Evolution

"Evolve?"

Seeing Torchic's entire body covered in a white light, Bruce was momentarily surprised and then whispered.

Evolution is the key process for Pokémon to become stronger. For the Pokémon itself, the strengths before and after evolution are very different, and of course, the appearance changes as well. This was the first time Bruce witnessed a Pokémon's evolution with his own eyes. He watched Torchic under the white light without blinking.

After a while, the white light dissipated, and Torchic's figure and appearance changed dramatically. Its body turned olive green and orange, standing about one meter tall. Its two palms extended cold, sharp claws that glimmered slightly in the sunlight.

"Charlo!"

Seeing Bruce looking at it, Combusken let out a low cry, its orange eyes sharp as knives, and its iconic rooster crest stood upright.

[Pokémon: Combusken (Fire/Fighting)

Ability: Speed Boost

Qualification: Champion

Moves: Grab, Peck, Growl, Ember, Baton Pass, Heat Wave, Detect, Sand Attack, Aerial Ace, Double Kick, Feather Dance, Agility, Quick Attack, Flame Charge, Flamethrower

Level: Lv16 (normal level)]

Compared to before, Combusken's move set is much richer, and its attack range has expanded considerably. This is also the result of two weeks of training.

After evolving into Combusken, it has an additional Fighting type and can learn more moves, significantly improving its combat power.

Thoughts flashed through Bruce's mind as he focused on Combusken's strong lower limbs and murmured softly, "Combusken's main means of attack are the blazing flames from its mouth and its extremely destructive leg abilities."

In the next training session, we should focus on these two aspects of training.

"Brother, do you want to continue?" The voice of his training partner sounded calmly, interrupting Bruce's thoughts.

Hearing this, Bruce noticed that Combusken was in high spirits, its eyes filled with fighting spirit, so he nodded and said, "Continue."

Seeing this, the training partner asked Cubone to recover and threw another Poké Ball.

"It's up to you, Rhyhorn!"

"Roar!"

With a deep roar, Rhyhorn landed in the field with a 'boom'. Its entire body appeared to be covered in hard gray armor, with a single horn protruding from its head.

[Pokémon: Rhyhorn (Ground/Rock)

Ability: Rock Head

Qualification: Occupation

Level: Lv15 (normal level)]

Combusken stood still in the field, its eyes sharp as knives, no longer possessing the cuteness and liveliness of its Torchic days.

Now, it was more like a sharp, honed blade. In the study of Pokémon scholars, each evolution of a Pokémon changes its personality to some extent.

Ash's Charmander is a clear example. When it was young, it got along well with Ash, but when it evolved into Charmeleon, it became rebellious and wouldn't obey orders. There might also be reasons for Ash's Trainer level being too low, but the change in Charmander's personality is the most fundamental factor.

Thousands of thoughts raced through his mind. After the failure of the previous encounter, the training partner was no longer careless. Instead, he regarded Bruce as a rival of the same level and shouted loudly, "Rhyhorn, Horn Attack!"

"Ha!"

Rhyhorn let out a low growl, glaring fiercely at Combusken, and immediately stepped forward, charging at Combusken with astonishing momentum.

At the same time, the horn on its head shone with a dazzling white light, and a sharp breath flowed over it!

"Aerial Ace," Bruce's eyes sparkled, and he spoke calmly.

Combusken stared at the charging Rhyhorn, and when they were close, it suddenly shifted backward and then lunged forward, running to Rhyhorn's left and kicking fiercely. Kick it!

Boom!

Combusken's kick was so powerful that Rhyhorn froze and came to a sudden stop. Unfortunately, Rhyhorn has excellent resistance to Flying-type moves, so it only took weak damage.

"Double Kick." Bruce pursued the victory.

"Get out of the way!" The training partner stretched out his arms and shouted.

At this point, Combusken was to Rhyhorn's left, and if Rhyhorn wanted to avoid Combusken's attack, it had to continue forward or go to the right.

"Roar!"

Rhyhorn decided to charge forward.

However, although Rhyhorn has high physical defense, its speed is much lower than Combusken's, especially since this is Combusken with the [Speed Boost] ability.

"Charlo!"

Combusken reached Rhyhorn in an instant, swinging its legs and unleashing a Sonic Boom in the air, the sound terrifying.

Immediately after, with the sound of 'bang bang', Combusken kicked Rhyhorn twice in quick succession, sending it flying!

Boom!

Rhyhorn's heavy body hit the ground hard, kicking up a cloud of dust.

"Roar!!"

After a while, Rhyhorn stood up shaking, its eyes fierce as it let out a furious roar.

Rhyhorn had been hit twice by the Fighting-type moves and was severely injured. It was like a candle in the wind, ready to fall at any moment.

"Quick Attack!" Bruce shouted.

"Charlo!"

Combusken's contest condition was intact, rushing in like a whirlwind, the residual white image hurtling towards Rhyhorn in an instant.

Boom!

This time, Rhyhorn was unavoidable and was hit directly with precision.

"Rhyhorn is unable to battle, Bruce is the winner!" Seeing Rhyhorn sprawled on the ground, the referee raised the flag and announced loudly.

"Take a break and continue later," Bruce said.

In fact, Combusken's contest condition was intact, and it could continue battling.

But Cubone's contest condition had not fully recovered, and Rhyhorn had fallen again in a short period.

Half an hour later.

As Bruce's back gradually disappeared from sight, the training partner and the young referee exchanged glances.

After a long silence, the training partner couldn't help but say, "Where did this little prodigy come from?"

The young referee shrugged and replied, "How would I know?"

"The command level is so sophisticated; it's completely different from the recklessness and passion of his peers. It's normal, but like an experienced senior trainer." Remembering the battle from a moment ago, the training partner murmured softly.

The young referee added, "If I remember correctly, they only had the starter Pokémon for a maximum of two weeks, right?"

"Torchic took two weeks to evolve into Combusken, and its combat power is so extraordinary that it's really unimaginable."

"Before you arrived, he was fighting someone of his own age. Squirtle had just reached the normal level."

"Based on previous years, being able to train Squirtle to normal level at this point is already quite remarkable."

"I'm afraid of comparisons all around," sighed the sparring partner.

"Yeah."

"There will always be a genius more powerful than another genius. Throughout the centuries, there has never been an exception."

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To be Continued

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