Pokemon Dawn

The morning of April 17th.

After leaving the Giant Tree Forest, the familiar atmosphere just returned - hostile wild Pokémon attacked from time to time, and were knocked down one after another by Saya's Pokémon with great efficiency.

All the Pokémon said enthusiastically——

After spending three full days idle in the giant forest, my body was almost rusty.

Since the time spent in the giant tree forest was much shorter than expected, Xiaoye did not rush on her way, but stopped and walked to lead the Pokémon in training, especially to let the newly evolved forest lizard digest the arcane knowledge learned before.

Controlling the power of nature is an obscure and incomprehensible concept for Xiaoye and other Pokémon. It would have been no problem for Xiaoye in her previous life. The power of nature itself is derived from the power of nature.

, and the power of waveguide has no such attribute.

The forest lizard that had completed its evolution seemed to have understood something clearly, but could not express it through language. It just asked its trainer to give itself one hour of thinking time every day - to sit on the ground and realize it.

Or maybe it's more appropriately called "meditation".

As a result, a new item was added to the forest lizard's already drastically changed training menu. For it, which has just evolved, the things it needs to do are far from over.

After checking the map, Xiaoye found that the route she was walking had obviously deviated from the original direction. Of course, the direction of travel was just a random drawing drawn by the four people at that time, and there was no need to deliberately turn back to the correct position in the next journey.

Just a little correction will be enough.

After the giant tree forest, the next stop is the towering Shenling Mountain. Before reaching the mountain, there is a long plain section with a wide view and is not easy to be attacked by surprise. It is very suitable for organizing Pokémon for training.

If you train while advancing, you can basically reach the foot of Shenling Mountain in two days.

Calculating the walking distance and time, Xiaoye was about to turn the atlas to the introduction page of Shenling Mountain when her hand movements suddenly stopped.

"Master, what's wrong, Qiu?" Little Piqiu glanced at Xiaoye's face with his ears in confusion.

"That guy seems to be following me." Xiaoye said, turning around and looking back.

When the familiar scent entered Xiaoye's detection range, Xiaoye almost immediately recognized this Pokémon that she had only met once.

——Riolu met before entering the giant forest.

The ripple Pokémon Riolu has the ability to control waveguides. Therefore, its aura detected by the waveguide is much stronger than that of ordinary Pokémon. In Xiaoye's perception, Riolu's breath is like a flame moving quickly through the grass.

, and finally stopped steadily in front of him.

Pichu had already set off the electric sparks vigilantly. But this time Riolu seemed much calmer - after he stood still, he bowed to Xiao Ye like a polite human child, as a greeting.

It made a low barking sound. Pichu acted as a translator in time and explained what Riolu meant.

"It said... that it wanted to continue fighting with its opponent from last time." The electric mouse shook its head and said, "Hey, I can't tell that it is quite stubborn. It clearly didn't take Mu Shou Palace seriously last time."

After listening to Pichu's words, Xiaoye looked at Riolu opposite.

It did not show the greedy and ferocious look of a predator like last time. The dark red eyes were very stable, and there was no bloodthirsty intention in them. They were tinged with a firm and somewhat stubborn light.

"I understand." The girl nodded and threw the forest lizard's elf ball.

The purpose of coming to the other side is to gain experience, and Xiaoye will certainly not avoid fighting.

When the forest lizard jumped out of the small ball, Riolu looked quite surprised - it obviously couldn't understand why such a big Pokémon could be packed into a small ball. This was completely against the rules.

Its common sense cognitive situation.

However, when he saw the bright yellow calm eyes of the forest lizard, Riolu's mood suddenly cooled down.

Yes, those are the eyes.

Even though the opponent's figure was very different from before, Riolu still immediately recognized his previous opponent.

While fighting spirit boiled, Riolu acted more cautiously. It no longer regarded the Pokémon in front of it as prey - after bowing to the forest lizard in the same way, Riolu assumed the most solemn fighting posture.

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The pair of jet-black lop ears had already been raised, observing every move of the opponent with the power of ripples. For Riolu, this was a symbol that it was about to go all out.

The forest lizard didn't make a sound, but silently took two steps forward, its unwavering gaze firmly fixed on Riolu.

In an atmosphere of tense but unusual silence, the previously undecided battle began again.

The unevolved Wood Gecko was shorter and thinner than Leolu, but now, the situation is completely reversed.

The average height of the forest lizard is 0.9m, which is a full head taller than the 0.7m Riolu. The strong muscles grown on its feet carry it through the grass like lightning, launching a high-speed attack on Riolu.

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The energy of the grass type and the fighting type intersect, and the sharp blade collides with Riolu's palm.

The muscles of Riolu's right arm bulged, and the soft soil was trampled by its soles to create shallow pits. Powerful force burst out, and the forest lizard was unable to resist and took a few steps back.

Fighting-type Riolu is good at strength, and this Riolu is even more powerful. Even the evolved forest lizard is completely unable to suppress it in terms of strength, and even one accident will cause it to be attacked head-on.

