The reason why Gongsun Yan had used such a joking method to make Groudon consume the precious natural energy was entirely to prepare for this moment.
Although the original regression state has been lifted, the two-handed broadsword in Groudon's hand will not dissipate automatically. Groudon has already injected most of the dissipated natural energy into it. As long as this cliff sword is integrated into the magma, it will cause a volcanic eruption and start indiscriminate attacks.
The rules of the League Tournament state that no matter how the venue is damaged, the unfinished battle must continue on the venue. Groudon can bathe in lava, but Suicune cannot. If this goes on, Groudon's victory is a foregone conclusion.
As for the erupting magma, it is not a big problem. Although Groudon cannot attract magma on a large scale without returning to its original state, it does not mean that he cannot limit the flow of magma. It is a very simple matter to limit the magma in this arena.
However, there is a problem with doing this. If Groudon falls down, the erupting lava will be out of control. Without Groudon's restraint, the surging lava will soon submerge the entire battlefield, and the spectators in the first row may be in danger.
Gongsun Yan came to participate in the Caiyou Conference, not to carry out a terrorist attack, so Gongsun Yan planned to shout for help at that time. President Dama Lanqi was sitting there, and it would be a waste to not use such a good tool.
As a result, before Gongsun Yan could cry for help, President Damalanchi intervened, and with Alakazam's intervention, Gongsun Yan's plan was directly sealed. The super power shield covering the entire arena directly cut off the connection between Groudon and the underground magma. In the end, only the surging magma was left spreading on the field, with no further action.
After letting Alakazam take action, President Damarachi also realized that something was wrong. Alakazam seemed to have habitually opened a sealed cube-shaped protective cover. Although the protective effect was excellent, it did not seem to be suitable for the current situation. He quickly asked Alakazam to remove the barrier that restricted the influx of magma, allowing the hot magma to flow up again.
But after such a delay, Suicune instantly mobilized the energy in his body, and a freezing beam beyond the limit directly froze the surging magma mouth. It was at this time that Suicune fully erupted his champion-level strength, and the energy in his body seemed to be even greater than that of Groudon in his original return state.
Although those ice blocks looked shaky, they successfully prevented the continuous influx of magma and brought the situation back under control. The only magma under Groudon's feet was still the only one he could mobilize, which turned Gongsun Yan's mood from cloudy to sunny back to cloudy again.
However, after a brief setback, Gongsun Yan regained his spirit. The battle in front of him was not over yet. It would be too wishful to expect Gongsun Yan to give up now. He would not give up until the last moment.
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"Groudon has lost its ability to fight? Suicune wins, please ask Gongsun Yan to release the next Pokémon!"
When the referee announced the result of the match, his voice was shaking, as if he had not yet recovered from the previous world championship match. If it weren't for the fact that President Damalanchi's Alakazam came to save him, he probably wouldn't know how to escape from the lava.
"Hey, Groudon, you've done a great job, come back and have a rest." Although Gongsun Yan felt that his journey in this Caiyou Conference was about to end, he still calmed down and comforted Groudon with a few words.
At the end of the battle, Gongsun Yan and Groudon tried really hard and refused to give up any opportunity, but the strength gap between Groudon and Suicune was too big.
Don't forget that it is difficult for Groudon to directly create magma. Magma is not only ground-based, but also mixed with fire. The original Groudon may be able to do it, but the current Groudon cannot create it directly.
However, the water controlled by Suicune can be condensed anytime and anywhere, which shows the difference between the two in quantity.
Moreover, Suicune's level was suppressive to Groudon, and the same was true for the energy in his body. Using only the energy in his body, Suicune still created a huge wave that was four meters high, and stepped on the wave to cause tons of damage to Groudon.
Not only that, Suicune even accomplished a feat by completely submerging Groudon with surfing. After Groudon finally broke free, the remaining water solidified the magma under Groudon's feet.
Without the bonus of magma, Groudon was obviously no match for Suicune. Under Suicune's full-powerful water cannon, Groudon's jet of flames was as weak as paper and failed to have any blocking effect, resulting in Groudon being directly shot in the head by the water cannon.
