Chapter 204: The Towering Big Tree Nourished By Snorlax’s Life! Win Championship!
Peng Kaka had carefully studied Lu Li’s Tropius, and finally, he reached a conclusion.
That is, do not engage in a war of attrition with Tropius!
Even a Gym Level Pokémon might not gain an advantage fighting Tropius in a protracted battle, let alone a Veteran Level Snorlax.
The problem is that Snorlax is inherently a Pokémon with high defense and low offense, and it’s best at fighting protracted battles.
Therefore, there is only one way to win.
Peng Kaka, intent on a quick victory, raised his right hand high after the referee announced the start of the match.
“Snorlax! Gigantamax!”
As Peng Kaka’s voice fell, a radiance shot out from Peng Kaka’s wrist and landed on Snorlax.
Lu Li’s pupils constricted upon seeing this.
Due to the gap between reality and the game, Lu Li didn’t initially recognize that Peng Kaka was wearing a Dynamax Band on his wrist. However, when Peng Kaka uttered the word “Gigantamax,” Lu Li knew what Peng Kaka’s wrist was wearing.
Unlike the anime and game settings, in this world, any Pokémon that can Gigantamax can use Gigantamax as long as it is on Blue Star, and Gigantamax can even be used in certain special Secret Realms.
This is mainly related to that legend.
A terrifying giant beast from beyond this world descended upon this world and clashed with the deities of this world.
People did not know the process of that battle; they only knew that the world was destroyed in that battle, and people had to hide in Secret Realms.
The result of the battle was that the world was rebooted, the giant beast was treated as the Foundation of the World, and the victorious deities reforged the entire Blue Star on this basis.
After that, Gigantamax took the stage of history.
The second Epoch belonged to the European Alliance region, as the West had developed a way to popularize Gigantamax, which Mega Evolution could not compare to.
When Ekaterina told him about this, Lu Li’s first thought was that Ultra Necrozma might be sealed deep within the core of the Earth.
It is precisely under the influence of Ultra Necrozma’s Gigantamax aura that the people of this world can allow their Pokémon to Gigantamax anywhere in the world.
The amplification brought by Gigantamax mainly involves the leap in Life Energy, followed by some Attribute Energy increases.
Under Lu Li’s shocked gaze, Snorlax let out a painful scream and then struggled to lie down on the ground. The entire Pokémon’s body began to enlarge like an inflated balloon.
2.1 meters… 10 meters… 20 meters…
It wasn’t until Snorlax was nearly 38 meters tall even while lying down that this terrifying amplification finally stopped.
Tropius looked at the behemoth before it in disbelief.
Did this thing take steroids?
However, such a large target…
Tropius looked at the behemoth before it with a hint of eagerness.
Its belly looked like a great place to grow Berries.
“Snorlax! Use Snore,” Peng Kaka commanded quickly.
Snorlax’s strength had now surged to the Elite Early Stage, and with the boost from Gigantamax, Snorlax’s overall strength was slightly superior to Tropius.
Of course, this was only in terms of numerical strength.
However, the amplification brought by Gigantamax was not entirely positive. Gigantamaxed Snorlax had a very fatal flaw: it was difficult to move, extremely difficult, to the point of being immobile.
The snoring sound, like thunder, echoed throughout the arena.
This type of soundwave-like attack was the most deadly because it was impossible to dodge.
Although there were no visible wounds on the surface, Tropius knew that its Life Energy was constantly being depleted.
Lu Li also saw this point; the attack of Snore was invisible and impossible to dodge.
The most critical thing was that the snoring sound was like thunder, making Tropius even have the urge to flinch.
“Tropius, Leech Seed!” Lu Li quickly shouted his command.
Gigantamaxed Snorlax, with its massive size, was the best possible target.
Not a single one of Tropius’s Leech Seeds missed; almost every seed landed on Snorlax.
Lu Li no longer cared about winning the match, as he needed to verify something that concerned Tropius’s future.
“Tropius, try that move! After all, we’ll have a hard time encountering opponents like this in the future.”
Tropius, hearing this, nodded and began to release a special Leech Seed.
“This is…”
Peng Kaka’s face instantly turned red upon seeing this. He realized that Tropius was preparing to explore a new Secret Technique using his Snorlax.
“This energy output… it resembles Leech Seed, but not entirely,” Peng Kaka frowned, watching the scene, wondering what the opponent was up to.
