Chapter 1107: Battling Ash from Journeys

Too fast.

It wasn't until the Rotom Phone declared it that Korrina realized the match had already ended.

"Lucario!!"

She shouted loudly, like a helpless girl on the battlefield.

Silence.

The snow dog in the arena was completely silent from body to spirit.

The blizzard froze the accumulated water brought by the heavy rain, leaving a vast expanse of white, making the entire arena look like a kingdom of frost, and the temperature dropped sharply.

It even affected the spectator stands.

Patches of white mist were spat out from countless mouths, and they rubbed their exposed arms, only feeling their teeth ache.

The west of Kalos was always relatively hot, especially since it was approaching summer, and the people who came here to watch the match basically wore short sleeves, which was really a bit unbearable.

The commentator sighed: "The Champion's decisive strength ruled this arena, let's offer him applause. At the same time, please also offer applause to our young Gym Leader, thank her for bringing us a wonderful match!"

Clatter, clatter—

Applause rang out like thunder.

While welcoming Milotic back, All Baimu turned his head to look at the ranking on the big screen, 1995.

Korrina's ranking fell to 1732, dropping more than seven hundred places in two matches; most people's mentality would probably have exploded.

But she was fine, running into the arena to rescue Lucario, who was trapped by the snow, and comforting it in a low voice: "Good work, Lucario!"

"Awoo..."

Lucario looked at her weakly, its peripheral vision aiming at the falling ranking, feeling a bit ashamed.

Korrina smiled: "It's okay! Just fight your way back! Failure is the nourishment for success!"

She recalled Lucario into its ball, looked at All Baimu, who was intimate with the Shiny Milotic, and walked over with light steps.

"Champion!"

"Korrina."

All Baimu shook hands with her and said: "Lucario's performance was outstanding, its reaction speed was fast enough to surprise me, it's just that the offensive rhythm was a bit too urgent."

Korrina said embarrassedly: "Grandpa also said that I get hot-headed easily, I must get rid of this bad habit."

It really needs to be changed.

Whether playing games or battling, being greedy for attacks is a taboo!

The two left the arena, and Ash, Pikachu, and Riolu appeared in the corner, waving at them excitedly.

"Quite a wonderful battle! Both of you are so amazing!"

Ash was never stingy in praising people; regardless of whether he could win or not after meeting them, he just praised them!

Pikachu friendly raised its fat paw at Milotic, "Pika~"

"Milo~"

Milotic curved its eyebrows, lowering its head to rub against it without any sense of boundaries, so enthusiastic that it made Pikachu sweat.

Riolu was scared and hid behind its Trainer.

"Hahaha!"

Ash laughed heartlessly, only to say that there are what kind of Trainer, there are what kind of Pokémon.

Both sides are.

The three chatted idly under the parasol outside the drink shop, Goh appeared once, and left after saying hello.

Unlike the battles that happened every two or three minutes in the anime, the festival was actually very long; it was fine if the ranking was low, but after the ranking was high, it was very common to wait for several hours.

Pikachu and Riolu were both waiting until they were sleepy.

Seeing that it was past four o'clock, All Baimu decided to end today's ranking—

"You have a new battle, the opponent is—Ash from Pallet Town, ranking 921."

"You have been matched with a new opponent, Normal Class 1995th, All Baimu from Iron Town."

The prompt sounds of the Poryphone and Rotom Phone were like two pieces of music.

Ash's mouth split to his ears, and he said happily: "Matched! All Baimu!"

"Yeah..."

All Baimu deeply realized that the festival organizers were making trouble.

Which one of Grant, Korrina, and Ash didn't have a ranking more than a thousand places higher than his?

Normally, unless it's a face-to-face battle, it's very difficult to match randomly if the gap is too large, and it might even be accused of point-farming.

Don't say, someone really had farmed points.

Spending money to let high-score and low-score battle, and a third party hypnotizes the Rotom Phone in charge of supervision, taking the opportunity to farm points.

If it weren't for the competition background checking after discovering something wrong, they might have really succeeded.

Korrina got up and said: "Both of you, go for it! I'll go to the stands to cheer for you!"

"Of course!"

Ash smiled and made a peace sign.

He was the kind of person who could enjoy the fun of battling; he would be very happy if he won, and wouldn't be particularly sad if he lost.

The experiences in seven regions gave Ash a foundation more solid than anyone else.

This was the moment for thick accumulation and thin hair!

——

Arena.

The field type was an ordinary flat ground.

The commentator said excitedly: "What's about to be staged is a duel between Champion and Champion, that's right, dear audience friends!

"Besides our familiar Orre Champion, Ash from Pallet Town is also the first Champion of the Alola region!"

Buzz!

The spectator stands were in an uproar.

Compared to the relatively remote Orre, the vacation resort Alola had been popular in the wealthy Kalos for many years.

