Chapter 156: Battle with Lugia!

"This...... Pikachu?"

Dr. Nanbo widened his eyes, looking at the Electabuzz fallen on the ground, his face full of disbelief. What had just happened was too fast; he barely saw how the Electabuzz was sent flying in an instant.

He only remembered catching a flash of yellow-blue light, which passed by in an instant, and then he saw Pikachu slam its Iron Tail hard into the Electabuzz's light wall.

That light wall, under Pikachu's Iron Tail, was as fragile as paper and shattered instantly. Pikachu's assault did not stop; its Iron Tail, carrying great impact, directly sent the Electabuzz flying a distance.

"What are you Team Rocket doing capturing Lugia?"

Ash grabbed Dr. Nanbo and informed Miss Junsha that these people must be detained in prison, otherwise letting them continue their evil deeds would surely lead to unimaginable wrongdoing.

From Dr. Nanbo, he learned that he had developed a device that could provoke Pokémon's anger, believing that angry Pokémon could unleash their fullest potential.

Therefore, the Team Rocket members set their sights on the legendary Pokémon Lugia, hoping to strengthen their power by capturing Lugia and ultimately achieve their goal of world conquest.

Again, they were using the power of a legendary Pokémon to do evil.

Ash frowned, recalling the last time he encountered the Legendary Birds and Lugia in the Orange Islands; there was a person similar to Team Rocket who captured divine beasts, calling himself a Pokémon Collector, using a high-tech airship to capture the Legendary Birds, attempting to collect the legendary Pokémon Lugia, which angered the Legendary Birds, causing them to wreak havoc and trigger extreme weather worldwide.

If it weren't for Fulula and her companions bringing him to search for treasures, and playing the flute to calm the Legendary Birds' fury, the consequences would be unthinkable.

Miss Junsha arrived quickly, arrested all of Team Rocket, gave Ash and his group 30,000 Alliance Coins, and rewarded them for helping to eliminate evil and uphold justice.

They thwarted Team Rocket's plan, rescued Little Lugia, and earned a sum of money.

Ash felt fine, and specifically reminded Miss Junsha not to let them escape like the Team Rocket Trio did, and to keep a close watch on Team Rocket.

Miss Junsha came quickly and left just as fast.

"Hoo-hoo-hoo~"

After seeing the stranger leave, Little Lugia quietly emerged from its hiding place and lunged onto Ash. It clung to him constantly, rubbing against him nonstop.

Little Lugia sensed from Ash a scent similar to its own.

It also felt that, inexplicably, Ash made it feel it could completely trust him.

"You also study chrysanthemum grass leaf?"

Seeing Little Lugia so affectionate toward him, Ash smiled helplessly and rubbed its head.

At that moment, the chrysanthemum grass leaf beside his shoulder seemed to hear Ash mentioning it, and it lightly leaned in, growing even closer to him.

They happily played like that for an hour. Suddenly, Ash felt a wave similar to Little Lugia's aura rapidly approaching them. Little Lugia also sensed the change and looked up at the sky.

Immediately after, a strong gust of wind swept over them, accompanied by the appearance of another Lugia. This Lugia had a normal build, completely different from Little Lugia, obviously its mother.

"Hoo-hoo-hoo~" Little Lugia greeted the Lugia.

"Haa~" Lugia responded, looking at Ash and his group.

Ash could understand the conversation between the Lugia mother and child, and he explained to Lugia what had happened here.

Lugia carefully examined Ash; the silver feather on his hand indeed emitted energy waves similar to its own, but slightly different, that different energy carried a hint of divinity.

This trainer was friendly toward them, and his heart was pure, without any thought of using their power to achieve something like those people did.

"Lugia, let's battle!"

Seeing this Lugia, Ash wanted to see how much his and his Pokémon's strength had improved.

Moreover, the rainbow feather and silver feather radiated abundant energy, nurturing his Pokémon; he wanted to see how great the gap was between his Pokémon and Lugia.

The Lugia before him was not the one from the Orange Islands, only a divine office, hailed as the Sea God.

It was merely a Lugia from a group, but its combat power was not to be underestimated.

Moreover, he still had to challenge Water Lord, Flame Emperor, Raikou, and Phoenix King.

Now it is indeed necessary to battle a legendary Pokémon; otherwise, encountering Water Lord and the like would make victory very difficult.

"Haa!"

Lugia agreed to Ash, sensing genuine fighting spirit from this trainer, and decided to see just how strong he was.

Xiaoxia and Brock stepped aside with their Pokémon to find a safe spot to watch.

Little Lugia flapped its wings on the side, cheering on its mother and Ash.

"Pikachu!"

Ash's eyes flashed with a hint of blue light, a faint blue aura emanating from his body, and Pikachu entered the same state.

He went all out with full firepower.

"Flash Lightning!"

"Pika!"

Pikachu responded, moving with its short legs at astonishing speed; its figure became a blur, only blue and yellow light intertwining visible as it rushed toward Lugia.

Boom!

Boom! Pikachu's fierce impact collided with Lugia's sturdy wings, instantly creating a strong whirlwind that rapidly spread outward from around Lugia.

Although Lugia successfully blocked this attack, its posture involuntarily retreated a few steps.

Meanwhile, Pikachu flew backward, landed steadily, and showed a solemn expression.

"So strong!" Brock raised one hand to block the gust, watching Lugia and Pikachu.

Their battle performance left him with no desire to fight them at all.