Pokémon Heart Journey

Chapter 265: First Battle at the Water Field (3)

"Stab the Dragon King, dive underwater, and use dragon breath!"

Xiaozhi didn't take it head-on. The Thorn Dragon swung its tail and its entire body sank into the water.

The rain blurred the view, but it moved so freely in the water that only its afterimage remained.

The next second, a green dragon breath broke out of the water from the side and rear of the monarch snake, like a spear condensed from an undercurrent.

The monarch snake reacted extremely quickly, arching its body into an "S" shape, and the dragon's breath brushed past its body, leaving a scorch mark.

Xiudi immediately followed up: "Magic Leaf!"

The Monarch Snake's pupils lit up green, and dozens of tracking light leaves broke away from the rain's trajectory, turning and stabbing underwater.

The Thorn Dragon King was forced to float up again, sweeping its tail to meet the attack with the "Water Tail". The water whip and magic leaves exploded in mid-air, and the raindrops were shaken into white mist.

The rain was getting heavier, and the Dragon King's speed advantage was becoming more and more obvious.

Xiaozhi took advantage of the moment when Monarch Snake's Magic Leaf was retracting its attack and said, "Water Cannon!"

A high-pressure water column pierced the monarch snake's chest from the rain curtain.

The corner of Xiudi's mouth curled up: "Mirror reflection!"

A glassy film shone on the Monarch Snake's surface—the water cannon bounced back the way it had come, even faster! The Thorn Dragon King hastily dodged, but was still hit by a grazed dorsal fin, dropping another bar of health.

The raindrops hit their faces like pebbles.

Emperor Xiu raised his hand: "One more time, Leaf Storm!"

The green tornado was even more violent than the previous one, tearing the rain curtain into pieces.

Xiaozhi's eyes focused: "Shadow Clone!"

The Thorn Dragon King's figure flashed, and six green shadows appeared in the rain at the same time. The leaf storm penetrated three of the afterimages, but failed to hit the main body. The remaining three shadows opened their mouths at the same time from three angles.

"Dragon Wave!"

Three purple dragon shadows merged into one, roaring and swooping down on the Monarch Snake.

Xiudi's pupils suddenly shrank: "Hurry up and hold it!"

Fortunately, the monarch snake was not slow and successfully put up a shield to block the real attack from behind.

But at this moment, the water surface suddenly exploded

Using its afterimage as cover, the Thorn Dragon King had already crept directly beneath the Monarch Serpent. Moving effortlessly and at high speed, he pushed his speed to the limit amidst the torrential rain. Like a bolt of blue lightning, he burst through the water, his dragon horns swirling in a waterspout, piercing the Monarch Serpent's heart!

"Reverse Scale!"

Xiaozhi's roar mixed with the sound of rain and hit the field.

The crimson dragon's might instantly ignited, the Thorn Dragon King's scales standing upright, and the rain was shaken into a misty powder. The Monarch Snake had just finished its attack, but its body was suspended in mid-air, unable to gain leverage, and was struck head-on by the reverse scales.

boom!

With a dull thud, the monarch snake flew backwards like a kite with a broken string, smashing two pieces of pumice stone and falling heavily into the water, stirring up three-meter-high waves.

"Monarch Snake!" Xiudi growled, his fingers turning white with nervousness.

In the waves, the monarch snake raised its head with difficulty and nodded at him, indicating that it was fine.

But at this time, the Thorn Dragon King could not stop attacking.

"Good opportunity, use Leaf Storm!"

The monarch snake's eyes lit up with a faint emerald light, and its tail swung out in a semicircle—

"boom--!"

The leaf storm swirled in the opposite direction, its power increasing again due to its dissenting nature.

The emerald green blades were no longer ordinary whirlwinds, but scythes in a rainstorm, each blade coated in ice crystals and raindrops, slashing towards the Thorn Dragon King in a furious counterclockwise trajectory. The Thorn Dragon King was in a state of losing control of his scales, and the crimson dragon's might enveloped him, making it impossible to stop.

