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he knowes pokemon more than i know _Chapter_1057_en
Chapter 162
Chapter 1047: Double Battle, vs. Huoyan and Tabitha! (Part 1)
2024-05-15 Author: Samsung Charmander
"A Grovyle? What the hell?"
The sudden appearance of the Grovyle stunned the two Team Magma members.
Having been slashed across the neck, the Mightyena grew even more enraged and prepared to attack again.
"Hey! What do you think you're doing, Team Magma!"
But soon, Ash and Brock had placed themselves in front of Dr. Solace, scolding them righteously.
"Awooo~!"
The Shelgon also leaped down in front of the professor, as if seeking praise for its contribution.
Dr. Solace was obsessed with meteorites, so he had specially given an Everstone to his "meteorite-like" Shelgon, not intending for it to complete its evolution.
For a Shelgon that had always longed to fly, this was undoubtedly a huge source of frustration.
However, ever since it was a Bagon, Shelgon had been entrusted by Dr. Solace's father to look after him. With this sense of guardianship, Shelgon had always been mindful of the professor's feelings.
The sudden arrival of Ash and Brock gave Dr. Solace the feeling of having survived a disaster.
But in the eyes of the two Team Magma members, it was a completely different story.
"It's you, you damn kid! You stole my championship title in the Canine Battle Tournament, and now you're here to ruin my plans?!"
Huoyan recognized him and cursed angrily.
Meanwhile, Brock recognized Tabitha, and his eyes instantly turned into hearts.
"Oh, oh, oh! It's that beautiful lady! Ever since we met that day in Slateport City, I haven't been able to forget your face~!"
Brock made to leap at her but was quickly pulled back by Ash.
These two were no pushovers; they were about to detonate a volcano.
Tabitha: "..."
Why is it this dark-skinned creep again?
Speaking of which, I remember there was a little girl who knew Transform. Didn't she come along?
"Hmph, since you want to play the hero, let's settle all our scores, new and old."
Huoyan's gaze sharpened, and he immediately ordered an attack:
"Mightyena, use Shadow Ball!"
The Mightyena had long been bottling up its rage. It leaped fiercely, a ball of purple-black energy coalescing in its mouth, which it then hurled straight forward.
However, before Ash could even give a command, the Grovyle in front of him had already dashed forward. Its glowing green scythes flashed, cleanly slicing the Shadow Ball in two in mid-air with stylish flair.
"Yo, kid, not planning on sending out that Entei of yours this time?"
Huoyan's words made the nearby Tabitha pause for a moment.
This youth has an Entei?
But the Mightyena charged forward again, posturing to use the move Slash once more.
"Chaa!"
Seeing this, Grovyle naturally didn't back down an inch, meeting the charge with its Leaf Blade held ready, pulsing with an intense green light.
However, the mid-air Mightyena suddenly changed its attack, lowering its foreclaws and instead opening its mouth to its widest, revealing sharp fangs.
*Screech!*
Icy blue energy appeared around its mouth, freezing the air and even forming a spectral image of icy fangs.
Ice Fang!
The sudden change in moves left Grovyle with no time to dodge; it could only meet the Ice Fang head-on with its Leaf Blade.
But due to the type disadvantage, the moment they made contact, chilling ice rapidly froze and spread across the leaf blade, nearly crawling all the way up to Grovyle's body.
"Chaa-baa...!"
Seeing this, Grovyle could only twist its blades to forcibly change the direction of the force, but its body was still slammed back to the ground by the Mightyena's impact.
"Now's our chance! Ninetales, use Flamethrower!"
At that moment, Tabitha suddenly called out.
The Ninetales, which had been hiding behind her without moving, immediately leaped high and spewed a ball of scorching flames from its mouth.
Grovyle's leaf blades had turned into ice, and its movements were stiff. It was a perfect opening for a sneak attack.
"Lairon, block that move!"
The nearby Brock jumped into the battle at just the right moment.
Lairon's heavy body landed in front of Grovyle. The serpent of flame spewed forth, striking Lairon heavily and instantly triggering a terrifying fiery explosion.
BOOM!
When the smoke and dust cleared, Lairon was still standing there. Aside from being covered in some black ash, it was largely unharmed.
Tabitha's timing for the attack was extremely cunning. Even Brock had no other option but to have Lairon take the hit directly.
The two opposing Pokémon were not low-level. If Grovyle had taken a full-power Flamethrower, even if it didn't faint, it would have been left on its last legs.
And thanks to its Rock typing, while Lairon did have two four-times weaknesses that made it fragile, Fire-type moves were only normally effective. It was far better than Grovyle taking that hit.
