Elf: This owner is so sunny.

"The Pokémon battles will now begin."

"Train Lance from Smoky City, Johto Region vs. Trainer Shiraha from Masharp City, Kanto Region"

"The battle rules are a 6vs6 team battle. Both sides release their Pokémon at the same time, and the match ends when one side's Pokémon is completely unable to battle."

After announcing the rules, Daigo voluntarily left the venue.

"Bai Yu, I want to see the moment you use your full strength."

Adu stared intently at Bai Yu in front of him, wanting to see Bai Yu use his full strength.

Just like in the Masters tournament against Dante, only by pushing the tactical levels to the extreme can Adu feel excited.

"Okay! A-Du."

Bai Yu nodded, took out a Poké Ball, and looked at Adu.

A-Du didn't say anything more and took out a Poké Ball.

3!

2!

1!

Game start.

"Your turn, Supervillain!"

"Show the majesty of the dragon, Tanabata!"

Two flashes of white light appeared, and two Pokémon appeared on the field. One, a bluebird, soared freely in the air, while the other, a deep purple hedgehog, slowly opened its tentacles.

Did they release Supervillain right from the start?

Not only Wataru on the field, but even Daigo watching from the sidelines was taken aback.

Generally, Bai Yu's first choice of Pokémon is Incineroar, since the Intimidate ability is decisively destructive to physical Pokémon. In addition, most of the Pokémon that Lance has are physical Pokémon, so Incineroar seems to be the more suitable choice.

"That Superbad Star, he didn't use it in the Masters before, he used the Nut Dumbbell back then."

Daigo frowned slightly. It seemed that Shiraha had actually gone easy on him in that match.

While the Nut Dumbbell is indeed superior to Toxapex in terms of resistance, Toxapex can synergize with Charizard, something the Nut Dumbbell cannot do, as it is four times weak to fire.

"Strike first, strike hard! The Azure Bird of the Seven Stars unleashes its mysterious protection!"

Lance has already experienced being tormented to death by a status condition once, so this time he is the first to release Altaria. As long as Altaria doesn't lose its ability to battle, no Pokémon on the field will be afflicted with a status condition.

In addition, the Tanabata's characteristic is natural recovery.

Even if he gets hit by a status ailment, he can recover on his own after leaving the battle. He doesn't believe he'll be tormented by Bai Yu's Pokémon again today.
The bluebird chirped softly, and a thin mist rose around it, quickly covering the entire area.

The true form of the Qixi Bluebird is hidden in the thin mist.

"Poisonous water chestnut".

Supervillain swung his body, scattering the deep purple nails that had condensed on his body onto the ground.

Ignoring the Qixi Bluebird's state, I focused on doing what I needed to do.

"Naive, use the Tanabata Bluebird to clear the fog."

"Freezing light!"

Without much hesitation, Adu shouted at Altaria, and Bai Yu immediately launched an attack. Before its Mega Evolution, Altaria was four times weak to Ice.

A-Du had his own ideas; he thought the poison shards were still too troublesome.

Even if it means wasting a moment's offensive opportunity, you must clear out the poison spikes on the field.

Once Altaria loses its ability to battle, and there are Toxic Spikes on the field, all Pokémon except those Flying-type Pokémon will be affected by the Toxic Spikes.

Furthermore, Flying-type Pokémon that are forcibly thrown to the ground will also be damaged by Toxic Spikes, so Toxic Spikes must be eliminated now and in the future.

The Qixi Bluebird flapped its cotton-like wings, creating a small hurricane across the entire area. The previously hidden poisonous shards gradually turned into poisonous mist and disappeared into the air.

Supervillain gathered a beam of icy light in its mouth and, without much hesitation, shot it directly at Altaria's body. Altaria sensed the danger and immediately flapped its wings to dodge.

However, his body was still a step too slow and was hit in part by the freezing ray.

呲呲呲!
With a small part of its body frozen into ice, Altaria quickly escaped the attack range of Supervillain. Under the influence of the mysterious guardian, the frozen part gradually shattered.

"Supervillain, Iron Wall".

Taking advantage of this moment, Bai Yu gave the command, and a metallic luster rose from Supervillain's body, the light merging into Supervillain's body.

A steel-framed iron wall.

"Don't even think about using Dragon Pulse."

A-Du decisively shouted at the Tanabata Bluebird.

Once the Iron Wall is formed, Altaria's physical attacks become ineffective.

