Chapter 217: Defeated Team Rocket, Mewtwo helps black‑clad Ash awaken superpowers!

"Has it increased this much?"

Sakaki muttered to himself, his eyes locked tightly on Pikachu. Just now Beedrill's speed was nearly identical to it, even slightly gaining the upper hand, but now Pikachu suddenly surged in power and speed, surpassing the Beedrill he had painstakingly raised.

At this moment, with the boost of Wave Guide Power, the blue aura on Pikachu's body also transformed into a dazzling golden electric current.

That power is truly strange; Sakaki now has a bit of interest in Pikachu.

"Pikachu, Electric Ball!"

This was Ash's first encounter with such a formidable Beedrill; even a flash of Pikachu's electricity could be blocked, and even if blown away, it could still stay steady, appearing unharmed.

The current quickly gathered and compressed on the tail, finally forming a sphere shimmering with lightning, its surface crackling with arcs, emitting a heart‑pounding glow.

This electric ball spun rapidly on Pikachu's tail, each rotation accompanied by a faint thunderclap, as loud as using a Thunder move.

The lightning sphere on Pikachu's tail shot forth like an arrow released from a bow, roaring as it raced toward Beedrill.

"Anger."

Sakaki was no longer as calm as before.

When Pikachu leapt up and threw the Electric Ball, Beedrill's twin stingers were wrapped in a white aura and charged straight at the ball. The stingers collided with the ball; the ball finally broke through Beedrill's attack, struck Beedrill directly, and exploded with a booming roar, sending a shockwave spreading outward in an instant.

After taking the Electric Ball hit, Beedrill's eyes grew even more crimson, the aura on its twin stingers blazing brighter, and it lunged straight at Pikachu before it could land.

"Use Poison Sting."

Sakaki was very confident in Beedrill; even if Beedrill took damage from the Electric Ball, it didn't matter—the main point was to use the Electric Ball to boost Beedrill's attack.

The Anger move raises the attack power of the Pokémon that uses it after being attacked.

Upon hearing that, Beedrill thrust its twin stingers forward, the purple‑tinged aura on them like two bolts of lightning, straight at Pikachu.

"100,000 Volts."

Ash still had a trick up his sleeve; seeing Beedrill about to use Anger, combined with its speed, he roughly guessed Sakaki intended to let Beedrill gain the Anger boost, then hit Pikachu hard with Poison Sting.

Pikachu's whole body crackled with electricity as it unleashed 100,000 Volts; the current shot out from it and slammed straight into Beedrill. The two powerful forces collided in midair, exploding, and the entire battlefield was engulfed by intense current and purple aura.

Boom!

Beedrill was blown back several steps by the 100,000 Volts, still flickering with a bit of current on its body.

Despite being hit repeatedly by electric moves, Beedrill didn't fall; instead it became even more excited and ferocious, its fighting spirit undiminished.

Beedrill immediately fired Missile Needles at Pikachu; Pikachu dodged while charging forward, clashing with Iron Tail against Beedrill. Pikachu first struck Beedrill with Iron Tail, then Beedrill's stingers lashed out like lightning, aiming for Pikachu's abdomen. Pikachu winced from the pain and had to jump back, putting distance between them.

The combatants exchanged blows at high speed; after landing hits, they both bounced back, ready to attack again.

【Yulongdu: Predicted, even Black Sakaki can't do it—sneak attack missed, head‑on also can't win.】

【Xiba: It looks like Black Sakaki is headed for straight defeat, lacking the luck of Bai Shijie; Mewtwo never intended to harm humans, ultimately just erasing the memories of those with ulterior motives and taking those Pokémon away to find a new place to live in seclusion.】

【28】【Dr. Yamanashi: I hope it won't disturb Mewtwo again later.】

Dr. Yamanashi: I hope it won't disturb Mewtwo again later.

【Da Ye: Hard to say; Team Rocket's actions come in waves, and just the plans thwarted by Ash number several, not to mention what secret schemes might still be underway.】

Yulongdu thought the same; now Team Rocket is hiding, with little news—could it really be as Da Ye said, secretly plotting something else?

