Pokémon from Galar

"Poisonous water chestnut".

Marie watched the Squid King's movements and instructed Kyon to set up the arena. At this time, the Squid King had just adjusted his condition and was clearly no longer able to continue the high-intensity battle.

After exchanging a glance with Nie Zi from afar, Mary had Ah Xu unleash the final Power Gem, rendering the Squid King unable to fight.

For his third Pokémon, Nie Zi chose Toxtricity.

The combination of poison and electricity rendered the poison spikes that had just been deployed ineffective.

That's troublesome. Although Nihilego is a Rock/Poison type, it mainly uses Poison-type attacks and can only learn a few Rock-type moves.

However, when facing a Vibrating Salamence, poison-type attacks become extremely ineffective and cannot be used effectively.

With that in mind, Marie didn't hesitate. She pressed the Ultra Ball switch to recall Kyon, then forcefully threw out the Quick Ball and switched to her fourth Pokémon.

"Volt Replacement!"

Despite being at a disadvantage in both attributes and physical attributes, Nie Zi also chose to switch to Draco Balto.

"Hold on."

Although this move wouldn't cause him much damage, thinking about the opponent he might face later, Baloo naturally wouldn't be reckless. He used Protect to block the attack from Toxtricity and watched it retreat back into its Poké Ball.

Bang-!

The fourth Pokémon appeared on the field, a Weavile, and it was the same Weavile from Nie Zi's main team.

"..."

Although Marie knew that Balu wanted to fight again because Marie had lost once before, she didn't say that she had to fight Mavira.

He exudes a domineering aura in private, and on the public stage...

Mary felt that Nie Zi wanted to get herself stuck at the seventh dojo as well.

“Marie, use it. I contacted Dr. Kukui beforehand.”

Just as Mary was struggling with her decision, Nie Zi's voice suddenly crossed the arena and reached Mary's ears.

"How dare you act without permission...!"

"Sis, you can't keep hiding forever. It's about time. Or are you planning to hold back until the knockout stage?"

Marie understood Nie Zi's meaning. Since the Snowfield incident, Team Rocket hadn't been completely dealt with, and most of her secrets had already been exposed. Moreover, as she became more active and used her Aura more often, it was only a matter of time before people found out about her.

There's really no need to keep hiding it like this.

However, Marie would subconsciously try to keep it a secret as much as possible so as not to affect Alola.

"Bro, you're not lying to me about something like 'we contacted each other, but the other person didn't agree,' are you?"

"...What kind of person do you think I am? Of course, it's been confirmed."

Nie Zi had no need to lie to her in a place like this. The Alola Pokémon League was under construction recently, and as the Gym Leader of the League, Nie Zi wouldn't bother with something so thankless and difficult.

"Okay... phew—"

Mary took a deep breath and looked up at Balu, who had also been looking in her direction, and their eyes met easily.

"Roar~ (Should I use it? Even if I don't, I feel like I can still go toe-to-toe with that Weavile~ I can feel my own progress lately.)"

Do you want to go all out to win?

Mary, in turn, posed her own question to Baru.

"..."

Silence, but Mari could subtly sense Balu's will.

"I understand, let's go then! We must defeat that Weavile this time!"

hum-

"Roar--!!!"

As Mary's voice faded, in front of all the bewildered audience, Balu suddenly unleashed a pale golden aura, and his momentum rose steadily with a roar!

The aura of a hegemon made its first appearance before the world.

Chapter 354 Fierce Battle

Right in front of the cameras, Balu openly unleashed his domineering aura, causing an uproar among the audience watching the challenge.

No one knew what special move Marie's contestant, Dorombalut, had used. The chat in the live stream room started to explode, and posts on various forums were refreshing rapidly.

It is clear that many people are quite interested in the trump card that contestant Mary has been keeping hidden.

Qibana, who was also watching the match, grinned happily. He looked forward to more opponents appearing. Marie undoubtedly had the talent and ability, so he was very satisfied with Nie Zi's actions today.

It didn't matter during the dojo challenge period, but he really wanted to face off against Mary at full power in the official elimination tournament a few months later.

I glanced at the chaotic discussions in the live chat; after all, very few people have been to Alola and actually seen a Totem Pokémon. Even Raihana only witnessed the Totem aura for the first time when he was in the snowy plains.

Those present at the scene felt the sudden surge of pressure even more strongly than those watching the live stream. The aura of dominance was just like its name; even those watching from the sidelines could feel the pressure emanating from the Galar quasi-god.

So much so that some children were so frightened that they clung to the adults next to them.

Yuri, on the other hand, enthusiastically began explaining some of Alola's customs and island hopping on the forum, using an account that made almost no attempt to conceal its identity.

