Pokémon Heart Journey

Chapter 302: The Finalists (1)

"The battle has now reached a fever pitch! Three Pokémon have fallen on both sides."

Under the high-pitched sound of the broadcast, the two people standing on the field were sweating profusely under the scorching sun.

Yulongyuan wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked at Xiaomao who remained calm, then looked at Pidgeot and Scaly-Armored Dragon who were confronting each other in the field.

He licked the corner of his mouth slightly and shouted loudly: "Staff-tailed Scaled Dragon uses Dragon Claw!"

The Staff-Tailed Scaled Dragon in the center of the sand roared, its tail scales rustling and rising to attention. Dragon energy surged along its spine and toward its forelimbs, coating them with a bluish-white cold glow. It kicked its hind legs, sending a circular wave of sand blasting through the sand beneath its feet. It charged close to the ground, its claws crisscrossing as it tore at Pidgeot's chest and abdomen.

Xiao Mao raised his hand, his voice still steady: "Pidgeot, tailwind—then turn and rise!"

Pidgeot's golden eyes glared, and his wings slammed into the air. Flight energy whipped up an invisible current, supporting his massive form like an invisible runway. The scaly-armored dragon's claws barely grazed its tail feathers, snatching only a few wisps. Pidgeot, taking advantage of the momentum, soared high, instantly executing a sharp turn at twenty meters, swooping down like a streak of silver lightning.

"Air Blade."

The edges of Pidgeot's wings glowed silver, and three crescent-shaped wind blades whizzed out, blocking all lateral evasive routes of the Armored Dragon.

Yu Longyuan narrowed his eyes and spoke like a nail: "Use the noise of scales to shatter them!"

The staff-tailed ankylosaur flexed its forearms, its tail scales rubbing against each other at high speed. "Crack!" The harsh metallic noise transformed into a visible deep purple sound wave, colliding head-on with the air blade. The wind blade shattered inch by inch in the sound wave, dispersing into a whirlwind of fragments.

At the same time, Pidgeot was hit by the noise head-on, his body stagnated, and his wingtip feathers exploded with several cracks. The Scaled Ankylosaurus was also affected by the side effects of the scale noise, and its defense power decreased.

"Now is the time, Scaled Dragon, reverse the scales!" Yu Longyuan seized the 0.5 seconds of stiffness and roared.

A flash of crimson flashed in the Scaled Armored Staff Dragon's eyes, and dragon energy seethed throughout its body. A faint red stream of air gushed out from between its scales, like a cloak of bloody flames. It pushed off the ground again with its hind legs, and this time, instead of gliding close to the ground, it shot up diagonally, its tail scales trailing long sparks as it swooped down on Pidgeot's left wing.

Xiao Mao's pupils suddenly contracted at this moment - Pidgeot's left wing shrank half an inch imperceptibly.

"Shadow clone."

The "Pidgeot" that was pounced by the Staff-tailed Scaled Dragon instantly turned into a shadow and disappeared. The real Pidgeot had appeared ten meters behind it with the help of the remaining wind.

"Yan Hui."

Pidgeot suddenly turned back, and the tips of its wings lit up with the silver-blue light unique to the flying system. Like a boomerang, it accurately cut into the exposed back of the Armored Dragon.

Yu Longyuan gritted his teeth and said, "Staff-tailed Scaled Dragon uses Iron Wall!"

The staff-tailed scaly dragon got rid of the side effects of the reverse scale by biting its arm in mid-air, and then twisted its waist forcefully, and the scales were instantly coated with a layer of metallic luster.

"clang--"

Yan Fan slashed at the iron wall's scales, sparks flew everywhere, leaving a shallow white mark, but failed to break the defense.

However, Pidgeot's dive speed did not slow down, and its wingtips brushed against the tail scales of the Ankylosaurus. With the help of the reaction force, it was pulled up again and returned to the downwind trajectory.

Yu Longyuan licked the corners of his cracked mouth, sweat dripping down his chin into the sand, "Xiao Mao is really difficult to deal with."

Xiao Mao raised his hand, his fingertips brushing across his bangs. His voice was not loud, but it reached everyone's ears clearly:

"Pidot, give it another tailwind—then, Divine Bird Strike."

