I became the strongest trainer in the Pokémon world

The top floor of Jiangcheng Gym.

Gym Master Ying Zhou looked at Xia Zhihai in front of him with a bit of surprise: "I have previously speculated that Trainer Xia Zhihai might come to the Jiangcheng Gym to challenge. I have always been looking forward to the duel with you."

Xia Zhihai smiled back: "I am also looking forward to this battle."

Ying Zhou chuckled and shook his head: "In that case, we don't need to exchange pleasantries any more. Why don't we just get started? What do you think?"

"No problem." Xia Zhihai nodded in agreement.

Yingzhou is a middle-aged man with an elegant and gentle temperament. He has been accompanied by grass-type elves for many years, and this temperament is naturally reflected in him.

The two men stepped into the battlefield. The battle area here was made of special materials. It was extremely strong and difficult to destroy.

Yingzhou asked, "Which Pokémon does Trainer Xia Zhihai plan to send to challenge the gym?"

"That's it." Xia Zhihai smiled slightly, untied the Poké Ball around his neck, and threw it out confidently.

As the red light flashed, the Vulcan Butterfly bathed in golden flames appeared on the competition field.

At the outdoor competition venue, with the appearance of the Vulcan Butterfly, the temperature instantly rose and became as scorching as fire. The weather also seemed to cooperate with it and instantly turned into a clear sky.

"It turns out that the one sent out was the Vulcan Butterfly..."

Facing the Vulcan Moth that was completely different from the one in the trial competition, Yingzhou knew in his heart that its strength was no longer the same as before.

Speaking of the many elves that Xia Zhihai possessed, the one he was most reluctant to face was precisely this Vulcan Moth.

Too conflicting.

However, as a gym owner, he had no right to retreat in the face of a trainer's challenge. He could only find a way out of the difficulty and take out a Poké Ball to summon his partner.

"Show yourself, Venusaur!"

A burly Bulbasaur with a height of over two meters appeared in Natsunomi's sight. As one of the three great Pokémon, Natsunomi had also longed to capture and carefully cultivate a Bulbasaur.

After all, Venusaur is not only an excellent grass-type Pokémon, but also possesses a unique power, just like Vulcan Moth. Vulcan Moth's flammable scale powder can undoubtedly greatly enhance combat effectiveness if used properly in battle;

Venusaur possesses the secret power to manipulate the natural ecology, making flowers bloom and trees thrive, and can freely control the attack and defense of vines.

Unfortunately, no trainer has yet fully tapped Venusaur's potential in this area.

The apprentice who led Xia Zhihai to challenge immediately waved the flag after the two elves appeared and announced loudly: "The rules of the game are one-on-one, the battlefield is a normal field, and the winner of the challenge will receive the gym badge!"

As the apprentice finished speaking, Yingzhou gave the order before Xia Zhihai did. "Bulbasaur, use Leaf Slash!"

Venusaur responded to the command, and green leaves instantly appeared around its body, shooting towards Vulcano at a rapid speed.

"Vulcan Moth, use flame impact to smash these leaves!" Xia Zhihai quickly commanded.

"Boo!" The Vulcan Moth responded with a sound, and golden, hot flames spurted out of its mouth, colliding violently with the incoming Flying Leaves, melting all the leaves in an instant.

The flaming impact not only disrupted the leaf attack, but also took advantage of the situation to continue attacking Venusaur.

"Vulpecula, avoid the attack and use the binding technique!" As a gym leader, Yingzhou is experienced and responded calmly.

Although Venusaur's body was huge, it moved agilely. It quickly avoided the impact of the flames and then stomped its feet hard on the ground.

In a flash, a grass rope suddenly grew from the ground under the feet of the Vulcan Moth, rising straight into the sky, intending to bind the Vulcan Moth and restrict its freedom of movement. Although the binding technique is mostly used to trip the opponent, it has many uses in actual combat. At this moment, Yingzhou wanted to use this trick to trap the Vulcan Moth so that Venusaur could launch a series of attacks. Once this king-level Venusaur launches an attack, its power should not be underestimated.

Therefore, Xia Zhihai gave the next order without hesitation. "Vulcan Moth, avoid and cast Pyroblast!"

"Bud!" The Vulcan Moth flapped its wings and shouted, and its body flashed quickly, successfully avoiding the siege of the binding technique. Then it spread its wings, and a raging torrent of flames gushed out of its mouth, sweeping towards Venusaur. At the same time, accompanied by a strong wind, the flames became more violent and fierce, swallowing up like a sea of ​​fire.

"Vulpecula, activate the defensive barrier!" Yingzhou gave the order decisively.

"Bana!" Bulbasaur roared, and an invisible protective shield instantly rose in front of him.

Then, the firestorm was approaching.

Xia Zhihai stared at the sea of ​​fire with a calm expression, estimating how long the defense barrier would last, and then immediately instructed: "Vulcan Moth, lock onto Bulbasaur's previous position, and launch a large-character flame attack!"

The previous attack, since Venusaur had already opened the defense barrier, obviously could not cause any substantial damage, but the sea of ​​fire blocked the line of sight between Vulcan Moth and Venusaur. At this moment, Venusaur did not know the exact location of Vulcan Moth, but Vulcan Moth remembered where Venusaur was before.

This tactical strategy is similar to Wang Xiaoguo's smoke tactics in the past... lock the opponent's position, block the line of sight with a smoke screen, let the attack penetrate the smoke screen and hit the target accurately, catching the opponent off guard.

This is also the case at this moment.

Just as the sea of ​​fire was about to dissipate, a huge "Big"-shaped flame condensed in front of Vulcan Moth and rushed straight towards the previous position of Venusaur.

The sea of ​​fire disappeared completely.

Venusaur finally caught the oncoming "big" Pyroblast.

"Vulpecula, activate the light wall!"

Without hesitation, Yingzhou called out loudly: "Bana!"

As Venusaur responded, a wall of light appeared in front of it in an instant, but the large fire explosion that followed instantly broke through the wall of light and rushed straight towards Venusaur's body.

This fierce attack exploded instantly, causing Bulbasaur to show an extremely painful expression on his face. Fire-attribute moves have a double effect on the damage of grass-type Pokémon, especially the powerful skill of Flame Blast, which is even more terrifying in clear weather. Coupled with the already terrifying destructive power of Sunfire, it is extraordinary that Bulbasaur was not seriously injured by this attack.

After enduring the full force of Flame Explosion, Venusaur still screamed in pain even though the damage was slightly weakened by the Light Wall. However, it quickly got up from the ground to prevent possible subsequent continuous attacks.

"Vulpecula, perform photosynthesis!" Yingzhou shouted in a low voice.

The sunny weather that comes with the appearance of Vulcan Moth doubles the power of Vulcan Moth's fire-type moves, but this is not entirely disadvantageous for Grass-type Pokémon, as it can absorb energy faster. Especially under sunny skies, the effectiveness of photosynthesis, a restorative move, will be greatly improved. Although it cannot completely heal injuries, it can restore about 70% to 80%.