Yuri's post on the forum was immediately pushed to the top and quickly became screenshots and links, spreading wildly across different social media platforms.

Of course, these off-field matters will not affect Mary on the field for the time being.

Although the domineering aura greatly enhances all her qualities, Baloo was defeated by that Weavile before, so it's not certain that she'll fare well this time either.

Marie and Bal have reviewed that battle. According to Bal, his defeat occurred when he tried to use electromagnetic waves, but was provoked first, causing his move to fail and allowing his opponent to seize the offensive rhythm.

Today, with all the progress we've made, it's uncertain whether we can seize the initiative... We can try if we have the chance, but we need to play it safe first.

"A flash of lightning!"

With Marie's command, Balu's figure suddenly disappeared from the spot, and even the aura of the overlord surrounding him did not affect his elusiveness at all.

"Hold on!"

Bang-!

With equally exceptional reaction speed, Weavile almost instinctively raised a light barrier diagonally forward, blocking Bal's path!

"The Frozen Wind".

As the light barrier shattered, a cold, fierce wind suddenly swept around Mavira, heading straight for Balu, whose attack had failed!

"Sneak Attack by a Hidden Spirit!"

With Mary's voice, Balu vanished into the alternate dimension, narrowly avoiding the cold, strong wind.

Given Weavile's weak Special Attack ability, the power of Ice Wind is undoubtedly like scratching a itch, but its accompanying slowing effect makes Weavile cautious.

Since Ghost-type moves had little effect on Weavile, Palmo didn't hide for long. It suddenly appeared in the center of the field, unleashing a massive Fireball that released surging heat and engulfed Weavile!

"A flash of lightning."

Despite her flustered movements, Weavile's small figure left afterimages across the field with a flash of white light, instantly dodging the powerful Flame Burst!

boom--!!!

Amidst the towering explosion, Weavile ignored the heat and light behind her and charged straight toward Balu.

"Electromagnetic waves!"

"provocative."

After creating some distance, Mary seized the opportunity to try, and having already experienced being interrupted, even if she failed, Balu would have enough time to adjust.

While rapidly retreating, Balu attempted to disperse the electromagnetic waves, but this time, Weavile was still one step ahead.

The electromagnetic wave failed to launch again, but this time, Balu, who was prepared, quickly adjusted and did not give Mavira a chance to attack.

"Dragon Arrow!"

Since they were going all out, Balu's dragon arrows were naturally within the range of the unlocked attack. The two little dragons were poised to fire, trailing flames as they roared out. Empowered by Balu's energy, the little dragons unleashed extraordinary speed, arriving in front of the ever-approaching Weavile almost instantly.

"Frozen Fist".

Facing the incoming dragon arrow, knowing there was no escape, Weavile raised its hands, and ice energy quickly enveloped them.

Twist your waist and throw a punch!

Thump—thump—

He threw two violent punches at Xiao Duolong's head, attempting to knock him back, but at that moment,

"Big Flame Burst!"

Marie wasn't going to give Weavile a chance to catch her breath. Baloo's fiery explosion erupted again, but this time, blocked by the dragon arrow, Weavile couldn't dodge in time and could only raise her hands to protect her chest.

"Hold on."

boom--!!!

The explosion did not stop Mavira; he quickly rushed out of the flames, his speed showing no sign of slowing down.

"Ice pick!"

Before Nie Zi could finish speaking, Maniac rubbed his hands together, and several sharp ice shards, each a meter long, shot out one after another towards Balu!

"Dragon Pulse!"

Balu twisted his body to dodge in mid-air, his eyes fixed on the Mavila that was running towards him. He opened his mouth wide, and a purple beam of light shot out, forcefully shattering the ice shards that were coming at him.

The remaining force swept over Manneken, shattering the spot where he had just stood and carving out a long trench.

"Icicle falling."

Taking advantage of the moment when Balu's momentum was not yet exhausted, Weavile quickly made its move, slamming its claws down on the ground. Ice spread, and an ice pillar more than ten meters long rose from the ground, then pressed down on Balu with its enormous weight!

"Hold on!"

A light screen appeared, blocking the ice pillars. A huge amount of energy exploded in front of him. Without thinking, Balu took advantage of the strong wind and quickly flew away from his original position, avoiding the ice spikes that followed!

Weavile seemed unconcerned that its attacks were dodged. Even though the two had managed to touch each other during the exchange, neither Weavile nor Bal had wavered in the slightest.

"avalanche."

Without stopping its movement, Weavile attacked again. A sudden surge of cold air erupted from its body, and the shattered ice blocks throughout the arena abruptly gathered and disintegrated.

A large number of ice particles and snowflakes roared in the center of the field, turning into a huge wave of ice and snow that surged toward Balu in mid-air, trying to sweep him up and crush him!