He knows Pokémon better than me.

The battle between two giant horses, whose strength far surpassed that of the leader Pokémon, caused the group of people in Pearl Village to retreat in fear, except for Ash, who stood at the forefront.

However, more than the outcome of the match, he was curious about why the Snowstorm Horse had appeared in this place.
"Whoa!!"

However, Snowstorm Horse's eyes gleamed with ferocity, showing no intention of making peace.

As they lifted their feet, a violent blizzard erupted once more.

"Get out of the way, use high-speed movement!"

Ash quickly took command; now, the Spirit Horse was no longer a wild horse, but his partner.

Upon hearing the command, the spirit horse was momentarily stunned, and for a moment it felt as if it were fighting alongside its former master.

It nodded and immediately began to run at high speed, its figure transforming into a black-purple lightning bolt, making it difficult to catch.

The blizzard failed to materialize, and more importantly, the way the Spirit Horse was cooperating with humans only fueled the Snowstorm Horse's anger.

"Whoa!!"

A chilling aura emanated wildly from the horse's hooves, and the ice rapidly spread outwards.

"It's an Ice-type Pokémon, Focus Blast!!"

Ash immediately said, "Let's first calm down the Blizzard on a physical level."

Lingyouma understood, leaped up, and quickly condensed an orange energy ball at the corner of its mouth.

If it were still at this time hundreds or even thousands of years ago, it wouldn't have used this move. But in order to deal with this ice horse, it had long since mastered this counter move after wandering for hundreds of years.

The energy blast shot out from the blind spot, and the Snowstorm Horse couldn't dodge in time. It hit the Snowstorm Horse's side precisely, and the energy blast exploded with a bang.

Boom! !
The snowstorm horse retreated sideways in an instant, and a lot of the ice shell around its body fell off.

Outstanding effect!

"Hmm? Is the durability that high?"

However, Ash was secretly surprised to see that the Snowstorm Horsea only shook its head and was not even knocked to the ground.

Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that not only the head and hooves, but the Snowstorm Horse's body was also covered in a layer of ice armor, greatly cushioning the damage.

"These two horses have completely different styles."

After several rounds of combat, Ash had roughly figured it out.

My Spirit Horse is good at special attack moves and is extremely fast, but its defense and special defense are not very good. It is commonly known as a high-speed, high-attack, but fragile horse.

On the other hand, the Snowstorm Horse is better at physical attacks, but its movement is slow due to its icy shell. However, this also has an advantage: its defense is extremely good.

"That Calyx is truly remarkable, able to tame two completely different types of horses at the same time."

Xiao Zhi thought to himself, "That's great!"

Even now, he still believes that the legendary "Crowned King" was an ancient human lord.

"Whoa!!"

Although he managed to hold on, the pain in his lower back was palpable, and the Snowstorm Horse neighed in frustration.

His eyes narrowed, and in an instant, countless sharp ice spikes gathered around his body.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! !
With a thought, countless ice spikes shot out in all directions across the field, with many even pointing directly at the members of the Pearl Team.

"Lingyou Horse, misfortune never comes singly!"

Ash was completely focused on controlling Grimmsnarl, while Pikachu on his shoulder leaped up in perfect unison, its tail whipping out a massive net of lightning that caught all the ice spikes aimed at the humans, shattering them into dust.

On the battlefield, Lingyouma also condensed countless balls of dark purple ghost fire around its body, which it threw out in unison, colliding with the ice spikes flying everywhere and exploding! It seemed like an evenly matched situation, but in the midst of the misfortune of the purple ghost fire, Lingyouma also hid a few inconspicuous, seemingly powerless fireballs.

The fireball bypassed the ice spikes, flying out in a tricky trajectory before accurately hitting its target and exploding on the Snowstorm Horse.

Boom!
After a few seconds' delay, an unnamed flame suddenly erupted from the Snowstorm Horse's body, and its aura plummeted.

He suffered burns.

"Hehe, it worked!"

Xiao Zhi touched his nose, overjoyed.

Although Lingyouma is usually unrestrained, he has occasionally practiced partner battles with the latter.

Hidden amidst countless raging flames are a few wisps of will-o'-the-wisp, achieving a surprise burn effect.

"If it happens again, misfortune will never come singly!!"

As Ash commanded, Grimmsnarl once again gathered blackish-purple will-o'-the-wisps around its body, while Snowball also gathered ice spikes in an attempt to block them.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

However, the originally evenly matched will-o'-the-wisps suddenly burst into flames as if they had been given accelerants, with each fireball at least doubling in size.

The Snowstorm Horse's burn status doubles the power of Misfortune!

The ice spikes, which were originally evenly matched, were burned to ashes by the flames during the collision. The next moment, countless will-o'-the-wisps surrounded the Snowstorm Horse and exploded in one fell swoop!
Boom! !
At the center of the target, dark purple will-o'-the-wisps shot into the sky, causing an exaggerated fire explosion on the Snowstorm Horse.

"Let's settle this once and for all! Use the True Qi Blast!!"

The super-fast Spirit Horse also seamlessly launched a True Qi Explosion, and the surging and powerful fighting energy then exploded completely on the Snowstorm Horse!

Outstanding effect!

"It's solved!"

Seeing this, Ash clapped his hands, thinking that even a legendary Pokémon couldn't withstand it. The misfortune ahead tore through the opponent's ice armor, and the Focus Blast landed squarely on the Snowstriker.

"Amazing!"

The members of Team Pearl around them were dumbfounded. When did the people from Ginkgo Merchant Guild become so good at Pokémon battles?

The power displayed by those two horses was so great that they were more powerful than even the kings served by the farm managers in various regions of Shizuku, let alone the boss Pokémon!
"Whoa!!"

Having successfully suppressed its opponent, Ghost Horse let out a joyful neigh.

It was fun to fight!
Back then, it and the Snowstorm Horse fought fiercely on the Crown Snowfield, their strength evenly matched, neither able to gain the upper hand.

They were later tamed by the Queen of the Crest and became partners. So, to this day, no official winner has been decided.

Fighting alongside Ash today brought back memories of battling alongside Calyrex in the past.

Of course, the difference is that the Lacecrown rides on its back, and the main damage output is actually dealt by the Lacecrown.

Its primary function is to carry the Calycerin King as a mount, and also to share its energy.
"How's it going? Is it solved?"

Zhu Bei stared intently at the center of the explosion. Should the remaining ice radishes be able to be saved?
As the smoke and dust cleared, a half-meter-deep crater appeared on the ground, and the Snowstorm Horse lay half-lying on the ground.

"Whoa!"

However, as the former king of the Crown Snowfield, such an attack was not enough to make it completely bow down. It hissed and struggled to get up.

The fierce anger in his eyes intensified.

That Spirit Horse has actually fallen so low as to seek help from humans; it's a disgrace to the Crown Snowfield! (End of Chapter)