Elf: This owner is so sunny.

"One more time, water cannon!!"

There was already a hint of annoyance in Xiaoyin's tone.

It is obvious that he has a slight advantage in the strength of Pokémon. After all, the attributes are there. When the strength of both sides is equal, the one with the attribute advantage will dominate the game.

However, every attack was easily resolved by the Salt Stone Giant.

Over time, the feeling of irritability swept through Xiaoyin's entire body and mind.

Gyarados took a deep breath and condensed an astonishing water energy in the air again. But at this moment, the silver-gray light covered Gyarados' entire body again.

The red body emitted a dazzling silver-gray light at this moment, and those crystals made Gyarados suffer unbearable pain.

Gyarados curled up into a ball.

Xiaoyin looked unhappy. This happened again!

“Again, salted!”

Baiyu is much calmer than Xiaoyin. Once the salted state is acquired, Xiaoyin will have to change Pokémon on his own initiative.

Otherwise, the Pokémon on the field will be in the salted state indefinitely.

However, with Silver's personality, unless the Pokémon loses its ability to fight.

Otherwise, he would never change Pokémon no matter what.

The Salt Stone Giant raised its arms, made a heavy sound, and ejected another powerful silver-gray crystal.

boom! !

The salt exploded directly on Gyarados' body. The salt in its body and on its surface caused Gyarados to suffer damage beyond imagination. Its body roared uncontrollably, and its silver-gray lenses scattered on the ground like powder.

"Gyarados! Water Tail!"

Silver's face turned gloomy. He had beaten his Pokémon like this time and again. Obviously the opponent was not that strong, but why couldn't it withstand the damage one after another?

Even after being hit by Salted again, Silver still had no intention of changing Pokémon.

As always, he wanted to use water-based moves to defeat the salt stone giant in front of him.

Gyarados growled and shook its head. The restless salt in its body calmed down at this moment. Gyarados swung its tail and catapulted out. Its movements were extremely fast, and a touch of azure blue light rose from its tail.

The tail of a stream in a water system.

As mentioned before, Gyarados's strength is online, and it is definitely not much different from Saltstone Djinn, but...

"Hold."

Bai Yu gave the command calmly.

The Salt Stone Giant also raised his hands and formed a protective barrier in front of him.

The khaki barrier was like a fortress. The tail of the water kept bombarding the barrier, but it couldn't break the barrier in front of it. Gyarados' attacks became more and more fierce, and his emotions became more impatient.

Just when Gyarados was about to release Water Tail again, the silver-gray light covered its entire body again. At this moment, Gyarados's body paused and the azure light on its tail disappeared.

The whole body curled up on the ground, roaring in pain. The negative effects of salting were much more difficult to bear than poisoning and burns. Even a champion-level Gyarados could not withstand the pain at that moment, which almost covered his entire body.

Xiao Yin frowned, what kind of special state is salting...

As a Pokémon that is worth mentioning in Silver's team, its strength is not inferior to the previous Croaking. I originally thought that I was careless for a moment, but now it seems that there is something wrong with that trick.

This is the second time this situation has occurred. Judging from Gyarados's condition, it won't be able to hold on for much longer.

That being the case...

"Gyarados! Aim at the direction of the Saltstone Giant and use Water Cannon!"

The condition is so bad that there is no need to continue to persist. Just use the last bit of energy to release the water cannon to get rid of the salt stone giant.

Gyarados seemed to sense Silver's inner thoughts and roared loudly. When his whole body was covered with silver-gray light, he endured the severe pain from his body and gathered a stream of azure light in mid-air, which gushed out almost instantly.

An astonishing column of water shot towards the salt stone giant.

"Get away."

The Salt Stone Giant slowly moved its body to try to dodge, but Gyarados's water cannon sprayed out at an extremely fast speed and instantly hit the still slowly moving Salt Stone Giant.

After the water columns collided, splashes flew everywhere, and the salt stone giant was washed back by the energy, and its physical condition continued to deteriorate.

boom! !

The water cannon exploded, and countless water drops splashed in all directions. The salt stone giant, who had been continuously attacked by water-based techniques, fell to the ground with a bang, and no longer had the strength to get up.

After doing this, Gyarados seemed to have lost all his strength and fell to the ground with dizziness in his eyes.

"Saltstone Djinn and Gyarados both lose their ability to fight."

The referee walked into the arena, looked at both Pokémon, raised his hands, and announced the result of the match with two flags facing upwards.

"Tsk~ Useless guy."

Silver took back the Gyarados on the field without a word of praise or comfort. Gyarados was just like the previous Crocodile. If he had held on a little longer, he would not have fallen like this.