However, Suicune was not in a much better situation. Groudon still left a big mark on Suicune after his "death" counterattack.
Chapter 488: Continue to be at a disadvantage
"Sure enough, the gap in strength is still too big." Gongsun Yan looked at the heat-resistant ball in his hand, a hint of bitterness revealed at the corner of his mouth.
Although he had been mentally prepared, but when the facts were really laid out in front of him, Gongsun Yan still felt a little bit upset. The championship he had dreamed of was right in front of him, but the short distance stopped him here.
This is not the most amazing thing. What is even more amazing is that Gongsun Yan did not feel any resentment towards Xiaozhi at all. It was obviously Xiaozhi who blocked him from the door of the championship, but he inexplicably felt a sense of relief, and a feeling of wanting his son to become successful surged from the bottom of his heart.
"Xiaozhi, your strength is indeed outstanding, but this is not enough if you want to defeat me!" Gongsun Yan shouted at Xiaozhi and threw the Serpentine's Poké Ball in his hand towards the field.
The red monarch snake appeared in front of everyone again, but now it no longer had the noble and untouchable feeling it had before. It was more like an invincible Valkyrie, and looked even more terrifying, giving people the feeling that an emperor guards the country's gate and a king guards the country.
In fact, we have to thank Suicune for surfing before, which solidified all the magma on the ground. Otherwise, the Monarch Snake would really not be able to find a foothold. This is also one of the disadvantages of inconsistent team attributes.
"I'll let you know how hard we've worked! Suicune, come on!" Xiaozhi also got excited and responded loudly to Gongsun Yan.
Suicune also slowly stood up from the Obsidian. Groudon's previous counterattack had injured his right forelimb, and now he couldn't even stand steadily. Fortunately, Suicune was not a Pokémon that mainly focused on melee combat, so the impact on his strength was not as serious as it seemed.
"Monarch Snake, use Leaf Storm!"
"Suicune, use Freeze Beam!"
The flying leaves all over the sky rushed towards Suicune, but Suicune did not evade at all. The blue-white freezing beam penetrated through the flying leaves and hit the Monarch Snake hard.
To make matters worse, the freezing state, which had a probability so small that it could be ignored, actually appeared on the body of the monarch snake, and the monarch snake was frozen in this way.
However, Suicune was not in a much better situation. Although Serpentine had not been strengthened at all, Leaf Storm was originally a Grass-type ultimate move, and it caused considerable damage when it hit Suicune directly.
"Is it just like that?" Gongsun Yan looked at the frozen monarch snake in front of him, a hint of bitterness revealed from the corner of his mouth.
Originally, Monarch Snake was much weaker than Suicune, and now it was frozen, unable to avoid Suicune's next attack, no matter how much damage the previous Leaf Storm caused.
"Suicune, use Water Cannon!" Xiaozhi implemented Gongsun Yan's teachings and let Suicune make the final kill as soon as possible.
Everyone at the scene gave the King Serpent a death notice. No matter how hard they tried, they couldn't think of any way to break the King Serpent's move. The harder it was to trigger the freezing state, the more it showed how powerful it was. Once it appeared, victory was basically secured.
Watching the water cannon getting closer and closer to the monarch snake, Gongsun Yan's clenched hands were about to bleed. He didn't want to, and wasn't willing to accept such a failure.
If Suicune had defeated Monarch Snake in a head-on battle, Gongsun Yan would have nothing to say, but now a ridiculous frozen state has determined Monarch Snake's defeat, and Gongsun Yan said he could not accept it.
But no matter how Gongsun Yan thought about it, or how he looked through the list of moves belonging to the monarch snake in his mind, he could not find any moves that could deal with this situation, which made him want to give up at one point.
But just when Gongsun Yan was about to give up, the frozen Serpentine struggled a bit, and it was this struggle that made Gongsun Yan give up the idea of 'giving up'. Even Serpentine didn't give up, so how could he, as a trainer, give up first!
"Monarch Snake, use Sleep!"
