Today, Dad gave Jiang Chen some good news: the Cusite had finally been found.
This week, more than thirty Mega Stones had been found, but the Earstone had remained elusive. Without the Class Stone, no matter how many Mega Stones they had, they were just decorations.
Today, they finally found the Cusite. Although only one Earstone was found, finding the first meant they could find the second.
He clicked open a video, which was Jiang Yuan's Roaring Moon's Mega Evolution video.
"Is this just a deliberate display to me?"
Shrugging, Jiang Chen decided to challenge a gym.
"I'll go to Maple Leaf City and challenge the Maple Leaf Gym."
Although the Maple Leaf Gym wasn't particularly strong, Jiang Chen didn't plan to challenge too strong a gym this time. He wanted to give his Hydreigon, Tyranitar, and Alakazam more real combat experience.
If he chose a gym that was too strong, his Hydreigon and the others wouldn't be able to participate.
Ling Wanqiu had challenged the Maple Leaf Gym before. It wasn't very strong, but not too weak either, perfectly suited for Hydreigon, Tyranitar, and the others.
", I'm counting on you."
Jiang Chen called out, relying on it to travel to Maple Leaf City.
"K-choo?!"
It shook its small head, then directly brought Jiang Chen and Gardevoir to Maple Leaf City.
Maple Leaf City was a bit far from Tianhai City. Only could use Teleport once to bring them to Maple Leaf City.
If it were Gardevoir, even if Gardevoir was already Elite Four-level strength, it would still need to use Teleport more than ten times consecutively to bring Jiang Chen here.
Regardless of its combat power, in terms of travel, it was incredibly convenient.
"Maple Leaf City, I haven't been here before. After the gym challenge, I'll take you guys to look around."
Jiang Chen said to Gardevoir and .
Hearing Jiang Chen say this, Gardevoir and were very happy. Especially when there were no other distractions, Gardevoir particularly liked to explore with Jiang Chen.
The Maple Leaf Gym. The Gym Leader here was a woman named Ye Wei.
"So, you're the one challenging the gym today? I heard you defeated the Tianhai Gym and Luojiang Gym. I didn't expect you to come to the Maple Leaf Gym."
Ye Wei looked at Jiang Chen in surprise.
The Tianhai Gym and Luojiang Gym were both much stronger than the Maple Leaf Gym. Logically, Jiang Chen shouldn't have come to challenge the Maple Leaf Gym; he should have gone for a stronger one.
Ye Wei was indeed quite surprised that he came to the Maple Leaf Gym.
"Gym Leader Ye Wei's information is quite well-informed."
"Haha, actually, we Gym Leaders have a lot of communication amongst ourselves on weekdays," Ye Wei said with a smile.
"Although I know you have the ability to win, the Maple Leaf Gym won't surrender easily."
Ye Wei had a gym disciple call over the referee.
"This gym will use six Pokémon, and switching Pokémon is allowed."
After explaining the rules, Ye Wei sent out her Pokémon, Venusaur.
The battle arena was a Grass Field, and Ye Wei's most proficient Pokémon were Grass-type.
This was a Grass-type gym.
"Come out, Alakazam."
Jiang Chen's first Pokémon was Alakazam.
Seeing Alakazam, Ye Wei could probably guess why Jiang Chen came to challenge the Maple Leaf Gym. It was to train his new Pokémon.
She had learned about the Pokémon Jiang Chen used in his battles, but she had never seen him use Alakazam.
Clearly, this Alakazam was newly caught, and he was using their gym as a whetstone.
Being treated as a whetstone didn't make Ye Wei too upset, after all, many people used their gym that way.
"Venusaur, use Razor Leaf."
The Razor Leaf released by this Venusaur wasn't just a few simple leaves; a large number of sharp leaves flew towards Alakazam.
Alakazam didn't dodge. Floating in mid-air, Alakazam waved the spoon in its hand, and the incoming Razor Leaf was frozen in mid-air.
This was Alakazam's Psychic. Psychic solidified the Razor Leaf attack, then sent it back.
Razor Leaf hit Venusaur, but Venusaur, being tough, wasn't greatly affected.
"Alakazam, use Psychic to throw Venusaur into the air."
Jiang Chen ordered.
Alakazam's terrifying Psychic directly threw Venusaur into the air. The immense Psychic power was something Venusaur couldn't resist at all.
"Venusaur, quickly use Vine Whip."
Seeing Venusaur thrown into the air, Ye Wei's heart tightened. If Venusaur crashed down like this, its injuries would definitely not be light.
