Chapter 351: Reverse Golden Touch?

Chapter 351: Chapter 351: Reverse Golden Touch?

In truth, Forrest also knew that his Pokémon were missing just a tiny trigger.

But he had been unable to hold himself back. He could only follow his heart and come challenge the Gym.

If he lost, he would go challenge other Gyms, earn more Badges, and raise the standard Gym Leader Julian used when judging whether to award one.

That way, he could come back and challenge Veilstone Gym again, and by then, his accumulation would be enough too.

But Forrest had not expected that Tangrowth, who usually did not undergo much special training and only received extra sunlight and watering during daily training, would actually trigger the golden touch too.

Forrest felt as if he had found a small trick.

Since the chance of triggering the golden touch was higher after Gym Leader Julian took a holiday, then if his Pokémon also relaxed properly, would that correspondingly increase their compatibility with the golden touch?

Thinking this, Forrest immediately decided to change the third Pokémon he was going to send out.

Seeing Forrest deep in thought and not attacking, Julian could only give Electabuzz an order.

"Electabuzz, Fire Punch!"

Only then did Forrest come back to himself.

"Tangrowth, Power Whip!"

Although Tangrowth had learned Power Whip, relying on Power Whip alone was not enough to close the gap between Tangrowth and Electabuzz.

Electabuzz moved nimbly, easily avoiding Tangrowth’s whipping vine arms.

Then he swung his fist and directly sent Tangrowth flying.

Since Tangrowth had knocked Electabuzz away earlier, Electabuzz naturally had to return the favour.

Julian waved his hand.

"Double-Edge!"

Electabuzz’s momentum was fierce. Before Tangrowth could even land, Electabuzz rammed it again with his shoulder and sent it flying out.

Tangrowth crashed to the ground and immediately fainted.

Forrest knew that he had become too carried away, wasting the advantage Tangrowth had finally created.

"Tangrowth, I’ll remember your hard work. Go, Torterra!"

Torterra had a calm temperament and quite the presence of a veteran.

Judging from Torterra, Forrest’s level was not actually that bad.

"Torterra, Mud Shot."

Torterra opened his mouth and spat out a chain of mud bullets.

Electabuzz ran quickly and dodged all the clumps of mud.

"Torterra, Sand Tomb!"

In an instant, more than half the battlefield was covered by quicksand.

Electabuzz tried to break free, but he was still dragged in by the sand.

"Electabuzz, Quick Attack!"

Using the thrust of Quick Attack to try and break out of Sand Tomb was a good idea.

But the thrust from Quick Attack was too weak. It could not escape the restraint of Sand Tomb.

Just as Electabuzz was about to be completely swallowed by the sand, Julian clenched his fist.

"Electabuzz, show your spirit!"

Electabuzz’s eyes instantly sharpened. A purple spiral edged with gold surrounded his body as he charged out of Sand Tomb.

Julian’s eyes lit up.

"Giga Impact!"

Blaziken had evolved, and Electabuzz still had no way to evolve, but he would not admit defeat to Blaziken.

His obsession with becoming stronger transformed into power, allowing Electabuzz to successfully grasp the power of Giga Impact at this moment.

Forrest’s heart skipped a beat.

Bad news!

He had become a tool for Gym Leader Julian to trigger the golden touch in his own Pokémon.

Since when did it work in reverse too?

But Forrest was unwilling to admit defeat.

"Torterra, High Horsepower!"

Torterra stomped, his body wrapped in an earthy yellow glow as he collided with the charging Electabuzz.

Torterra was forced back several steps before stabilising his heavy body.

Electabuzz, meanwhile, fell back into Sand Tomb, and the sand swallowed the last of his stamina.

Julian recalled Electabuzz. After thinking for a moment, he sent out Blaziken.

"Blaziken, Blaze Kick!"

Flames burst from Blaziken’s feet, and he directly broke free from Sand Tomb.

Facing Torterra’s head, he delivered two heavy kicks.

Torterra lowered his head in pain, and Forrest immediately commanded, "Giga Drain!"

Emerald bands of light immediately caught Blaziken in the air and drained his stamina.

Julian smiled slightly.

"Blaziken, Flare Blitz!"

Scorching flames surged from every part of Blaziken’s body and instantly shattered Giga Drain.

Then he slammed into Torterra’s body, directly knocking Torterra unconscious.

Julian said, "Forrest, your Pokémon still need more training. I look forward to your next challenge."

Forrest breathed a sigh of relief.

Good thing Julian had not given him a Badge.

Actually, even if Julian had tried to give him a Badge, Forrest had already prepared a response.

Before Julian could show any sign of awarding the Badge, he would directly say he was not worthy of it yet and would come challenge Veilstone Gym again next time.

Then he would turn around and run.

At least that would give him one more chance to challenge Veilstone Gym.

Forrest nodded, said goodbye to Julian, and decided to carry out his plan of training properly and living properly.

He would go challenge a Gym in the neighbouring city, then return to challenge Veilstone Gym again.

When challenging for his seventh Badge, he would use the method he had just thought of. After that, he would come back directly for his eighth Badge.

It was practically perfect.

If Julian knew Forrest’s thoughts, he would definitely praise him as a talent.

The soil that had been turned into sand by Sand Tomb soon returned to normal.

It only needed to be compacted slightly, and it would not affect the battlefield.

Julian went to apply medicine to Electabuzz and Blaziken.

After Electabuzz woke up, the first thing he did was tell Blaziken beside him that he had learned Giga Impact.

Blaziken smiled and congratulated Electabuzz.

With a powerful finishing move like Giga Impact, Electabuzz’s future battles would become much smoother.

The Pokémon facing Electabuzz in the future would be unlucky.

Blaziken smiled and smiled.

Then suddenly, his smile froze on his face.

The smile shifted to Electabuzz’s face instead.

Electabuzz smiled and made an agreement with Blaziken.

Tonight, the two of them would spar again.

Blaziken sighed and could only agree.

Electabuzz was his greatest rival.

Back then, the two of them had evolved together.

Now, although Blaziken had evolved one step ahead, he believed Electabuzz would soon evolve too.

These days, Electivire had already appeared.

Professor Rowan had also written a paper proving that Electivire was Electabuzz’s evolved form.

However, Professor Rowan had not yet created the Electirizer.

For Electabuzz to evolve into Electivire, it was like Primeape evolving into Annihilape. It required an opportunity.

Professor Rowan had given two methods.

One was absorbing a large amount of natural lightning in a short period of time. One discovered Electivire had come from an area where thunderstorms frequently occurred.

The other method was to find an unused power plant.

Then let Electabuzz absorb all of the power inside.

There had once been an Electabuzz that snuck into a power plant to absorb electricity, only to cut off the power lines supplying an entire city.

After absorbing a massive amount of electricity, that Electabuzz evolved into Electivire.

The generator was also damaged during Electabuzz’s evolution. Afterwards, Electivire took responsibility for temporarily supplying electricity to the city.

That was how the rumour began that Electivire’s electricity output could maintain an entire city.

After reading the information Professor Rowan had given him, Julian had begun searching for areas where thunderstorms were common.

Once Electabuzz became a little stronger under Blaziken’s stimulation, they could try to evolve him.

After all, neither of these two methods was especially safe.

After treatment ended, they rushed out as quickly as possible.

Even when running off to train, the two of them had to compete over who was faster.

Julian shook his head, but his smile was full of warmth towards their rivalry.

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