At this moment, Gongsun Yan suddenly thought of the battle between Xiaozhi and Satsuki in the frontier. Snorlax was in a frozen state, and Xiaozhi took the opportunity to let Snorlax use the sleeping move, forcing Satsuki to actively defeat the ice to attack Snorlax. The ice that originally restricted Snorlax suddenly turned into armor to protect Snorlax.
So Gongsun Yan simply copied the original plan and let the Serpent recover its strength inside the ice, forcing Suicune to take the initiative to help the Serpent remove the ice outside, otherwise he could only watch the Serpent recover to its best condition.
Gongsun Yan certainly knew that this method had great disadvantages, but he had no other choice but to hold out on this wave of attack. Otherwise, even with the protection of ice, Suicune's water cannon would make the Monarch Snake lose its combat capability.
"Sui-kun, use hot water to melt the ice on the Monarch Snake!" Xiaozhi quickly understood Gongsun Yan's idea, and hurriedly asked Suicune to remove the Monarch Snake's protective shell.
Gongsun Yan breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this. If Xiaozhi asked Suicune to continue to thicken the thickness of the ice, Gongsun Yan really couldn't think of how to break the situation. Serpentine is not Snorlax and does not have the ability to break the ice by itself. If things really develop in this way, Gongsun Yan will have no choice but to admit defeat, at least to prevent Serpentine from suffering.
When the ice on the monarch snake's body melted to a certain thickness, Gongsun Yan decisively spoke out.
"Monarch Snake, use Sun Flame!"
"What! Suicune, get out of the way!"
Xiaozhi obviously didn't expect that Monarch Snake would be so tough. Its body was still frozen in the ice, and it dared to attack with only its head freed. For a moment, he could only let Suicune dodge.
Suicune reacted quickly, he stopped using the hot water immediately and rushed to the front left, dangerously avoiding the attack of the Sunshine Flame. However, his right forelimb, which had been seriously injured, was hit again and was grazed by the Sunshine Flame.
This move directly knocked Suicune half-kneeling on the ground, unable to even stand up. Although Suicune's special defense and physical defense were very good, he was hit in the legs several times in a row, and even Suicune could not hold on.
The situation on the field has now fallen into a strange balance again. The body of the Monarch Snake was frozen in the ice and could not move; and Suicune's right forelimb was also severely injured and could not move on the spot.
Now both Pokémon on the field are trapped in the debuff that makes them unable to move, but this situation is still a great disadvantage for Serpentine. When it cannot use its tail, Leap Storm, a move that Serpentine relies on for its survival, is forcibly banned.
Chapter 489: The Final Trump Card
"Monarch Snake, Sun Flame!"
"Suicune, Freeze Beam!"
At this point, Gongsun Yan and Xiao Zhi were no longer in the mood to chat. They just wanted to defeat their opponents and put a perfect or imperfect end to their journey of the past few months.
What's more, these two Pokémon are now at the end of their strength. The longer they drag on, the more serious their injuries will be. It is better to end this battle as soon as possible. Otherwise, if there are any sequelae left, it will not be good.
The blue-white freezing beam and the dazzling sunlight flame condensed in the mouths of Suicune and Serpent respectively, and it seemed that they were about to pour out at the next moment.
However, as if things didn't get worse, just when the Sunlight Flame was about to condense, a dark cloud that came from nowhere blocked the way between the Monarch Snake and the sun, causing the condensation speed of the Sunlight Flame to drop sharply, resulting in Suicune's Freeze Beam being used first.
Fortunately, the condensation of the Sun Flame was about to be completed. The next second, the Sun Flame was released and collided with the Freeze Beam. However, even though Monarch Snake increased the power of the Sun Flame this time, it could not stop the advancement of the Freeze Beam because Suicune also increased the output power of the Freeze Beam.
"Shh!"
The freezing beam pushed back the Sun Flame step by step, no matter how the Monarch Snake resisted. Then a white light flashed, and the Monarch Snake was frozen again.
"Fuck @#$%, damn God, you are kidding me, right? The first time I froze you was fine, and the dark clouds blocked the sun, but you dared to freeze me the second time, you must be cheating on Xiaozhi!"
Gongsun Yan turned the table over in his heart. He felt like he was in bad luck today. First, the Pokémon in Xiaozhi's hands went berserk one after another, and all the Pokémon that he had originally prepared to use against Suicune were killed.
