Pokémon: Starting with Lucario and Gardevoir

"Are you sure you're serious?" Haoyan couldn't help but ask to confirm.

"Awoo! Awoo!" Charmeleon nodded seriously and heavily.

This time, Haoyan didn't need a translator; he already knew what the fire dinosaur meant.

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Chapter 71 Charmeleon Displays Amazing Willpower

Of Haoyan's Pokémon, needless to say...

Lucario is definitely the strongest!

Next is Gardevoir, and lastly Charmeleon.

Is Charmeleon, ranked last, going to challenge Lucario, ranked first?

Although Lucario's Steel type is indeed weak to Charmeleon's Fire type.

However, there is a huge difference in their social status!

Okay, let's not even talk about the difference in levels!

Lucario was also the one who followed Haoyan the longest and received the most of Haoyan's earnest advice.

It can be said that he has mastered nearly a third of Haoyan's fighting skills!

Lucario looked at Haoyan with some difficulty.

If Charmeleon wants to spar and practice, then of course there's no problem.

However, Charmeleon's serious voice clearly indicated that it didn't just want to spar, but genuinely wanted a battle.

"Little Dragon, why do you want to challenge Lucario?" Hao Yan asked again.

"Awoo! Awoo!"

"Awoo! Awoo!" Charmander pointed to himself, then to Haoyan, and then to Lucario.

Before Hao Yan could speak, Lucario, standing to the side, had already answered Charmeleon: "Lucario! Lucario!"

"Awoo~ Awoo~" The little dragon's eyes sharpened, filled with fighting spirit.

"Luca! Luca!"

"Awoo! Awoo!"

After their conversation, the two magical creatures both looked at Haoyan.

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Haoyan grabbed Gardevoir and interrupted, "Luxe, what's going on? What are those two talking about?" (Just kidding, just in case.)

Without Gardevoir's translation, Hao Yan couldn't decipher their conversation.

The gentle Gardevoir took on the role of translator.

"Xiao Long said that Lucario is the strongest among the three of us!"

"He wants to challenge Lucario and prove to us, and to you, that he is also very strong and can take on the responsibility of protecting you!"

"I hope that through this battle, we can send him out when there is danger next time, instead of him being useless like he was in Viridian Forest."

"So, Xiaolong is asking his brother Lucario to use his full strength and not hold back."

"Lucario said he accepts the challenge."

"Now they are waiting for your approval."

After listening to Gardevoir's translation, Haoyan fully understood.

Having said all that, it seemed he had no chance to refuse.

Haoyan glanced at Lucario and gave him a look.

Tell him to be careful with his strength, after all, Charmeleon is still small.

Lucario nodded almost imperceptibly; he and Haoyan did share this level of understanding.

"Alright, then you can fight each other freely."

"I won't give commands anymore." Hao Yan pulled Gardevoir to the edge of the yard to watch the battle.

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"Roar! Roar! Roar!" Facing Lucario Charizard, it was not intimidated at all, and the flames on its tail were burning fiercely.

He spits a small flame at Lucario.

"Lucario~" Lucario nimbly moved to the right, easily dodging Charmeleon's attack.

Charmeleon never imagined that its move would harm Lucario.

Act immediately the moment Lucario starts moving.

It opened its mouth, revealing sharp teeth that radiated heat, and with a standard Flame Fang attack, it bit down at Lucario.

Charmeleon's speed increased after it evolved.

The movements are also much faster than before.

However, given the difference in their skill levels, the speed difference between the two is still quite significant.

Lucario lightly stomped its foot, slightly shifting its body before Charizard could charge at it, thus avoiding Charizard's attack.

Then, using his palm as a blade, he unleashed a tile-breaking attack, striking the Charizard's side.

Charmeleon was knocked back several meters by Lucario's slap.

“Xiao Ou has already held back.” Hao Yan’s gaze fell on the Charmander that had been repelled.

Upon returning, at Lucario's request, Haoyan helped him change his overweight protective gear.

The weight increased from 30KG to 50KG.

If Lucario were to unleash its full power, the force of its palm strike would be enough to send Charizard flying with a single blow, instead of simply forcing it to retreat.

Charmeleon was hit and its stamina was clearly depleted.

But the fighting spirit in his eyes remained undiminished, and the flames on his tail burned even more intensely.

"Roar! Roar!" Charizard steadied itself, took another step, opened its mouth, and used its Flame Fang once more to attack Lucario.

"Luca~"

Although Charmeleon's Fire-type attacks can indeed have a significant effect on him.

However, the prerequisite is that the hit must be successful.

Charmeleon is still weak, and with Hao Yan's earlier signal, Lucario didn't actually exert much effort.

I just treated it as sparring with Charizard.

Seeing the Charmeleon attack again, it used its speed to dodge to the side and successfully avoided the attack.

But when he tried to make the same move as before, he found that Charizard had changed its move.

Two arms, armed with sharp claws, slashed down at his body.

Charmeleon's claws left a white scratch on Lucario's steel body.

"Xiao Long did a great job!" Hao Yan praised from the edge of the yard.

Fire-type moves can deal significant damage to Lucario.

As a Steel-type Lucario, it certainly wouldn't choose to fight head-on.

So Flame Fang was just a decoy; the real attack came from Charmeleon's Slash!

Although Slash is a Normal-type move, Lucario, being a Steel-type, is naturally not afraid of it.

But it hit!

That's enough for Charmeleon!

Lucario's eyes have changed!

They're starting to get serious!

"Roar! Roar!" Charizard finally smiled. What he wanted was for Lucario to go all out, instead of indulging him.

"Lucario!" Lucario saw Charmeleon's appearance and understood what he was thinking.

With a thud, a footprint was left in the yard, and Lucario's speed was fully unleashed!

He quickly faced the Charizard and threw a punch.

Faced with Lucario's explosive speed, Charmeleon had no time to dodge.

He could only raise his arm in front of his face to block.

bang~

Charmeleon was sent flying several meters, crashing into many training equipment in the yard.

However, as it was being thrown away, Charmeleon opened its mouth and spewed out a small flame, which hit Lucario, who was attacking it head-on.

Lucario, who had been hit, had some redness on his skin.

Gardevoir tried to get up to check on the Charmeleon that had been knocked away, but Hao Yan grabbed her hand and said softly, "Although Oo's speed exploded just now, it still held back in terms of power."

"Xiaolong, you can handle it."

Just as Haoyan said, Charizard shook its head and stood up again.

After being hit repeatedly and losing some of his strength, he triggered his special ability, and the flames on his tail became even hotter.

"Roar! Roar!" With a loud shout, it took another step and attacked Lucario.

Lucario met Charmeleon's attack head-on, swinging its fist.

Once again, send Charizard flying.

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This scenario occurred several times in a row.