He knows Pokémon better than me.

Soon, the enormous creature slowly rose and turned its body around.

It's unclear whether it's because it's been banned for decades and no one cares about it, or because it's inherently a very slow Pokémon, moving extremely slowly.

"Bulbasaur—!"

It emitted a deep, rough sound that caused the entire nest space to tremble.

This is a Venusaur, or more accurately, a Gigantamax Venusaur.

Its shape is not much different from that of a regular Venusaur, except that the red petals on its back are exceptionally large, and even fold down, covering most of Venusaur's body.

It's like wearing a red straw hat.

"It really is Venusaur!"

Ash roused himself; the opponent's aura was in no way inferior to the Gigantamax Blastoise on the Isle of Armor. He quickly raised his hand and pointed:
"I choose you, Pikachu!"

"Pickup!"

Upon seeing his fellow countrymen from Northeast China, Pikachu naturally didn't back down and leaped to the front to take the lead.

Right now, it only feels that it is terrifyingly strong!
boom!
Rotom also threw out a Poké Ball, and Cinderace landed next to Pikachu. Upon seeing the enormous creature exuding an astonishing aura, Pikachu's face instantly tightened, as if facing a formidable enemy.

"And then comes my trump card, let's get this party started!!"

Maga also threw out a heavy ball, and a Pokémon made entirely of black charcoal appeared in front of him, resembling a Golem, but with a pile of burning red coals on the back of its head and neck.

"Giant Coal Mountain?"

Ash had seen this kind of Galar native Pokémon before, so he breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Mr. Maga is a Rock-type trainer who is twice as weak to Grass-type, and he was worried that he would be KO'd.

But Coalossal is different. Its Rock and Fire type combination means that Grass type attacks are only twice as effective against it, or even the other way around, it can deliver a critical hit that is extremely effective against Venusaur!

"Bulbasaur—!!"

With a bright sunny day, a grassy field, and the low growl of Gigantamax Venusaur, this six-star raid battle officially began!

The Gigantamax Venusaur swayed its body, and dozens of green vines instantly extended from beneath its enormous petals. Given its massive size, each vine was as thick and terrifying as the thorns of a mad plant.

It swept in with destructive force!

It is its signature move, Gigantamax Ash Crush!

"Pikachu, Thunder Ball!"

Of course, Pikachu was faster, spinning its tail to throw out an electric ball that exploded on Venusaur's forehead.

However, this move did not interrupt Venusaur's actions. The latter remained motionless as a flurry of whip shadows swept in, and with the support of the grassy terrain, its offensive became even more ferocious!
"Giant Coal Mountain, use the Reflective Wall!!"

Magua shouted urgently, explaining that his support move, Coalossal, could only resist physical attacks with Reflect, not Light Screen.

Now we can only pray that the opponent's Gigantamax Whiplash comes from "Power Whip" and not "Solar Beam".

As for the answer
*Sizzle!*
The green vines pierced straight through the reflective wall without being damaged at all. Several vines whipped the giant coal mountain off the ground, and its entire body rolled away in a sorry state like a rock.

Xiao Zhi quickly began giving instructions:
"Cinderace, use Flame Charge to dodge! Pikachu, use Iron Tail to cut through from the front!!"

Beside him, Magua turned his head in a daze, his eyes narrowing as if he had misheard.

Let the seemingly powerful Flame Ace dodge, and then let the Electric Mouse face the enemy head-on?

The next second, Cinderace was engulfed in blazing flames and began to run rapidly around the nest space. However, before it could accelerate with its charged flame attack, it was quickly surrounded by vines from all directions and was about to be strangled and whipped.

In the critical moment, Pikachu appeared in front of Cinderace, its silver tail lashing out like a sharp blade, slicing through the seemingly tough vines one by one.

"Chupi—!!" Pikachu was full of fighting spirit and continued to exert its strength, its tail drawing a dense, impenetrable silver arc in the air.

The vines spread endlessly in all directions, growing back as soon as they were broken.

Snapped!
In the end, some of the vines managed to break through Pikachu's defenses and lash out at Cinderace.

Of course, the power of the remaining fish has been greatly reduced, and they only deal average damage to Cinderace.

"Pikachu!"

Pikachu landed slightly panting, its silver tail fading, revealing its annoyance.

How could someone as powerful as myself not be able to completely block it?!

This scene left Magua speechless, completely stunned.

Wait a minute, can Gigantamax moves really be blocked head-on like that?!

In Galar common sense, when a Dynamax move comes at you, there is no third option but to either counter with a Dynamax move or defend and take the hit.

Not to mention that what's in front of us right now is a six-star Gigantamax Venusaur!!

"Wait a minute, maybe it really is possible!"

Maga began to understand why Ash was so confident.

"Now it's our turn! Cinderace, use Fireball! Pikachu, use Flying Slam!!"

Pikachu also has moves that counter Venusaur.

"Pickup!"

It immediately leaped into the air, its amazing jumping power appearing above Venusaur as if it had teleported, arms outstretched, and swooped down!
Below, Flame Ace flicked his toe and kicked the fireball out. Under the sunlight, the fireball ignited and expanded, its power soaring!
"In that case, let's go too!"

Magua's confidence soared, and he quickly spoke:

"Giant Coal Mountain, under high temperature and heavy pressure!!"

Mt. Coal doesn't have Pikachu's jumping ability; what's called "heavy pressure" is actually more like "rushing forward."

The coal seams of the giant coal mountain glowed with a molten red light, and the heavy tank launched a brutal charge, carrying the heatwave with it.

It also benefited from the sunny weather, making the high temperature and heavy pressure extremely powerful!

Pikachu was faster; despite being a tiny creature, it leaped and swooped down, smashing into Venusaur's forehead through the giant petals.

Bang bang!

The massive, mountain-like body was suddenly crushed by the little mouse, its chin slamming heavily onto the floor with a loud thud.

Then, a blazing fireball and a high-temperature charcoal ball collided with it from both sides simultaneously.

Boom!
A burst of intense fire and smoke erupted from Venusaur's face, but its body did not actually retreat.

Outstanding effect!

Ash glanced at the real-time health bar on his phone and discovered that the damage from Pikachu's Flying Slam alone was higher than the combined fire damage from two Sunny Day buffs.

"I definitely need to bring Pikachu, otherwise even if the progress bar keeps going down, I still won't be able to beat it."

He clicked his tongue in amazement and couldn't help but sigh.

Venusaur is already a durable Pokémon, and now, as a six-star raid boss, its durability is doubled!
(Happy New Year!) (End of Chapter)