SWDnovel Chapter 92 Gengar's Illusionary Move, Ho-Oh Reappears! Ash's Iron Fist Punch!
Chapter 92 Gengar's Illusionary Move, Ho-Oh Reappears! Ash's Iron Fist Punch!
Chapter 92 Gengar's Illusionary Move, Ho-Oh Reappears! Ash's Iron Fist Punch!
"Let's begin, Gastly, turn two."
"Hey, you really dare to say that. I was just worried that you would affect her, but that doesn't mean I'm afraid of you. I won't be responsible if you get seriously injured."
"bring it on."
At this moment, Ash's aura power was fully activated. Compared to his awkwardness a month ago, he was now very proficient in using aura.
Although I still can't compare to the Aura Hero in the group, dealing with a Champion-level Gastly—heh.
"We'll have to be more serious when dealing with you. First of all," Gastly said, its body suddenly emitting a dazzling light.
The next moment, Gastly's body changed.
It transformed from its original gaseous state into an elf with two legs and two arms, and scarlet eyes!
Gastly's final evolution, Gengar!
For a seasoned veteran, learning the ability to evolve and regress is just a matter of course. A Pokémon might be able to control the timing of its evolution, but learning to regress is extremely difficult.
Only a Pokémon like Gastly can do such a magical thing.
Normally he maintains Gastly form, but switches to Gengar form during battle, which also improves his stats. However, he hasn't fought in a long time, and after who knows how many years, he is facing a human.
After transforming into Gengar, he clasped his hands together, and a dark energy ball instantly appeared in his hands, which he then blasted out!
Shadowball!
This Shadow Ball attack is far more powerful than the Shadow Ball that attacked Team Rocket earlier. The Shadow Ball that blasted Team Rocket away only knocked them back at best, but a Shadow Ball with this kind of power would kill them if it hit them!
A powerful Shadow Ball tore through the air and hurtled towards Ash. Ash stood still, neither dodging nor avoiding it, and only made a move when the Shadow Ball was right in front of him.
He gathered his strength, brought his fist to his waist, and then unleashed a powerful punch!
"Bang!!"
The Shadow Ball, which looked as if it could shatter even steel, was actually smashed to pieces by Ash's single punch!
Dark purple energy splattered in the air as Gengar remained in the pose of casting Shadow Ball, leaving all the Pokémon stunned.
Password, you blocked his full-force Shadow Ball attack with your bare hands? You're cheating!
Although his current level is high-level Elite Four, he has been accumulating experience at that level for countless years. Even peak Elite Four members wouldn't dare to claim they can rival him in direct attacks, let alone the fact that he has specifically evolved into Gengar!
As a result, Ash's Shadow Ball was smashed to pieces by his nimble punch, and Ash looked completely relaxed... Heh, is this guy even human?
"My turn," Ash said, placing his hands on his waist, where a bright blue energy ball condensed into a missile!
"Drink!" With Ash's roar, the Pulse was blasted out. In the darkness, the Pulse Ash released was like a small sun, illuminating the entire Girls' Gorge!
Gengar immediately began to fly and dodge in the air, but Aura Sphere seemed to be equipped with directional tracking, following closely behind it and even getting closer and closer.
Seeing this, Gengar also gave up the idea of dodging. A black energy ball appeared in its hand, and then it turned around and threw the Shadow Ball. The Shadow Ball collided with the Aura Missile in the air and made a huge roar!
"Boom!"
A terrifying shockwave swept through the air, and Xiaoxia, Xiaogang, and the others, who were hundreds of meters away from the battlefield on the ground, all felt a strong impact.
If the force of the impact could be felt from such a distance, one can only imagine how powerful the impact and blast were at the epicenter of the explosion.
Before Gengar could even catch its breath in mid-air, a bright blue energy ball shot out from the thick smoke and hit Gengar squarely in its horrified gaze!
"boom!"
A second explosion occurred in the air, and Gengar's figure slowly fell down. Ralts's earlier discovery of the deception now became a foreshadowing.
Why use Insight? Because Wave Missile is a melee-type skill.
