In order to help the fire dinosaur test the newly awakened new ability, Populus euphratica used the "money power" on the wild Pokémon living in this desert.
Just like before in school, use energy cubes to lure them and let them fight the fire dinosaurs. You can get one energy cube from each battle.
The first one to be attracted was a mole Pokémon with a pink nose, Screw Gopher.
This is a Pokémon whose body is covered in black with navy blue twill stripes.
Its face is white, and its most attractive part is its pink, upturned nose.
The screw gopher loves to dig, and it digs holes very quickly.
Because of this ability, in the human world, they can often be seen working with old builders to help human excavation teams carry out land excavation work.
There was even a period of time when there was competition with the Haolis of Haoli Company.
Hu Yang glanced at the information about this screw gopher and found that it only knew four moves. He guessed that this screw gopher was still very immature.
After thinking for a moment, Hu Yang said: "Fire Dinosaur, just stop it and don't strike too hard."
"Fire!" The fire dinosaur looked at the screw gopher opposite with great interest.
In this battle, Hu Yang allowed the fire dinosaurs to develop freely while he observed their abilities from the sidelines.
The battle began, and the fire dinosaur ran quickly on the sand, spitting out a small ball of sparks at the screw gopher from its mouth.
"Chali!"
Seeing this scene, the screw gopher immediately resorted to digging a hole and got into the ground.
Having lost its target, the fire dinosaur stopped and carefully observed the situation on the ground.
Hu Yang: "..."
He wanted to remind the fire dinosaur not to stop at this time, but to keep moving at all times.
Even though moving may not be a 100% way to avoid digging holes, it is still better than standing still and being a target.
But this was a free-for-all battle. Hu Yang thought about it and did not warn him aloud.
He wanted to take a look at Charmander's shortcomings and then train on these aspects.
Sure enough, the fire dinosaur, which lacked actual combat experience, was quickly hit by the screw gopher that broke out of the ground.
"Fire ha!"
The fire dinosaur staggered in pain, and the screw gopher who succeeded in the attack was not greedy and quickly burrowed into the sand.
Seeing this scene, the fire dinosaur also quickly changed its fighting strategy. It opened its mouth and spit out a beam of flame toward the ground.
When the flame touched the ground, it immediately began to rotate at high speed, forming a swirling fire tornado, surrounding the fire dinosaur itself in the middle.
Hu Yang observed the flames spit out by the fire dinosaur, and soon discovered the difference between these flames and the flames caused by ordinary fire Pokémon.
Compared with those, its color is darker and redder, and its temperature is hotter.
Soon, the sand at the feet of the fire dinosaur was dyed charred black by the flame vortex, and a crackling sound could be heard from outside.
"Chali!"
The screw gopher underground felt that the sand in front of him had become hot, and immediately screamed, fled backwards, emerged from the ground, and stared at the burning flames with half of his body exposed in fear.
Hu Yang: "..."
Sure enough, as he thought, the screw gopher was still very immature.
At this time, it should actually stay away from the scene and wait for the flame vortex to disappear before launching an attack.
But, it no longer has that chance.
The fire dinosaur has captured its location through its cry.
Standing in the whirlpool of flames, the fire dinosaur opened its mouth and used the flame spray that it automatically understood after evolution.
The red flames were reflected in the screw gopher's eyes and grew in size rapidly. Before it had time to dodge, it was accurately hit by this terrifyingly powerful flame.
"Chali!"
The screw gopher let out a scream, and its small body flew backwards.
After the battle, Hu Yang immediately ran to the screw gopher and took out the medicine to treat burns.
The screw gopher, who had lost the ability to fight, weakly opened his eyes and raised a paw at Populus euphratica.
"Chali..."
"..."
Hu Yang took out the prepared energy cube from his backpack and stuffed it into the arms of the screw gopher.
The little guy held the energy cube and closed his eyes in peace.
The fire dinosaur ran over and started to use flames to treat the screw gopher.
Hu Yang sat aside, thinking and looking at the fire dinosaur.
After being baptized by the holy fire, the power of the flames it uses is far more powerful than ordinary fire Pokémon.
Moreover, its flames also have healing and purifying effects. Although it is not as powerful as Entei's holy fire, it is already very powerful compared to other Pokémon.
In addition, the fire dinosaur's ability to master and comprehend fire-based moves seems to have been greatly enhanced in the baptism.
Because neither the flame-spraying move nor the purgatory move that defeated the rogue crocodile was modified by him.
