Chapter 948

The young man was forgiven.

On one hand, he hadn't committed any unforgivable mistakes, and on the other hand, All Baimu couldn't be bothered to deal with him anymore.

Hau looked very happy.

Kind-hearted boys often hate making enemies with others.

Just as the original theme song says—"Yesterday's enemy could be today's friend."

Even if they didn't become friends, he didn't want to add another enemy.

Therefore, Ash often took the initiative to talk to peers who looked down on him, such as Paul, Trip, etc.

Gary doesn't count; the two of them were childhood sweethearts...

And from Hoku, All Baimu learned that the young man had lost ten times in a row recently, so he was punished to guard the gate; this was also how this person's temper arose.

A loser with a big temper; he thought of many e-sports players from his previous life.

Soon.

Hoku led the two onto the boardwalk laid around the trunk of the Battle Tree; this was the main battle place for Trainers.

The suspended field, built with hanging thick vines and stacked wooden boards, looked dangerous.

In reality, it had exaggerated toughness and hardness that ordinary Pokémon simply couldn't break.

At the current stage, the Battle Tree had over forty participants, each occupying many fields from high to low according to their strength.

The rules were similar to a king-of-the-hill system, where the winner goes up and the loser goes down.

The top of the tree canopy belongs to the strongest of the Battle Tree—Hoku.

"You?"

All Baimu and Hau looked over together.

The two's expressions were completely different; the former was strange, and the latter was excited and thrilled.

Hoku feigned anger: "What's wrong with it being me? Do I look weak?"

As a former simulation target, his strength was not weak.

But compared to the post-game Battle Tree in the games where Elite Four and Champions appeared frequently, this Battle Tree in the anime was indeed a bit lackluster.

"..."

All Baimu's silence stung Hoku's heart.

He certainly knew that this person was very strong, and there was a certain gap between the two sides.

But—

"Want to challenge and see?"

Hoku raised his eyebrows provocatively.

Under Hau's expectant gaze, All Baimu shook his head.

"Don't you have to clear the Island Challenge to challenge? I'll come back tomorrow; it's not like it's a big deal to wait a little while."

He planned to fight forty battles in a row tomorrow to push his limits.

Upon hearing this, Hoku nodded and said:

"Fine, I'll wait for you."

The two suddenly looked at Hau; Hau retreated repeatedly, almost falling off the boardwalk.

Fortunately, All Baimu pulled him back in time.

"Hahaha! Your junior looks a bit green!" Hoku laughed.

All Baimu glanced at him, "Hau is my friend, not some junior."

"All Baimu—"

Hau was a bit touched, and quickly cheered himself up, saying: "I will definitely catch up to you as soon as possible and clear the Island Challenge!"

"Don't be too ambitious; aren't you here for special training?"

All Baimu didn't want this down-to-earth boy to be too impatient.

Hoku learned that Hau was a newcomer to the Island Challenge and generously offered to ask someone else to battle him.

Not cleared?

Just don't count the ranking.

The forty or so of them had been battling each other for so long that they were a bit bored; it would be nice to have a newbie to stimulate things.

The "main course" tomorrow!

Hoku's eager expression made the corners of All Baimu's mouth twitch.

I hope you can still laugh tomorrow.

——

Evening.

Low tide.

The black curtain invading the sky brought a bright full moon.

The battle field submerged in the seabed was revealed, engraved everywhere with the traces left by time.

Hapu stood on one side and said devoutly:

"Now begins the Island Challenge ceremony—the Grand Trial! Oh, Tapu Fini, churning in the Poni sea, please use the hardness and softness of water to cleanse the challenger and me!"

Pre-match prayer ceremony.

All Baimu, who was good at following local customs, expressed his respect to Tapu Fini in his heart.

Hoku, Hau, and some Battle Tree Trainers sat in the audience, showing expectant expressions.

Everyone had just met this afternoon.

They were curious about All Baimu, the Trainer who was about to join them.

"Hoku! Can I trouble you to be the referee?"

Hapu was familiar with Hoku.

Although the latter's Poni Grand Trial challenge came from the previous Island Kahuna, the Battle Tree hadn't been built recently either.

Hapu, who had no peers on the island, often went to the Battle Tree to challenge the Trainers there.

It also didn't affect the Battle Tree ranking.

"Fine!"

Hoku, the undercover International Police officer, was very warm-hearted.

He came to the edge of the field and raised his right hand high to loudly announce the rules of the Grand Trial—

Two-on-two.

The Island Kahuna would formulate different battle rules according to the differences of the challengers.

Hapu believed that All Baimu was worth her going all out.

Both sides sent out their Pokémon.

