Chapter 160: Cyndaquil evolves into Typhlosion!

Black World—

Returned to the Pokémon Center to rest until the next day, Ash called Professor Oak.

After Ash told Professor Oak that he had caught Lugia, Professor Oak kept calling him.

At first he thought he had misheard, but Ash said he had received Lugia.

Professor Oak remained silent on the other end of the phone for a while, digesting this astonishing news.

Lugia?

That's a sea god, and Ash actually managed to catch it!

Professor Oak couldn't believe it; he had wanted to chat with Ash a bit longer, but this guy just said a few words to tell him he had caught Lugia, then hung up, and subsequent calls couldn't get through.

This left him tossing and turning with excitement all night, only able to wait for Ash's next call.

"Professor Oak, are you looking for me?"

After Miss Joy's reminder, Ash realized Professor Oak had called him back many times, so he hurriedly called Professor Oak back.

"Yeah, Ash, did you really catch Lugia?"

Professor Oak lowered his voice, after all, the Pokémon Center has people coming and going; causing a commotion wouldn't be good!

"Huh, didn't I tell you that last night?"

Ash told Professor Oak about what happened then.

"Sure, I'll let the League know and pay special attention to Team Rocket; you don't need to worry too much."

Professor Oak became serious: "You don't need to worry!"

After chatting with Professor Oak for a while, Ash and his group headed to the Shallow Scallion Gym.

Ami immediately accepted Ash's challenge.

After all, the Electabuzz at her place were brought back by Ash's help delivering medicine.

After the referee finished explaining the rules, Ami and Ash simultaneously released their Pokémon.

Ami sent out Magnemite.

Ash sent out Cyndaquil.

The first battle ended quickly.

Cyndaquil first used Flamethrower to defeat Magnemite.

Afterwards, Ami's second Pokémon was Steelix.

Ash didn't switch Pokémon, choosing to let Cyndaquil continue.

At the start of the battle, Cyndaquil quickly dug a concealed hole in the ground to avoid the massive, astonishingly powerful Steelix's fierce attacks.

Occasionally popping out of the hole to ambush Steelix, even if Steelix slammed the ground hard trying to collapse the burrow to force Cyndaquil out, Cyndaquil was ready, releasing a large amount of smoke from the hole that spread across the battlefield, blocking Steelix's vision so it couldn't attack.

Faced with this situation, Ami was also prepared, having Steelix use Sandstorm to whirl the smoke away and disperse it.

Cyndaquil seized the moment when Steelix stopped its Sandstorm move, quickly gathered power, then fired a scorching Flamethrower at Steelix.

Under the fire's scorching, Steelix let out a painful howl, finally using Headbutt against Cyndaquil.

Cyndaquil seized this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, tightly gripping Steelix's body.

At the same time, the flames on Cyndaquil's body grew even more fierce, as if trying to devour everything; surrounded by this fire, Steelix's struggles became weaker and weaker.

Cyndaquil's body began undergoing drastic changes, its size rapidly increasing and its flames becoming more surging and powerful.

Compared to before evolution, its size grew larger, its flames became fiercer, resembling a mane encircling its neck.

After evolution, Typhlosion's flames instantly generated a strong explosive shockwave; this shockwave not only completely enveloped Steelix but also burned it terribly.

Finally, under Typhlosion's powerful assault, Steelix collapsed helplessly to the ground, losing its ability to battle.

Since the match rules were two-on-two, Typhlosion defeated both of Ami's Pokémon, so Ash won this battle.

He obtained the Steel Badge.

【Ami: Good news: Pikachu didn't get to battle!

Bad news: Got swept by Typhlosion in one hit two!

【Brock: Ami, Gym Leader, Black Satoshi's strength is already approaching the Elite Four; losing to him is completely normal!

【Xiaomao: If we had used Pikachu or Charizard, the battle would probably have ended even faster.

The Black Light Screen faded, and the White Light Curtain lit up.

Because they needed to go to the next Gym, Ash and his group returned to Round Vermilion City.

Professor Oak called, saying there was a big problem in the research lab's backyard: dodder grass, dodder flowers, and dodder cotton had blown in with the monsoon, causing disputes with the walking grass, stink flower, king flower, and beautiful flower over water sources, and even Water-type Pokémon were getting into fights with them.

Professor Oak considered that Ash's Bulbasaur had experience taking care of other Pokémon in Pokémon Village, so he had Ash send Bulbasaur back.

Bulbasaur initially tried to persuade the fighting Pokémon, but they ignored it and even attacked it; Bulbasaur used Solar Beam, after which those Grass-type Pokémon finally acknowledged it.

Next, Bulbasaur, to solve the water source problem, had the Pokémon work together to dig a new lake.

Consequently, Bulbasaur became the big brother at Oak Lab; only with Bulbasaur present would the research institute avoid disputes.

Professor Oak asked Ash to temporarily leave Bulbasaur there, and Ash agreed.

Ash and his group arrived at Round Vermilion City, where they heard the Bell Tower acting strangely, rushed over, and saw Gym Leader Xiao Song and Shui Jing.

From them they learned the Bell Tower's abnormality was due to the bell being stolen.

At the time, the burned tower only had four clear bells and thirty-two bells that conveyed Ho-Oh's will left behind miraculously.

In the rebuilt tower, the bell was hung up again, but after that it never rang once.

This time it rang probably to remind them that the bell had been stolen.

During the conversation, Shui Jing learned that Ash had also seen Suicune, and immediately wanted to battle him.

Meanwhile, the Team Rocket Trio accidentally shattered one of the clear bells, provoking the fury of Bug-type Pokémon, and additionally covered the entire city with silk.

Finally, Suicune came out to save the day.

Behind, a rainbow appeared, and the anger of the Poké Balls was all appeased!