But there is no doubt that these are a good thing for Charmander.
It turned into this just after being baptized by Emperor Yan's flames. So what would happen if it was baptized by King Phoenix himself?
Hu Yang fell into deep thought.
The Screw Gopher, who had recovered his strength, ran away holding the energy cube.
Hu Yang glanced at the time and found that it was already half past nine in the evening.
He put several Pokémon into the Poké Ball, leaving only Moonbird and Suicune on guard outside, and then returned to the tent.
Early the next morning, a sandstorm began to blow outside.
Hu Yang walked out of the tent and wanted to call Suicune, but as soon as he opened his mouth, his face was covered with sand.
So he kept his mouth shut and returned to the tent, waving to Sui-kun.
Suicune, who was lying on the ground, got up and walked over.
Populus euphratica left a hole in the tent, because the tent was too small and could not accommodate Xiushuijun, so it took the initiative to stay outside last night.
Seeing this scene, Suicune stuffed his big head through the opening of the tent and cast a questioning look at Populus euphratica.
Populus euphratica touched its face, took out water and energy cubes from his backpack, and fed them to Suicune.
Except for his head, all other parts of Suicune were left outside.
Populus euphratica took one look at it and felt a little sorry for it, so he opened the tent and said: "Come in first!"
Suicune's height alone is more than two meters, and it is close to four meters from head to tail. As soon as such a big guy enters the tent, he instantly fills up the space.
The top of the tent even had a bulge pushed out by its head.
Hu Yang: "..."
Shuijun: "..."
While looking at each other wordlessly, Hu Yang sighed and said, "Lie down."
If I had known, he would not have bought a bigger tent out of convenience.
When Suicune heard this, he lay down on his side like a cat. Populus euphratica sat next to him, pulled out the zipper of the tent and looked out from there.
The yellow sand in the sky was whistling by with the strong wind. Looking around, there was nothing in the boundless desert, and there was a dead silence between heaven and earth, just like a doomsday wasteland.
Hu Yang did not see any trace of the Phantom Tower outside, so he took a step back, zipped up his zipper, and sat down on the spot.
Suddenly, the only sounds left in the small tent were the sound of the wind whistling outside and his own breathing.
Populus euphratica held the ancient moon bird and took out food from his backpack to feed it.
Gu Yueniao stared blankly at Populus euphratica's hand and ate the energy cube.
After it filled its stomach, Populus euphratica put it back into the elf ball and released Lalu Lasi.
The sandstorm outside didn't stop until Populus euphratica fed all the Pokémon.
He took his cell phone out of his backpack and took a look at it, but found that there was still no signal on it.
If the information on the stone tablet is correct, then the location of the Phantom Tower should be in this area.
The time of encounter is five o'clock in the afternoon, which is still a long time from now.
There was nothing to do in his spare time, so Populus euphratica started chatting with Suicune.
"Have you ever guided a human being chosen by King Phoenix before?" he asked.
Suicune recalled it and nodded gently: "There are many, but there are only a few humans who have reached the end. The nearest Hero of the Rainbow has passed away two hundred years ago."
The test of the Rainbow Hero is very difficult. Perhaps only a boy like Ash who purely loves Pokémon can pass the test.
Hu Yang thought of the scenes in the anime where Ash repeatedly ignored his own safety to protect Pokémon.
He probably knows why the number of Rainbow Heroes is so small.
"What do you need to do after becoming a Rainbow Hero?" Hu Yang asked.
In the anime, Rainbow Hero is just an unknown title, and the responsibilities behind this title are not shown in it.
Suicune shook his head and said, "No need to do anything special."
The Heroes of the Rainbow do not have fixed responsibilities, and King Ho does not require them to do anything.
Generally speaking, Rainbow Heroes only need to obey their hearts and do their best to help humans and Pokémon in need during the journey.
Bringing hope and happiness to them is the meaning of Rainbow Hero's existence.
But Suicune didn't say the following words.
Therefore, in Hu Yang's view, this job is just a sinecure.
He thought for a while and finally asked the question he was most concerned about:
"Then, if you become the Hero of the Rainbow, will King Ho give you blessings or anything like that?"
Hearing this, Sui Jun was stunned for a moment.
Lord Phoenix's blessing... seems not to be there?
It recalled what happened after the last Rainbow Hero reached the summit.
He met Master Feng Wang and then challenged Master Feng Wang, but he failed.
After that, there will be no after.
