vncnus Chapter 257 Biting is a profound art!
Chapter 257 Biting is a profound art!
Chapter 257 Biting is a profound art! (6K, 3rd bonus chapter)
When Komatsu sent out a new Pokémon, Ash quickly recalled Entei and replaced it with Suicune, causing a stir among the people present.
"In the previous battles, Entei was only damaged by Dusknoir's Shadow Punch. What's Ash thinking about switching it out now?" Komatsu couldn't understand for a moment.
Although Komatsu was surprised, it was also part of his plan. In fact, it would have been more appropriate for Ash to switch to Suicune.
Ash's decision to replace Entei was out of necessity.
There was nothing that could be done. Although Emperor Yan still looked as majestic as ever, a closer look would reveal that he had already begun to pant heavily.
He's already exhausted, but compared to the three shots a real man used to take, he's now fired five, which is an improvement.
But it's impossible to continue fighting now. In his current state, the Flame Emperor's legs would go weak if he was hit even once, and he would collapse if hit again.
There are still many students watching from the sidelines, and Ash can't ruin the image of legendary Pokémon in people's minds.
Furthermore, Komatsu would sacrifice the final evolved form of Night Demon, and then deliberately send out the previous form, Wandering Night Demon, as the final act.
Ash could immediately guess that this Dusty Fellow must be carrying an Evolution Stone.
Stone-type battle items are relatively common among rare items, and as a gym leader, Komatsu naturally has the ability to obtain them.
When this magical stone is held by a Pokémon that can still evolve, its Defense and Special Defense stats will be significantly increased.
Dusknoir already has very high Defense and Special Defense, so Komatsu must have given Dusknoir special training.
"This wandering night spirit must be ridiculously tough."
But Ash wasn't intimidated and sent out the equally tough and dizzy Suicune to fight back.
"Then let's use our long, hard ones to touch and see which one is harder!" Why does that sound so strange?
The appearance of the Eight Treasure Porridge drew cheers from the surrounding students.
"Is this the legendary Suicune?"
"Truly worthy of being the embodiment of the North Wind! Completely different from the majestic Flame Emperor just now, her figure is so elegant and beautiful!"
Originally, Babaozhou, who had come out wanting to jump around and say some tough words, suddenly stopped talking and instead silently blew the north wind to make himself look more dazzling and handsome.
"Hey hey hey, I am just so elegant and noble, please praise me more!" Eight Treasure Porridge was overjoyed.
"Ash's Suicune looks really strong. It seems he's really put in a lot of hard work training." Ash used to complain to Brock about how unreliable Eight Treasure Porridge was.
But now, judging from Babaozhou's fur, skin, and expression, Xiaogang can tell that this Suicune has been raised very well.
"Honestly, it's always only good-looking."
Xiaoxia still remembers the first time she saw Eight Treasure Porridge; the sight of being beaten up by Xiaozhi with bumps all over her head is unforgettable.
However, the students at the Yuanzhu Dojo had no idea what the Eight Treasure Porridge was really like.
The naive children were easily fooled by the legendary Suicune's intimidating appearance, their eyes sparkling with admiration as they looked at Ash.
The eight-treasure porridge was incredibly satisfied. "That's right, that's right, this is why I want to participate in the official battle!"
It longed to be the center of attention and be in the limelight, but that was its lifelong dream.
They were weak before, but now that they've finally become stronger after going through so much hardship, they have to show it off.
"Hello, kids." The handsome voice of Babaozhou turned around and greeted the students with what he thought was a cool gesture.
This caused another stir among them.
"Wow, it can even talk! That's amazing!"
"As expected of a legendary Pokémon!"
"Actually, there's another Meowth that can talk, but it has nothing to do with whether it's a legend or not." Ash wanted to say that, but in this situation, he shouldn't embarrass Eight Treasure Porridge.
"Get ready, Eight Treasure Porridge! There's only one Pokémon left on the other side; it's up to you to defeat it!"
"Leave it to me with confidence, for I am wise, mighty, and powerful."
