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Chapter 172: Ironclad: Dragon Skills? Then I won’t be sleepy anymore.

Charizard and Metapod, don’t be fooled by the fact that one is one of the three starter Pokémons from the Kanto region and the other is a very common Pokémon.

In fact, the racial values ​​of the two are almost the same.

Charizard's racial stat is 535, and Metapod's racial stat is 525, and Metapod also has attribute restraint on Charizard.

If the Metaceratops in Xia Mu's hand was an ordinary Metaceratops, Charizard, which had awakened its dragon bloodline, could still crush it head-on.

But his Ironclad Shell is a carefully cultivated Dragon Slayer Shell, so its strength is extraordinary.

Charizard was so powerful that it was not hit against the wall by the Dragon Slayer Shell, and it couldn't be lifted off even by scratching.

Originally, Charizard could use its flexibility and agility to dodge Metagross's attacks.

But Xia Mu’s Dragon Slaying Shell can actually fly.

The key point is that the flying speed is not slow, and Charizard's advantage is gone in an instant.

Although Charizard looked at Metagross with a sharp gaze, it was actually nervous inside.

There was a very disgusting aura coming from Metapod.

This breath can even help Charizard overcome its fear of water.

Charizard also forced himself to suppress the urge to turn around and run, so that he could stalemate with Metapod in the air.

A dragon and a shell were staring at each other.

The gap is gradually narrowing.

The advantage of the fire-breathing awakened bloodline was transformed into a blatant disadvantage because the opponent was the Dragon Slayer.

Water can be sprayed out from the gaps in the shell of the Ironclad, like a small jet, comparable to Blue using Blastoise to fly in the air.

But unlike Blastoise, Ironclad is covered by water jets, achieving an internal circulation mode.

So in theory, Metapod can fly in the air for a long time.

In the audience, some curious people were broadcasting the event live.

This exciting duel also caused the number of people flocking to the live broadcast room to soar to more than 100,000.

A clever and quirky girl is watching the live broadcast while leaning on an evolved Squirtle.

She was setting up a stall, with a blue cloth filled with various elf props.

"Is Ironclad Belial flying through the air with a jet of water?"

"That's a great idea. I can also ask Squirtle to do that."

"Turtle, learn from us. We still have a lot to learn later."

At this time, a boy wearing red clothes, a hat, and a curious Pikachu on his shoulder walked over.

"Hello, handsome boy, are you here to see the elf props?"

"I have a lot of items here that can increase your spirit power."

The girl smiled like a profiteer: "You've taken good care of this Pikachu. You're such an excellent trainer."

"I suppose as an excellent trainer like you, you will focus more on improving yourself."

Red and Pikachu felt a little embarrassed when they were praised by the beauty, so the man and the elf began to look at the props on the stalls.

Yangcheng City Stadium, Yandong Province, Yanhuang Region.

The battle between Charizard and Metapod has reached a fever pitch.

The two sides have been fighting for a while, but there is no winner.

When Metagross's water-based skills get within three meters of Charizard's, they will be evaporated into water vapor by its scorching breath.

Charizard's fire skills were easily defeated by Metapod.

The audience exclaimed that it was very exciting.

“I didn’t expect that we would be able to see a professional-level event at the provincial competition.”

"Of course, Xia Mu's strength is quite good, comparable to Leo's, so the duel between masters depends on details."

"A slight deviation could lead to a complete loss."

"But I still think Xia Mu has a higher chance of winning. After all, water controls fire. As long as Xia Mu doesn't rush and rush, he can kill Charizard with just a little effort."

The audience's idea is correct. Xia Mu's Metapod has two recovery skills: Life Drop and Water Ring.

It fights a protracted war and is not afraid of anyone at all.

The key is to be afraid that Charizard has some backup plan.

"Metal Shell, Double Water Cannon, attack Charizard's wings."

Two rapid streams of water roared and shot out like dragons emerging from the sea.

It bared its fangs and claws, trying to swallow Charizard whole.

Charizard is not easy to bully.

It opened its mouth, and orange-red fire appeared in its throat.

A tongue of fire shot out from the Charizard's mouth.

The fiery red flames instantly collided with the water flow, and water vapor evaporated all over the sky and filled the air.

Spots of sunlight fell on Charizard's body, and its power continued to grow.

The characteristic of Solar Power is that special attacks will continue to increase when the weather is sunny.

