I beg you female trainers to give me money even if you lose!

Because he could tell that the opponent was a Fire-type, he used other types but only brought Close Combat to defend against Rock-type Pokémon.

However, this can't be used against Ghost-type Pokémon. Blaine can tell the type of the Pokémon, so Blaziken can't do anything about it right now.

Should I switch Pokémon? But if the opponent's Bulk Up boosts its attack power by one stage, it's questionable whether my other Pokémon can withstand it.

"Blaziken! Flare Blitz!" Blaine could only send Blaziken to test the strength of the Pokémon on the other side!

"Azure Flame Blade Demon! Spirit Slash!" Yang Xiying immediately used Spirit Slash, he didn't believe that the opponents would fight at this level without using any items!

Blaziken was the first to make a move, its entire body engulfed in flames as it charged toward Yang Xiying's Azure Flame Blade Demon!

The Azure Flame Blade Demon was hit hard, losing 60% of its health bar, and a purple bead phantom appeared above the Blazing Chicken's head!

This is the Life Orb, but it suddenly materialized and then grew to a gigantic size, smashing directly into Blaziken!

—The Blaziken's health bar is completely emptied!

One of Blaine's Pokémon has been lost!

PS: I checked the bounty situation, and I only owe one chapter. I don't even have enough recommendation tickets, monthly tickets, or sword blades for one chapter. Tsk tsk, I'll pay back later.

NO.345 They are all my very good friends!

"This power... is strong and powerful!"

Blaine's expression immediately turned serious. His opponent had taken down Blaziken with a single Grimstalker. Although Blaziken's durability wasn't high, the opponent's attack power was still quite exaggerated.

Moreover, the flames on the opponent's body burned even more fiercely because of the shattered armor. Could this be a characteristic of the shattered armor...?!

—That means Blaziken really has no way to deal with this Pokémon!

But he wasn't without a way to deal with this kind of guy, and seeing that the opponent only had 40% health left, he could even use this one to finish it off.

—Sabelle sent out a new Pokémon.

"Now it's your turn, Arcanine!" That's the legendary big dog, and it started with a threatening gesture!

Azure Flame Blade Demon's physical attack has returned to normal, allowing Arcanine to withstand its attacks and deliver a fatal blow to its opponent!

"Blue Flame Blade Ghost!"

Yang Xiying did not hesitate to let Azure Flame Blade Ghost launch an attack, because there was no point in switching Pokémon now.

Why not just take one with us?

"Arcanine! Stomp!"

Blaine gave the command immediately, and at that moment Arcanine roared and slammed its paw on the ground, causing the earth to tremble!

The earth and rocks were thrown up and hit the Azure Flame Blade Demon directly, and the Fire Swordsman lost his ability to fight. But when it hit the ground, it also burst out with ghostly blue flames!

The ball of flame struck Arcanine directly, catching it off guard. In the end, the big dog collapsed to the ground with a howl of pain!

"This is a shared fate...?!" Blaine's face was somewhat grim; his Arcanine had been taken away by a defeated foe just like that!

“Hey, we still lost the same number of Pokémon,” Yang Xiying said with a slight smile, while Blaine remained silent.

"...Good judgment. I'll leave the rest to you, Nine-Tails!" Five rounds have passed, and he's going to send Nine-Tails to open up the weather.

"Poliwrath 2! Go!" Yang Xiying switched to Poliwrath 2, as it was the safest option since the opponent hadn't sent out any Pokémon yet.

Both sides sent out their Pokémon, but Ninetales was killed by Stealth Rock as soon as it activated its Sunny Day ability.

Then Blaine sent out Charizard, but it wasn't attacked by the Stealth Rock because it was carrying Platform Boots!

After all, without this Charizard's health bar, things would be extremely dangerous!

"Charizard! Flamethrower!"

Blaine felt somewhat uncomfortable facing Yang Xiying's Porygon 2, because he had encountered Pokémon trainers using Porygon 2 before.

—This young man's Pokémon are all pretty tough to deal with...

