His Froakie also accelerated without using Water Pulse, and immediately shot a Water Gun at the sticky Bubble, knocking Bubble down.
"Froakie, we have to fight back! Use Water Pulse!" Ash then shouted.
"Use Pound to call back!"
Two Froakie Stockpile at the same time, aqua blue energy condensed in the palm of the hand, and it was about to be launched at the same time.
But before they could launch their moves, a huge black shadow suddenly appeared above them, blocking the sunlight.
The two Froakie subconsciously raised their heads, and Ash and Xiaoyun also followed their gazes.
You won't know if you don't look at it, but you will be shocked when you look at it.
"Holy crap! No way!"
Serena also noticed the black shadow above his head. He was suddenly shocked and shouted to the top:
"Dawn! Don't come over!!"
Above their heads was none other than Gyarados falling from the sky!
Then...
Boom boom!!!
A thunder on the ground!
Huge waves were splashed by Gyarados's body, like a tsunami, and Xiaoyun, Ash, Serena, and other nearby players were all swept away by the waves!
Destroy the whole group in one move!
"Wuhu! So exciting!"
Dawn cheered, jumped off the back of Gyarados, and stood on the Surf board.
Continuous Splash plus Twister allowed her to go all the way unimpeded, and what was even more amazing was that there was not even a single person in the way.
The last time I experienced this feeling of speed was on the Skyla plane.
"Hey, is this the end?"
Dawn looked at the red flag in front of him, a little surprised, and then crossed the finish line easily with Gyarados.
After a while, the figures of the contestants, including Xiaoyun, Ash, Serena and others, emerged from the water.
Then, they were pulled back to the boat by the arriving rescue team.
The final result of the game was as expected.
The first place is naturally Dawn who cheated all the way.
The second place was a lucky player who followed Vaporeon to dive in advance and escaped the attack of Gyarados and Beat Up.
As for third place...
Well, it's classmate Pika riding the mini Surf board.
Seeing Pikachu standing on the podium, Ash felt completely bad.
Who is the trainer?
The next day.
Dig and dig in the small cave until you find a fossil and be rewarded with a big red flower.
Inside Glittering Cave, Xiaoyun held up a pickaxe and once again dug out a grey-green, palm-sized stone in the countless soil.
The surface of the stone is covered with fine lines, with a rough texture that has accumulated over time. It obviously has a certain age and looks very old.
Xiaoyun thinks this must be a big treasure.
"Xiaoluo, classmate, please identify it."
Rotom immediately flew over, scanning light appeared around his body and scanned the stone carefully.
A few seconds later, a voice sounded, "Identification completed, nothing."
The smile on Xiaoyun's face froze, and he put the stone in front of Rotom without giving up:
"Would you like to take a closer look? How can this texture and texture be nothing?"
Master Luo had to perform a second scan:
"It has been confirmed that the item is the feces of Fossil Pokémon."
"Come on, we've found history."
Xiaoyun twitched the corner of his mouth, and then silently buried it back in the pit, and carefully covered it with soil, waiting for the next destined person.
At this moment, Ash shouted excitedly not far away, "I dug something too!"
I saw Ash holding a khaki stone high, his face full of pride.
Rotom heard the sound and flew over. After a while, the familiar electronic sound sounded again:
"After the identification, it's nothing."
"Ah, why is this like this!"
Ash instantly withered.
Xiaoyun walked over and said in a teasing tone, "I said you are quite confident. You agreed to Mr. Petro so readily before. Is this a lie?"
After the Surf competition, several people went to visit the Ambrette Town Fossil Research Institute.
In the research institute, they met the director, Mr. Petro, who relied on his understanding of Fossil Pokémon to serve as a temporary tour guide to help explain Fossil Pokémon and its related history.
When it comes to studying, Xiaoyun and Clemont listened very seriously and nodded in agreement from time to time.
The eyes of Dawn, Ash and others gradually became confused.
Sleepy, thinking about Rest.
In the middle of the explanation, Mr. Petro received news that the Jaw Fossil and Sail Fossil that were originally going to be displayed disappeared out of thin air. All the manpower in the institute was sent to investigate, and it was impossible to find anyone to search for the fossils again.
Ash, who was not confused, woke up immediately when he heard that he was looking for something and volunteered to help.
