novelraw Chapter 329 The Power of Destruction, Slowbro Crushed and Defeated, Ash Defeats Lorelei!
Chapter 329 The Power of Destruction, Slowbro Crushed and Defeated, Ash Defeats Lorelei!
Chapter 329 The Power of Destruction, Slowbro Crushed and Defeated, Ash Defeats Lorelei!
The reason why mythical beasts are called mythical beasts is not only because they have far greater abilities, talents, and rarity than ordinary elves, but most importantly because of their unique skills.
Exclusive skills are generally only possessed by level one gods, or some mythical beasts; level two gods do not have exclusive skills.
Among them, Entei is a rather special case. Perhaps because it shares the same origin as Ho-Oh, it received some of Ho-Oh's power when it was resurrected by Ho-Oh, thus gaining the power of sacred flames.
However, most level-two legendary beasts do not have so-called exclusive skills. What they possess are simply a longer lifespan, a higher potential for ability, and generally stronger talents than ordinary elves.
The reason why legendary Pokémon are so legendary is simply because of their rarity. Ordinary Pokémon can usually be encountered a few on their travels, while pseudo-legendary Pokémon are called pseudo-legendary because they are not only highly skilled but also extremely rare.
Mythical beasts are even rarer, and those with unique skills are even rarer.
Each mythical beast's unique skill has its own special use. For example, Ho-Oh's Divine Flame can burn thousands of miles in an instant, burning everything to ashes, or it can revive all things in an instant, saving even the most lifeless creatures.
This is the Phoenix King, the god of rebirth.
Similarly, Lugia's Aerial Blast has its own unique effect: compressing air to its limit and then unleashing it in one breath. In terms of explosive power, this move is definitely one of the best among all legendary Pokémon. As long as it hits the opponent, it can launch a full-scale attack, with countless streams of air transforming into sharp blades that frantically cut into the opponent's body.
In this way, the opponent's hidden vitals and weaknesses will be accurately struck by the aerial blast. If it hits, the damage caused by the aerial blast to the Pokémon can be described as extremely terrifying.
Conversely, if the attack misses and is intercepted midway, then the special effect of this move is lost.
This is one of the reasons why aerial explosions are intercepted; and if it's one reason, then there must be another.
The second reason why the aerial explosion was stopped is that Lugia was charging up another skill, which is the Wings of Resurrection that she is using now!
Wings of Return, Yveltal's signature skill, possesses a potent death energy. Upon hitting an opponent, it continuously devours the opponent's life force and transfers it to itself.
When used by Yveltal, who possesses divine authority, it can cause all things to wither and return everything to death, taking all life force from wherever it goes.
Lugia is obviously not capable of that level now, but having some death power is not a problem. After all, she already possesses the power of Yveltal at her origin, and that power is even greater than the power of the sea god she originally possessed!
Although Aerial Blast is a Flying-type move, it actually incorporates Lugia's Psychic-type power. Without the Psychic type, Aerial Blast cannot unleash its full power.
Similarly, the same goes for Wings of Resurrection. Don't be fooled by the fact that it's a Flying-type move; who would believe that the intense death power it contains doesn't have a bit of Dark-type power in it!
The burst of Wings of Return caused the Trick Space to appear, and it shattered in less than a second!
As the magic space shattered, the rules within it returned to normal, but the power of death continued to spread. The cold winds that blew over vanished the moment they touched the power of death.
To be precise, it was transformed into the power of Deathwing!
A dense aura of death emanated from the field, causing a few beads of sweat to fall from Slowbro's forehead, but they evaporated instantly. At the same time, she strictly followed Lorelei's instructions and continued to use the Blizzard skill.
The cold, freezing winds blew relentlessly through the air, growing increasingly violent, carrying with them beautiful fine snow that would inflict massive damage on any opponent upon contact.
Beneath those beautiful skills lurks endless killing intent.
Lugia is different; her skills, on the surface, also seem very deadly!
