In a blink of an eye, more than ten days had passed since Jiang Chen returned from outside. During this period, Jiang Chen and Zapdos communicated continuously, and the effect was not bad. However, it was impossible to improve their relationship in a short time.
"Who won this time?"
After training his Pokémon, Jiang Chen came to the battleground in the backyard. Ling Wanqiu and Xiao Luoxue's battle had already ended.
"Of course I won." Ling Wanqiu had a smile on her face.
"Don't be too happy. I was just a little careless. If I were serious, I definitely wouldn't lose." Xiao Luoxue had lost to Ling Wanqiu this time, but she felt that she lost because she was somewhat careless and underestimated her opponent. If they had another battle, she might not lose. In fact, the gap between Xiao Luoxue and Ling Wanqiu was really not big now. In their battles, either one could win or lose.
"How about battling me?" Jiang Chen offered.
"Let's just forget it. My Pokémon have just lost their combat ability, so it's not suitable for battle now." Xiao Luoxue directly refused.
"I'm pretty much the same. Although I won against her, it was a narrow victory."
Ling Wanqiu and Xiao Luoxue's battle used six Pokémon. Ling Wanqiu defeated Xiao Luoxue's six Pokémon, but only one of her own remained without losing combat ability.
"I can help them recover."
"Alright, then let Ling Wanqiu battle you. She was the winner just now, so it's only right that she battles you." Saying this, Xiao Luoxue even directly pushed Ling Wanqiu. If looks could kill, Xiao Luoxue would have been cut into a thousand pieces by Ling Wanqiu.
She really didn't want to battle Jiang Chen. Given the strength gap, battling Jiang Chen would be asking for abuse. Ling Wanqiu was smart now; she would definitely not battle Jiang Chen again. It was only before, when Jiang Chen had his Pokémon act as sparring partners for her Pokémon, that Ling Wanqiu had battled Jiang Chen's Pokémon. Other times, Ling Wanqiu tried her best to avoid battling Jiang Chen.
"If it's a battle, I'll challenge your Venusaur." After thinking for a moment, Ling Wanqiu looked at Jiang Chen's Venusaur. Compared to other Pokémon, Venusaur was easier to bully. Of course, there was also an Aggron that had just evolved not long ago. But if she challenged Aggron, winning would also be embarrassing. Jiang Chen had only caught Aggron recently, just half a month ago.
"Alright, what Pokémon are you planning to use? Don't be dishonorable and use Garchomp or Dragonite." Ling Wanqiu's Garchomp and Dragonite were both Elite Four-level Pokémon. Venusaur, at Quasi-Elite Nine-Stage, definitely couldn't beat them.
"I'll use Charizard." Using a Pokémon whose strength far surpassed Venusaur's wouldn't bring any sense of accomplishment, or meaning, even if she won. So Ling Wanqiu only used Charizard, which had a type advantage over Venusaur. In terms of strength, Charizard and Venusaur were both at Quasi-Elite Nine-Stage.
There was nothing for it; both of their innate potentials were Quasi-Elite level, making it impossible for them to break through to the Elite Four level. In fact, due to the limitations of their talent, even after Mega Evolution, their strength wouldn't reach the Elite Four level. However, if she used Mega Evolution, their combat power would definitely be infinitely close to Elite Four level.
Jiang Chen had a way to improve the talent of Ling Wanqiu's Charizard in the future, as he had just obtained the Red Orb. The Red Orb was a Fire-type treasure. While Groudon's attribute was Ground-type, after Primal Reversion using the Red Orb, Groudon became a Ground/Fire-type Pokémon.
For Venusaur, Jiang Chen couldn't temporarily improve its talent potential, unless he bought something from the system to boost its talent potential. But those items were particularly expensive, and Jiang Chen was a bit reluctant. He'd try his luck.
If he couldn't get anything to improve talent potential through daily sign-ins, then Jiang Chen would spend points to buy it. Venusaur was very diligent, and Jiang Chen didn't want its future to stop there.
Ling Wanqiu used Charizard, holding an attribute advantage, and Jiang Chen did not refuse the battle. Venusaur was very excited to have a chance to battle. Because Jiang Chen had many Pokémon, when he challenged Gyms before, it rarely got a chance to fight.