Does the protection of the three holy beasts count?
It doesn’t seem to be Lord Phoenix’s blessing…
Therefore, Suicune shook his head and said, "No."
Populus euphratica was greatly disappointed.
Suicune hesitated for a moment and asked, "Is there anything you want?"
This chosen one is different from those it has encountered before.
How should I put it, compared to those guys, Suicune feels that he is more pure, and his feelings for Pokémon are like his family.
Without any impurities, just pure love for Pokémon.
Although the three holy beasts are holy beasts, they also have different preferences and preferences.
Suicune liked this human very much, and he gave him so many delicious things. Suicune felt that he should do something.
Hu Yang didn't want to get anything from Suicune, and there was nothing he needed Suicune's help for. He was wondering if the Phoenix King could upgrade Charmander's flame.
Hearing Shuijun's words, Hu Yang shook his head and said, "There is nothing I want."
Shuijun: "..."
Suicune was lying on the ground, also lost in thought.
The Hero of the Rainbow wants Lord Ho-oh's blessing...
The Rainbow Hero in front of me is cute and kind. If Lord Ho-oh sees him, he will definitely fall in love with him, right?
No, Lord Feng Wang should have already seen him.
Otherwise, why would he have Lord Ho-oh's feathers on his body? Suicune thought.
Next, the three holy beasts only need to guide the brave man to the Qingshan Mountain and deliver him to Lord Phoenix.
As for blessings...
Maybe Lord Feng Wang would take the initiative to give him his blessing after seeing him.
…
The sandstorm outside lasted until three o'clock in the afternoon.
When Hu Yang walked out of the tent, he immediately found a group of wild Pokémon outside surrounding the tent.
Hu Yang was startled.
But these guys did not attack him, but looked at him eagerly.
Seeing this scene, Hu Yang instantly remembered what happened yesterday.
Well, it seems the news has come again.
These guys, like the screw gopher yesterday, came to work for him for energy cubes.
Populus euphratica glanced at the time, there were still two hours before dusk arrived.
Anyway, he had nothing to do, so he used these wild Pokémon to practice the fighting ability of the fire dinosaur.
Hu Yang released all the Pokémon and asked them to stand aside and watch the battle.
For Pokémon living in the desert, the best move is probably digging holes.
So soon the fire dinosaur encountered the same situation as yesterday again.
The opponent dived underground, and the fire dinosaur stopped and stood there, looking around cautiously.
This time, Populus euphratica spoke to it: "Don't stop, keep moving, and pay attention to your surroundings!"
"Fire ha!"
Although the fire dinosaur has evolved, it is still very willing to obey Poplar euphratica's words. It responded, raised its feet and ran on the field.
Hu Yang said while looking at the situation on the field:
"Pay attention to the ground. When the opponent moves underground, a small sandbag will bulge on the surface of the sand."
What he said was not only addressed to the Fire Dinosaur, but also to other Pokémon.
These words are not only commands, but also instruct them on how to fight when facing different opponents.
In the high-level battle arena, the opponent's command ability must also be very good.
Sometimes, it takes time for the command to be given, and it also takes time for the Pokémon to react.
When the trainer has no time to predict the command, he must rely on the Pokémon's own combat experience and reactions to face the enemy.
As expected, upon hearing these words, the fire dinosaur began to cast its gaze towards the ground.
Soon, it keenly discovered a moving bulge, opened its mouth and blasted it with a burst of purple dragon fury.
The soft sand was immediately blasted open, revealing the sand hippopotamus inside.
Hu Yang said: "Spray flames!"
The command was given, and the fire dinosaur responded quickly.
A ball of extremely hot flames brewed in its mouth, and soon the ball of flames turned into a powerful fire beam and shot out.
Accurate hit!
The sand hippopotamus let out a cry of pain and fell to the ground, losing its ability to fight.
"Fire ha!"
After defeating its opponent, the fire dinosaur flew over happily and gave Populus euphratica a high-five with its paws.
"Go and treat it." Hu Yang said.
"Fire ha!"
The fire dinosaur nodded, facing the sand hippopotamus, and when he opened his mouth, a small flame appeared.
After regaining his strength, the sand hippopotamus happily received his energy cube and ran away.
Not even a second after the battle position became vacant, a giant-jawed ant impatiently rushed forward.
Hu Yang took a look at the number of Pokémon in the preparation area, and decided to have a good battle today, using them to hone the combat experience of Axetooth and Roseredo.