Chapter 34: Snorlax's Rampage
“You've finally brought out your last trump card. I heard it’s very strong!” Looking at the Snorlax in front of him, Hunter S couldn't help but reveal a triumphant smile.
After all, his Toxicroak was a Poison/Fighting type Pokémon, perfectly suited to face Snorlax.
“Snorlax, huh… I wonder what its ability is, Immunity or Thick Fat!”
Hunter X looked at the Weavile at his feet, facing Snorlax with a hint of solemnity.
If it had the Thick Fat ability, Weavile and Houndoom's attacks wouldn't be very effective.
“You two will restrain it, let my big Toxicroak finish it off!” Hunter S said, full of confidence.
“No matter how strong this Snorlax is, as long as it hasn't reached the Tianwang level, what do we have to fear!”
Hunter X and Hunter Y exchanged glances upon hearing this, then decisively ordered their Pokémon.
“Flamethrower!” “Blizzard!”
At this moment, Hunter X and Hunter Y's two Pokémon, one on the left and one on the right, unleashed a dual assault of ice and fire on Snorlax.
Snorlax could only choose to use its massive body to withstand these attacks.
However, this Snorlax's physique was extremely formidable, and it seemed to possess the Thick Fat ability, so the damage from the ice and fire was very limited.
But for Hunter S, these two were merely for restraint; the one truly taking action was his Toxicroak.
Using the ice and fire as cover, Toxicroak lunged at Snorlax like Quick Attack.
For Fighting-type Pokémon, a Pokémon like Snorlax was just a sandbag.
In an instant, Toxicroak used Brick Break, its glowing arm striking down at Snorlax!
Looking at the charging Toxicroak, Shi Ying's face held a calm expression as he said to Zhen Xing beside him, “Xiao Xing, watch closely. If I die, the future is yours!”
“Huh? No, you won’t!” Hearing Shi Ying's words, Zhen Xing was slightly startled and said, “Boss, you’ll be fine!”
Shi Ying calmly said, “I was born a commoner. When I was ten, I was sleeping under a Sweet Honey Tree when I met Munchlax, who was still a Munchlax, and by a stroke of luck, it became my Pokémon!
During that time, everyone advised me to give up Munchlax.
Because I couldn't afford to raise Munchlax.
For Munchlax's food, I knelt, begged, and even gave up, but I ultimately persevered!”
At this very moment, Toxicroak's Brick Break had already struck Snorlax.
But Snorlax's body instantly performed Defense Curl, rolling itself into a ball.
When Toxicroak's Brick Break landed on Snorlax, it only felt its arm uncontrollably slide away.
In the opening revealed at that instant, Snorlax suddenly grabbed Toxicroak, flung it away, and it crashed heavily onto the ground.
And with this successful counterattack, Snorlax's aura completely changed, becoming even more terrifying and powerful.
“It must be a coincidence!” Hunter S couldn't believe that Toxicroak's Brick Break was simply deflected by Snorlax.
At this point, Hunter S ordered Toxicroak, “Keep attacking, don't give up!”
Toxicroak immediately regrouped and lunged at Snorlax again.
But each time Toxicroak attacked, Snorlax negated it with Defense Curl, and then Snorlax would seize the momentary opening to throw it away. With each counterattack, Snorlax's aura grew stronger and stronger.
It was as if the rule of Fighting-type Pokémon having an advantage over Normal-type Pokémon had been broken by this Snorlax!
Shi Ying stood up, looking as if his whole being was aflame, and continued,
“For us commoner Trainers, we must be 'round' to withstand the malice of the world.
But we also must have ambition to grow stronger with each setback under the world's oppression!
To be 'round' in dealing with the world allows for opportunities to grow, and to be 'square' as a person allows for lofty ambitions!
And each instance of the world's malice towards us is nourishment for us to advance further, an opportunity for us commoner Trainers to grow!
When I understood this principle and connected them,
Defense Curl, Accelerock, and the Double Team that links them formed Munchlax's first battle system: Retribution!”
“However the world treats me, I will repay it doubly. In this process, I must become stronger!”
“Snorlax!” Snorlax roared, throwing Toxicroak out again!
