course, there's no need to worry about the rewards. The top five trainers who defend their positions in the daily challenge will receive 300 League Coins as a winning reward, and the champion will receive an additional regular evolution stone that can be chosen at will."

Meanwhile, the champion and the top five trainers will not be able to participate in the second day's title defense; other trainers can register again.

"On the fifth day of the competition, I will challenge the champions who defended their titles from the previous four days one by one. Each champion who defeats me can come to my farm and ask Miss Skirt beside me for a skill consultation!"

After Xia Ming finished speaking, he gestured to Miss Qun'er beside him to stop releasing her skill.

After Miss Skirt's skill was interrupted, the enthusiasm of the Pokémon trainers around them, which had been suppressed, suddenly burst forth.

People started discussing in small groups, while some strong competitors were eagerly awaiting the start of the match.

Xia Ming's impromptu decision was undoubtedly a success.

Tempted by small gifts and even more rewards, no one objected to his impromptu decision; on the contrary, they showed even greater enthusiasm than before!

[The young farmer is quite something; he wasn't nervous at all.]

[Although the rules were changed at the last minute, everyone's enthusiasm has only increased.]

[Did no one notice the Psyduck icon in the bottom left corner of the live stream? It's a pre-order item.]

"This viewer has a very sharp eye! That's right, if any viewers in the live stream are interested, they can place an order in the Psyduck Shop in the bottom left corner of the live stream."

Xia Ming removed the megaphone from his mouth. He had already noticed that some viewers in the live stream chat had realized this, and some who had been watching him farm from the beginning had even started placing orders.

"Currently, there are only 1,500 pre-orders available. I will be live-streaming the harvest in seven days, picking fresh cranberries for each pre-order customer and sending them out. Order now to enjoy a 20% discount!"

After a quick GG, Xia Ming immediately began arranging today's match schedule.

He first had Eurythmus hold the camera and follow him, then had Aluminum Steel Dragon hold up the phone stand so he could easily see the comments.

As for Miss Skirt? Xia Ming didn't make any arrangements for her, but the enthusiastic Miss Skirt still stayed by the two little ones' side to help them.

For example, she would proactively help hold the camera steady if Kirlas didn't hold it properly.

Registration began quickly.

The registration process went incredibly smoothly. With Miss Skirt, the Elite Four Pokémon, in charge, no one dared to cause trouble. Even some unruly young people obediently lined up in line.

Xia Ming first quickly made a selection.

The rules for this challenge are one-on-one singles battles, and trainers must bring two Pokémon. Therefore, trainers with only one Pokémon cannot participate.

However, these trainers were a very small minority, and most of them were new Pokémon trainers who had just graduated this year. Xia Ming was not stingy and, after informing them that they could not participate in the competition, each of them used their mobile phones to place a free order of cranberries in his live broadcast room as a gift.

This undoubtedly increased their goodwill towards Xia Ming, and even the viewers in the live stream felt very comfortable watching it.

Even after selection, there are still hundreds of trainers remaining.

To save time, Xia Ming moved the registration tables and chairs outside the arena, allowing the trainers who had already registered to enter and participate, while simultaneously turning his live stream camera to the competition area.

The rules of the competition are very simple, with only two:

First, the defending champion has a ten-minute break during which Xia Ming will provide some common injury medicine for recovery free of charge.

Of course, one could also choose to temporarily avoid the limelight and take the stage again in the afternoon to continue the winning streak from the morning.

The defeated challenger will be unable to continue today's match, and the winner will take the stage.

Secondly, only 20 to 40 trainers will be allowed to participate each day, and the remaining trainers will be relegated to the next day based on their registration order.

The ranking is based on the number of wins by the defending champion.

This is certainly somewhat unfair, but due to time constraints, we have no choice but to leave it at that for now.

Despite some dissenting voices, no one ultimately resisted, and the rules of the competition were hastily established.

Since it was the first time organizing a competition, Xia Ming was still somewhat unfamiliar with the process, but this experience would be valuable for future events.

After all, he won't just hold this one competition. Once the farm grows larger, he will most likely hold more competitions to help sell his products.

Who knows, maybe GG sponsors will help them recoup their losses, or even make the competition profitable.

"Hey, Xia Ming, we meet again."

Registration was quick, and soon it was Mingyi and her group's turn. There wasn't much of a scene of enemies meeting with intense hatred; Mingyi immediately challenged Xia Ming to a duel upon seeing him:

"Are you ready to be defeated by my Green Vine Serpent? I came all this way just to participate!"

"Add mold!"

"Yuichi Yuichi?"

Is the defeated foe still barking like a dog?

"Then I look forward to you winning the championship and challenging me, Miss Mingyi. Don't get defeated halfway through."

In response, Xia Ming stated:

You are the challenger!