"If this is a Double Battle, then even if my opponent is someone as beautiful as you, I won't just stand by and watch!"
Brock's gaze hardened as he stood beside Ash.
After the initial blood rush to his head, he had gradually calmed down. Team Magma, who wanted to detonate a volcano and destroy a city, were not good people.
"Chaa!"
Grovyle cried out as well, thanking Lairon.
*Flick!*
Then, with a flick of its hands, Grovyle completely shook off the ice chips from its leaf blade, its battle intent reigniting.
"Oh, it seems you two aren't just ordinary trainers, are you~"
With a flicker in her languid eyes, Tabitha sized up the two of them.
As if he had finally found protectors, Dr. Solace and his Shelgon now cowered behind Ash and Brock, but the nervous look on his face hadn't disappeared.
A high-ranking executive of Team Magma wasn't someone a few youths could defeat.
"Hmph, Dr. Solace is the prey Team Magma has set its sights on. Anyone who stands in our way will die!"
Mindful of his mission to detonate the volcano, Huoyan's aura surged with intensity.
Hearing the professor's name, however, made Ash pause for a moment.
"Huh, that name... I feel like I've heard it somewhere before?"
His mind raced. He remembered back in the Sea Mauville Ruins east of Dewford Town, the person from the Sinnoh Region who brought a keystone and then accidentally lost it... wasn't his name Solace something?
But there was no more time for him to think. The two from Team Magma had already launched another attack.
"Tabitha, you take care of that dark-skinned kid. As for this brat, he's my prey!"
Huoyan glared fiercely at Ash and pointed a finger.
"Mightyena, once more, Ice Fang!"
Facing the massive teeth of ice coming at him, Ash was prepared this time.
"Use Bullet Seed on the ground!"
Grovyle opened its mouth and spat out a dense and rapid barrage of energy seeds, which fell like machine-gun fire onto the rocky ground, immediately kicking up a cloud of dust.
This caused Mightyena's attack to hit nothing but air.
*Swoosh!*
And Grovyle had already appeared behind Mightyena, its sharp Leaf Blade slashing straight for its opponent's flank.
*Clang!*
But in the next moment, as if it had sensed the attack, Mightyena spun its head around abruptly. Its ice fangs lashed out again, forcing Grovyle back several meters.
"Brat, did you forget about the sensitive noses of canine Pokémon?"
Huoyan sneered. With Mightyena's powerful sense of smell, an attack under cover like that was completely meaningless.
(end of chapter)
2024-05-15 Author: Samsung Charmander
"A Grovyle? What the hell?"
The sudden appearance of the Grovyle stunned the two Team Magma members.
Having been slashed across the neck, the Mightyena grew even more enraged and prepared to attack again.
"Hey! What do you think you're doing, Team Magma!"
But soon, Ash and Brock had placed themselves in front of Dr. Solace, scolding them righteously.
"Awooo~!"
The Shelgon also leaped down in front of the professor, as if seeking praise for its contribution.
Dr. Solace was obsessed with meteorites, so he had specially given an Everstone to his "meteorite-like" Shelgon, not intending for it to complete its evolution.
For a Shelgon that had always longed to fly, this was undoubtedly a huge source of frustration.
However, ever since it was a Bagon, Shelgon had been entrusted by Dr. Solace's father to look after him. With this sense of guardianship, Shelgon had always been mindful of the professor's feelings.
The sudden arrival of Ash and Brock gave Dr. Solace the feeling of having survived a disaster.
But in the eyes of the two Team Magma members, it was a completely different story.
"It's you, you damn kid! You stole my championship title in the Canine Battle Tournament, and now you're here to ruin my plans?!"
Huoyan recognized him and cursed angrily.
Meanwhile, Brock recognized Tabitha, and his eyes instantly turned into hearts.
"Oh, oh, oh! It's that beautiful lady! Ever since we met that day in Slateport City, I haven't been able to forget your face~!"
Brock made to leap at her but was quickly pulled back by Ash.
These two were no pushovers; they were about to detonate a volcano.
Tabitha: "..."
Why is it this dark-skinned creep again?
Speaking of which, I remember there was a little girl who knew Transform. Didn't she come along?
"Hmph, since you want to play the hero, let's settle all our scores, new and old."
Huoyan's gaze sharpened, and he immediately ordered an attack:
"Mightyena, use Shadow Ball!"
The Mightyena had long been bottling up its rage. It leaped fiercely, a ball of purple-black energy coalescing in its mouth, which it then hurled straight forward.
However, before Ash could even give a command, the Grovyle in front of him had already dashed forward. Its glowing green scythes flashed, cleanly slicing the Shadow Ball in two in mid-air with stylish flair.