This guy is so arrogant, he'll take advantage of any opportunity (Blood One). Xiao Zhi suppressed the urge to hit him immediately and focused his attention on Dusknoir.
However, at this moment, the dark purple spikes under Suicune's feet suddenly appeared, causing it to jump up and down repeatedly.
"Huh? What's that? Why do I suddenly feel a little dizzy?"
"Don't panic, Eight Treasure Porridge. It's just poisonous water chestnut. You're only in a state of poisoning right now."
"Poisoned? Will I die?" Suijun immediately asked, her eyes welling up with tears.
"Of course not!" Seriously, that cool attitude from just now.
"It'll just make your stamina drain faster, so watch your posture, the little fans are watching. Let's finish this quickly!"
"Wandering Night Spirit, aim your Thunder Punch at Suikun's waist!" At that moment, Komatsu's attack came.
"Yo-ho!"
Moreover, it immediately targeted the weakness in Suicune's body structure: its tofu-like waist.
In the Trick Space, the previously extremely slow Night Spirit is now as fast as the Flash.
A giant fist crackling with lightning swiftly struck Suicune's waist, making a loud cracking sound.
The effect is excellent.
Fortunately, the Eight Treasure Porridge is thick-skinned enough to easily withstand this kind of damage, which is even less troublesome than poisoning.
"Good eight-treasure porridge, use the water cannon!"
Although Suicune could withstand the hit, it still really hurt.
She was already feeling a bit dizzy from the poisoning, and then this sudden shovel of eight-treasure porridge made her angry.
"Yo-ho?!"
The thick jet of water immediately swept away the wandering night spirit beside it.
Moreover, the water cannon from the Eight Treasure Porridge lasted for an extremely long time, and once it was launched, it never stopped. The Wandering Night Spirit was pinned to the ceiling of the dojo by the impact of the water flow and could not move.
"What an amazing water cannon!" Xiaosong exclaimed in surprise as he looked at the wandering night spirit on the ceiling.
Now, even the water cannons used for Eight Treasure Porridge have reached a point where they can be praised.
Back then, its water cannon was thinner than a water gun, and Suicune has indeed grown a lot in the two years it has been with Ash.
"This won't do! Wandering Night Spirit, unleash your full power with your lightning fist to attack the water column, trying to conduct the current back along the water!"
"I won't let you succeed! Suicune, increase the power of your Water Gun!"
The wandering night spirit tried to move, but the current of water crashing against its body immediately intensified, and now it couldn't even move an arm.
"What should we do now, Mr. Komatsu? The enemy's Suicune is too strong. The duration of its Water Gun attack seems endless."
"If the Night Spirit is forcibly controlled by the water cannon like this, it will eventually be defeated."
The students in the spectator stands were already starting to worry about their teacher, after all, the water cannon that Babaozhou used was too intimidating.
It should be noted that even without the help of Ash's Aura, its water cannon can now last for more than half an hour.
Of course, if you really leave it out for half an hour at a time, the eight-treasure porridge will turn into a shriveled, light blue cucumber afterwards.
But Suicune can do that for ten minutes straight, which is something no other Pokémon can do. Suicune just has so much water!
While the Wandering Night Spirit has extremely high defense, its own stamina is relatively low.
Its weakness lies in its prolonged and sustained attacks; even with an Evolution Stone, Dusknoir will be defeated.
Of course, as an experienced gym leader, Komatsu did not disappoint his students and quickly found a solution.
"The Wandering Night Spirit dispersed its body, quickly hid, and used Thunder Fist again!"
Based on his understanding of the wandering night spirit, Komatsu quickly came up with the idea of using its own unique characteristics.
That is, the body of the Wandering Night Spirit is actually made up of those bandages. Although it looks chubby, it is completely hollow inside, with nothing inside.
The area hit by the water cannon quickly dispersed, and the water flowed directly through the hole in its abdomen, while the wandering night spirit took the opportunity to transform into a long strip of cloth.
Using a strip of cloth to roll up the core, and relying on the extremely high speed brought by the magic space, it quickly returned to the ground below and reassembled its body.