Altaria is on par in both physical and special attack, but many Dragon-type and Flying-type special moves are physical attacks.

Once the iron wall is formed, any attack that A-du wants to launch will be wiped out in an instant.

The Altaria opened its beak and unleashed a ferocious Dragon Pulse. The azure wave transformed into a dragon shadow in the air, striking Supervillain squarely.

Boom! !

With a loud bang, the dragon-shaped energy wave exploded on Supervillain's body. Super Regeneration let out a muffled groan, and the metallic luster that had been rising from his body dissipated and disappeared into his body, without being interrupted.

At this point, Superbad's physical defense has increased by two levels.

"Wall of light!"

"Damn it, use singing!"

Once the light wall is formed, Superbug will be truly invincible, with both its defenses boosted. At that point, it will be even more difficult to defeat Superbug, and it must be eliminated at this moment.

The bluebird of the Double Seventh Festival spread its wings and uttered a beautiful song.

A semi-transparent pink barrier condensed in front of Supervillain, gradually solidifying.

The song had already entered Supervillain's mind, and Supervillain's body became swaying precariously. The two raised tentacles gradually lowered, and a translucent wall of light condensed in front of Supervillain. But at this moment, Supervillain was lying on the ground, motionless, and had fallen asleep.

"Come back, Superstar." Bai Yu didn't say much and quickly recalled Superstar.

First, he used the Mystic Guardian, then he cleared the fog. After clearing the fog, he also reduced the evasion rate of the Toxapex. Dragon Pulse was just a pretext. What Lance really wanted to do was to use the Singing move.

The steps were all interconnected, and this guy actually learned something from them.

It seems they really did discover a lot of new and interesting things during their trip to Blueberry Academy in the Unova region. "We've got the upper hand. Lance!" Daigo smiled slightly. This was something he and Lance figured out together, and of course, they also consulted Lorelei.

Kona has a lot of experience in this area, after all, she has a Laplace, and she used a similar tactic in her previous battle against Lance.

However, in contrast, Lapras does not clear the fog and does not reduce Lance's Pokémon's evasion rate. Instead, it clears the fog midway through the battle, instantly reducing the opponent's Pokémon's evasion rate, making this battle strategy more reliable.

Unfortunately, Bai Yu was just too fast in recalling the Pokémon.

Otherwise, A-Du could use the interval to allow the Altaria to use Dragon Dance to increase its speed and attack.

"He seems very familiar with this tactic. From singing to sleeping to recalling Pokémon, this guy makes judgments almost instantly without thinking." Daigo looked at Shiraha on the field.

This is what Daigo finds terrifying about Shiraha; it seems he knew from the very beginning what Wataru would do next.

"This is the first time I've seen a gym leader suffer a loss." The receptionist looked at the Altaria on the field with some surprise. Girls don't have much resistance to these fluffy Pokémon.

She also wanted to catch an Altaria, but unfortunately, wild Altarias are rarely seen in Kanto. If she wanted to catch one, she would have to try her luck in the Hoenn region.

"Hmm...aren't those Lance and Steven? Why are they challenging the gym? I remember seeing them at the Masters Tournament a while ago." Sabrina came out of her room, the noise outside had woken her up, and she looked at the three people on the field with sleepy eyes.

"They came to take on the challenge early this morning, Sister Nazi," the receptionist said politely.

"I see..." Sabrina glanced at the counting board again, then looked at the field and noticed that there was one less Pokémon in front of Bai Yu, which meant that Bai Yu had recalled the Pokémon first.

This is indeed rare. Generally speaking, Bai Yu will force his opponent to change the Pokémon on the field.

But thinking about it, it makes sense. After all, Lance is a champion-level trainer, so it's normal for him to suffer a little loss.

The two had faced off once before, and both knew which team was the strongest among their opponents.

"Toxapex, he should be taking out that Pokémon next. Although it's been a long time since he's used it, that Pokémon is still quite strong." Sabrina suddenly remembered the Pokémon that Shiraha had used in the previous battle.

The Pokémon from the Padilla region was not used in the Masters Tournament, but it was indeed the most useful Pokémon for dealing with Dragon-type Pokémon.

On the field.

Bai Yu looked at the Qixi Bluebird in mid-air, the effect of the mysterious protection being cleared away by the dense fog.

Of course, whether the mysterious guardian disappears or not has no impact on Bai Yu's side.

Mystic Guard protects your own Pokémon, specifically those on Lance's field, from getting into a status condition.

