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

Chapter 388 Lots of Mudkip

A dazzling white light erupted from both Pokémon simultaneously, and a crack appeared on the back of the Cocoon, from which a brightly colored butterfly flew out.

After evolving, its eyes changed from pink to light blue. It flew around Haruka once and then happily landed on Haruka's head like a large bow.

Baby Dragon, on the other hand, suddenly grew larger and rounder, with a circular exoskeleton made of bone armor growing all over its body. Its shell looked very heavy, and even its movements became sluggish.

"Shelldrax and Beautifly, two Pokémon evolved together!" May jumped up excitedly after scanning them with her Pokédex.

"It's really strange, though. After evolving, Baby Dragon looks like a cocoon. Is there some kind of strange connection between the two?"

According to May's Pokédex entry, after an Ankylosaurus evolves, it will stop eating and drinking and wait for the cells inside its hard shell to undergo drastic changes, forming a completely new body inside.

"That sounds remarkably similar to the evolutionary process before the emergence from the cocoon—"

"May, let's leave these things to the Pokémon professors to think about."

Unlike Haruka, who is still a curious child, Ash has long since passed the stage of wanting to get to the bottom of everything.

The main thing is that he's really not suited to thinking about these kinds of things; as long as the outcome is good, that's all that matters.

The evolution of the two Pokémon brought great surprise to their trainers.

Ash and May, each carrying their fully evolved Pokémon, excitedly threw themselves into their next training session.

Oh, what about that wonderful atmosphere of romance we just had?

Well, the most important thing for a Pokémon Trainer is, of course, the Pokémon themselves; we can talk about romance later!

"The Haruka Adventure Team is now traveling along an unknown path by the river. What mysterious phenomenon awaits them ahead?"

In the forest, Haruka walked at the front of the group, playing her favorite role-playing game.

As for why they're here, it's obviously to find a new training location.

As for where the destination is, nobody knows; all we can do is keep going.

A well-known group leader once said, "The road stretches out beneath everyone's feet, so don't stop!"

The perfect location for special training is right ahead!

After Ash and his friends walked along the river through one dense patch of grass after another, the sound of rushing water suddenly became louder.

Ash and his friends had to stop.

"Ah, I can't believe it! What's blocking Haruka's expedition team's progress is a huge waterfall!"

Ignoring his sister's antics, Xiaosheng quickly pulled out his Pokémon Navigator and aimed the camera at the waterfall.

"It's 150 meters high! What should we do, Ash? Even Magikarp can't climb that waterfall. Should we go back?"

"No way!"

Before Ash could speak, May immediately rejected the idea.

"That beach was completely destroyed because of Ash and Pikachu's Extreme Abilities; I can't even find a place to spin around!"

"It's just a waterfall, we can figure out a way to get over it."

As she spoke, Xiaoyao's bright, watery eyes fixed on the muscular man behind her.

"You agree, right, Ash?"

"This—" Ash really couldn't refute her, after all, he was the one who destroyed the beach.

However, extreme training is all about pushing the limits, and it's difficult to control the power during the process. It's inevitable that you might accidentally use too much force and damage the training area.

Of course, the training results are also very impressive. Currently, all of Ash's Pokémon have undergone a complete transformation under extreme training.

Only Ash's last remaining pet, Blackie, has not yet completed its extreme training. Once Blackie finishes, Ash will have used up all the crowns he possesses, and the extreme training will come to a temporary end.

Thinking this, Xiao Zhi nodded.

"Xiaoyao is right. Special training facilities are essential. How can we run away from difficulties?"

"Furthermore, one of my experienced squinty-eyed breeder friends once said that the more you pass through a place like this, the more likely you are to encounter rare Pokémon."

"The perfect training location is definitely waiting for us above the waterfall!"

Suddenly, Ash clapped his hands together.

"It's decided! We'll do some extra practice and free solo climbing up the waterfall!"

"Huh?" That's not what Xiaoyao meant at all.

Her previous hint was actually that she wanted Ash to carry her and Max across together.

"Why has this turned into special training for the trainers again?"

Before they could object, Ash immediately pushed May and Max to the bottom of the cliff next to the waterfall.

"You guys hurry up and climb up. I'll be the last to climb and I'll be responsible for everyone's safety."

At this moment, Xiaoyao and Xiaosheng looked at each other helplessly.

"A small victory~"

"Alright, sister, you were the one who suggested we not go back, so let's climb."

