Pokémon: Trainers Start as Bounty Hunters.

Despite the team members' casual tone, the journey from the foot of the mountain to the summit with the equipment actually exhausted most of their main Pokémon.

In addition, Articuno took down a lot of enemies at the beginning, so now they have no one left besides the Dark Elves who can interfere with the battles of the Elite Four level.

The squad leader didn't realize that Blaziken was actually still at the near-Elite Four level.

Just like before, who would have thought that a near-Elite Four Pokémon could hold its own against three Elite Four level Pokémon?

Even if there are some exaggerations about these three Heavenly King-level creatures, that's unrealistic.

Hehehehe

A strange laugh suddenly rang out.

A teammate next to him raised his head: "It's time to prove my worth. I'm going to take the lion's share of the rewards for a successful mission."

The squad leader was stunned at first, then overjoyed.

Yeah, didn't this guy's two main Pokémon not participate in the battle?

Although strength is greatly affected by the environment, it is a godsend at this time.

The person laughing is none other than the unlucky guy whose main Pokémon are Crobat and Arbok.

Since his main Pokémon couldn't participate, he had been hiding at the back and luckily survived Articuno's attack.

"no problem."

The squad leader readily agreed.

Since so many people have already died, if they really succeed, each of them will have a much larger quota than they did at the beginning, so it doesn't matter if they share some with this guy.

Besides, he sneered, "Getting it doesn't mean you'll live to enjoy it."

"Go, Arbok and Crobat, drain their health!"

The unlucky guy threw out two Poké Balls.

"刹" "柏斯"

Two purple sprites appeared in the snowstorm.

As soon as they appeared, their bodies began to tremble.

"Arbok uses Poison Sting to disrupt, Crobat uses Air Slash!"

Unfortunately, their trainers were oblivious to their condition and were instead issuing commands with beaming eyes.

Arbok and Crobat, despite their discomfort, had no choice but to launch an attack on Blaziken.

Their skill-building speed is visibly slow.

"Oops."

The moment Zhe saw the two elves appear, he knew something was wrong.

These guys are too calm, he thought to himself speechlessly.

However, Tetsuya still did not choose to send out a second Pokémon to cover Blaziken.

After observing the positions of the five Pokémon, he immediately gave instructions: "Move three meters to the right, then use Flamethrower to burn away the Poison Needles."

Blaziken's actions almost immediately mirrored his words.

In the very instant of standing up.

"boom"

The Crobat's air slash struck Dark Mawley's back.

Not only that, as Blaziken opened its mouth and spewed out fierce flames, Arbok's poison needles not only failed to hit, but Hitmonchan also had to dodge.

"what?!"

The unlucky guy once again felt that he was not suited for fighting today.

"Wow, you're awesome!"

Blaziken silently gave a thumbs-up to its trainer.

This kind of scenario, where the opponent mercilessly attacks their own teammate, is truly amazing.

"Get ready, it's time. Let's break through right here."

Tetsuya narrowed his eyes and spoke to Blaziken through his psychic powers and aura.

Blaziken's wrists flickered with flames: "Understood!"

Its words were full of excitement.

"Then, explosive flames!"

With Tetsuya's inner shout, white steam billowed from Blaziken's entire body.

The snow around it gradually began to melt.

One after another, pillars of fire rose from the ground.

A rich red light perfectly enveloped the Blaziken's body in the next moment.

Chapter 422 Breakthrough and the Strange Square Rock

Blaziken's strength had already reached the peak of near-Elite Four level after about twenty days of training in the Valley of the Wind.

Its mastery of explosive flames further accelerated its progress towards the Heavenly King level.

Just as Nobuhiko said to Tetsuya when Pidgeot broke through to the Elite Four level, whether a trainer's Pokémon can break through to the Elite Four level depends not only on the Pokémon itself, but also on the trainer.

Tetsuya originally intended for Blaziken to achieve a breakthrough in strength in a closely contested battle, but he couldn't find a good opportunity.

After all, Blaziken's combat ability is unmatched among its peers, and only Elite Four level Pokémon can achieve a truly even match.

But finding a normal Elite Four-level Pokémon isn't that easy.

He had planned to go to Leibo Mountain in a few days to ask Nobuhiko for help again, since the other party had already lost once, so he probably wouldn't mind losing a second time.

When Tatsumi proposed to provide guidance at the Ninja Academy, Tetsuya was delighted that Blaziken could break through under pressure.

Champion level is far more suitable than King level.

