Pokémon, Ash is going to become a perfect man from now on.

That said, suddenly sending out two unevolved juveniles in the finals could easily lead to audience backlash and demanding refunds.

However, Ash and Sabrina obviously don't need to have this concern.

They've already shown us with that battle that you can choose not to evolve, but you can't be truly bad.

Battles between baby Pokémon aren't necessarily just a bunch of weaklings pecking at each other, going back and forth with Tackle, Scratch, Quick Attack, and Spark.

They can attack from a distance, fight in close combat, strengthen themselves, and even counterattack. In this process, in addition to the power of the Pokémon, the skills of the trainer are also reflected.

"Chimchar, pay attention to your opponent's movements and use Flamethrower to help you jump!"

"Waaaah!" The little fire monkey began to hold its breath and concentrate. When it noticed the slight tremor under its feet, it immediately lowered its head and spewed out a powerful flame downwards, while using the reaction force to leap backwards!

"Eevee, hold on! Use Imitation to defend!" Sabrina reacted quickly, immediately commanding her partner to use Imitation to release flames to defend themselves as Eevee burst out of the ground.

While it couldn't completely block Chimchar's flames enhanced by the conspiracy, it did manage to reduce some of the damage.

"As expected, they are very difficult to deal with..." After only a few rounds of the duel, Natsu already felt that they were extremely troublesome.

Dig is usually a good counter to Chimchar, but Ash took advantage of Eevee's Dig to boost his stats, which made Sabrina afraid to let Eevee linger underground.

However, if we attack hastily like we did just now, it would be easy for the sharp-eared and sharp-eyed Little Fire Monkey to spot our weakness.

"In that case, let's show our true strength!" Sabrina's eyes narrowed. "Eevee, use your full power with Treasure!"

"Boohoo!" Eevee let out a resolute cry, gathering all its strength to forcefully slam a shining golden star into Chimchar!

The "treasured" move is a final offensive that can only be launched after all other special moves have been used.

In particular, if a trainer has Eevee's signature Z-Move, then the treasure will change from a powerful move with power comparable to an ultimate battle move to the most powerful status move, Rainbow Ascendance!

"Wow, that's amazing! You've even mastered such a powerful move." Ash nodded in approval. "Chimchar, let's use some fun moves too! Next, we'll get the help of our teammates... with Felyne's Paw!"

"Wow!" Facing the rapidly approaching, dazzling golden star, Chimchar raised its palm and pushed out with all its might, releasing a brilliant beam of light out of thin air that pierced through Eevee's final attack!

"It's actually the glow of an electric cannon?"

Sabrina's expression turned serious, quite surprised by Charmander's quick thinking.

Meanwhile, in the stands, Xiaoyao also had a stunned expression on her face.

"Little Chimchar can actually use Cat Hands?"

She was very familiar with this move; her Skitty was very good at it and had even made an unexpected performance in a Grand Contest.

"This is a genetic skill, which is a very important topic in Pokémon breeding." As a veteran breeder, Nanami explained to May, "Ash's Chimchar was obtained from the Yamanashi Research Institute and was originally intended to be a starter Pokémon for a newcomer... These starter Pokémon sometimes inherit special moves due to human intervention."

The training of starter Pokémon by various leagues is never static. Official researchers and breeders constantly intervene in a targeted manner to obtain individuals with increasingly better qualities and more stable conditions.

Therefore, during this process, the starter Pokémon do not necessarily have to be bred from the same species, as long as the egg population is the same.

In fact, it is only under such artificial intervention that some special and useful genetic skills can be obtained.

If it's a purely wild Pokémon that lives alone, it might have the opportunity to come into contact with other species. But if it lives in a group with its own kind, it basically won't inherit any good moves.

Of course, everything has two sides. Wild Pokémon may not be as particular about breeding, but it is easier to find hidden abilities among them, and the chance of getting shiny Pokémon is also greater.

After all, if they are artificially bred, special individuals cannot be distributed to ordinary trainers; this is the norm in any league.

Are you hoping that a novice Professor or Nurse Joy will give you a starter Pokémon with a hidden ability?

So your family might have shares in the league.

The battle in the arena continued. Since Chimchar destroyed her treasure with Cat Hand, Sabrina's composure has been a bit off.

However, she did not choose to replace him, and calmly directed Ibrahimovic to deal with various situations.

Ash understood what she meant, so he signaled Chimchar to continue applying pressure, wanting to see just how far Eevee could go.

Another scheming buff; even with its STAB move Treasure, Eevee was completely unable to resist Flamethrower's attack.

As its fur was singed black, Chimchar rushed forward and slammed its Power Punch into its opponent!

"Wow!" The little fire monkey was getting more and more courageous in the battle, and it was showing its dual-sword ability to the extreme!

On the other hand, Ibrahimovic's injuries were getting worse, and he was already swaying and panting on the spot.

"Eevee, can we continue?" Sabrina asked with concern, her voice tinged with encouragement. "Actually, getting this far is already quite an achievement..."

