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Chapter 198 Fire-Breathing Dragon Valley
Chapter 198 Fire-Breathing Dragon Valley (Part 2)
"Little Black, use Dark Impact!"
In a rather desolate wasteland, Little Black Lugia is in a tense standoff with a rampaging Onix.
At Ash's command, Blackie hurtled towards Onix at lightning speed.
"Ouch!" (I crashed!)
The massive rock snake was knocked back several meters by the little guy and almost lost its balance.
Now, thanks to Xiao Zhi's loving care, Xiao Hei has grown from 20 centimeters long at birth to 1 meter.
While its size increased considerably, its strength also grew significantly, although it still couldn't compare to its father, the God of the Sea.
But he can also join Ash's team of "bringing warm smiles to wild Pokémon".
However, Ash was still not very satisfied with the power of this attack.
"No, Xiao Hei, watch how a real collision happens!" The Xiao Zhi dump truck started up.
"ah!!"
Transforming into a 2-meter-tall muscular giant, Ash crystallized his entire arm and, just like Diamond Jozu from One Piece, crashed into the still-dazed Onix.
This time, the giant onix was instantly struck and bent into an arched shape, its body embedding itself directly into the rock wall behind it.
With a tilt of its head, the once unbridled and arrogant Onix immediately headed to heaven! (It simply fainted.)
"Did you see that clearly, Little Black?"
"Wow!" (That's so cool!)
[Ding! Xiao Hei: Affection +2]
[Ding! Pear Blossom: Affection +2]
"Uh, how come Rika's affection level has increased too?" Ash turned around in confusion, and Rika immediately turned her head away, pretending to look at the sky.
She would rather die than admit that her affection for Ash had increased.
However, what surprised Rika the most was the black Lugia that Ash took out.
When Ash first released the Pokémon in front of her after leaving Violet City, it startled her so much that she jumped up.
Because she was so incredibly curious, Rika even had no choice but to talk to Satoshi, whom she "hated" the most.
"Hey Ash, why is this Lugia black?" he asked, even in a spoiled tone.
Another shameful chapter in history.
Furthermore, as the Dark-type Elite Four member, Rinka could sense that Kuro was a Dark-type Pokémon.
"My heart is fluttering, I'm really smitten." Rinka has a particular fondness for Dark-type Pokémon.
"Yes, Little Black was born black, probably because it's special."
"Roar, roar!" (That's right, foolish humans, I, the king, am the most special Lugia!)
Little Black tried to imitate the Sea God in front of Pear Blossom, spreading its wings wide to look cool, but unfortunately, given its size, such an action only made it look cute.
"Um, Satoshi, can I pet Kuro?" Rika's expression towards Kuro was like that of a pervert.
The Dark-type Pokémon plus a Legendary Pokémon made her incredibly excited.
"Yes, but it depends on its own wishes."
Pear Blossom quickly went to Little Black and said, "Hehehe, little cutie, can I pet you?"
This guy gives off a weird middle-aged man vibe.
"Huh, huh?" (Foolish woman, do you want to become my future subject?)
However, it was rare to be looked at with such admiration (in Xiao Hei's own opinion), and Xiao Hei still felt quite pleased.
"Uh~" (Okay, I'll let you touch it then.)
Once she got permission, Pear Blossom immediately picked up Little Black with a lovestruck expression and rubbed her cheek against it.
"That aura was definitely right, it's a Dark-type Pokémon!"
Although she doesn't understand why Lugia has the Dark attribute, Rika just loves it to bits.
She picked up Little Black and cuddled it like a cat, rubbing against it until it got a little annoyed.
Seeing that they were getting along well, Ash released other Pokémon to run towards the next Onix.
This is Ash's daily special training with his Pokémon, and he's also helping out the poor Diglett and Dugtrio here.
The wasteland was originally the habitat of ground squirrels, but a large group of rock snakes got lost and suddenly wandered in from somewhere.
The gophers' home was turned into a complete mess.
These little ground squirrels even fled to the nearby town to escape the disaster.
It startled the people living there and caused a lot of trouble.
Nurse Joy in the town center was having a headache when Ash and his friends happened to pass by and took on the task of helping Diglett.
