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Chapter 111 It's reasonable for a psychic to use Fire Punch in the final battle, right? Rika ex
Chapter 111 It's reasonable for a psychic to use Fire Punch in the final battle, right? Rika explodes in anger.
With Gardevoir evolving and Ash's decision made, the second battle officially began.
"Beautiful flowers, green grass slide!"
"Flower Wine"
The beautiful flower let out a cry, then lightly touched the ground with its toes and its whole body began to glide across the ground at an incredible speed!
Ash and Gardevoir didn't even see each other before the other had already arrived in front of Gardevoir, radiating emerald green energy, and rammed into Gardevoir!
"Sana!"
Having just evolved, the elegant Gardevoir was thrown out by the attack, tumbling several times on the ground, looking rather disheveled.
"Gardevoir!!" Ash called out Gardevoir's name anxiously, his mind racing as he searched for the Grassy Slide move.
However, this skill is not in his database; it is a skill he has not yet learned.
"Sana—." Gardevoir pushed herself up from the ground, looking slightly disheveled, but it was clear that this move was not enough to finish her off at full strength.
However, the speed of the beautiful flower was too fast. Even with her strong mental power, she couldn't catch a glimpse of her. That speed was not due to the simple increase in speed from chlorophyll, but rather to the skill she used.
"Brock, do you know what Grassy Slide is?" Misty was also startled by Bellossom's speed. Ash had won the first round, and Gardevoir had even evolved. It seemed like Ash had the advantage.
As it turned out, Rika was no pushover either. She immediately countered with an unknown skill, which appeared to be Grass-type. It was not only fast but also benefited from the Grass Terrain buff, making it quite powerful.
The key point is that she had never even heard of this skill.
Although Xiaogang was a bit infatuated with Rika's appearance, he still stood by his good brother's side. If he had any information about Grassy Slide, he would definitely tell Xiaozhi. However, he racked his brains for Grass-type moves but couldn't figure out what Grassy Slide was.
"This skill shouldn't be one that Bellflower learned by leveling up, but rather one that she acquired from a skill learning machine obtained from another region. I don't have any information about this skill in my memory."
Upon hearing this, Xiaoxia's expression turned somewhat unpleasant. It was a skill that even Xiaogang didn't know about. What kind of skill was it?
"Wow, that's fast... Pikachu, that's a bit like your move, isn't it?" Ash's expression was serious, but he didn't panic. Instead, he calmly analyzed the situation.
"Pika Pika." Pikachu nodded in agreement. The move called Grass Slide should be similar to his Electric Speed Boost, increasing the speed of Pokémon, but from the sensory perspective, the increase is not as fast as Electric Speed Boost.
In other words, this skill should be like Lightning Flash, a skill with +1 priority.
"Hehe, Confusion, what kind of skill is that? This skill should be very rare in Kanto, because only Galar has this skill learning machine for purchase. As for the effect, I won't tell you~" Rika stuck out her tongue and said with a smug look on her face.
Who told Xiao Zhi to be so disgusting to her earlier? Now it's her turn!
"Whatever her skill, it's just about speed. Control her Gardevoir and use Psychic!"
"Grass slide!"
It would be quite troublesome if it were controlled, but only if Gardevoir could control it.
Under the bright sunshine, Beautiful Flower's speed in using skills increased exponentially. She lightly stepped on the ground and glided across the field, leaving behind afterimages all over the area. Even with strong mental focus, it was impossible to lock onto her.
Gardevoir's beautiful eyes sparkled, and the blue light within them shone even brighter.
"Bang!"
Bellossom once again used Grass Slide to knock Gardevoir away, sending it flying backward and scraping across the ground for several meters. However, just as Bellossom was about to continue using Grass Slide to maneuver around Gardevoir, she suddenly realized that she couldn't move!
Gardevoir slowly rose from the ground, gently raising her palm. The azure energy firmly bound the Beautiful Flower, and her Psychic attack succeeded!
"How is that possible? Bellossom's speed should be too fast for Gardevoir to catch!" Seeing that Bellossom was actually controlled, Rika's smug smile instantly froze.
What the hell? How can this be controlled? While psychic powers are a very powerful psychic skill and are also good at binding, their weakness is their small range; you need to use your eyes to catch the target.
