Seeing Charizard fall iands, Han and Zosh exged high fives, their excitement bubbling over. They noticed Shen looking at them with an odd expression and Han sheepishly admitted, "I 't help it, really 't!"

  "Don't worry, if he loses this match, we're defihrowing a feast to celebrate," Shen proposed.

  Both Han and Zosh nodded ihusiastic agreement. Their eyes gleamed with shared anticipation, clearly showing how unpopur Will was among them. With Will frequently being called the "all-talk" it was no wohey felt this way.

  With Charizard defeated, they g Heracross, who still looked full of fight. It was clear that this battle wasn't over yet.

  "Well, Pidgeot likes to eat bugs" Will took a deep breath, steadying himself as he sent out his sed Pokémon, clearly shaken by Charizard's loss.

  Will hadn't anticipated Charizard's defeat, and to make matters worse, he hadn't eve any marks on Heracross.

  "Julian, do you think Pidgeot defeat the other's Heracross?"

  Shen asked, a hint of creeping into her voice. After all, Will was still their friend. If he lost, it wouldn't just be a casual ugh; would certainly affect them.

  "It should be a draw," Julian said, noting Heracross's dition which still exuded fighting spirit.

  "A draw? Heracross is burned, yet it's still a draw?" Han shouted.

  If he didn't believe in Julian's vision, he would defihink that the other party was talking nonsense.

  Given the burn status, and with the agility of the Pidgeot it should be enough to outst Heracross.

  "Hera~"

  Heracross charged at Pidgeot, the horn on its head glowing with a bright light.

  "Charge with Steel Wing!" Will anded.

  Zosh was irritated by this and, exg, "What is he doing? Why send Pidgeot forward? 't it dodge instead?"

  "Will tends to front challenges head-on rather than avoiding them. It's a on trait among many fire-type trainers," Julian expined.

  Each trainer has a distinct fighting style; Julian prefers a dominating approach, while Will is more reckless, relying on his and his Pokémon's spirit to overe adversity.

  "Fire trainers really be reckless," Han scoffed, and Shen nodded in agreement.

  Julian really wao say, what qualifications do you have to nod your head?—after all, fire and fighting type trainers are the two mypes for their recklessness.

  But sidering the strength of her martial arts teique, he held his tongue.

  The two Pokémon fought for more than ten minutes and fought more than a dozen rounds. Each round was a collisioween moves, and the explosion of Tackle sounded tinuously.

  Obviously a mindless battle, but it was also the easiest way to arouse the enthusiasm of the audienbsp;

  Each csh sent shockwaves through the arena, igniting the excitement of the spectators who cheered louder with every exge.

  The Trainer of Heracross actually didn't want to eh Pidgeot directly, but he was very aware of his Pokémon.

  Heracross was obviously already on top of the fifty jars of ho this time in his mind, and he only wao defeat the oppo in a direct way as soon as possible.

  If he really anded Heracross to avoid the attack of Pidgeot, it will disrupt the rhythm of Heracross itself, so as a Trainer, he was now cooperating with Heracross, fog on issuing ands aligned with its instincts.

  "Heracross, use Mega Horn!"

  "Pigeot, Tackle!"

  "HERA~!"

  "PIDGE~!"

  Both Pokémon roared and their moves collided in mid-air.

  With a loud bang, a huge mushroom cloud rose from the field, and the air waves swept around, like a knife shaving off a thin yer of the battle field.

  As the dust settled, both Pokémon were knocked bading hard oher side of the field, with the protective barrier boung them away.

  "Both Heracross and Pidgeot are uo battle, The match is a draw" annouhe referee.

  As Julian said, the result of the match was a draw.

  "Return, Heracross. You'll have fifty jars of honey waiting for you when you wake up," the trainer said, a hint of pain in his voice.

  This was no ordinary honey; it came from a special Ruin, each jar costing 100,000 making for a staggering total of 5 millio for the battle.

  "This isn't how it was supposed to go, i don't want to be ughed at by Shen" Will whispered as he clutched his st Poké Ball.

  "Camerupt!"

  Then, his rival also sent out their sed Pokémon.

  "Pinsir!"

  Pinsir was among the few Bug-types known for its brutal and fierature, using its rge horns to trap and crush its prey.

  "Camerupt, use Fmethrower!"

  At this point, the distaweewo sides was still retively far, and Fmethrower was easily dodged by Pinsir, who is stantly closing in on Camerupt.

  "That was the pn, Camerupt! Use Earth Power!"

  The ground around Pinsir erupted, surrounding it with rocks and temporarily immobilizing it, taking advantage of Earth Power's ce to lower its special defense.

  Earth Power has a certain ce to lower the special defense of the Pokémon it hits.

  "Hahaha, I told you I was the Emperor of Luck!"

  Will chuckled, shaking off the disappoi of losing two secutive battles.

  "Camerupt, use Fmethrower!" Will shouted loudly.

  "Pinsir, use Focus Bst!"

  Despite being held in rocks and uo move, Pinsir was still able to un attack from it's mouth.

  The Focus Bst shattered the rock trapping it, and Pinsir was free just in time to dodge Camerupt's Fmethrower.

  "Now, Bulldoze!"

  Will seemed to anticipate the immi escape. Camerupt closed in on Pinsir, raising its front hooves to stomp down heavily.

  "Vise Grip!"

  With fierce determination in its eyes, Pinsir's massive horns lunged fripping Camerupt tightly. Yet, Camerupt tinued with its Bulldoze attack.

  With a loud thud, Pinsir's face torted from the force of the stomp, but it g on tighter, driven by the pain.

  "Now, use Submission!"

  "As if i will let you, Camerupt! Let's unleash Lava Plume!"

  A cloud of thick bck smoke erupted from Camerupt's ey-like protrusions, crag with sparks.

  Pinsir finally couldn't take it anymore, and the two big pincers loosened Camerupt, leaving two deep blood holes in Camerupt.