He knows Pokémon better than me.

Puff-!
The dragon's tail struck the void, and the Blazing Turtle Beast lost its momentum and fell into the Reverse Scale Lake, creating a loud bang and splashing up a chaotic spray of water.

"You bear apprentice, pour cold water on me!"

At that moment, Ash suddenly gave the order.

It's not a new trick from the Padida region called "pouring cold water," but simply the literal meaning.

The bear apprentice understood, poked his head out of the water, and suddenly scooped up a stream of water and splashed it towards the face of the Blazing Tortoise.

While Turtlemon is not weak to Water-type attacks, it is also not resistant to water currents.

It's at the level where falling into the water won't cause injury, but it will make you feel nauseous.

The Blazing Turtle quickly swam towards the lake shore, but its movements were somewhat clumsy.

Ash, of course, didn't miss this opportunity and quickly gave instructions:
"Swiftness - Rock Smash!!"

The bear apprentice had already swum to the belly of the Blazing Turtle Beast, and his fists glowed white in the water.

With the blessing of the Xicui Ancient Fist Technique, it can still exert force and throw punches normally even in water, instead of becoming a weak and feeble movement.

Bang, bang, bang!!

Three consecutive punches landed on the same spot on the Blazing Turtle Beast. Each punch weakened its physical defense, meaning that the power of each punch was increasing.

"Explosive Flame."

When the Blazing Tortoise finally scrambled ashore, it clutched its chest, its face grim.

"Indeed, the swift style of Rock Smash is the most suitable move for my disciple, Kuma!"

Seeing this, Xiao Zhi was overjoyed.

The triple armor-piercing and rock-shattering attack can completely ignore any level difference!

Even if the legendary Pokémon arrives, you'll have to clutch your chest and endure it!

As for the bear apprentice's true form, it was already waiting on the shore.

"Next up is... falling rocks!"

These were all basic moves. The bear apprentice chose the right angle, picked up a rock twice its size, and slammed it down on the back of the Blazing Turtle Beast.

Rocks embedded themselves in the spikes of the tortoise shell, and the Blazing Tortoise instinctively straightened its back. The lava spikes began to glow with a golden-red light, smoke filled the air, and then...

Boom——! !

A violent explosion erupted from the back of the Blazing Turtle, causing the ground on the shore to tremble.

The shell trap missed its target, causing the Blazing Turtle Beast's body to tremble violently. Although it didn't suffer any damage, the recoil force still blasted it forward several meters.

Having a thorough understanding of Blazing Turtlemon's attack patterns, the subsequent battle became much easier—

The bear's apprentice kept throwing stones at its back, forcing the latter to suppress its muscle memory and prevent it from detonating the trap shell on its back.

This caused the Blazing Turtle Beast's movements to become instantly chaotic.

If you try to attack the bear's true form, the latter will immediately jump into the Reverse Scale Lake, leaving the Blazing Turtle Beast completely helpless.

Boom!
Boom!
Several times, the muscle memory failed to hold up, and the explosion of the trap shell caused Blazemon to become dizzy and its movements to become completely chaotic.

"Now's the time! Swift Rock Smash!"

The bear apprentice quickly closed in, unleashing a series of high-speed, armor-piercing punches, striking the target precisely!
Finally, Blazing Turtlemon let out a miserable scream.

He was badly tortured and exhausted, collapsing completely to the ground.

It even landed on its back; as the lava spikes touched the ground, its muscle memory activated its trap shell, blasting it back into the air.

Finally, he fell heavily to the ground and completely lost consciousness.

That's pretty lucky; there's a 50% chance the coin will land tails, so I guess I'm going to get blown up again. Ash: "."

Trap Shell is indeed a useful move, but sometimes it also has huge side effects.

"Bear drink~!!"

However, having defeated such a powerful enemy despite being above his level, the bear apprentice wiped away his sweat, raised his thick eyebrows, and shouted in a low voice, his little bear face full of pride.

"Get some rest now~"

Ash stepped forward and patted his bear apprentice's head, feeling very pleased with the latter's strength.

Then look around the area surrounding Lake Reverse Scale—

The intense battle just now has attracted several wild Pokémon from the surrounding area.

A psychic clay idol, a bronze bell, a giant turtle-footed armor, and even a lamp monster leaped out of the lake, its head glowing with golden light, and the electricity coiling around it ready to be unleashed.

Wow, there are so many Pokémon!

Moreover, they all seem to be of a high level.

This only excited Ash more, and he immediately released the bear that had been fighting halfway through, as well as Scorbunny, Corviknight, and Sirfetch'd.

The teddy bear faced off against the psychic clay puppet—

After being lifted high by telekinesis, the bear pounced suddenly, grabbing the telekinetic clay figure by the waist and attempting to crush it into stone.

Tengju Xiaojiang launched a fireball straight at the bronze bell. Even though the latter immediately erected a reflective barrier, it was still repelled by the highly effective fire attack.

Onion Warrior raised his spear and engaged in a weapon-based combat contest with the giant tortoise-footed armored creature, which could move all four arms simultaneously like a monstrous strength, by unleashing a water-flow-crack attack.

The clash of gun blades produced a series of resounding clangs!
"Gah!!"

In mid-air, Corviknight used a wing to deflect the Thunderbolt released by Lanturn, then swooped down, its sharp beak aimed straight at Lanturn's skull.

In an instant, the shores of Reverse Scale Lake were in complete chaos!
Ash returned to Hammerlocke Hills after battling for an entire afternoon at Lake Rogue until dusk.

Beside the campsite, you could see that Mary was already able to command the Slash Commander very well and coordinate the battle.

Facing the long-haired troll's fairy-type moves, the Slashing Commander seemed to handle the situation with ease, whether dodging attacks or seizing the opportunity to unleash fierce slashes.

"That should solve the problem."

Mary wiped the fine sweat from her forehead, and a smile curved her lips.

She had already investigated and found that the ace of the Eternal Arena was an Alcremie, the mascot that could often be seen in dessert shops all over Galar.

This type of Pokémon can basically only stand still and attack, and cannot move. Given Bisharp's movement speed, it should be easy to deal with.

"Ash, you're back! Looks like you had a good haul?"

Seeing Ash approaching, Mary smiled, a rare occurrence, and greeted him.

He was accompanied by a group of Pokémon, including Scorbunny and Corviknight, all of whom bore numerous wounds.

Even the teddy bear bear shows signs of training.

Ash nodded. On the first day, he swept through all the wandering Pokémon he could find along the way.

Tomorrow I can focus on the various Dynamax dens—

Looking back, I glanced around and saw four purplish-red beams of light in this open area that no one had bothered to attack.

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Tomorrow I can team up with Mary and duo queue to take down all these nests!

"Oh right, there are still a few opponents in the World Championships."

Xiao Zhi took out his phone. The system showed that he had been matched with several Super Ball level opponents. He could take them all down tomorrow, and his ranking would probably rise again! (End of Chapter)