Now even God is making trouble for him. How dark does his face have to be today to be frozen twice in a row? Even Liu Bo or Kona don’t have such a miraculous success rate!
The Monarch Snake was frozen this time, and it couldn't even use the sleeping technique. The cold air would continue to penetrate into the Monarch Snake's body. It had been frozen for a while, and the physical strength restored by the sleeping technique was no longer enough.
"Whoo~"
Gongsun Yan took a deep breath and raised his right hand slightly, ready to signal to the referee that he gave up. After all, the outcome of the battle was now as clear as it could not be.
In fact, Serpentine's strength was not fully exerted, but there was nothing it could do. The entire venue was destroyed by the previous field battle between Suicune and Groudon. The seeds thrown by Serpentine could not even find a piece of land to grow, and the Tree World Descent Tactics could not even complete the first step.
"No, I can still do it."
Suddenly, an ethereal voice appeared in Gongsun Yan's ears, and Gongsun Yan swallowed back the words he was about to say.
Gongsun Yan looked around but didn't find anyone talking to him. A certain elementary school student who knew death once said that after eliminating all impossibilities, whatever is left, no matter how unbelievable it is, is the correct answer.
"Monarch Snake?!" Gongsun Yan looked at the monarch snake frozen in ice in front of him and muttered in his heart.
To be honest, Gongsun Yan also felt it was a little unbelievable. In his impression, the monarch snake should not be able to use such an extremely brutal skill as telepathy. How could there be an exception?
"I can still go on. Don't give up so easily. Isn't that what you said? Besides, don't we still have the last trump card that we haven't used yet?"
In telepathy, the voice of the Monarch Snake not only did not carry the queen's aura in her personality, but instead sounded a bit like a sweet little girl. However, this is normal, after all, the Monarch Snake is less than half a year old.
"But your body now is already..." Gongsun Yan's voice was full of struggle.
"No, I can still go on. Please believe me, I will bring victory!" The Monarch Snake's voice was full of stubbornness. She didn't want to give up just like that.
"Really... I understand. Let's give it a try." Gongsun Yan was silent for a while, and finally agreed to Serpentier's request. As he said before, he would always support his Pokémon's choice.
"Oh, there is one more thing, Monarch Snake. You are wrong. It is not you who will bring victory, but us!"
"Xiaozhi, let me show you the bond between us. Even if our lives are like candles in the wind, what does it matter? The reason why fireworks are so bright is because they are blooming their last light!"
Just when the referee was about to declare that Serpentier had lost his ability to fight, Gongsun Yan spoke. He stared into Xiaozhi's eyes, as if he wanted Xiaozhi to see how passionate the bond between him and Serpentier was.
"boom!"
Just when Xiaozhi and the audience didn't understand what Gongsun Yan wanted to say, an accident occurred. The ice that originally wrapped the Monarch Snake exploded, revealing the figure of the Monarch Snake wrapped in dazzling green light.
"What?!" Xiaozhi shouted in disbelief.
"Hahaha, Monarch Snake, let everyone see your power!" Gongsun Yan suddenly raised his head and laughed. The same green light as that of the Monarch Snake emerged from his body, and they echoed each other.
"What could this be?!" Xiaozhi felt a very familiar energy from Gongsun Yan and the Monarch Snake. It was because he recognized what this energy was that he felt very surprised.
"So that's how it is. It's a really bold idea." President Damalanchi's eyesight was obviously no weaker than Xiaozhi's. He also saw the true face of that energy and couldn't help but laugh.
"President, what kind of energy is that?" Genji Tengu, whose attention had been focused on Gongsun Yan, asked hurriedly.
"What else could it be? What is the most energy this bastard can access right now? Isn't it natural energy? So he is really messing around!"
President Damalanqi said unhappily. He did not expect Gongsun Yan to be so bold. Can natural energy be put into the body casually? If it were in the Naruto world, he would choose to transform into a frog, snake or slug.
