Stronger than Leon's Charizard!
The moment this Pangoro emerged from its Poké Ball,
Sun Wuming could roughly judge by sensing the aura emanating from it.
This Pangoro's strength surpassed Leon's champion-level Charizard, making it a legendary-class Pokémon.
Of course, Pangoro was already considered a legendary Pokémon.
Though it wasn't as rare as Diancie or Celebi.
But it could hold its own against the Legendary Birds and Beasts.
Master Ma walked side by side with Pangoro, leading Sun Wuming and Cubchoo through the back door to the center of the vast battle arena.
Honey Leaf also followed behind with a group of disciples to watch the spectacle.
Master Ma explained:
"Unlike other Pokémon that evolve through leveling up or special stones, Cubchoo's evolution is special - it evolves through learning moves."
"Learning moves?"
Sun Wuming raised an eyebrow slightly.
Pokémon that evolved through learning special moves were indeed rare.
Compared to leveling up or using evolution stones, they were extremely few in number.
Master Ma nodded and continued:
"By learning moves from two different styles, Cubchoo will achieve different evolutions - the Dark-type Single Strike style and the Water-type Rapid Strike style."
"This one of mine uses Single Strike style. Let me demonstrate for this little bear."
At this point, Master Ma's smiling expression disappeared.
His pupils suddenly contracted, and his body instantly emanated a trainer's aura no less imposing than Leon's.
"Pangoro, Dark Lariat!"
Boom!
Hearing its master's command, Pangoro's feet stomped heavily on the ground.
The massive arena, comparable to a football field, shook entirely.
Then, taking a horse stance, Pangoro's body was surrounded by dark purple, nearly black energy waves.
In three seconds, this violent energy gathered in its right fist.
"Hah!!!"
Pangoro roared, stepping forward and throwing a powerful punch.
Whoosh—BOOM!!!
Dozens of meters away on the cliff face, a huge fist imprint appeared.
It felt like a weaker version of Stephen Chow's Buddha's Palm from "Kung Fu Hustle."
The disciples who witnessed this couldn't help but gasp.
"So, so powerful! That's Master's ace Pangoro!"
"Even from such a distance, it could make such a huge hole in the mountain."
"If Master participated in the Galar Star Tournament, Leon wouldn't stand a chance."
...
...
Master Ma retracted his master-level trainer's aura, returning to his usual elderly appearance, and smiled:
"However, although Cubchoo can evolve after learning these two moves, it needs to train to a very high level to learn them."
As he spoke, Master Ma took out two scrolls from behind him.
One black, one blue.
"The Evil Scroll for learning Single Strike style and the Water Scroll for Rapid Strike style - which would you like to choose?"
"...Can I take a look first?"
Sun Wuming asked.
"That's not a problem."
Since Leon had recommended him, Master Ma wasn't worried about Sun Wuming running off with the items.
Besides, if he really tried to run, Master Ma was confident he could stop him.
This was the foundation of being beyond champion-level.
Of course, this was based on the premise that Master Ma didn't know Sun Wuming's true strength.
Sun Wuming first opened the Evil Scroll for learning Single Strike style and read it carefully without missing a word.
Several minutes later, watching the fully concentrated Sun Wuming, Master Ma blinked curiously and said:
"This is for Cubchoo to learn, no matter how carefully you study it, it won't help..."
However, before he could finish speaking, Sun Wuming handed the Evil Scroll to Cubchoo at his feet to hold.
Then...
"Huff~~"
Sun Wuming took a deep breath, and in the next second.
BOOM!!!
Sun Wuming stomped heavily on the ground, and the entire battle arena... no! Half the island resonated with a deep rumble.
Then, Sun Wuming took a horse stance.
Everyone present, whether Master Ma, Honey Leaf, or the disciples in dark yellow training clothes,
All experienced intense déjà vu.
That's right, wasn't this the exact stance Pangoro had demonstrated earlier?!
Then, dark energy waves rippled out from Sun Wuming's body, rapidly concentrating in his right arm.
"C-Could it be!?"
Honey Leaf vaguely guessed something.
After all, as Master Ma's wife, she had quite a good understanding of martial arts.
"Is it Dark Lariat!?"
Master Ma himself couldn't believe it.
"Ha!!!"
But in that instant,
Sun Wuming had already stepped forward and thrown a punch.
His movements and stance were identical to Pangoro's earlier demonstration!
Dark Lariat!!!
BOOM!!!!!!
Accompanied by a deafening explosion, seconds later, a mushroom cloud rose ominously over the Isle of Armor.
Master Ma, Honey Leaf, Pangoro...
Everyone waited for the smoke to clear before looking ahead.
They saw that above Pangoro's original fist imprint on the cliff face, there was now another fist imprint ten times larger!
If Pangoro's Dark Lariat was like a weakened version of the Buddha's Palm from "Kung Fu Hustle,"
Then what Sun Wuming unleashed was the original version.
At this moment, the disciples' eyes were wide open, jaws dropped, making an Enel-style shocked face.
Their eyes clearly expressed one question:
"Is he even human?"
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