Chapter 865: Dragon Storm

Suddenly.

The shouts and cheers from tens of thousands of spectators quieted down in unison.

All Baimu discovered a circle of faint purple light spots arranged below the audience seats, and a layer of pink-purple honeycomb-shaped light shield suddenly appeared and flew away quickly.

Does Galar's protective device also have a soundproofing effect?

High-tech!

That's right.

The area on the other side where the other party is located is so far away; without some soundproofing measures for the audience seats, the Pokémon in battle might not be able to hear the Trainer's instructions clearly.

The commentator arrived, full of smiles, and introduced both sides of the match to the audience in the field.

This person's professional quality was stronger than any All Baimu had encountered before; regarding him and Raihan in the field, he specifically pointed out his battle record instead of just praising Raihan.

This way, it could mobilize the audience's enthusiasm, making everyone realize that this would be a dragon-and-tiger battle that would make people hot-blooded. It also made it so that if Raihan were defeated, he wouldn't lose too miserably.

After all, the more one side is praised, the more severe the backlash will be when the time comes.

And the tens of thousands of audience members in the field, only a small half came from the Battle Festival venue; the vast majority didn't have much impression of All Baimu, and only after listening to the commentator did they know how powerful this person was.

He defeated both Nessa and Kabu!

No wonder he could battle Raihan!

The crowd was noisy.

Not long after.

Buzz, buzz, buzz~

The temporary referee Rotom Drone entered the field and began to explain the match rules that had been repeated ten thousand times.

Its speech seemed to have some kind of peculiar "echo", which could clearly pass the sound from all directions to the ears. Including above the field, it could be called three-hundred-and-sixty-degree full wrapping.

Public address equipment?

Doesn't look like it.

Remember in the anime, when Ash and the others gave orders, the shouting had this feeling of being empty all around, as if holding a microphone and speaking.

All Baimu's gaze wandered everywhere, and soon his attention was attracted by Raihan's ranking.

At noon, this person's ranking was 35th in the Ultra Ball tier, and in the blink of an eye, he had risen to 12th, only two steps away from the Masters Eight.

The first match points to 9th, the second match battle exchange match promotion to Masters Eight.

Which ones were the Masters Eight at the moment, All Baimu didn't pay attention to; he only knew Leon was NO. 1, and by the end of the season, Lance rose to 2nd in the Master tier, and both sides chose one Pokémon to duel in the final, deciding the title of "Strongest King".

Undoubtedly.

The first season was very rough in all aspects.

So All Baimu actually didn't care much about the results of the first season.

The match rules were quite perfect; Mega Evolution, Z-Moves, and Dynamax could only be chosen from three, and there was no mention of the Terastal phenomenon in the Paldea region.

If he took out a Terastal Orb, he would inevitably scare Raihan!

It's a pity that going to the Paldea region is next year's plan. This year he only prepared to collect Z-Crystals, abduct Calyrex, and win the Champion of the Orre region.

Finally.

The Rotom Drone read out the rules of the whole match and said in its emotionless tone: 'Please choose your Pokémon! 3, 2, 1! go!'

"Go!"

"I leave it to you!"

Raihan and All Baimu tossed their Poké Balls forward without hesitation.

Bang, bang!

White light flashed.

Turtonator, with fire-red thorns all over its body, slowly stood up in front of Raihan, and a wisp of flame sprayed from its long, pipe-like nose.

"Turtonator!"

It looked at its opponent confidently, and was stunned.

The attention of most of the audience in the field was also attracted to All Baimu's side, involuntarily letting out light "wow" and "uh" exclamations.

What is that?

That is 【The Ultimate of Beauty】.

It is the Shiny Milotic, the loving Pokémon with rainbow-like scales, known to be able to calm disputes and heal people's restless hearts just by existing.

The pale blue brilliance swayed slightly with its gorgeous tail fins, slowly merging with the lights illuminating the field, revealing a shimmering, magical scene.

Like a tranquil, all-encompassing ocean.

What an incredible existence!

Everyone who looked at it, no matter how excited they were before, felt exceptionally calm in their hearts, as if they had received gentle comfort.

The commentator couldn't help but praise Milotic profusely.

"Milotic?"

A strange look appeared in Raihan's eyes.

A hint of something unusual appeared in Raihan's eyes.

Who could have thought...

What kind of consideration was it to send Milotic to appear?

