newbobooks Chapter 369 Defeating Suicune, Suicune's Token, and the Process of Challenging Ho-Oh.
Chapter 369 Defeating Suicune, Suicune's Token, and the Process of Challenging Ho-Oh.
Chapter 369 Defeating Suicune, Suicune's Token, and the Process of Challenging Ho-Oh.
On the field, the electricity erupting from Pikachu was brighter than ever before, filling the entire air with electricity. Suicune could only watch helplessly as the electricity on Pikachu grew stronger and stronger. Suicune could only try to mobilize the energy within her body as much as possible, hoping to return to normal as soon as possible.
If you can recover, you can use Protect to defend Pikachu and have a chance to turn the tide of the battle. But if you can't use Protect and get hit by the opponent's move, even if you do, the outcome will be very difficult.
"Pikachu Pikachu Pikachu!!!" Pikachu let out a shout that shook the entire arena, its body shooting out like an arrow. Golden electricity around its body condensed into a thick pillar of electricity, enveloping its small body. A deep trench appeared in the ground as Pikachu's impact occurred!
"boom-!!!"
The high-voltage electric shock struck Suicune hard in the side, and golden lightning instantly engulfed Suicune's massive body.
A violent explosion resounded through the heavens and earth, and violent electric energy raged wildly within Suicune's body, turning Suicune's entire body golden with golden lightning!
The black smoke from the explosion filled the entire area, making it almost impossible for Xiaoxia and the others to see anything except for the faint flickering of electricity within the mist. Everyone's hands clenched involuntarily; they knew that this attack was the most crucial one, and it would determine the victory in this battle.
In a short while, Suicune's roar slowly disappeared, and the mist also dissipated. Everyone saw that Suicune's huge body convulsed violently under the impact of the electric current, the pale blue aura around its body completely dissipated, its pale blue fur was slightly blackened by the electric current, and its limbs could no longer support the weight of its body, so it fell heavily to the ground.
Pikachu stood not far from Suicune, its limbs gripping the ground tightly, panting as it watched its opponent. After seeing Suicune finally collapse, its tense body relaxed, and for a moment it even felt a little weak in its limbs.
He won this battle right after his level was restored!
Both battles were against Champions and both involved type advantage, but this battle had a completely different outcome from the one against Togekiss. Although Suicune didn't have a trainer to command it, Suicune's strength was far greater than Togekiss's.
Although they are all Champion-level Pokémon, legendary Pokémon have a natural advantage in the same level. Not to mention that Suicune's stats are already outstanding among Champion-level Pokémon. So, in general, Suicune can be compared to Togekiss under Cynthia's command, or even stronger!
Ash's body relaxed abruptly, his tense expression easing, and he laughed as he called out to Pikachu, "6!"
We beat Pikachu!!
"Pikachu!!" Pikachu turned around, stood on its hind legs, and stretched out one hand to make a "V" sign at Ash.
Mewtwo removed the barrier, and Misty and the others rushed into the arena. Before Pikachu fell, Serena picked it up, while Misty and Brock supported Ash, who was a little exhausted.
He hasn't used two powers in a long time. The combination of Partner Form and Aura Fusion does indeed give Pikachu an extremely terrifying ability to fight beyond its level, but at the same time, the consumption of stamina is also quite exaggerated.
If it were just Pikachu's own stamina, a single high-voltage electric shock would probably wipe it out completely, and it might even lose two lives.
Pikachu has been able to hold on until now because its stamina is combined with Ash's, and Ash has been expending several times more stamina than Pikachu.
If Ash's stamina is 1000 points, Pikachu's is 10 points, and a single Electric Shock attack requires 50 points of stamina, then Pikachu only needs to expend 1 point of stamina, while Ash needs to expend 200 points.
This is just an analogy. Of course, the physical strength required for a high-voltage electric shock is not that much, but all the moves Pikachu uses consume Ash's physical strength many times over, which is why someone with god-level power like him is so exhausted.