Alola's Champion?

People looked toward Ash one after another; at this time, Ash was no longer the boy who would be complacent, standing with one hand on his hip, looking forward to the start of the match.

The Champion battle has arrived!

The atmosphere in the arena was instantly stirred up, countless people raised their phones to film, and some even started live streaming.

All Baimu silently recalled Ash's current team.

As everyone knows, this guy would rather keep the state of lacking people than recall old partners to fill the entire team.

He had seen four of the six Pokémon in Journeys, and the remaining two were Sirfetch'd and Dracovish.

Had Ash caught them?

He didn't ponder for too long.

When the Rotom Phone finished reading the match rules, it invited both sides to send out Pokémon.

He threw the ball forward.

Bang!

Standard Regieleki start, "Beep-beep-beep—Lei! Ji! Ele!"

"A Legendary Pokémon?"

Ash felt the restless emotion in his heart, looking forward to the upcoming match with all his might.

And in front of him, the delicate and pretty Dragonite gripped its claws with high fighting spirit.

"Awoo!"

This Dragonite, nicknamed the "Hug Dragon," had an extremely gentle personality, with a maximum degree of friendliness to people, forming a sharp contrast with Iris's little bully.

Perhaps, not to mention Iris's, even Drayden's Dragonite was more heroic than it.

Perhaps it was a gender difference?

The Rotom Phone above the arena confirmed it was correct and declared:

"Battle start!"

"Strike first! Dragon Claw!"

"Awoo!"

Dragonite flapped its wings and flew, its two fists burning with azure flames, forming the shape of sharp claws and waving toward Regieleki!

Swish!

Under the Dragon Claw, Regieleki turned into a blurry phantom.

Dragonite was startled, and a whistling wind came from above its head, followed by Ash's reminder.

"It's above your head!"

Too late.

Regieleki's Extreme Speed was fast enough to exceed their reaction, and the lightning-like tentacles were like a bundle of whips, ruthlessly lashing at Dragonite's back!

Bang!

Dragonite smashed heavily to the ground, letting out a muffled grunt in pain.

"Woo!"

"So fast!"

Ash found that personal experience was far more exaggerated than watching from the spectator stands, but his mouth still carried a smile, "Since that's the case! We'll use Extreme Speed too! Go, Dragonite!"

"Awoo!"

Dragonite propped up its body, its small wings flapping extremely fast, turning into a white light and flying at high speed everywhere in the arena.

But Regieleki had absolutely no intention of competing in speed with it, standing calmly in place and jumping, as if waiting for Dragonite to take the initiative to approach like a rabbit waiting for a tree.

And this timing was mastered by All Baimu!

"Rotate! Thunder Cage!"

"Beep-beep-beep—"

Regieleki rotated at high speed, and countless currents scattered down like flowers scattering from the sky.

Even though Dragonite noticed something was wrong and immediately turned, it was inevitably hit by the fishing-net-like lightning and trapped in the cage!

"Oh!!"

Dragonite let out a painful howl, and the intense paralysis made it difficult to move.

All Baimu shook his head helplessly.

He had to admit that Ash had grown a lot in terms of temperament, but he also had some bad habits that he could never change.

For example, not doing information collection before the match, and battles often relying on intuition.

Actually, Ash in the Diamond & Pearl series had already learned his lesson, formulating corresponding tactics for opponents, but later, as if his personality had been refreshed, he threw away this good habit again.

So much so that he made a wrong judgment as soon as he came up—

Competing in speed with Regieleki.

Not to mention whether he could compete or not.

Why would he think that an opponent who also mastered super-high speed had poor dynamic vision, wanting to rely on speed to shake off the opponent's vision?

Let alone that Regieleki didn't rely on "eyes" to observe the world at all; it could confirm the opponent's location through the ionized ions in the air, and wanting to escape its investigation was very, very difficult.

Of course.

Even if he made such a mistake.

The match was far from over, and it could even be said that it had just begun.

"Thunder Wave."

"Use Dragon Dance to break free from the current!"

Calm and passionate command voices rang out separately, Dragonite endured the paralysis and rotated in place, and the prism-shaped hurricane really tore open the Thunder Cage as Ash thought.

It even almost didn't hit Regieleki's lightning.

"Counter Shield," huh...

All Baimu was speechless.

The outrageous thing finally came true; this set of Ash's could defend against anything, completely unreasonable.

"Awoo!"

Dragonite appeared in the high sky, overlooking Regieleki.

Dense currents surged on its body, but orange-red light of ability boost also emerged.

Ash said confidently: "Use Hurricane to trap Regieleki!"

"Lock-on, Volt Switch."

Whoosh!

Hurricane roared.

The visible gale swept the entire arena, and Regieleki was also pulled toward the center like being attracted by a black hole.

It didn't resist, the red dot matrix shone in unison, and a cross cursor appeared in the center.

