Chapter 381: Evolution, Crawdaunt!!
"What other choice do we have? If we don't steal, we'll starve to death!"
Jessie didn't realize the severity of the situation and continued to provoke them, "And you guys, it's just a little bit of fruit, is it necessary to be so stingy?"
James and Meowth felt the gaze from the Breloom and said with trembling voices, "Jessie…"
"I don't think it's necessary to provoke them."
"Things have already reached this point, what's there to be afraid of! The fruit in the forest isn't their private property, is it?"
"Hoo-sha!"
As soon as Jessie finished speaking, the Breloom swung its fist and smashed over.
"That is… Blast Punch!"
Brock had a bad feeling.
"Jirachi, quick, Teleport!" Ash shouted.
"Yes!"
Jirachi activated its Psychic power and whoosh, teleported Ash and the others away.
The Team Rocket Trio, left behind, were dumbfounded. They screamed at the top of their lungs, "Hey, Ash, you guys are too disloyal!"
"Exactly, we haven't even gotten on board yet!"
"Help!"
Boom!
"We're blasting off again!"
The power of the Blast Punch unleashed by the six Breloom together was astonishing, and the trio turned into shooting stars once again.
Meanwhile, Ash's group was brought to a canyon.
May looked at the secluded canyon and let out a long sigh of relief, "We… seem to have been saved!"
"No, we seem to have come to the wrong place, look…"
Brock pointed to a pile of fruit stacked like a small mountain somewhere in the canyon.
"Those fruits, could it be…"
Seeing the fruit, May recalled the reason why the Team Rocket Trio was being hunted.
"Don't 'could it be' anymore, Jirachi really did Teleport us to the nest of the Breloom and Shroomish." Ash said expressionlessly.
This result was something he never expected. He thought they had escaped, but he didn't expect to walk right into a trap.
As soon as he finished speaking, a large number of Shroomish and Breloom appeared in the canyon.
Looking at these fierce-looking Breloom, May couldn't help but shrink behind Ash, "Ash, are we surrounded?"
"Ash, I'm sorry!"
Jirachi said with some frustration.
Ash patted Jirachi's head, "It's okay, this isn't your fault. I'll try to reason with them."
The culprit behind this really wasn't Jirachi; it just had to be said that the Team Rocket Trio was truly bold.
Ash used both his Aura and Natural Power, saying to the Shroomish Family, "Everyone, we only stumbled in here by accident; we don't have any hostility…"
"Hoo-sha!" (Whether you have malicious intent or not, trespassing on our territory makes you an intruder!)
A larger-than-average Breloom walked in front of Ash.
[Pokémon: Breloom (Leader)]
[Type: Grass + Fighting]
[Gender: Male]
[Level: Elite Beginner]
[Ability: Effect Spore (When attacked, it may poison, paralyze, or put the opponent who made contact to sleep)]
[Potential: Champion]
[Moves: Growth, Toxic, Mega Drain, Blast Punch, Focus Punch, Seed Bomb, Counter, Power Up Punch, Worry Seed...]
"Can you give us a break and show some leniency?"
Ash didn't want to fight directly. After all, they had entered the other party's territory first. If they just started brawling without a word, that would be going too far.
"Hoo-sha, hoo-sha…" (Human, you have the Aura of nature. I will give you a chance for a one-on-one duel. If you win, you can leave. If you lose, you must pick five hundred… no, five thousand fruits and bring them back.)
The Breloom leader stated its demand.
Ash smiled and nodded, "Alright, then let's have a battle."
The Breloom leader immediately assumed a battle stance.
Watching the Breloom leader's unusual behavior, May asked suspiciously, "Is this Breloom going to battle Ash?"
Brock nodded, "It seems like it intends to have a 1v1 battle."
Just as Ash was thinking about who to send out, Corphish popped out of its Poké Ball on its own.
As soon as it came out, Corphish was looking for Jigglypuff, clearly wanting to continue messing around.
However, upon locking eyes with the battle-ready Breloom leader, it immediately changed its mind.
"Hey-hey!!" (Are you looking to fight me?)
Seeing that Ash chose a Water-type Pokémon to respond, a look of contempt appeared in the Breloom's eyes.
"Hoo-sha!" (Damn lobster, bring it on!)
Corphish's face darkened. Without waiting for Ash's command, it released a Bubble Beam to attack.
Seeing Corphish acting on its own, Ash's expression darkened as well, "This Corphish really needs a lesson!"
"Lu-ka-sha"
The Breloom leader swung its fists to easily shatter the attack, closing in and swinging its fists with even greater force.
Corphish was almost being suppressed and beaten.
"Corphish, use Razor Shell!" Ash commanded.
"Hey-hey!!"
Hearing this, Corphish's pincers glowed with white light, and a blade tip extended from them.
Switching to dual-blade melee combat, Corphish caught the Breloom leader off guard and knocked it back several meters.
Unwilling to give up, it gathered Steel-type energy on its tail and used Iron Tail to counterattack.
"Corphish, clamp it!"
Corphish launched itself forward. Before the Breloom's Iron Tail could fully swing out, it firmly clamped the opponent's tail with its large right pincer, and the power of the Iron Tail plummeted.
Seeing it couldn't pull its tail back, the Breloom leader swung its fist and used Blast Punch.
"Corphish, use Crabhammer!"
Corphish released the pincer and also swung its pincer to meet it.
Boom!
The two hands collided with a muffled sound.
The evenly matched battle made both sides a bit reckless.
Corphish was exceptionally agitated, and accidentally, its whole body began to emit the light of evolution.
"This guy finally evolved."
Seeing Corphish evolving, Ash showed a gratified smile.
His Corphish had actually been on the verge of evolution for a long time, but it had been struggling without a worthy opponent. After dragging it out for so long, it had finally achieved the sublimation of its life form.
[Pokémon: Crawdaunt]
[Type: Water + Dark]
[Gender: Male]
[Level: Pseudo-Elite High]
[Ability: Hyper Cutter (Because it possesses pincers it prides itself on, its Attack cannot be lowered by opponents)]
[Potential: Pseudo-Champion]
[Moves: Omitted]
After evolving into Crawdaunt, its level reached High Pseudo-Elite. This level was already enough to send it back to grind the Viridian Forest dungeon and look for an opportunity to advance to the Elite level.
Ash hadn't forgotten the mission triggered when he first arrived in the Hoenn region: to train a team of Elite-level Pokémon caught in Hoenn!
Having evolved, Ash didn't intend to waste more time, "Breloom, let's settle this in one move!"
"Hoo-sha!" (Alright!)
The Breloom leader assumed the stance for Focus Punch.
"Crawdaunt, use Night Slash!"
"Hey-hey!!"
Crawdaunt and the Breloom leader charged at each other simultaneously. Just as the Breloom leader swung its fist at its face, Crawdaunt quite craftily lowered its body and executed a slide, causing the opponent's punch to miss.
As it slid past, it swung its pincer and unleashed Night Slash, hammering it into the Breloom leader's abdomen.
This pincer strike had immense force, directly slamming the Breloom leader into the cliff wall.
Falling from the cliff wall, the Breloom leader knew it had lost.
It said graciously, "Hoo-sha, hoo-sha." (Human, you won. You can leave.)
"This is Potion. Have your Family help you apply it."
Ash took out a few bottles of high-quality Potion and tossed them over, then ushered May and the others to leave the forest as soon as possible.
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