Even some knowledgeable Trainers in the audience looked on in bewilderment at this outrageous scene.
Comprehending and experimenting with a Secret Technique during a match, were all Rookie Trainers this wild nowadays?
Was it arrogance? Or confidence?
Ordinary spectators didn’t know about this; they just felt that Lu Li was a bit overconfident playing like this in such an important match.
After all, the Champion’s reward was a Pseudo-Legendary Pokémon Egg and a Pokémon Secret Treasure; couldn’t he afford to mess up if he wasn’t playing?
Lu Li was naturally not afraid of messing up, as Tropius was extremely effective against large, immobile targets like Snorlax.
Long Ying watched Tropius on the battlefield with anticipation. “Special Leech Seed? Is it a Secret Technique? No… this seems to involve an Ability change as well. This Tropius’s Comprehension is no lower than that Charmander’s.”
The Special Leech Seed was released very slowly. If Snorlax had the ability to move, Tropius’s Leech Seed would never hit it.
Seeing that all of Tropius’s Leech Seeds had hit Snorlax, Lu Li excitedly urged, “Next is Special Growth!”
Tropius, sweating profusely, nodded with difficulty. Snorlax’s constant snoring was like a grinding mill, relentlessly wearing down its Life Energy.
It now urgently needed Life Energy to recover, so Tropius was more anxious than Lu Li.
Special Growth activated.
But Snorlax still lay there unharmed.
“The Leech Seed didn’t activate?” Lu Li looked at the scene in confusion.
In the audience, Long Ying whispered with a hint of pity, “Failed? It seems he messed up.”
Long Ying looked at Lu Li with excitement, anticipating a breakdown on Lu Li’s face.
The principle behind Tropius’s “Star Absorbing Technique” was simple: it was Leech Seed combined with Tropius’s unique Special Growth Secret Technique.
The Leech Seed not activating meant that Tropius’s “Star Absorbing Technique” Secret Technique had not succeeded. Coupled with the constant snoring of Gigantamaxed Snorlax, Tropius was now in danger.
“No way? Is this kid going to lose to Peng Kaka like this?” Long Ying muttered worriedly.
Losing to the Champion and losing to the Runner-up were two different things.
Lu Li, seeing that the Leech Seed hadn’t triggered, also fell silent.
A flash of inspiration struck Lu Li, and he quickly found the reason for the failure, so he commanded, “Grassy Terrain!”
Audience: “???”
Peng Kaka: “???”
Everyone looked at Lu Li in confusion, wondering if Lu Li had misspoken a skill.
Using Grassy Terrain on another person’s Pokémon? What kind of Bodhisattva was this?
Even Peng Kaka found this scene incredibly absurd.
“Are you humiliating me?” Peng Kaka questioned through gritted teeth.
Lu Li did not respond to him but looked at Gigantamaxed Snorlax with anticipation.
Tropius followed its trainer’s commands almost blindly.
After unleashing Grassy Terrain and Special Growth, the Leech Seeds on Gigantamaxed Snorlax finally showed signs of movement.
The seeds moved.
Tender young seedlings emerged from Gigantamaxed Snorlax’s fur. In just a few breaths, these seedlings grew into giant trees.
Incredibly, these trees were also laden with Berries.
“This… Orange Berry!!!”
Everyone looked at the scene in disbelief.
Especially Peng Kaka, who was directly involved.
Could the seeds of Leech Seed be Berry Seeds?
At this moment, Gigantamaxed Snorlax, which had always been slow to react, stopped snoring and let out a pained cry.
“What… what is this dark magic? This is too evil!” Long Ying suddenly stood up.
With her extensive knowledge, she immediately understood what was happening.
Simply put, Tropius used the special characteristic of Leech Seed to absorb Gigantamaxed Snorlax’s Life Energy to grow, and then produce fruit.
What was even more terrifying was the implication behind it.
What was the difference between this and eating a Pokémon?
The fruits produced by those Orange Berry trees might all be Snorlax’s Life Energy.
“The quality of these Orange Berry trees is quite good; they’ve all reached Masterpiece Grade,” Miss Wang also commented.
Miss Wang had no particular reaction to this unsportsmanlike behavior.
“Fortunately, it’s just Orange Berry trees,” Long Ying thought to herself with immense relief.
However, Lu Li was not thinking the same thing at this moment. Since Orange Berries could be produced, did it mean that even rarer Berries could be produced? And they could grow instantly.
