Chapter 1149: Heart of the Twin Dragons!

Boom!

Dust and smoke rose everywhere, and countless Dragon-type Pokémon hesitated to advance.

They let out hoarse, low growls, looking toward the center of the battlefield with either cowardice or hesitation.

There, two "mountains of corpses" piled up from fainted dragons stood tall. The current Long Wang and its most powerful challenger gazed at each other from afar, remaining silent for a long time.

Due to the brutal "trading blows" tactic, aside from the two of them, the Haxorus and Hydreigon had all retreated from the field—

No.

The 【Brave One】 from Sakurako's family had survived.

It wasn't that the Hydreigon had shown mercy or hadn't participated in the siege; rather, it had dodged quickly enough, successfully avoiding the Haxorus's "windmill" attack just moments ago.

"Roar..."

It panted heavily, its heart filled with unease.

With wolves in front and tigers behind, all the surviving Dragon-type Pokémon besides the three were from other tribes, scattered all around.

They wore predatory expressions, as if preparing to launch the next wave of the siege.

Eliminate the Long Wang and the high-threat dragons first—only then would there be a chance of victory!

The Shiny Haxorus?

Just cannon fodder under the siege!

By this stage of the melee, the dragons that had strength but no brains had basically been eliminated; those remaining had high battle awareness and emotional intelligence.

Internal friction was meaningless; conserving strength was the logical path!

Because the Dragon-type Pokémon had ceased their attacks, the canyon gradually grew quiet. A desolate wind blew through, accentuating an eerie atmosphere.

Fight?

Don't fight?

How to fight?

Similar thoughts flashed through the minds of every Dragon-type Pokémon, yet none dared to be the first to initiate an attack.

It was as if the moment one moved, they would be immediately eliminated.

"..."

The dragons exchanged glances, each harboring their own thoughts.

On the cliff above, a spectator watched this scene in surprise and said, "Is it over? Why aren't they fighting?"

"It's clearly a siege! You rarely watch the *Pokémon World* program, right? Spring has arrived, all things are reviving..."

"What are you talking about?"

"Isn't the Hydreigon also a target of the siege?"

"Definitely! It performed so brilliantly just now!"

"Everyone, stay calm."

A Dragon Tamer from the Long Zhi Xiang stepped forward to soothe them. "The climax of the entire competition is about to begin. Please watch patiently."

In the recent melee, All Baimu's Hydreigon had successfully stunned everyone.

After all, it was the first Dragon-type Pokémon to "stand off" against the Long Wang in the middle of a chaotic battle, forcing the Haxorus to adopt a trading-blows tactic.

In previous competitions, other Haxorus were mainly responsible for consuming the opponent's numbers to reduce pressure on the Long Wang.

Who knew that the once-infallible tactic wouldn't work this time.

All the effective forces had been taken out by the Hydreigon!

"It's really fierce!"

"It doesn't have the Long Wang's blessing, right?"

"It's just like cutting vegetables..."

The Dragon Tamers whispered among themselves. Drayden and Grandma Dragon had different expressions, but both highly approved of All Baimu's Hydreigon.

Its transcendent combat power was enough to become an important indicator of its excellence!

Grimsley couldn't help but ask, "Is the Hydreigon All Baimu's trump card?"

This Pokémon was even fiercer than he had predicted!

Drasna shook her head. "No, Aggron is All Baimu's recognized trump card Pokémon."

"Aggron... I look forward to when it gets serious."

With such exaggerated physical strength alone, Grimsley really wanted to know what kind of astonishing performance the Hydreigon could achieve after using elemental energy.

As a Dark-type expert, he was truly looking forward to it.

On the other side, Zinnia quietly asked All Baimu, "How exactly did you train it? I think it's only been a year since I last saw you, right?"

A year later, the Hydreigon had grown to this extent?

He said, "Don't ask, you can't learn it."

"Oh? Are you looking down on my learning ability? Or are you worried about being caught up to?"

Zinnia joked with a smile.

Who would have thought All Baimu would reply very seriously: "It has nothing to do with looking down on you; it's purely talent. Its talent plus my 'talent,' and finally, the help of the little god."

Zinnia: "..."

She felt like hitting someone.

Even though she actually agreed a little with what he said.

Three once-in-a-century geniuses had appeared in this era of Dragon Tamers, each possessing the ability to vie for the title of strongest.

Zinnia continued, "Forget it if you don't want to say. What about its level? You can reveal that, right?"

The League rarely revealed the levels of a Champion or Elite Four's main Pokémon; unless they were willing to announce it themselves, their privacy was respected.

Therefore, few people knew the level status of All Baimu's Pokémon.

Shanren counted as one, the Nurse Joys in various regions counted as a few, and then there were some others...

And for All Baimu, information asymmetry was very important; it was the key to victory.

