armyinform Chapter 1410 The Ferocious Bamboo Orchid
Chapter 1410 The Ferocious Bamboo Orchid
Chapter 1410 The Ferocious Bamboo Orchid
Day 2 of the Eight Masters Tournament.
Spring is in full bloom.
Today's main events are still as exciting as ever: the third round in the morning will be between Cynthia and Alice, and the fourth round in the afternoon will be between Goku and Kashiwagi.
Each performance kept the audience on the edge of their seats.
Can Alice win?
Without yesterday's match, most people would have thought her chances of winning were less than 30%. But Ash's feat of defeating Lance has made more people think that Iris might be the one who will have the last laugh.
This is what is known as the new generation pushing the old one forward!
Inside the contestants' preparation room, only Kashiwagi, Karuni, and Anxiner remained to watch the match through the window.
The remaining champions are either missing or somewhere else.
An Xin'er was very happy about this and liked the feeling of having only the three of them. She was more relaxed than yesterday and often acted coquettishly towards Bai Mu and Karuni.
By the way.
Karuni slept with An Xin'er last night, and perhaps because her mental energy was greatly replenished, she felt exceptionally energetic today, looking radiant.
Anyone who didn't know better would think she was the one who won the game yesterday!
Kashiwagi lazily sprawled on the sofa, took a drink from the head of the defiant-looking, roaring creature beside him, sipped it, and then casually put it back.
The overly casual gesture caused the glass to wobble from side to side. The howling tail was startled and hurriedly stretched out its short arm to steady it, glaring at him angrily, "Eee-ah!"
"I'll order another cup for you on top of your head."
"..."
The howling tail stopped talking.
Perhaps because it was mistaken for Jigglypuff too many times last night, its Roaring Tail has been going crazy and just won't stop.
As punishment for its overreaction, it will serve Kashiwagi all day today.
You disagree?
Hit him on the ground!
Compared to reasoning, fists are indeed more suitable for dealing with ancient species, and the fat guy, unable to endure the violence any longer, did become much more docile.
below.
As the audience gradually took their seats, solemn symphonic music resonated throughout the vast palace arena.
"Ladies and gentlemen! Welcome back to the Masters Elimination Tournament. The third match of the first round is about to begin, featuring Sinnoh champion Cynthia and Unova champion Alice!"
The host's voice gradually ignited the excitement in the arena.
As Alice and Orchid appeared from the players' tunnel, cheers and shouts resounded throughout the arena, causing the air to vibrate continuously.
"Everyone! Thank you so much!"
Alice laughed and waved wildly around, while Zhu Lan smiled and gestured to the audience.
Ash and Pikachu screamed, "Iris! Cynthia! Go for it!!"
"Pikachu!!"
Their excited demeanor caught Hop's attention. "They seem even more excited than if it were their turn to play..."
As the contestants entered the venue, Deng Pei began announcing the competition rules and raised his hand to signal them.
"Both sides, please send out your first Pokémon!"
Two Poké Balls flew into the arena.
Boom!
"Go! Dragonite!"
Tremble, soul! Flower Rock Monster!
With shouts from the two, a sharp-eyed Dragonite and a huge rock each landed in the arena.
Boom!
The rocks trembled, and deep purple mist billowed out, coalescing into a distorted, grotesque face, "Gah gah gah..."
It emits a chilling cry.
Alice's expression turned serious. "It's actually a Flower Rock Monster."
In the world of the Pokémon anime, Rockruff is undoubtedly a very rare creature; even Kashiwagi has only seen it three times in person.
One was at a construction site in Huangtie City, where the blocked entrance to the spirit world led to a rampage by wild flower rock monsters; the other was Wangluo during the Xicui era.
Finally, there's the Flower Rock Monster from Bamboo Orchid.
Viewers generally harbored fear of it, even though it was the champion's Pokémon, given that the Pokédex described it as being composed of the souls of 108 villains.
The live stream chat was flooded with comments saying "Terrible," especially when the camera was focused on the Flower Rock Monster, the density of the comments was even higher.
It didn't receive any treatment when it fought against Kashiwagi last time, which shows how popular Master Ba is.
Karune, who was in the preparation room, couldn't help but laugh and said, "As expected of Cynthia, she managed to control the atmosphere of the whole room with just one Pokémon."
"Ok!"
An Xin'er nodded her little head nervously.
Kashiwagi raised an eyebrow, but what came to mind was the original plot—
When Cynthia and Ash faced off in the semifinals, they chose the exact same starting lineup as they did in the current game.
Some kind of omen... No way!
The difference between six-on-six and three-on-three is quite significant, not to mention that Cyndaquil has also gained a new Mega Evolution.
Huh?
