He had never expected to run into Team Magma here.
Just like Team Rocket, which was deeply entrenched in Kanto and Johto, Team Magma wielded enormous influence in the Hoenn Region. It had always been bitterly opposed to another organization, Team Aqua, yet equally matched with it. The only organization capable of dealing with them was the even larger International Police.
They might not have been as powerful as Team Rocket, but in the Hoenn Region, Team Magma and Team Aqua were dominant powers!
Seeing Heijialu caught, the other two Team Magma members frowned and sent out their own Pokémon.
Needless to say, just like their matching uniforms, even their Pokémon were all Houndoom!
Unlike ordinary Houndoom, however, these Team Magma Pokémon wore armor over their bodies and heads. It not only made them look fiercer, but also offered some protection.
The two Houndoom lunged viciously at Xia You from either side.
At that moment, aside from Gengar, the only Pokémon beside Xia You was his newly caught Torchic. With its strength, however, it certainly could not beat such ferocious Houndoom.
Even so, its feathers bristled as it did everything it could, spitting Ember at the Houndoom.
Faced with those little flames, the Houndoom merely dodged aside with ease and continued lunging at Xia You.
But that little chick was not the only one standing in front of Xia You. Seeing the two black dogs fighting dirty and even splitting up to attack, Gengar glanced left and right. Dark Pulse erupted from its body, sweeping over both Houndoom in an instant like a black wave.
Including the Houndoom in its hand, all three Pokémon took a heavy blow and tumbled backward, landing before the three Team Magma members.
Defeating two Pokémon with a single strike-one could only say that a