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

Of course, it was ultimately the leader, Firebird, who gave the final orders. She looked quite disdainful when she saw Ash send out Grovyle.

"...Do it!"

"You'll know if it works or not once you try it. Forest Lizard, use Leaf Blade!"

"Fire-breathing camel...breathes flames..."

Inside the narrow cave passage, the fire-breathing camel's flames were amplified to their maximum power. Heat waves erupted from its two volcano-shaped humps, and thick jets of flame immediately spewed from its mouth.

But the forest lizard, with its agile movements, quickly climbed up the wall to the top of the cave, perfectly evading the attack.

At the same time, a huge green blade formed from the condensed leaf blades slashed down from above.

Unlike the skinny arms of a normal Grovyle, Ash's Grovyle has arms full of muscles.

The blade struck the middle of the two volcanic humps of the Fire-Breathing Camel with a single blow, and the pain instantly shot through the Camel, forcing it to its knees by the immense force.

"Moo-!"

"What? Senior Fire Goose's powerful fire-breathing camel actually..."

"Houndoom, hurry up and use your Flamethrower to assist the Fire-Breathing Camel!"

"Don't try to interfere with other people's fair duels, Torchic uses Sand Attack!"

"That mushroom used paralysis powder... Wow, is this what it feels like to command Pokémon in battle? I'm so moved."

"Xiaosheng, shouldn't you be focusing on the battle right now?"

"Hey, yeah."

While Team Magma was making its move, Ash's partners May and Max also directed Torchic and Shroomish to provide support.

The soft ground in the Rock Cave makes Torchic's Sand Splashing twice as effective.

With the interference of sand and paralyzing powder, all of the Blackhound's Flamethrower attacks were easily dodged by the Forest Lizard.

"...You guys go and focus on the other two... I'll take care of Grovyle and Ash."

"Senior Fire Goose?"

"...Camel was...given to me by... Boss Redthorn......Camel is...very strong."

"...I believe in...the fire-breathing camel!"

Huoyan looked at the fire-breathing camel that was gradually standing up, raised its head and laughed loudly.

"...Fire-breathing camel, unleash your fire breath!"

"Is something wrong with this girl? The Forest Lizard used its Leaf Blade again on my command!"

Team Magma can get past Ash, but Ash can't really let them gang up on May and Max.

So after taking a look, Ash immediately decided to deal with these troublesome Houndooms first.

The Forest Lizard and Ash's rapport is growing stronger; it can now perfectly execute actions based on the trainer's tone of voice and eye contact.

Ash focuses on guiding his Grovyle to dodge Camerupt's attacks while simultaneously striking its weak points.

Every single strike hit the vital points!

While dodging the Fire-Breathing Camerupt's attacks, the Forest Lizard caused the Houndooms to fall to the ground one after another under its powerful leaf blades.

"what?!"

"How can it be so powerful?"

This enraged Huoyan so much that her eyes became deep and intense, her pupils dilated and turned black, and she stroked her cheeks and neck with both hands, her expression turning frantic.

Even his speech is no longer tepid.

"Fire-breathing camel, use Earthquake!"

"What, in a place like this?"

The little minions behind Firegoose quickly recalled their Pokémon and scrambled to run backward.

"Forest Lizard, use your Insight skill!"

The fire-breathing camel had recovered by this time, and its heavy body immediately stomped on the ground.

The entire cave of rocks began to shake.

The already soft rock cave surface couldn't withstand such a blow, and suddenly a large crack appeared in the ground beneath Ash and his friends' feet.

With a thud, May and Max, along with their two Pokémon, fell down together.

"Xiaoyao, Xiaosheng!"

Because they were quite far apart, and because the Goose kept getting distracted by Camerupt, Ash was unable to save May and the others.

Fortunately, the soil here is soft, and the people in the Pokémon world are generally physically strong and have a high resistance to falls.

Even though they fell underground, Xiaoyao and the others were not hurt.

"Ash, we're alright!"

"Oh no, sister, something's happened!"

"Cocoa~, Cocoa~!"

The noise that Xiaoyao and the others made when they landed woke up the Cocodoras who were hibernating on the next level.

The CocoDoras, suddenly awakened from their sweet dreams, immediately assumed that Haruka and Masahiro were the culprits.

They surged out of the earthen wall and chased after Xiaoyao and her brother.

There were just too many Cocodoras, and even Mushroom couldn't keep up with them all. Before Xiaoyao and the others could catch their breath, they had to start their underground parkour mode again.

"Ash, save us!" ×2

"Hold on, I'll come rescue you after I've dealt with the enemies up there."

Ash felt relieved seeing their expressions. After all, May and Max usually ran with him quite often, so he believed that running a little more wouldn't be a problem.

Huoyan and the others had already scouted the entire cave beforehand, so they ran to a relatively solid spot on the ground and were unharmed.

The forest lizard leaped at the perfect moment, and thanks to its keen observation, it escaped the earthquake unharmed.

