Chapter 387: Battle against Xiaozhi, 1VS7!
"One against seven"
Xia Misty and Brock opened their eyes wide, their faces full of incredible expressions.
Should I say bold or confident?
At least they didn't dare to say so.
Xiaozhi didn't feel insulted, but his whole body was on fire.
Fighting with Mr. Luomu = gaining a lot of experience = becoming stronger = easily defeating Xiaomao in the Silver Conference!
Such a battle, if you don't fight, you're a puppy!
Thinking of this, Xiaozhi shouted loudly: "I want it!"
In the Kanto region, Xiaozhi was undoubtedly immature as a trainer when he traveled to challenge the Quartz Conference.
Even many of the badges he got on the road were given by the gym owner as a gift.
Although under the spur of the messenger bird, before Charizard and Xiaozhi had a complete heart-to-heart talk in the Orange Islands, Pikachu took on the important task of the team's ace and prevented Xiaozhi from losing to Ahong in the 16-to-8 match.
But in the subsequent games, even if Pikachu had improved, he could not continue to lead the team.
To put it bluntly, there are too many Pokémon in Xiaozhi's team.
Xiaozhi at this stage is far from being as mature as he will be later. It is better to say that he even has some inferiority complex in his heart. His only goal is to surpass his rival Xiaomao, instead of treating Xiaomao as a goal that must be overcome before becoming a Pokémon master.
Even if these problems will be improved in future travels, from Luo Mu's perspective, looking at Xiaozhi at present, apart from his sincere heart for Pokémon and his love for battles, he does not see too much of the future world's strongest trainer.
Let Xiaozhi use seven Pokémon, including Charizard, which has not yet returned to Charizard Valley, first to see Xiaozhi's current strength, and second to try to see if he can "open up" in advance.
Luo Mu also knows that after becoming a teacher, his thoughts always like to turn to "education", but he does not hate this feeling.
After finding an open space that would not destroy the beautiful green plants on the green grassland, Luo Mu stood on the left and Xiaozhi stood on the right. With Xiaogang as the referee, the temporary 1VS7 battle started in a simple manner.
"Oh, win, Infernape!"
Xiaozhi threw the Poké Ball, and the red light flashed. A dark blue and cream yellow Pokémon with a pillar of fire on its back appeared in front of Luo Mu and the Messenger Bird.
The fire rat Pokémon Infernape, the attribute is naturally fire, and the characteristic is probably fierce fire. It is one of the three starter Pokémon released in the Johto region.
Xiaoxia and Xiaogang were dumbfounded.
Is this still the Xiaozhi they know?
He even remembered the attribute restraint clearly, and specially sent out Infernape to restrain the Messenger Bird.
As soon as Infernape landed, the pillar of fire on its back, which symbolized its emotions and state, burned fiercely, and its narrowed eyes like a line stared at the Messenger Bird, as if facing a great enemy.
It can clearly sense the gap between itself and the Messenger Bird, so it is more vigilant.
But Xiaozhi, who was reckless in his fighting style, had never thought of this. He shouted confidently: "Fire Rat, use Lightning Flash on the Messenger Bird!"
Fire Rat listened to Xiaozhi's words very much. Even though it knew that approaching the Messenger Bird rashly might bring unexpected dangers, it still covered itself with white light and rushed towards the Messenger Bird at a very fast speed!
Luo Mu only used a short command to resolve the attack for the Messenger Bird.
"Fly."
The Messenger Bird lifted its tail and swung a layer of air as the ground swayed, and it immediately rose into the air.
Seeing that Fire Rat had missed, Xiaozhi said again: "High-speed Star!"
Fire Rat twisted its body, and a large number of golden five-pointed stars dragged its gorgeous tail and flew straight towards the Messenger Bird.
"Use Swallow Return."
Facing the high-speed star that has a certain degree of "must hit" characteristics
The messenger bird rose high into the sky, with a sky-blue flocculent airflow around it. When it was about to touch the high-speed star that was chasing it from behind, it suddenly stopped flying and made a difficult rapid descent to avoid the high-speed star. At the same time, it was like a raptor that came down to hunt, and hit it hard at a speed that the caltrop could hardly react to!
Bang——!
"Caltrop!"
