Elf: Re-employment of retired champion of Padiya

Chapter 701 Desert Tyrant!

No matter how unbelievable it was, the giant swallow in front of him did overcome his strong sleepiness and dealt the bone-patterned giant crocodile the final blow.

".Is this what the teacher said, the power that comes from connecting with Pokémon's mind?"

Shinji muttered to himself in a low voice, but there was no trace of confusion in his eyes.

He knew very well that he would not choose such a path.

The power driven by emotions may burst out with unimaginable intensity at critical moments, but Shinji does not want to entrust his "future" to that uncertain possibility.

——What he pursues is pure, unshakable strength.

"You did well enough, Bone-Patterned Crocodile."

Shinji raised his hand and used the Poké Ball to retrieve the Bone-Patterned Crocodile embedded in the wall. Without hesitation, he released his third Pokémon.

"It's your turn, Snow Fairy!"

Along with the ethereal humming, a Pokémon wearing an ice crystal mask and a kimono, looking like a girl, appeared on the field.

Flintlock, an ice and ghost-type Pokémon.

As a Pokémon with only one female Pokémon, Frostbreaker has the secondary attribute of ghost, compared to its other branch, Ice Refuge, which normally has both male and female genders.

This also reflects its capabilities to a certain extent.

However, for Xiaozhi, who saw Shinji sending out the Snow Demon Girl for the first time, he did not have such an understanding and vigilance.

He just raised his hand and shouted with great vigor: "Take advantage of the victory and win another victory, in a flash!"

"Hiss!" The king swallow flapped its wings and dived, dragging a stream of white light like a falling meteor, and crashed into the snow demon girl.

"You still like to use Lightning Flash." Shinji confidently ordered: "Hail!"

A milky white fog suddenly enveloped the entire battlefield, and hail fell from the sky at some point.

And there was no trace of the Snow Fairy in the area that the King Swallow passed by. Only a shadow like a dream bubble was left that gradually faded away.

“Hiss!?”

The usually straightforward king swallow looked around in confusion, not understanding why the "prey" it had locked onto disappeared in the blink of an eye.

But Shinji didn't give it a chance to figure out what was going on, and shouted in a deep voice, "One hundred thousand volts!"

The disappeared Snow Demon Girl quietly appeared behind the King Swallow. Even though the King Swallow reacted and subconsciously swept its wings across, it was greeted by dazzling lightning.

A strong electric current instantly invaded the body of the giant swallow.

Logically, it should have been able to leave enough paralysis to affect its ability to move, but after a few seconds, the giant swallow flapped its wings and broke free from the 100,000 volts.

If you don’t know, you might think it’s not a Flying-type Pokémon that’s countered by Electric-type.

——As expected, it is the same powerful resistance to electric attacks that defies common sense as always.

Did Xiaozhi get this effect because he let Pikachu electrocute Wangyan every day?

The doubts that arose in Shinji's mind did not affect Shinji's command.

After breaking free from the 100,000-volt giant swallow, it pounced on the Snow Demon Girl behind it with Xiaozhi's encouragement, but missed again.

Shinji's order was issued again.

"Freezing beam!"

The figure of the Snow Demon Woman kept appearing in different positions around the Giant Swallow like a ghost, making it impossible for it to tell from which direction the Snow Demon Woman would attack from.

Hail continued to fall on its body, accumulating long-term damage, which undoubtedly made the king swallow even more anxious.

And at this time.

In the blind spot of the Great King Swallow's vision, the figure of the Snow Demon Girl appeared again. Between her hands, which were like kimono sleeves, a ball of ice-blue energy had already gathered.

next second.

The energy ball transformed into an ice-blue lightning-shaped beam emitting a biting chill and shot out, directly hitting the back of the King Swallow.

Bang-!
Along with the dispersing white mist, a sound of an object falling from the sky was heard.

In the hail, the giant swallow, its wings covered with white frost and surrounded by broken ice, fell straight to the ground.

It was as if it had been frozen and then fell from the sky, and suffered secondary physical damage, completely losing its ability to fight.

On the big screen, a Poké Ball belonging to Xiaozhi dimmed again.

“Now, there are two.”

In the audience, Shizuka whispered to herself.

According to the rules of the final tournament, once one side loses three Pokémon, the battle venue will change again.

Next, it depends entirely on luck whether it will be a water field that favors water-type Pokémon, a grass field that favors grass-type Pokémon, or an ice field.

Xiaogang, who was standing beside him with a serious expression, was also explaining to Xiaosheng and Xiaoyao why the Snow Demon Girl was so elusive.

