334. Acknowledgment

This battle had already long changed the moment both sides noticed the incoming evolution of Dratini into a Dragonair.

Drake was indeed the veteran Dragon Elite he was known for. All the attacks he used were just right for that split moment. Now, he also wants to see just how strong this extreme Dragonair mutation in front of him truly was.

"Come back, Shelgon! You did well!"

He completely ignored the rules of this battle, well more like he forgot it, and directly took back his Shelgon and took out another Poké Ball, a Great Ball, "Come out, Salamence!"

This was his true Ace, an old friend of many years, decades even, they had experienced many battles, life or death ones as well, so it obviously had a very high level.

At this moment, he no longer regards Ash as a junior newcomer who was extremely strong, but as a fellow Elite level Trainer—no, more than himself, a true Champion level Trainer!

The two of them understood each other tacitly jsut by looking at the others eyes, but Ash still took the lead in launching the attack, "Dragonair, Thunderbolt!"

Ash was an expert in using electricity to manipulate the battlefield in his own way, no matter what Pokémon's he uses to do it with. Whether it be his Pikachu, his Zapdos, or his Raikou, they are all very proficient in this way. He also did his best to teach this to his Pokémon's that knew a variety of Electric-type Pokémon's

At this moment, Dragonair summoned more thunder clouds with its power to manipulate the weather, making the power of all of his Electric-type move more enhanced, and the of his hit rate also increased significantly to an almost 100%.

Two large golden lightning bolts were directly drawn down by Dragonair, wrapping around its entire body, covering its body with dazzling golden light, almost like an armor.

This move was extraordinary in both looks and power, and of course Drake couldn't let that slide, "Salamence, go! Protect!"

This was the best skill used by Shelgon just now, the one it spent training the most out of any of its skills, same with this Salamence since it was still a child Bagon. Although the defense capabilities were extremely strong, the chance to land it will continually lower down if used many times in a row.

But this first time Elite-level Protect was easily able to resist Dragonair's massive Thunderbolt attack.

As expected of an Elite Trainer, he takes his home to unknowingly show his style with every move he makes, "Salamence, use Dragon Claw!"

"MENACE!"

This was time for Ash to show off one of his signature skills. The huge Dragon Claw was getting too close to Dragonair's head but was greeted by something else.

"Dragon Tail!"

Dragonair had no claws at this stage and thus could not use Dragon Claw, but a Dragon-type attack must be used to deal with the other Dragon-type attack .

This was the type of close combat he was best at, counterattacking and firing off when needed to.

Ash was brave and courageous enough to try it on an Elite 4 member, but he also had the power to back it off.

Despite everything said, this was the Ace Pokémon of an Elite 4 member, and Ash here was just using his newly evolved Dragonair to battle it out in such close quarters. Saying brave is quite an understatement, but this Dragonair did belong to Ash.

Boom!

A blue light flashed from the explosion range, Dragonair turned around against the backdrop of the thunder clouds it itself had created, and looked at Salamence with his burning and prideful draconian eyes.

"Roar!"

Salamence was actually hit squarely on its scarlet red French croissant wings, and a noticeable scar appeared on its scarlet wings. This will definitely not help its ability to fly for this battle and now what it had been pursuing was also a loss.

Ash grinned slightly, since Dratini evolved into a Dragonair, his physical strength had naturally further improved to a more powerful level.

Although its size has become larger, its speed has not decreased but increased by a noticeable amount.

"So fast!" Drake also saw the increase and what was happening, "That is its Extreme Speed move! That Dragonair had integrated Extreme Speed into all of its regular movements, so it can increase its speed in an instant without needing to exert any extra energy!"

Indeed, since he was a Dratini, he was accustomed to using Extreme Speed to move at exceptionally high speeds, so Ash almost never needed to issue any commands to use Extreme Speed at all.

But Ash still had a frown. Although Dragonair had the upper hand, it was not without injuries.

Salamence's Dragon Claw scratched its body and caused it to be damaged, but its body was both slippery and very hard, and the damage did not affect its actions like the damage it dealt to Salamence.

"Blizzard!"

Blizzard, an extremely powerful Ice-type attack, was without a doubt Salamence's biggest weakness, and its effects were obvious.

"Flamethrower!" Of course, Drake will not sit still and get hit by such a devastating attack, instead he chose to counterattack with a hot and powerful Flamethrower. The powerful flames of Salamence were also one of its specialties despite it not even being a Fire-type Pokémon.

