Chapter 1016 Pokémon Sled Jumping Contest

"A-choo!" Mr. Hala still maintained his original attire in this cold environment, and now he started to sneeze.

Seeing this, Kachi, who was standing next to him, kindly reminded him, "Mr. Hara, you are wearing so little, it's easy to catch a cold!"

When Mr. Hala heard what Kachi said, he couldn't help but retort: ​​"What qualifications do you have to say that I'm wearing too little!" His eyes then fell on Kachi, and saw that Kachi was still shirtless and only wearing a pair of shorts.

Mr. Hara raised his lips slightly and continued, "Watch carefully, as long as you imitate the Super Power King and use the belly drum, you can use your willpower to dispel the cold!"

Dr. Kukui at the side also agreed: "You're right. My heart is now hotter than the flames of an explosion!" He also had his research suit open and his face was full of blood!

However, just when they were feeling proud, a cold wind suddenly blew. This cold wind was like a sharp sword, piercing their bodies. The three of them were immediately shivering from the cold, and hurriedly changed into winter clothes.

Today's lesson is to watch Mr. Hara's Crab evolve. Crab is a Pokémon that has very special evolutionary conditions and needs to be upgraded in Lanakila Mountain to complete its evolution.

"Look over there, it's the snow boy!" Mao suddenly shouted excitedly, pointing at the little guys who were happily rolling snowballs not far away.

Not far from the Snow Boys, there was a group of Sandshrews wearing ice armor. These Sandshrews were different from the Sandshrews that Xiaozhi had seen before. Their bodies were covered with a thick layer of ice armor. These were the Alola Sandshrews, an ice and steel-type Pokémon.

"In the Alola region, it's so rare to encounter this kind of Pokémon that lives in the snowy mountains!" Professor Kukui couldn't help but sigh as he looked at these little guys.

"How about we take a break here?" Mr. Hara suggested, "The environment here is so nice, and there are so many Pokémon, it's a good opportunity for everyone to relax."

Professor Kukui and Xiaozhi looked at each other and both thought this was a good idea. After coming here, the Crab can evolve.

Since there are so many Pokémon here, it’s a good opportunity to let Crabbe fight a little. I believe it will evolve soon!

So, Xiaozhi asked everyone to take a break, and they each took out some food from their backpacks and prepared to start a picnic in the snow.

"Look at this!" Mamane suddenly shouted excitedly, pointing at a series of strange footprints on the snow.

The shape of the footprints was strange, with the outer circle being shaped like a plum blossom, and outside the plum blossom-shaped footprints, there was another circle that radiated like the sun!

"What kind of footprints are these? I've never seen anything like these before!" Mamane's eyes widened, her face full of surprise and curiosity. "Could it be that... this is a Pokémon that has not yet been discovered?"

The more he thought about it, the more excited he became, and his voice unconsciously became louder.

Just when Mamane was extremely excited, Bai Gungun beside her seemed to have noticed something. It suddenly ran across the snow as fast as an arrow, and then dived into the bushes next to it.

"Hey! Bai GunGun, where are you going? Wait for me!" Seeing this, Liliae shouted hurriedly, and then chased after him without hesitation.

Xiaozhi saw Liliae and White Gungun running over, and quickly pulled Mamane to catch up, "Come on, let's go and take a look!"

After wandering through the woods for a while, Liliae finally found Bai Gungun. However, just as she was relieved, she suddenly heard a voice shouting, "Be careful!"

Lilia was startled and looked up quickly, only to see a sled flying in the air, heading straight for her! It turned out that she had accidentally stepped into the sled's jumping track!

"Kyuubi, please!"

At this moment, a Nine-Tailed Fox from the Alola region suddenly jumped from the sled and quickly landed next to Liliae.

In the blink of an eye, it cast a gorgeous aurora curtain, wrapping Liliae tightly in it. The moment the sled touched the aurora curtain, it seemed to be supported by an invisible force and landed steadily on the ground.

"Are you okay?" A gentle voice came, and a beautiful young lady with long silver-white hair came down from the sled. She quickly walked to Liliae and asked with concern.

Liliae stared at the Alola Ninetales in front of her in a daze. When she heard the little sister's question, she subconsciously replied: "I... I'm fine."