Unfortunately, Lance's appearance and Team Rocket's actions interrupted the battle between Tatsumi and him.

This is the moment to make amends.

Although it consisted of three dark elves and two normal elves in a weakened state, they were all Champion-level, and it was a life-or-death situation.

This kind of pressure is no less than that of battling a champion-level Pokémon.

The raging flames were reflected in Tetsuya's pupils, and his expression remained calm.

He believed that Blaziken would find breaking through to the Elite Four level to be just a minor challenge.

This is why he accepted the mission even though he knew the other party might be very strong.

The Rockets players didn't look too happy.

Even if we don't know what skill the opponent is preparing to unleash, judging from the sheer scale of the attack, it's obvious that this is no ordinary opponent.

However, with pillars of fire shooting into the sky all around Blaziken, they couldn't even observe Blaziken's exact condition, let alone launch an attack.

The squad leader gritted his teeth: "Mighty Giant, charge in and use Mighty Giant!"

Since they're all going to die sooner or later anyway, we might as well take a gamble and see if we can take them down.

The situation on Articuno's side didn't allow them to waste any time.

The "Strength" he was referring to was not the evolved form of Machamp, but a move that uniquely shares the same name as a Pokémon, namely the Strength move from the Pokémon games in Tetsuya's previous life.

Unlike brute force skills that unleash extraordinary power instantly, superhuman strength skills rely more on one's own physical strength to attack.

While the power is reduced, this also means that this skill is extremely suitable for Machop and Mighty Strength, because their strength is recognized as strong, which can maximize the effect of this skill.

Dark Magnum, of course, had no idea that this was suicide; the concept of death simply didn't exist in its mind.

It simply obeyed the command of the Dark Sphere holder, waving its hands and charging into a sea of ​​fire with red eyes.

Tetsuya couldn't help but snort coldly.

It's no wonder that so many people hate Bishas for his shameless fighting style.

"boom"

A few seconds later, a dark figure flew out from the sea of ​​fire.

After recognizing the shadowy figure as Haoli, the squad leader gritted his teeth.

At this moment, Haoli's body was covered with charred wounds.

The dark orb allowed it to stand up unsteadily, but how much combat capability it retained is a serious question.

"Down"

As Blaziken cried out, a sea of ​​fire surged toward the five Pokémon.

"Crobat, Arbok, get out of the way!"

The only two normal Pokémon were directed by their trainer to retreat.

The three dark elves had no option to retreat; they charged straight into the sea of ​​fire, including the limping dark jackal.

"boom"

A violent explosion rang out.

Tetsuya felt the snow beneath his feet trembling violently.

"Could this trigger an avalanche?" he thought without a care in the world.

He is currently on a mountaintop with Articuno nearby, so even if an avalanche occurs, it won't affect him.

As for the trainers who come to take the adventure...

Because Articuno's frequent travels cause frequent blizzards, a rule has been in place for a long time that trainers are prohibited from entering the area once heavy snowfall occurs.

Nurse Joy, the Pokémon Center located on the only route, will oversee and be responsible for this.

Of course, if some ungrateful person does sneak in, that's their own choice.

Every trainer must be prepared to die in the wild when making a choice.

The five elves, their bodies engulfed in flames, collapsed onto the snow.

A tall, slender elf slowly revealed itself.

Its aura seemed unchanged, yet it also seemed to have become even heavier.

"Down"

The Blaziken greeted us warmly.

You had a blast playing five against one just now, didn't you? Now you're surrounded by me.

Its left claw made a pinching motion, and a blue ball of light formed on it—a wave missile.

With a flick of its claw, the blue wave missile shot out, splitting into five equally sized light spheres along the way.

"bang bang bang bang"

Five muffled sounds rang out.

It doesn't cause much harm, but it's extremely insulting.

However, after looking at the word "Elite Four" in the Blaziken's strength section on Zero's panel, Tetsuya felt that it was fully qualified to look down on the other five.

Sometimes, the difference in combat power between people of the same level can be quite large.

"Let's finish this quickly, or Articuno will underestimate us." Tetsuya smiled slightly. "Anyway, our speed boost should be fully stacked by now."

"of course."

After breaking through to Elite Four, Blaziken became even more proficient in using Aura.

The interplay of blue and blue-violet light in my eyes has been completely replaced by a single blue.

Tetsuya patted Gallade, who was panting beside him, and said, "Gallade, you should rest for a while. You've worked hard. Watch how Blaziken fights."

Gallade nodded.