"Forest Lizard, use this slap!"

The forest lizard, leaping into the air, executed a stylish turn, and the large leaf on its head suddenly swelled with energy, growing even larger.

Taking advantage of the moment when the fire-breathing camel used its earthquake attack and its four hooves sank into the ground, it slammed the large leaf down heavily on its head!

The fire-breathing camel was immediately dizzy and its head tilted to the side. Its entire body was slammed into the ground by the powerful blow, leaving only its head sticking out.

"Moo..."

Fire Goose was defeated, and Fire Camel couldn't even hit the Forest Lizard once throughout the entire battle. Her beautiful face instantly became distorted.

"Hahaha! Ash, you're so strong it makes me want to vomit!"

"...As expected...you...are quite unexpected...I want to understand you...more...more deeply."

"...I will conduct experiments on you...Ash...."

"...From today...until forever...ah?"

Fire Goose's beautiful eyes dimmed instantly, as if they had been broken, and it kept muttering various incomprehensible syllables.

Especially that final "Aha!" made Ash break out in a cold sweat.

Even though it looks cute when it's broken.

"But forever... this woman isn't a yandere, is she?"

Mom once told Xiaozhi that getting entangled with a yandere woman never ends well! (Fake)

Xiao Zhi is a little worried now, wishing he hadn't been so ruthless.

When the Lava Team's underlings saw their leader like this, they quickly threw down a few smoke grenades and retreated.

Thick black smoke instantly filled the entire passage.

Of course, this trick wouldn't work on Ash, but after thinking for a moment, he decided to let the Fire Goose escape.

After all, Ash wanted to get Groudon through Team Magma first.

Suddenly, several huge explosions came from above the cave, and the surface of the entire Rock Cave seemed to be collapsing.

It seems that this is what Fire Village and the others did earlier. Ash is worried about the safety of May and Max underground.

He quickly recalled the Forest Lizard, picked up Pikachu, and flew towards the hole created by the earthquake.

The shockwaves from the explosion on the surface seemed to have traveled underground, putting the entire underground layer in grave danger.

Ash spread his Aura to its full extent and finally found May and her friends in front of a dead end near a waterfall.

Why are there waterfalls underground?

There's no time to worry about that now, because Xiaoyao and the others are about to be caught up by the angry Cocodora army.

"Ah, a dead end!"

"Xiaosheng, aren't you the one who knows Pokémon best? Quickly use your invincible knowledge to think of a solution!"

"I have no other choice."

Torchic, Mushroom, and even Wurmple were exhausted, so May and her siblings could only inch their way backwards surrounded by Cocoyora.

Suddenly, a figure appeared above the waterfall.

"Metamorphoses, use Psychic Noise!"

Chapter 380 Daigo's Challenge

The powerful sound energy emanated from above the waterfall, instantly deterring the originally aggressive Cocodoras.

At that moment, the figure above leaped down with a glittering Metagross monster; it turned out to be a handsome blue-haired man dressed in miner's clothes.

"Dawu?"

Ash was surprised when he saw Shiny Metagross. As the signature Pokémon of the Hoenn Champion, how could he not recognize it? He just didn't expect to meet it so soon.

[Ding! Congratulations on completing the side quest "Hoenn Noble, Daigo": Find the awesome rock-digging guy on Dew Island!]

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"Go back, CocoDoras."

At that moment, Daigo waved his hand, accompanied by Metagross's roar, and the large group of Cocoa Doraemon immediately disappeared.

Ash finally arrived. "May, Max, I'm sorry I'm late. Are you alright?"

"It's alright, thanks to this gentleman's help."

Hearing Ash's voice, May finally breathed a sigh of relief, patting her broad chest.

Steven, being quite knowledgeable, didn't show much surprise at Ash flying over.

"Can you fly? Is that a superpower?"

"I guess so." Ash handed several bottles of healing potions to May, urging her to treat the Torchic and the others as soon as possible.

They then took Kacchan to thank Daigo again for saving them.

"Thank you so much for your help, Mr. Daigo!"

"No need to be so polite. I just heard some strange noises and came to check it out." Daigo smiled gently at Ash and the others.

He truly lived up to his reputation as the young master of Hoenn; his smile was incredibly handsome, and even ordinary miner's clothes looked like luxurious haute couture on him.

However, the dirt and dust on his face revealed that he may have been happily dusting himself off not long ago, which actually added to his approachable charm.

"Speaking of which, do you know what happened up there?" Daigo took out a handkerchief to wipe his face, then tossed his hair and asked Ash and the others.

"The noise was so loud that I thought a volcano on the island had erupted."

"This..." Ash glanced at the now calm ground.

"Actually, it was the Lava Team who detonated explosives on the surface of the cave, which almost completely collapsed the upper space and blocked all the exits."

Fortunately, the surface mine tunnels of the Rock Cave have long been abandoned, no Pokémon live there, and no one usually goes there, so there were no casualties.

However, based on the size of the entire cave and Ash's current location,