Chapter 119: vs Snow Team! Carbink: I'll support, you carry!

On the ice field, Su Hao and Zhao Xuecheng stood opposite each other.

Daigo and Mu Xia unanimously requested that Su Hao go first, and since Su Hao was in a hurry, he smiled and said he would not decline.

Since Zhao Xuecheng had always lived alone with his Pokémon at the Polar Ice Gym, there was no referee.

It just so happened that Roger was often drafted by Zhao Xuecheng during his stays, so since he was there this time, he was asked to step in.

Roger cleared his throat, walked to the side, and spoke slowly.

"First, the official nature of this Beginner Gym Challenge is recognized by the Shenzhou Alliance! Next, I will announce the battle rules!"

"This match is a 2vs2 Double Pokémon Battle. The Gym Leader must send out their Pokémon in advance!"

"The challenger chooses their Pokémon second! The winner is the one who causes both of the opponent's Pokémon to lose their ability to battle!"

"Then, Gym Leader Zhao Xuecheng, please release your two Pokémon!"

After the rules were read, Zhao Xuecheng released the two Pokémon he had prepared simultaneously.

"Go, children."

Pokémon: 【Ninetales (Alolan Form)】

Type: 【Ice + Fairy】

Gender: 【♀】

Ability: 【Snow Warning】

Level: 【43】

Item: 【Icy Rock】 (Extends the duration of hail weather)

Moves: 【Ice Beam, Blizzard, Aurora Veil, Dazzling Gleam, Protect...】

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Pokémon: 【Cetitan】

Type: 【Ice】

Gender: 【♂】

Ability: 【Slush Rush】

Level: 【48】

Item: 【Never-Melt Ice】 (Increases the power of Ice-type moves)

Moves: 【Ice Shard, Ice Spinner, Double-Edge, Ice Fang, Liquidation, Icicle Crash...】

Alolan Ninetales plus Cetitan, a classic Snow Warning + Slush Rush double snow team.

Alolan Ninetales is a subspecies of Ninetales, or what is also known as a regional form.

Unlike the smooth, neat fur of the ordinary Fire-type Ninetales, Alolan Ninetales' blue-and-white fur wraps around its nine tails, as beautiful and soft as clouds.

Cetitan looks like a whale with legs; its massive body of over 4 meters, paired with a muscular weight of up to 700kg, makes its physical attacks very powerful.

Su Hao thought for a moment and chose to send out these two.

"Go, Carbink, Incineroar!"

A red flash passed, and Carbink, who was in a low mood, and Incineroar, who was posing, appeared on the ice field.

"Ka-roar!!"

Incineroar posed and roared loudly as soon as it appeared; in contrast, Carbink was...

"Na na na..."

【Sobbing... the head... the head is gone...】

Ah, this...

The influence of that anime from the day before yesterday hadn't faded even after two days. Honestly, Su Hao didn't expect that show to be so "healing." One day, he must go back and deal with Li Hua, who recommended it!

Mu Xia poked Daigo with her elbow, signaling that the match was about to start. Today, she wanted to see if Su Hao could defeat Gym Leader Zhao Xuecheng based on the type compatibility of his ace Incineroar.

"Both sides are ready, match start!"

As the whistle blew from Roger's mouth, both sides acted simultaneously.

"Ninetales, start Snow Warning, Cetitan, Ice Shard!"

"Kou~"

Ninetales instantly brought down a dense snowfall. At the same time, Cetitan gathered Ice-type energy on the horn on its upper jaw to create five ice stones and shot them toward Incineroar!

"Carbink, cheer up, Guard Split!"

"Incineroar, Bulk Up!"

Since Su Hao's own team couldn't form various strategy teams, he decided to focus on move coordination after much thought.

Carbink's currently high dual defenses could just be used with the 【Guard Split】 move to make Incineroar more resistant to attacks. Moreover, Carbink's mood didn't seem very good during this battle. Su Hao chatted with her on the team channel, and Carbink indicated she wanted to play support.

Then this battle would have Incineroar as the core!

A strange light flashed, and Incineroar clearly felt that its ability to resist attacks had been epicly improved after experiencing Guard Split + Bulk Up!

Because both sides used moves at the same time, while Carbink and Incineroar completed this round of skill release, the Ice Shard also hit Incineroar, who was blocking in front of Carbink.

"A good idea, using that Elite-level Shiny Carbink as a support to help his ace Incineroar. Even if he can't form various weather teams, he has the strength to fight in a double battle," Daigo commented with admiration while watching the battle.

"We underestimated him. I didn't expect him to have an Elite-level support Carbink," Mu Xia said with surprise. As a senior in high school who had only received his Pokémon for three months, Su Hao was really beyond their imagination.

Due to the Intimidate ability released along with Incineroar's roar when it entered the field, Incineroar directly ignored the Ice Shard released by Cetitan.

"Interesting. Then Ninetales, Aurora Veil, Cetitan, Ice Spinner attack Carbink!"

Gym Leader Zhao Xuecheng's battle strategy also seemed to be Ninetales supporting and Cetitan attacking.

As the colorful Aurora Veil fell on Ninetales and Cetitan, Cetitan burst out with a speed completely inconsistent with its massive body and slid toward Carbink!

Incineroar naturally wouldn't allow Cetitan to attack Carbink like that, and directly sprayed a huge pillar of fire from its flame belt to block Cetitan.

The flames and the ice blade Cetitan had turned into collided fiercely, evenly matched!

"Ninetales, Blizzard!"

Seeing that Cetitan and Incineroar were deadlocked, Zhao Xuecheng decided to let Ninetales lend a hand to break through Incineroar.

Su Hao had been prepared for this long ago and called Carbink through the team channel to create a huge rock barrier to separate Incineroar and Cetitan.

Ninetales' control technique was very precise. The Blizzard seemed to be raging and attacking everyone in front indiscriminately, but in reality, the Blizzard was like it had eyes, completely avoiding Cetitan and only attacking Carbink and Incineroar.

Incineroar had the stone wall created by Carbink in front of it to block the Blizzard. Because of the rush, Carbink only formed the stone wall in front of Incineroar, while she took a full hit of the Blizzard herself.

As the raging ice torrent gradually subsided, the unharmed Incineroar and Carbink, who was covered in a thick layer of thin ice, formed a sharp contrast.

Carbink's stamina was not as low as the values in the official Pokédex base stats. Even though her dual defenses were shared with Incineroar through Guard Split, she still took this Blizzard move without any pressure.

"Fortunately, we held on... It seems breaking the deadlock still depends on Incineroar."

It might be that Carbink's low mood led Daigo and Mu Xia to misunderstand; they felt that Carbink was already at the end of her rope.

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Articuno ===== CHAPTER 120 =====