Complete Victory (Tragic)

When Carbink swooped down in front of Carbink, Reflect had already been fully formed.

"Carbink, use Fury Attack on Carbink!"

Li Hua chose to launch a direct assault.

Carbink attacked wildly with both claws and beak, pressing against Reflect.

After all that effort, it only left a few faint white marks on Carbink's mineral shell.

"Fly up, gain altitude!" Seeing Carbink's attacks having no effect at all, Li Hua hurriedly had Carbink return to the air.

"Prepare Sky Attack!" Li Hua issued another attack order, seemingly unwilling to accept it.

Carbink's small blue body was shrouded in a layer of dazzling blue light, while its red eyes remained fixed on Carbink.

Normally, Carbink at this stage could not possibly learn Sky Attack, one of the Flying-type's ultimate moves. However, Pokémon had a type of move known as an [Egg Move], and Carbink had inherited Sky Attack.

"Carbink, use Ancient Power to meet it head-on!" No matter how high Sky Attack's base power was, Carbink definitely could not unleash it fully right now. After all, it had taken Su Hao quite some time to get Carbink to master Dazzling Gleam and Meteor Beam.

As Su Hao thought, he directed Carbink to use a move against its opponent.

"Nah nah!" (Planetary Devastation!)

Carbink, once again shouting the names of skills from some other show, condensed five soccer-ball-sized Ancient Power rocks in front of itself and controlled them toward Carbink in the sky.

Just as Ancient Power was about to strike Carbink, Sky Attack was finally ready.

After dodging two Ancient Power attacks with all its strength, Carbink had nowhere left to evade and crashed into the remaining three.

The giant bird formed from blue light continuously slammed into the Ancient Power. After shattering one... two... three Ancient Power attacks, it crashed headfirst into Reflect.

Carbink, shrouded in Sky Attack, threw itself against Reflect with all its strength, but ultimately ran out of power.

The blue energy bird gradually collapsed, and Carbink within it fell as well, exhausted.

"The battle is over. Carbink has won!"

Seeing this, Jiang Chengcheng immediately announced the result.

"Come on, Carbink and I worked so hard, yet we still couldn't break through your defense. Brother Su, just how did you and Carbink train?"

Su Hao smiled at Li Hua. "I'll bring you along next time. Hurry over to the Healing Machine and restore Carbink's stamina. Next up, you'll be fighting Brother Cheng again."

After treatment from the Healing Machine, Carbink's stamina was fully restored. This time, Su Hao served as the referee.

"Go, Machop!"

After Jiang Chengcheng sent out Machop, she assumed the same opening stance as it did.

Su Hao knew that Jiang Chengcheng's family possessed Family Martial Arts that both humans and Pokémon could learn and use.

The opening stance Jiang Chengcheng and Machop were using was undoubtedly her family's inherited martial art.

"Carbink, I'm counting on you again!" Li Hua directed Carbink forward to meet the opponent.

"This time, we'll attack second. Carbink, use Hone Claws first!" Li Hua chose to boost first and wait for Jiang Chengcheng's attack.

"Machop, jump up and use Bullet Punch!" With jumping power utterly disproportionate to its short legs, Machop leaped in one go to Carbink, which was using Hone Claws three meters in the air.

A thin gray sheen covered Machop's fists. Then, amid a barrage of punches flowing like water, Carbink was directly Knocked Off to the ground.

"Holy crap!? Brother Cheng, why are you and Machop also refusing to play by the rules?"

Li Hua was dumbfounded by Machop's incredible jumping ability. Why did beating him seem so easy for every single one of them?

Li Hua began questioning his life. Just as he was about to direct Carbink to regain its footing, a flash of lightning suddenly streaked before his eyes—

"Damn, you know Electric-type moves too??"

Thunder Punch struck Carbink, which had yet to take flight again, with lightning speed. After the current passed through its small body, Carbink directly became Out of Battle.

"Carbink is Out of Battle. Machop wins!"

Su Hao directly declared the result of the battle.

