Why is my Pokémon acting a little weird?

Cross Flame - This is one of Reshiram's two most important exclusive skills.

Following Qiao Ran's command, a huge fireball began to condense in front of Reshiram. The size of the fireball quickly increased to a level larger than Reshiram's body. Moreover, outside the fireball, two rings made of flames were constantly rotating around him.

"Ho ho ho ho!!!"

As a gift of reciprocity, the crossed fireballs soon broke through the siege and flew directly towards Solgaleo.

Although Qiao Ran didn't know what the other party's "IQ" was at the moment, he seemed to have really sensed the danger. After all, the flames exerted a terrible double restraint on him. Even the hardest steel could not survive this special flame.

The most surprising thing is that Solgaleo, the so-called sun god who devours the sun beast, is afraid of the fire attribute which is closest to the "sun".

No one would have thought that this world would have a sun god afraid of fire. To combat the powerful flames, Solgaleo exerted all his strength, radiating dark purple energy from his head, attempting to snipe the flames with psychic-attributed attacks. However, these ordinary skills were no match for Reshiram's carefully prepared special abilities. Soon, the attacks were absorbed by Reshiram's crossfire, and the power of the blazing flames was not significantly affected.

"Roar!!!"

At the last moment, a blue light flashed from Solgaleo's head, and the third eye opened from the top of its head. Then, its whole body was covered with black and purple energy. Like a meteor, it narrowly passed by the fireball. Moreover, its strength had not decreased at all. Relying on its powerful strength, it sprinted in the air at an extremely fast speed, trying to knock Reshiram down from the air.

And that's exactly

Solgaleo's signature unique skill - Meteor Dash.

This is a skill that can attack regardless of the opponent's characteristics. When facing Pokémon with some special characteristics, it can produce very good results. However, this skill cannot pose any threat to Reshiram. Not to mention that Reshiram's fire attribute resists steel attribute attacks. Moreover, Reshiram's characteristic is Turbo Flame, and the effect of this characteristic is exactly the same as Meteor Flash. Under the effect of this characteristic, Reshiram's attack can also ignore the opponent's characteristics. In this way, ignoring each other really has no effect on Reshiram.

However, under the effect of Meteor Flash, Solgaleo's speed reached a terrifying level. Qiao Ran wanted to command Reshiram to dodge, but he was still hit by the rushing Solgaleo.

"...Tsk!"

Intense pain came from Qiao Ran's abdomen, which was exactly what Reshiram felt. Although the damage was halved, it was still Solgaleo's skill after all, and it was not to the extent that it could be ignored directly.

After a successful attack, Solgaleo landed steadily on the ground of another floating island, staring at Reshiram in the sky, with no emotion in his eyes.

The meaning of its existence is to defeat the opponent, nothing more.

Chapter 743 [Battle]

Solgaleo is a very powerful Pokémon. As one of the final forms of the legendary Star Child, it not only has the ability to directly tear apart space and open the Ultra Hole to travel to another world, but also, even when facing the creator of the Ultra World, it can not be at a disadvantage at all.

This replica made of strange matter is just as capable as ever. Even when fighting against Reshiram, who has extremely strong attributes that restrain it, it shows great resilience.

This is just a replica.

However, this does not mean that Reshiram has no chance of winning. Her true fire still has a very high suppressing power on Solgaleo. It's just that this battle may not have a one-sided effect due to the attribute restraint. Even with the attribute suppression, the opponent's combat effectiveness is still stronger than Reshiram. Whether in the release of skills or in the toughness of the body, this Solgaleo is much higher than other island gods. Those Tapu are usually only good at one aspect. For example, Butterfly is good at special attacks, Chirp is good at speed, Moo is good at normal attacks, and Fin is good at defense. No Tapu can be an all-round genius.

But as one of the top legendary Pokémon, Solgaleo can not only ensure that it has outstanding attack power, but also ensure that its other abilities also reach the first-tier level. In front of many ordinary Pokémon, this kind of Pokémon has almost no weaknesses.

"Leshiram, Qing Yan!"

What Qiao Ran can rely on is the power of Reshiram's flame. As a true hero, she has left a great reputation in the Pokémon world. According to legend, she can make the atmosphere move and change the weather in the entire area just by relying on the heat energy generated by her tail. This time, her flame can also illuminate this broken world and make it look brand new.

——The sun beast that was afraid of fire was not the real sun. Instead, Reshiram, who had entered an overclocked drive state due to exerting all his strength, was like a bright sun, emitting a dazzling light in the sky.