"That's good!" The young lady breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "I'm so sorry, I didn't notice there was someone here just now!"

"It's okay... Compared to this..." Liliae waved her hands quickly, but her attention was drawn to Bai Gun Gun and Alola Ninetales. "Your Ninetales is so beautiful! It turns out that Bai Gun Gun suddenly ran here because he saw the Ninetales!"

"It seems to be true!"

"Excuse me, what was that beautiful move just now?" Liliae looked at the girl in front of her, her eyes full of anticipation.

"Oh, that's the Aurora Curtain!" the young lady replied with a smile.

"This is a special move that can only be used in hail weather!" Xiaozhi on the side added.

At this time, Bai Gun Gun came to Liliae with a hop and a skip, and called out happily. Liliae immediately understood what he meant, and said with a smile: "Bai Gun Gun also wants to try the Aurora Curtain!"

"Ah!" Suddenly, Mamane on the side exclaimed, his eyes widened, staring at the young lady in front of him, "You...Are you Miss Sarah?"

"Haha, it's me!" Miss Sarah replied with a smile.

"Wow, it's really you!" Mamane's hands were shaking with excitement. He quickly reached out and shook Miss Sarah's hand tightly, "Please shake hands with me!"

It turns out that Miss Sarah is a famous Pokémon Sled Jumper in the Alola region! And she has already confirmed that she will attend the next World Championship!

Then everyone introduced themselves.

"I'm almost on my way to the competition venue!" It was obvious that Miss Sarah was also a very busy person.

But she seemed to have a good impression of Liliae, so she smiled and suggested, "By the way, there happens to be a Pokémon Sled Jumping Competition tomorrow. I think you can also try to participate. It's really fun!"

Before Liliae could react, Miss Sarah smiled and said goodbye, "Goodbye, I'm leaving first. We'll meet again if we're lucky!"

When the three returned to the team, they saw Mr. Hala standing aside, directing the competitive crab to fight against a wild crab. The battle was nearing its end at this time.

"Victorious Crab, Enhance your punch!"

The competitive crab seized the opportunity and immediately delivered a powerful enhanced punch. Xianla was instantly knocked away and fell heavily on the snow, losing his ability to fight.

The competitive crab waved its boxing gloves and excitedly celebrated its victory. At this moment, its body was suddenly shrouded in the light of evolution. Its size continued to expand and gradually turned into a huge competitive hairy crab!

The evolved competitive hairy crab seemed extremely excited. It waved its huge fist and smashed it hard on the snow, leaving a familiar fist mark.

Mamane couldn't help feeling a little frustrated when he saw this. He originally thought he could discover a new species of Pokémon!

At this moment, Xiaozhi asked Mr. Hala: "Mr. Hala, what are your plans next?"

After all, the course is over.

Mr. Hala smiled and nodded, and replied: "In fact, we came to this place for another important thing to do. There will be a Pokémon sled jumping competition tomorrow, and I plan to let this winning hairy crab participate in the competition!"

When Mamane heard this, he immediately mentioned that they had just met Miss Sarah. His words attracted the attention of others. Everyone seemed to have heard of Miss Sarah and started talking about her.

Mr. Hara also smiled and said, "Yes, speaking of which, it seems that Miss Sarah has been invited as a guest of tomorrow's competition!"

So everyone decided to go and watch the sled jumping competition. The rules of this competition are actually to let the trainers and their Pokémon sit on the sled board, slide down from a high place, take off into the air using the height created by the drop, and then perform a series of gorgeous performances in the air.

"Liliae, Ash!"

Miss Sarah came over with a smile on her face, her voice full of enthusiasm, "How about it? It's fun just to watch, right? The sleds here can be rented, so everyone can participate in the competition easily and happily!"

Kachi was the first to decide to participate in the competition, and Bai Gungun also jumped happily, eager to try, but Liliae was hesitant. She was not good at this kind of sport and couldn't help feeling a little nervous.

Mao and Shui Lian noticed Liliae's worry, and they quickly encouraged her: "Liliae, we will all cheer for you together! Believe in yourself, you can do it!"

Hearing the two girls' encouragement, Lilia's eyes gradually became firm, "Okay, Bai Gungun and I will also participate!"