Compared to Xiaoyao, who still harbored some illusions, Xiaosheng was much more decisive and immediately turned around to start climbing the rock wall.

There was even a hint of eagerness in his tone.

Ash is very pleased that the bespectacled kid is increasingly able to feel joy from the process of training his body.

Xiaoyao wanted to make one last desperate attempt.

Using her ultimate move, the great scholar and the young girl act cute!

This move is extremely effective against muscular men, but unfortunately Ash has too much health. Even after May's sweet talk, she couldn't even reduce his health by one-tenth.

Seeing that Ash wouldn't give in easily, May had no choice but to turn back and start climbing again.

"Oh dear, what if she becomes a muscle queen someday?"

She was also worried that her beautiful legs would become all muscle and she wouldn't look good in skirts.

After all, Ash's muscular physique after his power-up made his promise to May that training wouldn't change his good figure seem quite unbelievable.

But there was no way around it; under the muscular man's intimidating power, if May didn't climb up, she would be punished with Ash's big stick.

One hundred and fifty meters is equivalent to the height of a fifty-story building, which is extremely difficult for an ordinary person to climb with their bare hands.

But for a monster like Ash, it's as easy as dessert after a meal.

May and Max, having undergone the same training as Ash, have had their extraordinary physical potential, typical of humans in the Pokémon world, unleashed.

Climbing the waterfall was a challenge for them, but not entirely impossible.

With Ash occasionally sending a shock to Pikachu from beneath him, the two of them quickly and successfully climbed to the top.

The top of the waterfall is also a large forest, and it is shrouded in mist, resembling a swamp.

"Wow, there's a section of the river above the waterfall where the water flows so slowly!"

Xiaoyao's physical strength is indeed much better than before.

After climbing such a high rock wall, she only wiped the sweat from her forehead and took a few breaths before quickly regaining her energy.

She was the first to reach the top, and Xiao Sheng, who climbed up later, immediately took out the navigator and looked at the topographic map after seeing the river.

"It seems that a tributary branched off from a swampy island in the river, resulting in a section of the river with a slow flow."

"This river runs through the entire Wudou Island, and the main channel is quite rapid."

"Xiaoyao, Xiaosheng, keep your voices down."

At that moment, Ash also jumped up from below.

"Look closely, there seems to be something on the swamp in the river ahead."

In his perception, the little creature in the swamp was as conspicuous as a firefly in the night in the mist.

Everyone quickly went closer to take a look.

On an island in the river, several baby Pokémon, all blue with antenna-like antennae on their heads, were happily jumping and playing.

Xiao Sheng immediately became excited.

"Wow, it's Mudkip! That's a rare Pokémon with an unknown habitat!"

Ash and his friends were incredibly lucky to encounter a large group of wild Treeckoes in Petalburg Woods, a stroke of good fortune that had been rare for decades. Now, they've encountered a large group of Mudkip in this swamp.

Seeing the group of baby Mudkip playing, Xiaoyao's eyes lit up with love.

"They're so cute! When I was choosing Pokémon, Mudkip was the first one I picked out."

"I actually quite liked it, but unfortunately Mudkip and I don't seem to get along; I got sprayed with water all over my face—"

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"But the baby Mudkip is so cute! Okay, I'm going to catch one!" May immediately took out her Poké Ball, eager to try.

"Go, hunting swallowtail butterfly!"

She knows much more now than before, and no longer sends out Torchic with unfavorable attributes.

However, just as May ran off with her Beautifly to issue a battle challenge, she was immediately splattered in the face by several baby Mudkip's water guns.

"Ah~ No, Mudkip is definitely my nemesis."

The hunting swallowtail butterfly was also attacked by several water guns from the pufferfish. Its wings were wet and it couldn't fly, so it was defeated in no time.

"Haha, Xiaoyao, you're still a bit lacking."

After Xiaoyao's antics, the baby Mudkip fled the swamp pond where they had been playing and ran into the forest.

However, they didn't go far; it seems that the babies' habitat is right next to the swamp.

Ash gently handed May a towel, then carefully observed his surroundings.

"The swamp environment is quite cool and damp, which is very suitable for Mudkip to live in, but these babies seem a bit too clean for wild Pokémon —"

Just as Ash was thinking, Win suddenly shouted.

"Ash, look! There's a baby Mudkip that's a different color being swept away by the current. If it falls down the waterfall, it'll be in danger!"