“Retribution…” Zhen Xing listened to Shi Ying's words, feeling as if his entire soul was burning.
“Stop talking big! What retribution? Use Mach Punch to completely crush this Snorlax!” Hunter S ordered.
At this moment, Toxicroak's fist emitted a brilliant glow, and an astonishing aura began to gather in Toxicroak's hand.
The terrifying aura of this punch was clearly felt by everyone.
At this moment, Shi Ying seemed completely oblivious to the situation before him, simply continuing to speak to himself,
“After that, I was noticed by the principal and fortunately became a member of Qiefeng Academy.
I pressed forward, facing every obstacle with all my might.
Gradually, I discovered that each obstacle was a whetstone on the Avance Trail, only making one more resilient and stronger with each setback.
Thus, through this continuous tempering, one awakens the true power that belongs to oneself!”
“Because of these insights, my Snorlax developed its second battle system, the Awakening Chariot, built with Rollout, Ten-Thousand Horsepower, and Awakening Power!”
As he spoke, Snorlax had already started to Rollout, and with unparalleled speed, it crashed into Toxicroak’s Mach Punch!
At this moment, Toxicroak did not retreat, but chose to collide without hesitation.
Toxicroak's Mach Punch collided with Snorlax's Awakening Chariot, and the impact between the two was breathtaking.
Even the dust stirred up seemed to possess an unparalleled force, sweeping in all directions.
Then Toxicroak was directly crushed by Snorlax, not only losing its ability to fight, but even being completely flattened!
And Snorlax's momentum still showed no signs of stopping; its Rollout grew faster and stronger.
Weavile and Houndoom wanted to escape, but now they were not only unable to contend with this chariot in terms of power, but even in terms of speed, the full-throttle Awakening Chariot was astonishingly fast.
These two Pokémon were directly caught and crushed, losing their ability to fight!
“How is this possible? This Snorlax, how can it be so strong, how can its speed be so fast?!”
Watching their Pokémon being so easily dealt with by this one Snorlax, the three Spirit Hunters were almost stunned, even a bit at a loss.
The combat power possessed by Shi Ying's Snorlax was even more terrifying than they had imagined.
“His Snorlax has reached the peak of a Quasi-Heavenly King Pokémon, mastering the ability of material-energy conversion!”
Hunter S was the first to react, saying, “It can convert physical attacks into energy attacks, and also convert energy attacks into physical attacks, as needed.
This is an ability that only the most top-tier Quasi-Heavenly King Pokémon can master!”
“So… so strong!” Zhen Xing's eyes widened. He suddenly felt that with such a strong Snorlax, why should he run? Wouldn't it be better to just take down these Spirit Hunters!
Shi Ying didn't explain to Zhen Xing, but continued, “When you awaken your own power, you will find that the so-called demons and monsters are not as strong as you imagine.
Because at this moment, you are no longer facing them, but the world, the rules of the world!”
“The world…” Zhen Xing was a bit slow to react. Was his boss really that strong?!
At this time, Shi Ying was not looking at the three Spirit Hunters, but raised his head to look at the distant sky.
A Trainer with a deep scar on his face was slowly flying down on a Salamence from that direction.
Along with the arrival of this Salamence came an almost solidified pressure.
“You, you, you… You are the Hunter King, Dragon Hunter King Ze Yi!” At this moment, Hunter X pointed at the newly arrived Trainer and said.
Ze Yi ignored the Letter Hunters and looked at the disheveled Shi Ying, saying in a deep voice, “You still ended up using this Snorlax. Letting it battle means cutting off its continuously accumulating momentum, cutting off its potential to grow into a Tianwang level Pokémon!”
“Who knows about such things! Perhaps bathed in dragon blood, it might even be more likely to become a Tianwang level Pokémon!” Shi Ying scoffed.
“Snorlax!” Snorlax slapped its belly with both hands, displaying its oppressive presence.
“Bathed in dragon blood…” Ze Yi scoffed. He saw the Salamence under his feet flap its wings, and endless strong winds mixed with astonishing wind blades attacked Snorlax, as if wanting to cut Snorlax into pieces.
Shi Ying seemed to have anticipated the scene before him, even continuing unhurriedly, saying,
“When the opponent is the world, you should not be surprised by the world's madness, but rather be even more mad to repay it.