This is why Leo still sent out Charizard even though he knew Xia Mu had a water-type Pokémon.

The two sides were fighting each other, but there was no result.

Leo decided to take a gamble.

Charizard, who has awakened his dragon bloodline, naturally also mastered the skill of Dragon Star Swarm.

This skill, known as the dragon's ultimate move, allows Charizard to defeat many opponents stronger than itself.

It's just that the preparation time for this skill is a little longer.

"Charizard, Dragon Star Cluster."

The Charizard spread its wings, roared towards the sky, and golden dragon energy emanated from its body.

It condensed its dragon energy and flapped its wings to avoid the water gun attack from the Archer Shell.

There were several times when Metapod's water gun almost hit Charizard and caused damage to it.

This lasted for more than a minute before Charizard finally released the initial stage of the Dragon Star Swarm skill.

The dragon energy rose directly into the air and condensed into a golden cloud.

Waves of dragon might emerged from the clouds, and the people in the audience could only feel a spiritual oppression from the giant dragon.

Immediately afterwards, countless golden meteors fell from the sky and surged towards the direction where the Ironclad Shell was.

Wherever it passed, even the white steam was torn apart by the Dragon Meteor, revealing the true form of the Iron Armor Shell.

Golden dragon meteors left a golden glow in the air, rushing towards Ironclad in all directions.

It is necessary to block all the movement space of Metapod. Through this trick, Xia Mu's Metapod can be completely defeated and qualify for the finals.

Ironclad: Dragon-type skills? Then I won't be sleepy anymore.

Ironclad's fighting spirit soared, and a cold current surged through his body.

"Spike Cannon + Freezing Wind."

Xia Mu gave two instructions in succession.

Two white lights converged at the horns of the ironclad shell, and bursts of cold air poured into it.

Two large sharp ice crystals condensed out.

The ice crystals shattered instantly, and countless thumb-sized ice spikes shot out from the broken ice crystals, dispersing in the direction of the dragon star group. Then, bursts of icy blue cold air emanated from the Ironclad Shell, causing the ice spikes to continue to grow larger.

At this time, Metagross also used its ultimate skill.

When the Dragon Star Cluster and Metagross's skills collided with each other, Charizard and Leo were particularly surprised that the Dragon Star Cluster was like paper and was easily pierced by Metagross's ice spikes, followed by a violent explosion.

The scattered dragon energy gathered faintly on the shell of the ironclad shell and eventually disappeared.

A large number of ice spikes are passing through the interception of the dragon star group and attacking towards the direction of Charizard.

Charizard didn't expect this result. Its mouth opened wide, and the flying ice spikes were reflected in its pupils.

There was only one thought in its mind: Oh my God, the Dragon Star Cluster was blocked like this?
is it possible?

Its movements paused slightly, like a giant target, directing the ice spikes to attack quickly.

It was Leo who reacted quickly: "Charizard, use Smoke Charge to cover your entire body in flames."

"And then break out of the encirclement!"

"There's no time left, hurry up!"

If these ice spikes fell on Charizard, it would probably be pierced into a sieve by the ice spikes.

Flames emanated from Charizard's body, and the rolling heat waves caused many ice crystals to gradually melt in the air.

Cold icy rain fell from the sky and froze into icicles when it landed on the ground.

Charizard instantly formed a huge fireball. It flapped its wings and flew towards the sky, trying to break out of the encirclement of the ice spikes.

The ice spikes followed the Charizard like a thorn in its flesh.

It took a lot of effort to encircle the dragon, so how could Xia Mu let Charizard escape?

"Metal Shell, use the water cannon to break Charizard's defense."

Two turbulent streams of water gushed out again, but with the help of the freezing wind, a thin layer of ice gradually froze around the outer edge of the water.

This speeds up the impact velocity of the water cannon.

Before Charizard could escape the pursuit of the ice spikes, the water cannon landed directly on Charizard.

Charizard only felt a biting chill coming from below, and most of the flames on its body were extinguished.

An expression of extreme pain appeared on its face, and its flying speed slowed down a lot.

Before Charizard could react, the ice spikes that followed it "bloomed" on its body.

Most of Charizard's body was frozen into ice.

Its wings were completely frozen, and Charizard fell from the sky like a kite with a broken string.