He was slightly expectant.

Different from him, All Baimu was regretting that he hadn't guessed Raihan's selection; he bet that the probability of Raihan sending out Goodra was higher than Flygon, so he let Milotic appear.

It just so happened that the silly beauty hadn't appeared in a large-scale match for a long time.

Its strength might be a certain distance from the few big brothers and sisters at the front, but it wasn't far enough to be anywhere; it was just battling Raihan's main Pokémon, a piece of cake.

The result was Turtonator!

To be reasonable, its presence in Raihan's team was completely incomparable to Flygon, Goodra, and Duraludon.

These three were equivalent to the three giants in All Baimu's house; Raihan liked sandstorms the most among the three types of weather, and even took photos of the desert on his Trainer card.

And Turtonator usually appeared in combination with Torkoal.

No way.

No other way.

Snatch!

Beep!!

The sharp whistle for the start of the match pierced the clouds, All Baimu and Raihan ordered at the same time!

"Rain Dance!"

"Sunny Day!"

Turtonator raised its head slightly, a golden light ball condensed at the tip of its long, pipe-like nose, and then sprayed it fiercely toward the sky above the venue, turning it into a huge light source shining on everything.

But the light failed to cover the whole field, and a large piece of dark clouds summoned by Milotic blocked it, sprinkling fine rain.

Two types of weather launched a strange struggle for possession.

One could see the huge light source releasing intense light to disperse the ethereal dark clouds, and the dark clouds rushing toward the light source to make it dim.

And in the field.

Turtonator and Milotic each had golden and blue light shining on their bodies, either releasing light rays upward or humming to gather clouds.

The two refused to give an inch, frantically adding weight, striving to crush the other in terms of weather!

With the help of the commentator, the audience looked up at the silent battle between the light ball and the dark clouds in the sky, unable to imagine that Raihan, who was best at using various weather conditions, actually failed to suppress the weather released by the opponent's Pokémon!

Finally.

The huge field was forcibly divided into two halves by the two different types of weather, leaving only the area in the middle with strange similarities—such as gorgeous rainbows and bright sun showers.

The two Pokémon each looked at their opponents dozens of meters away on their own halves, and lowered their heads slightly, panting.

The battle for weather is often just so plain and unadorned.

Once it falls into a stalemate, it will inevitably end up as a half-and-half result as a temporary outcome, and after that, it will depend on whether one side can suppress the other.

One point worth noting.

Moves whose power is affected by weather will show relatively strange changes as the starting point and ending point of release change.

For example.

Raihan: "Go! Use Solar Beam!"

Turtonator, having recovered its strength, ran forward, and at the same time raised its head slightly and growled lowly.

"Turtonator!"

Sunlight gathered like golden threads in front of it, instantly forming a huge light ball, and as Turtonator approached the position where Milotic was, it suddenly fired a dazzling energy beam!

Rumble!

The air along the way trembled continuously!

Under Sunny Day, the energy accumulation of 【Solar Beam】 was shortened by nearly half, and the interval from condensation to firing was as short as breathing.

But when the Solar Beam spread under the dark clouds and touched the rain, the light instantly dimmed a lot.

All reactions happened in just a short instant.

But discerning people could see that the power of the Solar Beam was completely different from the beginning when it passed through two types of weather, Sunny Day and Rain, and bombarded Milotic shrouded in the rain curtain.

What surprised everyone was that although the power of the Solar Beam was reduced, it was still considered a quite fierce blow.

Milotic, who was weak to Grass-type, actually took the initiative to swim up and receive the dazzling light beam following the Trainer's order!

"Mirror Coat."

Buzz~

Bright colorful light flowed on its body surface, and the dazzling Solar Beam was extremely strangely accommodated, making the colorful light even brighter.

Raihan instantly understood the reason, and shouted loudly:

"Quick, use Protect!"

"Turtonator!"

Turtonator, whose Solar Beam was exhausted, quickly turned its body, facing the opponent with its back full of brown-brown thorns.

It was about to open a pale blue light shield, but the glowing colorful light on Milotic's body surface suddenly merged into the front of it, forming a light beam similar to Solar Beam but a whole circle thicker and shot over!

Rumble!!

The air trembled violently!

Raihan felt the terrifying energy beam bombard its back, but it only resisted for one second before being knocked away by the powerful impact brought by the energy explosion with a "bang"!

It's a pity.