On her body, the white hair shone with luster, and when she opened her mouth, a vigorous blue flame blew towards Solgaleo's position with her breath. This blue flame is also one of Reshiram's exclusive skills. Apart from her, no other Pokémon can produce this strange, beautiful and powerful flame.

Even someone as powerful as Solgaleo felt something was wrong when he saw the flames. When Reshiram began to prepare for the attack, his front paws were already stretched out on the ground, his body slightly leaning back and crouching, ready to move at any time. The moment the green flames erupted, Solgaleo was already running quickly on the floating island.

Although Solgaleo can use his telekinesis to keep himself aloft for a short period of time, this will inevitably consume a lot of energy. At this moment, it obviously does not have the spare time to do so. Even if Reshiram's combat power is weaker than it, Reshiram is still a first-tier legendary Pokémon after all. Such a strongest skill with full force still brings a strong sense of oppression to it.

Solgaleo's body moved quickly on the floating island, trying to escape the range of the attack, and its high-speed movement did produce a good effect. The blue flame simply melted and penetrated the ground of the floating island. The extremely high temperature made everything it touched change its shape instantly, leaving red, lava-like marks on the edge.

Even though Qiao Ran was at such a distance, he could still clearly feel the hot breath.

"Reshiram, change direction!"

Solgaleo's speed of moving at full speed was not slow. However, under Qiao Ran's prediction and command, it was not difficult to calculate the opponent's moving position, especially when Solgaleo did not have his usual flying ability and there was no trainer to give him commands.

In this broken world, all the Pokémon that Qiao Ran encountered had one thing in common.

Their fatal weakness is their lack of strategy and overall perspective. They may be able to rely on instinct to deal with local battles, but when Qiao Ran observes its steps and judges its next move, he has already seen through it completely and predicted its next behavior.

If this were a battle between trainers, it would undoubtedly be fatal. However, as ordinary, solitary Pokémon, whether it's Tapu or Solgaleo, they all have this problem. Most of the time, trainers may really be a decoration, but in critical moments, trainers can bring new power to Pokémon.

When Qiao Ran passed the location to Reshiram, she instantly adjusted the angle of the jet flame. As she moved, the green flame drew a straight line and burned a hollow "one" on the floating island. At the end of the "one" was Solgaleo who was running at high speed.

However, Solgaleo's movement speed was obviously not as fast as Reshiram's head speed. When Qiao Ran had predicted the opponent's actions, Reshiram's attack was already waiting for it at the place where it would arrive in the future.

"...!!"

The blue flames were like backflowing sea water, directly submerging Solgaleo's body from top to bottom. Solgaleo let out a painful howl. This kind of flame could cut through even hard steel like cutting butter and make it disappear. Solgaleo, who was enduring this pain, suffered great damage.

After all, this is an exclusive skill under double restraint. If it is an ordinary steel-attribute Pokémon, it will probably fall down before long. However, Solgaleo is not that weak. It still supports its body, and then its whole body emits black and purple mist. Powerful telekinesis begins to spread from its body. It actually uses telekinesis to form an invisible barrier to resist the last wave of blue flames.

Although the final reaction was just to make amends, it still bought time for Solgaleo. Reshiram, who used the blue flame continuously, breathed lightly. Maintaining the continuous output of a skill was also a huge consumption for her. The turbo flame behind her had also calmed down. It was not that she did not want to maintain it, but the huge consumption made it impossible for her to react directly.

——The more powerful the skill, the greater the cost of using it.

"Don't be anxious, take your time."

While Reshiram was taking a break to catch his breath, Qiao Ran jumped behind her and asked her to take him away from the gradually collapsing floating island. Although Reshiram was not as violent as Moo and Diedie that Qiao Ran had encountered before, the previous blue flame still caused irreversible damage to the floating island. Her skills also had the ability to completely change the terrain with one blow.

"...I can continue to predict its movements. After all, if it can't fly, it can only move on two axes. Its movements aren't complicated, so it's relatively easy to predict."

"With just a few more attempts, we can realistically secure the victory."

After a series of battles, Qiao Ran has already made plans for the next arrangements. What he fears most is actually a battle with a huge gap or one that does not follow common sense. However, this time, it is obviously not in either of these two categories.

The opponent's gap was still within an acceptable range, and the opponent's movements and behaviors were relatively easy to judge, and did not exceed Qiao Ran's predictions.

"Then I'll leave it to you, Master."

Hearing Qiao Ran's voice, Reshiram also smiled slightly. With such a reliable trainer, she could also focus all her attention on the battle in front of her. No matter from which aspect, Qiao Ran met her standards for selecting heroes and was definitely a very good partner.

