Chapter 157:
The chubby Trainer recalled Gyarados, the fear in his eyes now unmistakably clear.
The Salance before him had a vicious, destructive desire in its eyes that felt almost tangible.
Trembling, he took out a second Poké Ball and summoned a Golduck.
This ti, Salance was even more ferocious. It imdiately fired a Hyper Beam, engulfing Golduck entirely.
When the Hyper Beam’s light faded, Golduck lay on the ground, its body charred, clearly devoid of any vitality.
"Golduck!" The chubby Trainer shouted in disbelief at the sight, veins bulging on his forehead.
He wanted to run over to check on his Pokémon, but wtwo’s psychic power held him firmly in place, leaving him no room to resist—not even the freedom to move.
He could only quickly recall Golduck into its Poké Ball, praying that the ball’s restorative effects would stabilize its injuries.
But Salance was still glaring fiercely at him, waiting for him to send out a third Pokémon.
The chubby Trainer now understood: this Salance seed to harbor imnse hatred toward humans. No matter what Pokémon he sent out next, it would face fatal attacks.
If two of his strongest Pokémon couldn’t withstand such attacks, his weaker Pokémon stood even less chance against Salance’s blows.
In other words, if he sent out his remaining Pokémon, they would die.
But, the humanoid Pokémon floating in the sky was also watching them coldly.
The contempt in its eyes was as if it were looking at ants.
That gaze left no doubt in his mind: if all his Pokémon were defeated, he would definitely die here!
Yet, his remaining Pokémon couldn’t withstand a single strike from this Salance.
He didn’t understand. He had only co to compete for the title of the strongest Pokémon Trainer. How had he ended up in such a situation?
Before he could think further, the humanoid Pokémon above spoke: "What about the remaining Pokémon? Or do you not plan to send them out?"
The chubby Trainer could think of no solution. He collapsed to the ground, muttering, "I can’t win. It’s impossible."
He looked up at wtwo, his eyes filled with despair. "I surrender. Please let my Pokémon go."
"Oh?"
wtwo raised an eyebrow slightly, surprised. It looked at the human before it. "Are you sure? Then I’ll take your life."
As the chubby Trainer fell silent, wtwo didn’t waste more words. It raised its right hand, and the Trainer’s body floated into the air. Then, a powerful energy gathered in wtwo’s right hand, engulfing him entirely.
When the energy glow faded, only six Poké Balls remained on the spot. The human Trainer was gone.
Witnessing this happen right before their eyes, the remaining Trainers felt even more chilled.
wtwo now turned its gaze downward again. "Who’s next?"
The others looked at the Salance in the sky, then at wtwo. No one dared to step forward.
wtwo wasn’t surprised by this.
Fear of death was a biological instinct.
It calmly scanned the people below, finally settling its gaze on a girl holding a Togepi.
"Since no one is speaking, I’ll choose you."
"Huh?" Misty’s heart trembled, fear spreading through her body. Her legs went weak, and she nearly collapsed. But before she could fall, a pair of hands steadied her.
"Hey, that’s a really strong Salance. A Pokémon battle like this should be left to ."
Behind her, Ash’s eyes burned with fighting spirit. He felt no fear. The opponent’s Salance was strong, but he didn’t believe he had no chance of winning.
"As long as we defeat this Salance, you’ll let us go, right?"
"Of course" wtwo said coldly.
"Good!"
"Ash, wait..."
After steadying Misty, Ash ignored Brock and Misty’s calls. He ran onto the battlefield with Pikachu and looked toward Charizard, his eyes sincere and his tone earnest. "I’m counting on you, Charizard."
At this point, Charizard hadn’t been evolved for long, so it was still in its rebellious phase.
It usually ignored his commands.
But this ti, Charizard flew into the sky with a roar and landed before Ash. Even facing a Salance larger than itself, its gaze showed no fear.
"Roar!" (Bring it on!)
"Go, Salance!"
Facing such a battle, wtwo gave no commands.
Salance’s fighting instincts were more than enough.
Its smirk widened ferociously. Locking onto Charizard, it lunged forward.
"Charizard, use Fire Blast!"
Ash didn’t panic at the sight. He was no longer the novice Trainer he once was.
A fierce blast of fire shaped like the character for "大" landed squarely on Salance’s path. But Salance didn’t dodge; it charged straight through the flas.
The flas left marks on its body. Having endured the attack, Salance suddenly swung its tail.
A Dragon Tail strike slamd into Charizard, sending it flying dozens of ters. It then crashed into a wall, raising a cloud of dust. For a while, there was no movent.
Just as wtwo was about to announce the result, the boy across the field shouted, "Hang in there, Charizard!"
Then, a gust of wind stirred up the dust.
Charizard flew out again, roaring at Salance.
It knew full well that its opponent was far stronger.
But it had also heard: if the Pokémon battle wasn’t won, its Trainer would die.
Although it often liked to oppose Ash since evolving, at this critical mont, it rembered the rainy night when Ash had carried it, running toward the Pokémon Center, comforting it over and over, taking it to confront its forr Trainer for an explanation.
Taking it to challenge other Pokémon...
So this ti, it wanted to do sothing for its Trainer too.
The fla on Charizard’s tail blazed fiercely at that mont.
Once again, it ignored Ash’s commands. Facing Salance’s attacks, it didn’t evade at all.
You use Bite? I use Dragon Claw.
You use Wing Attack? I’ll grab you for a Seismic Toss.
In such a battle, both Pokémon soon bore various injuries.
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