He knows Pokémon better than me.

"In that case, we won't sleep tonight!"

Xiao Zhi patted his cheeks and cheered himself up.

Then, I pulled up the leader distribution map of the Red Lotus Wetlands on my Rotom phone—

The leaders of the Obsidian Plains are now completely drained, their distribution is all crossed out on the map, but there are still quite a few in the Crimson Lotus Wetlands.

After all, Xiao Guang's main targets were ordinary wild Pokémon, and she only targeted weaker boss Pokémon.

"There are still quite a few!"

Looking at the distribution map, Xiao Zhi's eyes lit up.

Animals like Ursaring and Pachirisu that we encountered before have already been crossed out, as well as Raichu, the leader that Hikari subdued.
Almost the entire circle along the route had been cleared out, leaving only one earthen platform tortoise—

It's estimated to be similar to Infernape, and its level is also extremely high.

Adding to the Crimson Swamp are the Tank Skunk and the Hippo Beast. These two aren't particularly high-level, but the difficulty lies in the surrounding poisonous swamp environment, which ordinary people would never dare to enter.

Add to that the catfish king in the middle of Lake Lizhi. I wonder if it's the mascot of Team Kong?
Having made up his mind, Ash decisively set off, heading straight for Crimson Swamp.

Let's deal with these two most troublesome Pokémon first!
"Whoa!"

The Spirit Horse let out a long neigh in the air, its body leaping and bounding through the air, leaping over low hills, and soon arriving at this area filled with earthy yellow marsh gas.

The swampy mud pits, large and small, seemed to be boiling, with bubbles rising from the surface, where some sand hippos and gas bombs were taking a bath.

Gastly and Misdreavus float in the air, while Croagunk and Geodude roam along the swamp shore, seemingly on 24-hour patrol.

They're all the type who will take the initiative to attack!
In the center of the two largest swamps, one in the north and one in the south, resides a massive Pokémon, the king of its respective region.

"Strike first! Ghost Horse, use Shadow Ball!!"

Positioned in mid-air, the Spirit Horse, at its highest point, immediately condensed three shadow orbs and hurled them down, which precisely exploded on the back of the boss, the Hippo Beast.

The energy vortex created by the explosion of the Shadow Ball dispersed all the low-level Gastly and Misdreavus that were floating around.

The latter, in pain, immediately opened its massive hippopotamus mouth, revealing a row of strong, short teeth that could easily bite through even steel plates.

Whistle rustle!
In an instant, a fierce sandstorm swept across the area, and the yellowish sand combined with the swamp gas reduced visibility to another level.

"That kind of move is useless! Use mental strike in that direction!!"

Ash unleashed his full Aura power, leaving Hippowdon nowhere to hide.

The Spirit Horse let out a long neigh, and countless psychic pebbles gathered around it, shooting out at lightning speed.
Among them, some spirits have even begun to change from bright blue to blackish-purple.

"Have you gradually mastered the Star Shattering Technique?"

Ash was overjoyed, for the Psychic Blast unleashed by Grimmsnarl was far more powerful than the usual version.

The hippopotamus in the mud pit was also dumbfounded. The strange black horse's moves seemed to have a built-in lock, and it could accurately hit the hippopotamus no matter where it hid.

Hippopotamuses can only burrow into the mud and sand of swamps.

clap clap clap! !

However, as the mental shock descended wildly, it blasted all the mud in the swamp into pieces, and the hippopotamus beast completely lost its cover. In no time, it was covered by the mental shock, a carpet bombing.

"If we don't need to go down, Crimson Swamp isn't too difficult."

Ash thought to himself that Hippowdon lacks ranged moves, although it managed to unleash a Hyper Beam in a fit of rage mid-battle.

However, normal attribute moves are completely immune to Spirit Horse.

After a long-range bombardment, the massive, mountain-like leader, the hippopotamus, collapsed into a mud pit.

Of course, Pikachu didn't forget to clean up the mess. It jumped down while Pikachu was bombarding it and used its thieving move to pat Hippo's butt.

"Pikachu."

It was pinching its nose with one hand; it smelled a bit bad.

What's the point of a hippopotamus, a creature that only produces excrement? "Pikachu!"

However, Pikachu's targets weren't limited to Hippowdon; it also included nearby wild Pokémon—

Dawn stole all the wild Pokémon from Crimson Wetlands, but she didn't enter Crimson Swamp, where the wild Pokémon are still "innocent".

clatter! clatter! clatter!
Pikachu unleashed its Extreme Speed, its body transforming into a streak of blue light. Before the nearby Pokémon like Croagunk and Misdreavus could react, they only felt something pinch their lower body.

By the time they came to their senses, Pikachu had already leaped into the air and landed on the head of the Spirit Horse.

"Pica~"

She even proudly opened her little hands, showing off the stolen props.

"Oh my gosh! As expected of Pikachu, always so reliable!!"

Ash was overjoyed and gave Pikachu a thumbs up.

Roughly counting, there are about twenty mastery seeds!

"It seems there's a high probability that this area carries it."

This probability is much higher than the 1/5 that Miss Berryla initially estimated!

"Then let's continue!"

Upon receiving the mastery seed, Xiao Zhi became even more excited and prepared to work through the night.

They immediately lowered their flight altitude and released two unpredictable "flying thieves"—

Marcia also possesses the skills of a thief.

It doesn't rely on its extremely fast speed like Pikachu.

call out.!

Marcia suddenly emerged strangely from the shadow behind a skunk, her small hand teasing the peach.

"Itachi, hmph!!"

Feeling a chill in my groin, the skunk immediately raised its tail and spewed out a pungent, foul-smelling fart.

However, Marcia had already disappeared back into the shadows to flirt with another naughty frog's peach.

That night, Scarlet Swamp's screams of shame and anger echoed repeatedly, making it impossible for her to sleep!

Ash didn't let the boss of the large swamp in the north, Tank Skunk, go either, and this time he sent Marshadow instead.

"Itachi, drink!!"

The tank skunk roared to the sky, its brain racing, its eyes growing increasingly cunning—

Trick! Your special attack has been greatly increased!

Just as it was about to unleash its attack, it was startled to find a ring of dark purple mist appearing beneath its feet, as if it were surrounded by something.

The next moment, several dark figures darted out from the purple mist, like little Marshall figures with orange eyes, and attacked it one after another.

It even added a sense of weakness to it.
"Is this Marshadow's signature move, Shadow Steal?"

Xiao Zhi was amazed by what he saw from above.

The impact of several shadows was several times more powerful than a sneak attack from a shadow.
Furthermore, Shadow Thief can forcibly steal the opponent's ability boosts!

Therefore, at this moment, the Tank Skunk's special attack remains unchanged.

On the contrary, Marshadow's special attack has increased by two levels!
"Use the True Qi Bullet to end the battle in one fell swoop!!"

Marshado immediately raised his hands, condensing a giant orange energy ball five or six times larger than himself, and threw it out.

Boom! !
The Focus Blast, granting +2 Special Attack, exploded completely on the Tank Skunk, scattering all the low-level wild Pokémon in the vicinity once again! (End of Chapter)