【Mirror Coat】 only has the effect of reflecting the damage Milotic receives.

If it were to return the 【Solar Beam】 exactly as it was, its power would even return to normal under the shining of Sunny Day, rather than the weakened version Milotic received.

The commentator shouted: "Mirror Coat successful! A quite heavy blow! How is Turtonator's state—it withstood it!"

"Turtonator!"

Turtonator growled and stood up, thanks to the power of Mirror Coat received by its back, although it took the full damage, its own consciousness was still relatively clear.

If it had faced it head-on, and the weak point of the hole in its abdomen had been painfully struck, it would probably have fainted on the spot.

Now it was just stamina consumption, barely acceptable.

Raihan, as a Trainer, also knew Turtonator's state very well, looked at Milotic, who had three translucent rotating water rings appearing around its slender snake body, bathing in the fine rain as if to sing, and smiled lightly.

"Heh! Since that's the case, let's give it a try! Turtonator! Shell Smash!"

"Turtonator!"

Turtonator responded loudly, its whole body blooming with dazzling white light, then exploded into sky-full white spots and fragments, and orange-red light waves rose from under its body!

【Shell Smash】.

A move that lowers double defense to greatly increase double attack and speed.

Raihan understood that All Baimu and Milotic were relying on the rain curtain to prevent Turtonator from daring to go to that half of the field, deliberately waiting for it to use long-range attacks and withstand them, then using Mirror Coat to return the favor.

At this moment, the end of the rain was nowhere in sight.

In this situation, if he wanted to defeat Milotic, he had to take out super-high special attack that the other party couldn't withstand, or take a risk and rush into the rain curtain to fight a close-quarters battle to catch it off guard.

Shell Smash best met his needs, it's just a pity that it would lower double defense.

Helplessly, there was no better choice at the moment.

Try the effect!

Raihan clenched his fists and shouted: "Dragon Pulse!"

"Turtonator!"

Turtonator inhaled fiercely, and azure flames brewed in its nose pipe.

The next second.

Huge colorful flame energy poured out, turning into a ferocious giant dragon in mid-air, roaring and rushing toward Milotic, who was shrouded in the rain curtain and wrapped in three water rings!

All Baimu said calmly: "Dodge! Disarming Voice!"

"Milo~!"

Milotic swam nimbly under the rain curtain; the accumulated water on the ground made its movements smooth enough, carrying the water rings, and very successfully dodged the straight-rushing Dragon Pulse.

It also took the opportunity to approach Turtonator, half of its body entering the middle section of the weather—the sun shower area, and sang a song.

"Mi~! Lo~!"

Countless pink heart sound waves spread forward.

And although Turtonator had just used Shell Smash to increase its speed, it was still too difficult to dodge the sound, even if this "sound" was simulated by attribute energy and not as fast as real sound.

"Turtonator!!"

It was like an old turtle suppressed under a mountain, its body trembling violently with the surrounding air!

Buzz, buzz, buzz—

Raihan, seeing this, not only didn't panic, but even shouted excitedly: "Now! Use Rapid Spin to break free!"

Turtonator, unable to respond, forcibly twisted its body, and in a short while, it withstood the suppression of the sound waves and rotated, turning into a huge red spinning top.

Bang!

A sudden muffled sound.

A sudden muffled sound.

All Baimu frowned.

Immediately, he saw Turtonator not only didn't retreat to the half of the field where Sunny Day was, but instead learned from Milotic and took the initiative to enter the middle area.

Its speed of rotating while moving forward was ridiculously fast, and it arrived in front of Milotic in a "swish"!

"Use your back to ram it!"

Raihan's order wasn't clear.

But Turtonator's action of rotating with its back raised and slanted exposed its purpose.

【Shell Trap】, a skill that requires waiting for one turn in the game to set a trap, and the opponent must use a physical attack move to trigger the effect.

It doesn't need to in the anime.

In the anime, Turtonator only needs to ram its back fiercely toward the opponent to trigger the terrifying power of this skill!

In addition.

The middle area where Sunny Day and Rain merge is like being affected by 【Cloud Nine】, with both rain and sun but no corresponding weather effects.

In other words, the power of 【Shell Trap】 is full at the moment! And it cannot be reflected back by Mirror Coat!

Combined with the special attack Turtonator just increased.

This blow is enough to severely damage Milotic!

It's a pity.

