Ash, with his invincible physical body, wants to become a Pokémon Master...

Faced with the opponent's aggressive approach, the dark-skinned, muscular man no longer hesitated and immediately led his henchmen to release their Pokémon.

"Go, Deino! Use Ice Beam and freeze them all into ice blocks!"

The fierce-looking, muscular, pig-nosed blue sea lion suddenly landed on the ground and fired a blue beam of light at Ash and his friends.

Unfortunately, Team Ocean's Pokémon are all Water-type, making them completely countered by Ash's Pikachu.

The 100,000 volts were conducted in the reverse direction along the freezing ray, directly shocking the Diya Sea Lion until it was charred black and fell unconscious.

The other Iron Claw Lobsters and Sea Lions that the other Aqua team had just released were also electrocuted in the same way.

At the same time, Xiaoyao's Skitty also unleashed a counter-attack skill, Seed Bomb, to finish off the opponent.

It seems that May and Skitty always have good luck in battles and always manage to draw useful moves.

The following matches went very smoothly. Even with a numerical advantage, Team Ocean couldn't withstand Ash and his friends' unstoppable offensive and was forced to retreat.

But in the middle of the fight, Ash accidentally let Pikachu lose control of its power, and the staff members next to him were also electrocuted.

"Ah, it's numb, numb, numb..."

Feeling embarrassed, Xiao Zhi rushed over after the battle to untie the ropes binding the staff and administer antidote to each of them.

Send the staff to restart the control panel and rescue the tourists who are still trapped in mid-air.

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Seeing that the scenic area center of Yantushan had resumed operation, Xiaozhi turned around, picked up the burly black-skinned man from before, slapped him awake, and glared at him fiercely.

"Tell me, what's your name?"

At this moment, Xiao Zhi unleashed his full killing intent, transforming himself into a humanoid beast.

This startled the burly man opposite him, who immediately blurted out his words like spilled beans.

"I... I'm called A-Chao, and I'm an officer in the Ocean Team. Our leader is called Shui Wutong... Please, please don't kill me. I'll tell you the truth no matter what the problem is."

The person in front of me looks fierce, but surprisingly, he's a bit of a crybaby.

"He's really not a qualified muscle man," Xiao Zhi said disappointedly, as he hadn't even had a chance to use his interrogation techniques.

Compared to A-Quan, who was defeated five times in a row by Ash's super rookie challenge before finally reluctantly admitting defeat and signing the master-servant contract, he is completely incomparable.

Xiao Zhi didn't have time to ask him any questions, and went straight to the question that concerned him most at that moment.

"Did you steal the meteorite from Dr. Solans's possession?"

"A meteorite? We did come for it, but we didn't manage to get it."

Xiao Zhi cast a suspicious look at him.

"What happened to that helicopter that flew away?"

"It's for transporting lunch. Things in the scenic area are not only ridiculously expensive but also heavily guarded, which is why I had my men go directly to Fuyan Town to buy lunch boxes and bring them over. Otherwise, it would be too expensive."

"Wow, that makes a lot of sense." Xiao Zhi was convinced by A Chao's spirit of thrift.

"No normal person should be convinced!"

At this moment, May complained speechlessly and came to Ash's side.

"So, where is Dr. Solans now? Is the meteorite still in his possession?"

"The meteorite is now in the hands of the Lava Team!"

"Team Magma?" Ash hadn't expected there to be such a thing as Team Magma.

But thinking about it carefully, it makes sense. If Team Ocean can get the information, then Team Magma can definitely get it too.

Both organizations share the same obsession with ancient artifacts; once one takes action, the other will naturally follow suit.

"You're not lying?"

"It is absolutely true, brave warrior!"

Seeing Ash's perfect body, which was even bigger than his own when it exploded, Ah Chao felt like a little chick being held in Ash's hand. How could he dare to utter a single lie?

"Because we are near a volcano, our Water-type Pokémon were unable to unleash their full power. As a result, we were ambushed and defeated by that bastard from Fire Village, and had to temporarily abandon the mission."

"The reason we're still staying in the center of Chimney Peak is to try and sabotage the Lava Team's next plan."

After confirming that Ah Chao hadn't lied to him, Xiao Zhi tossed him aside again.

After quickly binding all the members of the Ocean Team, he asked Xiaoyao and Xiaosheng to help look after them and rescue the tourists who were trapped in mid-air.

He immediately flew high into the sky with Pikachu, using his Aura Sense at full power to locate Team Magma.

"We need to get Dr. Solans and the meteorite out of here as soon as possible."

