Elf: I Am a Farmer

Chapter 98 Martial Arts Dojo Challenge

"Oh, you've already finished shopping!"

After Chiba Kaede entered the Pokémon Center, he discovered that Ishikawa Shizuru and the others had already arrived before him. ♨♜ 6➈𝔰卄Ǘ𝐱.匚Ｏ爪💝♔

"Xiao Feng, why have you been wandering around for so long? This town isn't very big, we finished exploring it a long time ago!"

Ishibashi asked with some confusion.

"Oh, I even took a walk around the beach before coming back. I just saw Mr. Fujiki, the gym leader, surfing at the beach!"

Chiba Kaede walked to the seats in front of them, sat down, and then spoke.

"Really? I should have gone with you! I know Mr. Fujiki is a surfing genius!"

When Shizuru Ishikawa heard that Kaede Chiba was fortunate enough to see Fujiki Surfing, he couldn't help but say enviously.

"It's alright, we'll be staying on this island for several more days. Master Fujiki probably goes surfing often, so you'll definitely have a chance to meet him."

Seeing Ishikawa Shizuru looking like a fangirl, Chiba Kaede couldn't help but comfort her.

Time flew by as the group chatted, and it was already afternoon.

"Let's go, it's time to head to the martial arts dojo!"

Chiba Kaede checked the time and then said.

Before long, the group arrived at the martial arts gym. They were greeted by the same fighting boy from the morning. They followed him to a battle arena, where the gym leader, Fujiki, was already waiting for them.

"It's nice to meet you again, Master Fujiki!"

Chiba Kaede was the first to greet them.

"Yes, it's nice to see you again. I know three of you are going to challenge the martial arts dojo. Have you decided on the order of the challenges yet?"

Fujiki first exchanged pleasantries with Chiba Kaede, then inquired. ✋♣ ❻9𝓢ʰυˣ.¢Ⓞ𝔪 🐠👣

"My name is Chiba Kaede, and I come from Chunhua Town. I will be the first to take on the challenge."

Chiba Kaede replied.

At noon, they had already agreed on the order of the challenges: the strongest, Chiba Kaede, would challenge first, so that the other two could take the opportunity to observe the strength of the Vine Tree's spirit.

"Let's begin!"

Seeing this, Fujiki did not hesitate and immediately told the referee to start the match.

"Now, Chiba Maple from Spring Blossom Town will challenge the Martial Arts Gym for a 2V2 battle. The battle will begin now. Gym Leaders are not allowed to change their Pokémon during this period, but Challengers may make changes."

The referee then blew the whistle to start the game.

The two released their Pokémon almost at the same time. Surprisingly, their first Pokémon was Machop. However, Chiba's Machop was somewhat eye-catching, since it was missing its very important right hand.

Fujiki glanced at Chiba Kaede's arm strength, but after seeing the fighting spirit revealed in the other's eyes, he didn't say anything more. Arm strength with such high fighting spirit didn't need his pity.

Without any orders from either trainer, their arm strikes were already aimed at their opponent.

Fujiki's wrist strength and body were very agile, and Chiba Kaede knew that this agility was something it had developed while surfing.

However, its own wrist strength is not to be underestimated. Through long-term training with formidable opponents like Heracross, its physical resilience has been greatly improved, and its punching power is also astonishing.

Chiba Kaede felt that the two sides' wrist strength was at opposite ends in terms of training. However, on the surface, it was his wrist strength that was at a disadvantage, as his attacks were easily dodged by his opponent, while he himself suffered a lot of attacks from his opponent.

Even though he was temporarily at a disadvantage, Chiba Kaede's wrist strength showed no signs of waning. He continued to throw punch after punch, giving the impression that she could overcome any technique with sheer force.

While the vine's wrist strength allows it to actively dodge attacks, this dodging also consumes a lot of its stamina.

As time went on, its dodging speed slowed down, and eventually it was a step too slow during one of its dodges. Chiba Kaede seized the opportunity with his wrist strength and struck its chest with a powerful tile-splitting blow.

"Wrist strength, are you alright?!"

Seeing that his wrist had been struck and he was retreating backward with a pained expression, Fujiki asked worriedly.

"wrist!"

Despite being severely injured, Machop still managed to call out to his trainer, indicating that he could continue battling.