"Eight Treasure Porridge, get out of the way!"
"Huh? What?"
"Yo-ho!"
Lightning flashed across the field, and before anyone could even make out Night Spirit's figure, another fist-shaped dent appeared on Suicune's body.
Struck by the lightning fist once again, the water cannon was abruptly broken.
It must be said that the Wandering Night Spirit's originally pitifully low speed did indeed allow it to make the most of the Trick Space's effects.
At this moment, the lightning flow quickly traveled across Babaozhou's body, and was quickly overridden by the previous poisoning state. This was because the lightning fist had triggered the paralysis effect.
The toxin that causes poisoning is very special. It can cause Pokémon's stamina to deplete rapidly, while also bringing effects such as hyperactivity and accelerated metabolism, which can neutralize other abnormal conditions.
Moreover, other abnormal conditions such as paralysis, sleep, and burning also have similar effects.
Therefore, in Pokémon battles, once a Pokémon has one status condition, it will not fall into other status conditions.
As expected of a seasoned and experienced Gym Leader, Komatsu managed to put Suicune into a poisoned state beforehand.
Otherwise, if Suicune had been paralyzed by that attack, its speed would have actually increased under the effect of Trick Room.
They really wouldn't let Xiaozhi eat even a single bit of the additive.
After hitting Suicune with a punch, Dusknoir quickly moved away to avoid being knocked away by Hydro Pump again.
"Is the eight-treasure porridge alright?"
"No problem, but I won't let that wretched one-eyed bastard get away with it!"
The firmness of the eight-treasure porridge is still reliable; even if it takes another punch, it won't be a big problem.
It was the Wandering Night Spirit's behavior of punching and running away, and specifically targeting its waist, that made it grit its teeth in hatred.
"In that case, Eight Treasure Porridge, unleash Blizzard with all your might!"
Ash's training direction for Eight Treasure Porridge is to make it a highly mobile, wide-range, high-damage turret, and now is the time for it to shine.
The opponent is too fast; the only way to hit it is with a skill that has an area-of-effect (AOE) effect across the entire field.
Although the power will be reduced if it covers the entire field, the Night Spirit's health bar is also short. As long as you can hit it with even the smallest amount of damage, you can whittle it down.
With the north wind blowing from behind Suicune, a fierce blizzard covered the entire battlefield.
The wandering Night Spirit, which had been moving at high speed, became sluggish in the wind and snow, and the damage began to take effect.
The water cannon attack and the blizzard had left the Wandering Night Spirit with almost no stamina, and its physical condition was clearly not as good as it was at the beginning of the battle.
"It seems I'll be the one to claim victory in this battle, Komatsu." Your health is practically nonexistent!
Champagne was opened at halftime, but Xiao Zhi was confident.
Suicune still has a lot of stamina. Although it was hit by two type-advantageous Thunder Punches from the opponent and was also constantly being depleted by poison, Suicune's stamina is still better than Dusknoir's.
The Thunder Fist can withstand at least three more hits, while the opponent will truly be defeated if it lands one last hit.
"That's hard to say, Night Spirit, use Sleep!"
"Yohoho~"
The one-eyed giant on the field immediately closed his large, glowing red eyes and fell asleep in the blizzard.
"What? At a time like this, Komatsu actually made Wandering Night Spirit use Sleep?"
Xiao Gang, who was watching the game, fell into deep thought as he observed the situation on the field.
While the Sleep move can restore a Pokémon's full HP and cure all status conditions, it also forces the Pokémon to sleep for two turns.
The magic space has little time left, so it's a complete waste in this situation.
Meanwhile, Dusknoir, while asleep, becomes an easy target, allowing Ash to attack it at will.
"What exactly is Komatsu trying to do?!"
"He's talking in his sleep!" Ash immediately realized.
After all, under Xiaoxia's pressure, Xiaozhi had memorized the effects of many moves.
The only possibility that the Night Wanderer would use sleep in this situation is that it possesses the ability to talk in its sleep.