Pidgeot flapped its wings, accelerating the airflow again and sweeping the sand into a small tornado. It folded its wings, its entire body enveloped in a dazzling white light, like a meteor falling from the sky, hurtling straight towards the top of the scaly-armored dragon.

Yu Longyuan's eyes fixed, and he suddenly grinned: "Staff-tailed Scaled Dragon, scale noise - full power!"

The staff-tailed armored dragon landed on the ground with its tail scales fully spread out. The friction sound suddenly rose, and the noise turned into a deep purple circular shock wave, heading towards the swooping white meteor.

In mid-air, white light and sound waves collided with each other!

The wind pressure tore apart the sand and dust, and the awnings in the front row of the auditorium were blown away with a rustling sound.

The next second—

"boom!!!"

Both figures were simultaneously flung back by the recoil. Pidgeot tumbled ten meters, its feathers disheveled; the staff-tailed scaly dragon slammed into the sand, plowing a deep furrow, its tail scales breaking in two, blood seeping through the seams.

But it still supported itself on its knees and slowly stood up, with fighting spirit still in its eyes.

Pidgeot steadied himself in the air, his chest heaving violently, and sweat dripped down his wingtips like a light rain.

The sun is scorching and the sand is hot.

Yu Longyuan and Xiao Mao looked at each other across the flying dust, raised their hands at the same time, and their voices rang out in unison:

"Come again!"

The two spoke almost at the same time—

"Bird Slam!"

"Reverse Scale!"

Pidgeot folded his wings, and white light enveloped his entire body, like a comet falling from the sky, tearing through the air.

The Staff-tailed Scaled Dragon roared, and red dragon energy spurted out from the gaps between its scales. Its entire tail turned into a burning steel whip, sweeping across the air!

boom! ! !

The second time they collided, Pidgeot's wing tip pierced into the shoulder blade of the Armored Dragon, sending out a puff of blood mist.

The tail scales of the Staff-tailed Armored Dragon also hit Pidgeot's sternum hard, making a teeth-grinding bone-cracking sound. The two figures froze at the same time -

One second, two seconds...

Pidgeot's pupils began to dilate, and the white light shattered, falling straight down from the sky;

The staff-tailed armored dragon knelt on the ground, bleeding from the wound on its shoulder, and the scales on its tail fell off with a "crash" sound, like dead leaves blown away by the wind.

boom!

Pidgeot crashed into the sand, raising a final cloud of dust.

The rod-tailed scaly-armored dragon staggered forward half a step, and finally fell sideways with a dull thud.

The referee's flag, held high, trembled slightly in the heat. "Pidgeot and Scutellaria—both lose their combat capabilities!"

The audience was silent at first, then erupted into thunderous applause and exclamations.

"Wow! This battle was really exciting! It made me nervous!" Xiaozhi let out the breath he had been holding for a long time and raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his face.

But before he could reach out his hand, he felt a soft touch on his face, accompanied by a fragrant breath.

Xiaozhi turned his head and saw Serena using a handkerchief to gently wipe away the sand and sweat on his forehead and cheeks that were splashed by the aftermath of the explosion.

"Thanks, Serena," Ash thanked and smiled in return.

Serena smiled when she saw this. She had grown up now and would not blush easily because of such things.

Sundae and Nancy, who were sitting on Xiaozhi's right, didn't seem surprised to see this. Now that they had advanced to the final round, such a small action would not affect them. Instead, they began to analyze this battle.

"Now Xiaomao and Xiaoyuan only have two Pokémon left, and from the surface there is no obvious gap between the two sides."

Sundae frowned slightly, "But Xiaoyuan specializes in dragon-type, which makes him easy to be targeted."

"No, the opponent shouldn't send out any more Pokémon that can restrain it," Xiaoyang shook his head in opposition to Sundae's opinion.

He looked up at the big screen and saw that the Pokémon that Xiao Mao had dimmed included, in addition to Pidgeot, Scutella, Pixie, and Ultima.

"In a battle, what's more important than attribute restraint is level. No matter how strong a person's training ability is, it's limited. The travel time is only one year. No matter what you do, it's difficult to cultivate a team with a high level and targeted capabilities."