Only now do I understand that prayer indeed cannot bring about a path to life; only battle can forge a bridge to the future with blood and bones!
This is my newly constructed third system, completely transforming the fat stored by Munchlax into released energy!
The ultimate system, Fate Defiance, formed by Self-Destruct, Recycle, and Outrage!
Using Self-Destruct to release the body's fat power,
Converting fat power into energy through Recycle, and restraining Snorlax's Self-Destruct,
And through this pain, stimulating Snorlax to trigger Outrage, releasing its power to the maximum extent.”
Shi Ying's gaze fixed on the Salamence, as if burning out, and he said, “Even if it's an Elite, it can kill it for you to see!”
“Snorlax!”
At this moment, Snorlax seemed to be radiating intense heat, even transforming into an unparalleled blazing fireball.
It furiously lunged at the Salamence.
The Salamence's seemingly barrier-like storm was directly torn apart by the Snorlax, which appeared to be burning, as if this storm barrier was thinner than paper.
The Dragon Hunter King looked at the scene before him, a hint of fear in his eyes.
He couldn't understand why Snorlax could tear apart Salamence's storm, and even burst out with such astonishing power and speed!
Is this… really Snorlax?!
“Fly… fly for me, quickly!”
The Dragon Hunter King could no longer maintain his composure, nor could he look down upon all living beings like a king.
Because he suddenly realized that the Salamence he trusted so much couldn't give him any sense of security!
But this Snorlax's speed was faster than he expected. Snorlax leaped up in the interval before Salamence could take off.
It was as if it was seven or eight stories high, directly grabbing Salamence's neck and smashing Salamence's head and body directly onto the ground.
The entire ground seemed to shake like an Earthquake. With just one blow, the power unleashed caused the Tianwang level Salamence to lose its ability to fight!
“This, this, this…” At this moment, the scene was utterly silent.
All that remained was Snorlax's panting, the constantly rising steam, and its body gradually thinning.
It seemed Snorlax's stamina was exhausted, but who knew how astonishing the damage this Snorlax could unleash.
“What the heck, what kind of divine battle is this?!”
Chen Xi and Ci Lang, observing the situation from afar with binoculars, were utterly dumbfounded at this moment, even trembling slightly.
They had initially thought Zhen Xing needed help against the three Letter Hunters, but Snorlax's intervention directly swept away all of the Letter Hunters' Pokémon.
Then a Tianwang level figure appeared, and Chen Xi was already preparing to retreat, but in the next second, that Snorlax directly defeated the Salamence.
Chen Xi estimated that the Salamence's injuries were at least a concussion and a comminuted fracture of the neck.
Chen Xi felt that unless he was crazy, he couldn't participate in such a battle.
Even if his Floette were to intervene, it would probably be instantly killed.
But such continuous attacks also seemed to have burned out Shi Ying, and Snorlax as well!
At this moment, Shi Ying, due to poisoning, seemed ready to collapse at any time.
And the Snorlax before him, having heavily consumed its accumulated fat, also seemed to be at the end of its stamina.
But before it truly fell, even if there were Tianwang level Trainers here, who would dare to act easily?
“Xiao Xing, leave!” Shi Ying said to Zhen Xing, “Go to the temple, find the Chi Ri Priest, and tell him that my path in Sinnoh truly won't work.
From now on, the future of Sinnoh's commoner Trainers is in his hands.
Follow him well and see if his path is the right one!”
“Boss, I'm not leaving!” Zhen Xing said unwillingly upon hearing Shi Ying's words, “If we're going to die, we'll die together!”
“Die my ass!” Shi Ying roared, “Take my hope and find a path for commoner Trainers where effort is rewarded, let every commoner Trainer in Sinnoh know that their future is not just Superior!”
“Under… understood! Boss!” Zhen Xing's large tears flowed down upon hearing this.
This time, he truly let go of Shi Ying and decisively turned to leave!
Shi Ying watched Zhen Xing's retreating back and silently blessed him, “Xiao Xing, it is the Trainer who determines the Pokémon's future, not the Pokémon's strength that determines the Trainer's path.
Understanding this truth, you will surely have a future even more brilliant than mine!”