There was only a loud bang, and the ground shook. Even the audience in the auditorium could feel the obvious tremor.

Smoke filled the air and the ground was hit hard, leaving large spider-web-like cracks on the solid ground, showing the intensity of the battle.

"Ironclad, continue the attack."

"Use the high-pressure water cannon and don't give Charizard time to react."

Seeing victory was imminent, Metapod took advantage of the chaos and continued to attack, determined to kill Charizard here and prevent it from turning over.

Xia Mu suddenly noticed that Leo's face was calm, without a trace of panic, and he immediately felt that something was wrong.

"No, Charizard was badly damaged, why is Leo so calm?"

"Does he have a back-up plan?"

Xia Mu muttered to himself, and several tactics that Leo might use suddenly appeared in his mind.

If the semi-finals are this difficult, then the finals will be even more difficult.

What's more, this is just the provincial competition. There will be competitions in the Yanhuang region after the provincial competition. Those are the best players in the entire Yanhuang region.

If you can make it into the top eight of the Yanhuang Tournament, you will at least be a future gym leader.

Xia Mu’s requirements are not high, as long as he can be among the top eight in the Yanhuang Competition.

When the time comes, I will be assigned to a remote gym to run it, so I will have a place to live and my own real home.

However, Shenshan Middle School agreed to preserve his cultivation house and open it to students as an exhibition hall.

Xia Mu can come back anytime he wants to live here.

He has lived here for a long time and it has become his second home.

Xia Mu's eyes were fixed on the battlefield. He had to concentrate and beware of Leo's back-up plan.

Just as Metapod was attacking crazily, Leo suddenly grinned.

He was observing Metagross's every move, looking for any flaws it might reveal.

Taking advantage of the gap when Metal Gargoyle had just finished using his Water Cannon skill, Leo suddenly shouted, "Charizard, take this opportunity to use Earth Throw."

Before Metapod could react, a black shadow shot out from below. It was Charizard.

When Xia Mu saw Charizard's gray face, he immediately understood how Charizard avoided Metapod's attack.

This guy actually has the skill to dig holes.

The moment he was hit by Metacerp, he used the technique of digging a hole to leave here, waiting for an opportunity to severely damage Metacerp.

Charizard suppressed its fear of water and rushed into the jet of water.

It used its sharp dragon claws to tightly grasp the protruding spikes on the ironclad shell.

With a sudden flap of its wings, it flew high into the sky.

"Master Xia, your Ironclad Shell is quite good, but from my observation, its blind spot is right behind the shell."

"The ironclad shell is very large and thick, so it can only open to a maximum angle of 150 degrees."

"In other words, the area behind the shell is the Ironclad's blind spot."

"I just pretended to let Charizard show a flaw and let it be bombarded by Metagross. I was waiting for this opportunity to appear."

"Meteorite's defense is very strong, so I took advantage of this and figured out a way to defeat it."

Leo has learned theory quite well and is very flexible and adaptable, which are exactly the combat qualities a trainer should have.

Xia Mu put everything together and understood Leo's plan.

"Not bad, Leo, you've learned combat quite well."

"You've thought of using gravity acceleration to kill my Iron Shell."

"Metal Shell's shell is very hard. When Charizard flies down at high speed, it uses the acceleration of gravity to kill Metal Shell."

"It's like smashing a rock against the ground. Under the influence of gravity, even an extremely hard rock will crack the moment it hits the ground, and in severe cases, it may even break into pieces."

This is why throwing objects from high places will be strictly punished by law.

An apple dropped from a thirty-story building can even penetrate a person's skull.

This is why Leo would rather let Charizard be eroded by the water flow than let Charizard hold on to Metapod and use the Earth Throw.

Use magic to defeat magic, and use the enemy's spear to attack your own shield.

At this time, Charizard had already reached a high altitude. It began to hold onto Metagross tightly and spin at super high speed.

Ironclad only felt a dizzying sensation, and then fell rapidly downwards.

In order to ensure that the Earth Throw could be performed successfully, Charizard held on to Metapod tightly and did not let go.

This is to ensure that Metapod can crash straight into the ground without having the opportunity to use the water cannon skill in the middle to cushion the trend of falling.

Seeing Charizard being so dedicated, a smile gradually appeared on Xia Mu's face.

Winning or losing does not matter.

This time, Leo shot himself in the foot!
(End of this chapter)