An explosion happened again for the 4th or whatever times, and the blast wind actually pressed down on the ship below and caused some water to get inside. May and Max couldn't help but feel that their feet was getting weaker and were now kneeling on the grounds like most of Drakes disciples.

"You guys stay away!" Ash's eyes were now flashing with a dark blue light, and he helped everyone here up with coating them with a layer of his Aura Barrier. Drakes right-hand man quickly took everyone here back to the cold resistance cabin, "Hide inside and watch this rare battle of two of the Strongest Trainers in the world!"

"Dragonair, Draco Meteor!" Ash clenched his fist and once again released the Dragon-type ultimate move.

He was having so much fun fighting this battle, the fun that he was missing if a while now.

It's been too long since he was able to fight against a fellow Traimer so strong.

And this also means that Ash's Dragonairs strength has reached the level of the most Elite Pokémon's, and Dragonair was now getting closer and closer to helping Ash in becoming the Pokémon Master like he had dreamed of.

This time, the ship was not within the attack range of the Draco Meteor as they were battling it out above the waters far away from the ship.

"Salamence, use Giga Impact!"

Facing the Dragon-type ultimate move, Drake's fighting spirit was also burning like crazy. This time he chose to face the challenge head-on, using the Normal-type ultimate move!

Salamence transformed into a white and purple tornado, completely ignoring the meteor attacks of the Draco Meteor, and rushed towards Dragonair without fear of defeat!

BOOM!

Dragonair was knocked away further than Ash hoped and he frowned because of this. With such an impact skill, the Dragon-types has another powerful attack that can match Giga Impacts raw power.

Dragon Rush!

It's just that Dragonair hasn't had the time to learn it yet. Next, Ash will focus on training this move along with Rayquaza. This will become one of the strongest finishing moves of his future Dragonite.

"Dragon Tail!"

Ash waved his hand fiercely, and Dragonair, which was knocked away, opened its eyes with fury and power. The terrifyingly powerful Dragon Tail became even more amazing after evolving. It ducked in front of Salamence in the last second, who was now in a stiff condition because of using Giga Impact, and smashed it down on the water surface!

"Salamence!" Drake shouted, and after the words fell, Salamence got rid of his stiffness, flapped his wings and got of the water to stabilized his body.

Regaining his strength, Drake decisively continued his attack, "Very good, now use Dragon Pulse!"

This was the stamina of a Pseudo-Legendary. If this fight continues like this, there was even a real chance that Ash and Drake would be fighting here for a few more hours.

"Blizzard, again!"

Ash's response to the incoming attack was another Blizzard because why not. This explosion should be regarded as an imperfect end to this protracted battle between two Pseudo-Legendary Pokémon's.

This was also the reason why Ash did not fight against Lance this time around other than the fact they were still on job and he FORGOT to ask for the battel.

On the one hand, their official battle should be saved until Ash was challenging for his Champion Title for the Johto Region. On the other hand, with their current levels, despite Lance losing to Ash in their first battle, it was only because Ash was able to use his strongest Pokémon's from both Kanto and Johto.

But in his official challenge, Ash couldn't use any of his Pokémon's that he didn't catch in the Johto Region, which also made him unable to use his Legendary Pokémon's because of a Law passed down around three centuries ago.

So it was going to be a very long battle no matter who wins it.

In other words, the Elite Four and Champion challenges are always broadcast on TV, only unofficial battles like Ash against Lance were not on TV, despite it being a common knowledge to the league of their battle.

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But if this protracted battle continues, Dragonair, who was still in the second evolutionary stage despite everything, will obviously be much weaker in endurance and most likely lose. When it is too exhausted to react in time, it will be defeated by Salamence.

That is of Ash doesn't power up Dragonair now.

After the battle just now, Salamence and Dragonair just gave each other a nod, and then they just each returned to their Trainer's side.

Dragonair landed next to Ash, and its huge body rolled around him, and its white horns and cheek gently rubbed against Ash's face.

Ralts and Togetic jumped on it, using its slippery body as a slide, and they were all having a great time on it.

May and Max couldn't wait to gather around, reaching out to touch Dragonair's new body. The slippery feel was so soothing to their hand.

Drake took back his Salamence and came to them to take a closer look. The Dragonair in front of him was really too big, the biggest on he had ever seen. "Ash, continue on your journey, I know you can achieve all of your dreams! Hahaha!"

"Yes, I know that. Jsut you wait, I will become the Pokémon Master sooner or later!"

Drake looked at his resolute face, 'If only you were from Hoenn, kid…'