So he had never actively revealed it.

It didn't matter if he told Zinnia; would she go out and spread it everywhere?

"... Lean in."

All Baimu beckoned, whispering a number into the curious girl's ear.

Zinnia's eyes widened immediately, and she looked at him in disbelief. "Really?"

"Do I have any reason to lie to you?" he countered.

Zinnia fell silent.

It seemed that was indeed the case?

But this was just too...

Looking at the entire Meteor Village and Dragon's Den, let alone reaching the Hydreigon's level, even the oldest dragons didn't come close.

The oldest dragon was no exception.

The look she gave All Baimu carried a bit of awe, thinking to herself, no wonder the Hydreigon could defeat Entei!

Even Legendary Pokémon might not have this kind of weight!

"You really are... amazing."

Zinnia thought for a long time before squeezing out an evaluation: "I feel like even if a meteor capable of destroying the world fell from the sky, it wouldn't be able to stump you."

Hearing this, the corners of All Baimu's mouth twitched. "You're overthinking it. Everyone has their specialty; at that time, we'll have to rely on our Dragon God."

There was no meteor incident in the anime, which made Zinnia very peaceful and sunny, and she didn't pull a bunch of crazy stunts like in the *Special* manga.

"Dragon God..."

Zinnia muttered.

Actually, her first thought just now had been related to the Dragon God Rayquaza, but that was too blasphemous.

But there was actually one thing she had gotten wrong.

When it defeated Entei back then, the Hydreigon was nowhere near level 90!

The conversation between the two wasn't known to a third person; everyone's attention was focused on the canyon.

"Look! They're moving!"

Amidst the exclamations, the Hydreigon and Haxorus were seen launching their attacks first!

But their targets weren't each other; they were the other Dragon-type Pokémon surrounding them, tacitly preparing to eliminate the other opponents!

Someone said, "Just as I thought, the Long Wang and the Hydreigon won't take attacks passively."

"With so many dragons showing intent to siege, how could they fight each other first and suffer mutual destruction?"

This statement was quickly agreed upon.

Another person said, "So I think the other dragons also knew this, which is why they specifically cooperated to siege the Long Wang and the Hydreigon, right?"

"If you don't siege, you'll be defeated; if you do, you'll also be defeated. You'd definitely choose the latter to gamble for a glimmer of hope."

The conversation on the cliff was continuous and heated.

The chaos in the canyon was the same; the Hydreigon and Haxorus were firing on all cylinders, beating one Dragon-type Pokémon after another to their knees, quickly clearing away all participants hindering the final showdown.

The Shiny Haxorus was forced to join this melee.

It couldn't actively attack the Long Wang of its own tribe while other opponents hadn't fallen, so it had to choose the Hydreigon.

But was the Hydreigon some kind of soft persimmon?

"Shasang!"

It was seen picking up two Dragon-type Pokémon again, using them as dragon-meat clubs, beating the besiegers back step by step!

If the middle head wasn't hard to maneuver, it would have probably gone for a three-dragon style!

"Oh!"

The Shiny Haxorus bit the bullet and lunged forward, avoiding the Druddigon that had been swung around, but it couldn't escape the Hydreigon's main head.

In a flash, its lunging axe-blade was bitten hard, and two dragon-meat clubs whistled in from the left and right!

Boom! Boom!

Amidst the dull thuds, the Haxorus lost its will to fight on the spot, eyes rolling back, saliva spraying, and it fell downward.

The Hydreigon didn't let it go, dropping the Flygon from its left head and quickly switching to this pitch-black "peerless good sword"!

Sure enough, Haxorus was easier to use!

"Shasang!"

The Hydreigon roared excitedly, its two heads dancing wildly, beating the other Dragon-type Pokémon until they cried for their parents, running in panic.

Sakurako on the cliff watched with teary eyes. "Brave One..."

Which Trainer wouldn't feel heartache seeing their Pokémon treated like this? Helplessly, she couldn't stop it, nor could she intervene.

The Long Wang competition was sacred and did not allow any external interference.

Since they had participated, they had to be prepared to get hurt.

Fortunately, the Hydreigon quickly finished off all the dragons besieging it, letting go of the Druddigon and Shiny Haxorus, who had almost vomited up last night's dinner.

"Shasang..."

It turned its head to look at the Haxorus; the latter had also officially entered the final stage, with only one or two opponents left.

Time to act!

The Hydreigon lunged forward suddenly, not waiting for the Haxorus to finish off all its opponents.

As the saying goes, all is fair in war; as long as no underhanded tricks were used, any tactic could be called upright!

"Roar!?"

The Haxorus had just thrown its opponent away when it felt a fierce wind approaching.

In an instant.

It swung its giant tail violently, attacking the source of the wind.

Although it hadn't used elemental energy, the whistling sound of its tail was extremely sharp, like a long whip breaking through the air!