The caltrop that was knocked away rolled on the ground for several times before it barely stopped. Xiaozhi shouted worriedly, but the flame behind the caltrop flickered a few times and then went out directly because the caltrop lost consciousness.
Silence——
Charizard and Pikachu standing on their shoulders suddenly showed solemn expressions.
That kind of flying skills.
"Does the caltrop not even have a chance to use its signature jet of flame?"
Xiaoxia hugged Togepi tightly in her arms and murmured to herself.
When Xiaozhi quickly stepped forward to pick up Charmeleon, Xiaogang's slightly heavy voice sounded: "Charmeleon has lost its ability to fight!"
"Yes~"
The Messenger Bird landed in front of Luo Mu, raising its head to ask for credit.
Luo Mu smiled and touched the head of the Messenger Bird, then turned to look at Victini on his shoulder.
"Timi~"
Victini shook his head slightly.
How to say it, if the Messenger Bird's victory over Charmeleon had not been fully focused on feeling it, it might not have been noticed at all because it was too weak.
Luo Mu understood what Victini wanted to express, and looked at Xiaozhi, who became a little quieter after taking back Charmeleon, with reluctance written all over his face.
He didn't say anything, but waited for Xiaozhi to release the second Pokémon.
"Chimera Leaf!"
Ash's second Pokémon is a cute little one with a dark green leaf on its head, a light green body, and red eyes.
The leaf Pokémon Chickweed is of the grass type, and its characteristic is probably lushness. It is the second of the three starter Pokémon released in the Johto region.
As soon as Chickweed left the Poké Ball, it ran to Ash's feet and happily rubbed Ash's calves.
Its big red eyes were full of love, which shocked Luo Mu.
It is worthy of being a tough character nicknamed "Moon Concubine" by netizens after evolution.
This Chickweed is quite competitive, and it can be seen that it is fighting for Ash.
"How cool!"
Chickweed tried its best to put on a fierce expression, and yelled at the messenger bird in a soft and cute voice. Under Ash's command, it directly released its specialty.
Leaf Blade!
A large number of crescent-shaped sharp blades whistled towards the messenger bird at a relatively fast speed as Chikko threw the leaves above its head.
"Air Blade."
Luo Mu asked the messenger bird to use a move that was essentially the same.
The messenger bird mobilized the energy of the flying system and flapped its wings.
The translucent air blades, which were half the number of Chikko's flying blades, whistled out, but the moment the two sides came into contact, the flying blades were torn apart by the air blades without any resistance.
After tearing the flying blades apart, the air blades continued to move forward and flew straight towards Chikko.
Chikko, who stayed where he was, didn't even have time to dodge, and lost his ability to fight the moment he was hit by the air blades with outstanding effects.
Xiaozhi quickly picked up Chickleaf, who was gazing at the eyes. Seeing him take back the Chickleaf, Xiaogang said again: "Chickleaf has lost its ability to fight."
At this time, Xiaogang and Xiaoxia, who was holding Togepi tightly, both found that the levels of Xiaozhi's newly captured Charmeleon and Chickleaf were too low for the Messenger Bird.
So low that they would lose their ability to fight if they were attacked by the Messenger Bird once.
After losing two teammates in succession, the hot-tempered Charizard wanted to join the battle directly.
The two little guys were protected by Charizard anyway, how could they be defeated so easily by the Messenger Bird.
If Pikachu hadn't stopped Charizard, it would have gone to the game directly.
After losing in succession, Xiaozhi's unwillingness in his expression changed a little, and he sent out his third Pokémon.
The water-attribute Pokémon Crocodile, the third of the three starter Pokémon issued in the Johto region.
This little crocodile is very lively and loves to scream and jump up to dance its unique dance steps.
Xiaozhi wanted to use the little crocodile's talent to dodge the oppressive attack of the messenger bird, but under Luo Mu's command, the messenger bird froze the little crocodile with a freezing beam, and it became obedient instantly.
So far, the three starter Pokémon that Xiaozhi captured in the Johto region have lost their combat capabilities.
Xiaozhi has only experienced a similar defeat with the King of Kona.
He was unwilling to lose and couldn't end the battle without doing anything, so he sent out the fourth Pokémon.
"Please, Owl!"
With a burst of shining special effects, a crocodile that is much smaller than the ordinary crocodile, but with brighter colors and wise eyes, flew in the sky.
