Early the m, Julian and Dragonite resumed their climb up Dragon Mountain. They were now very close to the Dragon-type Pokémon.

  Gng at the Dowsing Mae, Julian noticed ten red dots dispyed on its s.

  Ever sihey arrived at Dragon Mountain, the Dowsing Mae had sistently shown the maximum value of ten red dots, no matter how much Julian moved around.

  Each red dot was substantial in size as well.

  This meant that Dragon Mountain was brimming with treasures. If it weren't for the fact that the greatest treasure awaited at the summit, Julian would have already started his treasure hunt.

  "Just wait for me. I'll e and collect you all one by one soon" he murmured to the red dots on the s.

  Still, the Dragon Pool was the priority. The treasures weren't going anywhere, after all.

  With thoughts of treasure spurring him on, Julian's climbing pasciously quied. The wind grew stronger as they asded higher.

  At an altitude of 5,660 meters, Julian and Dragonite came to a halt. He could sense a powerful aura emanating from the forest not far away.

  Crash! Crash! Crash!

  The sound of trees, as thick as waistlioppling echoed through the area. Emerging from the fallen timber was a Garp, making its way toward them. Every tree in its path was smashed apart as it bulldozed forward.

  Julian raised an eyebrow, finding its behavior a bit odd. Couldn't it just go around? He couldn't help but feel this Garight have a few screws loose.

  Garp: 'This human and his Dragonite must be awestruck by my dramatitrance. Clearly, ing up with such a grarance proves I'm the smartest dragon on this mountain.'

  Seeing Julian and Dragonite's puzzled expressions, Garp felt a surge of pride.

  Dragohis one must have something seriously wrong with it.'

  Garp's gaze fixed on its challengers, of course it lingered more onite. When it realized Dragonite hadn't even reached the Elite level, a flicker of fusion crossed its fierce face.

  Then, notig Dragonite's goofy grin, as if it were greeting it, Garp was momentarily caught off guard.

  Just as it was about to nod in aowledgment, Dragonite vanished from sight, charging straight at Garp. The force of its wis uprooted the trees behind it.

  Garp: 'Such disrespect at such a young age! Watch me ter your move.'

  Garp unleashed a powerful Dragon Pulse, the energy transf into a vivid green dragon. The massive, g form—stretg over teers long—rushed to meet Dragonite.

  Caught off guard by Garp's quick rea, Dragonite found itself on the defensive despite having initiated the attack.

  Dragoaliated with its own Dragon Pulse, firing a trated bst of draiergy from its mouth.

  As the two attacks collided, Garp's eyes widened slightly in surprise. It could feel the intense, pure Dragon-type essence emanating fronite's move.

  Dragonite, who hadn't even reached Elite-level strength, somehow possessed a Dragon-type essence richer than Garp's, despite the tter being at the te Elite-tier.

  Garp: 'How much good stuff has this Dragonite beeing?'

  Dragon essence, or the in energy that fuels Dragon-types, typically grows with a Pokémon's strength.

  However, it also be enhahrough rare treasures. A stronger essence means that moves of the Pokémon's type will pa eveer punch.

  Dragon Pulse vs. Dragon Pulse.

  Two emerald-green dragon-shaped energies collided midair. The resulting explosion on-type energy was like a massive bomb going off.

  A deafening roar filled the sky, and shockwaves spread out in white trigs.

  Everything within the radius of the rings began to crack, colpse, and shatter uhe destructive force.

  Julian had wisely retreated far away.

  Without a Pokémon to protect him, the aftermath of such a battle could easily take his life.

  He wasn't about to gamble on the Mega Pallet Town physique in this situation.

  As the shockwaves began to subside, Dragonite and Garp cshed once again—this time in a brutal melee.

  Garp's lean, muscur frame tained immense power, and the scythe-like fins on its arms resembled sharp battle axes.

  Every swing of its fins sliced through the air with a pierg, ear-splitting sound that made Julian wince even from a distance.

  Dragonite, despite its plump and rounded body often earning it the niame "chubby," was widely regarded as an agile powerhouse.

  Its small, seemingly disproportionate wings gra incredible speed and the ability to maneuver deftly in tight spaces.

  Mega Punch. Thunder Punch. Ice Punch. Brick Break. Dragon Cw.

  Both Pokémon unleashed a relentless flurry of cle moves. Their blows shattered the solid rocky grouh them, sending debris flying in all dires.

  The battle reverberated throughout Dragon Mountain. The cacophony of their csh echoed into the skies.

  This was only the beginning.

  Dragonite's Dragon Tail smmed into Garp's side, while Garp tered by sinking its sharp jaws intonite's shoulder with ch.

  Dragonite roared in pain as several puncture wounds appeared on its shoulder, blood trig down from the injuries.

  Garp, though not bleeding, wasn't faring much better. The power behind Dragonite's Dragon Tail felt like a sledgehammer smashing into its body, leaving it with internal injuries instead of external ones.

  The force on Tail sent Garp hurtling through the forest, snapping tless trees along the way. It only stopped after smashing into a fifth massive boulder, which crumbled uhe impact.

  Pain wracked Garp's body with every breath, but it only served to stoke the fmes of its fury.

  Among all pseudo-legendary Dragon-types, Garp was known as one of the most hot-tempered, alongside Hydreigon and Samence. But if there were a petition for the a, Hydreigon would undoubtedly take the .

  After all, Hydreigon was notorious for its frequent bouts of mental instability due to its three heads. It was not unheard of for it to lose trol and even harm its own Trainer.

  Garp: 'Today, either I beat you to death, or you beat me to death.'

  With that, Garp smmed its foot into the ground, shattering it as it unched forward with an explosive burst of speed.

  Despite having been hurled nearly a kilometer away, it reappeared in front onite in the blink of an eye. Raising its scythe-like fin high above its head, an aura of sheer murderous i radiated from its body.

  This Garp had undoubtedly ears p the upper regions on Mountain. Its strength was uionable, and its fins were undoubtedly stained with the blood of tless Dragon-type Pokémon.

  As the battle wore on, Garp's feral instincts tio awaken, its bloodlust growing stronger with every passing moment.

  The oppressive aura it exuded grew so heavy that it seemed to sap the warmth from the air, causing the surrounding temperature to plummet by at least ten degrees.

  Faced with the onsught, Dragonite's normally calm gaze flickered with a hint of madness.

  Dragonite: 'We're both pseudo-legendary dragons—do you seriously think I'm weaker than you?'

  Tapping into its raw strength, Dragonite's muscles swelled, veins bulging along its arms as it activated *Superpower*. Its powerful hands grabbed hold of Garp's forearms, stopping the attack dead in its tracks.

  The grouh them cracked and exploded from the force of their csh, sending shards of rock flying in all dires.

  Nearby, Julian watched as a tree beside him ierced through by a flying k of debris. Cold sweat dripped down his back.

  Julian: 'Damn it, in just a few days, I've brushed past death more times than I t.'