Unfortunately, Fujiki's arm strength ultimately lost out to sheer power. Chiba Kaede's arm strength used a freezing punch to take away his last bit of strength, and he finally collapsed to the ground, unable to fight.

"Machop is unable to battle. Gym Leader, please release your next Pokémon!"

After checking the wrist strength, the referee made his decision.

"Go forth, Iron Palm Warrior!"

After retracting his wrist, Tengshu released his old partner.

"Arm wrestling, do you want to continue?"

Chiba Kaede looked at the badly injured wrist and asked.

Although Chiba Kaede defeated Fujiki's arm strength, her arm strength was also significantly damaged. However, in her mind, there was no such thing as backing down. Unless she lost her ability to fight, she would continue to fight.

"Iron Palm Warrior, unleash a powerful push!"

Seeing that Chiba Kaede refused to change her spirit, Tengshu gave an order to Iron Palm Warrior.

As a representative of strength even greater than wrist strength, every step the Iron Palm Warrior takes forward causes the floor to tremble.

"Arm Power! Let's go in and use Brick Break!"

Knowing his own arm's fighting style, Chiba Kaede let it charge straight in.

"Bang, bang!"

This was the sound of a wrist-strength warrior colliding with an iron-palm warrior. It was not afraid of the opponent's size and directly used the tile-breaking skill to take the opponent's fierce push attack head-on.

At this moment, the people sitting in the audience were also watching with great excitement, especially Kosuke Kinouchi, who was also a trainer with this kind of rough and tough style. He didn't use any fancy moves when battling Pokémon; he just relied on his strength to fight head-on.

Of course, from the perspective of Shizuru Ishikawa, a Coordinator, she felt that Kaede Chiba had become a bit too complacent, actually letting the already seriously injured Wrist Force clash head-on with the in-form Iron Palm Force.

If she were in command, she would definitely employ hit-and-run tactics against a monster like Iron Palm Warrior, then seize opportunities to exploit its weaknesses.

Goichi Ishibashi was looking for weaknesses in the command of Gym Leader Fujiki in order to gain an advantage in the subsequent battles and have a greater chance of winning.

In the end, when Wanli used all his strength to strike the Iron Palm Warrior in the abdomen with a tile-splitting blow, the Iron Palm Warrior seized the opportunity and sent him flying with a powerful strike, ultimately losing his ability to fight.

However, the Iron Palm Warrior who defeated the Arm Wrestler was not unscathed. Judging from its somewhat disordered breathing, its condition was not very good.

"Go, Heracross!"

Chiba Kaede sent out his second Pokémon.

For some reason, Chiba Kaede feels that he has recently enjoyed having Machop and Heracross fight. Could it be that he has this kind of reckless personality?

No, no, that must be an illusion. Chiba Kaede thinks he is an elegant Pokémon trainer, and feels like he could participate in a grand contest!

With some mixed feelings, Heracross had already engaged in combat with Iron Fist Warrior.

Although the fighting style is somewhat similar to before, the situation is completely opposite.

Just now, the arm wrestler was being beaten back and forth, but now it's the Iron Palm Warrior who is completely at a disadvantage in the wrestling match with Heracross, and is being beaten so badly that he can't keep up.

"Iron Palm Warrior, have you forgotten what it feels like to surf?"

Seeing that the Iron Palm Warrior was completely caught up in the opponent's fighting rhythm, Fujiki quickly reminded him.

After being reminded by his trainer, Iron Claw suddenly realized what was going on and began to dodge Heracross's attacks by anticipating their direction, just like Machop had done before, instead of taking the attacks head-on.

It must be said that this technique can be very effective in battles between players of the same level, but if the difference in strength between the two sides is too great, it can only delay the time of defeat.

"Heracross, Swallow Return!"

Seeing that the time was almost right, Chiba Kaede didn't want to get entangled with Iron Palm Warrior any longer, so he directly had Heracross use the flying attribute Swallow Return skill.

With the speed of the Swallow Return skill, even the Iron Palm Warrior's skill was completely unable to dodge it. A white light flashed, and Heracross appeared behind it.

"Iron Palm Warrior is incapacitated; challenger Chiba Kaede wins."

As the Iron Palm Warrior's massive body crashed to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust, it signaled the end of the match.

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