110. Champion
This is an extra chapter because we hit 100 Powe Stones.
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After reaching the semi-finals, the number of Pokémon required for the battle has also been increased to three each.
Since now on, how to organize the team has begun to be considered by everyone.
But now the only ones Ash can delegate in this match are Blastoise, Croconaw and Kingler.
Lapras is still young and weak to be considered in this kind of matches, and it would be too high-profile for him to send out a Legendary Pokémon like Suicune. Looking at his current situation, it is obviously not that good of an idea for Ash to send out his Suicune.
After thinking about it a little, Ash teleported Lapras back and exchanged the manager of all his Pokémon, Slowking, to ensure nothing went wrong.
He made sure to give Professor Oak something else to research while Slowking was away with him.
In order to let the arriving Slowking adapt to the sea water here, Ash took it with him to complete two final battle in the quarter-finals and semi-finals. When the third one came on the stage, he used the move Trick Room to defeat the Pokémon on the opposite side with his now fast sapped and very powerful moves. It was an instant knock out for the opponent.
For a time, Ash's strength was recognized by everyone, and all his Pokémon amazed the audiences as well.
"Ash's power is really something to look forward to, and that Slowking of his strength is as amazing as he is! Now let's take a break, the battle you all want to see in the finals will soon began after the break! Hope you all are ready for it."
Because Ash's battle ended too quickly, today's schedule became more relaxed and just needed a little change to it.
"Ash, congratulations on reaching the final!" Misty came up to congratulate him, "You must beat your opponent and win that championship!"
"Big Brother will definitely win!" Molly hugged Ash and refused to let go of him.
In the finals, Ash's opponent was a young man named Hughes, who is a powerful Trainer who uses Water-type Pokémon! Like Trinity, he has set his goal on this triennial Whirl Cup competition.
He believed that he is bound to win the championship of this Cup and be awarded with the title of The Hero of the Sea!
"Ash, you are really strong, but I will not lose to you! The championship will be mine!" Hughes stood opposite Ash and took the lead in throwing out his Poké Ball.
"Roar!"
It was another Gyarados!
"Bite them hard, Croconaw!" Unexpectedly, the first one Ash sent out turned out to be Croconaw!
Everyone thought he would definitely send out his Blastoise or his Slowking, but they didn't expect it to be his Croconaw, which they believed to be his weakest Pokémon in the competition!
In front of the huge body of Gyarados, Ash's Croconaw is just a little guy, but he doesn't look to be in any panic at all, and instead dances the dance that Totodile did before!
"Damn it, Gyarados, use Hydro Pump!"
There are benefits to being large, and that is that the power of moves will always get some bonuses. For example, the largest Pokémon, Wailord, even when it uses Splash in the water, it creates a large wave which is equivalent to a small tsunami-level attack!
"Get away from that!"
In the water field, the best way to escape is to hide in the water. Croconaw has become accustomed to this battle field and jumped in quickly.
"You've fallen into my trap! Gyarados, use Whirlpool!"
Gyarados created a large whirlpool in the water, trapping the Croconaw inside it!
Seeing Croconaw's fruitless struggle in the whirlpool, Ash did not look panicked at all, but murmured, "It should be soon now!
Just to confirm Ash's judgment, Croconaw who was still trapped in the whirlpool suddenly started to shine brightly!
Ash's last Royal Starter Pokémon is finally going to evolve into his final evolution!
His Croconaw, when it was caught, could not keep up with the strength of Bayleef and Quilava who had already completed their first evolution, and had an out-of-touch personality, but it fit well with Ash. After all, it was caught by him because of their matching personalities.
It has been continuously improving its strength under the training of Ash's Slowking and Blastoise, and now it is finally time for him to evolve!
It was growing in size, with huge jagged red bone plates growing out of its head, back and tail! It opens its mouth and is full of fangs!
"Feraligatr, now become strongerer than ever!"
After Ash's words fell, the light burst, and Feraligatr directly tore through the vortex and returned to the surface of the water!