Now that it had the opportunity to battle, Venusaur was very excited, eager to help Jiang Chen secure this victory. As for the battle target having a type advantage against itself, Venusaur didn't care. It believed that under its master's command, it could achieve victory.
"Go, Ling Wanqiu." Xiao Luoxue waved her hand, cheering for Ling Wanqiu. Although the two were rivals in love, if the opponent was Jiang Chen, Xiao Luoxue wanted to see Ling Wanqiu win.
"Defeat the Great Demon King." Hearing Xiao Luoxue's shout, Jiang Chen was speechless. I've become the Great Demon King? In battles, Xiao Luoxue and Ling Wanqiu had lost to Jiang Chen too many times. They were practically numb from losing, which is why Xiao Luoxue referred to Jiang Chen as the Great Demon King.
"I will do my best." Ling Wanqiu also really wanted to win. If she could win this battle, it would be a way to prove herself. Even if her Pokémon had an attribute advantage and it wasn't absolutely fair, if she could win this way, that would be good enough for Ling Wanqiu.
"Charizard, fly first?"
"Trying to fly? Get down here." Jiang Chen chuckled, ordering Venusaur to use Vine Whip. The Vine Whip lashed out at Charizard. Although Charizard dodged the incoming Vine Whip, its feet were still bound by it. Venusaur exerted its strength, and the Vine Whip violently yanked Charizard down.
"Charizard, quickly use Flamethrower to burn those Vine Whips." Opening its mouth, Charizard spewed flames. After the Vine Whips touched Charizard's flames, they were quickly burned through.
And the flames continued towards Venusaur. Venusaur narrowly dodged the flame attack. Although its body was bulky, with the Vine Whips blocking the flames for a moment, it was still able to dodge the Flamethrower attack.
"Use Frenzy Plant." The faster he defeated the opposing Charizard, the better. So Jiang Chen naturally unleashed a powerful move. The wildly surging plants quickly submerged Charizard. In an instant, they wrapped Charizard up like a zongzi (Chinese sticky rice dumpling), and then violently slammed Charizard down.
"How could you be so careless?" Xiao Luoxue, watching, was very anxious. In fact, Xiao Luoxue was even more anxious than Ling Wanqiu, wishing she could go up and take over command from Ling Wanqiu right now.
Glancing at Xiao Luoxue, who was standing there talking without breaking a sweat, could Charizard really avoid these wildly surging plants? Unless Charizard flew into the air, it couldn't avoid them. But Charizard had just been pulled down by Venusaur's Vine Whip and hadn't been able to fly.
"Venusaur, use Sleep Powder." Pollen continuously drifted towards Charizard.
"Quickly hold your breath." Ling Wanqiu was getting anxious. If it got hit by Sleep Powder, wouldn't it be at Venusaur's mercy? Unfortunately, Ling Wanqiu's warning was a bit late. Charizard, having just taken a deep breath after being slammed to the ground, inhaled all the Sleep Powder.
"Not good." Sensing something amiss, Ling Wanqiu was somewhat worried.
Indeed, Charizard, feeling dizzy, slumped to the ground and quickly fell asleep.
"No rush. Use Synthesis." Jiang Chen saw Charizard fall asleep and felt no rush at all. He had Venusaur use Synthesis. Besides restoring its own health, this move also had a passive effect: it accelerated the speed of absorbing sunlight.
"Not good, he's planning to use Solar Beam." Seeing Jiang Chen's Venusaur's movements, Ling Wanqiu could guess what move Jiang Chen was planning to use next. But guessing was one thing; she couldn't stop it. Charizard was still asleep; how could she stop it?
"I can only try to block Solar Beam with Protect." If she could block Solar Beam with Protect, Ling Wanqiu felt she still had a chance to turn the tide. The premise was that Protect successfully blocked it.
"Wake up quickly, Charizard." No one knew how much Sleep Powder it had inhaled. Half a minute had passed, and Charizard still showed no sign of waking up. If this continued, it might lose in its sleep.
"Now! Use Solar Beam." Jiang Chen didn't wait any longer. Although the more sunlight gathered, the stronger the Solar Beam would be, if he waited any longer, Charizard would wake up, and there might be unexpected variables.
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