svetikya Chapter 286 The Whirlpool Tournament Ends
Chapter 286 The Whirlpool Tournament Ends
Chapter 286 The Whirlpool Tournament Ends
The six-day Vortex Tournament quickly came to its final round.
The arena was already packed with spectators, and Serena, along with Pikachu and Togepi, cheered for Ash and Misty from the stands.
"Finally, the triennial Whirlpool Tournament has come to an end, and the final match will be between Ash and Misty."
"What kind of performance will they bring to everyone!" The narrator's voice echoed throughout the venue.
Soon the players entered the arena, and Ash strolled leisurely onto the battlefield.
On the other side, Xiaoxia was full of fighting spirit, and her performance in this Whirlpool Tournament was better than she had expected.
"Ash, I'm in absolutely the best form right now, so watch out and don't lose to me!"
After she made it to the finals yesterday, the other contestants called to praise her.
However, the older sisters kept mentioning Xiaozhi's contributions, which made Xiaoxia a little unhappy.
"My efforts are also very important, okay!" Xiaoxia is determined to prove herself this time.
"Bring it on."
Seeing Xiaoxia's spirits rise, Xiaozhi also became very energetic.
When the referee waved the flag to announce the start of the match, the entire stadium fell silent instantly, and everyone stared intently at the game.
"I choose you, Squirtle!"
"Jenny, Jenny."
The final was a three-on-three singles battle, and Ash sent out Squirtle to lead the charge, as Squirtle hadn't appeared in a long time.
The reason Turtle was absent before was because Officer Jenny from the Dark City was finally sent by the Alliance.
Coincidentally, the newly appointed Officer Jenny in Dark City is the same Officer Jenny from the town where the Squirtle Fire Brigade used to be; she has been promoted.
Because of this connection, the Squirtle Fire Brigade was also sent to Dark City by the League to serve as the official fire brigade there.
The Squirtle Fire Brigade's morale had plummeted without their leader, and Ash's Squirtle couldn't bear to see it, so he voluntarily returned to Dark City to continue leading the Squirtles in the fire brigade.
So Torterra hasn't been with Ash for a while. For this Whirlpool Tournament finals, Ash specially brought it back from the Dark City.
When Xiaozhi took out Squirtle, Xiaoxia immediately showed a serious expression.
Squirtle was Ash's first Water-type Pokémon, and its strength is beyond doubt, which shows that Ash did not hold back because of their relationship.
Xiaoxia had to take this very seriously, so after thinking for a while, she took out her first Pokémon.
"Go, my precious Wartortle!"
This first battle was surprisingly between the previous and subsequent evolutions of the three starter Pokémon from the Kanto Water system.
"Wartorium, use the water gun!"
"Squirtle, we also use a water gun."
Two blue turtles used water guns at the same time, and the water jets collided violently between them, resulting in a continuous standoff.
But in the end, Ash's Squirtle Water Gun proved more powerful, slowly pushing the water gun towards the other side.
Wartortle tried its best, but still couldn't win.
As an evolved form, Wartortle should have an advantage over Squirtle in every aspect.
But Ash's Squirtle isn't an ordinary Squirtle; it's a turtle that's been deified and has made great contributions.
In other words, it has Ash's all-around attribute bonuses, and at the same time, it has undergone the same rigorous training as Pikachu.
Now, even its little turtle head is full of muscles!
Not to mention that during its time with the Squirtle Fire Brigade, it had already honed its water gun skills to perfection.
In the realm of water gun skills, Misty's Wartortle can't even come close to Ash's Squirtle.
Wartortle was completely overwhelmed, and Squirtle steadily advanced its water gun, neatly knocking it into the pool.
"Squirtle, use Rapid Spin!" Ash immediately pressed his advantage.
"Wartorium, get out of the way!"
Unfortunately, it was too late; Squirtle quickly jumped off the platform.
It retracts its limbs and head into its shell, then spins rapidly towards the Snapper turtle that has just surfaced.
Before Wartortle could react, it was blasted off the water and landed on the large platform in the center of the battlefield.
"Kami~" Kami the turtle struggled to get up on the platform, its shell facing down, and seemed to be in some pain.
