He knows Pokémon better than me.

Overturned to the ground, the ice mask on the Snowstorm Horse's face shattered, revealing its blank, dazed face.

What just happened?
A tiny human being, throwing himself to the ground?

Although the latter was indeed the one who dealt damage when fighting alongside the Queen of the Crimson Crest—

It usually shares its ice-attribute power with Calycerin, which allows Calycerin to condense snow spears in the air and fire them with far greater power than the ice spikes it releases alone.

Without its master on horseback, the Snowstorm Horse couldn't use its snow spear on its own.

The same applies to the Spirit Horse. After sharing its power with the Brilliant King, the latter can unleash "Shattered Star," which fires out countless dark spirits like a machine gun, far exceeding the power of "Shadow Ball" or "Misfortune Comes in Pairs."

But the rider on horseback lunged at him!
"Whoa!!"

The spirit horse raised its head and puffed out its chest, letting out a loud neigh.

Although the process was a bit strange, only someone like Ash is qualified to tame himself!

As for its former owner, the Crane Queen, etc.
Ling Youma's expression darkened, and many memory fragments unconsciously flooded his mind.

Before they could think any further, the earth was once again covered by a layer of darkness, and the dark clouds that had just dissipated shrouded the area again.

Boom! !
A thick bolt of black lightning struck the Spirit Horse with a deafening roar.

"Quickly use high-speed movement to dodge!!"

Even if other Pokémon reacted quickly enough, they probably wouldn't be able to dodge it.

However, for the extremely fast Spirit Horse, as long as it pays attention to the attack, it can dodge it.

Whoosh!

He took a step forward and leaped forward, instantly creating a distance of more than ten meters, while the black lightning had only landed halfway down.

"Pickup!!"

Meanwhile, Pikachu, who had been protecting Team Pearl, suddenly shouted and joined the battle, veins bulging on its forehead.

It had long disliked these black lightning bolts.
Since it's lightning, it must be either yellow or blue.

What's that black thing?!
"Pikachu!!"

It tensed its body on the spot, and lightning poured out wildly from the electric sacs on its cheeks, shooting into the air and blocking the black lightning from falling.

At this moment, Pikachu has not been slashed by the Green Region.

Although the weakened state from just stepping into the Galar region has not fully recovered, making it impossible for one person to fight two Old Gods alone.
However, it is still possible to take on an ancient god one-on-one.

As Pikachu's electricity fully erupted, golden lightning shot into the sky, and after a brief stalemate, it completely dispersed the black lightning strike.

Sizzle! Boom!

The golden lightning bolt shot straight into the sky, piercing through the previously overcast sky and creating a huge vacuum hole.

The dark clouds swirled around the electric current, eventually dissipating as if nothing had happened.

"Pica~!"

Pikachu then dissipated the electricity, put its hands on its hips with satisfaction, and nodded calmly.

No one should play with lightning in front of it!
"What did I just see?"

"Did this Pikachu knock over that strange lightning bolt?"

"That was a curse from the gods! And it was broken by an electric mouse?"

Behind them, the Pearl Team members seemed to have their brains opened, so shocked that they could hardly move.

This kind of momentum is stronger than even the leader's Pokémon or their King. "It feels even stronger than the Sinnoh Grandmaster... Wait, I wasn't the one talking just now!"

One of the Pearl Team members blurted out, then belatedly realized what he'd said and immediately covered his mouth.

It was unusual for Zhu Bei not to pursue such blasphemous words; normally, she would have been severely punished.

She just stared intently at Pikachu and Ash, her pretty face filled with shock.
It turns out that this Pikachu was Ash's real trump card!

But when everyone turned their attention from the lightning strike in the sky back to the ground, they were shocked to find that the white ice horse that had been fighting with Ash and Grimmaul had suddenly disappeared.

"Huh? Where did the Snowstorm Horse go?"

Xiao Zhi was also stunned for a moment, looking around.

How come the horse disappeared while we were fighting?

He quickly spread his aura, and there was no longer any aura of the Snowstorm Horse within a radius of 500 meters, as if it had never existed.

Xiao Zhi couldn't help but look at Ling Youma. That guy was Ling Youma's former colleague. It should know something, right?

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However, Lingyouma stood quietly in place, her long, shaggy purple hair obscuring her face, and it was unclear what she was thinking.

Ash had no choice but to use Aura to check the surroundings again. Only after confirming that the Blizzard had completely disappeared did he signal that the crisis was over and hand the scene back to Shellder.

Fortunately, the loss was less than half.

Zhu Bei hurriedly directed her subordinates to clean up the icy radish field. Since the Snowstorm Horse ate whole radishes, its destructive power was not as great as that of the Spirit Nether Horse back then.

"This is the first time I've seen something like this suddenly disappear."

She then told Ash about Team Pearl's encounter with the Snowstorm—

They've come three times already, and the Snowstorm Horse's extremely strong defense has left the Pearl Team completely helpless.

The blizzard horse, which is extremely slow, always leisurely gallops away, but it has never disappeared without a trace in an instant like it did just now.

"Disappeared suddenly."

Xiao Zhi stroked his chin, lost in thought.

Seeing that the pearl team members around him were already busy, he finally came to his senses, pondered for a moment, and then pulled the pearl shell aside:
"By the way, Zhubei, let me teach you a couple of tricks. If the next snowstorm comes, you'll be able to handle it on your own."

After all, he was going to Zhuqing Village with the Ginkgo Chamber of Commerce tomorrow, and he didn't know when Pure White Permafrost would come again.

"Ah?! That's great, Mr. Daichi!!"

Zhu Bei was overjoyed. If the conversation in the tent before was just a friendly chat...
Now she really wants to become an apprentice.

With such combat skills, the Kongo Squad will be crushed under her feet from now on!

"Uh, I only taught how to deal with Avalanche, or other Ice-type Pokémon, especially the slow ones."

Ash pointed to Flareon next to the Shellder:
"Flare Eevee is a Pokémon that excels at physical attacks, so you should train physical moves such as Fire Fang and Flare Blitz, rather than Flamethrower."

After thinking for a moment, he released the leader, Flame Steed, and commanded it to use a Flame Charge as a demonstration.

Rat-a-tat-tat. Boom!
Rapidash, wreathed in blue flames, began its galloping charge, leaving a long trail of fire on the ice. Flareon, skilled in physical attacks, pricked up its ears and, as expected, gained a lot of insights after just one look.

Swoosh!

Flames also erupted from its body, forming a fiery red coat of flames.

Flareon has learned Flame Charge! (End of Chapter)