“No, no, don't look at me in a conventional way.”
Yu Feng shook his finger, telling Brock not to underestimate him. After all, he wasn't Ash, who brought Pikachu to fight a Rock-type Gym without any preparation. He had trained his Charmander before coming.
“Anyone can talk the talk, right? Let me see why you would say such a thing.”
“Geodude, Rock Throw!”
Brock crossed his arms. Anyone could say pretty words, but how many could actually do it?
Several large rocks appeared out of thin air around Geodude. Geodude tossed them in his hands and then threw them at Charmander.
Several stones flew towards Charmander, blocking all possible escape routes.
“Charmander, dodge.”
Yu Feng didn't give too many commands; the main goal was to train their independent battle abilities, which meant he wanted to play as a Trainer who let his Pokémon fight on their own.
“Lee!”
Charmander heard Yu Feng's command, stomped his foot on the ground, and flames instantly enveloped his body, allowing him to barely flash through a gap in the falling rocks.
Then, white light flashed on his claws, and he punched Geodude, causing him to cry out in pain and fall in front of Brock. Charmander then gracefully returned to his starting position.
“Hmm? Did he use Flame Charge's acceleration to dodge Geodude's Rock Throw attack? And what was that after? Slash?”
“No, it doesn't look like Slash. To cause so much damage to Geodude, it can't be a Normal-type move. Fighting a Psychic is really troublesome.”
“Then how will you deal with this move? Geodude, use Rollout.”
Brock pondered what move could have caused Geodude so much damage. After all, many moves glowed white, and if the opponent didn't call it out, he couldn't guess what it was.
However, he didn't have time to think too much now. Seeing Charmander charging again, he quickly commanded Geodude to use Rollout. In his opinion, Yu Feng hadn't spoken at all and seemed to be communicating with Charmander via Psychic.
Unfortunately, Yu Feng hadn't given too many commands. He only reminded Charmander at appropriate times; the battle so far relied entirely on the combat instincts Charmander had been forced to develop in the past few days.
On the field, Geodude wrapped his arms around his body and spun at high speed, quickly rolling towards Charmander. Charmander quickly dodged the first attack, but Geodude didn't give up, turning around on the spot and charging at Charmander again. Charmander still dodged easily.
“I need to remind you, Rollout's damage increases over time. If Charmander gets hit later, he will instantly lose his ability to battle.”
Brock crossed his arms and shook his head, looking at Charmander who was constantly dodging. Geodude could make countless mistakes, but Charmander would lose his ability to battle if hit even once.
“Charmander, Sunny Day, then Endure to block Geodude, and finally, a maximum power Fire Punch.”
Yu Feng nodded; Brock was indeed right. However, Charmander hadn't learned Protect yet, but he had learned Endure. With Blaze's 1.5x boost, plus Sunny Day's 1.5x boost, plus the Same Type Attack Bonus's 1.5x boost, even if Geodude resisted Fire by two times, he wouldn't be able to withstand this punch.
Unless Geodude had the Sturdy ability, but even if he did, it wouldn't matter now, as Geodude wasn't at full health.
Hearing Yu Feng's words, Charmander on the field forcibly caught Geodude, who was rolling at high speed. At the same time, Charmander, whose Blaze ability was triggered, was enveloped in what could be described as thick flames.
“Geodude, quickly dodge!”
Brock anxiously watched Geodude on the field. He knew that if this hit, Geodude definitely wouldn't be able to withstand it.
“It's too late. Charmander, finish him!”
Yu Feng shook his head, looking at Geodude, who was firmly pinned to the ground by Charmander. The finishing blow was next.
Even with all his strength, Geodude couldn't escape Charmander's grip. He could even see black marks appearing where Charmander was holding him. At this moment, Charmander, enveloped in what looked like liquid flames, only had two golden eyes visible to Geodude.
He was made of stone, after all! The appearance of black marks made Charmander's current temperature imaginable.
“Lee!”
Charmander had no intention of giving Geodude a chance to resist. His right arm, wrapped in thick flames, lifted, and the temperature of the flames intensified, turning blue.
Charmander mercilessly punched Geodude, sending him flying out of the battle arena.
“Geodude, return.”
“I admit I underestimated you, but by trading blows, your Charmander no longer has the strength to continue fighting.”
Brock recalled Geodude, who had swirling eyes. He looked at Charmander, whose Blaze ability was triggered. He clearly had a way to stop Geodude's Rollout without taking damage, yet he chose to trade blows, which was very puzzling.
“Return, Charmander.”
“I was just checking her recent training results. Now it's time for my main force.”
Yu Feng also recalled Charmander. He was just checking Charmander's recent training results; now was the real decisive moment.
“Since you're so confident, let's bring out a heavyweight opponent. Go, Onix!”
“Then I'll leave this to you, Shinny Gardevoir!”
Brock sent out a very well-trained Onix, which appeared slightly larger than a normal Onix.
And Yu Feng also sent out his most capable Pokémon, Boss Shiny Gardevoir (which was himself), to deal with Brock's Onix. He originally wanted Lao Mei to go, but after thinking about it, a giant battle would be more interesting, so Yu Feng temporarily switched to Shiny Gardevoir.
“A Gardevoir from the Hoenn region? And it seems to be a Shinny Pokémon, but this size…”
As a Gym Leader, Brock had a good understanding of Pokémon. After all, to welcome challengers from all over, not knowing some corresponding knowledge would be quite troublesome.
He immediately recognized this as a Gardevoir primarily found in the Hoenn region. Although it was a different color, the sparkling dots around her were not something a Shinny Pokémon would have.
However, the size of this Gardevoir truly shocked him. A normal Gardevoir was about 1.6 meters tall, and a well-trained one might reach about 1.8 meters, but this Gardevoir in front of him, at a rough glance, was already about as tall as Onix.
Of course, Onix was definitely taller, as his body length was 8.8 meters, but Onix wasn't standing perfectly upright. At a rough glance, Gardevoir was even a little taller than Onix.
“It looks like a very strong opponent. This Onix of mine isn't the kind used for Gym battles; he was a gift for my tenth birthday.”
“It's okay if you can't win. I've already acknowledged in the previous battle that you're worthy of the Gray badge.”
Brock looked at the giant Shiny Gardevoir, his eyes filled with the flames of fighting spirit.