Kashiwagi suddenly noticed Alice's wrist. Her slender arm, which had been bare yesterday, now had an enormous wristband.
"Finally figured it out?"
He smiled.
No champion can win without a special system!
While the Unova region may not have a native system, as the regional champion, you need to know how to align with international standards!
Inside the stadium, the flat, hard rock foundation stretches to the horizon.
Rockruff and Dragonite stared at each other, waiting for the order to engage in a head-on battle without reservation.
They weren't made to wait too long.
Deng Pei swiftly brought his raised hand down, shouting, "Battle begins!"
The voice just fell.
Alice blurted out the words she had prepared long ago.
"Flame Jet!"
"oh!!"
Dragonite's wings were fully extended, its orange scales closely arranged, drawing smooth arcs under the sunlight.
As it took a deep breath, flames began to rapidly gather deep within its throat, bursting forth with intense orange-red light that visibly spun and changed color.
It changed from orange-red to bright yellow, and then to a terrifying incandescent white!
bake!
The temperature rises sharply, and the moisture in the air is evaporated instantly, forming a distorted halo of heat.
The next second, the jet of flame was about to burst out—
"A surprise attack!"
"Quack quack!"
A sinister cry suddenly rang out, but even faster was the sudden extension of the Floostone's spinning form, which traversed most of the arena with lightning speed and slammed into Dragonite's chin.
To strike later but arrive first is a surprise attack!
Ouch!
With a heavy thud, the Dragonite, its chin struck hard, was forced to raise its head. A surging pillar of fire swept towards the sky in a fan shape, the blazing white flames rolling like molten lava, illuminating the entire sky.
Alice exclaimed in disbelief, "So fast!"
"Oh!"
The Dragonite, which nearly fell backward after its flame-breathing attack missed, quickly regained its balance and flapped its wings to take flight.
It realized that it had to maintain high mobility when facing Pokémon like Rockruff.
Alice silently recalled the decisions Kashiwagi made when dealing with it...
wrong!
It doesn't seem to be of any reference value at all!
She gritted her teeth and said, "Freezing Beam!"
"Oh!"
The high-altitude Dragonite took a deep breath, and its internal energy flowed again, quickly condensing into a sleek and rounded sphere of ice-blue light in front of its mouth.
Zhu Lan snapped her fingers. "A surprise attack."
"quack!"
Huayan made a strange noise and urged the evil spirits to rush into the sky, but this time the Dragonite was prepared and kept a close eye on its opponent's movements, so it dodged to the side immediately.
But the Ghast's ghost could turn corners. Luckily, Iris and Dragonite reacted quickly. One shouted behind them, and the other turned around and unceremoniously unleashed an ice-blue lightning bolt.
ka ka ka-
The air along the way made a faint condensation sound, but the lightning failed to collide with the evil spirit that emitted blood-red energy. Seeing that the surprise attack had failed, the latter immediately retreated at an incredible speed.
The icy blue lightning struck elsewhere, instantly forming a thick layer of ice on the ground, and a chilling aura swept across the arena.
The host exclaimed, "A series of surprise attacks thwarted Dragonite's offensive momentum! As expected of the Sinnoh Champion's Pokémon!"
Preparing to fight indoors, Cypress raised an eyebrow. The Flower Rock Monster's attack was unexpectedly swift. Why didn't I use it when I fought him before?
Little did they know that at that time, Zhu Lan was afraid of being caught off guard and unable to interrupt the magic flash.
After all, his Pokémon are known for being tough and not as easy to control as Iris's Dragonite.
Alice felt a sudden sense of urgency as her two consecutive attacks failed to work on the Flower Rock Monster.
She noticed that Zhu Lan still showed no intention of attacking, and she thought fiercely, "In that case—close combat! Dragon Dive!"
"Oh!"
Dragonite raised its head and let out a roar that shook the entire arena. Its muscles tensed, and azure dragon flames surged wildly from its body, enveloping its entire body as if they were solid, forming a fiery shell.
Then, like a falling meteor, it descended from the sky with overwhelming force. Dragon flames condensed at the top into a ferocious dragon head, and the wind pressure swept across the entire arena, blowing away all the rubble on the ground!
Having been repeatedly thwarted in its attacks, Dragonite, nicknamed "Little Tyrant," was seething with anger. That's why this attack was exceptionally fierce, a testament to the concentration of most of its power, resulting in an astonishingly high level of strength!
If hit head-on, even if the Flower Rock Monster has a strong defense, it is very likely to suffer heavy damage.
Zhu Lan remained calm and smiled, saying, "They've taken the bait. Their traits have been swapped."
hum!
A pale purple ring of energy instantly enveloped the Rockruff, drawing in an irresistible force like an invisible vortex, directly enveloping the oncoming Dragonite.
