19 Chapter 18: The Hot Growlithe!!
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Author - KarmicDaoist
Editors - GaliKaKutta (its his choice), BlizzerdSenpai
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(A.N. I thought to put the boring Growlithe vs. Rhydon part 1 as the title but well u can see I changed my mind)
"Ash wants to use Growlithe to defeat Uncle Harlan's Rhydon!" Seeing the appearance of Ash's Pokémon, Yulong Zhi was speechless at once, the difference in body size between the two was too big!
"You idiot, take a closer look at Ash's Growlithe, it has reached the Pseudo-Emperor Early-Stage's level and has not even evolved yet!
It's really hard to imagine that a Growlithe can reach Pseudo-Emperor level before its evolution."
Hearing his brother's words, Yulong Shi was really helpless.
The power of a Pokémon can't just be decided by looking at its size and appearance, the Pokemon level must also be taken into consideration.
"Shi said right, but the gap between Pseudo-Emperor Early-Stage and Emperor Middle-Stage is not so easily covered and the wide chasm between both is obvious. I don't know what abilities and trump cards Ash have in store to actually challenge an Emperor-level trainer!"
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"Your Growlithe's Breeding is remarkable, but the gap between Pseudo-Emperor and Emperor is not as easy to leap as you think!" Looking at Ash's Growlithe, Harlan said with admiration!
"Begin the Match!!" Said Brock while waving the flag
[ https://www.yo*tube.com/watch?v=HzfkzRUaXvc
PLAY Yakuza 0 OST - Force Addiction ]
"Growlithe, Flamethrower!" Ignoring Harlan's appreciation, Ash directly pre-empted, and Growlithe ejected a formidable red chain of flames from his mouth.
"Dodge and use the Iron Tail!" Looking at the Flamethrower used by Growlithe, Harlan said with ease!
The flames from Growlithe were directly dodged from the left, and Rhydon's tail started glowing white, quickly approaching Growlithe!
It is a pity that while Rhydon is indeed very strong in physical attacks, due to its huge size, it is slower in speed, but that is relatively speaking, at least in the eyes of Ash and Growlithe, Rhydon's speed is still very fast!
"So fast, you can't avoid it, Growlithe, use the Flame wheel to reduce the formidable power of the other side!"
Growlithe roared, and then the whole body was wrapped in flames, just like a wheel whose whole body was all flames!
"Boom!!!"
The flame wheel was just launched when Rhydon's Iron Tail hit the Growlithe. The Iron Tail's formidable power was countered by the force of the flame wheel, and even returned the burn effect to Rhydon!!
"Such timely response, what great battle sense! To find the correct way to deal with my attack in a split second. In the younger generation, I think you can definitely enter among the Top 5!"
Ash seemed to believe that as long as he works hard, he can become an expert. His Pokémon have already proved this. Only the Trainer needs to develop powerful abilities which are in line with their attributes and the increment in potential value can take the Pokemon to the quasi-god level!
The so-called quasi-god is the symbol of each region, such as Kanto's Dragonite, which is considered to be a quasi-god Pokémon, second only to a Divine Beast, not weaker than Divine Beast!
"There are no scum Pokémons, just scum Trainers! even if the Species Strength is low, as long as you work hard, you can still become an expert, Growlithe, let the others see the results of our efforts, use Katon: Kita no Jutsu (Fire Release: Aerial Explosion Technique)!"
Hearing Ash's words, Growlithe releases a very hot ash cloud from his mouth, which completely surrounds the area of about 2 yards from him. The ash cloud instantly enveloped Rhydon!
"Did you guys get it? What a strange name! It looks to be the Smokescreen Ability used by fire-type Pokemon, but I can not understand the meaning of using this ability here as it will just blind both of them."
"Growlithe, IGNITE!!!" When the concentration of the gray cloud reached a suitable level Ash commanded. The next instant, Growlithe stopped spitting Ash and clicked his both jaws together.
BOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!
In a split second, in front of the shocked eyes of Harlan and the people present, the gray cloud instantly ignited to spread around all directions followed by a huge explosion, wrapping Rhydon in it.
"Rhydon !!!" Seeing his Rhydon caught up in the explosion and shrouded, Harlan was very worried and anxiously shouted, who could have thought that something as simple as a cloud of smoke will transform into an ability of such formidable power!!
"Awesome Ability, I haven't seen it before at all, even in the other regions. It seems that this is the trump card that Oak's old fellow said!"
"Didn't expect Ash at such a young age to create an Ability, and to the formidable power is so powerful!"
"Not only that, but his Growlithe is also very skilled and close to Ash, and in terms of tacit understanding, their relationship is definitely not inferior to my relationship with Dragonite!"
The Yulong Family in the monitoring room is shocked by his ability. Not only is the formidable power amazing, but even the view is very dazzling!
[A.N. the f*ck they caring about the artistic view?? I mean the fate of a pokemon is under judgment here... and they be like... the pokemon lost out and was injured to the point of comma... but the view was spectacular!]
"Rhydon, resist the damage of the explosion and leave the gray cloud quickly!" Looking as the explosion continued, Harlan saw that the gray cloud from before did not dissipate!
"How can I let you succeed, Growlithe, use Kage Bunshin No Jutsu (Shadow clone) to surround the ash cloud, and then use the Katon Housenka no Jutsu (Fire Release: Mythical Fire Flower Technique)!" After hearing Harlan's order, Ash also immediately issued the order!
Growlithe instantly turned into 6 and surrounded the gray clouds, and then spit out 7 or 8 small Fireballs from his mouth. Although the Fireballs were small in size, they packed explosive power and had high speeds making them harder to dodge. Plus Growlithe and his clones were covering Rhydon from all directions!
"Good observation even blocked Rhydon's escape route in an instant. If Rydon is not able to escape, it will directly be hit by the Ability called Mythical Fire Flower!" (1)
The Mythical Fire Flower ability used by Growlithe, Shocked Yulong Tian, and other clan members!
Yulong tian in the monitoring room was very surprised to know that Ash faced Emperor Trainer, but still maintained such a calm, coupled with keen observation and Ability maturity use, which can be called the perfect combat skills!
"Ash's combat experience is very strong, facing an Emperor powerhouse but to still maintain such calmness, coupled with his keen observation and Abilities use, can be called the perfect fighting skills! Not weaker than that of a Champion to say the least.
It seems that Ash has definitely undergone hard training before the battle!"
"Roar !!!" Just when the Yulong Family analyzed the battle at the scene, Rhydon who escaped from the gray cloud was unfortunately rubbed on the arm by one of the small Fireballs, causing burns!
By this time, Rhydon's whole body is riddled with scars, even an Emperor-level Pokémon was reduced to such a state by this attack.
Sometimes, Level does not represent everything, and a good Ability coupled with smart tactics and methods can also be the key factor in deciding the Victory or Defeat!
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(1) I see the abilities description used in the original and then find a Jutsu with similar effects for more naruto reference and artistic purposes.
for example, it was called burning ash before I changed it into Katon: Kita no Jutsu (Fire Release: Aerial Explosion Technique)
and Katon Housenka no Jutsu (Fire Release: Mythical Fire Flower Technique)was called imperial fire (which are considerably easy names)
but it becomes inconvenient to keep using those names so the bracket English versions will be used for subsequent mentions.
For example, if a side character talks about Katon: Kita no Jutsu (Fire Release: Aerial Explosion Technique) this Jutsu... I will have them say only Ariel Explosion
