Pokémon Padea Adventure: The Journey Continues

Looking at the gradually growing stronger Infernape, memories of the past emerged as if it were yesterday, and Xiaozhi reminded Duckling.

"Surge Duck, be careful! This is the effect of Infernape's "Anger Point". When a vital point is hit, it will become furious and its attack power will be maximized."

“Hot!”

Facing Infernape who raised his fists high, was full of fighting spirit, roared to the sky, and burst into anger, Xiaozhi did not dare to let the opponent get back to the right state, and gave an order to interrupt the opponent's accumulation of strength.

"Now launch a surprise attack on Surge Duck and use Water Explosion!"

A stream of water gushed out of Surge Duck's body, enveloping it and creating powerful potential energy, pushing Surge Duck's body into the air. Surge Duck took advantage of the "Water Stream Smash" attack, flipped in the air to accumulate power, then flipped over, flew close to the ground and attacked Infernape on the ground...

After motivating himself, Infernape noticed the Surge Duck rushing towards him, so Ai Mei ordered to resist.

"Infernape, use Cross Chop again!"

With his hands in the shape of a "cross", Infernape rushed out, gathering all his strength behind his arms, and launched an attack in the direction of the equally surging Leaping Duck.

After a while, in the middle of the venue, Infernape, emitting a strong momentum, crossed his arms and struck the water wrapped in the current. The Leaping Duck in the turbulent current raised its head and charged forward to meet the attack.

The two forces collided violently and wrestled evenly in the center of the field. Water splashed everywhere under the powerful impact... After a period of stalemate, Surge Duck gradually became overwhelmed. He looked at the Infernape on the opposite side through the water and found that Infernape still had enough strength to attack.

Suddenly, the water flow that protected Surge Duck disappeared just as it was exhausted, leaving Surge Duck suspended in the air. At the moment when the water splashed away from Surge Duck, Infernape used the "Cross Chop" and suddenly rushed in front of him. Under the heavy impact, Surge Duck's body was knocked several meters away and fell to the ground.

"Gada..."

Looking at the figure of Surgeduck being knocked away by Infernape, Xiaozhi asked worriedly.

"Surge Duck, are you okay?"

The ground had been turned into mud by Surge Duck's previous water-based skills such as "Water Wave" and "Water Stream Break". After Surge Duck fell to the ground, its body became dirty.

Fortunately, Infernape's powerful "Cross Chop" attack was mostly offset by Surge Duck's "Water Stream Splitting" attack, so it didn't suffer too much damage when it hit Surge Duck. But after Surge Duck slowly got up, he felt dizzy and found that he was covered in mud.

After getting up, Duckling couldn't accept the fact that he was covered in dirt, and his face turned red in anger. Like Infernape, boiling white smoke also came out of his head.

The trainers on both sides gave the order at almost the same time.

"Infernape, use "Brick Break"!"

"Surge Duck, use Water Blade!"

Infernape opens his palms and uses them as swords, injecting the ultimate strength in his body into them, charging up the "Tile Splitting" skill that exudes a powerful aura.

After the Surge Duck tidied up its messy hair, water burst out from its body and gathered on its wings, spraying out pressurized water blades like a blade, surging on its wings.

After charging, the Pokémon of both sides strode out and unleashed powerful attacks, colliding violently... The battle ended in a draw. Infernape increased the strength of his hands in anger, and Surge instantly felt the hundredfold increase in pressure from the opponent. All of this was seen by Satoshi.

A strong physique and extreme strength, with these two weapons combined, Infernape can indeed stand invincible on the stage of various fighting competitions. However, this is a Pokémon battle, not a fighting competition. Xiaozhi immediately saw the problem with Infernape and said.

"Meile, I think I know the reason for Infernape! Pokémon battles are not the same as fighting tournaments. The Pokémon in fighting tournaments have their ultimate power, so this powerful power needs to be restrained by the rules and regulations of fighting tournaments. While protecting yourself, you are also protecting your opponent."

"But, Pokémon battles are not like that. Level advantages or attribute restraints are never the reason for victory or defeat. The specific victory or defeat can only be determined after a battle... What should I do specifically? Melo, Infernape, watch my next tactics!"

“Wh…what!”

Before Meiluo could react, Xiaozhi gave the order.

"Surge Duck, relax the wings of the Water Blade that is blocking Infernape!"