The host exclaimed in surprise, "Characteristics swapped!"
Iris's Dragonite ability, the rare Multiscale, has now been transferred to Rockruff, effectively giving it an extra resistance when it's at full strength.
At this moment, even if Alice wanted to back out, it was too late.
Boom!!
Dragonite slammed heavily into the Rockruff, its furious dragon flames shooting into the sky, as if to incinerate the vengeful spirit made of sinners.
The immense impact caused the ground to tremble violently, large areas of rock to crack and cave in, and debris and dust to fly everywhere, quickly covering most of the stadium and prompting the defensive devices in the stands to be raised.
"Oh!"
Dragonite quickly retreated from the smoke, but Rockruff was just as fast, bursting through the smoke right behind it, almost face-to-face with its opponent.
It has waited a long time to lure its opponent into the trap, and naturally it will not let the opponent leave easily.
Bamboo Orchid: "Hypnosis!"
"Lightning speed!" Alice's voice was even more high-pitched and urgent.
We have to hurry, Dragonite can't dodge this!
In the end, it was all in vain. A strange light wave was released by the Rockruff, and the Dragonite was surrounded by white light. It retreated quickly like a thunderbolt.
Alice gazed expectantly at Dragonite until its expression became noticeably dull, and it suddenly lost consciousness as if struck by a heavy object, plummeting from the sky and crashing to the ground.
Dust billowed, and a slow snore escaped from Dragonite's mouth. Its ferocious aura completely dissipated, and its massive body was exposed to its opponent without any defense, utterly incapable of resistance or movement.
She swiftly retrieved the ball, but the beam of light struck the Flower Rock Monster's freely retractable head.
"Dream Eater".
Zhu Lan gave the order without any hesitation.
The Rockruff floated above the sleeping Dragonite, and its spinning Ghast suddenly swelled up before taking a bite.
Bang!
Pink smoke billowed out, which it swallowed little by little into its body. This was the stamina that Dragonite was constantly losing, and now it had completely become food for the Rockruff, used to recover from the damage it suffered from the Dragon's Bash.
"Dragonite, wake up!"
Alice yelled, and Dragonite frowned as if it were about to wake up from a dream, but in the end, not much changed.
Its vitality and spiritual energy were rapidly depleting, and the aura emanating from its body was becoming weaker and weaker.
Zhu Lan wasn't finished yet, "One more time! Eat Dreams!"
"Quack quack!"
The Rockruff let out a wild laugh, unleashing all the frustration it had felt from the Shiny Gengar onto Dragonite.
Its condition is completely restored, and the multi-scale property will take effect again, killing two birds with one stone.
"Dragonite!!"
Alice was frantic and kept calling out Dragonite's name, trying to wake it up with her voice.
Dragonite was also desperately resisting deep in its consciousness. Finally, its eyelids twitched slightly and its eyelashes fluttered, as if it was about to wake up from its slumber.
Its body began to show obvious signs of struggling, and it was about to break free of control.
At that critical moment, Cynthia gave the final command, completely eliminating any possibility of Dragonite turning the tide.
"Shadow of the Night".
"Quack quack!"
A strange, blood-red light shot out from the eyes of the Rockruff, heading straight for the Dragonite's body. The intense pain caused it to howl incessantly, and the moment it opened its eyes, it stared intently at the Rockruff.
One second, two seconds, three seconds.
Bang.
Dragonite's head, which it had barely managed to raise, drooped again. Its massive body trembled violently, emitting a faint, almost inaudible growl before it completely lost its ability to battle.
"Dragonite—"
"Dragonite is unable to battle, Rockruff wins!"
Deng Pei ruthlessly announced the result of the match, causing Alice to bite her lower lip tightly before letting go helplessly.
"Quack quack!"
The Flower Rock Monster flew back happily, causing countless spectators to show expressions of physical discomfort.
Hep couldn't help but hug herself tightly: "What a terrifying guy!"
Ash's eyes lit up: "Yes, that's amazing!"
Pikachu: "Pika..."
He also has a Dragonite as a partner, and seeing Alice's miserable state, he can't help but empathize with her.
In fact, this tactic was originally intended for him.
Alice was just lucky; her Dragonite became the first sacrifice to the Spiritmonger.
The three Rockets players each had a different expression.
Kojiro thought the Sinnoh champion lived up to his reputation and was truly formidable, while Jessie and Meowth were covered in cold sweat, thinking, "So fierce."
"Dragonite's every move was completely predicted, it's a disaster, Meowth!" Meowth was sweating for Iris, "What a pity for that wild brat!"
anyway.
The first day of the second round of the Eight Masters competition began with Zhu Lan overwhelmingly taking the lead.