He knows Pokémon better than me.

The following days were very busy for the continent of Xicui.

Many Team Galactic members went to provide assistance on the Blue Coast, leaving the village somewhat deserted.

After quelling the disturbance caused by wild Pokémon in the vicinity, Xiao Guang received a commendation from Xingyue and was officially promoted to a 7-star level member.

Without stopping, they headed to the pure white frozen soil to appease the last Snowfield King, the Ice Rock Monster.

Incidentally, at the Snow Peak Temple, you can also obtain your final riding partner, the approval of the emerald-clad warrior eagle.
Ash is free and often rides his Corviknight out to find the remaining boss Pokémon to practice on and steal Master Seeds.

Alternatively, find an open space to train your Galar team.

"I have a feeling that something big will happen when Xiaoguang comes back from this bed."

He had a strange premonition.

The fact that the kings of various regions on the continent of Xicui have fallen into a state of rage doesn't seem like a coincidence; it must have been caused by someone. Now that they've all been pacified, this person will probably take their next step, right?

"Is this Mr. Wang Luo?"

For the first two days, Wang Luo kept pestering him to ask about myths and legends from various places.

They've been missing for the past few days; it seems they've left the village?
Hunter J is also nowhere to be found.
"We have to hurry!"

Xiao Zhi secretly made up his mind.

After Xiaoguang finishes dealing with the ice rock monster and returns, he plans to stay at Tianguan Mountain 24 hours a day so that he can intervene immediately if anything happens at the summit.

He trained even harder in the remaining time.

"Baby Dragon, Double Slash!"

On the open ground, the baby dragon conjured blue dragon claws and frantically attacked the Meruma Tower.

However, the latter simply stood there, offering no defense, allowing the latter to slash wildly at its liquid metal body.

It's completely unbreakable.

"Bee!!"

The baby dragon was enraged, and its wild nature took over, causing flames to suddenly erupt from its mouth.

Finally, the flames condensed into the shape of the character "小" (small), and then exploded outwards.
"Does the small print explode?"

Ash smirked. This Ancient Pokémon had quite a few inherited moves.

Of course, with such a huge difference in strength, Melmet didn't even need to use any special moves; his simple nut-shaped fist was enough to shatter the flames.

This made Baby Dragon even angrier, and it jumped three feet high and bit at Melu Meta's fist again.

“Beep.”

Finally, he broke his own teeth and sat on the ground, dropping small pearls as he finished.

As for the young Tengju player, he is now quite proficient in kicking fireballs, electric balls, mud balls, and ice hockey.

At this moment, he is kicking out colorful energy balls in the open space, improving his proficiency in the moves while also trying to gain deeper control over his "free agent" characteristics.

In exclusive content, sometimes you don't need to switch attributes; you just want to use a certain move.

In this situation, automatically switching attributes due to being a free agent can actually hinder one's progress.

It would be more effective to transform the characteristics of free agents from passive to active!
"This is quite difficult."

Xiao Zhi stroked his chin, feeling a mix of emotions.

However, if this can be achieved, the young champion should also be able to officially evolve into its final form and demonstrate the true strength of the Galar team to carry the banner.

Meanwhile, the two brothers, Bear Apprentice and Child Puppet Bear, continued to hone their martial arts skills.

The former punched in place, his movements as slow and fast as flowing water, much like the snorkeling weasel that Mr. Eunin played.

The latter sat motionless on the ground like a plush toy, only throwing a punch every few minutes, as if slacking off. However, each punch he threw produced a sharp sonic boom, making him a force to be reckoned with.

"When we get back this time, I can take my apprentice Xiong to see Master Ma."

He should be qualified enough to receive the inheritance and evolve into a Combo-Style Martial Arts Master.

Alternatively, you could try accepting the One-Hit Strike Style inheritance from the Doll Bear; you might get some unexpected benefits!
Of course, Xiao Zhi wasn't just working in isolation during this period.

Although the entire Zhuqing Village seemed exceptionally busy, there were still a few leisurely figures in the village.
For example, Yin Ren, the president of the Ginkgo Chamber of Commerce, is one of them.

After pulling it out of the village, Ash immediately challenged it to a battle.

"Uh, want to have a full-on battle with me?"

Yinren, with a cigarette dangling from his lips, leisurely scratched his head.

Because of the incident on Fire Island, the Ginkgo Merchant Guild has been quite busy lately. However, as the guild leader, he only needs to direct operations in Zhuqing Village, so there's really nothing else to do.

Faced with Ash's challenge, Yinren's lazy expression gradually disappeared.

Actually, he had wanted to have a battle with Ash for a long time to see how he differed from the boy in front of him.

Perfect, there's no one around, so I don't have to worry about revealing my strength.

Yinren intends to remain a "leader who only talks," so that no trouble will fall on him.

"Let's decide the winner with just one!"

"can!"

After saying that, the two separated the area and simultaneously threw out Poké Balls.

Ash sent out Sirfetch'd, wielding a sirloin shield and a spear, his face full of pride and confidence.

Instead of the Roentgen Cat or the previous snorkeling weasel, Yinren sent out a male-looking fire lion with a robust, brown body and a ring of red and yellow fur around its head, resembling a blazing flame.

From a distance, the patterns on its mane seemed to form a pattern of large, exploding flames.

"A fire lion?"

Ash's eyes lit up; this one seemed to be Mr. Silver's ace Pokémon.

Flareon is a Pokémon from Kalos, with the Fire/Normal type. It's really easy for it to be countered by Farfetch'd'Sir, which has a Fighting type.

"Strike first, break the tile!!"

As the battle began, Onion Soldier charged forward, raising his spear to smash it into the Fire Lion's head.

"Spray flames!"

The Flame Lion spewed out scorching flames, but the Farfetch'd raised its Farfetch'd Shield to block them, breaking through the flames while continuing to approach its target.

Finally, the scallion spear glowed white and fell heavily!

However, at this moment, Yinren shouted out an unexpected move:

"Defend with cotton!"

Ash was stunned. Cotton Guard is a Grass-type move that can greatly reduce the damage of physical moves, but it is usually only used by fluffy Pokémon like Mareep, Altaria, and Whimsicott, right?

But the next second, the mane around the Flame Lion's head expanded and became twice its original size.

The seemingly powerful Brick Breaker attack landed, but only cut in about two-thirds of the way down, without even directly touching the Flame Lion's head.

"Uh, is there such a way to use it?!"

Ash's lips twitched. Is this how the Green People fight?
It seems that cotton is indeed the defense.

However, if it's a female Flame Lion, without its flowing mane and only a tuft of long hair on its head, it probably wouldn't be able to use this useful move, right? (End of Chapter)