Ash's strength comes entirely from his fists and feet. He can also use Aura to convert other types of moves for attacks, but he is not very skilled at it. His full power comes from using Aura and his fists and feet to fight.
Therefore, Ash initially planned to have Ralts use Insight to materialize the opponent, and then Ash would finish them off.
This method was proposed by Xiaozhi, the champion in the group.
When facing an invincible opponent, even if it's not a formal battle, you can think of some underhanded tactics.
In official battles, it's stipulated that trainers cannot participate in the battle, which leaves little room for maneuver, but in the wild...—
Who says you can only capture Pokémon by having Pokémon fight?
When Ash first caught Pikachu, didn't he use his own fists and feet?
Now that he's facing an invincible enemy with his Pokémon, it's time to bring out his trump card, which is Ash himself!
It was precisely because of Ash's suggestion that Ash chose to tell Gastly the condition of battling to catch it.
One of the Aura Warriors in the group reminded him that Fighting-type moves, including the power of Aura, cannot hit Gengar.
Ghost-type moves are indeed a hard counter to Aura, but there are ways to deal with it; you can simply use the move Detect.
Even if Ash's Ralts doesn't know how to detect moves, he still has Riolu.
Riolu hasn't recovered to a state where it can fight yet, but if it only uses Insight, then it's still fine.
But since Ralts can see through it, there's no need for Riolu to come out; he should just stay in his Poké Ball and recover from his injury.
"Damn, that really hurts!" Gengar finally recovered from the impact of the Aura Sphere just before it hit the ground, and then floated back into the air.
At this moment, he felt pain all over his body. This was the wave missile weakened by the Shadow Sphere. If he had been hit directly, he would probably have died right here.
"One more time—" Ash once again gathered a Wave Missile at his waist. With his attack power, if he could hit Gengar this time, the battle would basically be over.
Just then, Gengar was suddenly covered in a layer of light, and the next second, a dazzling figure flew out from the light!
Ash paused as he was gathering Aura Missiles, and then an expression of disbelief appeared on his face.
"Wh-what?!"
When Xiaoxia and Xiaogang saw that figure from a distance, their faces were filled with extreme shock.
"Ho-Oh!"
"What's Ho-Oh doing here?"
That's right, what appeared before everyone was the legendary divine beast, Phoenix King!
Ho-Oh's appearance startled everyone, including Ash, who was in the middle of a battle.
Soaring through the air, Ho-Oh, shimmering with seven-colored light, swooped down and attacked Ash.
Ash, who was in a daze, snapped back to his senses in an instant. The Aura Sphere that had just been formed in his hand disappeared. He then rolled and barely dodged Ho-Oh's dive attack.
He still didn't understand why Ho-Oh was here and why it suddenly attacked him. Where was Gengar?
"Something's not right—" Ash turned to look at Ho-Oh, which had turned around and was charging at him again.
At this moment, Ash was extremely focused, and he used his Eye of Insight to its fullest extent. The true information about Ho-Oh appeared in Ash's eyes.
"It's not Ho-Oh, it's Gengar in disguise!"
"Hey, it's too late now!" Ho-Oh, which was rushing towards Ash at an extremely fast speed, suddenly transformed back into Gengar and even formed a Shadow Ball in its hand.
"You can't dodge this distance, can you!" Gengar grinned maliciously, slamming the Shadow Ball into his hand at extremely close range!
In the blink of an eye, the Shadow Ball exploded in front of Ash!
Boom!
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"Ash!!!" Misty's pupils constricted as she shouted Ash's name. No matter how strong Ash was, he couldn't possibly survive being hit by a Shadow Ball at this distance.
Not to mention that Gengar is an Elite Four member. Although Ash was initially shocked that he could suppress Gengar head-on, this time Gengar found Ash's weakness.
Ash might be strong offensively due to his Aura power, but defensively... As the smoke slowly dissipated, Gengar in the sky stared intently down below. If Ash still had the ability to fight...
He then added another one for the other person.
At this point, you definitely can't hold back, or you'll be subdued!
