Wang Yao's Pokémon Journey

The Emperor Fang Sea Lion shouted loudly, summoning a large amount of waves from under his body.

The humid environment at the seaside enhances the power of its water skills!

Wow——!

Huge waves surged towards the bubble curtain wall.

But when the waves dissipated, there was no trace of the giant crab on the beach.

"Where is the other party?"

Xiao Feng looked at the empty beach, feeling a little helpless.

"Oh no—be careful!"

The alert Xiao Feng reacted immediately - the other party used digging methods, and the water flow and sand caused by the surfing just covered the hole in the ground again.

"Crabs are experts at digging holes~"

Wang Yao chuckled, and the giant crab underground broke through the beach behind the Emperor Tooth Sea Lion and soared into the sky in an instant!

"Gurg!"

The huge crab claws, glowing white, smashed heavily on the opponent's back!

Such a powerful and heavy blow...it is the giant crab's arm hammer trick.

"——Duodong!"

The Emperor's Sea Lion was knocked down by a blow, and staggered to his feet again.

"Keep going! Another arm hammer!"

Wang Yao felt that the time was almost right, and ordered the giant crabs to meet the enemy head-on.

"Gurg!"

The giant crab raised its claws high and was about to smash down.

"Fight back with the Aurora Beam!"

Of course Xiao Feng would not sit idly by and watch the Emperor Tooth Sea Lion get beaten.

The Emperor Sea Lion re-condensed the ice energy, and a beam of rainbow light gathered in its mouth. At the critical moment, it rushed towards the crab claws that were within reach!

Compared to the previously used Freeze Beam, the Aurora Beam, which is also an ice-type skill, cannot freeze the opponent... but there is a certain probability that it will reduce the opponent's attack power after hitting.

And because the power is small, the skill is activated faster...

Bang-!

The aurora beam hit the giant crab's lit claws, and energies of different properties exploded in the collision!

The giant crab's claws are too heavy. Although they can be wielded freely after hard training, they still inevitably turn their bodies in one direction.

“Gurgle…”

The giant crab took a few steps to the side and finally stood firm.

The Emperor Sea Lion was also in a bad condition. The explosion almost happened near its mouth, and its pair of precious tusks were almost broken!

"Now is the time - Absolute Zero!"

After all, it was just a competition, Xiao Feng didn't intend to use this move...

But women are irrational when they get angry.

"Use guard!"

Wang Yao was shocked. If he was hit by this move, he would never be able to challenge the gym with the Giant Crab again.

boom--!

The green barrier lit up in time and blocked the opponent's ultimate move.

"Duo...dong..."

Absolute zero consumes a lot of physical strength, and the breathing rhythm of the Emperor Sea Lion has gradually become disordered.

"Keep your distance and use mud shooting!"

Wang Yao became more cautious and continued to command the giant crab to use mud shooting and foam ray scraping.

As both sides stood back on the beach.

The situation on the field gradually turned into a war of attrition...

"Oh no! No more fighting!"

In the end, it was Xiao Feng, as a trainer, who lost his will to fight first, compared to Dili.

"... Stop it, Giant Claw Crab!"

Wang Yao breathed a sigh of relief. The opponent's level was really high, and it seemed that the training method focused on durability.

In addition to similar attributes, the giant crab's other skills are mediocre except for the arm hammer attack by swinging its claws at close range, which can effectively output damage.

Even though the Emperor Sea Lion seemed to be more seriously injured, Wang Yao even felt that if the delay continued, the Giant Claw Crab would be the first to run out of energy.

"What an infuriating way of fighting..."

Xiao Feng pouted and spoke angrily like a thousand-needle fish.

"Aren't you a master of tactics who plans before acting? Use your clever brain to think of a solution!"

Wang Yao teased deliberately.

"Humph~ What a hateful guy..."

Xiao Feng gradually calmed down - because Wang Yao's words really reminded her!

Xiao Feng calmed down and thought: If only there was some Pokémon or skill that could ignore all of the opponent's tactics... I could force a one-for-one swap and take away the opponent's Pokémon!

"…Does this Pokémon really exist?"

Xiao Feng fell into deep thought.

Chapter 78: Same fate! Challenge to the Red Lotus Gym!

"what are you saying?"

Wang Yao heard Xiao Feng mumbling.

