Chapter 220

"Corviknight, Bulk Up!"

Because the challenger had the advantage of going first, Poppy made a command immediately.

While Corviknight showed off its muscles in the sky, both its attack and defense capabilities were greatly improved.

"Good idea."

Xiang Qingyu narrowed his eyes slightly and didn't rush to give a command.

Corviknight itself was a Pokémon that was relatively all-around in both attack and defense, and starting with a buff was the safest choice.

At the same time, because the Mirror Armor ability could reflect the opponent's ability-lowering effects, its buffing ability was hard to eliminate through conventional means.

"Glimmora, Stealth Rock."

After Xiang Qingyu gave the command, Glimmora immediately sprayed countless gravel, and while floating in various places above the field, they soon disappeared.

"Air Slash!"

Poppy reacted quickly.

As long as Stealth Rock existed on the field, Corviknight's actions would be restricted quite a bit, so it must be removed as soon as possible!

Corviknight's wings fanned continuous strong winds, which soon turned into cannonballs and shot downward.

However, its target was not Glimmora, but the Stealth Rock that had been scattered in the air earlier!

The strong wind like a sharp blade whistled past, and most of the Stealth Rock interfering in the air above the field was instantly shattered.

There's such an operation?

Even Xiang Qingyu was stunned; he really didn't expect the effect of Air Slash clearing Stealth Rock to be so good.

However, it didn't matter.

"Glimmora, Power Gem!"

Xiang Qingyu commanded again.

This time, what Glimmora shot out was no longer tiny Stealth Rock, but energy light waves shining like gems.

"Corviknight, use Fly, and then—"

"Brave Bird!"

Poppy seized the opportunity of Glimmora's attack and commanded Corviknight to fly high into the sky to avoid the opponent's offensive.

At the same time, it waited for an opportunity at a safe distance, ready to use the Flying-type Pokémon's ultimate move, Brave Bird!

Corviknight flew into the sky, soon waited for the gap when the opponent's move ended, and instantly dived down from high altitude, aiming directly at Glimmora!

"Spiky Shield."

Just as Xiang Qingyu finished speaking, Glimmora's body immediately tightened into a ball, and while setting up a defensive posture, the poison spikes on its shell also fully unfolded inadvertently, vaguely visible with some purple liquid on the surface.

Boom—!

The Brave Bird falling from the sky smashed into the ground, instantly making a roaring sound.

Nemona, who was acting as a referee on the side, couldn't help but break into a cold sweat for this Glimmora.

Although the effect of Flying-type moves on it might not be that good, it looked really scary...

Speaking of which, this little guy named Poppy, her strength is a bit terrifying!

So far, among the Gym challengers she had seen, none could compare to her; even Gym Leader Iono might be a bit worse in strength, right?

Is she really a 7-year-old elementary school student?

While Nemona was thinking secretly, the competition between offense and defense on both sides finally had results.

Affected by the impact, even with defense, Glimmora was still pushed back a considerable distance, and even wounds appeared on its body.

And Corviknight also suffered recoil damage from the full-force attack, and a few steel feathers fell off its body.

At the same time, a deep purple light vaguely appeared on its chest, and soon the poison spots began to appear on Corviknight's body.

Poisoned?

Poppy frowned.

Logically speaking, Steel-type Pokémon naturally had excellent resistance to toxins, and theoretically, it should be impossible to be poisoned.

And it was Corviknight, which was covered in steel feathers and had no flaws...

This was also the main reason she temporarily changed her starter and sent it up.

But now, it clearly showed symptoms of poisoning!

Seeing this, Xiang Qingyu smiled slightly.

"I already warned you before the battle that sometimes type resistance will become a trap to paralyze the opponent."

"Precisely because you didn't consider that Corviknight would be poisoned, this Corrosion-ability Glimmora could easily approach it and make it suffer from severe poison in one go."

Besides the Toxic Debris ability of the Glimmora in Geeta's hand, its other ability was a bit weird.

Corrosion.

This was a very rare ability found only in Salazzle and Glimmora.

Simply put, because the toxins produced by these two Pokémon were too powerful, even Steel-type and Poison-type Pokémon couldn't fully resist them.

Therefore, the scene where Corviknight was poisoned just now appeared.

This ability was also very useless in the game, only allowing the opponent to be poisoned, but not allowing moves to ignore immunity and cause normal damage.

But in reality, the erosive power of toxins is often equal to their lethality.

Therefore, the effect of the toxin precipitated by this Corrosion-ability Glimmora in Xiang Qingyu's hand was also far stronger than other Poison-type Pokémon!

Originally, he borrowed this Glimmora, intending to go deeper from the "Substitute-Protect-Toxic" tactic he talked about last time, showing how Poison-type Pokémon could win by relying on defense.

Unexpectedly, the first challenger happened to be this future Steel-type Elite Four.

Compared to the impact received, the continuous erosive effect brought by severe poisoning made Corviknight even more unbearable, instantly making it scream in pain.

"Corviknight..."

Poppy panicked, but the more it was at this time, the more she had to stay calm.

"Endure a little longer, use Steel Wing to solve the opponent in one go!"

Corviknight showed extremely strong resilience; even though it was severely poisoned, it still gritted its teeth and flew into the sky again, constantly approaching Glimmora.

At the same time, the steel wings reinforced by the Steel-type also made a crisp sound, ready to go.

"Glimmora, use Harden."

Xiang Qingyu smiled, not afraid at all in the face of the incoming Corviknight.

Isn't this a professional match?

A portion of Poison-type Pokémon had a specialty; by making the cells in their bodies change, they could make their bodies reach a certain degree of liquefaction.

And by this way, they could offset the impact of physical attacks and greatly improve their defensive ability.

The effect was similar to Iron Defense.

Before Corviknight's Steel Wing attack arrived, Glimmora completed Harden first, instantly making the opponent's attack effect greatly reduced.

"Flash Cannon!"

Seeing that her attack didn't work, Poppy decisively commanded first again.

The time left for her and Corviknight was running out.

"Glimmora, continue to use Spiky Shield."

Xiang Qingyu hooked a smile at the corner of his mouth.

This was the most orthodox and traditional fighting style of Poison-type Pokémon.

Drag, just drag it hard!

In the next few rounds of exchanges, Poppy clearly became more and more anxious.

But the more it was like this, the more powerless she felt when facing Glimmora's airtight defense.

Even though Poppy tried hard to adjust the rhythm in the middle, and even used Roost to forcibly extend her life, it was still difficult to penetrate the opponent's armor.

Watching the last Flash Cannon finally break through the obstruction and successfully severely damage the opponent.

But before Poppy could smile, she only heard Corviknight scream, and then it fell heavily to the ground, unable to fight again.

This tiny gap in physical strength was actually like a chasm that couldn't be crossed at this moment.