Having been unruly for a thousand years, it would be quite difficult for them to be subdued.
"Where are you looking?" A faint voice came from behind Gengar. Gengar's expression brightened, and it quickly moved forward.
Turning your head to look at someone in this situation is absolutely brain-dead. Knowing that the other person is behind you and still turning your head, wouldn't that extinguish your only chance of escape?
However, even though Gengar was already very fast, Ash's punches were even faster!
As Gengar moved forward, he threw a punch, the fist glowing with aura light, which slammed hard into Gengar's back!
"Bang!"
A shockwave visible to the naked eye spread through the air, and Gengar plummeted down like a meteor!
"Boom!"
Gengar crashed to the ground with a deafening roar, scattering countless pebbles and creating a huge crater in the solid ground.
Ash fell from the sky and landed firmly on the ground.
He looked at his tattered clothes covering his stomach and felt a sense of relief.
Fortunately, he was using his Aura to protect himself as Ho-Oh flew over; otherwise, he might have actually been injured if he had been hit by the Shadow Ball.
But more importantly, he didn't have a chance to exploit Gengar's pause.
Once Gengar gets swimming, even if he is stronger than Gengar, he will have a hard time dealing with Gengar.
Judging from the fact that Gengar can even transform into Ho-Oh, he might have even more trump cards up his sleeve.
But no matter how many cards it has up its sleeve, Gengar is now lying down and can't use any of its cards.
Seeing Gengar fall to the ground, the girl floating in the distance quickly floated to Gengar's side, looking at him with concern. She tried to touch Gengar, but instead passed right through his body. Seeing this, a look of disappointment appeared on her face.
"Don't worry, he's fine. He's just lost his ability to battle. Judging from the aura in his body, he'll wake up soon," Ash said to the girl as he walked up to Gengar.
"Ash, are you alright?"
Seeing that the battle was over, Xiaoxia and Xiaogang quickly ran over from a distance. Xiaoxia touched Xiaozhi's stomach to confirm that Xiaozhi's stomach was indeed not injured.
"What could possibly be wrong with me? That's Gengar lying on the ground. Let me see if I can heal him." Ash said, squatting down and channeling his Aura into Gengar's body.
Aura power is not a healing power, but if the aura power within the body grows stronger, it will affect aspects such as vitality, which can be considered an indirect form of healing.
If a Pokémon is in a near-death state, Ash's Aura Power probably won't be of much use, and can only save Pokémon like Riolu, which is very sensitive to Aura.
However, if he only falls into a coma like Gengar, it's not a problem to wake him up by injecting a little Aura power.
With the infusion of Aura power, Gengar slowly awoke. The first thing it saw was Ash, and it instinctively wanted to attack him. But then it suddenly remembered what had happened in the end, and the power it had gathered in its body dissipated.
"You young lad, you're quick and ruthless!"
"You're a Champion-level Pokémon, how can I beat you without going all out, right?" Ash said.
While pulling Gengar up.
Upon hearing this, Gengar rolled its eyes.
He had lived for two thousand years and thought that his wisdom and cunning had completely surpassed those of humans!
As for the command skills of those so-called trainers, there are probably many who are not as good as him!
But he now realizes that two thousand years is still too young compared to humanity!
He had never encountered such a monster in at least two thousand years.
He took a Shadow Ball from that distance and was completely unharmed. Could this guy even be a match for the champion?
Gengar quickly dismissed the absurd thought that had crossed its mind.
Humans battling champions? That kind of thing probably only happens in dreams.
But Ash's skill level... well, you know, it's really hard to say!
"Alright, young man, I promised I would become your spirit, and I will. But before that, you must keep your promise!"
"It's all included!" Having received Gengar's promise once again, Ash snapped his fingers and said readily.
Then, he looked at the somewhat determined girl and said, "Don't worry, I will take good care of Gastly. I've heard your legend too. So much time has passed, and that person is no longer here. Perhaps he has already been reincarnated. So let go of your obsession and go find him in reincarnation. I believe that with your feelings for him, you will definitely be able to find him."