"Are you alright, Xiaozhi?" Xiaoxia asked with concern.
"It's nothing, I'm just a little exhausted. Let's go check on Suicune first." Ash shook his head, stepped away from Misty and Brock's hands, shook his head to clear his tired mind, and then walked step by step to Suicune.
"Pikachu~" Pikachu said weakly in Serena's arms.
"Don't worry, Suicune will be fine. Although our high-voltage electric shock is very powerful, Suicune is no pushover. This level of attack might disable it from battling, but it's far from killing it," Ash reassured Pikachu, then bent down and placed his hand on Suicune.
As the power of the Eternal Moon surged within him, Suicune's injuries slowly began to heal. In less than five seconds, Suicune suddenly opened his eyes, and his previously dim body emitted a faint blue light, which quickly dimmed again.
With Ash's Viridian Power healing him, Suicune's consciousness has returned, but upon waking, it subconsciously believes it is still in battle, so it gathers the power within its body.
But soon He felt the healing power within his body, and it was because of that power that he was able to regain consciousness. This also meant that the battle was over and He had lost.
Thinking of this, Suicune's gaze toward Ash became complicated. To be honest, before meeting Ash, and even after meeting Ash, he never imagined that he would lose.
Although Lord Ho-Oh is incredibly powerful, he probably miscalculated this time. Why would he let him find a teenager who looks like he's just come of age to test him? If it were a trainer in his twenties or thirties, there might be a chance of passing the test, but at Ash's age, it's practically impossible for him to reach Champion level.
Ash gave him a big surprise right from the start; the Pokémon he possessed wasn't a Champion-level Pokémon, but a Legendary-level one!
If that divine-level spirit were to fight, it would probably fall within a single round. That's beyond doubt. Forget about divine beasts; only beings at the divine level can truly be called gods.
Therefore, if Ash uses that Pokémon, passing the test will be a piece of cake. However, Suicune is also quite certain that the legendary Pokémon was definitely not raised by this young man. Even a god could not raise a legendary Pokémon at such a young age.
Regardless, that was still part of the boy's fighting force, but instead of using that Pokémon, he used a Pikachu.
He had observed Pikachu throughout his journey through the human world, and had seen at least a thousand, if not three thousand, but he had never seen such a powerful Pikachu!
In terms of level, this Pikachu is stronger than any Pikachu it has ever seen. Although it still doesn't reach its current level, calling it the King of Pikachu is absolutely not an exaggeration.
Then, this Pikachu inexplicably increased its power, jumping from the original Elite Four level to Champion level, and even Champion Intermediate level!
Putting aside the fact that this method of advancing one major stage and then one minor stage in one go is some kind of insane thing, the fact that the level is forcibly increased is theoretically impossible to match the level of a spirit that has truly reached that level step by step.
However, this Pikachu's stats not only match its level, but its stats even exceed its level!
A Pikachu that was forcibly upgraded from a beginner Elite Four member to a Champion member actually defeated him in a head-on confrontation. If they hadn't been in the middle of a battle at the time, he would have been stunned and questioning his existence.
He's always been the one fighting against other Pokémon that's a level above him. When has it ever been the turn of other Pokémon to fight against a level above him? And this isn't just an ordinary level-up; it's crossing an unparalleled chasm between earth and heaven!
No wonder this boy was chosen by Phoenix King. With such potential, ability, and strength, if even someone like him couldn't become Phoenix King's envoy and challenge him, then there's no one else in the world who could take on this position.
"Whoa~" Young man, you have successfully passed the first trial of the Three Holy Beasts. Please keep this proof of the trial safe.
As Suicune's cry subsided, a blue light flew out from Suicune's body. Ash instinctively caught the light and found it to be a scale almost the size of his palm. Was this one of the proofs that Suicune had mentioned about successfully completing the Trial of the Three Legendary Beasts?
Holding it in my hand felt like holding a water balloon. These were clearly hard scales, but they gave me this feeling. Things that come from Suicune are indeed extraordinary.