All Baimu had long been prepared for this.

"Use Aqua Ring to push it back!"

The three small, thick water rings merged into one, releasing crystal-clear water-blue light, meeting Turtonator, who was ramming toward Milotic with its back, and collided with a "pfft"!

Bang!

The semi-transparent water ring exploded, turning into sky-full white mist covering the center of the field.

The rapidly rotating Turtonator was shaken and flew high, forced to return to the half of the field where Sunny Day was shining!

The commentator shouted: "Milotic used Aqua Ring to block Turtonator's attack!"

Raihan also widened his eyes, grinning and muttering:

"Hey! You still have this move!"

He thought Milotic had taken the initiative to show its head and leave the environment where it was raining, so his side must be steady, never expecting the other party to have this move.

However.

It's not over yet!

He shouted at the falling Turtonator: "Dragon Pulse again!"

Milotic dodged just now, proving it probably couldn't withstand this Dragon Pulse, so his side took advantage of the white mist not yet dispersed and could actively try!

"Turtonator!"

Turtonator fell to the ground with a "thud", inhaled fiercely and tried its best to spray, and the colorful flame energy poured out and turned into a ferocious flame giant dragon, roaring forward!

The white mist where the Aqua Ring exploded was instantly cleared.

But appearing behind it was a golden tail fin wrapped in azure violent wind, rotating at high speed like a propeller.

As if waiting for a long time.

"Attack instead of defense · Twister!"

All Baimu's words fell.

The azure hurricane surged out, guiding the flying flame giant dragon to deviate from its original path.

And through the rotating force comparable to four ounces of force moving a thousand pounds, it turned all the colorful dragon flames into its own use, and then returned them all!

Rumble!

The air along the way sent out thunderous roars, and under Raihan's shocked gaze, the Dragon Pulse, which had completely merged with the Twister, poured onto the hole in front of Turtonator's abdomen, which was too late to cover!

It directly blasted it horizontally out of the huge battle field, causing its back to smash fiercely into the wall, and the Shell Trap triggered a more violent explosion!

Boom!!

The pink-purple light shield flashed along with the large piles of bulging smoke.

The audience was all amazed, and the commentator couldn't believe what he was seeing.

Using Twister...

To hit Dragon Pulse back?

Wow!

The whole stadium shook, originating from the cheers and shouts of the audience, everyone looking at the field exceptionally excitedly.

All Baimu didn't speak, but Milotic slightly lowered its head that had always been raised, as if saluting.

The winning secret technique of the Sootopolis Gym lineage—

Attack instead of defense.

Please enjoy, guests of Galar~

Milotic turned and revealed a charming smile; it might not be as strong as the big brothers and sisters at the front, but to talk about which Pokémon most thoroughly implemented the battle style the Trainer was good at.

Who else but it!

No Pokémon knows better than it how to play defensive counterattacks, how to play attack instead of defense!

"Turtonator is unable to battle! Milotic wins! Raihan's remaining Pokémon is one, match continues!"

The Rotom Drone announced loudly.

The sky-high cheers almost broke the soundproofing equipment.

All Baimu finally relaxed.

Turtonator performed so well just now, it almost scared him.

One had to know that in the anime, most Champions' Pokémon would use the lock-blood move, meaning as long as it still had routines to display, no matter what you did to it, it wouldn't fall.

Just like the exchange match of the Masters Eight expected to be staged next year.

Ash's Gengar withstood Flygon's 【Crunch】, and stayed in the sandstorm for a long time, and the result was not only using 【G-Max Smite】 after Gigantamaxing to complete a counter-kill, but even swallowed the sandstorm, and then withstood Goodra's 【Thunder】, 【Surf】, and 【Hydro Pump】 three moves, and then used 【G-Max Smite】 to perish together.

It could be called an immortal blood cow.

His family's gray fatty would probably be jealous to the point of being unrecognizable if it saw it.

Turtonator didn't lock blood, and was easily killed by a first-time-seen attack instead of defense, proving Raihan was indeed a theoretical Champion.

He dared to say the same for those few Pokémon of Flygon!

Far away.

Raihan recalled the fainted Turtonator, and said softly: "Hard work, Turtonator."

He looked at Milotic again, and said helplessly:

"Now, who is the Dragon Storm, it's really hard to say." ===== CHAPTER 866 =====

"Now it's hard to say who the real Dragon Storm is."