Chapter 73: Sunbeam vs. Leaf Storm

Guang Tai muttered that it made them look like the villain, but wasn’t it the opponent’s Pokémon that broke the rules first?

The Lilligant turned and locked eyes with Guang Tai.

No problem!

As long as Guang Tai is my Trainer, we will win this battle!

“That’s right—as long as you and I are together, follow my commands and claim victory!”

Guang Tai crouched down, pulled out the Grass Glass Whistle, prepared Double Pickle, and made Lilligant eat “Leftovers.”

The Doublade also took out the Evolution Stone, slipped it into the small pouch, and placed it on Lilligant.

Then Lilligant, fully armed, bounced into the battlefield!

The Sinnoh Boldore was also ready for battle!

“Victory Dance!”

Lilligant immediately used an extremely powerful move only available after evolution!

It danced fiercely, summoning a victory dance that raised its Attack, Defense, and Speed by one stage!

Against Boldore, we must speed up quickly!

The Sinnoh Boldore opened its huge mouth:

Seed Machine Gun!

A torrent of seeds fired like a machine gun—Guang Tai immediately ordered: “Protect!”

A green barrier appeared around Lilligant; the violent seed attacks bounced off Protect entirely, and since Lilligant had grown stronger, it no longer collapsed from exhaustion like before when using “Protect!”

“Mama!”

Seeing Seed Machine Gun failed, Sinnoh Boldore changed tactics immediately—wild Pokémon also knew Protect had a limited duration!

Golden electricity surged violently from its body!

Thunderbolt!

A massive current surged toward Lilligant!

“Substitute!”

Guang Tai ordered—Lilligant immediately sacrificed some HP to create a Substitute; Thunderbolt struck the Substitute but failed to break it due to reduced effectiveness.

And Sinnoh Boldore’s second Thunderbolt also hit the Substitute!

One of Substitute’s effects in real battles, besides creating a false illusion, is sometimes to automatically draw enemy attacks.

You must first attack the target with Taunt.

“Sunny Day, Sunbeam!”

Lilligant immediately used Sunny Day—brilliant light formed above the orchard; though trees blocked the real sky, sunlight still dispelled the darkness!

Lilligant absorbed the light!

Seeing Lilligant absorb the light, Sinnoh Boldore grew frantic and raised its head to pray to the heavens!

Instantly, a mass of dark clouds gathered, obscuring the clear sky!

But at that moment, Sunbeam had already fired—a massive white beam shot out like a light cannon!

“Mama!”

Sinnoh Boldore was struck by Sunbeam, but due to its Grass typing, it suffered little damage—it was blasted backward, landed on the ground, rolled twice, and panted heavily; the dark clouds above had now fully formed—Sinnoh Boldore used “Rain Dance!”

Immediately, electricity surged across its body!

Move “Charge!”—doubles the power of the next Electric-type move, raises Special Defense by one stage, and the Charge status vanishes after using an Electric-type move!

Rain Dance + Charge—the next move is undoubtedly “Thunder!” Sinnoh Boldore’s body blazed with violent electricity, and thunder roared from the dark clouds above!

“Mama!”

But Guang Tai had been waiting for this moment—the moment it used a status move!

“If you love status moves so much, keep using them until the end!”

Guang Tai snapped his fingers: “Again!”

Lilligant immediately twirled its skirt—spotlights seemed to appear on either side of Sinnoh Boldore, trapping it completely!

“Sinnoh Boldore was affected by Again!”

“Ma… mama?!”

Sinnoh Boldore was stunned—it tried to use Thunder, but no matter how hard it tried, it could only use “Charge!”

Rain in the grove increased, the ground turned muddy!

Move “Again”—forces the opponent to repeat their last move three times consecutively.

“Sunny Day, then Pollen Puff!”

Guang Tai gave the order—Lilligant used Sunny Day again; the rain gathered in the forest vanished, and sunlight intensified!

Lilligant swung its head leaves, gathering a golden-red Pollen Puff and hurling it at Sinnoh Boldore!

Perfect effect!

Sinnoh Boldore, struck directly by Pollen Puff, rolled far away—but thanks to Charge boosting its Special Defense, it didn’t faint; it realized it couldn’t use moves, but could still dodge by rolling—no problem moving normally even without moves!

The wild Sinnoh Boldore used “Run Away!”—perfectly effective!

“Pollen Puff! Huh, rolled behind the fruit trees—that’s the wild Pokémon’s ‘Quick Dodge’?” Guang Tai was speechless; Again would soon wear off, after all, this was the real world, not a turn-based battle.

Indeed, Boldore hid behind the fruit trees—Lilligant’s Pollen Puff couldn’t hit it a second time; meanwhile, Guang Tai noticed green specks, like light or liquid, flickering from Sinnoh Boldore’s body.

It’s “Leftovers!”

“So that’s how it works—storing Leftovers inside its body as liquid, slowly restoring HP when damaged. So Sinnoh Boldore carries Leftovers this way.”

Large amounts of fruit stored inside its berry-like body, combined with Sinnoh Boldore’s berry-like composition—after fermentation, wouldn’t these fruits turn into uniquely flavored juice?

“But even eating a bite of Leftovers won’t help much—we still have our own secret technique unused.”