It roared, and its dragon horn crashed into the core of the leaf storm.

"Dang! Dang! Dang!"

The sound of leaf blades hitting dragon scales merged into one, and sparks mixed with ice chips flew everywhere.

A deep wound, deep enough to see the bone, opened up on the Thorn Dragon King's left shoulder. After all the dragon energy in his body was scraped away, the Thorn Dragon King finally lost his momentum and was thrown into the water by the leaf storm.

"Sting Dragon King!"

"Pickup!"

The sound of rain suddenly stopped, and a golden crack appeared in the dark clouds.

The pool water was dyed a muddy emerald green by the ice leaves, and a broken figure broke out of the water.

At this time, the physical strength of the Thorn Dragon King had reached the stage of a candle in the wind, and the situation of the opposite Monarch Snake was not good either, but it was still possible for Xiu Di to fight.

With its characteristic of going against the tide, the attack power of the monarch snake has reached a considerable level. Now it is equivalent to an abandoned monkey with its anger acupoints triggered. Even a king-level opponent may be killed.

"Come on, defeat him once and for all, Monarch Snake! Leaf Storm!"

"Let's use our last bit of strength! Ni Lin!"

Both Pokémon explode at the same time

The Monarch Snake condensed all the remaining grass-type energy at the tip of its tail and swung out an emerald tornado with a diameter of three meters.

Inside the tornado, each blade reflected the colorful rays of the sun after the rain, yet its edges were sharp enough to tear through space.

The pool water was sucked into the air by the tornado, forming an inverted transparent water column that surrounded the outside of the storm like a water dragon around a column.

The Thorn Dragon King gathered all the remaining energy and flames into his dragon horn. The tip of the horn exploded into a red beam of light, and his body merged into it and pierced the sky. Wherever he passed, raindrops instantly vaporized, leaving behind a spiral of steam.

The two energies collided in mid-air—BOOM! First there was a low, muffled thud, followed by a sharp, shattering sound like glass.

The emerald tornado and the crimson light column devoured and squeezed each other, forming an energy light ball with a diameter of ten meters.

On the surface of the light ball, grass-type leaf blades and dragon-type red light rotated at high speed, cutting through the air and making a sharp whistling sound.

However, judging from the surface, the Emerald Tornado still has a certain advantage.

The brute force of the Thorn Dragon King in the reversible scale state also exploded to the extreme at this moment. He continued to rush forward like a blue-red cannonball against the storm!

"boom--!"

The dragon's might of Ni Lin finally succeeded in touching the monarch snake, and the center of the energy exploded into a circular shock wave.

The pumice stone shattered into three pieces upon impact, and the monarch snake was pushed backwards by the recoil, its tail plowing a long trench on the water surface.

The Thorn Dragon King was flung high into the air and fell heavily into the water, stirring up waves several meters high. When the water fell, everything returned to silence.

Looking at the two Pokémon lying on the stone platform and the water respectively, the referee slowly raised the flag in his hand.

"Monarch and Dragonite both lost their ability to fight. Since all three of Contestant Xiudi's Pokémon are unable to fight, the winner is Satoshi Katsuki of Pallet Town!"

There was a thunderous roar from the stands.

.........

After Xiaozhi's battle ended, Xiaoyang and Sundae did not encounter any resistance, but compared with their (pseudo) one-on-three grand occasion, the two of them fought quite well.

Xiaoyang sent out Bulbasaur, Cat Noir and Beedrill respectively and won the game with a score of 2 to 3.

The early stages of Sundae were also very smooth. She easily took down two of the opponent's Pokémon with just Rhydon. She thought she could do the same as Ash and the others and defeat three at once, but the strength of Kaoru's Bellsprout at the end was beyond her expectations.

Who would have thought that a base-level Trumpetbud could actually reach the Celestial King level? In the end, she only managed to finish it off with a Desert Dragonfly after sacrificing Rhydon and Nidoqueen.

After dinner and a short rest, everyone came to the lobby of the Elf Center and lined up to choose their venue and opponents.