Pokémon Heart Journey

Chapter 255 Doubles vs. Xiaogang and Xiaoxia (Part )

"Sorry, Misty, we have to leave early," Brock said to Misty with a little apology after taking back the Steelix that had lost its combat ability.

The other party waved his hand indifferently and said, "You've done a good job. Now it's up to my Gyarados."

Wiping the sweat from her forehead, Xiaoxia looked across with burning eyes, muttering, "It seems I need to show some real skills."

After saying that, everyone saw Xiaoxia take off the hair accessories that tied her hair, and her orange hair fell loose, making her look less heroic but more gorgeous.

However, no one noticed it at this time, because their attention was focused on the headband that Xiaoxia took off, on which was something similar to a glass bead.

"Could this be it!" Xiaozhi's pupils shrank slightly, and then his eyes were full of anticipation.

A brilliant light shone on the field, and Gyarados's body began to swell, becoming wider at the top and narrower at the bottom. Its fins continued to grow, and the color of its surface became darker.

This is Mega Gyarados!

"Mega evolution?" Looking at the drastically changed Gyarados and feeling its more powerful might, he couldn't hide the excitement in his eyes.

"Roar--!!!"

The Mega-Evolved Gyarados roared to the heavens, the sound waves vibrating the battlefield's protective walls. Its already massive frame expanded even further, its deep navy scales rimmed with blood-red light. Its dorsal fin rose like a blade, and every flick of its tail fin whipped up a small whirlwind.

Xiaozhi took a deep breath, suppressed the fighting spirit surging in his chest, and his eyes became calmer than ever before: "Charizard, Mega Evolution - X Form!"

"what?!"

Everyone on the stage looked on in shock as Ash took out a mega stone.

In the dazzling rainbow light, Charizard's body quickly stretched out, blue flames burned on both sides of its mouth, and its horns extended backward, making its originally dark body even darker.

The dragon attribute of the X form is fully activated. Facing the water + dark type Mega Gyarados, the attribute disadvantage instantly disappears!

"When did Xiaozhi..."

"Roar!"

Before Serena could finish her question, Charizard, who was watching the battle from the back, roared loudly, with his arms folded across his chest and a look of pride in his eyes. Everyone understood that this was a gift from the other party.

"First attack! Charizard, Dragon Claw!"

The Charizard swooped down, its right claw wrapped in emerald dragon energy, tearing through the air and leaving three green marks.

Gyarados didn't dodge or evade. The "Break" ability brought by Mega Evolution allowed it to ignore the opponent's "Tough Claws" bonus and directly opened its huge mouth covered with dark energy.

"Crush it!"

The dragon claws and the black-glowing fangs collided with a bang! The blast sent rubble flying across the field. Charizard used the reaction force to do a backflip, but Gyarados simply leaned back slightly, leaving a white mark on its neck scales, but it was no big deal.

"Water cannon!" Xiaoxia's order followed closely.

Gyarados opened its mouth and spewed a spiraling stream of water, its center tinged with a purplish-black dark energy—a fusion of Misty's specially trained "Dark Wave" and "Water Cannon" techniques! As Charizard regained its balance, it was struck head-on by the high-pressure water cannon. The blue flames were instantly suppressed, and its body plummeted to the ground like a kite with a broken string.

"Infernape!" Xiaozhi's voice almost broke.

Charizard struggled to his feet, while Infernape had already used the dust to circling Gyarados's flank. Its entire body was now ablaze with golden-red flames, but it wasn't a "Flash Charge"—the flames condensed onto its surface into a materialized "Flame Wheel," spinning at high speed and creating a vacuum blade!

"Close combat!"

Infernape suddenly accelerated, its Flame Wheel transforming into a meteor hammer, smashing into Gyarados's abdomen. Gyarados roared in pain, its increased physical defense after Mega allowing it to absorb the blow. It swung back and bit Infernape with its "Freezing Fang." In the nick of time, Charizard attacked from below, its claws clamping down on Gyarados's jaws!

"Now! Charizard, overheat! Infernape, continuous sonic punches!"

Charizard spewed a column of blue-white flames at close range, while Infernape leaped from its crouch, its right fist, swirling with Fighting-type energy, hammering down Gyarados' jaw from bottom to top. The combined damage finally caused Gyarados to roar in pain, its massive body being sent flying several meters off the ground!

A hint of anxiety flashed in Xiaoxia's eyes, but it quickly turned into determination: "Gyarados, reverse scale!"

Gyarados' eyes instantly filled with bloodshot, entering a frenzy. Dragon energy surged like a bloody mist, and it forcibly twisted its body in mid-air, its tail wrapped in crimson energy, sweeping across—

"Get away!"

Charizard flapped its wings and retreated, but Infernape was a beat too slow, and was grazed on the shoulder by the tail strike of "Reverse Scale", and was thrown into the ruins like a cannonball. Before Xiaozhi could give the order, Gyarados had locked onto Charizard and swooped down with a breath of destruction!

"Charizard, explosive flames!"

This was the ultimate Fire-type move. The flames gathered in Charizard's chest transformed into a blazing white fireball, which exploded at the moment Gyarados was about to collide. A mushroom cloud of flames shot up into the sky, and the shockwave even shook the stone walls at the edge of the field!

In the smoke, two figures fell to the ground at the same time.

Gyarados's Mega form has been released, and its scales are charred as it breathes heavily; Charizard kneels on one knee, and the flames on the edge of its wings flicker.

But Xiaozhi's pupils shrank slightly - Gyarados' tail fin was charging up the power for the last water tail!

"Infernape...can it still move?"

In the ruins, the Flame Monkey stood up tremblingly, its left arm hanging unnaturally, but its mouth opened wide to reveal its fangs. It took a deep breath, and the flames spread from the soles of its feet all the way to the top of its head.

"Resurrection...?" Xiaoxia murmured.

A special skill of the fighting system. The lower your physical strength is, the higher the damage!

"Go ahead, Infernape! Use everyone's faith!"

"Quickly use the water tail!"

Infernape transformed into a flaming meteor, leaping through the water at the same instant its water tail swung out. Time seemed to stand still—Gyarados's water tail passed beneath Infernape, but Infernape's "Resurrection" slammed into Gyarados's head!

"boom!!!"

When the smoke and dust cleared, Gyarados had lost its ability to fight and collapsed to the ground, but Infernape maintained its punching posture and slowly fell down.

Misty silently retracted her Gyarados and looked across at Ash, who had stepped forward to check on the two Pokémon. She suddenly chuckled, "What a complete and utter defeat."

.........

In the dormitory

Xiaozhi lay on his back on the bed, looking at the three badges in his hands. Two of them were naturally the badges of the Cerulean Gym and the Nibee Gym, and the other one was the green badge of the Viridian Gym.

"I didn't expect that the boss of Team Rocket is the leader of the Viridian Gym." Looking at the green badge in his hand, Xiaozhi's expression was a little complicated.

"Pi~card~"

Pikachu lay on the side, his eyes also looking at the badge in Xiaozhi's hand.

This was one of the rewards for Xiaozhi's contribution to the defense of Golden City. He did not refuse it as he did in the past. Xiaozhi knew that the opponents in the next conference would be very strong and he needed more time to become stronger.

"Now only the gold badge is left. Miss Nancy will be waiting for us at the gym."

Xiaozhi turned his head to look at Pikachu beside him, and the other's eyes met his own, with the same fiery heat in them.

"Please, Pikachu!"

"Pickup!"