Chapter 162

Old Man Dugu is now over seventy, long past the age of knowing one's destiny.

Yet, the scene before him caused a look of astonishment to appear on the face of this veteran Gym-level trainer, who had experienced countless situations and was usually unflappable!

Before him was a Milotic that was clearly well-raised, its entire body of scales emitting a dreamlike, shimmering radiance.

There were absolutely no signs of poisoning!

How is that possible!?

Old Man Dugu was extremely confident in his Toxic moves, so confident that he could affirm that as long as an opponent was accidentally injected with toxins by his Pokémon, they would definitely be poisoned!

It wasn't a matter of probability; it was precisely because of this Toxic technique that he was able to stand out among countless Poison-type trainers and ascend to the position of a Gym Leader for one of the eighteen types!

Relying on his versatile and impossible-to-guard Toxic moves, he was able to climb to the Master Ball tier with Gym-level Pokémon in his team, even when his Pokémon's direct combat capabilities were inferior to those of trainers specializing in other types.

One must know, it is very difficult for a Gym-level trainer without a Heavenly King-level ace to reach the Master Ball tier!

As long as the opponent was afflicted with Toxic, he had the confidence to stall weaker Heavenly King-level Pokémon to death, relying on the Blissey in his team that specialized in recovery and defense!

However, the prerequisite for victory, no matter what, required the opponent to be afflicted with Toxic.

Pokémon that were agile enough to dodge Toxic moves and dance around him were one thing, but this Milotic, several meters long, could not possibly dodge a Toxic move on land.

Moreover, he had indeed seen the Milotic get hit by Drapion's Toxic move.

But why was this Milotic not poisoned?

Old Man Dugu could only lean toward the idea that the Milotic was extremely lucky, having just happened to encounter a situation with a negligible probability, which was why it wasn't poisoned.

Thinking that if it didn't work once, he would try a second time, Old Man Dugu commanded Drapion to use Earthquake!

His goal was for Drapion to quickly close the distance after the Earthquake move restricted Milotic's mobility, and then release the Toxic move again!

Drapion's four feet stomped heavily on the ground, and earth-yellow ripples spread out.

Layer upon layer, the intersecting waves of earth swept toward Milotic like a dragon turning over!

Su Hao also didn't expect that Drapion would actually abandon martial virtue during close-quarters combat, coming to trick! Coming to ambush! Him and Milotic, a battle duo that had only debuted for two and a half weeks!

Looking at the Milotic, stained with purple foul-smelling liquid, and the anger in the team's Aura channel that was about to condense into substance, he knew Milotic was so angry that it was just short of cursing out loud.

Gym Leader Dugu must have thought the Toxic move would be effective as always, but he didn't know that Milotic had been blessed by the red and blue planes.

Su Hao understood another truth: information asymmetry is also a key to victory!

"Surf!"

Milotic, filled with anger, had its psychic power wrap around it as it quickly rose into the air to dodge the overlapping earth waves; the earth waves slammed into the energy barrier that had risen in front of Su Hao, completely blocking his line of sight for a moment.

As a trainer, regular training and tacit understanding are also an important part of battles; even without the Aura power to cheat, Su Hao believed in and trusted the judgments Milotic and the others made at critical moments!

Watching Milotic dancing in the air as if it had returned to the water, Old Man Dugu was somewhat silent.

Since when could Water-type Pokémon dance so freely and flexibly in the sky?

Is your Milotic even legal!?

For some reason, Old Man Dugu actually felt he resonated with a certain ancient existence sleeping in a volcano.

Madly squeezing the huge amount of energy stored within itself, Milotic summoned a giant wave that just happened not to exceed the range of the energy shield, sweeping toward Drapion!

Although protected by the energy barrier for the trainer, Old Man Dugu still swallowed hard as he looked at the giant wave before him, which was clearly several times higher than him and Drapion.

Not only is this Milotic's physical fitness powerful and it can fly, but its mastery of special moves is also this perverted!?

"Drapion, use full-power Cross Poison to split the giant wave!"

Old Man Dugu could only pin his hopes on Cross Poison being able to split the giant wave, or at the very least, slow down the power of the giant wave so Drapion could hold on.

Drapion's left and right hook claws crossed, and a deep purple Cross Poison, rich with highly corrosive toxins, was rapidly condensing.

Although Cross Poison is a physical move, it can not only be used in close-quarters combat, but it is also possible to use it as a ranged move.

Under Drapion's full-power drive, the Cross Poison was already larger than its entire body.

Accompanied by Drapion's roar, the Cross Poison collided with the incoming giant wave!

The moment the huge Cross Poison hit the giant wave, the toxic poison contained within it quickly spread along the water flow.

In just a moment, the giant wave, which originally contained pure Water-type energy, was infected with strong corrosive toxins.

"Fuu~~"

Milotic let out an ethereal cry; it understood Drapion's goal.

Drapion didn't need the toxins to infect the entire giant wave; as long as the toxins infected the small part of the giant wave that would fall on it, then the Surf move, which no longer contained pure Water-type energy, would turn into Drapion just taking a bath in the toxins!

Being a Poison-type Pokémon itself, Drapion's resistance to toxins could undoubtedly withstand this move!

Conveying its thoughts to Su Hao, and after receiving Su Hao's reply of "Do what you want to do, I support you!", Milotic raised its head high again.

This move is called 【Purify】.

Logically speaking, Psychic-type moves have no effect on Dark-type Pokémon.

But there is an exception.

As a move exclusive to the second-tier legendary, authority-wielding divine beast 【Latios】.

Perhaps the Purify released by those of Latios's kin who do not control authority and are not strong would be resisted or even neutralized by Dark-type Pokémon.

But the Purify in Milotic's skill list was taught to it by a genuine god, relying on the legendary item Soul Dew.