Chapter 1042: Power of the Coral

Hum—!!

Ice flowers danced, and the tide surged.

The giant whirlpools of ice-blue and fluorescent blue collided violently, accompanied by bursts of low roars, as if lightning and sparks were splashing out from the intersection!

And what shocked the spectators was that the size difference between the Cetitan and the Galar Corsola was so large, yet the scale of the whirlpool used...

Instead, the Corsola's was larger!

There was no doubt.

Size is linked to species, while moves are linked to strength.

Grusha also noticed this, but he remained calm; judging strength based on the size of a move is a beginner's worldview.

"Freeze it!"

He raised his volume, his tone full of unquestionable meaning, as if declaring a predetermined fact.

The next moment.

The Ice Spinner suddenly surged and expanded, and a cold tide descended from the sky to launch an invasion!

White mist and frost covered the swirling tide, the fine, crisp sounds like continuous firecrackers, and in the blink of an eye, it froze into a whirlpool-shaped, rugged ice sculpture!

"Roar!!"

Amidst the angry roar, the Ice Spinner didn't stop, even accelerating to smash the whirlpool ice sculpture, causing fine ice crystals to fly all over the sky, and the majestic cold mist surged and dissipated, covering the spectators' vision.

The crowd cheered loudly, and the Cetoddle beside Grusha also jumped happily on the spot.

Nemona, however, squinted at the arena, her expression strange.

In the arena, the Cetitan roared and swung its long fins to disperse the mist, intending to press the attack, but the Corsola did not appear in the shattered ice.

It had mysteriously disappeared.

"Not good! It's on the Cetitan's head!"

Someone exclaimed, and confused gazes immediately followed.

They were shocked to see the Corsola, shaped like a round stone, in the gap between the Cetitan's other front horn and back horn, its dozen smoke-like coral branches swaying, with eerie ghost flames circling around it.

How is that possible!

When did it get up there?

Shouldn't it have been frozen by the Ice Spinner?

No one knew when the Corsola had moved, only Nemona had seen the Corsola quietly break free from the Whirlpool at the bottom, taking advantage of the shadows at the bottom and the surging cold mist to quietly hide its figure.

Ghost-type Pokémon specialize in being elusive; she understood this deeply, so she always paid attention to the details.

And while most people were outsiders, they were more attracted by the flashy moves than the Pokémon itself.

Plus, the battle arena only had one side where people could stand, so they didn't notice it in the first place.

Grusha's vision was also blocked by the Cetitan's giant horns, but his reaction was fast, and he immediately ordered:

"Bounce! Open your mouth and shake it off!"

"Roar!"

The Cetitan's sturdy legs suddenly exerted force, and its huge body erupted with astonishing power, shattering the ground while jumping into the sky, likely over ten meters high!

When people looked up, they couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

And when it opened its deep giant mouth, the front horn on its head actually started to move along with its chin!?

It turned out that its mouth edge used the three giant horns as protrusions, presenting a wonderful arc. After the giant horns moved away, one could see strip-shaped baleen filling its entire face.

"Roar——"

The Cetitan swung its body and tail in mid-air, but it just couldn't shake off the Corsola.

Its smoke-like coral branches inexplicably elongated and wrapped around the Cetitan's milky-white horn, and no matter how the latter spun, it maintained a motionless posture, just like a stubborn plaster.

Forced, the Cetitan adjusted its center of gravity quickly while falling, intending to press it underneath and crush it.

"Saa..."

The Corsola's candle-like eyes flickered, its body trembled, and it rolled straight into the Cetitan's mouth by the air resistance of the fall!

The expression under Grusha's scarf changed.

"Cetitan——"

Thud!

The earth trembled!

The ton-level giant beast Cetitan fell to the ground with a bang, and the arena built on the cliff shook violently, and many spectators almost fell.

But such a heavy and swift blow could not hurt the Corsola in its mouth.

Whoosh~!

Eerie purple flames burst from the giant mouth.

Following that, the Cetitan's whole body ignited with raging flames, and the unimaginable pain made the Cetitan groan as its legs twitched.

Will-O-Wisp had finally hit!

Misfortunes never come singly; the Corsola launched a further fierce attack in its mouth!

"Hex."

All Baimu's voice fell.

Eerie purple light waves surged in the Cetitan's mouth, and the continuous attribute energy impact hurt so much that it rolled on the ground, making the Cetoddle, which had been jumping happily just now, whine with worry.

Grusha shouted, "Hold on, Cetitan! Blizzard!"

The zero-distance contact between the two was not only the Corsola's opportunity but also the Cetitan's opportunity.

It just so happened that durability was the Cetitan's advantage.

