He knows Pokémon better than me.

It's rare to encounter a user of Aura, and judging from Ash's use of Aura, he seems even more skilled than I am—

Ash raised his hand, and a pale blue energy ball gradually condensed in his palm, which landed on the ground and created a small crater.

"Is it really possible to achieve this level of skill?!"

Ya Bai looked surprised. Even in Ordran, only a waveguide master like his great-uncle could do this.

Most waveguide users simply use waveguides for sensing.

He was considered one of the stronger ones, able to condense pale blue arcs of light in his hand.

But even a single palm strike can only move a pebble; it cannot create a crater in the ground!
Yabai was eager to try his luck, and although he lost in the use of Aura, he was very confident in Pokémon battles.

"I'm not trying to show off. But I'm a Seven Star member in Team Galactic."

He gave himself a thumbs up.

In the beginning, he did help the Galaxy team with several important missions, which were quite difficult, and he directly skipped ranks and advanced to 7 stars.

Of course, because of his later slacking off, he was reassigned to the farming group.

Ya Bai's goal was to find suitable disciples, and he had no interest whatsoever in conducting ecological surveys in Xicui.

But given their formidable fighting prowess, Team Galactic was naturally reluctant to give up such a powerful trainer.

They are free-range animals raised in the farming group, so that if Zhuqing Village encounters a major crisis one day, Yabai can lend a helping hand.

"Ash, let's have a duel!"

Suddenly, Ya Bai pulled out an old Poké Ball and issued a battle invitation.

The Poké Ball isn't a standard Poké Ball design; it has a knob on top, and you have to loosen the knob to turn it on.

This was the type of Poké Ball popular in the Hoenn region at that time.

"Uh"

Ash was slightly disappointed, as he didn't have his Lucario with him and couldn't use Aura to battle against Aura.

However, since he had finally encountered a waveguide messenger, he quickly agreed.

Since it wasn't convenient to fight inside the village, the two first released their respective flying companions and prepared to find another place.

Ash's flying partner is a Swellow, a native bird of the Hoenn region that has been absent for a long time, which is quite a pleasant surprise for Ash.

However, the Great Swallow is only about a quarter the size of his Corviknight, so he cannot ride on its back to fly. He can only fly by grabbing the bird's claws from below, like a paraglider.

Before long, the two arrived at a grassy clearing in the Obsidian Plains, where there were no outsiders.

"Then let's settle this with one! Ash is my most prized subordinate, and he also knows how to use Aura!"

Yabai spun another Poké Ball, and this Hoenn Poké Ball emitted blue smoke from its top before popping out after a long delay.

The people of Ordland are accustomed to referring to their Pokémon as subordinates, but in reality, their relationship is just that of a normal trainer and Pokémon.

A red light fell, revealing a Lucario.

Ash blinked, showing no surprise whatsoever – a classic moment.

"Luca?"

Upon realizing that the other person was also a user of Aura, the Lucario first looked surprised, then raised its hand and adopted a polite martial arts posture.

In terms of temperament, it is very similar to the ancient Lucario that Ash encountered back then!

"The level is very high." Ash could roughly judge it at a glance; it was at least much stronger than Lucario, the leader of the Pure White Tundra.

Sending out a young, nimble soldier like Teng Cuo would probably take them down within a few rounds.

"In that case, it's you I've chosen!"

After a moment's hesitation, Ash threw out a Poké Ball. The smooth way the Poké Ball opened caught Ya Bai's eye.

The Poké Ball techniques in the Green region are actually much better than those in the Hoenn region.

In the Hoenn region at that time, Poké Balls were still extremely rare. For example, in Aldran, only the upper class was entitled to own one.
Most humans still use whips to forcibly tame Pokémon.

However, compared to Ash's Poké Ball, the green one seemed outdated.

boom!
As the red light fell, a light gray humanoid fox appeared, its body similar to Lucario's, but its head was covered with exaggeratedly thick white fur, instantly increasing its height by almost a meter.

The edges of the fur are a gradient of purple, fluttering like flames.

Under waveguide sensing, illusory properties are of little significance.
Soroyak looks like it's been washed!
Since arriving in the Greenland region, he hasn't been able to find a suitable opponent for Zoroark yet. The main reason is that there are very few high-level trainers in the Greenland region.

Perfect timing! The Lucario in front of me is of a high level, making it the perfect opponent!
"Is the Washed Green Zoroark a different color?"

Ya Bai's expression instantly turned serious. He had seen this kind of humanoid fox before in the pure white tundra, but they were all red-haired.

"Luca!"

Lucario in front of it instantly tensed its back, its waveguide intuition telling it that the purple-furred fox in front of it was extremely dangerous.

The battle begins!
"Lucario, use Aura Sphere!!"

Lucario quickly conjured a Wave Missile in its palm, and Ash, quite familiar with this type of Pokémon attack, immediately commanded:

"Zoroark, Shadow Claw Slash!"

Zoroark grinned, his claws glowing with black light as he slashed forward.

However, as Lucario thought for a moment, the Aura Sphere that was flying straight out suddenly veered to the side, avoiding the attack of Shadow Claw.

Under the control of waveguide power, the wave missile can move at will, and then...
Boom boom! !
The missile made a huge arc before exploding violently in the side of Soroark!

But after the thick smoke billowed out, Zoroark, who was at the center of the explosion, was unharmed, and even had a mocking fox-like smile on his lips.

Fighting-type moves are ineffective against Ghost-type Pokémon.

Ya Bai, belatedly realizing his mistake, and having not fought in a long time, gradually found himself in the zone and quickly gave the order:
"Lucario, use Clairvoyance!"

Lucario's eyes flashed with a shrewd light as he looked at Zoroark, whose previously ethereal body instantly solidified.

"Close combat!!"

The next moment, Lucario strode forward, his fists enveloped in white light, and rained down on his target like a storm.

"In that case, let's use our shadows to launch a sneak attack!"

Zoroark gave a sinister smile, then his body mysteriously "melted" in place, only to emerge again from the shadow behind Lucario a second later, his ghostly claws reaching for its back.

"it's useless!"

However, under the perception of the Aura Force, even when Zoroark entered the Shadow Dimension, his movement trajectory could still be clearly "seen" by Yabai and Lucario.

Lucario was already prepared, immediately spinning his upper body and swinging his fists at high speed!

Close combat! (End of Chapter)