I, Xiao Mao, want to become a Pokémon Master!

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245: Ahong's Challenge, Triggering the Quest

after an hour.

The ship arrived in Azure City.

Shigeru and Hiro walked to the common area next to the Pokémon Center. They found that there were hardly any people there, and the common area was empty.

"Let's fight here."

"no problem."

The two entered the public area and stood in the command area.

It's been almost half a year since the Indigo League. Back then, Hiro's Pokémon were all at the Gym level. They must have grown a lot in the past six months. Maybe Hiro's Pokémon have even reached the level of a near-Elite Four member.

“Let’s begin then. My number one player is Ibrahimovic,” said Shigeru.

"Boohoo!" Eevee rushed into the arena from beside Little Shigeru.

"It's that Eevee that knows a lot of moves." Hiro knew that Gary's Eevee was special, knowing a great many moves.

“Fischer, I’m begging you.” Ah Hong threw out the Spirit Ball.

Baton!

A large-billed finch appears.

【LV47 Big-Toothed Finch ♂/Near-Elite Four】

This Finch is the Spearow that Ahong used in the competition. It has now evolved into Finch and its level has increased a lot, but it is still not as good as Eevee.

"Sparrow, maintain high speed and use Shadow Clone," Hiro gave the first command.

The giant sparrow immediately created several clones to confuse Eevee, but unfortunately, this move was ineffective against Eevee.

“Shadow Clone is good, but it’s useless against my Eevee. I’ll use Swift.” Gary said.

Eevee immediately conjured a Swift, a golden star that hurtled into the sky and automatically charged towards Finch. Finch couldn't dodge and used its wings to shatter the Swift. But in the meantime, Eevee unleashed Thunderbolt, a bolt of lightning striking Finch with remarkable effect.

After being hit by a powerful attack, the peacock was not instantly killed, but its condition was already quite poor.

"Use Aerial Ace!" Seeing that keeping his distance was useless, Ahong launched a direct attack. The Finch rushed towards Eevee, but Eevee was not intimidated at all and used Waterfall to counter it.

boom! !

After colliding with each other, they were pushed backward. Although Eevee is of a high level, its light weight is a major weakness. When it collides with its opponent, it is always bounced away.

Although Eevee was knocked away, Toucan wasn't much better off, especially since the water from the waterfall made its feathers wet, which affected its flight.

"One hundred thousand volts!"

Eevee quickly unleashed Thunderbolt, but it was dodged by Pidgeot using Agility.

Eevee then used Swift Strike, while Pidgeot used Aerial Spin to deflect all the incoming Swift Strike and quickly charged towards Eevee, seemingly ready to fight to the death.

"Big words Explosive Flame!" Xiao Mao ordered.

"Bah!"

Eevee unleashed a powerful burst of flame, striking the incoming Finch.

Boom! !

A cloud of black smoke rose up, and the big-billed finches were blasted away, crashing to the ground and losing consciousness.

Shigeru looked at Eevee. Although Eevee could master a variety of moves, it was at a great disadvantage because it was a Normal type and other types of moves did not have any type bonuses.

If a Fire-type Pokémon of the same level as Eevee were used, its Fire-type moves would be even more powerful. It's estimated that two Fire-type moves would be enough to end the battle for Finch, while Eevee would have a hard time fighting back.

"Wow, that Eevee is amazing, it can even use Flamethrower."

"Yeah, that's awesome."

At that moment, a group of men dressed in karate uniforms watched the match from outside the fence.

After all, public spaces are generally used for sparring, and trainers don't usually send their main Pokémon to spar; they mainly send out newly bred Pokémon.

Therefore, it's rare to see battles between powerful Pokémon in public areas; most of the fighting is just small-scale skirmishes.

Eevee's Flame Burst is a powerful Fire-type move, which naturally attracts many onlookers.

"Karate uniforms, are they apprentices from the Azure Dojo?" Xiao Mao noticed the people outside the fence. They were all wearing karate uniforms and should all be Ah Si's apprentices. However, Xiao Mao felt that they were all unfamiliar faces and he did not recognize any of them.

"Fisher, come back." Ahong ignored the onlookers, recalled his defeated Sparrow, and then sent out a second Pokémon.

"Kruz, it's your turn!" Ahong threw out the Poké Ball.

Baton!

Shakira, covered in a hard shell and resembling a cocoon, makes his appearance.

【LV40 Shakira♂/Uranus】

Gary knew that Hiro had caught this Shakira after the Indigo League, and he could only say that the guy was lucky to have caught a pseudo-legendary Pokémon.

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Unfortunately, this Sargeras only has the potential to become an Elite Four member, which means its evolution cycle will be relatively long. The higher the potential of a Pokémon, the faster it grows. Without a trainer, it might take three to five years for this Sargeras to evolve into a Tyranitar.

However, Ah Hong's Shakira is only level 40, which is not enough to be of any use; it's not even a match for Ibrahimovic.

"Eevee, use Waterfall!" Gary thought fighting Shagella was boring and went straight for the attack.

"Bu-ee!!"

Ibrahimovic burst forth with water and charged rapidly toward Shakira.