It's just a fossil. Let me get it for you.
As soon as he said this, before anyone could react, Mr. Petro thanked him very enthusiastically and thoughtfully put Glittering Cave's map into Ash's hand.
As a result, everyone became what they are now, working hard as gold miners in Glittering Cave.
"Well, I didn't expect to dig it myself."
Ash explained embarrassedly.
According to the normal thinking, you shouldn't look for lost things. What the hell is digging again? When will this end?
Ash can only put its hope in Xiaoyun: "Xiaoyun, you are well-informed, this is all up to you."
Xiaoyun heard this and rolled his eyes helplessly.
There is a relationship between being well-informed and looking for a rock with a hammer, and he is not Steven.
But you have come, you can't give up halfway.
He thought for a moment and continued to say to Tyrunt beside him, "Tyrunt, try to see if you can sense the breath of other fossils around you."
Tyrunt, also Fossil Pokémon, nodded, sniffing the surrounding air.
After a while, it seemed to have discovered something and walked quickly towards a corner.
Xiaoyun felt that there was something interesting and immediately picked up the pickaxe and prepared to dig.
Two and a half minutes later, Xiaoyun raised the pickaxe and continued digging toward the rock wall.
Bang!
The rock wall suddenly shook, and then large rocks began to fall down, and the rock wall collapsed!
Oops, the excavation collapsed.
"Xiaoyun!"
Dawn quickly ran towards the collapse, saw Xiaoyun surrounded by rubble, and asked quickly, "Are you okay? Are you injured?"
"Ahem, okay, Tyrunt is here."
Xiaoyun was covered in dust and crawled out of the rubble, coughing.
The moment the rock wall collapsed, Tyrunt immediately stepped out of Rock Tomb and built a rock wall to block the falling gravel.
"Ahem, I was almost buried."
At this moment, a figure patted his clothes and walked out of the gap in the collapse.
The man has a gentle face, silver-blue hair, wearing an orange top and khaki trousers, and is followed by a Aron.
"Ah, there are so many people."
When the man saw the group of people at the entrance of the cave, he was stunned for a moment, then showed a friendly smile and said:
"Hello, my name is Steven. Please give me your advice."
"Steven! Former Hoenn champion!"
Everyone immediately exclaimed, even Xiaoyun was no exception.
Steven Stone has a series of titles such as former Hoenn champion, Devon Corporation heir, mining master, rare stone collector, etc. He is rich, handsome and powerful in the true sense.
"Haha, I was recognized."
Steven heard everyone's exclamations and smiled gently. Then his eyes fell on Ash and said in a familiar tone, "Long time no see, Ash."
"Mr. Steven, I didn't expect to see you here."
Ash walked forward excitedly. He had seen Steven.
While Hoenn was traveling, Steven helped their group and the trio escape from Granite Cave of Dewford Town.
However, Steven did not reveal his identity as the Hoenn champion at that time, and it was not until later that Ash learned about it.
Steven smiled and nodded, "Yes, I heard that there are many rare stones in Glittering Cave, so I came here to have a look. By the way, what are you doing?"
Ash raised the pickaxe in his hand and said:
"What a coincidence, we are also here to dig rocks."
When he heard about digging stones, Steven's eyes instantly lit up, as if he had found a like-minded partner, and his tone became closer:
"Could it be that you are also stone lovers?"
"No, we are..." Ash was about to explain when a cold voice suddenly came from the cave.
"Mr. Steven, you are here."
Everyone looked around and saw a purple-haired boy wearing a safety helmet walking out of the cave.
The young man has a stern face and sharp eyes.
It is the powerful enemy, Paul!
"Paul!!"
Ash and Xiaoyun shouted in unison, with a little surprise on their faces, obviously not expecting the other party to be here.
"Xiaoyun?"
Paul first looked at Xiaoyun, and then at Ash: "And you, why are you here too."
"Hey, hey, what are you talking about?"
Ash said dissatisfied, what do you mean he is here, can't he come to mine?
"Of course I'm here to mine."
Xiaoyun looked at Paul with great interest. "Looking at your equipment, are you the same?"
He was a little curious and indifferent Paul, holding a pickaxe and digging stones, it was very interesting to think about it.