Xiaozhi currently has the only two flying units in his hands, the heterochromatic crocodile!
This Owl is extremely smart and can even command other Pokémon to fight.
Why it is willing to follow Xiaozhi and accept his orders is still an unsolved mystery.
After all, it has completed its evolution. Compared with the three Johto Pokémon, it can hold on to the Messenger Bird longer.
At first, Xiaozhi still planned to let Owl crash into it without saying anything, and Owl did follow Xiaozhi's order to crash into the Messenger Bird.
However, the clever Owl actually used the speed increased by the collision to quickly approach the Messenger Bird, and then the light of telekinesis that would make people's thinking blurred appeared in its eyes. It was planning to hypnotize the Messenger Bird while it was not paying attention.
But what it didn't know was that the Messenger Bird's characteristic was "motivation" and it would not enter a sleeping state.
Luo Mu didn't mean to let the Messenger Bird dodge, and directly issued an order for the freezing beam.
Realizing that the Messenger Bird was not affected by hypnosis at all, Owl turned his body to the side at the critical moment, trying to avoid the freezing beam.
Although it was not hit directly in the end, its wings were still covered with a thick layer of frost, which greatly affected its flight.
In response, Owl tried to use telekinesis to restrain the Messenger Bird.
But the telekinesis that had just captured the Messenger Bird was broken free by the Messenger Bird because of the insufficient strength of Owl's mental energy.
After the telekinesis was broken free, Owl was hit by a freezing punch from the Messenger Bird and lost its combat ability.
Four of Xiaozhi's seven generals were gone.
To be honest, Luo Mu actually felt a little disappointed.
Judging from the four Pokémon that appeared earlier, Xiaozhi, as a trainer, has no characteristics in terms of strength or other aspects.
Whether it is level, combination of moves or strength, it is really too weak. Even the basic strength cannot be guaranteed, and there is no need to talk about tactics. The command is even more straightforward. Only Owl's sudden hypnosis is amazing.
Luo Mu was a little confused. They were about to challenge the fourth gym, but the Crocodile, Fireball and Chikorita, which should have been easy to train, showed no signs of evolving.
They shouldn't be like Bulbasaur who rejects evolution.
After traveling to three gyms, Crocodile and the others have not even reached the requirements for evolution. Although there is no materialized strength in this world, and the level is clear at a glance, the strength of Pokémon can be roughly judged according to their stage.
Chikorita, Crocodile and Charmeleon are probably just a little stronger than the initial Pokémon that ordinary trainers just took away from the professor.
If all the reasons are summarized into one point, then there is only one truth left.
At least at this stage, Xiaozhi's method of training Pokémon is a mess.
Xiaogang is currently just moving towards the path of a breeder, but the food he cooks is more delicious.
Xiaoxia, as the tea dregs left over from the four sisters of the Cerulean Gym, is also growing up now.
As companions, the two of them can provide very limited help to Xiaozhi, a pure rookie who knows nothing about theoretical knowledge.
So, is there any way to improve this ability in one go?
An idea came to Luo Mu's mind, but he didn't say it immediately, but waited for Xiaozhi's fifth Pokémon.
From here, things will become a little more interesting.
"Please, Bulbasaur!"
Xiaozhi lowered the brim of his limited edition league cap and threw the fifth Poké Ball with his right hand wearing a fingerless glove.
The next moment.
The red light dissipated, and a Pokémon with green skin, dark green stripes, and a magical seed that can grow with it appeared on the ground.
Seed Pokémon, Bulbasaur!
As a veteran in Xiaozhi's team, this Bulbasaur who is unwilling to evolve can be said to be the most unique one among them.
Its strength is very good, and it can even learn one of the grass-type big moves, Sun Beam (Sun Flame), in the appearance of Bulbasaur.
As soon as it left the Poké Ball, Bulbasaur cast a steady gaze on the Messenger Bird, as if looking at it.
After all, it had fought with the Messenger Bird many times during its trip to the Orange Islands.
Seeing that Xiaozhi finally sent an interesting opponent, the Messenger Bird flapped its wings and landed in front of Bulbasaur, looking into Bulbasaur's red eyes, and his expression was tinged with interest.
Both sides were very curious about the extent to which the other's strength had improved after the Asia Island incident in the Orange Islands.