That's right, the energy that emerged from Gongsun Yan and Serpentis at this moment was natural energy. In fact, Gongsun Yan had been thinking since his previous life that since the ground-type Groudon and the water-type Kyogre were both snatching natural energy, then grass-type Pokémon should also be able to utilize natural energy, otherwise the name would be a bit unworthy of its name.
Chapter 490: Natural Energy and Bond Evolution
After capturing Groudon, Gongsun Yan secretly began conducting experiments and discovered that Grass-type Pokémon can indeed use natural energy to strengthen itself, but the amount needs to be well controlled.
Because Gongsun Yan only had one Grass-type Pokémon, Serpentine, it saved him a lot of effort. Before long, he had Serpentine develop its own original regression state. Although it cost a little more, it was still a trump card after all.
However, due to the racial disadvantage of the Monarch Snake, the natural energy stored in her body was particularly easy to dissipate. After only a few experiments, Groudon would rather die than obey. What he absorbed in a day was not as much as what the Monarch Snake dissipated in ten minutes.
Gongsun Yan was originally planning to announce that the development of this move had failed. At this moment, a strange idea suddenly popped up in his clever little head. Since the natural energy that can be stored in the monarch snake's body is limited, what about adding him?
Gongsun Yan had discovered long ago that as long as the natural energy stored in the monarch snake's body was lower than a certain enthalpy value, the monarch snake could store this natural energy for a long time. However, this natural energy was not enough for the monarch snake to return to its original state, probably only half of it.
Therefore, as long as Gongsun Yan could store the other half of the natural energy in his body, he would be able to perfect this move. After figuring this out, Gongsun Yan immediately began the experiment.
After a period of research (training), Gongsun Yan successfully stored the other half of the natural energy in his body. Then a new problem arose. How could he make the natural energy in his body resonate with the natural energy in the monarch snake's body?
Coincidentally, just when Gongsun Yan was worrying about this problem, Xiaozhi came over and called Gongsun Yan to eat. When Gongsun Yan saw Xiaozhi, he thought of Xiaozhi's future Greninja. The term "Bond Evolution" suddenly flooded into Gongsun Yan's mind, instantly opening the door to a new world for him.
Since Satoshi and Greninja can use Bond Evolution, then he and Serpentine can naturally do it as well. Although Serpentine does not have the feature of Bond Transformation, Gongsun Yan believes that the power of bonds is infinite. As long as the bond is strong enough, miracles can be created!
Then a miracle really happened. With the help of Lucario and Gardevoir, the natural energy in Gongsun Yan and Serpentine actually began to resonate. This made Gongsun Yan feel very outrageous. He had just been joking before, but it actually worked.
With the help of the power of bond, the power in Gongsun Yan and the monarch snake began to merge, and the pressure brought by the original return was shared by both parties, and the energy output was doubled.
To put it in the words of the game, it means 'double the duration, double the power of moves'. There is no need to explain how buggy this entry is, anyone who understands will understand.
At this point, Gongsun Yan's deepest trump card was completed. Because of the mixture of natural energy and bond evolution, two seemingly unrelated energies that can be perfectly integrated, the strength of the Monarch Snake directly broke through the limit of the king level and stepped into the threshold of the champion.
So why didn't Gongsun Yan let Monarch Snake use his ultimate move to kill Suicune right from the start? That was naturally the reason Gongsun Yan just mentioned, Monarch Snake's body couldn't hold on.
In fact, not only Serpentine's body couldn't hold on, Gongsun Yan's body couldn't hold on either. Although he had the physique of a disguised true rookie, he was obviously not as buggy as Satoshi. It was not easy for him to bear all that natural energy, not to mention the bond evolution.
Don't forget, in the state of bond evolution, the trainer and the Pokémon have a common feeling. In the few previous practices, Gongsun Yan collapsed before he could even last a minute. That kind of impact is really not something that ordinary people can withstand.
But since Serpentier has not given up, how can the trainer Gongsun Yan hold it back? The worst that can happen is that he will just lie down for a while, which is no big deal.
The green light on the Monarch Snake dimmed a little, revealing the Monarch Snake after bond evolution. Compared with the previous Monarch Snake, there were not many changes in appearance. At most, the body became more slender, and strange patterns flowed on the fiery red coat.
