He knows Pokémon better than me.

Around dusk, after defeating and resurrecting the boss Garchomp, and training it for ten rounds, Ash finally stopped, satisfied.

As if it had been sanded with sharkskin sandpaper, Melo Meta was now shiny all over, and even its whole body seemed to glow in the afterglow of the twilight.

It now possesses the strength of a true "complete-level mythical beast".

Of course, Garchomp isn't at a disadvantage either.

Forces are reciprocal; after continuous fierce battles, the latter's strength also increased by leaps and bounds.

Previously, due to its attribute disadvantage, it was probably only on par with the local Snowfield King, Ice Rock Monster.

Now, defeating that ice rock monster should be much easier.

"Fierce Bite?"

However, Garchomp could only watch helplessly as Ash rode Corviknight away and flew off into the distance.
Are you really not going to tame your powerful self?!

It's the quasi-god of jade washing that every jade washer dreams of obtaining!

Sitting on Corviknight's back, Ash aimed at the god-like creature, though he had already dispelled its charm.

With proper training, ordinary Pokémon can be just as powerful as pseudo-legendary Pokémon.

As for the Pokémon that are being washed, he currently only plans to capture the three starter Pokémon that are the local leaders; he has no intention of capturing any other Pokémon.

"Now we're waiting for Team Galaxy, and Tamabe and the others to find Hunter J's trail."

It seems pointless for him to worry all by himself.

They could even stay at the Pearl Team's base in North Shang and wait for their prey to come to them.

Whether it's the Three Lakes God or those two precious pearls, they will ultimately play their role at the summit of Tianguan Mountain. I just need to wait at the final location to intercept them.

While quickly eating his dry rations, Ash took out his Rotom phone to check the map and confirmed the direction:

"There's no rush now. Let's go to the Qunqing Coast first."

He patted Corviknight's neck, and the latter understood, snatching the food Ash threw at it in one gulp. It then adjusted its direction, bypassing Mt. Coronet and flying eastward to the Verdant Continent.

Let's go and capture the last starter Pokémon there, Emerald Naboo!

Twenty minutes later, he finally saw the coastline.

The temperature here has risen considerably without us even noticing, and we can faintly feel the warm wind blowing from the direction of the sea.
"Is that Fire Island over there?"

Ash raised his hand and looked towards the northeast overseas, where he could vaguely see an island with red light emanating from the clouds above.

As Xiaoguang mentioned before, Arcanine, the island king of the Azure Coast, was subdued on the Lava Battlefield, a scorching volcanic island.

The environment is extremely harsh, with lava flowing everywhere on the island.
If it weren't for the special physique of the Washing Green People, they wouldn't even be able to get close to the lava battlefield.

"Is Fubuki Island the future Sinnoh Battle Frontier?"

Ash thought to himself, "The Deep Region also has its own Battle Frontier, with the harsh volcano at its edge. Back then, he and Big Leaf's younger brother met Heatran there."

Their locations are quite similar, both situated in the northeastern part of the continental plate.

However, it's not this hot nowadays; you can feel the heat from volcanoes even across the ocean.

Ash then pulled up the boss distribution map, as Dawn had already cleared all the wild monsters on the Azure Coast.

Although I didn't challenge the leaders here, I remembered their locations clearly.

"Have most of them already been tamed?"

He was somewhat surprised to see that most of the map was marked with red crosses.

However, upon closer inspection of the types, he quickly realized that the tamed Pokémon were mostly docile and relatively easy to defeat.

The rest are mostly fierce and dangerous Pokémon like Drapion, Dusknoir, Tepig, and Gyarados.

To the north of the map, he even saw a blackish-purple pattern of a needlefish—not a shimmering color scheme, but a needlefish with a bright green appearance.

It has no water attribute; it is evil and poisonous.

According to Xiaoguang's information, this native Thousand Needle Fish can even evolve into Ten Thousand Needle Fish!

"That's interesting!"

Ash stroked his chin with great interest. It just so happened that this Jade Needlefish was very close to the boss, Empoleon, so he could take a look at what it looked like!
"Gah!"

The Steelraven understood and leaped over the bay area of ​​the Azure Coast, searching along the northern coastline.

As a leader Pokémon, its nearly four-meter-tall stature is quite striking.

Less than five minutes into the search, Ash spotted a black and blue penguin strolling along the shore.

"Have it!"

He quickly kept his distance, recalled his Corviknight in advance, and crouched down in the grass to sneak up, getting within about five meters.

Like other leader Pokémon, this Empoleon has bloodshot eyes, and if it is discovered, it will likely suffer a frenzied attack from the latter.

"Let's try throwing the ball first!"

Speaking of which, in the Shiregreen region, it's common to catch a Pokémon by hiding in the tall grass and throwing a Poké Ball at its back, but he hasn't tried it yet.

Thinking of this, Ash took out the Super Heavy Ball he had obtained from Silver.
The leader, Emperor Naboo, must weigh over 200kg, right?

He threw a super-heavy ball, which accurately hit Naboo on the back of the head and caught him.

Snap!

After the super-heavy ball wobbled erratically on the ground for a while, it suddenly bounced off, and the ball even cracked into several pieces.

The attempt to subdue them failed!
Low-quality Poké Balls in the Shizuku region will almost always shatter into pieces on the spot if the capture fails.

"Emperor's Roar!!"

Realizing it had been ambushed, the boss, Empoleon, immediately turned around and let out a defiant roar at Ash.

If you're discovered, even hiding in the grass won't make you invisible.

Whoosh!
Without a word, Emperor Napoleon, his entire body enveloped in water, hurtled towards Ash in the bushes like a rocket.

Water jets!

The Green Pokémon doesn't care about sportsmanship; it attacks its trainers!
Wow!

Ash quickly executed a standard forward roll to easily dodge the preemptive move.

He then threw three Poké Balls with his backhand:
"Pikachu, you've had enough. Don't make a move yet, it's your turn!"

With a series of opening sounds, the three little ones—Bear Apprentice, Child Bear, and Tengcu Little General—made their appearance simultaneously.

The three leaders of the Washi clan are all of extremely high level, and it would be very difficult to win in a one-on-one fight.

"Emperor's Roar!!"

Empoleon opened its beak, unleashing a torrent of water cannons, and then shook its head, sweeping across the three Pokémon.

"Bear apprentice, dodge the water jet! Child bear, use your super strength to lift the stone to block!"

The bear apprentice understood and immediately transformed into a water arrow, shooting into the sky to avoid the water cannon.

The teddy bear stood still and held a two-meter-wide rock in front of it, using its superhuman strength to forcefully resist the scouring of the water.

"Little kicker, jump up and use the electric ball!!"

The young warrior leaped into the air, dodging the water cannon while simultaneously conjuring an electric ball in mid-air, then launched it with a powerful overhead kick! (End of Chapter)