"Wow, I didn't expect that Squirtle, an evolved form, would be completely overwhelmed by Ash's Squirtle. That Squirtle is really too strong."
"What should Xiaoxia do when she's at a disadvantage?"
"Xiaoxia, it seems your progress is still not enough." Xiaozhi smiled slightly at Xiaoxia, having won this round.
"Squirtle, finish with a Rocket Headbutt!"
With a high-speed spin, Squirtle flew from the water's surface into the air, quickly revealing its incredibly smooth and enormous head, and hurtled towards Wartortle, who was lying on the platform.
Although Xiaoxia looked nervous, she wasn't overly flustered; she simply clenched her hands and chose to trust her Pokémon.
"Stand up, Wartortle, now's the time!"
As Xiaoxia called out, Wartortle suddenly emitted a dazzling light.
"Evolution?" Ash was a little surprised.
However, Wartortle did experience quite a few battles with Misty during this time.
It's normal for an experiencer to reach a critical point and then trigger the power of evolution through their trainer.
In the light, Wartortle's body rapidly grew larger, and two cannon-like tubes grew out of its shell.
Following Xiaoxia's plan, Wartortle successfully evolved into Blastoise.
"Kamei!"
After evolving, Blastoise regained some of its strength and quickly rallied, deftly flipping over on the platform to narrowly avoid Squirtle's rocket headbutt.
What Ash didn't expect was that the Rocket Headbutt actually created a big crater where Blastoise had been standing, and Squirtle's little head got a bit stuck in the crater.
It waved its short arms trying to pull itself out, but the arms were too short to touch the ground.
Now Squirtle can only use its little feet to exert force, like pulling up a vine, struggling to wiggle its little head outwards.
"Such power! Luckily I dodged the rocket headbutt." Xiaoxia sighed with relief.
However, we still can't relax. Although Blastoise's defense has been greatly enhanced after its evolution, Ash's Squirtle's attack power and speed are still a great threat.
Especially that ridiculously powerful rocket headbutt.
During their previous trip, Xiaoxia often saw Xiaozhi waxing and polishing Squirtle's head, giving it meticulous care.
But why would it get so hard? That's so illogical!
All I can say is, that's the power of muscles.
"Blastoise, use Water Gun while the opponent is trapped!"
"Squirtle, retreat into your shell to defend yourself."
After evolving, Blastoise's attack speed increases significantly, and the two large tubes on its back quickly aim at Squirtle.
Two strong jets of water were launched, and although Squirtle's little head couldn't get out, its body could still move forward.
It immediately retracted the exposed part into its shell and was knocked away with a bang, but it did not suffer much damage.
The power of the water cannon actually helped Squirtle escape from the large pit on the platform.
"Alright, now's the time! Squirtle, use Headbutt again!"
"Blastoise, let's use Retract into your shell!"
Misty knew Blastoise couldn't dodge the rocket headbutt that Squirtle launched like a missile.
Now all we can do is pray that the enhanced defense from retracting into its shell will allow Blastoise to survive this attack.
Before the attack arrived, Blastoise quickly retracted into its shell, and the rocket headbutt slammed into its hard shell back.
The loud crash caused the surrounding waves to churn, and Squirtle leaped off Blastoise's shell and landed steadily on the platform.
"Jenny, Jenny."
The large tortoise shell remained motionless, and numerous cracks appeared on its base.
A moment later, the Blastoise poked its head out of its shell, but unfortunately, the shape of a mosquito coil had already appeared on its eyes.
Blastoise is unable to battle.
Unfortunately, even with the power of evolution, Blastoise was still unable to defeat Ash's Squirtle.
After all, this is Ash's veteran Pokémon, and it's not so easy to defeat.
"You did a great job, Blastoise, come back and rest."
Misty returned Blastoise to its Poké Ball, not expecting to defeat one of Ash's Pokémon in a single match.
Blastoise successfully exhausted a significant amount of Squirtle's energy, which is why it accomplished its mission admirably.
"It's up to you now, Poliwag!" Misty quickly sent out her second Pokémon.