"Dig a hole!" Ah Hong wasn't about to give up so easily.

With a bang, Shakira burrowed underground, dodging Eevee's attack.

...... .... ...

"Ibu, get ready for Water Burst. If you sense danger, attack immediately. Trust your instincts," said Shigeru.

Eevee nodded, its tail curled up, and a layer of water covered its tail, transforming into a water blade. Eevee also pricked up its ears, sensing the surrounding situation.

"Bah!"

Eevee quickly noticed Shakira's actions, suddenly turned around and leaped into the air, spinning three times, its tail blades slashing the ground.

Boom! ! !

The ground cracked, and just as Shakira was about to rush out, a water blade struck Shakira's body, smashing the ground into pieces. Shakira lay in the crater, his eyes spinning.

Before evolving, Sargeras is a Rock/Ground type and is 4x weak to Water-type moves. This Water Burst attack was the death of Sargeras.

"Kruz...!" Ahong didn't expect Kruz to be so fragile, and immediately put Kruz back into its Poké Ball.

Despite losing two Pokémon in a row, Ahong did not give up. He knew very well that Eevee was not Gary's strongest Pokémon.

"The gap is really big," Ah Hong thought to himself. He felt a lot of pressure just watching Xiao Mao's match.

When I actually faced Xiao Mao, the pressure was even greater; it could be described as immense.

"Gibo, I'm counting on you." Hiro decided to finish the battle and send out his last Pokémon.

Baton!

A red figure appeared on the field.

【LV45 Charmeleon♂/Elite Four】Craft.

246: Let Ahong experience utter defeat

"Hasn't your Charizard evolved into Charizard yet?" Gary asked.

During the Indigo League, Hiro and Ash were known as the Baby Team. It's surprising that Hiro's Charmander has evolved, though it's still just a Charmeleon.

Ah Hong's Charizard should have awakened most of its skills by now. If it doesn't evolve soon, it will feel very uncomfortable when it evolves into Charizard, since the difference between the two evolutions is too great.

Charmander and Charmeleon cannot fly, but Charizard can, so it's best to train Charmander to its final evolution form as early as possible.

Ash's Turtwig, which he caught in the Sinnoh region, didn't evolve for a long time. It eventually evolved into Torterra, but because it couldn't adapt to its final evolved form, it performed very poorly in subsequent battles, even struggling to trade one-for-one trades.

"It's not '973' yet, is there a problem?" Ah Hong asked.

"Your Charmeleon isn't low-level. It should have evolved into Charizard by the time of the Indigo League. It's been half a year, and it's still just Charmeleon. Are you deliberately preventing it from evolving?" Gary asked suspiciously.

Hiro's Charmeleon has the potential to become an Elite Four member; if it doesn't use an Everstone to suppress it, there's no way it won't evolve.

"No, I just wanted Charmeleon to awaken more skills, so I used the Everstone to suppress Charmeleon's evolution," Hiro said.

This silly kid really just wanted to awaken more skills in Charmeleon.

Do you know that your Charizard has already awakened almost all the skills it should have? Continuing to suppress its evolution won't awaken any more skills. Only by evolving into Charizard can it awaken higher-level fire-type skills.

“Suppressing a Pokémon’s evolution can indeed allow it to awaken its racial skills earlier, but this kind of level suppression is only enough for a Pokémon to reach the Gym level. If it continues to be suppressed, not only will it not awaken new skills, but it will also solidify the Pokémon’s battle patterns. If it evolves again, it will be very uncomfortable,” said Gary.

"Really?" Ah Hong was surprised; it was the first time he had ever heard of such a thing.

"Of course it's true. And when Charmeleon evolves into Charizard, it will awaken Flying-type moves and even more powerful Fire-type moves. Charmeleon can't awaken these moves unless it evolves," said Gary.

“Okay!” Ahong nodded and said, “I understand... But let’s end the current battle first.”

"Let's begin, Eevee. Use Dig to burrow underground and look for an opportunity to attack with Waterfall," Gary commanded.

Eevee immediately burrowed underground. Charmeleon had no way to deal with the underground environment, so it could only stay alert and carefully watch the ground, feeling the vibrations.

Eevee certainly wouldn't attack from under Charmeleon's feet. Instead, it burst out from two meters behind Charmeleon, unleashing bursts of water from its sides as it charged towards Charmeleon.

boom! ! !

Charmeleon reacted quickly, turning around and using its metal claws to retaliate. The metal claws collided with Eevee's head, and the water flow beside Eevee surged forward, impacting Charmeleon and sending it flying.

"Bu-ee!!"

Eevee regained its footing and unleashed a Thunderbolt. Charmeleon couldn't dodge in time and was hit by the Thunderbolt, but Charmeleon didn't fall down. Instead, the flames on its tail ignited fiercely, and a scorching aura spread out as the Blaze ability was activated.

"Gibo, use Flamethrower!" Hiro countered.

Charmeleon spewed flames at Eevee, the flames radiating intense heat, resembling a sea of ​​fire.

"Hyper Beam!" Shigeru charged straight at it.