I caught a Pokémon

Perhaps because this is a seaside city, and considering that many trainers own Water-type Pokémon, the open-air battle arena here has a simple swimming pool to serve as an underwater arena!

Standing outside the arena, the three looked around and saw that, apart from them, there were only two children battling in the most distant ordinary arena. Moreover, it seemed that they were not trainers, but just children from the surrounding area who had come to play!

This is simply the biggest difference between Contest Trainers and regular Contest Trainers.

If it were a Pokémon tournament, with so many people gathered at the same Pokémon Center, not only would these open-air battlegrounds be completely full, but the surrounding open spaces would probably be packed with people battling.

If dozens of Pokémon weren't brought into the clinic every day, it wouldn't be lively at all!

Who would have thought that now, the trainers in the Grand Contest are all quietly doing their own thing. Even if someone wants to practice, they will do it like May, secretly finding a corner where no one can see them, afraid that others will see their secrets!

The two children were engrossed in their fight and didn't notice the arrival of Xia You and the others. Xia You, however, glanced at them with interest.

The two boys, one commanding a coyote and the other commanding a snake-patterned bear.

Perhaps their understanding was not mature enough, or perhaps the Pokémon were too weak; the battle between the two Pokémon consisted of nothing more than collisions, shouts, and tail wagging...

Despite this, the two were exchanging barbs and seemed to be having a great time fighting!

What a wonderful childhood...

Shaking her head, Xia You withdrew her gaze and went to the Trainer Command Area on the other side of the Water Field, where she stood opposite Ash.

"Huh?" Ash was taken aback. "Are we going to have a water battle this time?"

Xia You nodded: "I caught a Water-type Pokémon before, but I haven't had a good chance to use it. Now it's a good opportunity to practice."

"No problem, let's have a water battle then." Hearing this, Ash nodded and came to the Trainer Command Area. He then rubbed his nose and laughed, "Hehe, Xia You-ge, bring it on! I'm ready!!"

Under Ash's watchful eye, Xia You took out a Poké Ball from his waist pouch and tossed it gently. Instantly, a yellowish-brown, rather ugly-looking fish Pokémon swam into the pool.

Chapter 634 Xiao Zhi: That's it?

Needless to say, Xia You's Water-type Pokémon is the Feebas he recently caught.

As for Ash, having only recently set foot on this continent, he is still somewhat unfamiliar with the Pokémon of the Hoenn region; in fact, he has not yet seen most of them.

What kind of Pokémon is this?

Upon seeing this unusually ugly, yellowish-brown fish Pokémon with thick lips, Ash naturally took out his Pokédex to scan it, as it was the first time he had encountered it.

After the Pokédex was completed, he obtained some basic information about Feebas.

"Feebas?" Ash put away his Pokédex and nodded knowingly. "It doesn't look very strong. I'm quite surprised that you caught such a Pokémon, Xia You. But since that's the case, I'll use this Pokémon then!"

As he took out a Poké Ball and threw it forward with force, a Garchomp appeared in the pool after a flash of blue light.

Although Xia You had never fought against the Lobster Soldier before, he had dealt with its evolved form, the Iron Claw Lobster, especially the Iron Claw Lobster from Team Aqua. He had defeated countless of them and was quite familiar with them.

As the primary form of the iron claw lobster, the lobster soldier looks more like a crayfish. It has an orange shell, a white abdomen, three pointed protrusions on its head, and two large pincers. Its beady eyes make it look a bit silly.

It is said that this Pokémon is energetic no matter where it is. It can adapt to any environment, is not picky about food, so it can eat anything. It also has strong vitality. Even in very dirty rivers, its numbers will continue to increase. And because of its strong vitality, its numbers will continue to grow. It can also stay in murky, smelly ditches like Feebas. It uses its sharp pincers to catch its prey. Once its prey is caught by its large pincers, it will never let go no matter what happens.

In the arena, two Water-type Pokémon swam around the pool a few times.

However, unlike Xia You's Feebas, which went to its half of the pool to prepare for battle after warming up, Ash's Garchomp swam around a few times and then sank to the bottom of the pool!

"Hey! Lobster Soldier, what are you doing!?"

Ash was slightly embarrassed and quickly called the Shrimp back to his own half of the map.

He scratched his cheek somewhat awkwardly and forced a smile, "...Sorry...I only subdued it not long ago. Today is its first time participating in such a battle, and there are some rules it doesn't quite understand yet."

"This is already pretty good." Xia You waved her hand dismissively and told him about the helplessness she had encountered before. "You don't know, when my Feebas was first released after I captured it, it couldn't understand anything. It just kept swimming around on its own, as stupid as Magikarp. I put in a lot of effort to train it to be like this now."

