dognovel Chapter 418 Combo-Style Martial Arts Bear Master!
Chapter 418 Combo-Style Martial Arts Bear Master!
Zhang Heng stared intently at the battlefield and raised the Z-Bracelet high without hesitation.
Shout loudly, "Bear Apprentice, let's use the power of the Z-Crystal together!"
Zhang Heng took a deep breath and started his awkward dance mode. After all, his bear apprentice wasn't his Pokémon yet, and only by performing the complete Z-Move could he maximize its power.
With feet apart, he assumed a stable horse stance, and his hands began to move rapidly, causing the surrounding air to tremble.
Then, he roared, "Concentrate our power and shatter all of this! Unparalleled Fierce Fist!"
As Zhang Heng shouted, the Fighting Z Crystal on the Z Bracelet shone brightly, the light extending like threads, resonating with the Fighting-type energy surrounding Xiong's apprentice.
The bear apprentice took a deep breath, and the pale golden fighting energy around him became increasingly intense, almost materializing.
Its hind leg muscles were taut to the extreme, each muscle containing boundless power.
Suddenly, it leaped high into the air and spun rapidly, each rotation creating a ripple of golden energy.
"Acha!!"
With a deafening roar, the bear apprentice, carrying the earth-shattering power of the Z-Move, charged towards the Poliwag Swimmer like a golden meteor.
The Mosquito Coil Swimmer felt this unprecedented pressure, but as an energy being, it felt no fear whatsoever.
Its fighting instinct drove it to go all out, gathering all its water-based energy in its arms – offense is the best defense! With a powerful push of its legs, it met its bear apprentice head-on!
"Boom!"
The all-out, unparalleled punch slammed heavily onto the Mosquito Coil Swimmer's fist. In an instant, energy overflowed, and the light was so dazzling that it was impossible to look directly at it.
The Water Tower groaned under the strain of the fierce battle, the runes on its surface glowed with an unstable, eerie blue light, and fine streams of water seeped from the cracks in the bricks, causing the tower to tremble slightly.
Outside the tower, Duan Guanjun stared in surprise at the slightly swaying structure, beads of sweat forming on his forehead, his eyes filled with worry: "The trial is making quite a commotion..."
The Mudkip, driven mad, had bloodshot eyes and flailing its flipper-like arms rapidly, bombarding the tower gate with a barrage of punches. Each blow struck the sturdy gate, splashing up large sprays of water and producing deafening roars, yet the gate remained unmoved.
Mudkip seemed tireless, launching attack after attack. Its skin cracked slightly under the energy impact, and blood mixed with water dripped onto the ground.
The Swampert, standing to the side, quietly watched its brother. Suddenly, the evolution stone on its chest emitted a soft light, which transformed into strands of golden threads that slowly detached from Swampert's body and floated above Mudkip's head.
The energy from the evolution stone flowed like a gentle stream, nourishing Mudkip's body and repairing the injuries it sustained from its frenzied attacks.
Unaware of its obsession, the Mudkip simply swung its arms even harder, its punches becoming increasingly powerful, creating ripples of energy on the tower gate that resonated with the frequency of the Water Tower's vibrations, as if it had gained the approval of the Combo Style.
Zhang Heng, inside the tower, was so engrossed in his fierce battle with his opponent that he was completely unaware of the tower's unusual activity.
The powerful impact caused the surrounding water to scatter and splash, forming a huge puddle on the ground.
The mosquito coil swimmer was forced back by the punch, its body carving two deep furrows in the ground.
Fighting-type Z-Moves are definitely not the winning move, but rather a small trick to boost our morale and increase Kuma's determination to win!
"Close combat!"
The bear apprentice hunched its back, its fur standing on end like steel needles, and pale golden fighting energy condensed into fine patterns on its body. It let out a beastly growl, stomped its feet heavily on the ground, and shot out like an arrow.
The Mosquito Coil Swimmer's arms surged with blue light, water energy flowed wildly along the muscle lines, and golden-blue energy veins appeared on his body as he also rose up to fight.