It's not like we're protecting the entire venue.

Singing puts Supervillain to sleep, but Supervillain has done all it can. The light wall has been erected, and it's time for Supervillain to take the lead.

The fake Dragon-type champion, the real Flying-type champion.

Lance has far more Flying-type Pokémon than one might imagine. Besides the Altaria in front of him, there's Dragonite, Salamence, Gyarados, and Aerodactyl.

Therefore, the Alumina Bridge Dragon that was subsequently caught and trained was not a Flying-type Pokémon.

"Ancient Sword Leopard!"

Without much hesitation, Bai Yu immediately unleashed his second Pokémon.

Accompanied by a fierce and violent roar, a Pokémon resembling a snow leopard appeared on the field, exuding an ancient aura.

The Ancient Sword Leopard, one of the treasures of the Padiya region, is associated with calamities.

It is also one of the few Pokémon whose base stats were nerfed shortly after its release, with its Attack stat reduced by a full 10 points.

"Ancient Leopard?" Steven was somewhat unfamiliar with the Pokémon in front of him.

He instinctively reached for his Pokédex, but he felt that even his national Pokédex couldn't find any information about that Pokémon, and the aura emanating from it was also strange.

"Ancient Leopard! This guy has brought out that Pokémon again."

Adu's lips twitched; his Dragonite had been defeated by this Ancient Blade Leopard.

Especially when the Ancient Sword Leopard was in a favorable situation, the strength it displayed far exceeded his expectations.

Previously, during the Masters Tournament, he had suspected that Bai Yu would use that Pokémon, but unexpectedly, Bai Yu did not use it, but instead used his other main Pokémon.

Was this Ancient Sword Leopard specially prepared for him?!

The advantages he had just gained vanished instantly with the appearance of Gu Jianbao. After that match, he dreamed of Gu Jianbao.

He used to be one of the four elite kings of the Kanto region and the champion of the Johto region. He was actually scared by this Pokémon. If word got out, people would laugh at him.

Who is he?
He is a Dragon Tamer and the champion of the City Alliance.

After so much time of honing our skills, even if we lose, we must force out Bai Yu's giant swamp monster.

Yes! We must fight to the very last moment and prove to everyone that A-Du is very strong. His loss to Dan-Di was only due to his carelessness and the advantage that Dan-Di gained from Dynamax.

"Tanabata Bluebird, unleash Dragon Pulse!"

Adu gathered his thoughts and decisively shouted. Could a dragon really lose to ice? He refused to believe it; even Lorelei, whom he had previously lost to, he had defeated again.

Besides, now...

The Qixi Bluebird let out a high-pitched and bright cry, flicked its beak, and spat out a stream of azure light.

The stream of light transformed into a virtual dragon shadow in mid-air, hurtling towards the Ancient Sword Leopard.

Dragon Pulse of the Dragon type.

"Dodge, unleash Ice Pillar Slam!"

A glint of ice flashed in the Ancient Sword Leopard's eyes. With all four legs exerting force simultaneously, its figure transformed into a streak of ice-blue light, instantly dodging the attack of the Dragon's Wave.

The dragon shadow crashed into the ground, raising a cloud of smoke. Within the smoke, the Ancient Sword Leopard flashed by, and countless ice pillars suddenly condensed in mid-air, hurtling towards the Seven-Headed Bluebird's body.

"acrobatics!"

A-Du looked up at the sky and shouted.

The Qixi Bluebird raised a white light, its figure light and graceful, and almost instantly shattered the ice pillars in mid-air, turning them into ice shards that scattered on the ground.

Taking advantage of this moment, the Ancient Sword Leopard kept getting closer to the Seven-Headed Bluebird.

"Frozen Fang!"

The Ancient Sword Leopard leaped into the air, and at that moment the Holy Sword emitted a dazzling azure light. The icy light struck the Azure Bird in an instant, and the Holy Sword pierced into the Azure Bird's body, causing the Azure Bird to let out a tragic cry.

The Ancient Sword Leopard has very high physical attack.

Furthermore, the Ice-type move Ice Fang was used at this moment. Altaria is four times weak to Ice, and the power of this attack instantly took away half of Altaria's life.

"Break free, Tanabata Bluebird!"

The Azurebird struggled desperately, instantly creating distance between itself and the Ancient Sword Leopard. Its cotton-like wings were now covered in ice, and its body grew weak. (End of Chapter)