Chapter 427: Evolution! Camerupt Arrives!
"Vaporeon? Are you planning to use type advantage to turn the tables?"
Basalt raised an eyebrow and smiled, "But it won't be that easy!"
"Vaporeon, Rain Dance!"
On the battlefield, following Alka's command, Vaporeon condensed a massive water ball in its mouth and hurled it forcefully into the sky.
"Numel, Sunny Day!"
Basalt's lips curled up slightly, countering tit for tat.
A fireball as scorching as a small sun shot out from Numel's hump, accompanied by bits of overflowing lava.
Seeing this, Alka's eyelids twitched, stammering, "La... lava?"
This Numel actually had lava inside its body?
At the same time, Alka suddenly realized why Togekiss's wings got burned just by touching it. This Numel was indeed a freak.
Rain Dance vs. Sunny Day. theoretically, Rain Dance had the type advantage. But the outcome was quite the opposite. Rain Dance didn't gain the upper hand; it couldn't even stand as an equal, being directly suppressed.
In mid-air, the high temperature of the fireball spewed by Numel evaporated the water ball directly. Although the fireball shrank slightly, it hung steadily in the air. Finally, the fireball exploded like fireworks, releasing high heat and temperature to its heart's content, incomparably brilliant and beautiful.
Too many strange things; Alka was too tired to complain.
"Hydro Pump!"
"Eruption!"
Since they couldn't fight over the weather, they could only fight directly and see the truth under their hands. However, under the enhancement and weakening of the weather, the power of Vaporeon's Hydro Pump plummeted, completely no match for the Lava Eruption.
However, Alka's Vaporeon clearly had more strength than this. Although its Hydro Pump fell to a disadvantage, facing the Lava Eruption attack, its eyes flashed with brilliance, seemingly seeing through the trajectory of the flames completely, actually walking leisurely through the fire.
By the time the Eruption ended, it had already approached within five meters of Numel.
"A Vaporeon that knows Detect?"
Basalt was slightly surprised; he didn't expect Vaporeon to know this move. However, Eevee, before evolving into Vaporeon, was very unstable, which brought the benefit of good adaptability with various types of moves, a small bonus.
"Now, Yawn!" Alka shouted loudly.
Vaporeon blew a yawn bubble from its mouth. Although part of it was evaporated by the high heat when approaching Numel, the bubble eventually landed on Numel.
Soon, Numel looked sleepy and fell to the ground, fast asleep.
Seeing this, Basalt shook his head helplessly. Numel was strong in elemental power, but against an opponent with many status moves, it was like a ninjutsu-type ninja meeting a genjutsu-type ninja—very passive. This was Numel's flaw! But there was no helping it; no Pokémon was perfect. The core idea of Basalt's Sandstorm team formation was to compensate for each other's defects, letting the adept Pokémon do what they were adept at.
"Vaporeon, now, Hydro Pump!"
Alka was overjoyed, seizing the time to win a round.
A thick Hydro Pump hit Numel. The terrifying force pushed Numel back several meters, dragging a deep scratch on the ground. However, the temperature of the lava inside Numel was too high. The moment the Hydro Pump hit, it formed countless water mists, filling a small half of the field.
"Donk~"
Although in a dream, Numel groaned in pain. If not for Sunny Day and its ultra-high body temperature weakening the Water-type move, the quadruple-weak-to-water Numel would have probably kneeled.
"Still not defeated?" Alka was speechless. He had been shocked more today than in a usual year combined; he was numb.
"Come back, Numel!"
Shaking his head, Basalt took out a Pokéball, ready to recall Numel and admit defeat directly.
But just then, a sudden change occurred on the field.
Numel, still in its dream, suffered heavy damage. The lava inside its body surged out involuntarily, first covering a small part of its body, then flowing onto the ground. Somewhat like a stress reaction, instinctively protecting itself from harm! Using lava as armor was an excellent self-protection method.
But immediately after, white light enveloped Numel.
"This is... Evolution!"
Basalt was stunned at first, then overjoyed. Numel's strength had long crossed the Pro-level threshold, but... it just wouldn't evolve. This had almost become a sore point for Basalt. But now, it seemed its instinct sensed danger and stimulated its body, finally reaching the critical point.
Basalt quickly signaled a pause.
In terms of size, Numel in the white light began to expand rapidly, inflating like a balloon from just over half a meter to two meters in height, instantly transforming from a dwarf to a giant.
Regarding body shape, besides the body and limbs becoming thicker, the most obvious change was the humps. Because after Numel evolved into Camerupt, it would change from a dromedary (one hump) to a Bactrian camel (two humps). And the appearance of the hump openings changed from plain to protruding, like two small volcanoes.
When the white light dissipated, Numel's appearance had undergone a huge change.
It was a robust Pokémon with an exterior primarily orange-red, pale skin near the mouth, three bright blue circles on each side of its body, rock-like structures on the humps on its back, three tufts of upturned hair on its head, and hooves on its feet.
It was the Fire/Ground dual-type Pokémon—Camerupt!
"Roar~"
After completing the evolution, Numel's abnormal status was also directly cured. It regained consciousness and let out a low roar from its mouth, deafening.
Lava continued to spew from the two hump openings, flowing everywhere.
At the same time, both Basalt and Alka could feel the temperature on the training ground rising again, giving them a feeling of difficulty in breathing.
"According to the Pokédex, lava of 10,000 degrees Celsius erupts from Camerupt's humps. For my Camerupt, it's probably more than 10,000 degrees." Basalt stroked his chin.
On the battlefield, facing Camerupt's majestic gaze looking down from above, Vaporeon felt the omnipresent high temperature and involuntarily shivered.
"Vaporeon~"
Tucking its tail, Vaporeon directly lost the courage to fight, fleeing in panic behind Alka, trembling.
Seeing this, Basalt shook his head.
Alka's training level was watery, his command level was watery, but Basalt didn't expect his Pokémon's fighting will to be even waterier. Losing fighting will directly on the battlefield and fleeing? This was simply unbelievable in China!
But looking at Alka, he seemed used to it. Not only did he not blame Vaporeon, but he even squatted down to comfort it.
"Basalt, I admit defeat in this battle. And I'm convinced by you."
Alka recalled Vaporeon and strode over, admiration in his eyes.
Fighting up to this point, he had essentially been swept 1v3. If they continued, it would likely be a 1v6 sweep. After all, Alka's main forces were actually just Arcanine, Togekiss, and Vaporeon. The remaining Pokémon were weaker than them.
"You're too kind!"
After a few perfunctory words, Basalt ran to Camerupt to check its condition. However, the lava temperature was too high, and he couldn't get close. Forced, Basalt could only recall Camerupt into its Pokéball and scan it with his Pokédex.
Camerupt
Type: Fire / Ground
Ability: Anger Point (Maxes Attack after taking a critical hit)
In terms of moves, Camerupt learned six new moves: Rest, Sleep Talk, Scary Face, Fire Blast, Fissure, and Explosion.
"Learned even Fissure and Explosion?" Basalt was slightly delighted.
Fissure is a famous one-hit KO move. As long as the level gap isn't too big, hitting it ends the battle.
As for Explosion, it's a famous self-destruct move. Thinking of the lava and fire inside Camerupt, Basalt involuntarily shivered, thinking, "If Camerupt uses Explosion, it would probably be a mushroom cloud, right?"
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