"Go! Mudsdale!"

Thud!

The giant horse with black hair and brown skin, nearly two and a half meters tall, landed in the field, causing the ground to tremble violently.

This guy's weight is close to a ton.

It can be considered a relatively realistic existence among many Pokémon.

On the other side.

A milky white round stone rolled down.

Smoky tentacles probed out tremblingly, and a pair of light red eyes looked like fire candles.

"Sang..."

Galarian Corsola, reporting for overtime!

Hapu was slightly stunned and said excitedly: "Galarian Corsola? This is the first time I've seen one with my own eyes!"

Not all Trainers are like Ash, relying purely on travel to increase their knowledge and experience.

Hapu, who loves to read, naturally recognized Corsola's true form.

"Ghost type... a type very suitable for the dark night!"

Hapu's gaze was sharp, the corners of her mouth curled into an arc, and she gave the command the moment Hoku announced the start of the match.

"Mudsdale! High Horsepower!"

"Hee-hee-hee—"

The massive Mudsdale raised its front hooves, earth-red smoke rose on its body, and it ran toward Corsola with heavy footsteps!

All Baimu waved his hand, "Will-O-Wisp."

"Sang~"

Corsola growled, and clusters of ghostly purple flames ignited around its body, flying toward the rushing Mudsdale.

Hapu shouted quickly: "Stomp! Use stones to shatter the flames!"

Thud!

Mudsdale stomped on the ground, causing the stone slabs under its feet to shatter, shooting toward the incoming Will-O-Wisp like buckshot!

Pop pop pop!

Eight of the nine Will-O-Wisps were extinguished, and the remaining one was also dodged by Mudsdale, floating shakily.

The audience discussed heatedly, all praising Hapu's growth.

At the same time.

Mudsdale approached Corsola, its huge head lowered slightly, and it rammed into it fiercely!

"Dodge it, Scald."

"Sang!"

In an instant.

Corsola suddenly rolled to the right, dodging Mudsdale's ram.

Following that, it came to the side in a special arc-like trajectory and sprayed a column of steaming water from its mouth!

Pfft!

The scalding hot flow sprayed Mudsdale, causing it great pain.

Fortunately, its Special Defense didn't hold it back too much, and Corsola's Special Attack was relatively lackluster.

An orange-red light lit up.

The attacked Mudsdale triggered the 【Stamina】 Ability, and its Physical Defense was improved.

Hapu frowned.

"So that's it, is it a Pokémon good at Special Attack... Return! Mudsdale!"

She took out a Poké Ball to switch Mudsdale out.

The Grand Trial is a special ceremony operated by the Island Kahuna's own will; she says it's fine, it's fine; she says it's not, it's not.

Therefore, Hapu can switch.

"Go! Golurk!"

She threw the Poké Ball.

The giant, resembling an ancient guardian from an RPG game, landed in the field, with yellow light shining in many places on its body.

"Hoo-long—"

The giant's call had its own echo, as if it originated from its pot-shaped chest.

The exchange of the two Pokémon could be called seamless, but All Baimu still took the opportunity to issue a command.

"Reflect."

A translucent glass wall bloomed in front of Corsola and quickly dissipated.

Hapu thought All Baimu was indeed fully prepared and shouted:

"Shadow Punch!"

"Hoo-long!"

Golurk responded in a low voice, and a fist far larger than Corsola's struck out of thin air!

Rumble!

The air made a muffled sound.

A black shadow flew toward Corsola; looking closely, it was a fist-shaped energy mass!

Hapu had actually turned Shadow Punch, which originally belonged to contact moves, into a long-range attack!

"So amazing!"

Hau in the audience screamed repeatedly.

All Baimu remained indifferent.

He had seen too many similar methods in the Pokémon Contests; turning melee into long-range naturally requires a price.

"Rain Dance."

"Sang!"

Corsola let Shadow Punch approach, looking up to summon dark clouds to descend.

Reflect suddenly appeared.

The aggressive Shadow Punch was blocked, and the damage was sharply reduced when it hit Corsola.

Bang!

Dust exploded and scattered.

Corsola still remained in place, standing tall and motionless.

Hapu frowned, "What amazing defensive power... did All Baimu guess it..."

Her Golurk's Ability is 【No Guard】, a rare Hidden Ability.

The effect is that no matter what move is released, it can automatically track the target.

Even if it is located in the high sky, underground, or even in another dimension.

It was precisely by relying on this wonderful Ability that Hapu was able to turn Shadow Punch from melee into long-range.

Didn't expect...

It had no effect on Corsola?

Dark clouds gathered in the sky, sprinkling fine rain.