Venusaur's body was heavy, but the heavier the body, the more severe the injury from falling.
Just as Vine Whip was about to touch the ground to help Venusaur stabilize itself, Alakazam attacked again.
Psycho Cut hit Venusaur, not only damaging it but also severing its Vine Whip.
"Boom!!!"
The ground trembled. Venusaur, falling from dozens of meters high, was now dizzy and disoriented.
If its body wasn't so tough, it probably would have been knocked out by now.
"Alakazam, use Psybeam."
"Venusaur, use Protect."
Ye Wei quickly ordered Venusaur, but Venusaur was already stunned from the fall and couldn't hear what Ye Wei was saying.
Psybeam hit Venusaur, causing damage and fortunately leaving Venusaur in a confused state.
"The battle is over. Alakazam, use Psychic."
While Venusaur was confused, attacking randomly and completely disregarding its Trainer's commands, Jiang Chen's Alakazam unleashed Psychic on Venusaur.
With Alakazam's power, Venusaur couldn't resist the move, and the battle ended without suspense.
"It lost just like that."
Ye Wei recalled Venusaur.
From beginning to end, Venusaur barely attacked. The only Razor Leaf it used was sent back by Alakazam.
"Come back, Alakazam."
Jiang Chen also recalled Alakazam. Although Alakazam had no damage and could continue fighting, his other Pokémon also needed a chance to show their stuff.
"Tyranitar."
"Go, Meganium."
Chikorita's final evolution, also known as Meganium, resembled a sauropod dinosaur in appearance.
"It's Tyranitar, one of the pseudo-legendaries."
Ye Wei instantly thought of the reward for the New Trainer Competition: a Larvitar Egg. This Tyranitar must have evolved from that Larvitar after hatching.
"Even when facing a pseudo-legendary, we absolutely cannot lose our spirit."
Ye Wei had Meganium attack first, constantly firing Bullet Seed at Tyranitar.
However, Ye Wei underestimated Tyranitar's defense. Bullet Seed hitting Tyranitar's body was like tickling it.
Tyranitar's heavy body didn't even flinch, as it walked towards Meganium, shrugging off the attacks.
Each heavy step felt like it was trampling on Meganium's heart, filling Meganium with fear.
"Don't be afraid, Meganium."
Ye Wei called out to Meganium. If it showed fear during battle, defeat wouldn't be far off. They absolutely couldn't lose their spirit.
Tyranitar's ability was Sand Stream. Even on a Grass Field, a sandstorm had already whipped up, and the sand brought by the sandstorm made Meganium uncomfortable.
In a sandstorm, only Rock, Ground, and Steel-type Pokémon were immune to damage; other Pokémon would be affected by the sandstorm.
"Tyranitar, use Stone Edge."
Sharp stones flew towards Meganium. Meganium's face showed pain. The sandstorm blocked Meganium's vision, preventing it from even seeing Tyranitar's attack.
Meganium was greatly affected by the sandstorm, especially since it didn't dare open its eyes, otherwise, sand would get into its eyes.
"Meganium, use Petal Dance."
Petals fell from the sky. Don't let these small petals fool you; this move was actually very powerful, considered one of the strongest Grass-type moves.
Tyranitar had high defense and was particularly sturdy. Using the sandstorm to block vision, it continuously closed in on Meganium.
Because Meganium didn't dare open its eyes, it didn't know that Tyranitar was already close by.
"Meganium, watch out for Tyranitar's sneak attack."
Although Ye Wei couldn't see Tyranitar either, as the sandstorm severely obscured vision, that didn't mean she couldn't guess what Tyranitar would do.
At this moment, anyone would use a sneak attack, and the chances of success were very high.
Unless Meganium's senses were extremely keen, allowing it to detect Tyranitar as soon as it approached.
But unfortunately, Meganium didn't have such keen senses. By the time Ye Wei warned Meganium, Tyranitar was already very close.
"Tyranitar, use Crunch."
Its sharp teeth open, Tyranitar directly bit Meganium's body. A painful cry came, followed by a figure flying out from the sandstorm.
After using Crunch, Tyranitar immediately hit Meganium with a Mega Punch, sending Meganium flying.
"How are you, can you still fight, Meganium?"
Looking at Meganium with concern, Ye Wei was very worried about its condition.
Struggling to stand up, Meganium nodded to Ye Wei.
"Meganium, use Energy Ball."
"Tyranitar, use Hyper Beam directly."
Hyper Beam directly hit the Energy Ball, then instantly broke through it, and then blasted into Meganium.
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