Chapter 180

【Name: Starmie (Water, Psychic)】

【Gender: ♀】

【Level: Lv. 8】

【Ability: Natural Cure (Abnormal status conditions are healed upon returning to the party.)】

【Potential: Pseudo-Champion】

【Individual Values: HP (31), Attack (25), Special Attack (31), Defense (22), Special Defense (27), Speed (31)】

【Moves: Water Gun, Swift, Muddy Water... Psychic, Hyper Beam, Surf】

【Description: It emits mysterious radio waves toward the night sky from the red core located in the center of its body.】

Starmie is a dual-type Water and Psychic creature.

Whether using Water-type moves or Psychic-type moves, the damage output is excellent.

"Starmie, use Psybeam!"

Xu Yao immediately ordered.

The red gem in the center of Starmie began to flash with light.

Subsequently, a seven-colored beam shot toward Milotic.

"Milotic, Water Pulse!"

Milotic condensed the Water-type energy within its body.

It spat out a water-blue sphere of water.

The water sphere flew out and collided with the Psybeam.

"Boom!"

The energies of both sides converged, instantly triggering a small explosion.

"Starmie, use Power Gem!"

【Power Gem: Attacks the opponent by emitting light that shines like a gem.】

The red gem at the center of Starmie emitted an earth-yellow light.

In an instant, brownish-yellow, glass-like energy appeared around Starmie.

This energy all rushed toward Milotic.

"Milotic, use Iron Tail to smash the Power Gem, then use Long Long Juanfeng!"

Watching the incoming Power Gem, Milotic's tail glowed with a metallic luster.

She raised her massive tail and whipped it at the incoming attack.

"Crack! Crack!"

Accompanied by a crisp sound, the incoming Power Gem was directly smashed into powder by Milotic!

Power Gem is a Rock-type move, while Iron Tail is a Steel-type move.

Naturally, Iron Tail counters Power Gem.

After striking once, Milotic let out another soft roar.

A spiral gust of wind formed instantly.

The gale carried ice crystals across the field, glowing with a dazzling ice-blue hue.

This Long Long Juanfeng rushed rapidly toward Starmie.

"Starmie, dodge quickly!"

Starmie immediately spun and ran aside to evade, just as Xu Yao had instructed.

However, the Long Long Juanfeng seemed conscious, constantly following right behind it.

Under the sweeping gale, the lightweight Starmie was dragged into the Long Long Juanfeng in an instant.

The Long Long Juanfeng swallowed Starmie, launching frantic attacks within its vortex.

"Milotic, use Icy Wind to strengthen the Long Long Juanfeng!"

Milotic opened its mouth wide and spat out a thin, ice-blue breeze.

This wind was very gentle, emitting an ice-blue glow.

Since it was merely a light breeze, it was easily swallowed by the Long Long Juanfeng.

For a moment, the entire Long Long Juanfeng became an even more dazzling ice-blue.

Inside its body, there were now even more ice crystals.

Under the frantic rotation of the Long Long Juanfeng, these ice crystals inflicted further damage upon Starmie.

"Beep!"

Starmie was blown back and forth by the Long Long Juanfeng.

It could not break free at all.

Coupled with the ice crystals inside, it was being scraped painfully.

After a series of fierce attacks, the Long Long Juanfeng finally began to dissipate slowly.

Starmie, meanwhile, was tossed high into the air.

"Dragon Pulse!"

Milotic opened its mouth and spat out a purple sphere of energy.

At this moment, she seemed to be shooting at a target, striking directly at the Starmie in mid-air.

"Starmie, use Psychic!"

"Beep!!"

Hearing Xu Yao's command while suspended in mid-air, Starmie radiated a dazzling Psychic-type glow from its entire body.

The gem at its center also began to shine frantically.

Just as the Dragon Pulse was about to strike it.

A powerful psychic force instantly erupted around the Starmie.

Successfully blocking the Dragon Pulse.

Taking advantage of this, the Starmie landed on the ice surface.

"Starmie, use Hydro Pump!"

From the central gem of the Starmie, a thick stream of water instantly shot out.

The water stream was half a meter in diameter, resembling a cannonball.

"Clash with it head-on! Milotic, Hydro Pump!"

Milotic likewise unleashed a massive stream of water from its mouth.

The diameter of this water stream was nearly one meter!

Compared to the Starmie's Hydro Pump, it was much thicker.

Milotic's Hydro Pump instantly collided with the Starmie's Hydro Pump.

And from a distance,

both in terms of intensity and energy, the Starmie's Hydro Pump fell far short of Milotic's.

If Milotic's Hydro Pump resembled a true water cannon,

then the Starmie's Hydro Pump was merely a water gun!

In an instant, Milotic's Hydro Pump overwhelmed the Starmie's attack and surged forward.

With a loud "Bang!"

After crushing the Starmie's attack, the Hydro Pump struck its target directly.

The Starmie was sent flying backward by this blast of water.

"Beep!"

When the Starmie stood up again, it already looked somewhat listless.

The gem at its center had also dimmed.

In every exchange with Milotic so far, it had gained no advantage whatsoever!

Seeing this, Xu Yao clenched her delicate fists.

With her attacks completely overwhelmed by the opponent, she did not know what to do.

Su Yu was simply overpowering everything with brute force.

Leaving her with not even a sliver of a chance to win.

At this moment, after struggling internally for a while, Xu Yao could only say:

"Starmie, use Hyper Beam!"

