Chapter 296

Swampert, use Earthquake!

Hunting Swallowtail Butterfly, use String Shot!

The whole ground began to shake violently, wave after wave of strong impact radiating outward from the Swampert, quickly spreading in all directions.

Boom boom boom!

The deep, powerful sound resembled war drums, beating against everyone's eardrums one after another. Squirtle's heavy shell, under the earthquake's impact, kept colliding with the ground, making a 'clang clang' noise.

Fire Chicken, already somewhat fatigued from the previous battle, was now shaken by this tremendous impact, its legs going weak; with a 'thump' it dropped to one knee, trying to push itself up, but each time it was shaken back down.

The Hunting Swallowtail Butterfly began coordinating with Fire Chicken, lightly hovering in the air, quickly spitting out thread after thread as fine as hair yet incredibly tough, like a nimble snake, winding toward Squirtle and Fire Chicken. Wherever the threads went, they precisely wrapped around the limbs and bodies, tightly binding them in place, leaving them unable to escape.

Swampert, use Water Cannon!

Finally, Swampert delivered its final move to Fire Chicken, gathering a massive water column in its mouth and slamming it heavily onto Fire Chicken.

Boom!

With a loud bang, the Water Cannon struck Fire Chicken hard. Fire Chicken instantly, like a kite with its string cut, flew backward and crashed heavily to the ground.

The Hunting Swallowtail Butterfly took advantage of Squirtle being bound by the threads and also suffering the earthquake shock; it lightly flapped its wings, and a puff of pale yellow paralyzing powder, like smoke, quickly enveloped Squirtle.

Squirtle only felt a wave of numbness spread through its body; its limbs gradually lost sensation, and the movements it had wanted to make to struggle became sluggish and weak.

The Hunting Swallowtail Butterfly seized the chance to use different moves, continuously draining Squirtle's stamina.

Under the barrage of attacks, Squirtle also collapsed with a 'boom', eyes tightly shut, losing its ability to fight.

Fire Chicken and Squirtle both lost their ability to fight!

"Red side wins!" The commentator descended in an aircraft to observe the Pokémon's condition.

"Really impressive!"

Xiangtai and Long were both dejected, their glances at Ash and Misty not quite right.

Their own Pokémon were far inferior to theirs, feeling as if they were being crushed, basically having no power to fight back.

Afterward, Xiaosheng and Brock stepped up to challenge.

Speaking of which, it's still the first battle for the four of them.

Xiaosheng sent out Fire Chicken, while Brock sent out Golem.

This time Ash sent out Forest Lizard, and Misty sent out Skitty.

"Fire Chicken, emit flames."

Although Xiaosheng didn't have his own Pokémon, having watched Ash battle many times from the sidelines, he picked it up quickly and had long wanted to try battling alongside a Pokémon.

"Skitty, blizzard!"

Misty wanted to see just how strong her little brother was; during usual training he was always by her side, but she didn't know how much he had learned.

Fire Chicken and Skitty started fighting each other.

And the Forest Lizard and Thundering Rock also started fighting, with both sides able to go back and forth.

Brock, worthy of being an experienced Gym Leader, sent out a Rumbling Rock that could briefly fight the Forest Lizard evenly, using Thunder Punch and Fire Punch against the Forest Lizard's Leaf Blade,

They first exchanged a few blows, then coordinated.

Meowth provided long-range support from behind, while the Forest Lizard charged forward first.

The Fire Chicken's clear target was to deal with the Forest Lizard, and Meowth's high-speed star suppressed the Fire Chicken.

The Forest Lizard used Leaf Blade against the rolling Rumbling Rock, rendering it unable to battle.

Finally, the Fire Chicken was also knocked out by Meowth!

Two battles, total victory!

"We won!"

Misty happily hugged Ash, quite excited.

"Well, we won." Ash stroked her hair.

Can't win, simply can't win... Xiaosheng's first battle suffered a blow.

Then two more challengers came.

After the battle, Ash and his group went down to check out the facilities here.

They first went to a specialty restaurant and ate a hearty meal; after eating and drinking their fill, the afternoon was left for the nearby shops.

Ash and company strolled down the street, shops lining both sides, storefronts displaying all kinds of goods, dazzling the eyes. Misty's eyes lit up instantly; inside was exactly what she liked.

They bought Misty some earrings that matched her temperament, so she wouldn't look too plain when she performed on stage.

"A sour smell of love!"

Xiaosheng couldn't quite take it, ran off to the side with Brock, and Pikachu also followed beside Brock.

At this time, Pikachu was still well-behaved, knowing to give its trainer some space.

"How about buying this for Aunt Huazi? I think it's more suitable!"

Misty picked out some gifts for Huazi, and also selected suitable gifts for her friends Xiaoxia, Nazio, Fulula, and Xiaozhun.

Ash also bought some gifts for others.

【Xiaomao: Having many girlfriends is just this troublesome... maybe being alone is better!】

【Brock: Black Satoshi is the one you enlightened, and you weren't originally driving around with many girls, right? How come? Did they all leave?】

I refuse to answer this question... Xiaomao didn't want to speak.

【Lily: Ash, study more, maybe those friends of yours are waiting for you; studying more is definitely not wrong, it'll be useful later.】

【Ash: Really?】

【Huazi: Definitely, it's normal for friends to exchange gifts, and besides, they've traveled with you for so long. You can try giving a gift to Salina—you knew each other since childhood, now you've grown up and still travel together, you could say you're childhood sweethearts... Isn't the feeling nice?】

【Ash: Still good!】

"Gift?"

Ash thought for a while, he really couldn't think of what Shalina liked, so he looked at Shalina, wanting to ask.

Shalina didn't really dare to make eye contact with Ash anymore, her cheeks faintly flushed with an imperceptible blush.

Aunt Huazi said whatever childhood sweetheart...... it really hit her heart.

Her watery eyes were very lively; when she blinked, her interlocking eyelashes were as dense as a brush...... Now Shalina's heart felt very Nervousness.