Pokemon: Reborn As Ash, I'll Conquer Every League

Chapter 346: Chapter 346: May VS Azusa (Part 1)

Chapter 346: May VS Azusa (Part 1)

After repairing the Gym battlefield, Mura and Azusa warmly invited Ash’s group to dinner.

At the dining table, Ash also requested to have a Gym Challenge with Mura. After understanding Ash’s strength, Mura did not refuse and readily agreed.

As for May, her challenger was naturally Azusa; it was a battle between a new Trainer and a new Gym Leader.

There was a reason why Ash wanted to challenge Mura. Old man Mura was once one of the Elite Four in the Hoenn region, and Ash wanted to put some pressure on his newly captured Pokémon.

The next day.

Ash’s group arrived at the Lavaridge Gym once again.

Mura, acting as the referee, announced loudly: "The Gym Challenge between the new Gym Leader Azusa and May from Petalburg City is about to begin!"

"Grandpa, the word ’new’ is unnecessary!" Azusa said with slight dissatisfaction.

Mura kept a straight face and said solemnly: "Azusa, I am the referee! You are not allowed to call me Grandpa."

"Uh... I almost forgot!"

Azusa scratched her head in embarrassment.

"Three Pokémon will be used, and only the challenger can substitute Pokémon," Mura continued.

"Huh? Is that so?"

"Didn’t I just teach you that yesterday?"

"That’s true, hahaha~~"

To ease the awkwardness, Azusa looked at May and asked: "May, you should know that too, right?"

"Of course, I have already obtained three Gym Badges!" May replied.

Mura rubbed his forehead and said: "Alright, the Gym Challenge starts now. Will both sides please send out their first Pokémon!"

"Mag, come on out!"

"Magcargo right off the bat? Alright, Beautifly, take the stage!"

Since starting her journey, May hadn’t captured any Water-type Pokémon, so challenging a Fire-type Gym was undoubtedly a huge test for her.

Fortunately, her Beautifly and Combusken were definitely at the Gym-level in terms of strength, so there was still a possibility of clearing it.

"A battle with type disadvantage; this fight is exceptionally difficult for May," Brock said.

Ash nodded: "The difficulty is indeed high, but it’s not impossible to win."

Magcargo had a complete type advantage over Beautifly, but Ash had used his ’money power’ to help May max out Beautifly’s move pool. The rest depended on May’s commands.

As long as the commands were fine, the probability of winning by overwhelming with moves was high.

"May, you go first!" Azusa said.

May said: "Alright, then I won’t be polite. Beautifly, use Stun Spore!"

"Mag, use Sandstorm."

Beautifly released a large amount of Stun Spore, enveloping Magcargo. Magcargo rotated its body to unleash a Sandstorm, wrapping itself up, and the high-speed rotating sand created an airflow that blew the Stun Spore into the sky.

"Very good, Mag, use Flamethrower!"

"Beautifly, use Quiver Dance to dodge!"

Magcargo spewed scorching flames at the Beautifly in mid-air. Beautifly danced in the air, not only dodging the attack but also boosting its Special Attack, Special Defense, and Speed.

"Mag, use Flamethrower continuously!"

With the type advantage, Azusa did not want to cede the initiative to May.

"Beautifly, dodge and then use Toxic!"

Magcargo turned into a Flamethrower turret, firing continuously at Beautifly. With the boost from Quiver Dance, Beautifly dodged the attacks and seized the moment when Magcargo couldn’t move to spit a mouthful of poison at it.

Magcargo got hit in the face with the poison and became poisoned.

Azusa frowned slightly, realizing she couldn’t drag this out. "Magcargo, use Stone Edge!"

"Beautifly, use Hidden Power!"

Magcargo condensed over a dozen sharp stone cones and attacked. Beautifly unleashed Hidden Power to counter the stone cones.

The two attacks collided in mid-air, canceling each other out and creating a large amount of smoke.

"Beautifly, now, use Venoshock!"

"Mag, use Light Screen!"

The poison Beautifly had just spat out was reduced by half the damage by a transparent wall before it could even touch Magcargo.

However, the move Venoshock doubles in power against poisoned opponents.

Even with the Light Screen, Magcargo still took significant damage.

"Mag, use Fire Blast!"

"Beautifly, use Protect!"

Facing Magcargo’s offensive, Beautifly erected a transparent barrier to Protect itself.

Boom!

After Fire Blast hit the barrier Beautifly had erected, a violent explosion occurred.

Beautifly avoided the damage, but Fire Blast afflicted it with a burn debuff.

"Beautifly, use Shadow Sneak!"

May didn’t care about anything else and launched a direct counterattack.

Beautifly released the move very quickly; neither Azusa nor Magcargo reacted in time, and the Shadow Sneak hit Magcargo.

Counting the damage from Shadow Sneak, Magcargo retired with honor.

"Magcargo is unable to battle," Mura said, raising his flag.

"Mag, rest well. Meg, it’s your turn to take the stage!"

Azusa sent out the unevolved Slugma.

May was not in a hurry to switch Pokémon.

[Pokémon: Slugma]

[Type: Fire]

[Gender: Female]

[Level: Excellent Advanced]

[Ability: Flame Body (Sometimes causes the opponent that makes contact to become burned.)]

[Potential: Elite]

[Moves: Yawn, Ember, Rock Throw...]

"Beautifly, use Morning Sun!"

Taking advantage of Slugma just coming out, Beautifly faced the sun to restore its HP. In less than ten seconds, Beautifly’s injuries were half recovered.

However, just after Morning Sun was finished, the burn status triggered, and the HP Beautifly had just recovered immediately dropped significantly.

Azusa seized the opportunity and shouted: "Meg, use Ember now!"

May’s reaction was fast enough: "Beautifly, dodge quickly!"

Just as the Ember spat by Slugma was about to hit, Beautifly descended rapidly and swerved to dodge.

Azusa said in surprise: "You’ve got some skills, May!"

"Ms. Azusa, your strength is also very strong, but I won’t lose. Return, Beautifly!"

May knew that if she continued to use Beautifly, she would likely be defeated before long.

"Aron, I’m counting on you!"

Since the battle at Mauville Gym, May’s Aron’s strength had reached a new level. Not only had its level reached Excellent Intermediate, but its potential at the current stage had also been mostly tapped into; it was just missing an opportunity to evolve into Lairon.

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