"Chikorita uses Vine Whip, Ralts uses Psychic Beam!"
Controlled by vine whips, outputting illusionary light waves.
The two little cuties worked together to defeat an Onix and then happily ran to Ash's feet for praise.
"Well done, Chikorita, Ralts." Ash stroked the two little guys with his big hand.
[Ding! Chicory Leaf: Affection +5; Intimacy +5]
[Ding! Ralts: Affection +2; Intimacy +2]
However, seeing Ralts being touched as well made Chikorita a little jealous.
Ash glared at Ralts beside him, and the timid Ralts immediately hid behind Ash.
But Chikorita's intimate way of pulling Ash's pant leg made her even more jealous, and she puffed out her cheeks and pounced on Ash's side.
"Oh really, we should get along well and not argue."
"Speaking of which, Ash, shouldn't Pokémon battles be one-on-one?"
While battling the little black creature, Rika was somewhat puzzled by Ash's battle.
"Is it really okay for you to gang up on one Pokémon like that?"
"Ah, what's the problem?" Ash said matter-of-factly.
"In open combat, you have to ambush, surround, and use dirty tricks—isn't that common sense?"
"That's just common sense!"
"That brat Ash says I'm wicked, but he's the one who's immorally attacking wild Pokémon every day. Who's wicked here?" Rika thought indignantly.
"Xiaoxia, quickly tell Xiaozhi what a normal battle is—"
Unexpectedly, when Rika turned her head, she saw that Misty had also released all of her Pokémon.
She's currently unleashing a brutal water gun attack on a poor Onix; she's been corrupted by Ash for a long time.
"What's wrong, Lily?"
No, it's nothing.
At this moment, Misty also used her Water-type Pokémon to take down the other Onix.
Although Onix is quite numerous, Ash also has a large number of Pokémon and they work well together.
Even Suicune, that lazy dog, was released along with Ash, who threw it out to team up with the more reliable Sylveon in battle.
The invaders who had broken into the wasteland were quickly dealt with.
Pear Blossom was responsible for leading the gophers back from the town, and she had to wear a funny gopher costume.
"The little holes that the moles move and dig are also responsible for filling them all in."
"This is a good deed," Xiao Zhi said.
Rinka: "Pokémon world swear words—"
"It would have been so much faster for Satoshi to do it himself, but he's deliberately making things difficult for me!" Rika couldn't even remember how many times she had cursed Satoshi today.
She was exhausted from carefully guiding the swarm of gophers with a shovel on her back. Pear Blossom, who had been raised like a little princess since childhood, had never suffered like this before.
Unexpectedly, several gophers dug their way up and down in a bizarre manner to Pear Blossom's side, with water and a few tree fruits on their heads, which were filled with large leaves.
"Oh, is this for me?"
The gophers smiled.
"Really? Thank you so much!" Rika happily accepted the gift; these ground squirrels were more humane than Ash.
Rika originally only liked Dark-type Pokémon, but now she finds ordinary Pokémon quite cute too.
Finally, they filled in all the holes the moles had dug on the road using their Earth Crack and Sand Splash skills, so as not to cause any trouble for the local residents.
Ash smiled with satisfaction as he observed Pear Blossom and the ground squirrels interacting from a distant mountaintop.
"Ding! Pear Blossom's kindness value increases by one."
Unfortunately, the system didn't have such a thing; it was something Xiao Zhi shouted out himself.
When Rinka returned with the Digletts, Ash tied all the Onix that had been knocked down together with super strong rope (11,000 ropes produced by the system!).
He planned to drag them back to their original habitat.
"Xiaoxia, shouldn't the Onix's original habitat be in the valley ahead?"
Xiaoxia took out the map, looked at it carefully, and then nodded.
"That's right, the map explains it. These giant rock snakes have always lived in the valley ahead."
"There's also a reminder for travelers here—"
"Hey Ash, and the valley ahead is called Charizard Valley!"
At that moment, Xiaoxia suddenly noticed a bright spot.
"The legendary Charizard Valley Nature Park is off-limits to ordinary people—it's said that a large number of powerful wild Charizards gather there."
"Really? Then wouldn't that mean we could fight a really powerful Charizard?"
"I'm so excited! Let's go!"
