Pokémon the Movie: The Journey of a Slate

Chapter 365: Aislo vs. Xiaozhi (9)

Regardless of the half-dead Wisdom in the audience, Xiaozhi on the field had already frowned slightly, "Is it just an illusion?"

But there was a shadow under the feet of the "Moon Eevee" just now... This means that the Zoroark that appeared on the field at this time may not be the real one.

Without too much time to think, Xiaozhi threw a punch, trying to find the opponent's weakness in the attack, "Infernape! Use Fire Vortex!"

Since you can't be sure where your opponent is, just hit all the places you can see.

"Ouch!"

Infernape clenched his fists and let out an angry roar towards the sky. Waves of scorching fire spread out in all directions with him as the center, and soon formed a huge fire tornado that covered the entire area. The Zoroark that had just appeared and started speaking also turned into smoke and disappeared in the flames.

Another phantom?

The Flame Monkey's pupils shrank and he looked around uneasily, but apart from the gradually dying flames, he didn't see anything suspicious.

But in the next moment, the slight vibration of the earth made Infernape leap up suddenly as if by reflex, and the next second after he jumped away, the ground which was flat just now quickly cracked, and a Zoroark broke out of the ground, but when he saw that his attack failed, he quickly drilled back and lost his trace.

"Dig a hole? When?" After a brief moment of surprise, Xiaozhi's eyes became sharp. He was ready to take a risk, "Inflame, aim at the hole and spray flames with maximum power!"

"Woo-ah!" The Flame Monkey opened its mouth towards the cave entrance without hesitation, and a violent torrent of flames poured into the cave.

"You didn't use Earthquake... Didn't you learn it?" Eslo nodded slightly as he looked at the ineffective Flame Monkey. Although he was a little confused as to why the previous bounce didn't cause the opponent's fierce fire, Eslok didn't intend to dwell on this issue. "In that case, Zoroark, attack!"

"Okay!"

Several voices came from all directions in response to Eslo, and at the same time the ground shook violently. Several holes exploded at the same time, and several Zoroark figures wrapped in rich ground energy emerged from different angles and pounced on Flame Monkey. Each figure exuded a terrifying aura, some were champion-level, some were king-level, and it was difficult to tell the real from the fake.

Seeing this, Xiaozhi immediately shouted, "Infernape, overheated!"

It was still a range attack. The Flame Monkey roared, and golden-white flames erupted, instantly engulfing several gray figures that pounced on him.

As an absolute ultimate move among fire-attribute skills, the scorching temperature almost instantly rushed in front of Eslo. The young man raised his hand slightly, and the light blue wave force surged out from his hand, turning into a shield to isolate the high temperature.

Xiaozhi just covered his face with his arms. Although he looked a little embarrassed, he didn't seem to be affected at all. The boy stared at the field, "Still gone? Where is his real body?"

At this moment, Xiaozhi suddenly noticed that Aislo's eyes seemed to always drift to a certain ground from time to time, and those phantoms seemed to be particularly numerous in a certain area...

While Xiaozhi was thinking, Aislo used the power of wave to ask the little fox on the field, "Zorua, how are you? Can you still hold on?"

Just as Denji judged in the initial battle, releasing such a realistic and physical phantom is a very physically demanding task. The reason why Eslo and Zoroark decided to use such a tactic is because the little guy hopes to withstand more pressure in this battle and break through his limits to the champion level. Only in this way will he have the possibility to appear in the subsequent battles between Eslo and Darko, Shirona and others.

You know, there are currently only five champion-level Pokémon in Eslo's team, namely Ma, Absol, Umbreon, Croaking and Bankiras. If Gengar does not leave the field, the final spot will undoubtedly be competed for among Zoroark, Magellan and Molbek.

Among them, Morbeko's strength is relatively weak, so the only one competing with Zoroark is Magna, who is also at the top of the King level. The little fox is unwilling to lose to this strong enemy that he unilaterally identified.

and so……

"No problem!" Zoroark, who had been a little wilted at first, straightened up instantly. His eyes became firm and the fatigue in his tone was replaced by excitement. He felt that he had already vaguely felt the feeling of being a champion.

Aislo lowered his eyes helplessly. This little guy's competitive spirit was sometimes heartbreaking and funny. [Okay, be careful, Xiaozhi's Infernape is not in a good state.]

That's indeed not right. After releasing a big move like Overheat, Inflammak should have fallen into a brief period of stiffness and suffered huge physical exhaustion. However, in the center of the venue, although Inflammak was gasping for breath, the flames on its head were burning hotter than before, and the light was more dazzling, as if something was accumulating.

The next moment, a pillar of fire emitting terrifying power shot up into the sky. The raging fire that had been accumulating for a long time suddenly erupted, shattering all the phantoms that had just appeared around it.