The moment the two collided with a deafening roar, the space seemed to be creased by an invisible giant hammer. The bear disciple swept his elbow horizontally, and the elbow strike, wrapped in a golden wave of energy, collided with the straight punch of the mosquito coil swimmer, which had gathered a water blade. The explosion was so loud that it hurt the eardrums.
The shockwave sent debris flying, turning it into a cloud of dust. The bear apprentice used the recoil to spin and kick to the side, but the mosquito coil swimmer had anticipated this. His long, light blue arm wrapped around the bear apprentice's ankle like a steel whip and yanked him sharply.
The bear apprentice lost his balance and fell forward, but quickly twisted his waist in mid-air, his knee grazing the mosquito coil swimmer's nose, and then delivered a backhand punch.
The mosquito coil swimmer tilted his head back, his neck almost bent at an odd angle, while his arms were crossed, and his water armor rippled under the impact of the punch.
It used the momentum to spring away, its legs churning the air like propellers, creating several water-blade-like afterimages as it attacked the bear's apprentice's vital points.
The bear apprentice had several bloody cuts on his body. Suddenly, he roared and stopped dodging. He charged straight at the water blades. The muffled thuds of punches hitting flesh were mixed with the sound of energy exploding. The mosquito coil swimmer's water armor disintegrated inch by inch under this storm of attacks, but he suddenly flung out chains formed by the water flow, which wrapped around the bear apprentice's arms.
"Rip!" The bear apprentice tore through the chains and punched the mosquito coil swimmer. After rolling several times on the ground, the swimmer was slammed into the rocks. Amidst the flying debris, the bear apprentice seemed to have the upper hand.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Xiong's apprentice quickly adjusted his state. Seeing this, Zhang Heng immediately shouted, "Xiong's apprentice, Swallow Return! End this battle!" Upon hearing this, Xiong's apprentice's arms once again emitted a sharp blue light.
"Acha~"
The bear apprentice gave a firm response and his figure rushed towards the mosquito coil swimmer like a streak of blue lightning.
It nimbly weaves through the air, using the high-speed movement and unerring accuracy of the Swallow Return to attack the Mosquito Swimmer from different angles.
Each attack brought forth a streak of blue light, leaving wounds on the Mosquito Coil Swimmer's body.
Despite his valiant resistance, the Mosquito Coil Swimmer gradually lost his ability to fight back under the fierce Swallow Return attack of the Bear Apprentice.
Finally, after the bear apprentice's last powerful Swallow Return attack, the Mosquito Swimmer's body fell heavily to the ground, losing its ability to fight, and dissipated into space as water-based energy.
Zhang Heng and his apprentice Xiong successfully completed the final trial!
The Water Tower's Will, shaped like a Psyduck, slowly drifted over, its eyes gleaming with satisfaction: "Congratulations, you've successfully passed the trial." Zhang Heng wiped the sweat from his brow and smiled as he thanked Psyduck.
Psyduck paused, then said something completely unexpected: "Please don't forget the promise we made to each other."
As Zhang Heng was still wondering, the water scroll emitted a humming sound and slowly floated out from Zhang Heng's right wrist, opening gently in the air. The water energy within, like a nimble sprite, continuously flowed into Xiong's apprentice's body.
As the bear apprentice absorbed the water-based energy, he focused intently on the contents of the water scroll, and his injuries were visibly healing.
Moreover, its body continuously unleashed moves and techniques with the energy derived from the water-borne scroll. As the moves became increasingly fierce, the whistling wind from its punches gradually intensified.
The light emanating from the bear apprentice's body shone even brighter, and an evolutionary white light began to emerge, enveloping it and becoming increasingly dazzling.
As the light faded, the bear apprentice had evolved into a combo-style martial arts bear master. It had changed from its previous snotty-nosed, childish image to a profound, reserved, and unassuming one.
Every gesture they make is filled with surging, rich water energy. Although it is not as domineering as rippling water, there is an undercurrent of danger lurking beneath the calm surface. They are all water-type divine beasts, but they represent completely different things.
Looking at the evolved Martial Arts Bear Master, Zhang Heng smiled with satisfaction. If he could, the last member of his team was right in front of him.