Chapter 341: I, Combusken, Am No Coward!

Chapter 341: Chapter 341: I, Combusken, Am No Coward!

Poliwrath strode out of the lake and came to Combusken.

He flexed his muscles, trying to intimidate Combusken with an aggressive display.

Would Combusken be afraid?

At Veilstone Gym, what kind of muscular monster had he not seen?

Poliwrath’s level of strength could not even rank at Veilstone Gym!

Combusken also began tensing his muscles.

Straight into Bulk Up!

This was the wisdom of his older brothers.

What was the point of talking so much with an opponent?

Seizing every chance to strengthen yourself was the right path!

After one Bulk Up, Combusken’s aura immediately rose by a large margin.

Poliwrath raised his hands and fired a chain of Bubble Beam towards Combusken.

Julian commanded, "Flamethrower."

Combusken immediately spat Flamethrower, clashing with the Bubble Beam. The collision exploded, producing smoke.

The smoke blocked their vision.

Without needing Julian to give an order, Combusken immediately tensed his muscles again.

Bulk Up!

The wisdom of his older brothers!

"Charge in. Thunder Punch!"

Crackling electricity quickly appeared around Combusken’s fist.

Combusken rushed towards Poliwrath, moving so quickly that Poliwrath was shocked.

When they fought yesterday, how had Combusken not been this fast?

That was because Combusken had eaten too many Berries.

Although his digestion was good enough that it had not affected his ability to battle, his speed had still failed to rise properly.

Poliwrath clenched his fist, chilling cold gathering around it.

Fist against fist.

Combusken took two steps back, while Poliwrath did not move from his original spot.

Combusken was equally surprised.

How was Poliwrath’s strength this great?

Of course, it was because Poliwrath had already fought Salamence yesterday.

Now, this was Poliwrath’s true strength!

A fierce current wrapped around Poliwrath’s body as he charged towards Combusken.

Waterfall!

Julian’s gaze sharpened.

"Combusken, Flare Blitz!"

Forget whether the type matchup was favourable or not.

Their momentum could not lose!

Scorching flames burned, and Combusken turned into a rocket of fire as he charged forward.

Flare Blitz!

Water and fire were incompatible.

The violent explosion blasted both sides away.

On the battlefield covered in steam, Combusken used Bulk Up for the third time!

Poliwrath, meanwhile, honestly waited for the steam to disperse so he could attack Combusken.

When the steam cleared and Poliwrath saw that Combusken’s aura had risen by another large step, he could not help admiring him.

But victory could only belong to him!

For the survival of the Poliwag clan, he could not lose!

Poliwrath had to defeat Combusken first, then challenge Salamence!

He would make Salamence change locations when fighting Milotic.

Poliwrath charged forward and slapped Combusken’s body again and again.

Double Slap!

Combusken swung his claws, tearing wildly at Poliwrath’s skin and muscles.

Slash!

Even Julian had not expected that when Combusken was eating beef leg, he would actually use Slash to tear an entire leg into pieces and eat it.

Because Combusken had performed excellently in training, Julian had prepared a whole beef leg as a reward for him.

Before Julian could even cut it, he had waved his two claws and done it himself.

His claws flashed coldly, dividing the beef into blocks two fingers wide.

It could only be said that eating was the source of Combusken’s strength.

Poliwrath roared, his fist carrying a chill as he punched at Combusken.

Combusken’s speed had grown even faster.

His fist flashed with lightning.

He moved after Poliwrath, but arrived first.

His punch landed in Poliwrath’s stomach, forcing Poliwrath to stagger back.

Poliwrath’s gaze remained firm.

I can not fall here yet

I still carry everyone’s expectations!

I have to challenge Salamence!

The Safari Zone staff were very supportive of Poliwrath’s ambition.

Pokémon daring enough to challenge Salamence’s tyranny were rare.

Every single one of them was worth the staff investing effort into training.

As long as they had three to five Pokémon taking turns challenging her every day, they could make Salamence behave herself instead of flying around everywhere and throwing the entire Safari Zone into chaos.

Every few days, she created dozens or even hundreds of injured Pokémon for them to deal with.

Even if no Pokémon were injured, damaging the plants and flowers was still unacceptable!

The Safari Zone was the beautiful environment all the staff had worked so hard to build.

But the purpose of the Safari Zone was to shelter and raise Pokémon.

They had no reason to exile Salamence from the Safari Zone.

They could only wait until Salamence was caught by a Trainer, or until Salamence left on her own.

Actually, the fact that Pokémon hunters had come to catch Bagon was not unrelated to the staff leaking online that there was a powerful Salamence in the Safari Zone.

At first, many Trainers had indeed come to catch Salamence.

But after discovering they could not catch her, Salamence became known among Trainers as a plant deliberately arranged by the Safari Zone to sell tickets!

However, the improved quality of the Pokémon in the Safari Zone was inseparable from Salamence.

If Salamence had not been blasting fish every day, how could the Pokémon in the Safari Zone have been motivated to improve?

Poliwrath was the classic example of someone who had worked hard after being harmed by Salamence.

Back when he was still a Poliwhirl, he had been accidentally hit by Salamence’s Dragon Pulse.

He had finally found a Water Stone and evolved into Poliwrath, only to be hit by Dragon Pulse again.

Then had he not evolved for nothing?

Although Poliwrath had taken the initiative to use Waterfall to block Dragon Pulse in order to protect his clan, the fact that he had been beaten by Salamence was ironclad.

The resentment accumulated since childhood transformed into Poliwrath’s strength at this moment.

A layer of blue light suddenly lit up around Poliwrath’s body.

Julian was somewhat surprised.

This sudden power emerging from Poliwrath was somewhat similar to the Torrent ability.

This surge of Water-type power would enhance Poliwrath’s next attack.

Poliwrath was surrounded by flowing water, his right fist held forward as he charged at Combusken.

Waterfall!

It had a little of that feeling of a superhero flying after transforming.

Combusken shouted, light wind swirling around his body as he rushed towards Poliwrath as well.

In the blink of an eye, Combusken vanished before Poliwrath’s eyes.

Claws carrying a cold gleam suddenly appeared in front of Poliwrath.

Poliwrath erupted with power once more and actually knocked Combusken flying.

Combusken landed on the ground and looked at Poliwrath with admiration.

He had felt Poliwrath’s will.

But he, Combusken, was no coward!

"Combusken!"

A hazy red light appeared around Combusken’s body.

Combusken’s ability was Speed Boost, but this red glow contained Fire-type power, symbolising that Combusken had pushed the Fire-type energy inside his body to its limit.

It formed a power similar to Blaze.

Julian shouted excitedly, "Combusken, use Flare Blitz! Show Poliwrath our power!"

Poliwrath flexed his muscles, leading with his left shoulder as he surged towards Combusken.

Julian’s eyes sharpened.

This was no longer Waterfall.

It was Liquidation!

It carried the power to break through the enemy’s defence, condensing Poliwrath’s determination.

The clash containing both sides’ full strength created an earth-shaking explosion.

The powerful shockwave directly blasted Poliwrath into the lake.

Combusken landed and rolled several times in a sorry state.

Only after driving his claws hard into the ground did he stabilise himself.

Combusken slowly rose, his firm gaze fixed on the gradually dispersing dust.

"Com... busken!"

Dense white light instantly enveloped Combusken’s body.

Julian excitedly waved his fist.

This child has finally grown up!

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