"Nothing - that's all! I just suddenly thought that if I met an opponent I couldn't defeat in the official competition..."

"…Is there any way to take the other person away by force?"

I didn’t want to say it, but I don’t know why... when I saw Wang Yao’s concerned eyes, Xiao Feng couldn’t control her mouth.

"That's easy... Most ghost-type Pokémon have the skill [Same Fate], so you can just capture a Gastly."

Wang Yao introduced.

"Same fate? What skill is that?"

Xiao Feng took out her own illustration book and looked at the skill description.

"Tsk! Same fate - after using this move, when you are attacked by the opponent and completely lose your strength, the opponent will fall down with you."

"Wow~"

Xiao Feng seemed to have opened the door to a new world.

"If I bring five Pokémon with the same fate... wouldn't it be enough to just breed the Diligarh?"

There was obviously something wrong with Xiao Feng's thinking.

"——What kind of evil idea is this!"

Wang Yao interrupted him in time.

"If you do this in a formal match... the referee will blow the whistle, right?"

"——And the audience will throw bottles at you! No one wants to watch a game like this!"

Although he didn't know if anyone had done this before, Wang Yao knew that all major competitions were now broadcast live. If Xiao Feng did this, he would definitely become famous in his hometown!

"...It seems to make sense."

The expression on Xiao Feng's face froze instantly.

In her hometown Shuijing City, she is known as a beautiful girl. If she becomes famous with such dirty tactics... her image will be completely ruined.

"But Gastly and the like... seem a bit scary. Let me see if there are any Pokémon with cute appearance and the same skills as mine..."

It turns out that girls’ nature of loving beauty will never change.

Xiao Feng's finger ran across the Pokémon list in the Pokédex.

Her illustrated model seems to be more advanced than Wang Yao's - Wang Yao's illustrated model does not have a touch screen function, and only has a touchpad besides a few buttons.

"Ah - got it! It's the Dream Demon and the Snow Demon Girl!"

Xiao Feng saw two cute images in the picture book.

"The Snow Fairy seems pretty good... and she also has ice attributes. She can work well with your Difang Sea Lion in the snow."

Wang Yao leaned over to take a look and commented.

"But these Pokémon seem to be very rare... I wonder where I can capture them."

Xiao Feng sighed in distress.

"The Snow Demon Girl should go to the Snow Mountain to look for it, right? As for the Dream Demon, I don't know..."

Wang Yao stroked his chin and recalled.

"Anyway, it doesn't look like anything you can find on Red Lotus Island..."

Wang Yao Bear spread his hands.

Ghost-type Pokémon are mostly found in eerie environments... As for the snowy mountains - the climate of Cinnamon Island is just the opposite.

"Forget it... let's talk about it later..."

Xiao Feng put away the illustration, at least now she had an idea.

"Then let's go to the Pokémon Center first... and then visit the Red Lotus Gym."

Wang Yao estimated that Xiao Feng had no mood to play a third game.

Moreover, the Giant Claw Crab and the Emperor Tooth Sea Lion had consumed a lot of physical strength, so Wang Yao decided to treat them before setting out to fight the gym, which would be safer.

"Well... let's go."

Xiao Feng nodded.

The two of them gathered up the garbage in the camp, gathered it into a pile, and had the little fire horse burn it to ashes.

……

An hour later, two people came out of the Pokémon Center and headed towards the crater.

"Ayao - Miss Joy just said that no one has challenged the Red Lotus Gym in a long time!"

Xiao Feng drank iced juice to relieve the hot air on Honglian Island.

"It's nothing strange. After all, Xia Bo has retired... ahem! He's old and is now in a semi-retired state."

Wang Yao coughed lightly and almost told the truth.

Xia Bo is a retired scientist of Team Rocket. He once participated in capturing Moltres... but later due to some unexpected reasons, Xia Bo was saved by Moltres.

After that, Xia Bo left the Rockets and became a retired old man.

[PS: There are many versions of Xia Bo's setting. I didn't use the one with the Mewtwo gene on his arm in the special episode, but preferred the game character. ]

"No wonder..."

Xiao Feng nodded.

"Let's go! Let's go early and come back early. It would be bad if we miss lunch..."

Wang Yao and his friends have already learned the exact location of the Red Lotus Gym from Joey.

The entrance to the gym is in a residential building right next to the volcano.