Seeing this, Bai Yu also took back the Salt Stone Giant Spirit and said softly: "You did a good job. I will give you a snack tonight, Salt Stone Giant Spirit."

Being able to reverse the attributes and defeat two champion-level Pokémon at once, the strength of Saltrock has also increased a lot. Salting is indeed a magical skill, the most perfect skill to deal with water and steel types.

Whether it's Crocodile or Gyarados, Silver's training level is not bad, but his attacks are too straightforward, and he relies entirely on the strength of the Pokémon to compete.

In other words, he didn't consider the Pokémon in his hands as his partners at all.

Pokémon might just be a tool for him, a tool that can help him win.

at this time,

Bai Yu did not open his mouth to blame Xiao Yin.

This game isn't over yet.

Then, he took out the second Poké Ball and threw it forward: "It's your turn, Fossil Pterosaur!"

A Pokémon with its wings spread and a ferocious look is flying in the air. A fossil Pokémon, a rock-type + flying-type fossil pterosaur, appears!

Today Bai Yu plans to play with a rock-type team, so the second choice is naturally the rock-type fossil pterosaur. Although its strength is a bit high, it is undeniable that the fossil pterosaur is indeed very strong.

There is a theory that even though the current pterosaurs do not have dragon attributes, the fossil pterosaurs that soared in the vast sky in the ultra-ancient period were powerful creatures.

"Tsk, another rock-type Pokémon."

Xiaoyin is no stranger to fossil pterosaurs, although there are very few of them.

It is a very rare Pokémon, but Xiaoyin has seen Fossil Pterosaurs from other people and has also fought against their Fossil Pterosaurs.

The powerful beings in the sky in the ancient times were no more than this.

"Stab Dragon King!!"

Xiaoyin threw out his third Poké Ball.

A white light flashed, and a Pokémon that looked like a seahorse with a pair of horns on its head appeared in front of Xiaoyin. It curled up its tail, gently touched the ground, and looked forward.

A Water + Dragon-type Thorndrake, it is also one of the few Dragon-type Pokémon in the Kanto and Johto regions.

The leader of the Yanmo Gym in the Johto region is Xiaochun, A'du's cousin. Her most representative Pokémon is the Thornbill in front of him.

Like the previous Gyarados and Crocodile, its main attribute is water.

There are many water-type Pokémon in Xiaoyin's team. This guy seems to have a special liking for water-type Pokémon. "Spirit Dragon King! Water Wave!"

Xiaoyin launched the attack without hesitation.

The strength of the Thorn Dragon is not inferior to the previously appeared Miserable Crocodile and Gyarados. That damn Salt Stone Giant has lost its combat ability. He doesn't believe that the fossil pterosaur in front of him can be as disgusting as that Salt Stone Giant!

The Thorn Dragon took a deep breath, and suddenly thrust forward. An astonishing stream of water gushed out of its nostrils. The water flowed in the air with waves and quickly attacked the fossil pterosaur in the air.

"Dodge, wing attack!"

The fossilized pterosaur in mid-air suddenly turned around, quickly avoiding the water flow, flapping its wings, flying at an extremely fast speed, and a white light rose from its wings.

Soon, he appeared in front of the Thorn Dragon King.

Before Xiaoyin gave the order.

The Thorn Dragon King was knocked away by the wing attack, and his body rolled on the ground. The fossil pterosaur swung its tail and distanced itself from the Thorn Dragon King.

After successfully hitting the King Thorn Dragon, the fossil pterosaur, which had originally been of some interest to it, has now lost much of its interest.

Looking at the Thorn Dragon King being hit by the wing attack, Xiaoyin's face turned ugly again.

There is no way to avoid such a simple trick.

What a useless thing!

"Sharp stone attack."

The fossil pterosaur turned around and rushed towards the ground. The ochre-colored energy gathered on its body and slammed into the ground, causing the earth to shake for a moment.

Sharp stones emerged from the ground and attacked the Dragon King.

The hit rate of the rock-type sharp stone attack is indeed not high, and it is easy for the opponent to dodge it, but as long as a suitable combat environment is created, the hit rate of the sharp stone attack can be improved invisibly.

Besides, Thor is only an amphibious Pokémon and it can't fly.

"Dragon King, use the water cannon towards the ground!"

Xiaoyin frowned.

Facing the layers of rocks coming at him, this was all he could do.

The Thorn Dragon King stood up from the ground tremblingly. He heard Xiaoyin's command and saw the layers of sharp rocks coming towards him. He subconsciously fired a water cannon forward.