Paul heard this and subconsciously hid the pickaxe behind his back and said harshly:
"No, I'm not, I'm practicing."
"Oh? It seems like everyone knows each other."
Steven is a little surprised that Paul has such a cold temperament that he can have friends.
Frisk looked at Xiaoyun inquiringly. Paul looked away uncomfortably and immediately changed the topic:
"Did you find the rocks you wanted?"
"Not at all."
Xiaoyun spread his hands, and Dawn also nodded:
"After digging for so long, I found nothing but a pile of ordinary rocks."
Bonnie on the side is wearing cute Tyrantrum clothes and running around in the cave energetically.
"Although we haven't found it yet, we are working hard! We will definitely find the fossil!"
"There really is Hustle."
Steven looked at everyone and said gently:
"What fossils or stones do you need? Maybe I have them here."
After saying that, he opened his backpack.
When the backpack was opened, the various stones inside emitted a bright light that almost blinded Xiaoyun's eyes.
Because there are not only various high-quality Evolution Stone, but also many precious fossils.
What's even more shocking is that there are actually several pieces of Mega Stone!
Damn, this rich second generation really knows how to dig.
Forget about Evolution Stone and fossils, there are several rare items like Mega Stone. How lucky is this guy?
Ash's eyes lit up when he saw so many precious stones. "Thank you so much! Then I'm welcome!"
As he said that, he reached out and grabbed the stone in his backpack. Steven immediately grabbed the backpack and said with a smile:
"Wait a minute."
"Eh!"
Ash paused and looked confused.
Why did you meet the conditions?
"You can give me things, but there are conditions."
Steven looked at his appearance and stopped teasing him and said:
"Let's have a battle. These are the rewards for the battle, especially this, the new Mr. Investigator."
He, Steven, has a hobby in addition to mining and funding new people, challenging the strong is also one of his hobbies.
Xiaoyun As Pokémon League's newly promoted tournament champion, Steven has heard of his name from various channels for a long time. He even learned a lot about Xiaoyun's strength from Paul. It's rare to meet him today, so naturally he doesn't want to miss the opportunity to compete.
To put it bluntly, my hands are itchy.
"Searcher!"
Paul's pupils shrank suddenly, and a turmoil arose in his heart.
He knows very well that the position of search officer is not an easy one. The person who has held this position is either Pokémon League Elite Four, or a strong contender for the next championship, and Mr. Steven has held this position before!
There was a hint of solemnity in his eyes when he looked at Xiaoyun.
Have you reached this point?
"Okay, it's an honor for me to play against the famous former champion Hoenn. Please give me your advice."
In Xiaoyun's view, among the Pokémon League champions, except for Galar Region's Leon, among the champions in other regions, Doduo, Cynthia and Steven are the strongest.
He has challenged Cynthia before and has not had the chance to meet Du. Now that he has met Steven, he will not miss this good opportunity to compete with a strong person.
Since the space inside the cave was small and not suitable for fighting, everyone headed to an open space outside the cave.
Ash took the lead and stood in the middle, shouting, "The decision is yours, Pikachu!"
"Pickup!"
Pikachu landed firmly on the ground and assumed a fighting posture with great momentum.
Steven looked at Pikachu, smiled and nodded:
"It looks very impressive, then I will..."
"Mr. Steven, please leave this guy to me to solve!" Paul suddenly interrupted Steven's words,
"Oh? Paul takes the initiative to ask for a fight. This is a strange thing."
Steven was a little surprised. Paul has been practicing and sparring with him during this period. They usually met a lot of trainers, but the number of times they took the initiative to fight can be counted on one hand.
It seems that this Pikachu is not simple either.
Da Cogita looked for a moment and nodded. "Then I'll leave it to you."
"Thank you Mr. Steven."
Paul nodded slightly, then turned to look at Ash: "We didn't encounter it in the last tournament, so let's solve it at once this time."
He knows very well that with his current strength, he is still no match for Xiaoyun, so he can only settle for the second best and win Ash, who is also in the top 16, and prove his growth with victory.
Ash saw his opponent changed to Paul. Not only was he not disappointed, but he was even more excited:
"It's Paul! Great, I'm on fire!"
Paul ignored him and threw Poké Ball expressionlessly. "Metagross, prepare to fight!"