Pokémon, Ash's art style is off!

Gyarados is loyal and obeys commands; this is harmony between humans and animals!

With the right timing, the right place, and the right people, Xiaoxia has no reason not to defeat Xiaozhi!

Why worry about not being able to utterly defeat a petty strategist!

"it's over!"

She was almost about to declare victory.

However, the three sisters on the sidelines had different expressions.

"If I remember correctly," Sakura said thoughtfully, "Ash... there are still two Pokémon that haven't appeared yet, right?"

"Mmm~ Mmm~"

The calamus trailed off.

Peony looked at the spirited young woman in the arena.

Putting everything else aside, just looking at Xiaoxia's expression, anyone who didn't know better would think she was about to win.

Even if they could defeat Pikachu, the score would only be one to two, right?

Ash's other two Pokémon are still at full strength.

The blazing white light illuminated Gyarados's ferocious teeth, and it looked as if Hyper Beam was about to burst forth.

Staring at the rippling water, Xiao Zhi suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

"Pikachu, use Iron Tail on the pool beneath you!"

"Pickup!"

Pikachu didn't hesitate.

With a flick of its tail, it slammed its tail hard into the water.

"boom--!"

With a muffled thud, the water surface visibly caved in, forming a huge bowl-shaped crater centered on Pikachu.

Immediately afterwards, the powerful impact propelled the water to spread wildly in all directions, crashing hard against the pool wall before surging back with even greater force!

The waves crashed against the shore!

Under Ash's command, a giant wave instantly formed.

It lunged straight at the Gyarados in mid-air.

"Is this... surfing?"

Peony exclaimed in amazement.

As a seasoned Water-type trainer, she naturally knows all about Water-type moves.

"No! That's not right!"

Sakura replied immediately.

"Surfing requires precise control over water energy, and judging from Pikachu's appearance... it probably rarely even goes into the water."

"This wave..."

It's probably just pure strength; they smashed it open with brute force!

"Pikachu!"

"Pickup!"

Without needing to say more, Pikachu understood Ash's meaning.

"Sizzle—!"

In front of Gyarados.

The dazzling golden lightning, as if alive, instantly covered the entire wave, turning it into a brilliant golden pool of thunder!

Electric-type Surf, how can a Flying/Water-type Pokémon catch it?!

Gyarados!

Xiaoxia was not intimidated at all.

It's just wave repulsion!

There isn't a single coward among them from Northeast China!

"Roar!!!"

Gyarados let out a deafening roar, its ferocity fully unleashed.

The destructive death ray that had accumulated to its peak in its mouth was no longer retained.

Open your mouth wide!

In an instant, a dazzling white beam of light tore through the air.

It shot out!

It collided violently with the oncoming golden wave.

"Bang—!!! Sizzle—!!!"

Water vapor rose, and white mist instantly spread.

Xiaozhi and Xiaoxia are far apart, so it's not a problem.

The three sisters watching the battle suffered terribly, as they were shocked by the escaping water vapor and the tiny electric currents mixed in with it, causing them to scream repeatedly.

Seeing that the two sides were evenly matched.

Gyarados, enraged, roared and slammed its head down, its Hyper Beam output power increasing by a third!

"boom--!"

The blazing white beam of light forcefully pierced through the golden wave!

Just as Gyarados, feeling incredibly powerful, was about to proudly ask Misty to pat its valiant body on the ground.

Then Xiaoxia exclaimed in surprise.

"Oh no! Gyarados, watch out!"

Beneath the pierced giant wave, Pikachu was nowhere to be seen!

"late!"

Ash roared.

"Pikachu, Iron Tail!"

Under the cover of the water mist created by the clash of attacks, Pikachu descended from the sky and landed on top of Gyarados's head!

"It flew?!"

"when!?"

The three sisters exclaimed in unison, their expressions identically shocked.

Could this Pikachu possibly have Alolan Raichu's bloodline?!

Xiao Zhi glanced at them.

What's so surprising about that?

While the eye of the storm is indeed calm, it's not entirely devoid of force either.

Because the wind speed around the center is very high, the air pressure at the center is several times lower than the standard atmospheric pressure, which is accompanied by a great uplift force!

With just a little ingenuity, one can rise to the occasion by leveraging external forces.

What's more, it was a powerful and heavy iron tail strike!

"Pickup!"

Pikachu spun in the air, its tail drawing a cold arc through the air.

With such force, even the tip of its tail was tinged with a faint light!

Even more tragically!

At this moment, Gyarados has already fired one shot and entered a state of sage mode, unable to resist!

They could only watch helplessly as that cold light rapidly magnified before their eyes—

"state--!"

A powerful tail strike.

Like a pile driver, it slammed solidly into Gyarados's broad forehead!

Gyarados's eyes bulged out instantly, and stars flashed everywhere.

The massive body instantly lost control and plunged headfirst into the pool below!

"Pikachu, don't let it get away!"

Xiao Zhi shouted.

"Pickup!"

Pikachu pressed its advantage, grabbing Gyarados's dorsal fin and using the momentum to lunge forward again.

Then, just like the story Xiaozhi told that day, I steadily rode on its neck!

Bang! Bang!

Two more heavy punches slammed into Gyarados's hard skull!

Then he sat down firmly and pressed its head into the water with both hands.

"Glug glug glug..."

A series of messy bubbles rose rapidly.

"Huh? Gyarados is an aquatic Pokémon, so it can't drown, right?"

Peony asked.