Chapter 237: Fierce Battle with the Phoenix King (Part 1)

"Pikachu, Electric Net!"

Ash stretched out his hand and shouted.

Pikachu happened to jump up, a bit higher than the Phoenix King's flight height, with dazzling electricity flashing on its tail, forming a huge electric net that suddenly spread toward the Phoenix King.

"Hee!"

The Phoenix King cried out, its wings lightly closed then suddenly unfolded, accompanied by a strong gust of air; a sharp air blade, like a knife, sliced through the air and precisely split Pikachu's electric net in two.

"Iron Tail!"

Pikachu, upon landing, used Iron Tail again; the Iron Tail, larger than Pikachu's whole body, roared with a thunderous wind sound and fiercely struck one of the Phoenix King's wings.

"Boom!"

Iron Tail clashed with the Phoenix King's wing, neither yielding; the Phoenix King's whole body ignited in brilliant seven-colored flames.

"100,000 Volts!"

Surrounded tightly by electricity, it collided head-on with the Phoenix King's seven-colored flames. Two great forces intertwined in the air; the interplay of electricity and fire made the sky extraordinarily gorgeous, but as time passed, the seven-colored flames gradually gained the upper hand, seeming to completely devour Pikachu's 100,000 Volts.

"Pika!"

Pikachu let out a loud cry; a stronger surge of electricity burst from within, forcibly pushing back the seven-colored flames.

A violent explosion bloomed in the air; Pikachu, using the blast's shockwave, nimbly leapt from the center. Though white smoke rose from its body, its gaze grew sharper, fixed on the Phoenix King amid the smoke.

The Phoenix King flew out from the smoke, flapped its wings, and the smoke dissipated. It bore no injury, and its body emitted a light like psychic power; more than ten huge rocks levitated, as if controlled by an invisible force, then suddenly smashed down toward Pikachu below.

"Dodge with a flash of electricity."

Ash released Aura.

At that moment, Pikachu's speed peaked; almost as the rocks landed, it had already nimbly dodged two or three positions.

"Is that definitely Pikachu?"

Zong Ci couldn't believe it, seeing the Pikachu almost a yellow flash; he widened his eyes, that speed was too fast for the naked eye to follow.

"It is Pikachu, but not an ordinary Pikachu."

Chengzi was greatly surprised by Pikachu's performance, imagining her Poliwhirl could also spar with the Phoenix King like Pikachu, but looking at her own Poliwhirl, she felt it would be too harsh on it.

【Ma Zhishi: Professor Oak, how did you train Pikachu? I feel Ash's Pikachu has limitless potential and could trade a few blows with anyone!】

【Da Ye: Not only that, Black Satoshi's Pikachu is even more outrageous!】

Everyone was doubtful; among the many Pokémon seen, Ash's Pikachu seemed the most special. Its strength could be said to be many times greater than its peers, even strong enough to battle a legendary beast.

Black Satoshi often trains Pikachu, adding Aura and Psychic boosts, but White Ash's Pikachu hardly trains; in battle, victory basically comes from Ash's quick thinking.

【Professor Oak: I haven't trained it much either; perhaps Pikachu's emotional power is too strong, and in response to Ash, it bursts out with astonishingly strong electricity.】

Indeed, when Pikachu encountered those flocks of Spearow, thanks to Ash, it unleashed power beyond its own, electrocuting a large group of Spearow.

Pikachu doesn't want to go into the Poké Ball; it wants to stay forever with Ash, and it also worries that evolving would make it lose its current personality like Charizard.

Ash won't force it to evolve; he focuses more on the bond and trust between himself and his Pokémon.

After watching for so long, everyone found that whenever it came to Ash's battles, Pikachu was always reliable!

Black World—

Afterward, Pikachu dodged the rocks, then used a falling rock as a springboard, swooshing up into the sky; electricity surged across its body like a lightning bolt, directly striking the defenseless Phoenix King.

"Boom!"

The Phoenix King was blown back a distance, then immediately unleashed Sacred Fire at Pikachu.

"Charizard, use Flamethrower!"

Pikachu hadn't landed yet when Charizard appeared, blocking its face; the Charizard's long-stored flame burst forth instantly, forming a huge ball of scorching, brilliant fire.

The flame Charizard unleashed also carried seven-colored rainbow light, though its momentum wasn't as fierce as the Phoenix King's.

The two flames clashed violently in the air, instantly erupting with a tremendous roar, finally exploding into countless sparks that scattered everywhere.

Pikachu returned to Ash's side; now it's Charizard's turn to enter the battle.

As the Rainbow Hero, it's natural to send out the Pokémon one carries to fight the Phoenix King; surely one can't rely on just a single Pokémon to defeat a legendary beast.

Facing such a first-rate divine being like the Phoenix King, that's even more impossible; only by rotating the Pokémon on hand could one possibly defeat the Phoenix King.

"Charizard!"

Ash's glove's Key Stone began to flash with dazzling rainbow light.

"MEGA Evolution!"

Charizard's Key Stone also began to emit a soft, bright white glow; the white glow responded to Ash's Key Stone from afar, gradually linking together to form brilliant pillars of light.

Bathed in the light pillars, Charizard's appearance changed.

Seeing the change between Ash and Charizard, Chengzi and Zong Ci's breathing grew hurried; Ash still had such a trump card!

A surge of air swept out from Charizard's whole body.

The strong gale made Chengzi and Zong Ci barely able to keep their eyes open; they vaguely saw a black Charizard, with blue flames rising.

The Three Sacred Beasts felt Charizard's scorching aura, their gazes turning more serious; they sensed the Phoenix King's aura from that Charizard.

"Flamethrower!"

Charizard opened its mouth, blue flames ignited on its body, but half of the flames were already tinged with seven-colored rainbow light; resembling the Phoenix King's Sacred Fire, a mixture of blue blazes and seven-colored rainbow light surged forth toward the Phoenix King.

The Phoenix King unleashed Sacred Fire, merely lightly waving its wings covered in brilliant feathers; instantly, a more dazzling seven-colored sacred fire spewed from its mouth.

"Boom!"

When the two flames met and collided in the air, the entire mountaintop was baked by the scorching flames, gradually suppressing Mega Charizard.

Using Sacred Fire to strike the Phoenix King, kid, you're brave!

Seeing this, everyone felt a bit amused; Sacred Fire is the Phoenix King's exclusive move, Charizard also knows this Sacred Fire, but before the Phoenix King, Charizard's Sacred Fire still falls short.