Seeing this, Miss Sarah took everyone to the training track where she used to slide when she was a child, which was not far from the competition venue, and gave a demonstration herself.

"Okay, now it's everyone's turn to try it!" Miss Sarah said with a smile.

Although Xiaozhi did not plan to participate in the official competition, he decided to give it a try, so he chose Mew as his partner.

"Wonderful~" Menghuan sat at the front of the sled and waved her hands happily.

As the sled slid down rapidly, Xiaozhi and Menghuan slid across the snow track and successfully took off into the air.

At this moment, Xiaozhi gave the order without hesitation: "Meng Meng, swing finger skill!"

After hearing the command, Little Menghuan immediately waved his hands happily. A ball of dazzling colorful light emanated from his hands and was sent high into the sky.

Xiaozhi did not stop giving orders, he immediately shouted: "Is it Magic Flash? Then use Wave Missile!"

As soon as the voice fell, a blue wave missile burst out from the dreamy little hand again. This wave missile collided with the magic flash in the air, making a loud bang.

In an instant, colorful lights bloomed like fireworks, and then fell like raindrops, decorating Xiaozhi and the dreamy sled in a dreamy and beautiful way.

"It's so beautiful!" Miss Sarah was also amazed and exclaimed sincerely.

After all, this seemingly simple operation actually requires extremely high grasp of timing.

With Xiaozhi's wonderful performance leading the way, it was Kachi's turn to play. However, when Kachi's Blastoise tried to take off, it failed because of its excessive weight.

Finally it was Liliae's turn to try. Suiren and Maou accompanied her to the starting point, "Come on, Liliae!"

Lilia took a deep breath and tried to calm herself down. She saw Bai Gungun already sitting on the sled, so she also sat on it carefully.

Everything was ready and the sled set off smoothly. However, as the speed gradually increased, Liliae's heartbeat became faster and faster, and she began to feel a little panicked.

At the moment the sled rushed out at high speed, Liliae's mind went blank. She closed her eyes in horror and completely lost awareness of her surroundings.

"Look ahead!" Miss Sarah shouted anxiously, trying to guide Liliae on how to deal with the situation, but at this time Liliae could no longer hear any sound from the outside world.

Then, with a loud bang, the sled fell heavily to the ground, making a dull sound. Liliae and Bai Gungun also flew out with the sled.

At this critical moment, Xiaozhi quickly used his superpowers to catch Liliae and Bai Gungun and put them on the ground. He looked at Liliae with concern and comforted her: "Don't be afraid, I'm here!"

Xiaozhi encouraged her and said, "Believe in yourself, you can do it!"

The others also stepped forward to encourage her. Liliae nodded heavily when she heard this, "Bai Gungun, let's do it again!"

Bai GunGun barked excitedly, and its fluffy little tail began to wag from side to side.

"Lilia, don't be discouraged. I've experienced failures like this before!" Miss Sarah came over with a smile and comforted me. "At that time, my mother wanted me to learn piano, but I heard that my friends around me were going to participate in the Pokémon Sled Jumping Competition, so I wanted to give it a try too."

Miss Sarah couldn't help laughing when she recalled the scene at that time: "When I first started practicing, I fell terribly! And I was particularly afraid of flying off the sled. I kept backing off and even wanted to give up!"

She gently stroked the Nine-Tailed Fox beside her and continued, "But my Vulpix never gave up. Its perseverance really touched me deeply. So, I finally plucked up the courage and decided to try again."

Miss Sarah's eyes sparkled as she spoke, "When I successfully completed that jump, the feeling was so moving that I will never forget it! At that moment, I felt that my mind and Vulpix's mind had completely merged into one!"

"Minds become one..." Liliae repeated these words thoughtfully, as if she suddenly realized the true meaning of Pokémon Sled Jump.

Her gaze fell on her Vulpix, and a warm power surged in her heart. It was a response to Vulpix and an affirmation of the deep friendship between them.

In the following time, Liliae began two special trainings. The first one was to adapt to high-speed flight, which she finally overcame through her unremitting efforts.

The second one was to let Vulpix learn the special move Aurora Curtain, which was taught by Miss Sarah's Ninetales, but it was Xiaozhi's Mew who learned this move first.

Fortunately, when dusk fell, Liliae's Vulpix finally learned it.

To be continued…