Chapter 131: Heavy Mud Pulls the Horse

Nevertheless, the fact that Mudbray, relying on its own wisdom and the bold spirit to challenge the impossible at the critical moment, defeated the Crabrawler, is beyond dispute.

On the other side, Luo Mu and several Pokémon applauded and cried out in praise for Mudbray; that final strike of High Horsepower was truly magnificent!

Standing on the bare rock protruding from the cliff, with a radius of less than ten meters, Mudbray peered down at the perilous sea below, feeling only that it had lost the steadiness of heart taught by Teacher Tapu Tapu Moumou, and was filled with belated fear.

Glancing at the Crabrawler beside it, which had lost the ability to battle and fallen into unconsciousness, Mudbray raised its head, about to let out a joyful cry toward Luo Mu opposite, when suddenly something unexpected occurred.

Its body was instantly enveloped in a dense white light, beginning to change, stretch, and grow taller like modeling clay.

The hair on its head, which looked like a center-parted hairstyle but was actually its mane, grew rapidly, hanging down like dreadlocks; mud-made guards resembling thick boots grew on its limbs, possessing a hardness that even rock could not match.

When the white light dispersed, the Mudbray, which had already changed its appearance completely—no, it should now be called Mudsdale.

The completely transformed Mudsdale appeared before Luo Mu and Growlithe and the others; especially Growlithe was directly stunned.

Good heavens, evolution is just too cool.

Mudbray, which used to be about the same size as it, had directly become a colossal creature after evolving; in terms of size alone, it was now even larger than Swampert and the others.

Seeing such a huge transformation in Mudsdale, Growlithe began to look forward to the day of its own evolution; by then, it would surely evolve into a majestic, strong Pokémon whose size would not lose to Mudsdale, right?

Luo Mu, his face full of joy, was just about to speak to congratulate Mudsdale, when a cracking sound, clearly audible beneath the continuous roar of waves battering the cliff, made his expression change and his head snap up.

Oh no; if the rock could barely withstand Mudbray's weight of one hundred and ten kilograms, then after evolution, with its size increased and its weight super-evolved, Mudsdale's current weight, which had multiplied several times over, was an average of nine hundred and twenty kilograms!

So, what would happen if a weight approaching one ton stood on a protruding rock with limited load-bearing capacity, which had endured wind and sun for who knows how many years?

Under Mudsdale's bewildered gaze, the rock beneath its feet emitted a groan of being overburdened, followed by countless cracks spreading at an extremely fast speed.

In just a few breaths, the ground beneath Mudsdale gave way, and its massive body plummeted at great speed, while the motionless body of the Crabrawler lying on the ground fell along with it.

Luo Mu first froze, but then the excellent intuition and execution honed during a year of travel led him to make the most correct choice—

Take out Mudsdale's Poké Ball and aim it!

As for that Crabrawler, with his heart racing, adrenaline surging, and pupils fixed firmly on Mudsdale's falling position, Luo Mu shouted, "Delibird, I'm counting on you!"

"Deli!"

Delibird, thrown into chaos by the sudden situation, quickly calmed down and flew toward the position where Crabrawler was falling like an arrow leaving the bowstring.

Meanwhile, knowing there was only one chance, Luo Mu, after confirming he was aimed at Mudsdale, pressed the button without hesitation; a red beam connected the two like a bridge.

A successful hit; Mudsdale turned into a red light and was recalled into the Poké Ball.

On Delibird's side, it also struggled to grab the unconscious Crabrawler and flew back up from below.

Everything ended with a scare but no danger.

Shortly after, feeling as though he had survived a disaster, Luo Mu found a patch of ground that felt stable, released Mudsdale again, and seeing Mudsdale, though frightened, forcibly maintaining its expression to uphold the Way of Tapu Tapu Moumou, he exhaled a mouthful of turbid air in relief.

Subsequently, Luo Mu stood up to comfort the several Pokémon; once their condition had recovered, he recalled them into their Poké Balls and rode Swampert alone back to the Trainer Beach.

After handing each of the several students over to their parents one by one, and repeatedly urging Pipa to call him to report safety once she returned to the academy, Luo Mu rode Dragonite to send Arven back to the Lighthouse Lab.

However, he did not notice the somewhat strange expressions on the faces of the several students and Dragonite.

That night, after taking a bath and feeling refreshed, Luo Mu sat at his desk; under the glow of the lamp, he kept writing and drawing in his notebook while news from Paldea today was broadcast in his ears.

Watching the blank notebook gradually fill with the content he had written, Luo Mu's lips curved upward slightly.

On the bed, Serperior and Mimikyu curiously crawled out of their bedding, positioning themselves on Luo Mu's left and right to examine the content in the notebook.

As Pokémon that often loitered in Luo Mu's room instead of returning to their own nests, Serperior and Mimikyu knew very well that Luo Mu had been sleeping very late every day these past few days to write this thing.

When they clearly saw the content above, the two Pokémon suddenly understood everything, and at the same time, a trace of envy rose in their hearts.

Especially Serperior; its head had already tilted to the other side, and its face was puffed up in anger.

Its angry, puffed-up appearance no longer resembled its previous arrogance and composure.

Hmph! Delibird really has good fortune!

Before Serperior could vent the resentment bubbling up in its heart, the content of a Paldea news report playing on the mobile phone Luo Mu had placed beside the desk made Luo Mu and the two Pokémon freeze in shock.

"Today, a funny incident occurred at the Trainer Beach near the West Paldea Sea; a Dragonite wearing a lifeguard uniform, surrounded by a group of students dressed in Orange Academy attire, completed a 'Hundred-Man Slash' with irresistible force."

"Whether it was a novice trainer just starting out, or an experienced trainer who had obtained Ba Mei Hui Zhang in other regions and participated in the League Conference, none could stop its power; among them, even a Staraptor belonging to an Elite Trainer who possessed Ba Mei Hui Zhang from the four regions of Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh was beaten by Dragonite's terrifying sky dominance and fell to the ground."

"It is reported that many Dragon-type Pokémon enthusiasts and trainers seeking powerful opponents have already set out, wishing to go to the Trainer Beach to challenge this powerful Dragonite."

Luo Mu & Serperior & Mimikyu: "."

If Serperior and Mimikyu were merely guessing, then Luo Mu was gasping in cold air, his pupils trembling in shock.

He had been wondering why today, whether it was Dragonite or the other several students, their expressions were all somewhat strange, as if they were hiding something from him.

So it turned out that during the time he left the Trainer Beach, those several audacious kids had created a huge news story!?

Especially Dragonite; it had actually gone along with their mischief, completely treating his instructions as words blown past the ear!

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(End of Chapter)