"Polygon2! Trick Room!" Yang Xiying shouted for Polygon2 to turn the tide, since the opposing Pokémon were all quite fast.

Boom——! ! !

The first to attack was Charizard, which gathered flames in its mouth and then spewed them out!

The flames instantly transformed into large characters, engulfing the 3D dragon, and the toy duck's health bar suddenly dropped by 75%.

—And it also caused strange fluctuations in the surrounding space despite the damage.

"What terrifying power..." Watching Charizard's massive Flame Burst instantly reduce Porygon2's health by 3%.

Yang Xiying was also somewhat amazed. Charizard under clear skies has an extremely terrifying output, not just because the power of its fire-type moves is increased.

It also has a special ability, Solar Power, which increases Special Attack by 1.5 times under sunny weather! However, it will also lose 1/8 of its HP each turn.

But what does a little bit of blood loss matter when it comes to high damage?

"..."

Upon seeing the opponent's 3D Dragon 2, Blaine also fell into doubt, because he felt that this one was harder than the one he had seen before.

—And the other side has even opened a magic space, which is troublesome now.

"Charizard! Flamethrower!" But no matter what, their attack still had to continue!

"Poliwrath 2! Rain Dance!" Yang Xiying also had Poliwrath 2 use a new move. Against Fire-type Pokémon, this move was indeed the only option!

The toy duck suddenly appeared, and the once clear sky instantly became covered with dark clouds!

This caused Charizard's Flame Burst to instantly lose its power, and the move that could have instantly killed Porygon2 only dealt 3% of its health!

"...!" Uncle Xia's expression was not good. His opponents were willing to use any means necessary to deal with this old man!

—Was it really better to use the Air Blade, which wasn't affected by the weather, before?

"Charizard! Air Blade!"

Now all he can do is let Charizard use Air Blade, hoping to buy some time until the rain ends.

"Dragon 2, 3 Volts!"

The first to attack was Porygon2, which took away 3% of Charizard's health with a single Thunderbolt, leaving Charizard struggling with only a sliver of health left.

Its struggle did indeed take away the weakened Porygon2, but the next Pokémon Yang Xiying sent out was Slowbro!

Slowbro can easily take away Charizard in the rain, and Blaine's last Pokémon is Magmortar.

So the result is obvious: Rainy Day Magic Space Hot Water took down the Duckbill Flame Beast in one shot. Yang Xiying, WIN!

"Ha, I'm getting old after all. There are more and more strong young Pokémon trainers in the Kanto region lately."

Blaine sighed as he watched all five Pokémon lose their ability to battle, and finally fixed his gaze on Yang Xiying.

"You've really put a lot of effort into training your Pokémon. In any case, the Crimson Badge for the Cinnabar Gym is now yours."

"I'll give you the rewards from the Level 2 and Level 3 Gym Trials together. These two are the TMs Flamethrower and Fire Blast, respectively."

"—Make good use of them and feel the explosive output of fire attribute, hahaha."

"Thank you very much," Yang Xiying said respectfully as she accepted the rewards, bringing her total to eight gym badges.

Then, apart from Xiao Gang, he had passed all the Level 3 trials of all the dojos, and for this he received more and more rewards.

Just like this time at the Cinnabar Gym, after completing the Level 3 Gym Trial, he obtained the Charizard Evolution Stone Y!

It can evolve Charizard into Mega Charizard Y, and that thing is incredibly powerful. It has the Solar Beam ability, but it only has it because of Mega Evolution.

—So this almost always results in a winning hand when you're second.

However, he doesn't have Charmander yet, so he can't enjoy it, and his own Vulpix isn't even fully developed yet.

But it's time for this child to evolve, and Crimson Lotus Town is a good place for training, so let the Six-Tails train a bit.

"Um, Mr. Chapel, does your promise to give me as many hot spring vouchers as I have friends still stand?"

Of course, besides the Pokémon-related rewards, Yang Xiying wouldn't forget that other reward: now that he'd won against Blaine, the hot spring ticket...