When Guang Tai first saw Leftovers appear as a material, the location was already marked as “Sinnoh Boldore.”

Guang Tai’s thoughts drifted.

Meanwhile, Sinnoh Boldore rolled chaotically behind the trees, making it impossible for Lilligant to aim—Guang Tai thought of a counter:

“Grass Slide!”

Immediately, grass-type energy condensed beneath Lilligant’s skirt, and it slid at high speed into the orchard!

Sinnoh Boldore was still nibbling Leftovers, clinging to the belief that “one bite of Leftovers keeps you alive to ninety-nine,” when Lilligant slid straight in and kicked it with a sweeping tackle—CRACK—it flew far away!

“Mama!” Boldore slammed into a fruit tree, bounced off, and rolled out of the orchard—Lilligant’s slide didn’t slow; it shot out of the orchard and kicked Boldore again—CRACK!

Boldore cried out in pain, but after being kicked twice, the Again status wore off—it was furious, decided to abandon all status moves, and rolled straight back using “Rollout!”

This was the Rock-type move “Rollout!”—each successful hit increases the move’s power!

In real battles, Pokémon using Rollout are hard to counter—they roll back and forth, striking enemies; small Pokémon are especially vulnerable to Rollout! And Sinnoh Boldore, with its perfectly spherical body, moved and attacked with exceptional speed!

After all, it had no arms—no need to use limbs, so moves came faster. Clearly, Sinnoh Boldore wanted Lilligant to learn what real “Slide” meant!

But Guang Tai had a solution!

“Grass Knot!”

Lilligant focused, letting out a loud cry!

“Waaah!”

Thick ropes of grass burst from the ground, instantly binding Sinnoh Boldore!

This move uses grass to entangle and trip the opponent—the heavier the opponent, the stronger the effect—but Sinnoh Boldore was a ball, so the grass simply wrapped around it!

“Ma? Mama?!”

No, bad! Trapped!

Sinnoh Boldore stared at the menacing Lilligant and suddenly felt fear!

This Pokémon is completely different from before!

What… what is she going to do?!

“Weather Ball!”

At Guang Tai’s command, Lilligant gathered three bubbles; under Sunny Day’s light, they transformed into blazing fireballs!

Weather Ball deals damage, and its type matches the current weather—its power doubles! Sunny Day is a Fire-type weather!

Lilligant raised the three fireballs high—they grew larger, like three suns illuminating the grove, radiating fierce, surging heat!

With all her strength, she stared at Sinnoh Boldore—her eyes held years of disappointment and resentment, now burned clean by the three fireballs, leaving only the desire to fight and the resolve for revenge!

Weather Ball—fly!

When Sinnoh Boldore saw the three blazing fireballs hurtling toward it, its entire body froze!

How can a Grass-type Pokémon use Fire moves?! You’re not normal, Lilligant!

The roaring flames instantly made Sinnoh Boldore scream in agony—even with Special Defense boosted twice, it couldn’t withstand it!

But this Pokémon refused to yield—struck by Lilligant’s Weather Ball and nearing fainting, it summoned its last strength; though still burning, its body began radiating intense green light!

“Mama!”

This is my ultimate move! Don’t underestimate me! I’m the leader of my clan!

The green light created massive ripples in the space before Sinnoh Boldore!

That’s Leaf Storm!

A signature move of Sinnoh-form Boldore—concentrates chlorophyll and launches it as an attack, but the user also takes damage!

Guang Tai threw out Double Pickle—Lilligant touched it and stood atop it, entering the Double state!

The Glass Whistle sounded, accompanied by the command: “Maximum Power Sunbeam!”

Grass Glass Whistle: Grass-type move power +10%! Double Pickle: move power ×1.5!

A massive beam of sunlight slammed down again, colliding with Leaf Storm!

“A power clash?”

Guang Tai, witnessing this, couldn’t help but recall certain iconic moments—but with the boosts from Double Pickle and Grass Glass Whistle, the sunlight beam’s power was more than enough to overpower Leaf Storm!

The two moves crashed head-on: brilliant green light met furious white light, filling the entire forest with radiance. The two forces held firm, but gradually, Leaf Storm began to be pushed back by the sunlight beam!

In Washui Pikanium’s eyes, the sunlight beam should never have been stronger than its own ultimate move—yet Leaf Storm shattered, fragmented, and dissolved under the sunlight beam’s force, until only the fierce white glow of the sunlight beam remained in its vision!

No. It can’t be!

“Majuu!”

Then came a massive explosion!

Washui Pikanium was blasted far away, crashing heavily beneath a fruit tree, causing the fruits to rain down with a rustling sound!

Washui Pikanium’s eyes had turned into spirals—it was out of combat!

“Congratulations, Lirgen Wawa has learned a new move.”

“Learned move: Grasswhistle!”

Looking at the defeated Washui Pikanium, Lirgen Wawa stared in disbelief at the fallen “Great Demon King.”

It had challenged it again and again before, always losing—but this time, it had won?

“Waa! Waaaaa!”

Lirgen Wawa jumped and danced with joy, then spun around and leapt onto Guang Tai’s body, rubbing its face vigorously against his cheeks!

Thank you, Trainer—thank you so much!

(End of Chapter)