The powerful water flow directly hit the sharp stone wall, but the wall did not move at all. Instead, the Thorn Dragon King was blown away by the reaction force of the water cannon, barely avoiding the sharp stone attack at this moment.

Xiaoyin's face turned pale. The scene he imagined was to have King Thornosaur release water cannon facing the ground, rather than from the front. Originally, King Thornosaur's position was not easy to detect, but with this water cannon, the fossil pterosaur immediately discovered King Thornosaur's specific location.

"Rock blast!"

The entire body of the fossil pterosaur dived downward, and its wings emitted an ochre-colored light, which slammed into the sharp stone wall in front of it. In an instant, the huge rock shattered and turned into countless sharp stones that attacked the direction of the Thorn Dragon King. The surface of those sharp stones was still covered with ochre-colored energy.

"Water cannons!"

The Thorn Dragon King, who had just released a water cannon and had just steady himself, saw a sky full of sharp rocks. His body froze in place, and the sharp rocks kept bombarding his body.

Xiaoyin's face suddenly changed.

Why, his Pokémon always disobey his commands.

At this moment, as long as he released the water cannon, he would be able to turn defense into offense.

Obviously, in previous battles, his Pokémon was able to do whatever he wanted, but when he met the gym leader in front of him, his Pokémon couldn't do it.

The same situation happened when I competed with that guy before.

What's wrong with me? !

"Dragon Claw!"

Bai Yu was too concerned about Xiao Yin's condition and was issuing commands on his own.

The fossil pterosaur that had just swooped down and used rock blast was moving quickly in the smoke and dust. Its claws raised a blue light and slammed heavily into the body of the Thorn Dragon King.

The poor Thorn Dragon King, who had just climbed up, was hit by that sharp claw.

His eyes almost popped out of his head due to the pain. Then came the second grab, and the third grab, with continuous attacks. The Thorn Dragon King had no chance to resist. His body was blown away and fell heavily to the ground.

After repeated dragon claw attacks, the Thorn Dragon King was a weak dragon to begin with, and coupled with Xiaoyin's lack of command, the Thorn Dragon King was soon defeated and fell to the ground, motionless.

"The Thorn Dragon King has lost his ability to fight."

"The winner is Shiroha, the Gym Leader of Macha City!"

The referee also announced the result of the game.

This game seemed quite tense, but in fact there was no suspense at all.

Baiyu first used Saltrock Giant's reverse attributes to defeat Silver's two Pokémon, and then sent out Fossil Wyvern to defeat Silver's last Pokémon with its reverse attributes.

The gap between the two Pokémons was not that big, but Silver's command ability did make the referee unhappy.

The referee had seen many, many trainers, but there had never been a trainer who took his own Pokémon lightly, who gave all his commands for the purpose of winning, and who never considered the damage to his own Pokémon.

Is this kind of trainer really qualified? !
The referee couldn't help but have a big question mark in his mind. He was just a referee, not a formal trainer, and had no reason to criticize, anyway, in his opinion.

Silver is not worthy of being a Pokémon trainer.

"Xiaoyin, it seems that I won." Bai Yu walked up slowly and said.

Xiaoyin lowered his head, saying nothing, and no one knew what he was thinking.

"Xiaoyin...Xiaoyin..."

Bai Yu frowned and reached out to push Xiao Yin.

Xiao Yin, who was originally in a trance, also came to his senses at this time, looked at the Dragon King, and said lightly: "It seems that I lost."

After saying that, he took out the Poké Ball and took back the Thorn Dragon from the field.

It seems like he is explaining a very simple thing.

"Xiaoyin..."

Bai Yu looked at Xiaoyin and said softly: "You seem to be training your Pokémon as tools."

"What else?" Xiaoyin asked back.

He didn't think there was anything wrong with it. Pokémon was just a tool for him, a tool that made him stronger, able to defeat that guy, and find his biological parents.

"That's why you lose."

Bai Yu said calmly: "I don't know what you have been through, but I can feel that you really want to win and want to become stronger."

"But if you just treat Pokémon as tools, you won't become a great trainer. If you insist on pursuing power and the strength of Pokémon, you will never make it beyond that level."

“……”Xiaoyin lowered his head and fell silent. He did not deny it out loud.

That's what he thought originally. He had no feelings for Pokémon. Or rather, he only had certain feelings for Azur Lane, the sister he had relied on since childhood.

As for Pokémon, they are just tools that are carried around and cultivated for revenge.

That's it.

"You can try to understand your Pokémon."

"Go left from Maza City, and you will find the Tokiwa Gym in Tokiwa City. I think he will give you a suitable answer." (End of this chapter)