"If I'm guessing correctly, that Snow Fairy probably has the "Snow Hidden" attribute, which greatly increases her dodge ability in hail weather, just like what she showed."

"Xiaozhi's Great Swallow has no experience in dealing with such an opponent, and was even restrained in terms of attributes."

"How to break the impasse depends on Xiaozhi's choice."

Farm, Padia region.

They had already moved outside. Luo Mu, who was leisurely skewering the barbecue, withdrew his gaze from the TV that was specially set up outside and handed the skewered barbecue to the Cang Yan Ren Gui beside him.

After repeating the same task several times, he looked at the TV again.

At this time, Xiaozhi had already taken back the Great Swallow that had lost its combat ability and sent out his third Pokémon.

——The Ice Demon Guardian is of the same origin as the Snow Demon Girl, both evolved from the Snow Boy, but the gender is different.

Logically speaking, the super-evolved Ice Demon Guard has greater potential to be developed.

But Xiaozhi's Antelope was a Snow Boy not long ago. It was a Pokémon he captured at the end of his journey in the Hoenn region. In terms of strength, it was not outstanding.

In this regard, Shinji is still the one who laid a good foundation by taming her at the end of last year. After saving enough money recently, he used the "Awakening Stone" to evolve the Snow Demon Girl, who is even better.

Even though the Ice Demon Guard unexpectedly caused a lot of damage to the Snow Demon Girl under Xiaozhi's sudden inspiration, it still lost its combat capability under the Snow Demon Girl's fierce attack.

"That's three now."

The Bud Crown King, who was also watching the game with great interest, suddenly spoke.

Luo Mu glanced at the Lei Guan Wang and nodded slightly, "Well, we will re-select the battle venue soon."

The Rape Crown King asked, "You don't look surprised?"

"It's not bad. After all, most of the Pokémon that Xiaozhi has sent out so far are those that have been captured not long ago, so this result is only natural."

Luo Mu stopped skewering the skewers and looked at the close-ups of the four battle arenas on TV which kept jumping.

It's a pity that Xiaozhi's Ice Guard can neither "explode" nor can it mega evolve.

Neither the ice skin explosion that penetrates the ghost's resistance nor the ordinary explosion that is defended by the ghost's attributes can exist.

Otherwise, it would be like how Bonnie used the Ice Demon Guard, even if the opponent lost the ability to fight, at least he could drag an opponent down with him.

Frankly speaking, Xiaozhi's current team in the Hoenn region has not even grown to the height it should have reached.

This can only be achieved through subsequent travel to the "Battle Frontier".

It was indeed a bit reckless to use such a team to deal with Shinji, who had been preparing for this tournament for a long time.

However, it’s still like I said before.

——Until the last moment, Xiaozhi still has the possibility of creating a miracle and turning the tables.

"The final round of the Caiyou Conference Finals Tournament!"

"Since Xiaozhi has lost three Pokémon, he has just entered the halftime break and the re-drawing process for the battle venue." "So, what will the venue be for the second half-?"

The commentator deliberately prolonged his voice, building up enough suspense before announcing it loudly.

"As you can see, it's a grass field--!"

View from above.

I saw that the rocky site that was originally damaged with many holes had long disappeared.

Instead, there is a grass field covered with lush green grass and filled with the breath of life.

Shinji and Xiaozhi returned to the arena and faced off against each other.

Shinji's Pokémon has not changed, it is still Snow Fairy.

After thinking it over again and again, Xiaozhi sent out his fourth Pokémon.

"Shakiras, it's decided to be you!"

Red light shone into the grass, and a gray-blue hard-shelled pupa that was 1.2 meters tall appeared.

Strictly speaking, Shakiras is a Pokémon that Ash encountered and captured in the Johto region.

But what really cultivated the young Shakiras at that time was the travel in the current Hoenn region.

"How can Shakiras reverse the situation without a pupa that has broken out of its shell?"

Shinji made his usual sarcasm-tongued remark and then gave the order.

"hail!"

No matter the venue, weather plays a role.

Hail is the Snow Demon Girl's greatest weapon.

When the thick milky white fog filled with hail covered the entire battlefield again.

In the audience, Xiaosheng and Xiaoyao couldn't help but complain: "Hail again!?"

But Xiao Gang beside them seemed to realize the reason why Xiaozhi sent out Shakiras, and the corner of his mouth slightly raised, "I see, is this what you were thinking?"

"what?"

The two confused siblings didn't wait to find out the reason from Xiaogang.

Outside the battle field below, Xiaozhi's voice suddenly rang out, showing that he was still full of fighting spirit even though he was completely behind.