With Beautifly's speed boosted by Sunny Day, plus Grass Glide's priority advantage in Grassy Area, Gardevoir couldn't even see its heels. How could it be controlled?
"Want to know how Gardevoir did that?"
Lijia narrowed her eyes and made a gesture of listening attentively.
"Actually, I'm not telling you~" Ash said halfway through, then changed the subject and made a face at Rika.
The biggest characteristic of young people is that they hold grudges, let alone a newcomer like Xiaozhi who is just starting out.
He's really held a grudge against Lijia for her earlier sarcastic remark, and now he's getting his revenge.
Gardevoir is able to do this because after evolving, she can easily spread her psychic energy around herself. As long as the opponent attacks her and touches her psychic energy, they will be directly stuck to her psychic energy. Then, she can increase the output of her psychic power and control the opponent with psychic power.
This defensive approach is somewhat mutually destructive, but as long as the opponent can be controlled, it doesn't really matter.
On the other side, Rika was wondering what secret Ash would reveal, but Ash immediately responded with the same expression as her.
One is sticking out its tongue, and the other is making a face.
This caused Lijia's expression to freeze, and she took countless deep breaths to swallow the words of curse that were about to burst out.
I want a lady, Rika. I want a lady.
After a desperate attempt to suppress her, Rika revealed a fake smile: "Very good, Ash. You've learned your first lesson in battle: don't tell your opponent about your Pokémon. Now, let me teach you your first lesson in life: don't mess with women!"
"Beautiful flowers, petals dancing!"
Petal Dance is one of the Grass-type's ultimate moves, but like Dragon-type's Outrage, it can cause confusion if used repeatedly. It is a key move that should only be used when you are determined to win!
But now, Lijia was furious, and she couldn't hold back her anger for even a second longer!
"Floral wine!"
With a shout, Beautiful Flower unleashed a surge of Grass-type energy from within her body, shattering the strong will that bound her spirit.
Then she began to dance gracefully, and beautiful petals fell around her. These fluttering petals, accompanied by the beautiful flowers' graceful dance, contained a tremendous killing intent.
"Gardedor, Magical Flame!"
"Sana!" Blazing flames erupted from Gardevoir, burning away all the falling petals around it.
However, as more petals drifted from the beautiful flower, the flames seemed to be extinguished by the petals!
Fire does indeed counter Grass, but the Grass-type energy contained in Petal Dance is simply too strong, and Magical Flame is not Gardevoir's STAB move, so even fire cannot completely stop those falling petals.
Gradually, Gardevoir was completely surrounded by falling petals, leaving it nowhere to hide.
If she weren't a Psychic-type Pokémon.
"Gardevoir, switch places!"
As soon as the command was given, Gardevoir, who was protected by flames, had a flash of azure light in her eyes. The next second, her location was directly swapped with Bellossom's location!
The beautiful flowers that were fluttering in the air were suddenly engulfed in flames!
However, because petals were still falling from the beautiful flower, the remaining flames were broken open from the inside out!
The killing intent on the field remains, and the petals are still under Bellossom's control. Even after the field is switched, Bellossom can still control the petals to continue attacking Gardevoir, unlike Solar Beam which attacked itself earlier.
Faced with this situation, Ash decided to abandon his defense: "Gardevoir, Psychic!"
"Sana!"
Gardevoir raised her delicate hand, and an incredibly powerful psychic force coalesced into an invisible power that passed directly through the Petal Dance, causing a strong impact on the beautiful flower floating inside!
But at the same time, Petal Dance also hit Gardevoir. Petals fell one by one, leaving scratches on Gardevoir's body, with tiny wounds appearing on its pure white body.
The Grass-type power seeped into Gardevoir through the wound, causing a look of pain on its face.
Both attacked each other, but theoretically Bellossom was still superior, since Petal Dance was a powerful Grass-type move, while Psychic Strike was only considered a high-level Psychic-type move.
However, once the Petal Dance is used, it must be used continuously until one becomes confused. The mental shock directly disrupted the Beautiful Flower's thinking, causing her to pause for a moment during the dance, and the petals falling from her body also stopped.
"Ability Swap!" Taking advantage of the moment when Bellossom paused, Ash once again used a disgusting move: Ability Swap!