"Is this the different kind of fierce fire that Shinji mentioned?" Eslo's black pupils, which emitted a faint blue light, seemed to be dyed with a fiery red. "What a great momentum."

But he couldn't delay any longer. Zoroark's strength was rapidly draining away. The consumption of his mental energy by the phantom was terrifying. And since Infernape had already activated the Fiery State, it meant that his condition was very bad. He might as well launch an attack directly.

"Zorua, the final blow!"

The moment Ace finished speaking, Xiaozhi, who had been waiting for a long time, suddenly raised his head, "Now! Infernape, charge to the right rear with Flare!"

"What?" Eslo was subconsciously stunned for a moment. He didn't understand how Xiaozhi found the location of Zoroark's body, but the boy soon realized the reason why the little fox was exposed. At the same time, the rising momentum of Infernape due to the raging fire also affected his judgment to a certain extent. However, it was too late for the boy to remind him at this time.

"Ouch——!!"

A deafening roar tore through the air as golden-white flames suddenly burst out from Infernape's body and completely enveloped him. He ignored the phantom of Zoroark that pounced in front of him, and his speed was so fast that it even left a trail of flame afterimage on the spot.

The moment Zoroark showed up, Infernape's Flash Flame Charge, which had condensed all its strength, slammed into Zoroark with the power to burn mountains and boil seas.

Boom——

A horrifying roar was heard, and a huge crater several meters in diameter was instantly blown out on the ground as if it had been hit by a meteorite. Infernape's body wrapped in flames smashed into the unsuspecting Zoroark like a sledgehammer.

"Whoa-!"

Zoroark wailed and flew backwards. The phantom on his body dissipated and he turned back into his original Zoroark. Large patches of his originally beautiful grey hair were charred and curled, and there was an obvious burn scar on his chest that was shocking.

"Zorua!" Eslo looked worried, and with a flash of red light, Mamaura also appeared beside the boy.

"Mamon..." Mamon stared at Zoroark lying on the field and wanted to step forward.

"Oooh..." A painful whimper came from Zoroark's throat, his consciousness floating in pain and dizziness.

Was he going to lose? Just like that... he fell? A long-lost feeling of powerlessness surged into Zoroark's heart. He even suspected that Infernape had mixed into the close combat during the Flash Charge just now.

In his hazy consciousness, he vaguely saw Aislo's worried eyes and Ma'la's figure trying to move forward.

No! Absolutely not possible! Quota, quota!

Zoroya couldn't accept falling down in front of the boy's expectant gaze and that icy-faced man!

An extremely strong feeling of unwillingness, anger and desire for power erupted like volcanic magma deep within the little fox's body that was on the verge of breaking. This will instantly broke through some invisible shackles, and the energy in his body that was originally disordered due to the serious injury began to run wildly in a way beyond the limit under the force of this will!

hum-

Driven by an unknown force, Zoroark stumbled to his feet. An invisible, heart-pounding pressure suddenly spread out from him. His dull grey hair moved without wind, emitting a layer of dark and deep luster.

"This is... the champion!" Aislo instantly caught the breath of qualitative change, and looked at Mamaila. Both of them saw the joy in each other's eyes.

Xiaozhi and Infernape's faces changed at the same time after they sensed this completely different aura.

"Woo...Ah——!" Zoroark raised his head suddenly, his blue eyes were surprisingly bright at this moment, and without any warning, he opened his mouth towards the Infernape who was in a state of temporary exhaustion and was nearby.

No sound was made, but the entire world in front of Infernape was instantly swallowed up by pure darkness. It was not a deprivation of vision, but a consciousness that was forcibly dragged into a nightmare of endless pain.

"Woo?!" Flamehorn's body stiffened instantly, and its pupils lost focus.

"Infernape! Wake up!" Satoshi was extremely anxious when he realized something was wrong, but his cries fell on deaf ears and received no response.

Zoroark did not stop. He raised his claws slightly, aimed at Infernape's defenseless waist and delivered a heavy blow.

boom……

Infernape flew backwards, fell heavily to the ground, and lost consciousness.

"Infernape!" Xiaozhi exclaimed.

After completing the final blow, Zoroark stumbled and turned into Zoroark. The little guy turned around slightly and looked at the boy who was running towards him, "Luo... I won~"

Aisiluo carefully held the little fox in his arms and stroked his burnt hair with heartache, "Well... you did a really great job..."

"Hehe~" Zoroa buried his head in the boy's arms, while not forgetting to make a face to Mamaura.

Mamaura just smiled and didn't seem to care.

The referee was stunned for two seconds before suddenly raising the flag and speaking in a shocking voice: "Li, Infernape has lost its ability to fight! Zoroark wins!"