Ash suddenly became interested, grabbed the tied-up Onix, and ran forward at breakneck speed.
"Wait for us, Ash!"
- At this moment, Ji Ke, who was waiting for Ash to arrive in the Charizard Valley, was explaining things to his cute Charizard, Lisa.
"Listen up, Lisa. If you see a trio of trainers with Pikachu coming from afar later, be sure to tell me!"
Opposite her, a Charizard with a large pink bow on its head immediately nodded obediently.
Ji Ke had previously received news that a powerful Charizard trainer was coming.
She was so happy at the time.
As the guardian of the Charizard Valley, he is usually all alone in the entire valley.
Aside from when they go out to buy food, there is absolutely no sign of human life.
She gets so excited when a guest finally comes that she can't sleep.
The heir to the Charizard family is truly tragic!
Unfortunately, due to the Rockets' disruptions during this period, the Central League of Tokyo has been receiving less funding.
"They didn't give much before, and now they're reducing it again—" Ji Ke was on the verge of tears.
Looking at the vegetables she had just bought and not a single piece of meat, Ji Ke felt that her future seemed rather bleak.
Even his favorite Pokémon, Lisa, hasn't had good food in a long time.
"Hmph~" Little Lisa was also disappointed.
"Ah, now is not the time to be down."
"A new Charizard trainer is coming, Lisa, we must cheer up!"
Because Xiao Zhi and his friends got lost, Ji Ke had been waiting for them here for two days without seeing them.
Feeling a bit down, I even started to cry while looking at my shopping basket.
But today, Nurse Joy from the town ahead sent a message that Ash and his friends are finally almost there.
"They'll definitely arrive today—they should—maybe—" Ji Ke and Xiao Zhi were getting impatient waiting.
Suddenly, Lisa spotted a figure billowing with smoke in the distance from the air and quickly alerted her trainer.
"Roar, roar!!"
"Oh, they're here!" Ji Ke immediately stood up from her circling motions on the ground.
Just as she was happily waiting for Ash to arrive.
What came into view was a terrifying scene: a muscular man dragging a "heap" of massive, muscular onyx snakes charging towards him.
The muscular man had a yellow Pikachu hanging on his shoulder, and the billowing dust behind him looked like a train crashing around.
"What is this?!"
This is of course Ash Ketchum.
Upon learning about the Fire Dragon Valley, he immediately became excited and rushed over, only to give Ji Ke a big fright.
In the ravine-filled valley, Xiao Zhi's movements made it seem like an earthquake was about to strike.
He soon arrived at a rare flat area in the valley.
"Alright, this is where the Onix originally lived."
He grabbed a large clump behind him and threw it all over, then untied the ropes for the giant oni.
Just then, Old Spray flew over carrying Xiaoxia and Lihua, and also holding two unconscious giant rock snakes in his arms.
"Good job, Charizard." (The player then recalls Charizard to its Poké Ball.)
Ash threw all the Onix into the flat ground, and the lost Pokémon finally returned home.
After feeding each one a healing potion, the Onix woke up groggily after a while.
At first, he was confused, then happy to finally be home, but the moment he noticed Ash, all of that turned to fear.
They all ran away in a flash, too afraid to face Ash again.
"Is it really that exaggerated?"
[Ding! Congratulations, host, on completing the side quest "The Onix's Journey Home": Please guide the lost Onix back to their habitat and save the townspeople and the Diglett tribe from their plight!]
【获得奖励：联盟币+3000；速度+1；体力+2；地区好感度+3；地区威望+3】
[Ding! Congratulations on achieving the "Onix Slayer" achievement: defeat 100 Onix! (Oh my god, you must really hate Onix!)]
[Rewards: 5000 League Coins; Attack +1; Free Attribute Points +2; Steelix Mega Evolution Stone +1]
"Speaking of Misty, is Charizard Valley really where it is?" Ash looked around.
"It seems like most of the Pokémon here are Rock-type."
Aside from Ash's own Charizard, we didn't see a single other Charizard on the way.
"I don't know either, because ordinary people can't enter the Fire-Breathing Dragon Valley." Xiaoxia was at a loss.
The nature park is so big, how did they manage to find it?
Just when Xiao Zhi was at his wit's end, Ji Ke finally got his chance to shine.