Hapu gave the order again.

"Phantom Force!"

"Hoo-long!"

Black mist surged on Golurk's side, and then it fiercely swung its thick arm to strike!

In the distance.

A mass of black mist appeared above Corsola's head.

Then the giant arm, like a stone pillar, smashed through the black mist, smashing toward the top of its head with the momentum of a thunderbolt!

Thud!

The stone slabs on the ground exploded, and countless gravel splashed everywhere!

Seeing this, Hapu smiled and shouted: "Very good! Again—Golurk!?"

She was about to repeat the same trick, but found that Golurk's body was inexplicably stiff, unable to withdraw its arm from the other dimension.

Hapu quickly looked into the distance,

and saw Corsola had poked out its smoky tentacles at some point, like wildly growing branches, wrapping around Golurk's right arm.

Green light kept sinking into its body along the branches.

"Strength Sap..."

Hapu's expression was solemn.

The Alola region's Grass-type Pokémon—Shiinotic's specialty; didn't expect Corsola to know it too.

Blue light lit up on Golurk.

Its Attack was lowered.

Hapu knew she couldn't let Corsola continue to sap, and shouted: "Thunder Punch!"

Use electricity to interrupt Corsola's offensive.

"Hoo-long!"

Golurk responded, and flashing electric light lit up on its fist, stimulating Corsola's body to stiffen, successfully withdrawing its arm.

Hapu was about to breathe a sigh of relief.

Fire appeared.

Whoosh!

The fire that appeared out of thin air instantly swallowed the massive Golurk!

Golurk didn't make a sound, but Hapu knew very well the pain the burn brought it.

"Will-O-Wisp!? When did you do it?"

She was a bit flustered and turned to look at Corsola in the distance.

The audience in the third-person perspective saw it very clearly.

They all saw a Will-O-Wisp suddenly appear behind Corsola before Golurk used Thunder Punch.

When Golurk withdrew its fist, the Will-O-Wisp followed it.

In the field.

Corsola began to pursue.

"Sang!"

A sea tide surged behind it, lifting its small body and rushing toward Golurk.

"Fly up!"

Hapu shouted.

Golurk immediately retracted its legs and arms, flying into the air like a rocket!

"Flash Cannon!"

"Hoo-long!"

It hovered at a high place, overlooking Corsola on the tide, condensed a silver light orb in front of it, and suddenly shot a bright silver beam!

Who knew Corsola would stir up the tide beneath it, lifting it to a higher place.

Successfully avoiding the beam.

Even though the beam pierced the tide, causing it to fall uncontrollably.

But the distance between the two closed at this moment!

"Hex!"

"Sang!"

A strange eyeball surrounded by black mist appeared above Corsola's head.

Hum!

Ghostly purple light waves shot out, layered like invisible sound waves, continuously enveloping Golurk!

Golurk's hovering movement suddenly swayed, and the energy jets from its arms and lower body began to become intermittent.

Like a hot air balloon affected by high-altitude airflow.

"Hoo-long——"

"Golurk! Change direction and use High Horsepower!"

Hapu still hadn't given up.

But she was a step late.

When the last ghostly purple light wave shook toward Golurk, a fierce fire ignited again, covering its whole body.

Golurk was like a rocket self-igniting in the sky, the energy at the nozzle extinguished.

Falling.

Thud!

Sparks splashed, and the gale rolled!

The strong wind blew the dust in all directions, and it was quickly washed away by the rain.

"Golurk is unable to battle! Corsola wins!"

Hoku announced the result.

In the audience.

Everyone looked at Corsola and All Baimu, their expressions different.

What a smooth tactical style!

As if it could predict what kind of moves the opponent would use, forcing them into a corner step by step.

Many people had already started looking forward to tomorrow's battle.

Hapu recalled Golurk, her face showing no too much disappointment.

"Thank you, Golurk."

She looked up at All Baimu in the distance and said: "You are indeed very strong! But it's not that easy for you to win!"

Bang!

"Go! Mudsdale! Let him taste your power!"

"Hee-hee-hee—"

Mudsdale appeared again, its momentum high!

Seeing this, All Baimu unexpectedly recalled Corsola.

Bang!

Another Poké Ball opened.

The gorgeous Shiny Milotic appeared in the field, and many people in the audience widened their eyes.

Hapu was slightly stunned, but also showed a decisive expression.

The next moment.

The Trainers and Pokémon on both sides made different movements, and golden light lit up on them.

"Oh, vast root system spreading across the Poni land! Please grant us power!"

"Water flow, surge."

Double Z-Moves!!

Everyone in the audience stood up together.