As soon as the big green frog appeared, a dense rain of raindrops immediately fell on the ground.
"A rainy day—"
This weather effect is actually quite useful. Ash looked at the sky and thought he should probably catch a Pokémon that can bring rain.
However, rain isn't very useful in Water-type Pokémon mirror matches, since both sides benefit from the increased power of moves.
Just as Ash was wondering what Misty would do next, Misty suddenly gave an order.
"Mosquito Coil Frog King, use Blizzard!"
A fierce gust of cold wind blew from the bulging cheeks of the Mosquito Coil Frog King.
The cold air instantly froze the raindrops that had just fallen from the dark clouds into hard little ice crystals, which then attacked Squirtle with the strong wind.
This wide-ranging ice spike attack caught Squirtle off guard, and the small ice spikes made a crackling sound as they hit Squirtle's shell.
"That's very creative, Xiaoxia."
How could anyone think of using blizzards to freeze raindrops and artificially create hail weather?
This way you can control the hail so it doesn't hurt you, which is quite practical.
"How was that, Ash?" Misty said proudly. This unexpected battle style was something she had learned from Ash.
She once again had Poliwag blow the blizzard into the dark clouds above, and ice pellets fell from Squirtle's head again.
"Well done." Ash loves battles full of surprises. "Squirtle, use Rapid Spin to deflect all those ice spikes."
"Use the Venus Frog King's Belly Drum while it's still fresh!"
While Squirtle was distracted, Poliwag immediately pounded its belly with its paw, making a banging sound.
Its stamina was reduced by half in an instant, but its attack power was unleashed to the limit. Xiaoxia was determined to give it her all.
She wanted to ensure that the Mosquito Coil Frog King could deal enough damage in a single round of attack and defense.
"Mosquito Coil Frog King, use Mount Tai Slam!"
The Poliwag leaped swiftly from the platform and pounced on the still-spinning Squirtle with astonishing force.
After being enhanced with abdominal blotting, the Mosquito Coil Frog King's "Mount Tai Pressing Down" attack is indeed quite powerful.
But Ash wasn't about to sit idly by and let the attack hit him directly.
"Squirtle, hatch and get out of the way!"
The shattered ice shards also obstructed Poliwag's vision to some extent, and Squirtle quickly switched to high-speed spinning and used its shell-breaking technique.
It left a phantom image of a tortoise shell in its original position, and its real body quickly detached itself.
This smooth skill transition was honed by Squirtle and Ash using their signature combo move, the Mega Tortoise Throw, in their daily lives.
Like Mount Tai crashing down, the mosquito coil frog king landed heavily on the platform, shattering the small, circular platform.
"Popsicle King, keep pressing down like Mount Tai! Don't let Squirtle get away!" Misty shouted.
Poliwag has lost most of its stamina and can't withstand more than a few attacks from Squirtle. It needs to attack Squirtle quickly.
With its powerful jumping ability, Poliwag leaped out of the water and pounced on Squirtle again, this time unable to dodge.
"Squirtle, Rocket Headbutt!"
Then he decided not to hide anymore, and Ash also became interested in the power of Poliwag.
Squirtle's head collided violently with Poliwag's belly, creating a violent and unscientific explosion.
After the smoke cleared, both Pokémon fell to the ground from mid-air at the same time.
"Poliwrath and Squirtle are both unable to battle!"
"Well done, Poliwag!" Misty has finally achieved her goal of defeating one of Ash's Pokémon.
But Xiaoxia wouldn't give up on her next strategy at this point; she still wanted to try her best to achieve final victory.
After all, her goal is to become a Water-type Pokémon Master.
"Come on, Ash, this is my last one." Misty slapped Milotic, the strongest Pokémon she currently owned.
Ash sent out Xiong Er, which was also a sign of his respect for Xiaoxia.
The beautiful Milotic and the lazy, muscular bear appeared on the battlefield at the same time.
"Milotic, use Seduction!"
Misty knows Ash's Urshifu very well.
Naturally, Milotic was well-prepared; it had already learned powerful Fairy-type moves that were effective against it.