"Seriously, why are all of you so ruthless? Brother Cheng is one thing, but I never expected even you, Brother Su, with those honest-looking brows and eyes, to be grinding this hard." Li Hua was speechless.

From what he knew, his progress was already ahead of many people his age.

Yet these two were each more monstrous than the last. They had completely shattered his confidence.

"Ahem." Su Hao pretended to cough, signaling Jiang Chengcheng to restore Machop's stamina.

"Okay." Jiang Chengcheng nodded and walked aside to restore Machop's condition.

Soon, Jiang Chengcheng and the restored Machop stood on the other side of the battlefield, facing Su Hao.

"Carbink versus Machop, battle begin!" This time, Li Hua served as the referee.

The instant Li Hua announced the start of the battle, Machop charged straight at Carbink as if it had discussed it with Jiang Chengcheng beforehand. It seemingly did not want to give Carbink a chance to strengthen itself or set up barriers.

Su Hao had not intended to defend in this match anyway. He directly directed Carbink to spread Dazzling Gleam over its body, preparing to clash head-on with Machop.

"Nah nah!" (Magic Shield!)

After spreading Dazzling Gleam, Carbink slowly moved toward Machop.

Seeing Carbink use Dazzling Gleam, Li Hua looked extremely surprised. You had this move too? So I couldn't even force you to use it?

Jiang Chengcheng's expression, meanwhile, turned grave as she ordered Machop to attack with everything it had. "Focus Energy, then use full-power Thunder Punch with both fists!"

Under the effect of Focus Energy, Machop seemed to sense a weak point somewhere on Carbink's body. Yellow lightning gathered around both fists as it crossed its arms and launched an attack at Carbink, which was shining with multicolored light.

"Bzzzz—!" In the fierce collision between Dazzling Gleam and Thunder Punch, Dazzling Gleam ultimately proved superior.

Machop was steadily forced back in the contest of strength, until it could no longer even maintain Thunder Punch. In the end, Machop was swallowed by Dazzling Gleam and blasted away.

Machop landed on the ground after being sent flying, its eyes turned into spirals. It had clearly fainted and become Out of Battle.

"Machop is Out of Battle. Carbink wins!"

"Nah nah nah~!" (We won~!) Carbink happily bounced over to Su Hao.

Su Hao crouched down and patted her head, offering Carbink a little encouragement before looking toward Li Hua and Jiang Chengcheng as they approached.

"I lost. When I get back, I'll push Li Hua to train harder. We'll fight again in the school entrance exam!" Jiang Chengcheng was very unwilling to accept the loss.

After all, every Trainer needed the determination to keep winning.

"Alright, then let's discuss and review the battles together." Su Hao nodded and suggested they exchange insights.

After pointing out some of Machop and Carbink's shortcomings, Su Hao bid farewell to Li Hua and Jiang Chengcheng before returning home.

The reward for completing the System Task had already been stored in the System Space.

Su Hao selected the [Protect] TM from a slot in the space and chose the target [Su Hao] X/[Carbink] ✓.

Although there was plenty to complain about regarding why he himself could learn moves, Su Hao decided to let Carbink learn Protect first.

The other Protect TM would be saved for his second Pokémon.

Last night, Su Hao's father had contacted him. The second Pokémon prepared for him would be sent to the Divine Land Alliance after some time.

After today's two battles, Carbink's level had also reached Level 19.

Pokémon: [Carbink] [Mutation 12%]

Attributes: [Rock, Fairy]

Gender: [None]

Ability: [Clear Body]

Level: [19]

Moves: [Tackle, Harden, Dazzling Gleam (Shield), Meteor Beam, Reflect, Light Screen, Ancient Power, Defense Curl, Flail...]

Carbink had not used its full strength in either of today's battles.

When concentrating with all its strength, Carbink could create more than ten Ancient Power attacks. Likewise, Dazzling Gleam could actively fire beams of light instead of merely being used as a shield for head-on clashes. In addition, Carbink still had Meteor Beam, a single-target breakthrough move it had never used.

Su Hao estimated that, with every method at its disposal, Carbink could now defeat a Pokémon at the peak of Normal Level.