After purchasing so many items, Kebi returned to the camp to find Ya Sha training her Pokémon with intense fervor, the scene was a chaotic bombardment.
Her enthusiasm was fiery, but overly wild.
Kebi disliked this unrefined training method.
However, three… four Torchic were watching intently.
Oh no!
Kebi worried that his promising young Pokémon would be attracted to Ya Sha's crude training methods and pick up the same bad habits, which would be disastrous.
It's hard to learn good habits, but easy to learn bad ones.
If Jiasuji Ji developed bad habits during her infancy, it would likely be very difficult to correct them later in life.
He must instill the correct combat philosophy in Jiasuji Ji.
In battle, a powerful move doesn't necessarily mean it's good.
If a powerful quick attack fails to make the enemy panic and reveal an opening, then it's Ya Sha's turn to suffer a setback.
In short, Ya Sha doesn't know how to manage a battle.
"Ya Sha, let your Pokémon have a training battle with Monferno to test the changes in Monferno's strength after evolving."
"No problem!" As long as there was a battle, Ya Sha would never refuse.
If you told Ya Sha that your cat could do a backflip, she probably wouldn't be interested.
But if you told her your battle arena was huge and asked if she wanted to fight a couple of battles, Ya Sha would likely go with you.
Ya Sha's eyes darted around, and she waved at Arcanine.
"Torkoal is the strongest, so the testing effect will be the best."
"No problem, Torkoal it is."
"Torkoal"
"lv70 lv56"
"Trait: Sunlight Trait (Development 0.9)"
"Potential: Purple (97/100)"
Torkoal let out a cry, exhaling white smoke, and as its shell on its back grew redder, a ray of sunlight surprisingly descended into the originally dark night sky.
Kebi looked up and saw a fiery red ball of fire condensing in the air, about ten meters above the ground.
Kebi raised an eyebrow, "I didn't expect your Torkoal to develop the Sunlight Trait to this extent, but my Monferno is also a Fire-type Pokémon."
"Your Torkoal using Sunlight Trait won't gain an advantage against Monferno."
Young people, what they value most is a spirited contest, isn't it?
What Ya Sha valued wasn't whether Torkoal had an advantage, but that she had lost quite frustratingly when she battled Kebi with Torkoal last time.
This time, she was determined to win back decisively.
"Torkoal, Flamethrower!"
This time she wasn't a Gym Leader, so she could launch a reckless quick attack.
"Dodge, Mach Punch."
Ya Sha, oh Ya Sha, what can I say about you?
How can a turtle compare in speed to a monkey?
"Iron Defense."
Ya Sha chose Torkoal, of course, because she was confident in Torkoal's strength.
The speed of Torkoal using Iron Defense while withdrawing into its shell was indeed faster than Monferno's Mach Punch.
With a punch to the shell, Monferno transformed its fist into a blade.
Brick Break!
It slammed down heavily, and the fierce force penetrated the shell, attacking Torkoal's internal organs.
Even while retracted into its shell, Torkoal showed a pained expression.
The move Brick Break usually only deals 75 points of damage.
75 points isn't high, but Brick Break excels at breaking through various shield defenses.
Coincidentally, Torkoal's shell is a type of shield.
Ya Sha's eyebrows shot up; she had to maximize the advantage of Torkoal's Sunlight Trait.
"Torkoal, Fire Spin!"
The shell, which had been stationary, instantly began to spin, knocking away Monferno, who was swinging its fist to strike, while continuously spewing out flames.
This was not Fire Spin at all; this was clearly a combination move of high-speed rotation and Flamethrower.
Ya Sha, oh Ya Sha, even you, with your thick eyebrows and big eyes, have learned to play with hidden meanings now.
Kebi smiled slightly, continuing to provoke Ya Sha's emotions and guide her to use powerful moves.
"It's spinning well, but it doesn't seem to be doing much damage."
Kebi waved his hand grandly, declaring: "Monferno, Flare Blitz!"
The moment it landed after being knocked away, Monferno's entire body burst into flames, and it fiercely crashed into Torkoal, who had spun in a large circle and was attacking again.
The evenly matched collision caused both Torkoal and Monferno to grip the ground firmly to absorb the impact, leaving six deep imprints on the ground.
"Flamethrower!"
Hearing Kebi's command, Ya Sha waved her hand proudly.
"Burn Up, let Kebi see what true flames are."
"Mach Punch, dodge."
Who's playing head-on collision with you?
Flamethrower had no staying power, collapsing on contact, and the scorching white pillar of fire spewed by Torkoal unfortunately missed.
Furthermore, Monferno, appearing like a ghost, delivered a heavy punch to its face.
Ya Sha was incredulous, "Impossible! Your Monferno can't be that fast! That last move was Agility! You cheated with Psychic!"
What nonsense! What nonsense!
"My Pokémon and I are one, unleashing a speed in Monferno that is no less than Agility, is there a problem?"
"No problem!"
Ya Sha gritted her teeth, "Torkoal, Scorching Sands!"
Instantly, gusts of sand swirled on Mt. Chimney, the air grew scorching hot, Kebi felt the ground beneath his feet becoming scalding, and the hard Rocks pulverized into scorching sand.
Monferno couldn't stand still.
"Monferno, unleash the undying flames you absorbed from Moltres!"
Ya Sha snorted, she refused to believe that Moltres's power couldn't block a Ground-type move like Scorching Sands, could it?
When she saw the flames on Monferno's tail become like Moltres's fluttering feathers, a red glow spread from its tail to its entire body.
Monferno, who had been hopping around in the hot sand, instantly calmed down.
Ya Sha was immediately dumbfounded, "It actually works! This isn't a Pokémon!!"
No, this is very Pokémon.
"Ya Sha, let me ask you, what is magma composed of?"
What is magma? Ya Sha really didn't know.
"Rock pulp?"
Kebi gave Ya Sha a thumbs up, "Exactly, it's melted Rock. Moltres can absorb power from magma, and Scorching Sands and magma are actually not that different."
Is that really true?
Of course not; how could physics fully explain the wonders of Pokémon?
Monferno seemed fine, but that was just Kebi making it endure.
Its Blaze had already activated, how could it be fine!
Without Ya Sha helping Kebi, he would be lucky to earn half of the five million.
Kebi understood what Old Man Mula meant: he wanted him to teach Ya Sha a good lesson.
The lesson he was teaching Ya Sha today was: All's fair in love and war!
"Torkoal, stop, use Inferno!"
Ya Sha was still the same, unable to break her bad habit of using powerful moves.
But with the Sunlight Trait's boost, the high temperature released by this Inferno was indeed astonishing.
"It can absorb magma, but that doesn't mean Monferno can absorb the flames of a Fire-type Pokémon with a higher lv70 than itself, especially flames that have become even hotter after being enhanced by the Sunlight Trait!"
Kebi merely shook his head calmly, "Ya Sha, in battle, Trainers are not prohibited from using Psychic to influence their own Pokémon. With me here, although it cannot absorb Inferno's flames."
"But it can reduce the impact and interrupt Torkoal's release. You should reduce your use of powerful moves. Don't you find it strange that I've been constantly giving commands to Monferno during today's battle?"
Ya Sha's expression instantly changed, but it was already too late.
Torkoal's throat had already been seized by Monferno, its fate sealed.
Just like Kingdra with its mouth bitten by Totodile, unable to spew Hydro Pump.
Torkoal was ultimately defeated from within by its own Inferno, which poured back into it.
"Ya Sha, this is all's fair in love and war."