Pokémon: Simultaneous time travel, this Ash is too versatile!

Chapter 239 The Burst of Flame Monkey's Power: Evolution into Blaziken!

Sundae's first Pokémon is Marowak, a Pokémon with a terrifying skull on its head, which is more intimidating than its degenerate form, Cubone.

Back in the academy, this Pokémon was a Cubone. After Sundae's careful training, it has now successfully evolved and reached the Elite Intermediate level, which is not a low level.

Strictly speaking, Sundae is actually just a trainer who has been traveling for less than a year. To be able to train a regular-level Cubone to an elite-level trainer in just half a year is already considered the work of a genius trainer.

Ash sent out Chimchar, which he had just caught a couple of days ago. The moment Chimchar appeared, Shinji, who was watching from the stands, had his pupils constrict and his arms trembled involuntarily.

This little Chimchar is the same Chimchar he abandoned; he wouldn't mistake that for anything. He never expected that Ash would actually catch that little Chimchar.

"Catching a Pokémon that someone else has abandoned? How foolish." Shinji looked down on Ash's actions.

He certainly couldn't unleash Chimchar's Super Blaze power, but could Ash do it?

Theoretically speaking, Ash should never have seen Chimchar's Mega Blaze before, so Ash's purpose in capturing Chimchar was just out of pity for it. This kind of thinking about capturing Pokémon would never happen to Shinji.

He wouldn't subdue an elf out of pity; he only cared about one thing when subduing an elf: whether the elf's talent was strong enough.

Even if his current strength is not great enough, as long as he has enough talent, he can still cultivate him into a talent.

The Chimchar's Super Blaze was what he was after, but after several months, Chimchar hadn't used Super Blaze even once, and its level progress was pitifully slow.

Shinji judged that even if he successfully activated the super fire within the little fire monkey, the little fire monkey would not achieve anything in the future, which is why he decisively released the little fire monkey.

His level progression is far too slow. Even with the Super Flame that can boost his strength and allow him to fight beyond his level, his inherent weakness remains his biggest flaw.

Given Chimchar's current situation, even if he had Sacred Flame, let alone Mega Flame, it wouldn't be of much use. If he can't level up, the number of opponents he can fight above his level will ultimately be limited.

If you can fight against an elite-level opponent while you're in the advanced rank, do you think you can fight against a professional-level opponent while you're in the advanced rank? That's obviously impossible.

And it was this little Chimchar that Ash thought had no value in training that was actually picked up by Ash.

This guy's sympathy is really overflowing. With this kind of mentality, how can he become so powerful in such a short time?

Ash was unaware of Shinji's doubts, nor did he notice whether Shinji had come over to watch from the surrounding stands. However, he knew that Shinji would definitely come to watch his battle, as long as Shinji still considered him a formidable rival at the Indigo League.

So today, he's going to wash away Chimchar's reputation for being a loser!

"This little Chimchar... is it the one that Shinji used a couple of days ago?" Sundae was taken aback when she saw the little Chimchar, as she had some information about it in her knowledge base.

These are the starter Pokémon from the Sinnoh region, which are almost never seen in the Kanto region, yet two of them appeared at the Indigo League conference.

However, the Chimchar Ash sent out gave her a sense of déjà vu. Most Pokémon look the same, but each Pokémon gives people a unique feeling; they are one of a kind.

Sundae also went to watch Shinji's battle, and Ash's Chimchar reminded her of Shinji's.

Ash nodded and admitted, "That's right, that was Shinji's Chimchar, but that was before. Now he's my Pokémon."

“Although I don’t know what happened in between, I still want to remind you, Ash, that level is very important for Pokémon. Chimchar is only at the early stage of advanced, while my Marowak is at the mid-elite stage. The difference between the two is not small, not to mention that Marowak is super effective against Chimchar.” Sundae tapped her snow-white chin lightly, her face showing a hint of pride.

She trained a Cubone into a Marowak in such a short time and even reached the elite level. The teachers in the academy all praised her as a super genius, which she was quite proud of.

More importantly, the first Pokémon Ash brought out was only an advanced-level Pokémon, which was probably the lowest-level Pokémon in Ash's team. Sundae never imagined that she could suppress Ash in terms of Pokémon level.

"Whether we can win or not, we'll only know after we try. Come on." Ash didn't care about Daisy's condescending tone. She did think that Hasha had grown a lot, but the arrogance in his bones didn't seem to have been erased yet. But none of that mattered. He would win this battle.

"Hehe, I hope you can show that confident expression when Chimchar falls down. Marowak, Bone Boomerang!" Seeing Ash's stubbornness, Sundae stopped being polite and directly ordered Marowak to attack Chimchar.

And right from the start, it's Gara Gara's signature move, the Bone Boomerang.

"Gara!!" Gara Gara suddenly flung out the bone in his hand, which transformed into a powerful fan that spun in the air and attacked the little fire monkey.

The little Chimchar showed a hint of fear on its face. Its opponent was much stronger than it, and the attack was ridiculously fast. It had almost no chance of dodging.

Is he really going to be instantly killed in his first battle for his new trainer?
Is he going to disappoint others again?

"Don't be afraid, just lie down!" Ash's loud voice rang in Chimchar's ears. Chimchar instantly snapped out of its daze and lay down on the ground without hesitation.

The bone boomerang grazed past the little chimpanzee's back.

"Now—Aura, reside in my heart!!" Ash made a strange hand gesture, and powerful aura energy surged from his body into Chimchar's body, instantly boosting Chimchar's power by more than one level!
Although this wasn't the first time Chimchar had experienced this power, it still felt like it was in a dream when its body was completely filled with that powerful aura.