Gardevoir's ability is Telepathy, which has very limited use in battles, but Bellossom's chlorophyll is very useful!
A beam of light shot out from Gardevoir and struck the still swaying Bellossom. Immediately afterward, a beam of light also appeared on Bellossom and flew back into Gardevoir.
The ability swap was successful, and using the last rays of the bright sunshine, Gardevoir is now at double speed!
"What have I done? There's nothing I can do now. Bellossom, keep using Petal Dance and defeat Gardevoir!" Rika looked at Bellossom, whose ability had been swapped, and her expression changed repeatedly, showing regret, self-blame, and shame.
As the dojo master, she was blinded by anger and used a move that couldn't be countered. This was an extremely basic mistake. Just thinking about what she had said earlier, "Don't mess with women," made Rika feel ashamed.
But since things have come to this, we have no choice but to grit our teeth and continue using the petal dance.
The opponent slid down the grass slide twice and also got hit by the petal dance move. Her stamina was definitely running out. If she could just get hit once more, she would be able to win!
"Instantaneous teleportation, Flame Fist!"
As Bellossom stood up, Ash commanded Gardevoir to launch a final attack. With the help of Sunny Day, Fire Punch was a guaranteed kill!
Gardevoir instantly teleported directly above Bellossom, its tiny white hands bursting into flames, before slamming down with a devastating attack!
At the same time, countless petals flew out from Bellossom's body, transforming into sharp leaf blades that slashed at Gardevoir above!
"boom!"
A deafening roar erupted, and shockwaves spread outwards, blowing the petals that had burned to ashes on the ground directly to the edge of the arena.
Because of a special device, the ash didn't fly all over the gym.
However, no one paid attention to those things. Everyone was focused on the rising smoke in the arena, and the outcome would be decided in this one blow.
As the smoke slowly dissipated, Bellossom and Gardevoir stood quietly on the ground. After a moment, Gardevoir let out a cry and knelt down on the ground.
Before Rika could even smile, Beautiful Flower let out a soft moan and collapsed to the ground.
The battle is over, and Gardevoir has the upper hand!
Even though Gardevoir was so fragile that she would collapse at the slightest touch, she fought to the very end.
The other female staff members of the dojo who were watching all looked at each other.
This is already the second Pokémon their gym leader has lost. When has their gym leader ever fought such a difficult battle against a Pokémon of a much higher level?
Even though it was a Psychic-type, that Pokémon wasn't even an Elite-level one at the beginning!
Even if it evolved later, its level would still be one level lower. Under such circumstances, it was truly exaggerated that it was defeated twice in a row.
The bright sunshine on the field slowly disappeared at this moment, and the emerald green energy on the ground also disappeared.
It's time for sunny days and green grass fields.
At the same time, Gardevoir's double walls were also in the same situation, bringing both sides back to a level playing field.
However, Rika only has one Pokémon left, while Ash still has three.
"Belleflower is unable to battle, Gardevoir wins." The staff member announced the result with a slightly uneasily calm tone.
Rika also took out a Poké Ball and recalled Bellossom.
"This is my last Pokémon, and one of my main Pokémon. Whether you beat him or not, I'll give you the badge." Rika said to Ash, holding up a red and white Poké Ball. Ash sensed something was off.
"Wait a minute, what do you mean by 'main Pokémon'? Do you mean you—"
"Go, Venusaur!"
"Bana!"
A majestic and powerful Venusaur appeared on the field.
This is the final evolution of Bulbasaur, one of the starter Pokémon in Kanto, and also one of Rika's true mainstays.
When Ash saw the other person's condition, he felt terrible.
Venusaur - Beginner Pro!
That's going too far! I never said I wanted to fight against a pro-level opponent. What happened to the intermediate difficulty? What happened to the elite difficulty? And what's with that Venusaur you brought out?!
"Rika, what do you mean by this?"
"Didn't I tell you? I'll give you a badge no matter who wins or loses this match, but I need to vent my anger properly first." Rika's face showed a genuine smile, but no matter how Ash looked at it, he felt that the smile was far too sinister!
She was determined to beat him up, even if it meant ignoring the rules, otherwise she wouldn't be able to vent her anger.
This is what Lijia meant when she said, "Don't mess with women!"