The sonic attack, seemingly capable of materializing, hurtled towards Xiong Er.
Xiong Er just covered his ears in pain and moved aside, still looking listless.
"Seriously, this guy is battling right now!" Ash shook his head helplessly.
Ash wasn't completely unprepared for Milotic's alluring charm; before the battle, he specifically had Xiong Er learn Thunder Punch.
They are truly a match made in heaven.
To motivate Xiong Er, Xiao Zhi took out a jar of honey and smashed it in front of Xiong Er.
"Oh?!" the muscular man said with a pang of sympathy.
"If you don't show some fighting spirit, all your other inventory will suffer the same fate!"
The devil's whisper caused Xiong Er's previously lazy expression to immediately turn serious, and it instantly mustered ten times its usual fighting spirit.
This match is a matter of life and death for it. (Seriously!)
Milotic, on the other hand, only wanted to fight with all its might, which led to a difference in fighting spirit.
Xiong Er sprinted across the battlefield, running on the water as if it were flat ground, his fists crackling with lightning as he charged forward against the sonic attacks from the other side.
In the end, Milotic was no match for Ursa and was defeated by its lightning punch.
[Ding! Congratulations on completing the side quest "Hero of the Sea": Please win the Whirlpool Islands Tournament!]
[Rewards: Alliance Coins +5000; Stamina +2; Attack +2; Free Attribute Points +3; Title: "Hero of the Sea"]
[Hero of the Sea: The power of water-based skills he receives is reduced by 10%; blessed by the sea, he can now walk on water (Naruto: Ah, isn't it normal for ninjas to be able to walk on water?)]
"The ultimate winner of the Whirlpool Tournament is Ash Ketchum!"
As the commentator finished speaking, the entire stadium erupted in cheers.
In the sunset after the finals, all the contestants boarded small boats and arrived at the seaside of Red Rock Island, where Priest Maya presented Ash with his award.
She placed the mysterious water droplet around Ash's neck, and the Whirlpool Tournament officially came to an end.
After the awards ceremony, Ash and his friends went to the nearby mountains one last time to take a final look at the battlefield.
Xiaoxia performed very well in this competition, but unfortunately she still lost to Xiaozhi in the end.
"I will work even harder, and I will definitely be the champion of the Whirlpool Tournament three years from now!" Xiaoxia vowed.
"Hmm~, I believe you." With that, Ash handed Misty two glowing pebbles.
"What is this?"
"This is your reward for all your hard work these past few days: a Mega Stone for Blastoise."
Ash had already bought this from the system shop; it was extremely expensive. Normally, Ash would never buy it unless it was a system reward. However, this time, the notoriously stingy Ash gritted his teeth and bought it for Misty.
"I have seen all your efforts, and I have said that I will always keep an eye on you."
As the sun set, Ash smiled gently.
"Is that so? Humph, I'm not happy at all!" Xiaoxia blushed and awkwardly accepted it.
[Ding! Xiaoxia: Affection +1]
Congratulations on completing the Legendary Quest Series: The Mermaid of Hualan (Nine): Raise Xiaoxia's Affection to 90.
【获得奖励：联盟币+5000：特攻+4：特防+4；自由属性点+5：宝石海星的Mega进化石+1】
[Ding! New Legendary Quest Series Triggered: The Mermaid of Hualan (10): Raise Xiaoxia's Affection to 100 (Xiaoxia's Affection will never decrease)]
【奖励：联盟币+10000；特攻+5；特防+5；自由属性点+6；暴鲤龙的Mega进化石+1】
Although the Whirlpool Tournament is over, Ash and his friends still have to go to Silver Rock Island again before they can leave the Whirlpool Islands for the sake of Whitey.
On the way to Silver Rock Island, Ash also asked White to dive down into the nearby waters from time to time to take a look.
They tried to find its mother, but unexpectedly, they soon didn't need to look anymore.
As soon as Ash and his friends arrived at the port of Silver Rock Island's largest city, they saw a silver-white figure slowly descending from the sky.
Its eyes gleamed red, and it wore a peculiar device around its neck.
At this moment, the sky was covered with dark clouds and a strong wind was howling.