He believed his Pokémon would definitely be able to hold on!

However.

All Baimu didn't intend to give this opportunity.

"Spite!"

Hum!

Blue light enveloped the Cetitan's body, forcibly making it stiff.

Even though it broke free quickly and tried its best to spray a vast blizzard forward, the Corsola had already escaped its giant mouth and rolled under it, taking the opportunity.

"Stomp!"

"No chance left, Hex."

Grusha still wanted to fight, but All Baimu saw that his opponent was at the end of his rope.

"Roar!!"

The Cetitan, enduring the pain of the burn, angrily raised its foot.

The Corsola first released endless eerie purple light waves, and the single eye formed by Ghost-type energy looked like the eye of death, pronouncing its end.

The continuous energy impact was more like sea waves hitting the shore; every time it hit, it made the body of this ice-snow giant beast tilt to the side by a fraction.

Hum! Hum! Hum! Hum!!

The final eerie purple light wave vibrated violently, and the Cetitan could no longer hold on, wailing as it fell.

Thud!

The ground trembled due to the heavy object falling.

Grusha frowned, took out a ball, and recalled the Cetitan, "Come back, Cetitan."

The arena was quite quiet.

Those who had been clamoring for Grusha to give the outsider champion a taste of his own medicine were all silent now.

Only Nemona laughed twice, then hurriedly covered her mouth to prevent causing public anger, but not many people paid attention to her; everyone's eyes were on the Corsola.

They couldn't imagine why such a small body could burst out with such terrifying combat ability.

Even Grusha's signature Pokémon—Cetitan, was no match for it.

"Your Cetitan's weakness is a bit obvious; it shouldn't be just one person who has beaten you using my method, right?"

All Baimu said from afar, taking advantage of the fact that the opponent hadn't released a Pokémon yet.

Because Cetitan was unique to Paldea, his understanding was limited to the internet, and many people evaluated this Pokémon as thick-skinned, with the Thick Fat ability making it so that even Fire Blast couldn't move it.

But the weakness was equally obvious; its mouth was big and easy to eat moves.

Grusha was silent; how could he not understand?

It was just that according to common sense, when the Cetitan jumped, the wind pressure it induced should have been enough to blow the Corsola away, let alone rolling precisely into the Cetitan's mouth.

"I won't let you win so easily; the main event is next!"

He threw a Poké Ball forward.

Bang!

"Churu~!"

Altaria appeared, its cotton-like wings flapping slowly, its crisp voice slightly sharp.

At the top of the snow-covered Glaseado Mountain, one could actually see a Flying and Dragon-type Pokémon; Grusha was truly unique in his choice of Pokémon.

"Saa..."

"No."

All Baimu didn't let the Corsola go off duty; Grusha was not a player who needed everyone to go forward and fall back to maintain a perfect victory.

At least for now, he made this judgment.

The Corsola started working overtime full of resentment.

"Come on!"

He took out the Terastal Orb, and amidst Grusha's stunned expression and Nemona's excitement, he activated it, "Finish the opponent in one go!"

Hum!

Crystal light shone!

Clusters of crystal pillars rose from under the Corsola as he threw the Terastal Orb, wrapping its small body.

When it shattered into crystal dust all over the sky, a ghost-shaped crown appeared on its head.

The bright light scattered, illuminating the sunset sky.

Grusha raised his hand to cover half his face, whispering, "... Directly using Terastal? Hurricane!"

"Churu!"

Altaria cried out loudly, its cloud-like wings flapping violently, and a gray-blue hurricane rose from the ground!

The small and exquisite Corsola was uncontrollably pulled.

"Saa..."

This was the disadvantage of being light; no matter how terrifying its current output ability was, when its hollow body weighing just over a catty faced a small tornado hurricane, it would still be easily blown into the sky!

All Baimu's expression didn't change, "Mirror Coat."

Hum!

Colorful light flowed in the whistling wind.

The Corsola's body surface seemed to be coated with a layer of light film, and every time it spun in the biting hurricane, it brightened by a fraction.

When the hurricane subsided and fell, the light film formed a ball of light in front of it, suddenly shooting out a beam of light as thick as a human head!

"Dragon Pulse!"

"Churu!"

Altaria opened its mouth to breathe, and the azure dragon-shaped light wave hissed toward the beam of light!

In an instant, the two different energies were like colliding sea waves, exploding and rushing in all directions!

Boom!

The gray-white air wave shook the red net wall on the periphery of the arena, and the onlookers felt their eyes brighten and then darken, and their vision was already covered by smoke.

In a flash.

Altaria flapped its wings and flew out of the smoke, with eerie ghost flames chasing behind like rings.