[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have triggered a new side quest, "Let's Watch the Meteor Shower!": Please rescue the ancient meteorite from the evil organization and thwart the Lava Team's operation!]

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Ash quickly found Team Magma, not through his own Aura Sense, but through Pikachu's intuition.

He was diligently conducting a thorough search of the area near the mountain road, but when he found nothing, Pikachu suddenly pulled his hat and pointed towards the crater.

"Pikachu, Pikachu!"

"You mean there's a problem over there?"

"Pickup!"

Pokémon are very sensitive to changes in nature. Several times before, it was Pikachu that was the first to notice that the weather was not right, so Ash naturally wouldn't ignore its words.

He immediately lowered his presence and flew over, and surprisingly found the Lava Team near the crater.

They were setting up an instrument that could emit lasers, shining a blinding red light at the magma in the crater.

A male lava team leader nearby was staring intently at the irradiated lava.

"How's it going? How's the result?"

"Lord Himura, the machine is running smoothly, the power is stable, and the activity of the magma has been successfully increased."

"very good!"

At this moment, Ash discovers that Professor Solence is tied up to the side, and the meteorite he had been searching for seems to be placed in that machine.

Chapter 431 Indigo Pearl

Beside the massive crater, machines were running at full speed, continuously injecting energy from the radiation into the magma.

As the output power of natural energy on the screen kept increasing, but the magma remained strangely calm, Himura couldn't help but ask the researcher next to him a question.

"Hey, are you sure this machine isn't broken? Why hasn't it been working for so long? Have the people at other observation points sent back any data about that being?"

"That Lord Himura... not yet."

The researcher was also covered in sweat at this point.

"But the machine really doesn't show any abnormalities. The energy contained in the meteorite is enormous, so there shouldn't be any problems..."

"should?!"

Upon hearing this, Himura flew into a rage.

Give me a definite answer!

"Such a rich concentration of natural energy being injected into Hoenn's ley lines couldn't possibly have no effect; something must be wrong there!"

Himura and his team's goal on this trip is to activate the ley lines hidden beneath the Hoenn region by using the natural energy contained in the ancient meteorite.

Groudon, as a legendary being that created the earth, is always closely associated with leyline activity whenever it appears.

If Team Magma can collect enough anomalous fluctuations through their numerous observation points throughout Hoenn, they will finally be able to pinpoint Groudon's hiding place.

But after all this time, the ley lines are still not moving at all, and Fire Village can't wait any longer.

In the middle of the day, he set up camp next to the crater. Was it easy for him to be roasted like a piece of meat?

He immediately decided to go down to the platform closer to the crater to check if the instruments were malfunctioning.

However, just as he was halfway down, the researcher suddenly shouted excitedly.

"Captain Himura, the data has changed; it's fluctuating!"

"Really? I haven't even gone there yet. What's the reason?"

"Uh, it seems that the instrument suddenly stopped transmitting energy."

"what?"

Himura quickly turned his head and saw Ash, who had appeared beside the instrument at some point, curiously looking inside.

The firing nozzle of the instrument was crushed by his palm, and Xiao Zhi suddenly laughed as he felt the energy bursting out from it.

"You people are all idiots. The energy of this meteorite can only have the opposite effect of inhibiting magma activity."

"They actually foolishly poured so much energy into the magma for so long, it was a complete waste of time."

"It's you, the guy who interfered with us in the Rock Cave before!"

Himura scrambled down the hill, still somewhat remembering Ash. He pointed at Ash, his hands trembling with anger.

At this moment, the members of Team Lava also rushed over. Seeing that this person dared to interfere with Team Lava's plans, they were all furious.

"You brat, you actually damaged important equipment! We won't let you get away with this!"

"Oh, I'm really scared."

Team Magma's device was very well made, but in front of Ash, it was as fragile and easily broken as a large plastic toy.

Ash punched the device inside where the meteorite was stored, took out the meteorite, and then kicked Team Magma's device backward into the scalding lava.

With a bang, the instrument and Huocun's heart exploded together.

"No—!"

"You despicable bastard, how could you do such a thing... Everyone, tear him to pieces!"

Himura wasn't a researcher, and he didn't know just how tough the casing of his own instrument was.

Completely blinded by rage, he didn't have time to think about how Ash managed to smash the equipment with his bare hands; all he could think about now was getting his revenge.

However, the researcher who had been standing next to him was so frightened by the sight of Ash easily smashing the instrument's casing that he quickly took advantage of the chaos to sneak away.