Intense death energy continuously gathered on Lugia's wings. The next second, Lugia suddenly flapped its wings—black and red energy wings suddenly unfolded like burning ghost fire, each flap stirring up air waves that distorted space.
The dark red light interwoven within the pitch-black energy was the embodiment of Yveltal's exclusive destructive power, carrying the terrifying pressure of "all things returning to nothingness" as it swept towards the blizzard!
"boom--!"
The black and red wings swept across the sky, and wherever they passed, the blizzard that the Slowpoke was so proud of melted away like snow under the scorching sun.
The ice and snow, powerful enough to freeze everything, were instantly broken down into basic energy particles by the power of death upon contact with the Wings of Death. Not only did they not cause any harm, but they were also entangled by dark red energy threads, turning into nourishment for the Wings of Death.
The raging freezing wind stopped in front of the black and red light screen, and then was torn apart and swallowed up by the wing wind, leaving not even a trace of coldness.
The gasps from the audience were drowned out by the roar of the energy collision. Allen's voice trembled with disbelief: "What...what kind of power is that! The blizzard was...it was completely wiped out!"
The blizzard that was able to freeze and shatter aerial explosions just now was completely wiped out without any resistance in the face of Lugia's new skill. What a terrifying move!
Isn't Lugia's strongest skill its signature move, Aerial Blast? Why would there be a skill stronger than Aerial Blast? Allen felt his professional-level theoretical knowledge was being challenged.
At this moment, the Slowbro on the field was completely exposed to the Wings of Death, and the dense power of death enveloped the Slowbro from all sides.
This made the already fragile Slowbro feel threatened by death.
"Hold on!" Although the magic space had disappeared, the priority of the Hold skill was the highest among all skills. Although the opponent's skill called Wings of Return was powerful, it was still blocked by the blizzard for a moment.
That instant was enough for Slowbro to use Protect.
"Dumb!" Slowbro opened its adorable eyes, and a clearly visible blue barrier appeared in front of it. Although it looked thin, it was indestructible!
"Boom!" The dark red Wings of Return to Heaven struck the protective barrier directly. The barrier, which could even temporarily withstand the power of ordinary divine realms, melted away like ice and snow after touching the Wings of Return to Heaven, and began to collapse in the blink of an eye!
The black and red energy formed a huge wing-shaped shockwave that crashed straight into the Slowbro's fat body.
The Slowbro's pink body was instantly blasted away, tracing a desperate arc in the air.
The last glimmer of light in its dull eyes went out, and its once plump body rapidly withered—the death power of the Wings of Departure was frantically devouring its life force. Apart from Xerneas's life force, even gods of the same level would not dare to take the Wings of Departure head-on.
Despite possessing champion-level strength, Slowbro was still outmatched when faced with such a powerful move.
As the Slowbro flew out like a kite with a broken string, the outcome of the match was decided.
"Slowpoke—Slowpoke is unable to battle, Lugia wins! The winner of this exhibition match is Ash!" Allen's voice trembled slightly as he announced the result of the match with disbelief.
An unprecedented uproar erupted in the audience. No one could have imagined that the dominant Slowbro would be so utterly crushed.
Moreover, in this exhibition match, none of Ash's Pokémon lost their ability to battle, and both of his Pokémon still had a lot of stamina left.
Without any tag-team battles or underhanded tactics, he simply defeated Lorelei's two main Pokémon in a fair and square one-on-one match. This reality is simply too unbelievable.
That's Lorelei, the Ice Elite Four member! A super trainer with Champion-level strength, actually one of the top trainers, and she lost to a kid who hasn't even been traveling for a year.
Just a few months ago, Ash struggled against Lorelei's second team of Pokémon and couldn't defeat them no matter how hard he tried. Now, he can defeat Lorelei's main team so easily. This rate of improvement can't be called fast; it can only be described as bizarre!
Ash is indeed very talented and is hailed as the most talented trainer in Kanto's history, but Lorelei's reputation is well-deserved!
