Chapter 191

「Charizard, be careful! 」

Ash saw the Flame Emperor suddenly open its mouth, a stream of purple flame containing mysterious power surged out, bringing scorching heat, and directly sprayed at Mega Charizard.

Its body lightly flipped continuously in the air, dodging the purple flame that came winding like a snake.

The battle between the Flame Emperor and Mega Charizard grew increasingly fierce, with both sides exchanging blows, their forms shifting unpredictably, each using long- and short-range techniques.

「Charizard, Fire Spin! 」

Ash released a surging aura, like turbulent waves, continuously pouring into Mega Charizard's body.

Under the aura's enhancement, the blue fluorescence on Mega Charizard's body became brighter and dazzling, as if wrapped in a layer of mysterious energy.

The Larvitar watching from the side softly let out an 'oh la', eyes wide as it watched Ash and Mega Charizard fight side by side, its heart filled with admiration and anticipation.

While the Flame Emperor dodged Mega Charizard's flame attack, it also sensed Ash's surging aura and Mega Charizard's continually rising fire energy, feeling a surge of surprise; this trainer and his Pokémon's power far exceeded its imagination.

「Big Blast! 」

Mega Charizard's body burned with intense blue flames, gradually gathering into a big-character-shaped flame.

A flash of red light passed through Mega Charizard's eyes, and its whole-body fire energy seemed to peak at this moment.

With a deafening roar, Mega Charizard unleashed this full-power Big Blast at the Flame Emperor.

Boom!

Just as the Flame Emperor landed, it was hit by the terrifying Big Blast, its whole body engulfed by the blast, then flung away by the immense impact.

In midair, the Flame Emperor struggled to block; the Big Blast's energy reached its limit and exploded violently, the Flame Emperor's figure flickering in the firelight before finally crashing heavily to the ground.

Boom!

Accompanied by a huge roar, the rocks on the ground were shattered into pieces.

The Flame Emperor struggled to rise, its eyes showing approval of Ash and Mega Charizard, it slightly nodded, indicating Ash had passed its trial.

「Not simple! 」

Ash sighed, at the same time retracting his aura. This battle was extremely difficult; for them, being able to battle a legendary Pokémon filled them with immense excitement.

Seeing the Flame Emperor not attacking further, Mega Charizard reverted to its original form, panting heavily.

Battling the legendary Pokémon, the pressure was overwhelming, yet it was the first time they threw themselves fully into battle, and also the first time they used Mega Evolution with all their strength.

Last time's Mega Evolution didn't let it exert full strength, but this time it gave its all, yet the fight remained extraordinarily tough.

Especially when the Flame Emperor got serious and used those mysterious flames, it could only keep dodging, unable to resist at all.

But only such a battle could let it quickly improve.

Roar!

The Flame Emperor let out a roar, shooting purple flames at Charizard, which gradually seeped into Charizard's body.

Charizard felt the fire energy within its body being stirred by the purple flames.

Is that Sacred Fire?

The Flame Emperor taught Sacred Fire to Charizard.

Ash's eyes narrowed; this Sacred Fire had just tossed Charizard around quite a bit.

Now Charizard has a chance to learn this move; that's a great opportunity.

After seeing Charizard use it, the Flame Emperor then left this place!

【Xia Bo: Charizard actually learned Sacred Fire, gaining another trump card and becoming much stronger!】

【Ai Lan: After Mega Evolution, Charizard using Sacred Fire again, I think the power would be greater, probably hard to block!】

【Professor Oak: Sacred Fire is something only Ho-Oh and Entei can use; now Entei can teach it to Charizard, that must be the Rainbow Wing issue. Earlier, your Charizard got injured when it was a Charmander, that's when the Rainbow Wing nurtured its origin, and it still has Ho-Oh's energy on it, so Charizard can learn Sacred Fire!】

【Ji Ke: Charizard is one step closer to its goal; Charizards in the black-and-white world all strive equally, Bai Shijie's Charizard may not have had as many adventures, but it has trained hard in Charizard Valley, all to achieve its goal of becoming the world's number one Charizard.】

「Youjilas, do you think Charizard is strong? 」

Ash picked up Youjilas, who was following Pikachu as it walked over.

