"It's too late to dodge now!" Hearing Xiao Ming's voice, Ash said calmly.
Axew's abdomen gradually surged with energy towards its throat. Then, blue light overflowed from the crack in its mouth, which was biting Sandshrew.
Roar!!!
Boom!!
A roar like a dragon's cry. Then, a surge of energy was released from Axew's mouth. The super close-range Dragon Rage directly hit Sandshrew. The astonishing power sent Sandshrew flying.
Bang!!!!
An intense explosion instantly occurred in the air. The airflow dispersed. A few people had to use their hands to block the incoming airflow. Then, a figure fell from the flames and smoke in the air.
It was Sandshrew. At this moment, it had returned to its normal state from a spherical shape. Its eyes were spinning, and it had lost consciousness.
Being hit by a Dragon Rage at such close range, even in a spherical, fully protected state, the force of the explosion penetrated, causing it even heavier damage.
"Sandshrew!!"
Xiao Ming, seeing this, ran over. Looking at Sandshrew, which was no longer able to battle, Xiao Ming's face was filled with unwillingness. Ash also walked over to Axew's side.
"You worked hard. You did well!" Ash squatted down and gently stroked Axew's head, then slowly stood up.
He saw Xiao Ming's whip fall to the ground. Xiao Ming unconsciously knelt down, his hands supporting him on the ground.
"I actually lost! How is that possible?" Xiao Ming looked at the ground, unable to believe what he saw. Clearly, he had not anticipated this defeat.
"You should be taking care of your Sandshrew now!" Although it was unnecessary to say, Ash still reminded him.
Xiao Ming's body trembled slightly as he listened. He lowered his head, lost in thought. He picked up Sandshrew and his whip, then went into the tent, not even grabbing his backpack.
He had originally planned to go out and catch Pokémon, but now he had no mood for it. A win streak of over 90 battles was broken just like that. No one would feel good about it.
He entered the tent with Sandshrew without a word. Misty and Brock also came up. They had been a little worried, but after seeing Ash win, they breathed a sigh of relief.
"As expected of Ash. He can even defeat such a powerful opponent!" An opponent with nearly a hundred consecutive victories and such a unique fighting style, yet Ash still won. As his companions, they were naturally very happy.
"Indeed! His fighting style is very unique!" Ash also nodded slightly. This kind of silent fighting style was indeed very advantageous.
However, if it were about judging this type of silent command by a whip, after a long time, it could still be figured out. Those who truly needed no verbal commands were Psychic-type users.
With outstanding Psychic abilities, communicating through telepathy was truly silent and truly troublesome.
"Then shall we go?" Misty also asked Ash and Brock at this moment.
...
Crack!!!
"You're useless! Don't you know you ruined all our efforts?" Just then, a crisp sound echoed inside the tent, followed by Xiao Ming's voice. His voice was clearly filled with anger.
"Hmm? What's going on?" Hearing this, Misty was startled and looked towards the tent.
"Sounds like something's wrong!" Brock also immediately walked over. Misty and Ash also followed. When they pulled open the tent flap and walked in, they found many Pokémon inside.
The Pokémon all wore strange devices. At this moment, they were huddled together. Not far away, Xiao Ming was holding a whip, whipping Sandshrew, who had already awakened.
Sandshrew didn't even dare to curl into a ball to block. It just hugged its head with its hands, trembling.
"Stop it! What are you doing?!" Seeing this, Misty immediately felt sympathy. Brock and Ash also frowned slightly. For them, this was already considered Pokémon abuse.
To be honest, Ash understood Xiao Ming's actions. He had always strictly demanded his Pokémon. But in his impression, although he was very strict, he was also very caring towards his Pokémon.
He even approved of Xiao Ming's training methods. He wouldn't randomly interfere like Ash in the anime, just going up to stop someone when he saw them being strict with their Pokémon.
After all, Pokémon needed to be trained. Ash's free-range training could indeed give Pokémon strong adaptability, but it lacked raw power.
This was probably why Ash always seemed to fall short at the League tournaments. Although he often had unexpected performances, at the crucial moment, when strength decided the outcome, he was always just a little bit short.
However, although he knew it, he couldn't approve of Xiao Ming's actions now. Strictness was fine, but there should also be some flexibility.
Sandshrew had just finished battling and was injured. He was doing this before it even recovered. Ash thought this kind of action was too extreme.
He didn't object to strict teaching after defeat and starting over, but this disregard for the Pokémon's injuries and blaming the defeat on the Pokémon still made him a little angry.
"You don't need to interfere. This is my private business!" Xiao Ming heard the voice and turned to look at the three of them, but completely ignored them. He whipped the whip in his hand again and continued to strike Sandshrew.
In the anime, Xiao Ming easily defeated Ash, but he still thought Sandshrew's performance was not good enough and put it through devilish training. Not to mention now that he was defeated. His goal was shattered, making his heart restless. So he blamed everything on Sandshrew.
Ash saw this and stepped forward. He reached out and grabbed the whip that was about to be swung. The whip instantly tightened. Xiao Ming instinctively turned his head and looked at Ash, who was holding his whip, and angrily said, "Let go!!"
"Let go!!"
"That's enough! Blaming your defeat on your Pokémon is too shameful, isn't it?" Ash said calmly, grabbing the whip.
From the moment Ash became a trainer, he had always believed that when defeated by an opponent, the problem was first and foremost with the trainer, not the Pokémon.
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