At only 25 years old, she already possessed a Champion-level Pokémon, which would make her a Champion in other regions. However, due to the abundance of monsters in Kanto, she could only manage to secure a Champion-level position.
Even so, no one doubts her talent.
Ash is improving, but won't Lorelei, who is also a genius, improve as well?
But at the champion level, even a small improvement can take three or four months, or even a year and a half.
This is why Lorelei only has one Champion-level Pokémon at the moment.
However, Ash's improvement is completely illogical. Charizard, which could only fight on par with or even be slightly inferior to the Champion-level Charizard before, can now defeat Cloyster, a Champion-level mid-level Pokémon, after more than three months!
What kind of speed is this?! When did the barrier between a king and a champion become so easy to break through?
However, the most shocking and stunning moment of the match was the second game, with the mutated Lugia, the shattered aerial blast, and the powerful counterattack of an unknown skill, causing the match to be constantly reversed.
Until the very last second, no one knows who will emerge victorious.
Although Kona ultimately failed in her attempt to kill the gods, she can definitely be considered to have lost with honor.
After all, that's the legendary sea god Lugia, and a mutated one at that, possessing a unique skill even more powerful than Aerial Blast.
It's not an unfair loss!
Seeing that Wings of Resurrection had successfully defeated the sleepy creature, Ash's tense nerves relaxed instantly.
The actual power of the Wings of Return is not as great as the Aerial Blast. In terms of destructive power alone, the Aerial Blast is superior.
However, the special feature of the Wings of Return is that it can absorb the power of the opponent and use it for its own purposes. It can choose to transform it into its own physical strength or use it to increase its own life and physical strength.
It's definitely a biological and energy-specific attack.
Even when Lugia used Aerial Blast, she was already charging up Wings of Resurrection, meaning that Lugia was actually using two god-level moves at the same time.
If we're talking about simply using aerial blasts, Lugia, at full power, might be able to fight his opponent to a standstill.
After all, the opponent's Slowbro was no pushover either, possessing the strength of a mid-level Champion, even surpassing Lugia which used Aura. Even if the Slowbro's physical attributes allowed it to barely match the opponent's, in the long run, the opponent would still have the upper hand.
Not to mention that Slowbro also has a weather advantage, which even extends to blizzards.
Even if an aerial explosion can be blocked once, can it be blocked a second or third time?
For Lugia, Aerial Blast is a powerful move, but for Slowbro, Blizzard, while also an Ice-type move, is not as costly to use as legendary Pokémon's signature move.
In the face of continuous clashes, Lugia would inevitably suffer a loss, so Ash chose to take a gamble, sacrificing Lugia's aerial blast defeat and taking some of the opponent's moves in exchange for using Flying Wings.
With Ash's help, the adventure was ultimately successful, and the result proved that Ash's adventure was worthwhile.
Both sides recalled their Pokémon, then came to the center of the arena and shook hands amicably. The main objective of this battle had been achieved; now it was just a matter of waiting for the fish to bite the bait.
"What a wonderful match, Ash! I didn't expect you to improve so much in such a short time. Now I'm a little curious about how far this little guy has progressed." Lorelei said, glancing at Pikachu on Ash's shoulder.
If we're talking about Ash's absolute ace, then Pikachu is the one who truly deserves that title.
Before Cynthia disappeared, Lorelei learned from her that Ash's Pikachu had lost to her Togekiss by a narrow margin.
Togekiss isn't among the weakest of Cynthia's Pokémon; it's more of a mid-tier Pokémon. Champion-level Pokémon are even ace-level compared to some average Champions.
As it turns out, Pikachu was only slightly inferior—and now another Charizard capable of defeating a Champion-level intermediate-level Pokémon has appeared. What a terrifying young man!
"There will be a chance. Pikachu is also looking forward to battling Lorelei. Let's battle again after—it's over!"
Kona nodded, tightening her grip on her soft little hand, and said, "It's settled then. I look forward to fighting you again, and this time I'll go all out!"
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