Chapter 123

Daigo also sent out the second stage of a pseudo-legendary—an Elite-level Metang. What's amazing is that this Metang is actually shiny. Su Hao had an illusion that if Daigo was still the heir to a certain company, he could directly hallucinate Daigo as the third-generation Steel-type Champion Steven!

Daigo's second Pokémon was a Steel+Ghost-type Aegislash. This one was different from Steven's team.

As the battle started, Beartic, which brought down snowflakes, swung its Wood Hammer and kept hitting the shield of Aegislash, which was defending in front of Metang.

Metang kept bombarding Arctibax with Flash Cannon.

Arctibax used its flexible movements to approach Metang quickly, and then Ice-type energy gathered on its back fin.

It formed a solid ice sword and did a backflip, stabbing straight toward Metang.

Aegislash, as Metang's solid shield, switched to Blade Form and used the Sacred Sword move to block the solid ice sword formed on Arctibax's back fin.

Switching to Blade Form, Aegislash's defense naturally had loopholes. Beartic used Sheer Cold to directly hit Aegislash, which was deadlocked with Arctibax, causing it to lose its ability to battle.

At the same time, Metang's long-charged Iron Head also took away Arctibax.

After becoming a 1v1 showdown again, Metang finally outlasted Beartic with the excellent physical fitness of a pseudo-legendary, winning the victory for Daigo.

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All three obtained badges. Taking advantage of the early hour, they bid farewell to Gym Leader Zhao Xuecheng and followed Roger down the mountain.

The speed of going down the mountain was much faster than climbing the mountain. In a short while, the four had finished a quarter of the journey.

The four were laughing and discussing that they could reach Ice Peak City before dark, but at this time, the sky darkened without warning.

In just a few breaths, snowflakes flew all over the sky, and a biting cold wind whistled. The cold wind danced in the night sky like a sharp sword, making sharp whistling sounds.

"Why did a blizzard suddenly appear!? Before setting off, I specifically checked the weather forecast, and there is no blizzard today!"

Roger's unbelievable voice came through the sharp whistling, slightly distorted.

"Everyone, secure yourselves and prepare for the cold! Don't walk around!"

Roger shouted loudly, but this blizzard was too strong, and the four were still separated unknowingly.

"..."

Su Hao was a bit silent at this time. After being separated from Daigo and the others, he tried to explore the surroundings through Aura Power to find their whereabouts.

However, the Aura Power, which could usually extend over a hundred meters around him, was blocked by the peculiar energy contained in the blizzard, and could only pitifully surround him for a few meters.

"Could it be... the Articuno that is said to live on this Ice Feather Mountain?"

Su Hao thought while walking forward with his own strong physique, wanting to find his lost companions.

Su Hao, who had no mountaineering experience, naturally didn't know that he needed to secure himself during the blizzard, and Roger's roar was also covered by the blizzard; he didn't hear it at all.

Su Hao took out warm clothes from the system backpack again and put them on. The temperature dropped sharply under the raging blizzard, and he needed to keep warm.

Su Hao, who was putting on clothes, didn't notice that at a place under his snow boots, unlike other places covered with thick white snow, there was only a thin layer of white snow—it was empty inside.

"Oh my..."

His snow boots stepped on this place, and with Su Hao's exclamation, he fell straight down along a hole just big enough for an adult male to pass through.

"Boom!"

With a dull collision sound, Su Hao's body fell into the passage of the hole and hit the ground formed by solid ice heavily.

"... It hurts."

Su Hao touched his butt, which was clearly bruised, and thought it was fortunate that his physique had improved, otherwise he would have fallen to his death.

"Where is this...?"

Looking around at the darkness, Su Hao released Incineroar to let it create flames to illuminate the dark space.

A cave formed by smooth ice walls reflecting his own and Incineroar's figures appeared in his sight.

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Arceus, didn't find a picture of Dialga ===== CHAPTER 124 =====