Chapter 267: Wood Guardian Evolves, Daily Practice with Team Rocket!

This time, the Team Rocket Trio in the Black World actually stole and ate watermelons, hadn't been caught, and took the chance to frame Ash and his group...... The following is the audience's imagination.

They thought the Team Rocket Trio arrived at this melon field before Ash and his group, both ate watermelons and knew Ash and his group would pass by here, so they wore similar clothes to steal watermelons here, just to frame them.

Not only did they think that, Black Satoshi also thought that, based on the situation seen by the Mischievous Grenade, they inferred that Ash also realized it was the Team Rocket Trio framing them.

They can't win openly, so now they're playing dirty, right?

After eating several watermelons here, Ash bit into a watermelon seed, suddenly looked at the Forest Lizard, and said to Nachi: "Can you battle my Wood Guardian with your Forest Lizard?"

Base form vs. evolved form?

Nachi felt it was a bit unfair, but since Ash had asked for it, she had to agree; although they had just been wrongly accused, battling is another matter, and she won't hold back.

Ash said he didn't need Nachi to hold back; just let the Forest Lizard go all out, and his Wood Guardian is also strong.

"Forest Lizard, Seed Machine Gun!"

"Wood Guardian, use high-speed movement to dodge, then rush forward and use Pound!"

The Forest Lizard opened its mouth, its sharp gaze fixed on the Wood Guardian. Grass-type energy gathered in its mouth, seeds imbued with grass-type energy shot out like dense raindrops, swiftly striking the Wood Guardian.

"Hmm~"

The Wood Guardian used its light and agile traits to weave between the Seed Machine Gun shots, reaching the Forest Lizard in a few moments, turned sideways, and swung its large tail like a whip, heavily striking the Forest Lizard's waist.

"Huh~"

The Forest Lizard was knocked back a few steps; the damage wasn't high, but it was very surprised by the Wood Guardian's speed.

"Leaf Blade."

Nachi stretched out her hand, pointing at the Wood Guardian.

Now the Wood Guardian doesn't know Leaf Blade yet; the Forest Lizard, relying on this move, has the upper hand and could even defeat it.

"Block with Pound."

Ash checked how strong the Forest Lizard's Leaf Blade was.

The Wood Guardian thought the same; its long tail extended long green-glowing leaves from the Forest Lizard's arm, and they collided.

The two locked eyes, each increasing force, and finally the Wood Guardian was overpowered, directly struck by the Forest Lizard's Leaf Blade.

The Forest Lizard pursued, continuing to use Leaf Blade on the Wood Guardian; the two blade-like leaves on its arm kept slicing the air, and even the leaves the Wood Guardian hastily threw were cleanly cut in half.

The power was great, and the Wood Guardian became more cautious in its response.

"Leaf Blade is really strong; this move contains powerful grass-type energy, usable for offense and defense, and the Wood Guardian's close-combat ability is much weaker than the Forest Lizard's."

Ash quickly thought and shouted: "Wood Guardian, use Energy Ball!"

The Wood Guardian jumped back, creating distance, while grass-type energy gathered densely in its mouth; under its careful control, the energy gradually compressed into a shimmering emerald-green sphere.

"Hmm~"

The Wood Guardian let out a low, powerful cry, then launched the energy ball, which had gathered all its strength, toward the Forest Lizard.

The Energy Ball traced an arc in the air, accompanied by a whistling wind, heading straight for the Forest Lizard.

"Use Leaf Blade to cut it."

Nachi had great confidence in the Forest Lizard's Leaf Blade, which is also an important move for widening the gap with the Wood Guardian.

Upon hearing that, the Forest Lizard gathered grass-type energy on its arm, extending outward into a long green blade, accurately judged the Energy Ball's trajectory, and then struck the Energy Ball hard with Leaf Blade.

With a "crack", the Energy Ball was successfully split in two, bursting with dazzling green light. The split Energy Ball instantly exploded before the Forest Lizard, a shockwave radiating from its center outward, knocking the Forest Lizard back a few steps.

Meanwhile, the Wood Guardian just burst out from the black smoke of the explosion, leapt fiercely, and its long tail came down like a whip from above, accompanied by a whistling wind, heavily smashing onto the Forest Lizard's body.

"So fast!"

Nachi felt it was troublesome; this Wood Guardian seemed to be the fastest she had ever seen.

Even though the Forest Lizard blocked with both hands, it was still knocked back by the Wood Guardian.

Afterward, the Forest Lizard rushed forward to clash with the Wood Guardian, each using their moves, but the Wood Guardian remained at a disadvantage, taking several Leaf Blade hits.

The Forest Lizard also fared poorly, sustaining many injuries.

"Hmm!"

The Wood Guardian half-kneeled on the ground, gazing at the Forest Lizard; it struggled to stand, its body enveloped in green-glowing light, and the Miracle Seed on its neck also emitted the same light.

"Lush!"

"That's the Wood Guardian triggering its trait!"

Brock carefully observed the Wood Guardian.

"Go!"

A flash of blue light passed through Ash's eyes.

The Wood Guardian's green glow enveloped its entire body, bursting forth with dazzling white light.

"Evolved?"

Nachi still thought the Wood Guardian had merely triggered the Lush trait, never expecting it to actually evolve!

After evolving into a Forest Lizard, it gained three leaves on its wrists, a long leaf on its head, and its large tail also changed, becoming two long leaves.

"Forest Lizard, we'll also use Leaf Blade!" Ash shouted, the blue light in his eyes growing brighter.

The Forest Lizard felt the dense grass-type energy within its body, like surging seawater about to burst forth; the three leaves on its arms took on a green glow and extended outward into long blades.

Everyone sensed extraordinary grass-type energy from that Leaf Blade.

It immediately rushed forward to clash Leaf Blade with Nachi's Forest Lizard.

"Bang!"

After a few exchanges, a figure was flung backward—Nachi's Forest Lizard.

Both strength and speed favored Ash's Forest Lizard.

"Lost!"

Nachi looked somewhat surprised at Ash's Forest Lizard.

Even in the Wood Guardian period, they could fight their own Forest Lizard with a back‑and‑forth.

I truly don't know how Ash trained.

Another trainer who entered the Colorful Hidden Tournament should now be going to challenge the Gym.

Nashi suddenly understood: since they are trainers challenging the Gym, their strength won't be lacking.

Not long after the fight ended, the real watermelon thief came over.

They came over in a robot that frantically sucked watermelons, preparing to suck away these watermelons and, by the way, suck Pikachu inside as well.

"Hahaha, little brat, seeing us must be quite a surprise, huh!!!"

The voice of the Team Rocket Trio came from the robot.

At this moment, their faces were full of smiles.

They just won't quit!

Xiaosheng sighed.

Brock had already gotten used to it, silently watching.

"Good timing, Forest Lizard, use Razor Leaf!"

Ash still remembered being framed by the Team Rocket Trio.

Just right to test the Forest Lizard's mettle.

"Just like that—"

The Forest Lizard hopped over in two or three steps, leapt high, Razor Leaf arced out, cutting off the Team Rocket robot's absorber in one clean, swift motion.

"Not enough funds, I only did anti‑electric treatment!"

Meow Meow said softly.

"Final move, Flying Leaf Storm!"

The Flying Leaf Storm, like a tornado, engulfed the Team Rocket robot; only the Team Rocket Trio's screams were heard, along with a faint sound of the machine breaking.

Soon after, the robot exploded, and the Team Rocket Trio was blown away again.