Such fast reflexes!

The Hydreigon pulled its body up into the air just in time, avoiding the lightning-fast tail, and bit down fiercely on the axe-blade!

At the same time, the last surviving Dragonite also took the opportunity to swing its fat fist, smashing toward the Haxorus's chin, forming a pincer attack!

Many people on the cliff exclaimed.

It couldn't dodge this, right?

—It could!

No sooner said than done, the Haxorus suddenly crouched flat against the ground, causing the Dragonite's straight punch to head toward the Hydreigon, which was biting down with its mouth open!

The Dragonite was slightly stunned, but its punch didn't lose any momentum; after all, to it, hitting anyone was the same!

The Hydreigon didn't want to suffer this loss; the main head moved in a circular motion to avoid the punch, while the left and right heads quickly bit the Dragonite's arms, pulling backward!

"Owu!"

The Dragonite lost its center of gravity; as it fell, it quickly flapped its wings to get up, but was fiercely pinned down by the Hydreigon!

Thousand-pound drop!

The Hydreigon was clearly trying to use the Dragonite as a meat shield to suppress the Haxorus at the very bottom.

This way, as long as it continued to apply force, even if the Haxorus didn't lose its will to fight immediately, it would have a good portion of its stamina depleted!

But it still underestimated the Long Zhi Xiang's buff to the Long Wang.

"Roar!"

A roar rang out, and a massive force was applied to it through the Dragonite's body!

Boom!

Scales and flesh collided violently!

Invisible energy exploded, and the Hydreigon rose into the air with the force, not clashing head-on with the Haxorus's explosive power.

There was no point in clashing head-on through the Dragonite anyway.

It successfully escaped, but the Dragonite was more miserable; as the main bearer of the force, it fainted on the spot.

"Dragonite—"

Its Dragon Tamer let out a miserable howl.

With this, another Dragon-type Pokémon was out, leaving only the two core ones on the field—

Haxorus!

Hydreigon!

One stood on the ground, the other high in the sky, gazing at each other.

It was as if an invisible power had been awakened.

A deep blue light appeared in the Haxorus's eyes, like brilliant stars.

Its size seemed to have surged by a notch!

"Shasang..."

The Hydreigon frowned.

Was this the power bestowed by the Long Zhi Xiang? It could even burst out like this!?

While thinking, the Haxorus lunged forward like a sharp arrow, charging straight at its chest and abdomen!

The Hydreigon dodged quickly, passing by it dangerously close.

It turned around, wanting to strike while the Haxorus was falling, but who would have thought the opponent would curl up into a giant wheel, quickly pressing toward it!

"Roar—!!"

Rising fast, falling faster!

The Hydreigon was careless for a moment, not dodging in time, or rather, the falling speed of the spinning Haxorus exceeded its expectations; it was fiercely struck in the chest and abdomen, falling to the ground like a meteor!

Boom!

The earth trembled, and dust rose everywhere!

All Baimu's eyelids twitched.

Zinnia asked curiously, "Looking at it this way, Iris's Haxorus level isn't low either?"

"The level is definitely not low, but the key to the problem lies in the blessing of the Long Zhi Xiang."

He had already overestimated it as much as possible, but the result before him told him he had still underestimated this power.

Especially the state the Haxorus had just shown.

The power bestowed by the earth was extraordinary.

However, the Hydreigon wouldn't lose so easily; it was a professional when it came to being durable!

The dust in the canyon quickly dissipated.

The crowd with good eyesight was in an uproar.

They saw the Hydreigon, which had been suppressed by the Haxorus, biting the axe-blades on both sides of it, while the middle head bit its skull!

Clearly the one being beaten, yet it had turned the tables to control the opponent's attack?

"Roar!"

The Haxorus roared dully, continuously punching the Hydreigon's abdomen; its claws remained in a free state.

But the Hydreigon didn't just stay still after biting.

It quickly exerted force to roll and swing its body, like a caiman that had bitten its prey.

The Haxorus resisted with its own strength, but was surprised to find that it, with the blessing and naturally high Attack, was actually stalemated?

Fight!

Fight hard!

The two Pokémon turned into rolling gourds, continuously kicking up waves of dust.

And without the participation of elemental energy, all hand-to-hand combat became a "brawl," and no one knew who would have the last laugh.

All Baimu and Iris gazed at the two Pokémon, both silently cheering for their own Pokémon in their hearts.

The power of the heart turned into a bridge, and even though they were hundreds of meters apart, it was still clearly transmitted to their own Pokémon's hearts.

Heart of the Dragon vs. Heart of the Dragon!

PS: Promoting a new book

*Pokémon, I Really Didn't Want to Be a Gym Leader! *

I really didn't want to be a Gym Leader, but they gave too much!

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