Pokémon: Hoenen Rage

Chapter 29 Gathering

"Iron Palm Warrior, hold on! Use close combat!"

"Well done! Absol, we also use close combat!"

Absolu arrived first and ran into the Iron Palm Warrior's arms, and the two sides struggled.

Finally, catching the small flaw in the iron palm warrior, Absol turned around and gave the iron palm warrior a heavy blow to his right foot, breaking its balance. Then he exerted force on his lower limbs and pressed the sharp angle against the iron palm warrior's torso. up, and fly it out.

The sturdy Iron Palm warrior fell heavily to the ground, stirring up countless dust.

The dust dispersed, but the huge figure still didn't get up.

"The Iron Palm warrior has lost his fighting power, and the winner is Hanazuki from Zijin City!"

After a certain trainer who acted as a temporary referee announced the winner, cheers and applause did not come. Instead, there was an awkward silence and a few sighs.

"Senior brother, what a pity." Vaguely, Lai heard whispers beside him.

"How can such a delinquent be so strong?"

The sound began to slowly amplify, and it gradually became clearer in Lai's ears.

Hanayue and Tengshu not far away should also be able to hear it. Hanayue seemed to be used to this kind of treatment. He walked forward with a calm expression and wanted to shake hands with Tengshu. Tengshu looked a little surprised and stared at the spectators. The senior fellow apprentices glanced at each other and stepped forward as well.

The two shook hands and left.

The onlookers quickly dispersed, and the voices of twos and threes could still be heard everywhere.

Looking at Huayue leaving, Lai thought thoughtfully, patted the swamp jumping fish, and jogged forward.

Rai slowed down his pace as he passed Kagetuki.

"Man, the battle just now was exciting. When faced with stupid and narrow-minded people, there is no need to ignore them, let alone correct them, because there will be bigger problems to give him a real education."

Facing the very few supporters, Huayue was also surprised and nodded lightly.

"I understand, and I don't care. Thank you very much."

"It doesn't matter, I'll see you again if we are destined."

Len quickened his pace and ran forward, waving his hand in response.

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No matter where you are, training is essential.Lai, who had long heard the name of the Stone Cave, a treasured training place in Martial Town, would not miss it now that he was here.After briefly resting and packing up, he led his companions towards the direction of the cave.The Stone Cave is divided into four spaces, inside and outside, upper and lower. Each space is quite huge and is home to a large number of wild Pokémon.At the same time, due to the protection of this place by the Fighting Town Gym, it has not been developed on a large scale. Whether it is mineral deposits, resources or Pokémon, it has retained a fairly original ecology.

Today, as destructive development in the inland areas becomes increasingly intensive, Stone Cave is one of the only places in the Hoenn region where you can see wild northern noses, and it is the only place where the northern nose tribe still exists. A gathering place for wild Pokémon.

Lai entered this place for two purposes. One was to use the extremely dark environment here to complete a training that he considered very crucial. The other was to compete with the wild Pokémon here and continue to hone the Swamp Jumper. and the long-winged gull's actual combat capabilities, allowing the potential in their bodies to be further developed.

Walking through the outer layer of the cave, there are already many trainers here who have begun to train with their Pokémon partners. There are also some wild Pokémon such as Sonic Bat, Kokodora, and Fistrock hiding around or confronting these trainers. After some practice, it is not difficult to see from their expressions and movements that they are quite familiar with each other.

Entering the outer underground, the light has been completely blocked, and only the strong lighting lamp prepared by Lai in advance illuminates the area of ​​more than ten meters in front of him.This is the realm of real wild Pokémon.

"Swamp jumping fish, long-winged gulls, I will turn off the lighting equipment in a moment. You try to condense the fluctuations of water. You don't need to gather much energy, but focus on sensing its fluctuations and how this fluctuation affects surrounding things. , reflection and response.”

After saying that, Rai started looking for a place in the surrounding area that would not easily interfere with wild Pokémon and would be suitable for training.Soon, he discovered a place: a narrow passage with no exit. The widest part was only a dozen meters, and the shortest part was only three or four meters. It was not suitable for the life and movement of Pokémon.After confirming that everything was correct, Len turned off the lights and the entire environment became invisible.

"As I said before, let's get started."

Although they did not fully understand what Lai meant, and could even be said to be confused, the Swamp Jumper and Long-winged Gull still followed his instructions and began to condense the water fluctuations.

A very small water ball appeared with violent rotation, and then turned into a thin water curtain, spreading in all directions, over the two Pokémon's bodies, from the gravel on the ground, the rock wall of the narrow passage, to the distance Stretch slowly.

Gradually, the water curtain fades, but the fluctuations of the water flow still extend outward.Fluctuations contain both energy and information.On weekdays, the water wave skill only uses its abundant energy. With the blessing of keen senses, the little information brought back by the wave is of little use. Over time, it is completely ignored.

Now, in the extremely dark environment, the information of fluctuations becomes apparent again. It is sometimes clear and sometimes blurred, marking the precision of water's fluctuations.

However, the extremely small output, compared to the extremely large range of output, makes maintaining water fluctuations a delicate task. Even the long-winged gulls and bogfish who have a very deep grasp of water energy often make mistakes.

Along with the soft sounds of "pop" and "pop", the water ball on the chest and the water curtain in the distance burst from time to time. The water splash and water energy poured into the two Pokémon and Rai beside them, without any pain or harm. , but looks quite embarrassed.

Failure is the cornerstone of success. Through the lessons learned from each failure, both Pokémon have grown.

The long-winged gull's progress was relatively smooth, starting from a small space around it and extending outward, covering an area of ​​tens of meters in just one or two hours.

The bog jumper has also made some progress, but not in terms of detection, but in its perception of fluctuations.The limitations of perception brought about by darkness allowed it to make better use of its fins, and it also understood the profound meaning of water fluctuations from another sensory level more keenly.

While the Pokémon was busy, Rai also sat cross-legged on a relatively flat ground with no gravel, trying to hold his breath and concentrate, entering some kind of philosophical meditative state, moving from fantasy to transcendence, hoping to reappear on the island that day. Wonderful state of affairs.After a long period of relaxation, he was vaguely aware of something that seemed to exist, but it was elusive.

Just as he was about to strike further while the iron was hot, a slightly familiar voice came from the distance: "Hey! Who did this? Why is there mud soup all over the floor! Ouch, who poured water on my head!"

Lai opened his eyes, and in his pupils, a flash of crystal appeared faintly and then quickly dissipated.

(End of this chapter)