As for consuming Pokémon’s Life Energy? It wasn’t consuming their Life Origin…
Wait.
Lu Li suddenly realized.
Orange Berry trees do not consume a Pokémon’s Life Origin, but more precious Berries might.
A Secret Technique that could directly attack a Pokémon’s Life Origin, and it was so sinister, Lu Li became even more excited.
Thanks to Peng Kaka, thanks to Gigantamaxed Snorlax for verifying my guess.
If it were any other Pokémon, his guess might not have had a chance to be realized.
A Pokémon containing vast Life Energy, and also large enough in size. Besides Gigantamaxed Snorlax, Lu Li couldn’t think of any other suitable Pokémon.
Peng Kaka, who was slow to catch on, also realized that he couldn’t continue like this and quickly shouted, “Gigantamaxed Snorlax, Rest!”
Gigantamaxed Snorlax, upon hearing this, endured the pain and used Rest.
Strangely, the fruit trees on Gigantamaxed Snorlax did not disappear. Instead, they seemed to have taken root on it, continuing to draw Life Energy from it.
“Rest didn’t work?” Peng Kaka was even more surprised.
One should know that Rest is a skill that can heal all Negative Effects. Normally, Leech Seed is also considered a Negative Effect.
“The things parasitic on your Snorlax now are no longer seeds, but fruit trees,” Lu Li reminded with a smile.
“I…”
Hearing the reminder, Peng Kaka looked dejectedly at the fruit trees still continuously absorbing Snorlax’s Life Energy.
“Snorlax, use Defense Curl then Rollout,” Peng Kaka said, bracing himself, attempting to crush the trees on its body by rolling.
Snorlax, hearing its trainer’s command, rolled with difficulty.
The trees on Gigantamaxed Snorlax were crushed into sawdust by its immense size.
But it was of no use because the roots of Leech Seed had already been implanted beneath Gigantamaxed Snorlax’s fur, even within its body.
Gigantamaxed Snorlax crushed only the trunks, not the roots.
Peng Kaka soon discovered this. In fact, it was the opposite of what he imagined; the trees, to regrow, absorbed Gigantamaxed Snorlax’s Life Energy even faster.
Under Peng Kaka’s furious gaze, Gigantamaxed Snorlax slowly devolved from its Gigantamaxed state.
30 meters… 20 meters… 10 meters… two meters…
Snorlax finally returned to its original appearance, and magically, all the trees on Snorlax had also disappeared.
Lu Li, seeing this, also found it quite magical; this was not scientific at all.
Although the trees on Snorlax had disappeared, it had also lost its ability to battle.
“I lost.”
Peng Kaka recalled Snorlax and then asked curiously, “Can you tell me why your Tropius’s Leech Seed could sprout and grow into Orange Berry trees?”
“Because Tropius’s Leech Seed seeds are actually Orange Berry tree seeds,” Lu Li replied matter-of-factly.
Peng Kaka, with a frustrated expression, pressed further, unwilling to give up. “I mean, why did the Leech Seed seeds turn into Orange Berry tree seeds? This is not scientific at all.”
“Because Tropius’s Ability is Harvest Ability,” Lu Li replied with feigned wisdom.
Hearing this, Peng Kaka did not press further.
However, Peng Kaka understood the reason: this new move of Tropius already involved a change in Pokémon Abilities.
One should know that this was a field that Heavenly Kings only began to explore this year!
In this world, the stronger the Pokémon’s strength, the more they would develop their own Abilities.
“I concede, both the Trainer and the Pokémon.” Peng Kaka then turned and entered the Player Tunnel.
In fact, Peng Kaka was truly convinced. If Lu Li as a Trainer had any deficiencies, Tropius would not have been this outstanding.
As the referee announced the match result, Lu Li successfully won the championship of the first Alliance-level match of his life.
As the referee’s announcement echoed, Lu Li slowly walked towards the podium, each step firm and powerful.
At this moment, Lu Li could responsibly say that his victory was entirely due to the efforts of himself and his Pokémon!
As for the Alliance’s help?
There was a little, but definitely not much.
The Alliance’s help to him was even less than the help he received from his significant other.
The spectators’ gazes followed Lu Li’s figure intently, the atmosphere on the scene like the calm before a storm, as if time itself had stood still.
The moment Lu Li stepped onto the highest podium, thunderous applause and cheers erupted from the entire venue, a scene that seemed to become an eternally classic image.