"Beep-beep-beep—Lei! Ji! Ele!"

When the Hurricane crushed onto the Electric Pillar's body, several electric rings were released from its side, flying toward the high-altitude Dragonite like two boomerangs!

Sizzle!

Electric light flashed.

Dragonite had no way to dodge; after locking on, the electric ring possessed tracking ability, and there were no obstacles in the open arena.

Except for the Electric Pillar suppressed by the Hurricane below.

"Woo!"

Dragonite let out a muffled grunt again.

All Baimu stared closely at its state, knowing that the damage was effective.

He was just afraid that Dragonite could continue fighting spiritedly no matter how much damage it took.

Like Ash battling Korrina before, how many attacks had Dragonite taken? Its attack speed didn't drop at all!

Volt Switch triggered an exchange.

Bang!

"Long-long-long—Lei! Ji! Dra!"

The Dragon Pillar Regidrago appeared, flying to the sky and transforming into its Dragon Head form for the first time.

All Baimu: "Dragon Energy!"

Full-health Dragon Energy!

Come on! Let's see if you can do sit-ups!

Ash also realized it was bad, waving his hand and shouting: "Dragonite, use Extreme Speed to dodge!"

"Awoo..."

Dragonite endured the paralysis all over its body, flapping its wings rapidly and turning into a white light to dodge the destructive light brewing between the Dragon Pillar's sharp teeth.

However.

It wasn't easy to dodge.

Regidrago's main angle for observing the world was attribute energy.

In its eyes, Dragonite was about the same as an energy aggregate that could move; hitting it fully was difficult, but hitting it—

Very simple!

Boom——!!

The purple-red light beam that pierced the sky and earth penetrated the arena, chasing the lightning-fast Dragonite with the slight adjustment of the giant dragon skull, the scene was extremely tense and exciting!

Countless audience members held their breath, suddenly seeing Dragonite's speed drop sharply!

Bang!

The terrifying light beam instantly swallowed it!

Rolling smoke swept the entire arena, the strong wind blew All Baimu and Ash's clothes, and the strong light made it difficult for everyone to look directly.

The commentator shouted: "Dragon Energy hit! Dragonite was affected by the paralysis state!"

If it were a normal Dragonite, it could actually dodge it completely.

But it happened to be paralyzed.

Ash clenched his fist and looked into the arena, seeing Dragonite get up from the satisfied rubble, rejoicing: "Dragonite! Are you okay?"

"Awoo..."

Dragonite really wanted to respond with a shout, but it really couldn't shout anymore.

Ash hurriedly said: "Use Roost!"

"Woo..."

Dragonite entered the recovery state.

All Baimu, in the distance, looked on silently, and when Dragonite entered the state, he raised his head and said: "Scale Shot!"

"Long-long-long—"

The Dragon Pillar received the order, its crimson core shone, and several azure broken scales flew through the air!

Dragonite, in the recovery state, sensed danger approaching and reacted at the first moment, but the attribute energy in its body couldn't be mobilized that quickly.

In the paralyzed state, it was hit by the first azure broken scale just as it flew up, followed by the second, the third!

Bang, bang, bang!

The broken scales shot by the Dragon Pillar knocked Dragonite down from the sky, taking away the last bit of stamina of this Pokémon.

In All Baimu's gaze, Dragonite struggled but couldn't get up.

The Rotom Phone declared: "Dragonite is unable to battle!"

"Dragonite... good work."

Ash let out a long sigh, recalled Dragonite into the ball, and looked at Regidrago, which was emitting blue and orange light, "Legendary Pokémon are indeed amazing."

He turned his head to Pikachu and said: "I'll leave it to you, Pikachu!"

"Pika!"

Pikachu rushed into the arena without showing weakness, looking at Regidrago with high fighting spirit.

Not to mention a mere Dragon Pillar, it had even shocked the ancestor of dragons.

Naturally, it wouldn't be scared by the scene just now.

All Baimu was also very surprised that Ash would send Pikachu to the field directly, knowing that compared to sending Pikachu, he was more accustomed to training new Pokémon in the early stages.

Was it because the Two Pillars put pressure on him?

Since that's the case.

"Then give it your all!"

He took a plain-looking bead out of his pocket.

Ash didn't have any reaction yet, but Pikachu clearly sensed something unusual, quickly turning its head and shouting: "Pika! Pika-pika!"

"Pikachu... okay!"

Ash didn't know why, but he chose to trust his partner, throwing his hat and crossing his arms to reveal the Z-Ring.

The 10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt Z suddenly released light.

The same was true for the Terastal Orb thrown out by All Baimu.

"Let them taste an even more powerful Dragon Energy!"

"This is our full heart, full intention, full strength!!"

Accompanied by two shouts.

Dazzling radiance descended on the entire Battle Festival!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 1108 =====