「Yo! (≧▽≦)! 」

Youjilas raised its little hand, showing it was very strong.

Shang Ye's attention was still on the direction Entei had left; after a moment, his fighting spirit rose, and next time he sees Entei he wants to be like Ash, no, he wants to surpass Ash, he wants to capture Entei.

After a brief conversation, Shang Ye was about to leave.

Ash and his group were about to soak in hot springs here to relieve fatigue, and continue letting Pikachu and the others play with Youjilas.

Afterwards they continued their journey and met Nana again; now she is training with Sunflora in the forest, and she also has an Electrike beside her.

Nana saw Ash, immediately ran over to ask how many Badges he had gotten; learning that Ash already had eight Badges, she was excited, but when Ash asked her, she said she had collected five Badges.

She had just caught this Electrike in the forest, planning to train here before challenging the Gym; it was her first time challenging Ash, and she followed his advice.

One must always be well prepared and constantly train; otherwise it's hard to obtain Gym Badges, and one must also balance work and rest.

「Then let's have a battle! 」

Nana challenged Ash to see how big the gap between her and Ash currently is.

Seeing Nana's eager eyes, Ash agreed.

「Then let's send out Snorlax! 」

After thinking, the Poké Ball he carries is only suitable for sending out Snorlax; moreover, he sees that Nana's Sunflora is well cultivated, so sending out Snorlax is just right.

「Come on, Sunflora! 」

Snorlax was full, its fighting spirit high, and it solemnly looked at Sunflora.

Nana, on the other hand, was not afraid; her Sunflora had defeated many opponents, it was no longer the early Budew and Bayleef, its strength had increased greatly.

Sunflora used Magical Leaf, all of which hit Snorlax.

Taking advantage of the opening while Sunflora released Magical Leaf, Snorlax quickly rushed toward Sunflora.

Its fist was covered with icy cold air, and an Ice Punch directly hit Sunflora's body.

After being attacked, Big Hollyhock's body involuntarily slid backward a certain distance.

Seeing this, Nana quickly had Big Hollyhock use photosynthesis to recover its stamina.

Snorlax did not seize the opportunity to attack but instead used Belly Drum, its body seeming to be filled by an invisible force, greatly boosting its attack power.

Snorlax launched another attack, with roaring flames leaping onto its fists; the Flame Punch sliced through the air like a meteor and directly struck Big Hollyhock.

As expected, Snorlax directly defeated Big Hollyhock with a Flame Punch.

As she had anticipated, Nana's fighting spirit remained undiminished, and she seriously reflected on the battle's situation.

She also had the Electric Monster battle Pikachu!

Really?

Watching Pikachu and the Electric Monster, Xiaoxia felt a bit sorry for the Electric Monster, which actually dared to battle Pikachu—she probably hasn't experienced being instantly killed yet!

「Pikachu(? o?)？」

The Electric Monster in front was still provoking it; without Ash's command, Pikachu directly used Flash.

Just as the Electric Monster was smugly provoking, a yellow bolt of lightning tore through the air; Pikachu's figure almost turned into a streak of light, so fast it dazzled the eyes. The Electric Monster had no time to make any defensive move before being violently flung away.

Boom!

The Electric Monster's body was hurled like a cannonball toward the rear woods, slamming hard into a thick tree trunk; the impact made the trunk tremble, and leaves fluttered down.

The Electric Monster slid down from the high tree trunk and crashed heavily to the ground, losing its ability to battle.

You, who just recently captured an Electric Beast, dare to challenge the ace Pikachu!

Everyone saw Nana's Electric Monster get knocked out in one hit by Pikachu, and they weren't the least bit surprised.