Chapter 91: Challenger Reta
A high-martial world.
Humanity’s physical fitness was far stronger than the world Zuo Hang came from, but compared to Pokémon, it was still much weaker.
Zuo Hang had two more Pokémon that could count as combat power.
—Pikachu.
—The Doublade floating behind him.
“Pika.” Pikachu said somewhat excitedly.
He didn’t often get the opportunity to go all out like this.
“I don’t know when I can leave either. Looking at the situation, I probably still need to fight one more battle,” Zuo Hang said.
Wind and snow rose everywhere.
The temperature in the Deathmatch Arena suddenly dropped.
The world was covered in a layer of white.
Zuo Hang looked up. The Deathmatch Arena was open-air, but there was also a Weather Ball floating in the sky just like above the White Dragon, though this one was far larger than the one above the White Dragon. The weather in the White Dragon Arena might very well be black technology obtained from this maze.
The automatic door opposite slowly opened.
“Ronan! Ronan!”
“Ronan!”
The people in the audience seats shouted a name loudly.
Ronan.
The protagonist of this Deathmatch had achieved an eleven-win winning streak and was the Arena Champion of the Deathmatch Arena.
Zuo Hang had just obtained this body and wasn’t very accustomed to it yet; memories and such were fragmented.
But he was clear about the name Ronan.
—The Arena Champion of the Deathmatch Arena, the one with the most wins, who could have directly challenged the Deathmatch Heavenly King, but Zuo Hang’s appearance became an accident.
—The rules of the Deathmatch Arena: if someone could win consecutively all the way from the Lower Deathmatch Arena, beating all opponents, they would have the opportunity to challenge the Upper Deathmatch Arena. After beating all opponents in the Upper Deathmatch Arena, they could challenge this battle’s Arena Champion.
The original owner of Zuo Hang’s body was named Reta, a poor trainer who had fought 21 battles from the lower challenge arena.
The Pokémon were exactly the ones beside Zuo Hang.
Coincidentally, this guy named Reta also had a Doublade and a Pikachu.
Reta’s body was slim but had no wounds.
He had a 21-win winning streak from the lower battle arena and then fought all the way to the Arena Champion in the upper battle arena.
Just looking at the battle record, Reta was far more brilliant than the “Arena Champion Ronan” that people were shouting about.
Zuo Hang shifted his gaze to the automatic door.
Ronan’s height was about the same as his, and he was accompanied by a Lucario.
The height difference between the two was not big; even their walking steps were surprisingly in sync.
Zuo Hang had a very bad feeling.
Ronan and Lucario seemed like one entity.
Zuo Hang subconsciously thought of a term.
—Bond Evolution.
He had never heard of Bond Evolu… his understanding of this term since coming to this world was limited only to animations from his previous life.
Zuo Hang saw a bracelet on Lucario’s wrist, and Ronan also had a strangely shaped pendant hanging around his neck.
Evolution Key Stone and Mega Stone.
Lucario was a Pokémon capable of mega evolution. Seeing it this way, the possibility that Ronan mastered the Bond plan was much smaller.
But this was another unfamiliar world, so anything was possible.
For unknown things, Zuo Hang always maintained a cautious and careful attitude.
The original owner of this body was very strong.
Moreover, Zuo Hang could feel the original owner’s strong will to win.
Very intense.
A commoner trainer who had won consecutively all the way from the lower battle arena, just one battle away from becoming the Arena Champion of the Upper Deathmatch Arena and turning his life around to become one of the elite.
“Don’t worry, I’ll win.” Zuo Hang said in a low voice.
It might be said to himself, or to the original owner of this body.
In his daze, Lucario had already teleported behind him.
The target wasn’t Pikachu, who had the strongest combat power, but Zuo Hang, who was defenseless behind!
This teleport was the skill Extreme Speed.
Pikachu might have seen it clearly, but Zuo Hang couldn’t see it at all, nor could the original owner of this body, Reta.
The Perrserker floating behind Zuo Hang activated power conversion the instant Lucario teleported to his back, converting the physical attack maxed out by Swords Dance into defense, with the shield on the sword scabbard blocking behind Zuo Hang.
“—Dang~~~~~~~” The heavy punch of Extreme Speed struck the shield surface, emitting a thick muffled sound.
A crack appeared on Doublade’s shield.
“Pika~~~~~chu~~~~~~~~~”
There was no time to charge a skill this time; Pikachu fired a Thunderbolt straight at Lucario.
The pale white electric light combined with the faint lingering electric serpents from the previous battle.
Lucario jumped up on the spot, the roar of gathering aura sharp and piercing.
A Focus Blast blasted toward the ground, dispersing the hastily gathered electric serpents.
Somehow, Ronan had a long staff in his hand.
At the same time, Lucario also had two bone clubs condensed from blue light in its hands.
The Pokémon and the trainer even had the same weapons.
Ronan was skilled with the long staff, and Lucario also had a skill called Bone Club frenzy.
Lightsaber and long staff crossed, bone clubs and Iron Tail danced chaotically.
Zuo Hang was gradually adapting to Reta’s body, wielding the lightsaber with ease; for a moment, Ronan was somewhat overwhelmed.
The original owner of this body was a top-tier lightsaber user.
Zuo Hang narrowed his eyes slightly.
He seemed able to see through the trajectory of the long staff’s descent.
The body’s original battle memories were awakening bit by bit.
“Pikachu! Don’t concern yourself with me! Use Thunder!”
“Pika??”
The lightning-shaped tail bloomed with radiance.
Pikachu, who was fully coping with the bone clubs in Lucario’s hands, was stunned for a moment.
Thunder???
Clearly, Zuo Hang wanted to trade injury for injury.
This really wasn’t a good method. But since Zuo Hang commanded it, Pikachu followed suit.
The closeness between the two was as high as 99, to the point of undying loyalty. In this critical match, they would absolutely not doubt each other’s decisions!
Electric light fiercely flashed from the red cheeks.
“—Pika~~~chu!!!!!!!”
Thunder required gathering dark clouds, which definitely wasn’t feasible in terms of speed.
And this Lucario’s strength was not on the same level as that Blaziken from earlier at all. Pikachu had no spare time to gather dark clouds while clashing in close combat with the opponent; Thunderbolt was his most proficient ranged attack, and its power was not inferior to Thunder at all!
The cyan electric light shot toward Zuo Hang’s Ronan, and both were instantly engulfed by lightning.
Pikachu’s pale mad thunder could easily pierce through defensive skills like Flame Armor, let alone ordinary humans.
The lightning drilled into Zuo Hang and Ronan’s muscles at the same time, rampaging wildly between their bones.
Zuo Hang could clearly feel the bone-eroding pain of the lightning; this was the first time in his life.
If it were his previous body, he absolutely couldn’t withstand it, but Reta could!
To achieve a 21-win winning streak from the lower battle arena, this body’s damage resistance was absolutely top-tier!
The long sword horizontal slash in his hand.
Maintaining action capability even in the lightning.
（ps: Drank too much, head hurts. School starts tomorrow, drank a bit with roommates, but my alcohol tolerance is three bottles of Tsingtao and I’m done. Drafts are all used up; this chapter was written before getting too drunk and head soaring. So, brothers, how about some tickets?）