"Did you guess right? That's right, it was sleep talking. Wandering Night Spirit, take action!"
The time for the magic space was about to expire, and Komatsu decisively gave the order.
The wandering night spirit, who had previously closed its eyes, was no longer afraid of the oncoming wind and snow, and its body moved swiftly.
With the aid of the magic space, the Wandering Night Spirit's fists moved with lightning speed.
The lightning-streaked fist shadow unleashed the effect of Jotaro's Star Platinum Ora Ora, and Komatsu was incredibly lucky to draw the lightning fist directly.
"Eight Treasure Porridge, use Swift Dodge!"
At this point, even high-speed movement is too late; one can only resort to lightning speed.
Normal-type moves don't damage Ghost-type Dusknoir, but Extreme Speed in the opposite direction is still very useful for escaping.
And so it fled and it chased, neither of them able to escape.
During the chase, Babaozhou was still hit a few times, and even with his tough body, he suffered considerable damage from such exhaustion.
But soon, Komatsu's next sleep-talking lottery was not as lucky as before, since he used the Freeze Punch.
With attribute resistance stacked and Dusknoir's attack power not being high, Ice Punch is like a tickle to Suicune.
Eight Treasure Porridge can stand still and let it hit you.
"How's the eight-treasure porridge?"
"Hmph, it doesn't hurt or itch at all."
He didn't have this expression when he was hit by the lightning fist.
However, seeing that this thing could still stand up with its head held high and even had the leisure to summon the North Wind to act cool and provoke cheers from the audience, Xiao Zhi knew that it could still hold on.
"Now it's our turn to fight back!"
"Eight Treasure Porridge, rush over before they wake up, then use Blizzard!"
This battle was extremely difficult for Suicune. Not only was she poisoned, but her opponent was also as fast as the Flash. Being passively attacked for so long made her extremely resentful.
As he charged forward, he couldn't contain his burning hatred and bit down on the Wandering Night Spirit's icy fist, unleashing a blizzard attack.
"You damned bastard, I'll teach you to move again!"
By holding on so tightly, even if the Wandering Night Spirit suddenly wakes up, it won't escape again.
But before Babaozhou noticed, a black shadow suddenly appeared around its teeth, which was not a normal bite.
[Ding! Congratulations to Suicune for learning a new skill: Crunch]
【Crush (Dark/Physical): Attacks by biting the opponent with sharp teeth, which may sometimes lower the opponent's defense】
"Great, Eight Treasure Porridge has finally learned a new skill!"
Because of its special constitution, Eight Treasure Porridge is completely unaffected by TMs, so Ash is always especially happy whenever it learns a new skill.
At this moment, Dusknoir finally woke up. Because it was bitten by Suicune and had no time to dodge, it was hit in the face by a blizzard as soon as it opened its eyes.
Then its body slowly began to freeze in the blizzard, and soon its entire body was locked inside a large block of ice.
"What?" Xiaosong didn't expect the blizzard to have frozen the Wandering Night Spirit.
"It's like how you now use chewing to make eight-treasure porridge!"
Now the time has finally come for him to avenge his great grudge. With a heart full of hatred, Babaozhou bit down and smashed it, along with the ice cubes, into pieces.
The wolf bit down hard on the Wandering Night Spirit, then tossed it around like a dog pulling a rag doll before throwing it away.
The attack was incredibly effective; the Wandering Night Spirit collapsed to the ground and was unable to get up again.
"Dudu has lost its ability to battle. Ash is the winner of this challenge."
The referee waved the flag, and all the Pokémon icons under Komatsu's portrait on the central screen of the battlefield went dark.
"Yay, Ash won!" Misty immediately stood up to celebrate for him.
"Sigh, the teacher lost." Although their teacher lost, the students were still very happy.
"The teacher is so strong, Ash is so strong, and Suicune and Entei are amazing!"
This match was very exciting for the students.
The two sides traded blows back and forth, and the appearance of the two legendary Pokémon was particularly rewarding for the students.
They all decided that when they got back, they would definitely brag to their families that they had now personally witnessed the existence of Suicune and Entei.