Grusha opened his mouth, "Safeguard!"

"Churu!"

A spherical barrier with light blue brilliance immediately appeared, blocking the bone-deep ghost flames for Altaria.

At the same time, it also cut off the Corsola's intention to use Hex again.

All Baimu said, "Then let's do it directly, Curse!"

"Saa!"

The Corsola's eyes lit up, and a strange monster shape rushed out from the shadow under it, suddenly rushing toward the sky.

Altaria hurriedly flapped its wings to dodge, and Grusha followed with an order.

"Moonblast, break it!"

"Churu!"

It cried out, a phantom of the full moon appeared above its head, and the moonlight fell, condensing into a brilliant light ball in front of it.

Just at the moment of firing, fluorescent blue light fixed its body.

Grusha was stunned, "What!?"

Heh-heh-heh——

Strange laughter rippled in the air, and the monster shape rushed straight into Altaria's body; the clean feathers became dim, and the moonlight shattered suddenly.

"Churu..."

Terrible black energy appeared on its face.

The crowd outside was in an uproar.

What did they see?

Curse hadn't been released for long, and Spite was almost seamlessly connected; is this possible?

Nemona was pleasantly surprised, "What a silky combo!"

That's right, it was silky.

The well-honed skill combination was reborn in actual combat, reaching the most ideal state.

A Pokémon must have a few "ultimate moves," and the high hopes All Baimu placed on the Corsola were a few key variation moves.

In addition, its use of smoke was also a key area of recent research.

The essence of smoke is the Corsola's soul, which has no fixed form, but it simulated the appearance of coral branches according to its subconscious before death.

Now, after All Baimu's specialized training, it could initially change its shape.

"Fly high!"

"Strength Sap."

Grusha and All Baimu ordered in turn.

The Corsola's smoke-like tentacles swayed and changed, overlapping in the air to form a giant coral reef.

Swaying gently, Altaria, which was suffering from the curse in mid-air, had just spread its wings to rise, and in the blink of an eye, its strength was silently taken away.

The blue light of the attack ability value decrease was like a warning.

Is it the critical moment?

"Victory and defeat are like these vast snowy mountains, changing in an instant..."

A strong sense of crisis rose in Grusha's heart, but he calmed down again.

He took out the activated Terastal Orb and threw it high, making Altaria at the high place complete Terastalization, changing its attribute to Ice.

"Snow! Ice crystals! Descend upon us! Ice Beam!"

"Churu!"

Altaria, with black energy on its face, was also full of anger, and the brilliant and dazzling brilliance erupted from the ice crystal crown on its head; when it opened its mouth to breathe, the brilliant ice thunder had already fallen like cold flames!

Whoosh!

Where the light passed, ice and snow fell, as if the air was frozen.

It was a pity that the cold flames could not be successfully splashed on the Corsola, as a huge Shadow Ball blocked the way.

The power of Terastalization sculpted the giant Shadow Ball, making its scale comparable to the previous Cetitan, and the shadow it cast occupied half of the arena, with a layer of crystal-like light film plated on its surface.

Rumble, rumble, rumble!!

The moves of two different attributes collided with each other, and while the strong wind danced, crystal dust scattered with the wind!

Grusha's scarf was blown, but he didn't have time to pay attention, shouting, "Suppress it!!"

"Churu!"

Altaria intensified its output, and the cold flames suddenly expanded, shaking as if to shatter the giant Shadow Ball—

Regrettably, it only lasted for a short second.

In an instant.

The giant Shadow Ball suppressed the ice-blue cold flames in turn, devouring them step by step, until Altaria had no more strength, and the cold flames were cut off and swallowed by the Shadow Ball!

Bang!

The earth-shattering roar echoed in the arena!

The oncoming shockwave swept through the hair of the onlookers, not knowing how many people's cotton hats were blown off.

Grusha looked at this scene and sighed deeply.

"It's cold..."

No need to announce.

This application test for Terastal training had completely come to an end.

The cold mist in the arena dissipated, and under the worried gaze of the Cetoddle, the fainted Altaria slowly woke up.

It lowered its head, looking a bit frustrated.

Grusha stepped forward to stroke it, then looked at All Baimu, who was picking up the Corsola opposite, and said, "You won; I exerted all my strength, but I didn't expect that there would still be such a huge gap between you and me.

"I think I should be a more serious Gym Leader to make up for this unwillingness."

"Let's battle again when we have the chance; I look forward to your performance."

All Baimu stepped forward to shake hands with the demeanor of a champion and smiled slightly; amidst this, Nemona ran in.

"All Baimu, All Baimu! Taking advantage of this momentum, let's have a match!"

She couldn't hold it anymore.

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