"My teacher taught me to fight weather with weather!"

"Shakiras, use Sandstorm--!"

"sand--!"

The one who responded to Xiaozhi was the unclear and hoarse voice of Shakiras, who was trapped in the cocoon.

In an instant, with Shakiras actively rotating on the spot as the center, countless yellow sands visible to the naked eye gushed out to the surroundings, crushing the green grass, sweeping across like a sandstorm.

Rumble-

The swirling sandstorm was like a huge mouth of the abyss, swallowing up the "hail" released by the Snow Fairy and completing the "change of heaven and earth".

This also caused the Snow Fairy, who had sneaked up behind Shakiras under the cover of hail and wanted to stab him in the back, to be discovered by Shakiras, and was directly blown away by Shakiras's highly effective "Loud Roar".

"Want to fight for the weather, Snow Fairy?"

Shinji's voice suddenly paused, his eyes fell on the snow demon girl who was gasping for breath, and his brows above his triangular eyes were deeply furrowed.

Shinji understood that this was because the Snow Fairy was in poor condition, so the hail was covered without any resistance.

After all, including Shakiras, this is the third Pokémon that Felice has fought.

There was no point in wasting precious energy fighting the weather anymore.

After a little thought, Shinji readjusted his tactical arrangements.

——Relying on the attribute advantage of the Snow Fairy, cause as much damage to Shakiras as possible!

The "Ice Beam" belonging to the Snow Fairy suddenly landed on Shakiras' body, forming a thick layer of frost on it.

But in the blink of an eye, the frost was left on the grass as Shakiras "shed his skin" as if breaking free from his restraints.

Then came Shakiras's "loud roar".

The Snow Demon Girl, who had no hail to cover her whereabouts, had no time to dodge and was hit head-on.

The special attack reduced by two consecutive loud roars was already deadly enough, not to mention that the Snow Fairy had already accumulated a considerable amount of injuries.

beep--

As the sound effects echoed throughout the venue, a Poké Ball belonging to Shinji on the big screen dimmed.

"Interesting. So, can you break through its onslaught?"

Shinji calmly took back the Snow Fairy and threw out the fourth Poké Ball.

"Get ready for battle, Circle Bear!"

"Those who can break through——"

Xiaozhi clenched his fists and looked determined.

"Shakiras and I will prove it to you with our actions, Shinji!"

As the ground of the grass field shook wildly, the ferocious bear paws of the Circle Bear appeared in front of Shakiras.

Powerful strength, sharp claws——

In the instant of contact, Shakiras was slapped away by Circle Bear like a ball, and even deep claw marks were left on its solid shell.

Even so, Shakiras seemed to feel no pain. He straightened his body again and released the compressed gas in his body with all his strength, colliding fiercely with the Circle Bear like a cannonball!
At this moment, there was only one obsession left in Shakiras' eyes.

——It cannot fall here, it must make up for the disadvantage for Xiaozhi who saved it and open up a path to victory for it!
The shell was torn by the circle bear?
Then use the energy you have accumulated for a long time to shed your skin!
Grow a new shell and keep colliding until the opponent is defeated!
Bang!Bang!Bang!
The entire grass field was filled with Shakiras flying by jet using compressed gas.

In the audience, countless spectators stared with their eyes wide open, not daring to breathe, for fear of missing out on this fierce fight where defense was abandoned.

With several wounds on his body, especially his kidneys which were still aching, Circle Bear looked at Shakiras with gritted teeth, and angrily slapped it to the ground again.

This time, Shakiras seemed to have run out of compressed gas in his body. He struggled on the grass for a few times and then became motionless.

This made Circle Bear feel relieved.

Finally, I knocked down this hard guy. It wasn't so difficult for him to dig honey in the wild!
The referee also walked into the grass with a flag, and was about to declare Shakiras unable to fight.

In the back, Xiaozhi suddenly roared towards the sky.

"Don't give up, Shakiras--!!!"

This cry seemed to contain mysterious magic.

Under the surprised looks of the referee, Kuzokumo, Shinji and all the audience, the shell of Shakiras, which should have lost consciousness, began to tremble slightly.

But what followed was not Shakiras rising again.

Instead, it was a white light that was so rich that it was dazzling!
"That's - evolution?"

I don't know who said this in a low voice.

It was like a chain reaction, and in an instant, the light grew wildly.

The sandstorm, which was originally showing signs of dissipating, suddenly swirled back fiercely.

An extremely domineering and ferocious beast roar sounded simultaneously from the center of the light.

That is - the roar of the desert tyrant!

(End of this chapter)