After receiving the command, Surge Duck immediately followed Xiaozhi's command, and its wings naturally drooped after relaxing its strength. The strength of the wrestling increased and decreased, and Infernape's "Brick Crack" skill was chopped down with force under Surge Duck's weak resistance. Surge Duck took advantage of the situation to dodge, and Infernape's "Brick Crack" skill also landed on the ground, and the powerful blow smashed the ground into a big hole.

While Infernape was stunned, Surge lifted its relaxed wings again, and the sharp "Water Blade" turned and pointed directly at Infernape's throat.

During the confrontation, Infernape also demonstrated its professionalism as a fighter. Its body reacted subconsciously, and when the "Water Blade" attack was about to fall on its body, it raised its other arm and controlled Surge Duck's attack.

Infernape caught Surge Duck's wing and exerted force with his palm to break Surge Duck's "Water Wave Blade" skill that was wrapped in water.

Watching this scene, Infernape's strength was far beyond Ash's and Surge's expectations, causing Ash to see the opponent's weaknesses while also realizing that it had the advantage of a superman, maxing out other stats, and was in a state of having both strengths and weaknesses coexisting.

After seeing Infernape successfully catch Surge Duck, Melo immediately ordered Infernape to use its ultimate move.

"Infernape, use your ultimate move, use Earth Throw!"

Infernape grasped SurgeDuck's wings with both hands, and with its own standing point as the center, it began to pull SurgeDuck's body in a rotation motion, as if it was using SurgeDuck as a chain. After rotating its body to accumulate power, the two Pokémon rotated faster and faster with the help of centrifugal force.

When approaching the critical point of rotation, Infernape used gravity to throw Duckling's body away. There was a huge rock protruding from the ground on Duckling's flight path. Just when Duckling was about to hit the rock, Xiaozhi gave an order calmly.

"Surfing Duck, use "Water Break"! "

The Duckling wrapped in the water flow was given kinetic energy, and it controlled the water flow to change direction in front of the boulder, soaring into the sky, dodging the boulder in time to avoid a collision. After turning a circle in the air, it attacked Infernape on the ground, and the water flow fell heavily from the sky and landed on Infernape.

“Hot…”

Meiluo asked Infernape worriedly.

"Inferno, are you okay?"

Amid Melo's worried calls, Infernape was lying quietly on the ground, without any response.

"Infernape, wake up! Come on..."

With Melo's constant encouragement, Infernape finally managed to stand up. Infernape's consciousness was a little fuzzy. Its "Earth Throw" and other skills that it was proud of and had been invincible in previous fighting competitions were useless against the Surge Duck in front of it. This inevitably reminded it of the loss it had suffered from the unknown Pokémon in the base of the "Fighting Gang". It fell into deep self-doubt and clenched its fists even tighter.

Xiaozhi knew in his heart that for Infernape, who was arrogant and invincible in the past and was confident in his own strength, it would be difficult to transfer the concept of a fighting tournament to the concept of a Pokémon battle.

From its defeat in a battle and the resulting state of despair, it can be seen that Infernape's biggest problem is not special training. After all, Xiaozhi knows that in all the past battles, it must have been undergoing special training, exercise and hard work throughout its life, so there is no problem of slacking off.

Its main problem is that it needs to break all its self-confidence, that almost arrogant self-confidence. Only when it deeply understands its own shortcomings and dares not despise opponents weaker than itself, can it treat them with ease and trust its trainer to face them together.

Xiaozhi on the opposite side immediately said.

"Infernape, you are already very capable. I already know your strengths, but you still need to calm down and study hard to learn the diversity and flexibility of Pokémon battles!"

Meilo and Infernape took Xiaozhi's words to heart. Fighting competitions do require a strong physique, which requires both the ability to withstand the opponent's punches and the ability to attack strongly to defeat the opponent. Infernape is also consistent in its style of releasing the wild masculine charm, which is not wrong. But in Pokémon battles, they need to think carefully and break away from their previous fixed thinking.

Seeing that Infernape seemed to have listened, his clenched fists gradually relaxed, and he stood there with a frown, lost in thought. Infernape's behavior also surprised Meiluo. After all, in her eyes, Infernape was always a hot-tempered person who would never complain if he could solve the problem with his fists. Now he actually started to think.

Xiaozhi continued to guide.

"Infernape, think carefully about the opponent who defeated you before. What is the mystery of its moves? The next time you meet it, how will you defeat it?"

Under Xiaozhi's guidance, Infernape recalled the past battles with him. His anger was evident in his words. A dark purple aura gradually emanated from his body, and he turned his anger into strength and gathered it in his fists...

