Chapter 172: Chapter 172: Blastoise vs. Moltres!
"Ahhh!!"
Moltres spat out a flame towards Blastoise. This time, the flame was not as majestic as before but gathered into a cluster, making it more penetrating.
"Blastoise!!"
Blastoise also used Hydro Pump to counterattack.
Zizizizi...!
The water and fire blended together, producing a large amount of water vapor. This time, the skills of both sides were evenly matched and ended in a tie.
It is certain that Moltres must have gained a certain improvement from the magma after falling into the lava just now.
Gary was also in a headache. Moltres could rely on Roost to recover its physical strength. In addition, Blastoise was not at an advantage due to the favorable weather and location. He had to cause great damage to Moltres and defeat it in one shot.
Huh~!
A hot storm blew away the water vapor from the mouth of the volcano, and the Heat Wave instantly enveloped Blastoise.
"Blastoise, use Rapid Spin!" Gary ordered.
Blastoise used Rapid Spin and flew towards the sky.
Moltres didn't expect Blastoise to fly.
Seeing this, it immediately interrupted the Heat Wave and sprayed flames from its mouth to block it.
However, the flames were deflected by Blastoise in Rapid Spin.
At the same time, the water flow around Blastoise turned into water blades, tearing the flames apart and hitting Moltres.
Bang!!
Moltres couldn't bear the impact and fell to the ground. Blastoise also kept releasing water to suppress the flames coming out of Moltres.
"That's it. Suppress Moltres and defeat it," Gary shouted.
Bang!!!
The two Pokémon fell to the ground together. Sand and rocks flew everywhere, and dust flew up. With a bang, a figure flew out of the dust. It was Blastoise. The dust over there was also blown away by the movement, revealing Moltres' body.
Moltres was covered with scars. Just now, Moltres used its wings to slap Blastoise away.
Blastoise landed safely, gasping for breath. The series of attacks just now had wasted a lot of Blastoise's energy.
"Ah!!"
Moltres felt that its body was seriously injured and immediately used Roost to recover its energy.
"Blastoise, use Hydro Pump!" Gary shouted.
"Blastoise!!"
Blastoise's cannons condensed a lot of water energy together, and two Hydro Pumps like beams of light were ejected.
Seeing Blastoise use such an amazing skill, Moltres used all the fire energy in its body to spray red flames to block it. Wherever it passed, even the ground showed signs of melting.
Bang!
The two skills collided and stalemated for a few seconds. Hydro Pump dispersed the flames and hit Moltres directly, knocking Moltres back more than ten meters, smashing several rocks in succession, until it stopped on a large earth slope.
"This is... Hydro Cannon!"
Gary looked at the defeated Moltres in the distance in astonishment. The Hydro Pump just now was definitely not an ordinary Hydro Pump, but a Hydro Cannon.
Gary immediately looked at his wrist, only to see the bracelet on his wrist, and the water droplets on it lit up blue.
"Blastoise, have you mastered the Hydro Cannon?" Gary asked.
"Blastoise!" Blastoise was startled, and it realized belatedly that there was something wrong with its Hydro Pump just now.
Gary immediately used the Eye of Insight to check Blastoise's attributes.
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[Pokémon: Blastoise]
[Type: Water]
[Level: LV58]
[Potential: Legend]
[Ability: Torrent (When the physical strength decreases, the power of Water-type moves will increase.)]
[Skills: Tackle, Tail Whip, Water Gun, Shell Shrink, Rapid Spin, Water Pulse, Protect, Rain Dance, Shell Smash, Flash Cannon, Hydro Pump, Skull Bash, Wave Bash.]
[Taught Skills: Water Burst, Mega Kick, Signal Beam, Dynamic Punch, Dig, Hydro Cannon.]
[Intimacy: 255 (maximum value 255)]
[Held Item: Mystic Water]
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Seeing the taught skills column, the last four words "Hydro Cannon" appeared, and Gary was immediately happy. He didn't expect that Blastoise had realized Hydro Cannon in the battle with Moltres.
Not only did he defeat Moltres, but he also realized Hydro Cannon. It was really a double happiness.
Gary asked Blastoise to rest on the spot and ran to check Moltres's condition. It had just lost its ability to fight, and its injuries were not serious.
With the help of Zapdos, Moltres was pulled out of the pit. Gary took care of and treated it, and then asked Zapdos to throw Moltres into the magma.
Magma is equivalent to healing fluid for Moltres; throwing it in can repair Moltres' injuries.
A few minutes later, Moltres rushed out of the flames again.
Moltres landed in front of Gary, its eyes full of confusion. It thought it had been subdued by Gary, but when it woke up, it found itself in the magma.
Moltres wondered what was going on—why Gary didn't subdue it?
"How is it, how is your recovery?" Gary asked.
Moltres nodded slightly, barely recovering a little.
"According to the agreement, I won. Be my Pokémon, I will help you become stronger," Gary said.
Moltres looked at Zapdos, and seeing Zapdos so submissive to the human boy in front of it, it was also very curious about what kind of magic Gary had that could make Zapdos surrender.
You know, among the three Legendary Birds, Zapdos is the most irritable and the most difficult to subdue.
"Ah." Moltres nodded and agreed to be subdued by Gary.
Gary was also very generous, taking out a Soothe Bell and letting Moltres put it in the carrying space.
Moltres didn't know the effect of Soothe Bell, but it still threw it into its carrying space.
Gary put his hand on Moltres and taught it the three skills of Hurricane, Solar Beam, and Fire Blast.
Moltres: "Ah! (QAQ)!"
Moltres was shocked. It looked at Gary in disbelief and found that Gary looked at it with a smile. It awakened three new skills inexplicably.
"I said I would help you become stronger. Do you believe it now?" Gary said.
Moltres nodded and finally understood why Zapdos was willing to follow Gary. Even Legendary Pokémon could not awaken new skills casually.
Little did it know that Zapdos enjoyed much better treatment than Moltres. Not only did it master new skills, but its level was also directly raised to level 60.
"Then come in." Gary took out an Ultra Ball, pointed the switch side towards Moltres, and gently touched Moltres.
Great!
The Ultra Ball opened, and Moltres was put into the Poké Ball. The Poké Ball shook slightly three times and then stopped shaking.
[Ding! Mission completed, rewards have been sent to the space backpack.]
The mission of taming the three Legendary Birds was finally completed, and the rewards were very generous, especially the Crown of God, which could even further improve the legendary potential.