"Beep... Eevee!" Eevee stubbornly shook its head. In order to repay its trainer, it squeezed out its last bit of energy and transformed it into explosive potential!

hum!

Shining with light, Eevee's body gradually grew larger, its originally fluffy tail became long and forked, and its whole body was covered with light purple fur like velvet, making its overall appearance resemble a mysterious and elegant spirit cat.

One of the branched evolutions, the Psychic-type Espeon!

"It's really pretty..." Looking at the Espeon constantly wagging its tail in the arena, and then at Sabrina behind it... Ash wouldn't admit that he was thinking of a certain set of pajamas.

At the same time, he could also see that after barely completing the evolution, the Espeon's stamina had not recovered, but was already at its limit!

"Thank you... Espeon! This is the final blow, use Shadow Ball with all your might!" Sabrina knew her partner's condition, and signaled Espeon to launch the final attack!

"Eve!" Dark Ghost-type energy coalesced, and a shadow ball, even larger than before, suddenly shot out—this was Espeon's full power!

"Chimchar, use Cat Paw!" In the final battle, Ash, confident of victory, gambled on his teammate's support. Suddenly, Chimchar slammed his fist into the ground, and a series of stone pillars rose up.

The whistling shadow ball repeatedly smashed the stone blades, but ultimately failed to reach Chimchar's body.

Meanwhile, the little fire monkey, under the cover of the stone pillar, launched its final charge!

"Wow!" Without thinking, it picked up a thin, long stone fragment from the ground. But when it was halfway there, it found that it was actually quite easy to swing around.

So the little fire monkey went wild, leaping and bounding forward while waving the stone stick in its hand, creating a series of afterimages.

The opposing Sun Elf was already dizzy and disoriented. Once it got close, it couldn't dodge the attack at all. In the end, it was struck in the chest by the stone stick and collapsed helplessly on the field.

"Waaaaah, waaaaah~" With a triumphant start, the little fire monkey flung the stone stick behind him and jumped and bounced around happily.

"Heh, that monkey stick trick is pretty good." Xiao Zhi paused for a moment, and a strange smile appeared on his face.

That was quite a coincidence, I suppose, but it's something we could explore in the future.

Chapter 847 Halftime: Sinnoh, Unova, Hoenn

"Sun Elf, you've worked hard. Now you can rest well."

Sabrina didn't seem discouraged; she probably had expected this outcome, after all... her opponent was Ash.

"I'm counting on you from now on, Raichu!"

"Chimchar, well done, come back now." Seeing Sabrina send out an Alolan Raichu, Ash also made a substitution, "Claydol, you'll take over for the second match!"

Alolan Raichu is quite effective against Unova's Golem and Electric/Psychic against Garchomp.

This was actually something Xiaozhi did intentionally.

Given Sabrina's personality, she would never agree to Ash holding back in battle.

However, Ash can't just send out his main force to give Sabrina a six-man sweep like he did in his signature battles, because that would leave the psychic girl with no battle experience.

She might get annoyed or upset then... and if she's upset during the daytime battles, Ash will be in trouble when they battle again at night.

Therefore, Ash could only refer to Sabrina's lineup and carefully select a team of handheld characters to ensure that he could suppress Sabrina on the field and allow her to play smoothly and enjoyably.

Moreover, the simultaneous appearance of these six animals together holds special significance for Ash.

Sabrina once used a sleigh to fight against the Clay Doll Titan, and ultimately lost.

In this encounter, she had clearly devised some strategies. At the start, she had Arale use mental interference to envelop herself, flying in the air on her tail, while simultaneously beginning to schemingly strengthen herself.

The opponent is a Ground-type monster. Activating Electric Terrain and Surf Tail is a bit of a waste of a move slot.

Fortunately, Raichu is much faster than Claydol, so Sabrina's plan for this round is to go all out and play a pure turret-style game.

However... levitation to dodge ground skills and gaining immunity to ground-based attacks are ultimately two different things.

"Clay Giant, Rock Cutter! 100,000 horsepower!"

At Ash's command, the Golem immediately used the polished rock to increase its speed, while retracting its lower body and transforming into a high-speed thruster to soar into the sky!

"Raichu, land quickly and take cover!"

Bang!

After one rock cut, Alare almost lost its speed advantage and was quickly caught up and shot down in mid-air.

"Press your advantage and use Shadow Fist!"

"Use mental interference to deflect it!"

This is how Sabrina dealt with the Claydol's Infinite Shadow Fist: by plotting to increase the strength of her psychic powers, Raichu was barely able to block the Claydol's attacks...

The premise is that the clay giant didn't crash into it himself!

"Keep using 100,000 horsepower!"

"Raichu, use Knock Off with all your might!"

Boom! !

Dust billowed up on the field as the Claydol slammed down with a swooping motion, while Raichu fearlessly swung its long tail upwards!

The head-on collision produced a loud roar, and Arale's body was involuntarily sent flying backward, while the Claydol was also hit by the enhanced Dark-type move and trembled all over.

The large diaper that was once used to seal the curse mark on the chest of the clay giant also quietly fell down due to the effect of being slapped!