"Yo, kid, not planning on sending out that Entei of yours this time?"
Huoyan's words made the nearby Tabitha pause for a moment.
This youth has an Entei?
But the Mightyena charged forward again, posturing to use the move Slash once more.
"Chaa!"
Seeing this, Grovyle naturally didn't back down an inch, meeting the charge with its Leaf Blade held ready, pulsing with an intense green light.
However, the mid-air Mightyena suddenly changed its attack, lowering its foreclaws and instead opening its mouth to its widest, revealing sharp fangs.
*Screech!*
Icy blue energy appeared around its mouth, freezing the air and even forming a spectral image of icy fangs.
Ice Fang!
The sudden change in moves left Grovyle with no time to dodge; it could only meet the Ice Fang head-on with its Leaf Blade.
But due to the type disadvantage, the moment they made contact, chilling ice rapidly froze and spread across the leaf blade, nearly crawling all the way up to Grovyle's body.
"Chaa-baa...!"
Seeing this, Grovyle could only twist its blades to forcibly change the direction of the force, but its body was still slammed back to the ground by the Mightyena's impact.
"Now's our chance! Ninetales, use Flamethrower!"
At that moment, Tabitha suddenly called out.
The Ninetales, which had been hiding behind her without moving, immediately leaped high and spewed a ball of scorching flames from its mouth.
Grovyle's leaf blades had turned into ice, and its movements were stiff. It was a perfect opening for a sneak attack.
"Lairon, block that move!"
The nearby Brock jumped into the battle at just the right moment.
Lairon's heavy body landed in front of Grovyle. The serpent of flame spewed forth, striking Lairon heavily and instantly triggering a terrifying fiery explosion.
BOOM!
When the smoke and dust cleared, Lairon was still standing there. Aside from being covered in some black ash, it was largely unharmed.
Tabitha's timing for the attack was extremely cunning. Even Brock had no other option but to have Lairon take the hit directly.
The two opposing Pokémon were not low-level. If Grovyle had taken a full-power Flamethrower, even if it didn't faint, it would have been left on its last legs.
And thanks to its Rock typing, while Lairon did have two four-times weaknesses that made it fragile, Fire-type moves were only normally effective. It was far better than Grovyle taking that hit.
"If this is a Double Battle, then even if my opponent is someone as beautiful as you, I won't just stand by and watch!"
Brock's gaze hardened as he stood beside Ash.
After the initial blood rush to his head, he had gradually calmed down. Team Magma, who wanted to detonate a volcano and destroy a city, were not good people.
"Chaa!"
Grovyle cried out as well, thanking Lairon.
*Flick!*
Then, with a flick of its hands, Grovyle completely shook off the ice chips from its leaf blade, its battle intent reigniting.
"Oh, it seems you two aren't just ordinary trainers, are you~"
With a flicker in her languid eyes, Tabitha sized up the two of them.
As if he had finally found protectors, Dr. Solace and his Shelgon now cowered behind Ash and Brock, but the nervous look on his face hadn't disappeared.
A high-ranking executive of Team Magma wasn't someone a few youths could defeat.
"Hmph, Dr. Solace is the prey Team Magma has set its sights on. Anyone who stands in our way will die!"
Mindful of his mission to detonate the volcano, Huoyan's aura surged with intensity.
Hearing the professor's name, however, made Ash pause for a moment.
"Huh, that name... I feel like I've heard it somewhere before?"
His mind raced. He remembered back in the Sea Mauville Ruins east of Dewford Town, the person from the Sinnoh Region who brought a keystone and then accidentally lost it... wasn't his name Solace something?
But there was no more time for him to think. The two from Team Magma had already launched another attack.
"Tabitha, you take care of that dark-skinned kid. As for this brat, he's my prey!"
Huoyan glared fiercely at Ash and pointed a finger.
"Mightyena, once more, Ice Fang!"
Facing the massive teeth of ice coming at him, Ash was prepared this time.
"Use Bullet Seed on the ground!"
Grovyle opened its mouth and spat out a dense and rapid barrage of energy seeds, which fell like machine-gun fire onto the rocky ground, immediately kicking up a cloud of dust.
This caused Mightyena's attack to hit nothing but air.
*Swoosh!*
And Grovyle had already appeared behind Mightyena, its sharp Leaf Blade slashing straight for its opponent's flank.
*Clang!*
But in the next moment, as if it had sensed the attack, Mightyena spun its head around abruptly. Its ice fangs lashed out again, forcing Grovyle back several meters.
"Brat, did you forget about the sensitive noses of canine Pokémon?"
Huoyan sneered. With Mightyena's powerful sense of smell, an attack under cover like that was completely meaningless.
(end of chapter)