"Whoa~" When you have collected all the tokens of the three legendary beasts, put them together with the rainbow feather, and you will eventually be guided to the location of Lord Ho-Oh.
"I understand. The remaining two of the three legendary beasts are Entei and Raikou, right? When will they arrive?" Ash nodded, putting the scales in his hand back into his backpack as he asked curiously.
"Woohoo~ woohoo~" The two of them will come to find you at some point, maybe tomorrow, or maybe a few months later. In short, they will appear in front of you within half a year. In addition, the tokens of the three legendary beasts are of great benefit to Pokémon of the same type. Before reaching the Champion level, the benefits are very significant.
"Wow, that's amazing! Thanks, Suicune!" Ash exclaimed, his eyes wide with surprise as he thanked Suicune.
The items that fall from legendary Pokémon usually have various uses, but Ash didn't expect that the item Suicune gave him would have such an effect.
After all, the theoretical purpose of this thing is only to locate Ho-Oh and to serve as a token for challenging Ho-Oh. If it has any other special uses, then it's a bit too powerful.
It actually has a special use!
Blastoise is missing a legendary Pokémon item. Among the starter Pokémon, Venusaur has Xerneas's Life Branch, Charizard has Ho-Oh's Rainbow Feather, but Blastoise has nothing.
However, even the token given by Suicune was of a lower caliber than the other two. Those two Pokémon possessed tokens from first-tier gods, while Suicune's was of a lower caliber—
But it's better than nothing, and from then on, Tortoise became a Pokémon with legendary items.
"What? What did Suicune say, Ash? Was that blue thing just now the so-called token?" Misty asked curiously, blinking her bright, watery eyes.
Suicune uses the language of Pokémon, not telepathy, so apart from Ash who can understand Pokémon, no one else can understand what Suicune is saying.
Upon hearing this, Ash roughly repeated what Suicune had said earlier. After learning that the scales Suicune had given them had such an effect, Misty and the others all showed expressions of surprise.
Even the things that fall out from between the fingers of mythical beasts are several times better than some portable items on the market.
Ten minutes later, thanks to Ash's healing, Suicune's injuries had improved considerably, and the rest would rely on Suicune's own recovery.
Suicune was able to fully recover, and Suicune officially said goodbye to Ash and the others.
Next, Ash will continue his journey through the human world to observe its conditions and report back to Ho-Oh. If Ash can defeat Ho-Oh, then Ash will not only possess Ho-Oh as a legendary Pokémon, but will also have command over Ho-Oh and its three strongest legendary Pokémon.
However, that's something that happens after defeating Ho-Oh. Right now, even if Suicune is defeated, Suicune can't follow Ash first.
Xiaoxia watched Suicune's departing figure, a hint of reluctance showing in her beautiful eyes. For her, who loved Water-type Pokémon, Suicune was an absolute faith. Not only was it a Water-type Pokémon, but it also possessed an extremely beautiful and outstanding appearance. Which trainer who dreamed of becoming a Water-type Pokémon Master wouldn't want to catch a Suicune?
Unfortunately, this Suicune cannot become a human's Pokémon. There is more than one Suicune in the world, but this is the strongest and the original Suicune, a direct subordinate of Ho-Oh. It will become the Pokémon of the person who tames Ho-Oh, depending on who Ho-Oh belongs to.
If it were any other Suicune, defeating it would allow you to capture it directly. Of course, Misty doesn't have the strength to defeat Suicune right now.
But this doesn't stop Xiaoxia from setting a goal: to capture a Suicune on her journey. If it's a Champion-level creature, she's not afraid to try and defeat it. She'll have to work hard for the upcoming trip to Johto!
After seeing Suicune off, Ash and his friends continued their journey to New Leaf Town. Ten minutes later, they finally arrived at their destination, which was also the starting point of their Johto trip—New Leaf Town!
"The Silver Tournament, here I come!!"