Ji Ke, who had intended to descend from the sky in a cool pose, unexpectedly landed in the hole dug by the giant rock snake.
With a thud, it fell to the bottom of the hole.
Fortunately, the giant rock snakes had made a turn underground, so the hole wasn't very deep.
"Who on earth covered the cave entrance with dry grass and sprinkled soil?"
As a result, Ji Ke wasn't paying attention and fell down, and now she's seeing stars.
Actually, Rika wanted Ash to fill in the holes that Onix had dug, so that he wouldn't suddenly have any ideas later.
So Pear Blossom decided to take the initiative and laid some dry grass on the holes, then sprinkled some soil on top.
Pretending the hole didn't exist, Ji Ke unexpectedly stepped right on it.
"Oh dear, really—" Rika was speechless. How could anyone be so unlucky?
Ash certainly knew what Crinum had done, but the hole Onix dug was originally part of its habitat.
I never intended for Pear Blossom to fill it in, and the thin layer of covering she laid wouldn't have any effect on the Onix.
So we didn't do anything about it, but now that someone is injured, it's a different story.
"It seems you haven't learned your lesson at all, Lily. This is your punishment."
Pear Blossom's good deed today was all for nothing.
"What?! No way!"
"It was just a little slacking off, but speaking of which, who actually fell into the trap?"
Then Ash and his friends remembered that someone had fallen in earlier, so they quickly went to check.
Little Lisa, who was waiting in the sky, immediately flew down and pulled Ji Ke out of the cave.
Feeling dizzy, Ji Ke took a while to recover.
"Where am I? Why are there so many stars even though it's daytime?"
"Oh right, Trainer!" Ji Ke quickly jumped up from the ground and took out a staff with a Poké Ball-shaped gem embedded at the top.
Trying her best to strike a normal pose, she greeted, "Hello, Charizard trainers! I am Ji Ke, the current guardian of Charizard Valley!"
"Our duty is to protect the Fire-Breathing Dragon Valley and prevent poachers!"
"What a coincidence to run into you here—" Ji Ke still felt a little dizzy.
Seeing this, Xiao Zhi quickly and gently picked her up and carefully fed her a stamina potion.
"Oh, what a gentle and kind man~" Ji Ke felt much better, and now there seemed to be a bit of ambiguity between her and Xiao Zhi.
There wasn't a single man in the entire Charizard Valley, let alone anyone else. Ji Ke had never seen such a "good guy" as Ash with such a great physique.
Just as Ji Ke wanted to enjoy herself in Xiao Zhi's arms a little longer, she suddenly noticed Xiao Xia and Li Hua standing to the side with unfriendly eyes.
"Cough! Cough!" He immediately stood up and stretched to ease the awkwardness.
"Miss Ji Ke, how did you know I'm a Charizard trainer?"
"Of course it's because I can smell the scent on you from spending so much time with Charizard."
Actually, Ji Ke was pretending to be an expert; he was just pretending because he had seen Ash's Charizard while peeking.
But Xiao Zhi didn't know that; instead, he thought this person was quite amazing.
"As expected of the guardian of Charizard Valley, he must be a seasoned Charizard trainer."
"So this is indeed Charizard Valley, but we haven't seen any Charizards here," Xiaoxia asked, somewhat puzzled.
"Charizard, simple." Ji Ke smiled meaningfully, walked straight to the cliff, and shouted.
"Charizard!!!"
As Ji Ke's voice echoed through the valley, a series of dragon roars immediately came from the foot of a distant mountain peak.
Numerous columns of flame also rose up, creating a spectacular sight.
"Oh~" Ash and Pikachu watched this scene with great excitement.
"So the fire-breathing dragons were all over there."
"Pikachu, Pikachu!"
"The heart of Charizard Valley is there, where a large number of wild Charizards gather, growing stronger on their own without relying on their trainers."
"Each one is incredibly powerful; only Charizards with sufficient strength are qualified to survive there."
"So, Ash, do you want to go over and let your Charizard challenge them?"
"Okay, thank you for your help, Miss Ji Ke." Xiao Zhi couldn't wait any longer after hearing her introduction.
Isn't that exactly what he came here for?
"Okay, let's go!"