Sure enough, as soon as Xia You spoke, Xiao Zhi's embarrassment immediately lessened.

He let out a long sigh and couldn't help but ask, "Brother Xia You, how many Pokémon did you catch after you arrived in Hoenn?"

"With Combusken, Feebas, and a Beldum, we caught a total of three Hoenn Pokémon."

"Only three?"

Ash did some mental calculations. Apart from Pikachu, since arriving in Hoenn, he had only obtained two badges, but he had already caught three Pokémon: Taillow, Treecko, and Gryphon, a number comparable to Xia You's.

Despite having several extra days, it seems the gap hasn't widened as much as I expected.

The only difference is that he has one less badge than Xia You...

Just as she was thinking this, Xia You suddenly drew out her words and said in a relieved tone, "However... besides these three Pokémon, I also caught one that is both impressive and extremely troublesome, which can be considered an unexpected surprise."

"That guy who's both impressive and quite troubling?" Ash was taken aback and quickly asked, "Did he catch another legendary Pokémon?"

To be honest, how could Ash not be envious of Xia You having so many legendary Pokémon!

But this was just envy, not jealousy. Now that Xia You mentioned some 'memorable and troublesome guy' again, the first thing that came to mind was that Xia You had captured some legendary Pokémon again!

"Of course not." Xia You shook her head. "Please, how easy is it to encounter legendary Pokémon? How could you catch them so easily? Okay, even though I've caught several before, I haven't encountered any since arriving in Hoenn. Alright, just guess carefully. It's the one you've encountered many times during your journey, and it's definitely one that left a deep impression on you!"

As he spoke, he turned to Xiao Gang and said with a smile, "You know him too, so come and guess with me."

Xiao Gang's eyes widened slightly: "Eh? I know him too?"

What could it be?

Ash and Brock frowned and racked their brains, but after traveling through two regions and seeing and hearing so much along the way, they couldn't remember any Pokémon that would give them such an impression.

After thinking for a long time, Xiao Zhi was still completely confused and couldn't help but urge, "What is it? Brother Xia You, just tell me already, or stop keeping me in suspense!"

"Can't you guess it yet?" Xia You smiled helplessly, but simply said, "Then I'll tell you after this battle. For now, let's keep the suspense going for a while!"

Hearing Xia You say that, Xiao Zhi was itching to try it out, but seeing that Xia You didn't say anything, he could only suppress his curiosity and refocus his attention on the battlefield.

The two Pokémon were ready, and the match officially began with Brock acting as the referee's signal!

Ash was completely focused on this informal battle, bringing out the same spirit he had when he fought in the League. It could be said that he was in full swing from the moment the battle began.

But as the fight went on, he realized something was wrong.

This wasn't because the pufferfish was too strong. On the contrary, after a few rounds of fighting, he was surprised to find that the pufferfish only knew simple moves like jumping and ramming!

Even compared to his lobster soldiers, the Feebas's attack methods can almost be described as scarce!

"What the hell..." Ash deflated like a punctured balloon, his eyes instantly losing their luster. He muttered, "And all that anticipation for this battle? Is this it?"

Chapter 635 I fell for the same trick twice!

As expected, Feebas was defeated in the battle against the Lobster Soldier.

Although he won, Ash showed no joy on his face; instead, he seemed to have been tricked.

In this battle, although Feebas dodged many attacks thanks to its natural agility as a fish Pokémon and successfully hit Garchomp several times with Tackle, it was quickly defeated by Garchomp's two large pincers.

Because the process was relatively uneventful, Ash didn't feel much joy even after winning; instead, he felt a slight sense of disappointment.

This is completely different from the battle he had anticipated!

"Xia You, your Ugly Fish is so weak, it's not challenging at all! This isn't like you at all!"

Ash grumbled in dissatisfaction. What he said made sense. In his impression, Xia You's Pokémon were all very powerful. He had to exert a lot of effort to defeat one of them by luck. Compared with those Pokémon, this Feebas was really not worth mentioning.

"My style?" In contrast to him, Xia You was quite calm and laughed, "What's so strange about that? After all, every Pokémon grows from a weak stage. Don't look at it like this now, but maybe when you meet it again, it will surprise you."

After hearing what Xia You said, Xiao Zhi thought about it and realized that all Pokémon go through such growth stages, so he wasn't so concerned anymore, and his mood brightened considerably.

Besides, no matter what, he did defeat Xia You's Pokémon, a feat that most people cannot achieve!

only……

Despite trying to comfort myself in this way, the sense of loss lingered.

Seeing his expression, Xia You smiled slightly: "Since you weren't satisfied with the battle just now, how about I fight you again?"

Upon hearing that Xia You was actually willing to fight him, Xiao Zhi's eyes immediately lit up, and he nodded hastily: "Alright! Bring it on! This time I'm really going to get serious!"