Is this power... truly his? "Go, Chimchar, Fire Punch!!" With the power of Aura, Chimchar now possesses the strength to stand up to Marowak!
The little fire monkey, which was lying on the ground, nimbly rolled to its feet, then clenched its furry little hands, and powerful flames burst from them!

"Ho-choo!!" A fiery fist burning with scorching flames clashed with a bone boomerang.

"Bang!" The little fire monkey was knocked back several steps, but the bone boomerang was also knocked down, and there was a clear injury on the little fire monkey's fist.

But this action has caused an uproar among those around him and left Sundae with an incredulous expression.

How is it possible that Chimchar blocked the Bone Boomerang head-on?!
That little fire monkey is only at the beginner level of advanced stage, what makes him so special!

"We can see that Chimchar blocked Marowak's Bone Boomerang head-on. Incredibly, Chimchar is only at the Advanced level, yet it was able to block an Elite-level Marowak's STAB move. This ability to fight beyond its level... could it be that Ash used that mysterious boosting power?!" The host's voice was particularly excited.

Ash is famous for two things: his rapid increase in his Pokémon's level and his unbelievable ability to amplify the power of his Pokémon.

In just six months since his debut, Ash's Pokémon have improved in ways that are simply incomprehensible; the rate of improvement is beyond anything a human could achieve.

Besides the level difference, the fact that Pokémon can fight opponents of higher levels is even more unbelievable. It's not just a matter of being one or two levels higher; it's more like being one whole stage higher, or even more than one whole stage higher. That's commonplace for them.

Ash's initial explanation was Victini's blessing, but this explanation wasn't very convincing. Later, it was revealed that Ash actually had a special ability that could boost his Pokémon. As for what this special ability was, the rumors outside haven't disclosed it.

Now, Chimchar's strange ability to improve must be the special ability rumored to exist within Ash's body. Only Ash possesses this kind of power that can directly elevate a Pokémon to a major stage.

Sundae blinked her big eyes, her bright pupils filled with disbelief. That advanced-level Chimchar had actually blocked Crawling Crawling's bone boomerang.

It's not just a simple increase in strength. Just two days ago, Chimchar was only at the beginner level of the Advancement stage, so how did it reach the intermediate level now? Did it improve in the last few days?

"Chimchar, unleash your full power, Flame Wheel!" While Sundae was in a daze, Ash wasn't going to be stunned with her.

The Bone Boomerang can only cause minor injuries to Chimchar. Compared to those minor injuries, it's well worth it for Marowak to lose its Bone weapon.

Without bones, Marowak is practically no different from cutting off its own arm. At Ash's command, Chimchar curled up into a ball and then suddenly spun around and charged at Marowak.

At this moment, Sundae suddenly realized what was happening: "Gararar, headbutt attack!"

After losing his bone club, Marowak is unable to use many of his skills and can now only rely on his hard skull to fight head-on with his opponents.

Two figures flew across the field at high speed and collided in the blink of an eye!
"Boom!!" Blazing flames shot into the sky, and a deafening roar echoed throughout the arena. One side was engulfed in flames, while the other side relied on its hard skull to fight against its opponent.

The flames tried to devour Marowak, while Marowak unleashed its power, attempting to pierce through the little Chimchar in its Flame Chariot form.

Ash clenched his fists, his body trembling slightly, as if he were using all his strength to clash with Marowak.

"Don't lose to him, Chimchar!!"

"Whoosh!!" A dazzling light burst forth from the flames. The moment the light shone, the flames of the Fire Monkey's Fire Wheel became even hotter, and the temperature increased by more than one level!
The Marowak, which had been evenly matched with the Marowak, was instantly suppressed!
"Boom!!" An even more violent explosion rang out on the field, flames burst open, and thick black smoke erupted.

Sundae stretched out her small hand to shield herself from the oncoming storm and sand, her eyes slightly narrowed, making it impossible to see what was happening on the field.

She seemed to have vaguely seen that Chimchar's power had become much stronger, and the increase was not just a little bit...

But how is that possible? Even if Ash has the means to raise Chimchar's strength from Advanced Intermediate to Elite Intermediate, Chimchar's body probably couldn't handle any further improvement, let alone whether Ash has that ability.

But what was that fleeting glimpse just now?

As the turmoil from the explosion subsided, Sundae lowered her small hands that had been shielding her, her bright eyes fixed on the scene after the smoke cleared.

One Pokémon fell to the ground, while another remained standing. A few seconds later, everyone could see clearly what the fallen Pokémon was—Marowak!
On the other side, the smoke dissipated, but what appeared before everyone was not Chimchar, but—Blazinga!

Infernape, the evolved form of Chimchar, is several sizes larger than Chimchar, has a blue face mask, and has grown a tail that still emits flames.

Compared to Chimchar, Infernape has the Fighting-type attribute, and its strong physique also shows its difference from Chimchar.

No one would have expected that Chimchar would evolve into Infernape during a battle!
Evolution during battle is rare enough, but evolution during combat is even rarer. Evolution puts the body's energy in an unstable state, and if you evolve during a battle, you might accidentally explode!
If you're lucky, you'll only lose the ability to battle and can recover at the Pokémon Center. But if you're unlucky, you might suffer lifelong health problems that prevent you from ever improving your strength again.

Therefore, Chimchar's evolution into Infernape during a battle greatly exceeded everyone's expectations, including Cynthia and Leon's.

"That Infernape, isn't it the one that little guy named Shinji had a couple of days ago? How did it end up in Ash's hands?" Cynthia stroked her smooth chin with her delicate hand, a hint of confusion on her beautiful face.

(End of this chapter)