After the match, Xiaosong walked over, scratching his head, and handed the Phantom Badge to Xiaozhi.
[Ding! Congratulations on completing the main quest: Phantom Badge!: Please defeat Ecruteak Gym Leader Komatsu]
[Rewards: Alliance Coins +5000; Stamina +2; Attack +2; Free Attribute Points +3]
[Phantom Badge: Increases the power of Ghost-type moves by 5% when possessed]
"This is proof of our victory over Enuju Dojo, the Phantom Badge."
"Ash, you are truly an excellent trainer. I prepared meticulously, but I still lost so miserably."
"Komatsu, you are also very good. I actually enjoyed this match very much."
If your Pokémon can improve through battle, then it's a meaningful battle, and Ash is very grateful to Komatsu for battling him.
After the battle was over, Ash and his friends were pulled over by Matsu to release their Pokémon and give his students a live lesson.
Komatsu is truly a very responsible teacher, and there's a reason why his students like him so much.
Of course, Ash didn't work for nothing. Afterwards, relying on his status as the Rainbow Warrior, he managed to extort a property from the local tycoon, Matsushita, to set up a teleportation anchor point.
"This saves me the money I would have spent on buying a house, that's fantastic!"
[Ding! Congratulations on completing the new side quest "Go and light up all the teleportation anchors! (Johto Chapter)": Please light up the teleportation coordinates in the important cities of the Johto Alliance! (5/9)]
[Rewards: Alliance Coins +8000, Speed +2, Free Attribute Points +4]
"There are four cities left, which is exactly one anchor point in each of the four major cities where the badges are located," Ash calculated for the rest of the journey.
Once everything is completed, you will receive another fragment of the Miradon Battle Ticket.
As for the Kanto region, which is their main base, Ash had already set up anchor points in various bases that the group had purchased in advance when he returned to Pallet Town.
As for the most important cities, Goldenrod City and Celadon City, Ash simply placed their anchor points directly within their respective gyms.
It's so touching that he can easily go to Sabrina and Rika to have in-depth exchanges on Pokémon battle experience, while also making outstanding contributions to the future population development of the Kanto region.
Ash has also already obtained the rewards from the teleportation anchor mission in the Kanto region.
Once the Johto region is completed, Ash will have collected three of the four fragments and will soon be able to summon Shenron.
"What kind of Pokémon is Milton?" Ash wondered, full of curiosity and anticipation.
After everyone returned to the Pokémon Center, Misty excitedly took out the map in the restaurant.
"Speaking of Xia, after we finish challenging the gym, which city are we going to next?"
At that moment, Ash also looked over.
"There are many routes, but the shortest one is to go to Azure City first, then go through the Whirlpool Islands, and finally reach Asagi City."
"Azure City, huh? That's a really nice place to go." Xiao Gang also carried his tray to the table in the hall.
"It's a famous seaside city, and the gym owner is known as A-Si for using Fighting-type Pokémon."
"And I heard that the finals of the International Iron Rhino Racing Competition will be held there soon."
"International Iron Rhino Racing Competition." Ash looked completely bewildered.
However, Xiaoxia knew it very well.
"You don't know that? It's a very popular sport that has always been popular."
"Watching a wild Pokémon like Rhyhorn rampage across the field, feeling the speed and excitement, and frantically smashing all sorts of obstacles is a rare visual treat!"
It is very stress-relieving, so it is very popular. Xiaoxia often watches it all night when she is under a lot of pressure.
"I usually only watch Pokémon battle recordings on TV."
However, this sport sounds pretty good to Ash.
"Especially since this year's finals are packed with top riders from all over the country, even the famous Iron Rhino rider, Sachi, will be there."
Moreover, this route will take you through the Whirl Islands, which are home to many Water-type Pokémon, something Misty is really looking forward to.
"It looks like it'll be fun," Ash said, sounding interested.
It seems like Rainbow Bean is in Azure City too, so I can go find Little Gray Hair to battle again later.
"Let's go there next!"
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