He knows Pokémon better than me.

In the third round, Ash faced Yoshino, the Nohara Gym Leader. As soon as he appeared, he raised his arms and shouted like Melmeta, showing that he was also a guy who liked to show off and make a fuss.

In the first half of the battle, Ash's Raven battled his opponent's Gastrodon and barely won.

In the second match, Ash decisively replaced the panting Blue Raven—the new Galar team was still struggling to cope with these experienced Gym Leaders.

But it's not that we can't fight!

"It's you I choose, young Tengju!!"

Faced with Yoshinobu's ace Pokémon, Floating Weasel, Ash countered by sending out his three Fire-type starter Pokémon.

This scene instantly made Shinji frown. Although he already knew that this guy liked to fight against the opposite element, this was really underestimating him!
On the other side, Yoshino also learned about the background of the Tengchu Junior through the mobile phone encyclopedia. After seeing that it was a fire attribute, he couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Ash, you're underestimating us! Float Weasel, Water Jet!!"

As the battle began, the Floating Weasel, enveloped in water, charged forward at high speed, while the other side's Tengju Junior immediately adjusted his stance to counter it.

"If you can't dodge it, then... an electric ball!"

Teng Cu Xiaojiang understood, and an electric ball condensed at his feet, instantly switching to the electric attribute.

However, before it could even kick out, the preemptive water jet struck its face, causing it to stagger backward.

"Huh? He didn't fall down?"

Yoshino was taken aback. Shouldn't it be an extremely effective attack? And it was only a second-stage starter Pokémon, yet it was able to stand still.
Even the electric ball at his feet hadn't dissipated, and the young Tengchu player kicked it out with the momentum.

Sizzle! Bang!
The electric ball exploded in the chest of the snorkeling weasel, causing the weasel's body to surge with electricity, and it let out a muffled groan as it staggered backward.

Outstanding effect!

"Did you switch the attribute?"

Yoshinobu was completely baffled, but Shinji on the overpass noticed it, especially the tuft of hair on the forehead of the young general, which had turned a strange gold color.

"Unfortunately, the young Tengcui doesn't yet know any Grass, Water, or Dragon-type moves."

Ash sighed with regret, otherwise he would have had half the resistance to water-type attacks and wouldn't even need to retreat to completely block them.

However, even the basic moves of these three attributes are too difficult for the young Tengju.

Grass-type characters can learn a new move called "Grass," while Dragon-type characters can learn "Double Slash." However, these moves, which are not on the base skill list, require a significant amount of time to learn even with a TM.

"One more time, electric ball!!"

"Crush it, Ice Fang!!"

The young levitator kicked out the electric ball again, but this time the opponent was on guard. The snorkeling weasel had large, ice-blue teeth attached to its teeth, and it bit down hard, smashing the electric ball to pieces.

Sizzle!

Not only that, but then the Ice Fang transformed into two beams of ice-blue lightning that shot out, exuding a chilling aura.

"Well done! Young warrior Tengju, charge forward! Use Iron Head!!"

Tengchu Xiaojiang strode forward, a metallic glint flashing from his forehead. The Ice Fang version of the freezing beam struck Tengchu Xiaojiang, but was easily deflected, unable to stop the latter's running pace.

Clang!
Finally, the young Tengchu rammed headfirst into the chest of the snorkeling weasel, sending the latter staggering backward.

After practicing for so long, I've now mastered the Iron Head move quite well.

"Damn it! Floating Weasel, use Muddy Current!!"

Yoshinobu was a little annoyed. The Floating Weasel was completely controlled by a Pokémon of a lower level than itself.

Wow!
The snorkeling weasel raised its hands, and muddy, yellowish-brown water surged up from its feet, spreading outwards. Perhaps because it was surrounded by seawater, the turbid current reached nearly four meters high, creating a terrifying scene.

At this level, an ordinary jump wouldn't be enough to avoid it.

Xiao Zhi grinned, realizing that this greatly underestimated the "free agent" characteristics of the young tumbler.

"Is that so? Young Tengju, use a double kick, jump up!!"

Tengju understood, his feet were covered in white light, and he switched to a fighting style—

Not only did the power of its fighting moves increase, but its physical attributes and strength also improved, making it seem as if it had truly become an agile fighting Pokémon.

This is something Ash discovered while fighting alongside Scorbunny: it's not just attributes that change, but also various aspects of physical attributes.

For example, if you switch to the steel attribute, the Tengcuo Xiaojiang's defense and body hardness will increase accordingly.

Switching to the electric attribute will also increase movement speed and burst damage.
Deng!
The little stunner leaped into the air, then stepped on its right foot with its left, leaping to a height exceeding that of ordinary Pokémon, and slammed the oncoming turbid stream to the ground.

Whoosh!

The surging, turbid current crashed through the air and poured down toward the edge of the reef.

Suddenly, the young sprinter dived down towards the position of the buoyant weasel!

"Now! Electric Ball!!"

This time, instead of kicking the electric ball, the young Tengchu dribbled directly into the penalty area and, when he was close to the top of the Floating Weasel's head, stomped down hard with the electric ball in between!

First, the electric ball exploded in front of the snorkeling weasel, and then the rabbit leg, crackling with electricity, stomped hard on its skull.

Electric Ball has become a physical attack move!
Sizzle! Boom!

A powerful electric explosion erupted from the spot!

Outstanding effect!

Yoshinobu's expression behind his mask kept changing as he muttered to himself, "This shouldn't be happening. His Floating Itachi should be stronger."
Soon, the smoke and dust from the explosion gradually dissipated.

“Floating sound.”

The Floating Weasel lay on the ground, its body charred black, completely unable to fight back.

On the other side, the young Tengchu was crackling with electricity all over his body, and his right leg was still trembling slightly. This "electric ball kick" also had a certain counter-injury effect.

"Beibei!"

However, the little tumbler curled its lips into a smile; it could finally dribble the ball and charge at people!

"It seems that the light and heavy ball training these past few days has been quite successful!"

Behind him, Ash nodded in satisfaction. Being able to charge at his opponent while maintaining the condensation of the electric ball clearly required extremely strong control.

He was already looking forward to seeing the full fighting power that Tengcui would unleash after its complete evolution!
"Is it another Pokémon with huge potential?"

On the overpass, Shinji frowned again. The Free Spirit ability combined with Ash's unpredictable commands was indeed a tough opponent.

After watching these rounds, Ash's new Galar team, although not yet fully formed, seems to completely outclass Sinnoh teams of the same era!

"The snorkeling weasel is unable to fight!"

Aerial photography also saw Rotom lower his flight altitude, and he loudly announced the verdict:
"Therefore, Ash Ketchum has won this ranking match! The real-time rankings for both players have been updated!" (End of Chapter)