It stands upright, reaching the terrifying height of 2.6 meters. Its sharp fangs are frightening with the light falling on them. Its body has become very strong, and his bite force is even more terrifying than ever before!
"It's amazing! Trainer Ash's Croconaw has now evolved into his final form! Now the outcome of the battle is more unpredictable than ever before!"
However, the corner of Ash's mouth curled up, "There was nothing that was ever unpredictable in this battle. I was destined to win this no matter what!"
"Feraligatr, burst out!"
With a command, Feraligatr's figure suddenly disappeared and rushed towards Gyarados at an unimaginable speed under the water!
Hughes on the opposite side stared at him, "Gyarados, come on, use Whirlpool again!"
The whirlpool has long been unable to trap Ash's Feraligatr.
Feraligatr passed through the whirlpool like he was unaffected by it, which he was, and came to Gyarados at a very fast speed!
In the astonished gazes of Gyarados and Hughes, Feraligatrs Ice Fang was shown, which revealed the frosty Ice-type energy, he bit hard on Gyarados' body!
"Gyarados!"
Hughes couldn't believe it at all. It was just a simple evolution. How come it seemed more like a completely different Pokémon than anything he has ever seen!
Of course he would not have lnown that Feraligatr's Bond Value at this moment is 246/255 with Ash!
The process of achieving Bond Evolution is taking place in this battle!
"Superpower!"
Feraligatr was covered in water and seemed to turn into a huge water ball, falling to the land in the center of the field. With a bounce, it rused towards Gyarados in with a blitz!
In that water ball, the pair of crocodile palms with sharp claws accumulated amazing power, and the muscles on his arms continued to swell!
"No, Gyarados, get out of the way!"
There is no way to avoid it, Gyarados is already frozen from the previous Ice Fang!
A violent palm slapped Gyarados on the head, sending him flying away and hitting the edge of the venue, destroying half of the large wall!
"Its amazing, it really is amazing! Feraligatr's palm knocked Gyarados meters away from his standing place!" The commentator was just as stunned as the audience!
"Gyarados loses the ability to fight any longer, Feraligatr wins this battle!"
Hughes gritted his teeth and looked at that Feraligatr, who fell into the water with only a pair of eyes exposed, and Ash, who was always smiling towards him for no reason, "Come back, Gyarados!"
"Ash, you are really more powerful than I thought you were, but I will not give up on this battle!" Hughes sent out his second Pokémon, the evolved form of Psyduck, Golduck.
Although it is a pure Water Type, it can use lot of the Psychic moves. (I never liked this part, why is it not a Psychic-type despite there being mentions of it being able to use Psychic?)
"Golduck, use Confusion!"
"We will use Crunch then, now!"
Feraligatr dived into the water to avoid Golduck, who had his eyes glowed blue, then jumped up behind Golduck!
"Now!"
The evil fangs seriously injured Golduck and instantly made him go out of battle!
Feraligatr's speed on land is actually very slow, but its speed in water is extremely fast!
Misty, who was watching the battle on the sidelines with her friends, almost lit up when she saw the giant crocodile, "He's so strong, Ash's Feraligatr is so powerful!"
"I won't give up. I'll see what you do with this one going against you!"
The third one is Shellder's evolved form, Cloyster!
"Cloyster, use Ice Beam!"
It seems that Hughes also thought of the weakness of Feraligatr's slow movement on land, and he chose to freeze the entire water field and forced Ash's out of the water!
"Use Ice Shard!"
"Superpower again!"
Ice-type Pokémon, use Fighting-type attack to fight is one of the best choices!
Feraligatr was surrounded by the frozen water, and his speed on the ice is also a lot. He got down on all fours, avoided the Ice Shard that was thrown at him and approached Cloyster, and punched it out with another fist!
Cloyster also followed in Gyarados' and Golducks footsteps!
"Cloyster loses the ability to fight and Feraligatr wins, so the winner is Ash! The champion is born!"
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How about a deal. You give me your Power Stones and I give you extra chapters.