And... the aura around him was so pleasing that Reshiram simply couldn't resist it.

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In the broken world, the battle has been going on for a long time. Qiao Ran and Reshiram used the previous routine over and over again, trying to consume Solgaleo's physical strength. However, after using this routine once or twice, Solgaleo seemed to have become alert. It now learned to change its speed and direction while running, trying to interfere with Qiao Ran's prediction.

"A Pokémon made of that strange substance actually has intelligence..."

Qiao Ran touched his chin in surprise. This was the first time he knew about this and he had never heard of it before.

However, these short-term experiences and wisdom were obviously no match for the battle-hardened Qiao Ran. Qiao Ran simply let Reshiram deliberately expose a flaw, and lured the opponent to use his own unique skill - Meteor Flash, and rushed directly towards Reshiram.

"Now! Blue Flame!"

Reshiram, who fell from the sky, immediately turned his body around and spurted out a blue-green flame from his mouth, which directly sprayed Solgaleo, who was trying to rush over to pick up the head, and made him dizzy.

This time the situation was reversed. After being hit by the blue flame again, Solgaleo's body fell directly onto the floating island, and his body lay motionless on the ground that was smashed out.

In a small pit.

"..."

Qiao Ran stared at the other person, and after realizing that he seemed to have really stopped moving, a smile suddenly appeared on his tense face.

"Really... the result..."

The words came out of his mouth, but before he could finish, an even more bizarre scene happened in front of him.

When he saw that thing, the smile on Qiao Ran's face stopped abruptly.

"...!"

A dark light emanated from Solgaleo's body, and then countless dark purple gases began to condense from all directions. The strange substance directly enveloped Solgaleo. After a while, the strange substance split into two, and its shape continued to stabilize...

Looking at the shape of the object, Qiao Ran's face darkened. He immediately ordered Reshiram to attack, attempting to disrupt the ongoing changes. However, as if protected by some kind of shield, Reshiram's attack had no apparent effect. And for the first time, the "thing" made up of the two separate black substances fully appeared before Qiao Ran.

Two Pokémon appeared before him.

One of them was the sun-devouring beast Solgaleo, whom Qiao Ran had seen before. It had the appearance of a lion and a body as hard as steel. The other one was a completely new face that Qiao Ran had never seen before.

It was a giant bat-shaped Pokémon with round bat wings, a head outline that looked like a crescent moon, and a body made up of purple and gold. However, like Solgaleo, the color of its body was a little strange, and it was covered with that strange substance.

"Lunayara..."

“Lunaara…???”

When Qiao Ran saw the Pokémon that suddenly appeared, his eyes widened into bells. Everything that happened in front of him was obviously far beyond his imagination. Wait, it’s okay that Solgaleo, who was defeated with great difficulty, was resurrected with full health, but why did a Lunala appear?

This is totally wrong! ! ! !

Lunala, the beast that invites the moon, is also the final evolution of a child of the stars. It also has the ability to tear open space and open up the ultimate hole. Moreover, its ability is not inferior to Solgaleo's. Instead, it is Lunala's ghost and psychic attributes that make Reshiram's original attribute advantages disappear.

Fire and dragon are both unable to counter ghost and psychic attributes.

It was already very difficult before, do we have to fight a one-on-two fight now???

Qiao Ran was standing there in a daze, while Reshiram was looking at everything in front of her with a serious expression. She felt a very terrifying and terrible aura from the two phantom Pokémon in front of her, and she herself had consumed a lot of physical strength in the previous battle, and there was no extra time to recover these physical strength.

That is to say...

A drop of sweat rolled down Qiao Ran's forehead. This situation had obviously exceeded his expectations. He had already decided to call it a day, but this time his opponent actually had a suffocating second stage.

If it's two against one, we really can't win!

Chapter 744 [Pinch Attack]

If reality were a game, it would be a rubbish one.

——The difficulty of this boss's arrangement seems a little off no matter how I think about it.

If you finally finish defeating a boss when challenging it, but the boss enters the second stage directly on the spot, not only resurrects on the spot, but also creates twins who are more difficult to deal with than you, the difficulty will make Qiao Ran want to die.

If this was a game, Qiao Ran could simply not play it, and could even throw everything in the production team's faces to vent his emotions. However, what appeared in front of him at this moment was not a game that could be resurrected on the spot, started over, or even quit.

All of this was reality, a reality so absurd that it was almost unbelievable to him.

"Reshiram...it seems like this won't be so easy."