Seeing that he had become spirited again, Xia You did not immediately take out a second Poké Ball, but pointed to the empty space next to her: "Then let's change the location. My second Pokémon is not a water-type, so I don't need this pond."

Xiao Zhi naturally had no objections. In fact, seeing Xia You's serious demeanor, he was filled with anticipation for the upcoming second battle!

Now that we've changed to a different venue, Xia You won't use that ugly fish again, right?

With that thought in mind, Ash went to the ordinary field next to him and stood on the trainer command area on both sides, just like Xia You.

Under his expectant gaze, Xia You calmly took out a second Poké Ball from her waist pouch.

As Xia You threw the Poké Ball, after a flash of blue light, a Pokémon floating in mid-air, resembling a stone gauntlet, appeared in front of him!

what is this?

Ash's eyes lit up. Faced with this Pokémon, which he was also seeing for the first time, he couldn't wait to take out his Pokédex.

The Pokédex quickly relayed the information, and Ash learned that this peculiar Pokémon was a Steel/Psychic-type Pokémon called Beldum.

Does Steel have superpowers?

Xiao Zhi nodded.

In his mind, psychic Pokémon often possess great strength, and with the addition of the Steel type, it can attack from afar and defend up close. It seems that this Iron Dumbbell must be quite extraordinary!

This also filled him with anticipation for the second battle!

However, this good feeling only lasted until he started playing with the iron dumbbells.

For this battle, he specially released Treecko, which he had recently caught. Although Treecko's Grass-type is somewhat disadvantageous against Beldum's Steel-type, it is not a problem for him at all!

But once the battle began, he realized that something was wrong.

Although this iron dumbbell is floating in mid-air and looks quite formidable, why does it only seem to attack by ramming, no matter how it flips over?

It's even worse than the clownfish from before!

Not only did it fail to utilize its attribute advantage, but even its attacks were mostly blocked or dodged by Treecko because the field was too open and the attacks were straightforward!

Could it be...?

With a frown, Ash was about to ask Xia You why this Iron Dumbbell seemed so weak, but before he could speak, Treecko in the arena had already defeated Iron Dumbbell!

Now, even if Ash is slow on the uptake, he understands what's going on!

"Fine!" He jumped up high in anger, waving his arms wildly like a child. "You tricked me again!! This isn't what I expected at all!!!"

"Hahahaha!" Seeing his reaction, Xia You laughed out loud without any sense of decency. "What do you mean I tricked you? I only said I wanted to fight you again, I didn't say I was going to send any Pokémon. You misunderstood, so who can you blame?"

Ash opened his mouth, about to refute, but then realized that, just as Xia You had said, Xia You hadn't mentioned which Pokémon he would use before the battle. Ash had been delusional, thinking that after Feebas, Xia You would use an even stronger Pokémon to fight him!

I didn't expect to be tricked after all!

Damn it!!

"These two people..."

Xiao Gang, who was standing to the side, understood the situation and shook his head helplessly.

After all, compared to the slow-witted Ash, how could he not know that Xia You was completely using Ash as a sparring partner, feeding his Feebas and this Iron Dumbbell with 'experience'!

Only someone as naive as Ash would fall for it twice in a row...

But Xia You is really something, to think she has such a childish side, she's so immature...

At that moment, Iron Dumbbell, who had collapsed to the ground but was not unconscious, was suddenly enveloped in a white light.

The light immediately drew the attention of the three people, and even the two little boys who were still fighting on the other side were drawn to it.

Xiao Gang was naturally familiar with this light, knowing that it was the light produced during evolution.

In fact, during battle, not only does the winning side gain a lot of 'experience', but the losing side also gains a certain amount of 'experience'. If it reaches a certain value, it will also passively evolve.

And clearly, Xia You's iron dumbbell triggered such evolutionary conditions!

In the command area, Xia You smiled with satisfaction as he saw his Iron Dumbbell evolve. In stark contrast, Xiao Zhi had a long face, feeling both angry and sad at being used.

This is all thanks to me!!

Chapter 636 I'm not fighting anymore

Before long, the light surrounding Iron Dumbbell completely disappeared, and what appeared before Xia You, Xiao Zhi, and Xiao Gang was a completely new form of Pokémon.

Its shape is somewhat similar to a flying saucer. It is blue-green in color, has two arms, a silver spike on its face and back, and two pairs of silver blades extending diagonally backward on the left and right sides of its body. If you had to describe it, it would look a bit like two iron dumbbells pieced together.

"What kind of Pokémon is this?"

Although Ash was very dissatisfied with the battle just now, thinking that Xia You was fooling him, his emotions vanished as soon as he saw Beldum evolve. He then picked up his Pokédex and pointed it at the new form of the Pokémon.