Starmie swayed left and right, forcing itself to perk up.

It gathered all its energy into the gem at its center.

The red gem now glowed with its most dazzling light.

A beam of light shot forth from its gem.

Seeing this, Su Yu smiled inwardly. "Giving up the struggle? Milotic, Hyper Beam!"

"Woo!" Milotic let out a soft roar as well.

The twin fins beside her ears fluttered up as powerful energy accumulated in her mouth.

In an instant, a beam of light, majestic as a rainbow and catastrophic as a natural disaster, erupted from her mouth.

The two Hyper Beams, moving at incredible speed, collided in the blink of an eye.

And this time, under the gaze of everyone present.

No miracle occurred.

Starmie's Hyper Beam, under Milotic's attack.

Was instantly crushed and vanished.

Meanwhile, this Hyper Beam continued just as before.

Shooting rapidly toward Starmie.

"Boom!"

The Hyper Beam struck Starmie in an instant.

Immediately, it triggered a massive explosion.

Around Starmie, intense light instantly engulfed it.

Even the ice surface previously frozen by Milotic was blasted apart.

A huge puddle appeared.

And within that puddle.

Starmie floated on the water, motionless.

【Milotic defeated Starmie, gaining 3500 experience points!】

Seeing this scene, Milotic cried out happily.

The Aqua Ring surrounding her also danced along with her mood.

At this moment, having undergone two battles, Milotic was already somewhat out of breath.

After all, she had first used Ice-type moves to freeze the entire arena.

Then she had used powerful ultimate moves like Hyper Beam and Hydro Pump.

It was normal for her stamina to be insufficient.

Nevertheless, Milotic was very happy about being able to defeat two opponents in a row.

Seeing this, Su Yu said with a smile.

"You've worked hard for these two matches."

Having said that, he recalled Milotic into her Poké Ball.

At this moment, both Su Yu and Xu Yao sent out their Pokémon.

Xu Yao's third Pokémon was a level 48 Empoleon.

As for Su Yu's side, his Pokémon was a Luxray that had reached level 53!

The moment Luxray appeared, electric sparks erupted from its jet-black fur.

Wrapped in this electric light.

Luxray looked like a king stepping out of thunder!

Upon seeing Su Yu's Luxray, the audience began discussing it fervently.

"This is another Pokémon Su Yu hasn't used before! He really has quite a few hidden tricks!"

"Yeah, this Luxray looks so strong! I can feel an overwhelming pressure radiating from it!"

"That's right; compared to Su Yu's Milotic, this Luxray is definitely no worse!"

"Su Yu is simply godlike; where did he get so many Pokémon!?"

Not only in the spectator stands, but even in the contestant rooms, many people were surprised upon seeing Su Yu's Luxray.

"This Luxray is definitely at the quasi-Champion level! I didn't expect Su Yu to be hiding a quasi-Champion level Luxray!"

"As expected, he wasn't going all out before! He probably treated the competition as a training ground for his Pokémon all along!"

"That's too arrogant! However, given Su Yu's strength, he certainly has the qualification to be arrogant!"

As competing contestants, their perception of Pokémon strength was naturally very acute.

The moment Luxray appeared, everyone knew from its aura that this Pokémon was definitely at the quasi-Champion level!

After entering the field, Luxray's golden eyes immediately locked onto the Empoleon opposite it.

Luxray's Intimidate ability activated, and Empoleon was instantly frightened by Luxray!

"Empoleon, don't be afraid, use Bubble Beam."

Xu Yao shouted loudly.

Hearing this, Empoleon also perked up and regained its composure.

It opened its mouth, releasing countless bubbles shimmering with seven colors.

The bubbles rushed rapidly toward Luxray.

"Luxray, use Thunderbolt!"

The Luxray stomped its front paw onto the icy surface.

In an instant, its entire body erupted with dazzling golden light.

A thick bolt of electricity immediately shot out from its body.

Thunderbolt and Bubble Beam collided, instantly triggering an explosion.

Amidst the white smoke of the blast, a brilliant flash of lightning pierced through the haze.

It surged straight toward Empoleon.

"Empoleon, use Protect!"

A white shield materialized before Empoleon.

The shield instantly blocked the rushing bolt of electricity.

Yet the white shield was shattered in that same instant.

Luxray's level was significantly higher than Empoleon's.

Electric-type moves naturally counter Water-type moves.

Therefore, in this exchange, Luxray held the absolute advantage.

"If we can't win at range, then let's fight up close! Empoleon, use Aqua Jet."

【Aqua Jet: Rushes at the opponent with lightning speed. This move always strikes first.】

Empoleon charged forward swiftly.

Streams of water appeared around its feet, one after another.

The water jets provided a boost, propelling it forward at great speed.

"Luxray, dodge with Agility. Then use Thunder Fang!"

Facing the charging Empoleon, Luxrey instantly activated Agility.

In the blink of an eye, it vanished from its original spot, leaving only an afterimage behind.

Empoleon's attack struck precisely that lingering afterimage!

At that moment, the vanished Luxray reappeared right beside the Empoleon that had just attacked.

Its mouth gaped wide, electric sparks flickering between its teeth.

Boosted by Agility, Luxray instantly pounced onto Empoleon's body.

Its Thunder Fang sank directly into Empoleon's neck.

"Crackle!!"

The sound of surging electricity immediately rang out from Empoleon's body.

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