Qiao Ran's voice trembled unconsciously. There were only two situations that he feared the most. One was that the opponent's action pattern was difficult to predict, and the other was that the opponent's strength far exceeded his own.

Sun Devourer and Moon Inviter, these two Pokémon, which were originally Ultra Beasts, are probably fighting side by side for the first time since the legendary battle. However, their enemies this time are not monsters that endanger Alola, but a human boy and a white dragon.

"...It'll definitely be fine. If I can win once, I'll definitely win a second time."

Although Reshiram was also startled by the scene before her, she was a Pokémon that had experienced many storms and waves, so she quickly calmed down. However, she still felt a little inexplicably hesitant in her heart. If she really failed here, she would at least find a way to protect Qiao Ran...

His existence would not be so easily destroyed, but Qiao Ran was different from them after all. However, if he wanted to move forward, Qiao Ran's strength was indispensable.

"Don't worry, we still have a chance, this time we can

Take it one step at a time."

Qiao Ran stretched out his left hand and placed it on Reshiram's body, restoring her consumed strength. Although the number of opponents had doubled, Qiao Ran could also use his ability to help Reshiram recover some of her strength. In this way, it could be converted into a two-to-two fight.

probably.

Qiao Ran could only think this way temporarily to comfort himself, but when the battle officially began, he still realized what the real reality was.

Solgaleo was running on the ground, while Lunala was flying in the sky. The two completely different attack methods were already too much for Qiao Ran to cope with, not to mention the earth-shattering power when they launched the attack, which made it impossible to ignore it directly.

A purple beam of telekinesis shot out from Solgaleo's mouth, and Lunala in the sky also stretched out her wings, gathering purple energy from around her wings, and finally gathered it to the center and fired it out like a cluster cannon.

"Master! Get on my back!"

Two extremely thick rays of light rushed towards him like a punishment from heaven. Not only did Reshiram feel palpitations, but even Qiao Ran on the floating island was caught in the range of the attack.

In order to prevent the worst from happening, Reshiram could only let Qiao Ran hide on his back first. If Qiao Ran was hit by this attack even once, he would be completely finished!

"it is good!"

Qiao Ran didn't hesitate and jumped directly onto Reshiram's back, hiding in the white hair on her body. Then, a dizzying feeling came into Qiao Ran's head. Qiao Ran knew that this was the dizziness caused by Reshiram flying at high speed to avoid attacks. Normally, Reshiram would try her best to fly more steadily so that Qiao Ran would not feel uncomfortable, but now he couldn't care less.

The turbine on her tail had reached its limit, and her entire body was flying rapidly in the sky like an outstretched jet fighter.

The beams of light emitted from Solgaleo and Lunala directly engulfed the floating island where Qiao Ran was standing before, cutting it into countless pieces. And when they turned their bodies, another floating island in the distance would inevitably be killed.

The destructive power of these beams is much stronger than that of the Butterfly that Qiao Ran faced before. Although the Butterfly can also violently shatter the floating island, it is definitely not as easy as these two Pokémon. Moreover, the floating island formed this time was generated from a mountain. With the power of the skills of these two Pokémon, it is probably no problem to destroy the entire mountain with one blow.

"..."

Qiao Ran simply held his breath and hid in Reshiram's hair. He had no way of observing the surrounding situation clearly. Not to mention whether he could adapt to the high-speed motion images, even if he used the power of waveguide in this situation, it would be difficult for Qiao Ran to simulate the surrounding environment at this speed.

Oh no……

——This was another scene he had never imagined. As a human being, a trainer who usually only stood in the field to give orders, he probably never thought that one day he would use the power of waves at such a high speed.

Originally, he could use the power of waveguide to easily judge the distance between the target and himself. After all, his movement speed was not fast, so he could make an estimate at the same time. But now... because his movement speed was too fast, and the rhythm of movement was not completely under his control, it could be called forced displacement. This led to a result - Qiao Ran's radar completely failed.

Of course, this problem is not unsolvable, but it will definitely require a lot of training. Just like Qiao Ran felt before that his ability to resist special conditions was not good enough and he needed to strengthen his training. These aspects cannot be overcome directly by relying on the so-called "willpower".

The training of wave power is like fitness. Only by exercising can it produce results.

However, whether to train or not is a problem that will arise later. Now Qiao Ran has more practical things to face.

——Reshiram cannot lose his command.

Her strength was not even as strong as that of one of the two Pokémon on the opposite side, let alone facing both of them directly. The only thing that could help her turn the situation around was his command and intelligence supply.