As Xiaogang announced that the battle would start again, Xiaozhi ordered without hesitation: "Bulbasaur, use the vine whip to catch the Messenger Bird, and don't let it take off!"
Compared with the team that was captured in the Johto region and was very unfamiliar with fighting the Messenger Bird, the experienced Xiaozhi obviously knew how to restrict it when commanding Bulbasaur.
"Dana Huka!"
The vine whips on both sides of Bulbasaur stretched out like lightning, and almost in the blink of an eye, they came to the Messenger Bird, like two flexible green snakes, trying to entangle the Messenger Bird.
During the time with Mewtwo, the Messenger Bird learned quite a lot of moves, and its move attributes covered a variety of attributes.
Even steel-attribute moves were no exception.
"Steel Wings!"
The Messenger Bird's eyes narrowed, and a silver-gray halo appeared on its red wings, and even the sides of its wings became extremely sharp.
The Messenger Bird swung its wings and chopped them in an interlaced manner. Under Bulbasaur's cry of pain, it directly cut the vine whip that Bulbasaur extended into several neat strips. It flew high without any restraints, and in the blink of an eye, it occupied the air advantage.
"It's still so difficult to deal with it!"
Xiaozhi clenched his fists and swung them towards the sky.
"Bulbasaur, Leaf Blade!"
"Dana!"
Bulbasaur nodded slightly, and its body began to move randomly on the ground flexibly, and continuously sent sharp Leaf Blades to the Messenger Bird in the sky.
This is its experience. Even if the Leaf Blade is broken by the Air Blade, as long as it runs and doesn't stay in place, the chance of being taken away directly will be much lower.
"You're quite clever." Luo Mu, who also saw this, smiled slightly and shouted to the sky: "Snow Scene, then bear it!"
"Okay!"
Ignoring the Leaf Blade whistling towards him from below, the Messenger Bird cried to the sky.
In an instant, the sky was covered by heavy gray clouds, and countless snowflakes that were extremely delicate under the observation of a magnifying glass fell. When these snowflakes gathered together, they instantly turned into goose feather snow covering a corner of the warm green grassland.
The Messenger Bird could clearly sense that in this "snowy weather" that was different from "hail weather", the snowflakes on his side seemed to have turned into a thin but reliable shield, which improved his defense.
The next second after the Snow Scene was released, the Leaf Blade arrived as promised, and the sharp blades cut the Messenger Bird, but because of the obstruction of the snowflakes, it lost some of its sharpness, greatly reducing its power.
Seeing that the Leaf Blade did not achieve the expected results, Xiaozhi and Bulbasaur were a little confused.
Xiaogang exclaimed: "Weather moves!"
Xiaoxia, who was standing by, had a bad feeling in her heart.
At least in her impression, during the Orange Islands trip, the Messenger Bird and Xiaozhi never used such weather moves in their battles.
Xiaoxia's premonition came true in the next second.
Luo Mu suddenly said: "Let me see Bulbasaur's Solar Beam, otherwise, there will be no chance for the next attack."
Xiaozhi was startled and wanted to refute something, but in the end he still listened to Luo Mu's reminder and gave an order with a hanging heart: "Bulbasaur, prepare Solar Beam!"
"Dana!"
Bulbasaur looked at the Messenger Bird as if facing a formidable enemy and began to charge.
On a sunny day, when there is sufficient light energy, the Solar Beam can be fired directly without charging for a few seconds.
But now the sky is covered with thick snow clouds, and the sun is almost invisible, which also caused Bulbasaur to prepare the Solar Beam for a long time.
After about 30 seconds, Bulbasaur felt that the energy to launch the Solar Beam was ready.
Aiming the seed at the Messenger Bird in the sky, Bulbasaur released his ultimate move without hesitation!
"Dana Huka!"
As Bulbasaur's full-strength cry fell, the emerald green light shining like the sun turned into a beam of light and shot out!
Luo Mu, who had been waiting for a long time, also issued an order at this time.
"Blizzard!"
As the Messenger Bird flapped its wings, on this snowy day, the ice attribute energy gathered quickly as if with the help of God, and in an instant it turned into a terrifying range of whistling wind and snow, like a collapsed snow mountain, an overwhelming blizzard fell.
Bulbasaur only felt a cold current brushing across his body, and his consciousness was completely cut off. He and the solar beam were frozen into an ice sculpture.