Pokémon: Starting with a Bound Entry System

Chapter 500: The Charizards of Charicific Valley

"Oh, got it."

Sakura responded and obediently put her feet down.

Hikaru sighed, then started climbing towards Charicific Valley. Beside him followed his Charizard. Sakura, in passing, also recalled her Dragonite into its Poké Ball.

After a thought, Hikaru released Latias again.

After all, this place had quite a few powerful auras. If there was danger, they could leave in time.

Also, Latias would probably find such an environment quite novel.

The Latias that came out was in her human form. She looked at the scorching, shimmering air around them, then at Sakura being carried on Hikaru's back, and tilted her head.

As for Sakura, seeing Hikaru release Latias, her face instantly became unnatural. She struggled a bit, climbed off Hikaru's back, and shot him a resentful glance, but only took his hand.

It was as if she were asking why he had to let Latias out.

Hikaru's eyebrow twitched.

He finally understood why Sakura was sometimes very bold, and other times somewhat reserved.

"Please keep an eye out, Latias," Hikaru requested.

"Okay."

As long as it wasn't a very cold environment, Latias was very interested. She looked around with novelty, thinking about recording such scenes to look back on later.

The path up the mountain had clearly been constructed, winding around the entire mountain and extending upwards.

Soon, they reached a turning point. At this turning point, there was a huge platform, as if specially built for battling.

The platform was roughly circular, but it was covered with all kinds of charred marks, and some places were full of claw marks.

It seemed that although these Charizard had established challenge rules and set up a battle area, they lacked the ability to repair the site.

"We've reached the challenge spot."

Hikaru patted Charizard's big belly.

Under the perception of his Aura Force, the surroundings were already filled with Charizard.

After the two came up, one Charizard after another flew out with outstretched wings, each choosing a rock to perch on.

The scene was extremely breathtaking.

These Charizard, apart from a few who were at the Master level, were mostly at the Elite Four level!

Three of them were located on the highest rock layer.

It wasn't that the M Region hadn't thought about organizing trainers to capture these Charizard. After all, this was a powerful force!

But after one attempt, the M Region never tried again, allowing Charicific Valley to exist and tacitly approving of its challenge rules.

"Roar!"

"Roar!"

The Charizard roared one after another, looking solemnly at the Charizard brought by this trainer.

It seemed that this fellow of their kind was not ordinary.

The pale white dragon flame flickering on its tail had a soul-stirring deterrence, as if once you merged with it, there was no way to escape.

They looked at each other, and finally, a relatively small Charizard stood out as if resigned to its fate.

This was the rule. They couldn't start with a powerful Charizard just because the opponent was too strong.

Each match had a planned intensity.

"Roar!" (Come!)

Although there was a big gap in strength, the belligerent genes in a Charizard's body would not retreat.

Looking at the White Flame Charizard that was a head taller than itself, this Charizard, which was only just at the Master level, flew onto the platform, roared, and let out a long cry to the sky.

"Go ahead."

Hikaru took out an S-rank Fire Stone and handed it to his Charizard.

"Roar!" (Mmm!)

Hikaru's Charizard had already learned the challenge rules from him, so it naturally wouldn't feel arrogant just because its opponent was weak.

The Fire Stone was shown. The Charizard on the highest rock layer nodded, indicating that this treasure was sufficient as a "stake" for this challenge.

And in Hikaru's [Eye of Investigation], it was precisely these three Charizard that were the most powerful, basically having all reached the critical point between Elite Four and Champion.

The one in the very middle had already broken through to the Champion level.

[Pokémon: Charizard]

[Ability: Blaze (Super Blaze)]

[Gender: Male (Female)]

[Talent: Elite Four (Champion)]

[Level: 79 (81) (79)]

[Moves: Thunder Punch, Fire Spin, Flamethrower, Scary Face, Ember, Karate Chop, Dragon Dance, Dragon Rush, Sunny Day...]

The one standing in the very middle was the strongest Charizard.

Of the three Charizard, the two on the sides seemed to be older, with wrinkles of old age on their faces, and their life force was also relatively decayed.

Talent and age had firmly limited their possibility of advancing further, unless someone helped them make up for these two shortcomings.

But the Charizard in the middle was different.

Its skin was bright and lustrous, its claws gleamed, and the flame on its tail burned ferociously.

It was clearly a dragon in its youth.

As if noticing Hikaru's gaze, its orange-yellow, jewel-like eyes also looked over, with a hint of inquiry.

Clearly, this strongest Charizard also wanted to know how Hikaru had raised a Charizard with white flames.

Many times, it is said that Pokémon are creatures with infinite possibilities.

But in reality, without special opportunities, it is very difficult for them to break through their own limitations.

Effort is more important than talent... but what if a talented Pokémon also works hard?

This was an unanswerable proposition.

After verifying there were no problems, Hikaru also stepped onto the circular platform.

As a trainer, he naturally had to face the challenge together with his Charizard.

"Big brother! Go for it!"

Sakura shouted from behind, but her inner thought was, "It's so hot without big brother..."

"Mmm," Hikaru turned his head and responded.

Then came a clear "Go for it!" from Latias.

Hikaru responded in the same way.

He then stared at the Charizard in front of him.

A thought flashed through his mind.

'A level 51 Charizard. Let's see how the challenge difficulty increases.'

"Roar?" (A white-flamed guy. I've never seen this flame before. Is it a mutation?)

"Roar, roar." (This trainer isn't afraid at all. Look at him, he's obviously very young among humans?)

The battle hadn't even started, but the Charizard standing close to each other started discussing again.

The days of training, even for these Charizard, were a bit dull. So, sometimes, finding some fun was a good thing.

A level 51 Charizard facing his own now level 67 Charizard, Hikaru had no intention of testing the waters. "Charizard, since it's a challenge, let's go straight to high intensity."

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