Black World—

Another part of the battlefield.

Team Rocket used fighter jets to fire at the Pokémon below a sound wave that weakens Pokémon, feeling like an upgraded version of the sound wave from Anger Lake, not released indiscriminately to avoid friendly fire.

As the Pokémon fell into weakness one after another, Team Rocket members immediately threw their homemade Poké Balls.

No sooner had they been thrown than Mewtwo was seized, then a violent explosion occurred, shattering into countless fragments that scattered to the ground.

Those high‑tech devices were no match for Mewtwo; Charizard stepped forward and used Earthquake on the device, while Strong Croc gnawed at it wildly underground, refusing to believe it couldn't be destroyed.

To ensure total destruction, Strong Croc also used Ice Beam, then Charizard unleashed Flamethrower at full throttle, indeed destroying the device; what remained burnt was torn open with Dragon Claw.

Over and over, they destroyed the device and then attacked the Team Rocket members.

The Pokémon living here all came to confront Team Rocket; after wave after wave of attacks, several fighter jets were wrecked, leaving only scattered metal plates.

"Hey kid, not bad—you really can beat Adu."

Sakaki glanced at the situation; now their Team Rocket forces were completely suppressed, although they had contained Mewtwo, the reinforcements of Pokémon that kept arriving overwhelmed them by sheer numbers.

"Give up, your defeat is certain."

The situation had already turned one‑sided; Team Rocket's actions had angered the surrounding Pokémon, which swarmed in to drive them out—even with reinforcements arriving, they still went berserk attacking Team Rocket, and for a moment both sides suffered heavy losses.

Seeing this, Sakaki's face darkened, and he angrily pounded the railing.

And now the showdown between Pikachu and Beedrill has reached its final stage.

Sakaki's trained Beedrill is truly strong; Ash felt it deeply, and even with Pikachu's Wave Guide boost, he too barely withstood Beedrill's attacks on Pikachu.

Pikachu and Beedrill fought, both covered in wounds, barely managing a draw.

Everyone was seeing Pikachu in such a state for the first time—Sakaki's Beedrill is just too terrifying!

Seeing this, the Mewtwo that had found itself and the meaning of the cloned Pokémon came to the spring's center, sensed the power within, instantly unleashed its potential, and a mighty superpower radiated from it, engulfing the entire clear cliff.

"Sakaki, this is your last chance—leave here and never come back."

Mewtwo didn't want to harm life, nor see the Pokémon here hurt in battle with Team Rocket, so it sent those Team Rocket members away, and as they left it simply erased their memories.

Sakaki couldn't move, feeling unwilling, and moments later the entire Team Rocket squad vanished, having been teleported elsewhere by Mewtwo.

"Hah!"

"Finally over!"

Ash sat limp on the ground, hands weakly propped behind him, his body trembling slightly from prolonged tension.

"Pika!"

Pikachu lay limp on the ground, its tail softly drooping, its little paws weakly curled, eyes half‑closed, a weary gleam flickering within.

Mewtwo landed beside Ash, releasing a gentle wave toward him and his companions as well as the Pokémon, instantly healing their wounds and fatigue.

"I erased their memories, so there's no need to fear them coming back."

Mewtwo told everyone about what had just happened.

"That's great, the environment here is so good, you can continue to live here!"

Ash said happily.

Many Poké Balls started cheering.

"From now on, no need to hide here, everyone can travel outside."

Mewtwo has already untied its heart knot, erased the memories of those with ulterior motives, thereafter no one will have any thoughts about them, so let those Poké Balls go out to see the outside world.

"Hmm, the outside world is wonderful, you can explore to your heart's content!"

Ash smiled happily, this is the best outcome.

"Hope we can meet again if we get the chance!"

Ash reached out his hand to Mewtwo.

Mewtwo was stunned for a moment, reached out and grasped Ash's hand, and its eyes emitted white light.

Huh?

Ash suddenly felt a strange energy surge from Mewtwo's palm into his body.

And it had a certain subtle similarity to the wave guide power he was previously familiar with.