"That... isn't that the move that the unknown Pokémon used before, the move called "Fist of Fury"? "

Xiaozhi saw that the time was ripe and added fuel to the fire.

"Surge Duck, use Water Wave!"

At this time, Surge Duck, whose physical strength was more than half consumed, was affected by its "Rip Current" characteristic, and a blue aura burst out from its body, and its power was enhanced.

A huge water circle gushed out towards the opponent. Facing the vibrating water power, Infernape took a deep breath, and the aura around him became unusual. His fist, which exuded a gloomy momentum, retracted and accumulated power, and then swung it out fiercely. The charged blow that transformed anger into power shattered the "Water Wave" skill of Surge Duck into a sky full of water splashes.

Amid the dripping water, the two evenly matched Pokémon sympathized with each other. After staring at each other, they took separate steps forward, and the next round of conflict was about to take place.

After realizing that his goal had been achieved, Xiaozhi winked at Papper, who immediately understood and announced.

"The battle is aborted, the Pokémon on both sides are tied!"

Hearing that the battle was over, the two Pokémon stopped the attack they were about to launch, and then the two Pokémon started fighting and praising each other.

People gathered around Leaping Duck and Infernape on the field, and Xiaoqing was the first to congratulate Mei Ledao.

"Mello, Infernape has learned a new skill, "Fist of Fury". Next time, no matter which Pokémon it encounters or in future fighting tournaments, it should be invincible!"

Meiluo nodded.

"Yes, but this is all thanks to Xiaozhi, Duckling, and everyone's help. In the battle just now, I also realized my shortcomings. Compared with my father and Xiaozhi, I still need to work harder on the road of cultivating Pokémon!"

Xiaozhi looked at Infernape after not seeing it for a long time and felt reluctant to let it go, but now they still needed to hurry to the school, so he could only tender his resignation.

"Okay, Meiluo, we have to leave here and go to the academy. Infernape, take care!"

Looking at Infernape who was equally reluctant to leave, Melo seemed to have made a decision and stopped Satoshi who was about to turn around.

"Xiaozhi, I have an unwelcome request. I want Infernape to follow you for a while for special training. Is that okay with you?"

Xiaozhi was a little confused and was about to ask a question, but before he could open his mouth, Meilu continued.

"First, I received a message from my father a week ago. I wonder why I received it only now, but that's beside the point... I need to go back to help with the overcrowded gym. Second, I want Infernape to stay in Padia longer. Following your steps, I think I will definitely meet that powerful Pokémon again and avenge my previous defeat..."

"Finally, I hope that if Infernape returns to your side and learns other fighting methods besides fighting, it will definitely greatly improve Infernape's strength. After all, Xiaozhi, you are the world-famous new World Championship King..."

Before Meiluo could finish her words, Xiaozhi pulled her aside and whispered to her stealthily.

"Meile, don't tell anyone about my victory in the World Championships. People here don't know about it yet, and I don't like the feeling of being the center of attention!"

At Xiaozhi's reminder, Meilu was surprised that Xiaozhi didn't care much about his status as the king, and was shocked by the poor communication signal in the Padia area. She respected Xiaozhi's decision.

Then, Xiaozhi came to Infernape and asked.

"Inferno, would you like to go on an adventure with me?"

Infernape thought about it, and after looking at Ash and Pikachu with expectation, he made up his mind. He ignored Ash's outstretched hand, raised his hand and took off the hat on Ash's head, put it on his own head, and then ran away mischievously like when he first saw it, motioning Ash to chase him.

Xiaozhi looked at the scene in front of him and felt as if he was in another world. The scene was very similar to the past, except that the Misty and Brock beside him were replaced by Amber and Papper now. Xiaozhi and his friends' adventures never ended.

"It seems that Infernape has made his choice..."

As she said that, Melo returned Infernape's Poké Ball to Xiaozhi.

"I think my father and the gym will be quiet for a while!"

Melody said goodbye to Xiaozhi and the others with blessings and reluctance. After watching her leave, Xiaozhi and Pikachu turned around and headed in the direction where Infernape was going, which was also the direction of "Orange & Grape Academy".

"You're so good, Infernape. You've taken my hat again as a prank. Wait for us!"

"Pika Pika..."

Infernape, wearing a hat, made a face at Ash and Pikachu before continuing on the path they were heading.

"Hot! Hot!"