When the main group of Mudkip was retreating, this one seemed to have accidentally fallen behind. In its haste to catch up with its companions, it slipped and fell into the river next to it.

It was swept from the tributary into the main channel of the river, and now it will soon fall into the waterfall at the end of the river.

"Gara~~, Gara~~"

The polychrome Mudskipper struggled incessantly in the water, but because it was too small and lacked strength, it was unable to escape the swift current.

Seeing this, Ash quickly threw out a Poké Ball.

"Go, little lobster soldier! Quickly go and save Mudkip!"

"Hehe!" The little lobster soldier immediately jumped into the water with a loud bang.

Its powerful strength allows it to move freely even in such a turbulent river.

It quickly swam up to the Mudskipper and stopped it.

The baby Mudskipper was quite scared when it saw the Lobster Soldiers coming.

But then the lobster soldier immediately revealed its signature silly smile, instantly putting the baby Mudskipper at ease.

"Hey, hey, hey!"

The lobster soldier gently lifted the mudskipper with its pincers, then quickly swam to the shore and gently placed it down.

"Very good, Lobster Soldier, you did a great job this time!"

Xiao Zhi was moved to tears by the brilliant rescue operation.

There was no other way; to teach the lobster soldiers to handle things gently, Ash had to use a combination of gentle and firm methods, even resorting to coaxing and pleading.

Countless expensive cutlery pieces were broken during the process, and we even had to resort to military tactics to finally bring it to its current state. It was truly a difficult journey.

Fortunately, they succeeded in the end, and the lobster soldiers even learned a new trick: sneak attacking vitals.

Yes, that's right, it learned it when it was smashing plates.

【Ambush the vitals: Seize the momentary opening and accurately strike the opponent's weak point, making it easy to hit the vitals!】

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Of course, the lobster soldier still loves to knock on the head of the armored dragon, and it never holds back.

After the baby Mudkip was rescued, Ash and his friends immediately surrounded it.

Ash gently crouched down and used Aura to soothe Mudkip's frightened spirit, while feeding it a delicious Energy Cube.

At this point, the Mudkip finally relaxed.

"Clatter~~"

"How cute! Ash, what should we do now?" May thought to herself as she watched Mudkip rub against Ash's hand, and she almost wanted to keep it.

But then Xiao Sheng hurriedly ran out and quickly ran back.

"Ash, sister, I was just about to go look for those Mudkip that escaped, but when I ran into the depths of the forest over there, I saw a small wooden house."

"Could the owner of that house be the one who raised these baby Mudkip?"

"Yes, very likely."

These baby Mudkip don't look wild. If they are Pokémon with owners, then Ash and his friends naturally can't steal them.

Ash immediately picked up the shiny Mudkip, intending to check on the situation first.

If the person in the cabin is indeed the owner who manages this swamp, Ash and his friends should go over and say hello.

After all, it wouldn't be good to be mistaken for a thief.

But as soon as they got closer, Ash and his friends discovered that the door to the cabin was half-open, and there were signs of a fight on the balcony in front of the cabin.

They quickly pushed open the wooden door and went inside, only to find two people lying back to back, tightly bound together in the living room.

One of them was older, and Xiao Zhi exclaimed in surprise as soon as he saw him.

"Ah, the Water Leap Fish Demon!"

"What, what?" Xiaoyao immediately appeared excitedly in front of Xiaozhi, "holding up a camera".

"Ladies and gentlemen, Haruka's expedition team has encountered an unexpected situation. What appears before them might be the legendary—an ancient and powerful Mudskipper monster!"

"That's impossible! It's obviously human!" Max was speechless at his sister and Ash's comments.

At this moment, the old monster, the Leaping Fish, also began to struggle and writhe on the ground and open its mouth.

"Who are you calling an old demon?!"

"It actually spoke!" ×2

"I already told you this is a human being!"

Suddenly, the Mudkip, or rather the old man on the ground, saw the shiny Mudkip that Ash was holding in his arms.

He recognized the baby from his own swamp at a glance and immediately shouted fiercely.

"Hey kid, that Mudkip you're holding, you caught it in the swamp not far away, right? Are you guys with those despicable bandits from before?"

At this moment, another young man, who was also tied to the ground, finally spoke up, "Um, Grandpa Numata, I think they must be good people."

"Ash, what are you standing there for? Come save us! Quickly untie us!!!"

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