——The head-on confrontation only lasted a few seconds. Under Riolu's best attack, the forest lizard showed signs of being unable to sustain itself.

Seeing that the brilliance of the forest lizard's leaf blade had begun to tremble unsteadily, Xiaoye opened her mouth and gave instructions.

"The shadow clone attacks while moving at high speed."

Feeling that the force from his palm suddenly disappeared, Riolu quickly withdrew his force. The forest lizards in front of him had already turned into more than a dozen, flashing left and right with shadowy steps.

For Riolu, who has controlled the power of the waveguide, the shadow clone cannot deceive him. The forest lizard does not want to use this to cause trouble, the shadow clone is just a small means to escape the confrontation.

In terms of strength, Riolu has an absolute advantage, even compared to Pokémon that are much larger than it. In contrast, although its speed is not slow, it is not as fast as the speed-focused Pokémon.

There are still disadvantages, not to mention - the forest lizard in front of you has evolved, and its speed has increased by leaps and bounds.

After giving up head-on confrontation and choosing high-speed guerrilla action, Riolu could no longer keep up with the pace of the forest lizard. The detection ability of the waveguide made it unnecessary to chase the target with its eyes, and even so, the speed of the body could not keep up with the reaction of the brain.

Riolu used sand blowing, digging holes, and all kinds of deception methods one by one in an attempt to slow down his opponent's actions.

However, Riolu, who was proud of his sensitive detection ability, had some doubts for a moment whether the other party had the same ability as him.

Even if Riolu lurks underground, the forest lizard can still clearly capture its position. Its bright yellow eyes seem to see through the soil, guiding the sharp blade to swing towards the opponent again and again.

For the forest lizard, this is also a new experience.

During the Mu Shou Gong period, it was not so smart. But now, everything is different - although the range is limited to a small area around itself, it does "see" everything.

The earth, blades of grass, trees, living things and things that breed life have all become its eyes. It can see Riolu's movement underground, see Riolu's figure hidden in the dust, and

Use this as a target to launch a fierce attack.

Riolu fell into the hardest struggle of his life.

The scars on its body continue to increase, and the sense of crisis continues to rise. The hostility between its eyebrows and eyes becomes more and more obvious, and the pace of its counterattack becomes more fierce and hysterical.

Riolu has never been in contact with humans, and has never experienced any peaceful Pokémon battles. In its view, losing the battle almost means death - which means that it will become food for its opponent.

It doesn't want to die, even though it started this fight on its own.

Riolu's last-ditch counterattack did not bring any results. Under Xiaoye's instructions, the forest lizard avoided Riolu's fatal attacks again and again, and fought back with no less momentum. Finally, with a heart

With strong unwillingness and stubbornness, Riolu fell.

While in a coma, Riolu seemed to have an unsettling dream.

The dream was filled with bizarre sights and sounds of battle. The sky was filled with blood, which stained the field of vision. As a young child, it ran and fought on the blood-stained ground, growing little by little, and finally became the powerful and unafraid of the enemy it is now.

This is the life he has been accustomed to since he was born.

In the hot mood, a cool touch from nowhere enveloped it.

Riolu in his dream suddenly came to a mountain spring. He was submerged in the spring water, and the cool touch dispelled the pain, making his consciousness gradually clear.

The dark red eyes struggled to open. In the blurry vision, Riolu saw a hand reaching towards its neck, holding an unknown object with a strange shape in its hand.

Almost as a conditioned reflex, Riolu roared, waved his arm fiercely, and knocked aside the "weapon" approaching him.

The sharp claws scratched the skin, and blood fell to the ground in drops.

The familiar green light immediately lit up. It was this light that caused Riolu to lie down on the ground helplessly - his whole body tensed up and he tried to jump back, but failed to stand up.

The green light approached, and then was stopped by the hand stained with blood.

"Wait, forest lizard."

After stopping the forest lizard from attacking, Xiaoye herself took a few steps back.

The scarred Riolu's eyes were full of cold and cruel vigilance. The effect of the wound medicine had begun to restore its physical strength - it staggered and barely stood up, staring viciously, intimidating the people in front of it.

The confrontation lasted several seconds.

"let's go."

Xiaoye shook off the blood drops on her hand carelessly, and after calling out to the forest lizard, Xiaoye picked up the little furry Pichu and put it on her shoulders.

Smiling at Riolu, Xiaoye turned around and gradually disappeared from Riolu's field of vision.

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Small theater:

Riolu has never been in contact with humans, and has never experienced any peaceful Pokémon battles. In its view, losing the battle almost means death - which means that it will become food for its opponent.

Xiaoye: (black line) No, I won't eat you... It's illegal to hunt and eat Pokémon. Not only will you go to jail, but you will also have to pay a fine. (Sad)

Riolu:...! (Suddenly relaxed)

Xiaoye:...Does my face look so poor?