"Of course."

Xia Bo, realizing that Yang Xiying still remembered that incident, coughed awkwardly. He was a little worried that the other party might just randomly pick a few dozen friends.

"I just don't know how many friends you have coming? Also, I won't count random friends; they have to be very close to you."

He can accept having only about ten close friends at most.

"Please rest assured on that point. They are all very good friends of mine, and you don't need to worry about the number."

"If it's more than ten, I'll pay for it. Hmm, I need to ask them if they can find the time to come to Red Lotus Island."

"Oh..." Looking at Yang Xiying's innocent expression, Xia Bo nodded blankly, this was indeed within his acceptable range.

—But something feels off, her…they (彼女たち)?

PS: Update! I've finished making up for the missed chapters. Looking at the current data, I need 100 monthly votes plus one more chapter, but I'm still a little short on the rest.

So one chapter is owed.

NO.346 The upcoming harem team building...

“Um… young man, you mean them (彼女たち), right?” Blaine couldn’t help but ask, driven by his professional habit of enjoying riddles.

"Yes, is there a problem?" Yang Xiying was also taken aback after hearing this, and showed a puzzled expression, while Uncle Xia also coughed lightly.

"Well, of course, no problem. I'm just a little curious about your relationship." Being so close to so many women... are you related?

"Couple."

"..." This relationship was indeed proof of their good relationship, and Xia Bo suddenly felt a deep respect for Yang Xiying, this young man.

—The onlookers were also watching him with bated breath.

"I'll give you a 40% discount on services other than those provided by the hot spring inn," Xia Bo said slowly, placing his hands on Yang Xiying's shoulders.

This young man is a brave soul! It seems the hot spring inn will need to add more kidney dishes to its menu...

—And these are not simply the kind of free hot spring hotel vouchers that offer free accommodation while enjoying hot springs.

"Ah... thank you, I'll go check how many people are coming right now."

"Well, I'll wait for you."

After making an appointment with Blaine, Yang Xiying left the Cinnabar Gym and returned to the local Pokémon Center to rest.

He then contacted everyone in the group and told them that he had hot spring vouchers for a famous hot spring hotel in Honglian Town.

Xiaoxia: Oh, you've come at a pretty good time. We really don't know what to do during the New Year holiday.

Nazi: It would be nice to relax before going to work in Ziyuan Town. The hot springs in Honglian Town are famous far and wide, but I haven't tried them yet.

Ace Pilot (Feng Lu): Compared to Christmas, I'm really too busy with things here during the New Year.

Feng Lu: So Yang, I appreciate your kindness. You can enjoy it with the other sisters. Besides, I had a very happy Christmas.

Rita: Wow, the new girl is showing off. But my Mid-Autumn Festival with Yang Guo at Mount Tsukimi wasn't too bad either.

Rita: I probably can't come because of that, since my colleagues need to spend more time with their families.

Most of the rangers in Pallet Town have families, and they naturally want to spend the New Year with their families, so those with families get the holiday first.

Rita, who hasn't yet publicly revealed her relationship with Yang Xiying, naturally can't keep up with the other girls in the group, but she doesn't mind.

Nanami: I really can't come. If I travel rashly, Qinglv will easily arouse suspicion.

Ami: Hmm... I don't have much else to do besides running the dojo, so I might as well... soak in the hot springs.

Elite Trainer (Kanako): The Indigo League is coming soon, so I need to train extra hard. So, Yang, I'm sorry.

When Kanako heard that Yang Xiying was going to treat everyone to a hot spring, she felt a flutter in her heart, but she still had her training to complete...

Yang Xiying: You become a beggar through arduous training, and a great hero through leisurely strolls. Kanako, you still need to pay attention to the balance between work and rest.

Yang Xiying: And you can also train your Pokémon here, right? I can still give you some pointers now.

Kanako: But...but weren't we rivals at the Quartz Conference? Yang, isn't it a bit inappropriate for you to give me pointers now?