Pokémon: Trainers Start as Bounty Hunters.

The intense heat of the battlefield instantly dropped significantly, and the breath exhaled by Blaziken turned into a visible white.

What kind of habit is this? Are you looking for a beating? Tetsuya was taken aback.

Is the opponent so frustrated by their own defeat? Blizzard, a Grass/Ice type, is four times weak to Fire.

He was a little confused for a moment.

But never mind, let's win first.

Without hesitation, Tetsuya issued the command: "Charged Flame Strike".

With a four-fold advantage, even the weakest Spark can deal damage close to Devastation Ray, so there's no need to pursue high-powered skills; the faster the better.

Flames instantly covered the Blaziken's feathers.

A high-speed, roaring sound rang out.

The stark contrast between the high and low temperatures makes the path of the Blaziken's movement clearly visible.

"Blizzard King, hold the line!" Hatayama Natsuko ordered firmly.

She wasn't discouraged by the beating, and her purpose in using Blizzard King wasn't to win.

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Chapter 279 So what if I'm young?

A green light curtain covered the Blizzard King's massive white body.

These experienced players have a truly masterful command of their Pokémon to defend against such a highly effective defensive skill.

Tetsuya tilted his head, but this move wasn't that hard to break. He and Blaziken had practiced how to counter it more than once.

On the field, just as Blaziken, in its charged Flame Attack state, was about to collide with the protective light barrier, the green light barrier suddenly disappeared, and Abomasnow directly took the brunt of the extremely damaging fire-type move.

Blizzard King and Natsuko Hatayama were clearly unprepared for this sudden turn of events.

Full of confidence and ready to give the order to complete her plan, Hatayama Natsuko stood there dumbfounded, staring at the Blizzard King who had completely lost his ability to fight.

"Oh, that's quite unfortunate. It seems that Hatayama Natsuko's Abomasnow has not mastered the Protect skill very well. It was unable to use Protect before Blaziken attacked it. Abomasnow, having failed to protect itself, has lost the opportunity to defend itself and can no longer fight."

In the sky, the narrator's tongue-twisting words really confused many viewers.

However, after summarizing, they roughly understood that it was just Blizzard's king being bad at cooking.

Hatayama Natsuko scoffed at the explanation. Although the first use of Protect was not 100% successful like in Tetsuya's previous life game, the success rate of a near-Elite Four level Pokémon after training was definitely over 99%, and even some elite level Pokémon could do it.

If your skill level is any lower, you probably won't be able to learn the skill of guarding.

Besides, that appearance just now was a clear indication of a successful use.

Hatayama Natsuko couldn't understand it at all.

"It's just the weakest spark; it's just for practicing energy manipulation skills," Tetsuya explained casually.

He was getting impatient because the other person was taking too long to think.

It's easy to understand that the skill can only defend against one attack. It is ineffective against continuous energy attacks and secondary or even multiple attacks. Otherwise, this skill would be too overpowered.

As long as you use Spark to break the Guard skill before the Charged Flame Strike hits the Snow King, you'll be fine.

Hatayama Natsuko was stunned.

It sounds easy, but the difficulty of using two skills simultaneously is completely different from the difficulty of using them one after the other almost simultaneously.

She remembered that Blaziken was clearly still in the process of charging up and releasing Flame Strike.

She was convinced by this explanation; the fact that Blaziken could perform such an action showed that its strength was exceptionally powerful among the near-Elite Four members, even quite close to the Elite Four level.

Even with all the Pokémon she's raised for so long, she wouldn't dare say she could do this every time, so she never even considered it at first.

"The training period wasn't long, so the aptitude must be exceptionally high," Hatayama Natsuko thought to herself, while silently recalling Blizzard King.

The tactics she wanted to use failed to materialize, and she also lost a near-elite-level combatant. It's fair to say that her move, Blizzard King, put her in a very awkward position.

"Then, I'll leave the rest to you, Lucky Kappa."

Without hesitation, Hatayama Natsuko offered her best option.

This was, of course, within Tetsuya's expectations.

Of Hatayama Natsuko's remaining three near-Elite Four Pokémon—Ludicolo, Strider, and Roserade—only the Water/Grass-type Lotad can pose a significant threat to Blaziken currently on the field.

He originally thought the third Pokémon would be Ludicolo.

However, for reasons unknown, the opposing team chose Blizzard King.

Zheke had made ample preparations to swap Blaziken and Ludicolo, but unexpectedly, his opponent gave him a small victory.

No, how could I say it was a gift? Tetsuya cursed himself. It was clearly his own strength that was being used.

Seeing that Tetsuya had suddenly fallen silent, Hatayama Natsuko preemptively gave the order: "Rakuten Kappa, use Bubble Beam."

The Lucky Kappa, which looked like a hybrid of a pineapple and a duck (or perhaps a platypus), laughed happily, and a burst of foam shot out from its mouth.

Before long, the ground was covered with foam light.

"You've managed to make the Bubble Beam look like a field skill?" Tetsuya exclaimed in amazement. "That's amazing."

He couldn't even remember how many times he had praised her in the past two months.

"Blazing Chicken, Thunder Punch!" Tetsuya passionately gave the command, ending this battle and starting the second half.

胜利

Oh my!

Blaziken sensed Tetsuya's joy and let out a spirited cry.

Strands of yellow electricity flowed across its claws.

"Xia Mo!"

Blaziken clenched its claws, threw a punch forward, and lightning energy instantly shot out from its hands.

Blaziken had already used this move before.

Through the light of water-bubbling bubbles, lightning can be conducted to the Lucky Kappa and cause it harm.

Although it is greatly weakened due to distance, the Water/Grass type Ludicolo is different from ordinary Grass-type Pokémon, and Electric-type moves can still cause it some damage.

Given that it's impossible for Blaziken to actively enter the "bubble field," it's a good choice—if it were to use a ranged Fire-type move, it would be weakened by Bubble Beam, and its final power might not even be as good as a Thunder Punch.

Lightning bolts streaked across the field.

However, it is clear that it deviated slightly from the path Tetsuya had envisioned.

Under the vast expanse of bubble light, even though Blaziken tries its best to control the lightning, most of the electric energy inevitably dissipates in all directions through the bubbles.

Only a very small number of attacks actually hit the Rakuten Kappa.

Just by looking at its incredibly relaxed and carefree expression, you can tell that it was basically unharmed.

"Now it's our turn to fight back, Lucky Kappa, use Rain Dance."

With the use of Pokémon that have a type advantage, Natsuko Hatayama clearly gained more confidence, and even her tone of voice when giving commands changed.

Blue orbs of light formed on the green, glove-like hands of the Rakuten Kappa.

With a flick of his wrist, the blue orb shattered in the sky, and a considerable amount of dark clouds quickly gathered above the arena.

A light drizzle gradually began to fall.

"This is tough," Tetsuya complained more than once. He was determined to spend time working hard on his weather skills after the conference ended.

Don't you see that these trainers only use weather moves on him, not on anyone else? Isn't that because they're taking advantage of his lack of experience, young age, and limited skill set?

Weather skills can only be honed over time.

Zhe was also furious. So what if he's young? Did he eat your rice?

Fortunately, the rainy weather didn't take a big toll on Blaziken's stamina; it just greatly limited the power of its Fire-type moves.

If it were a sandstorm or hail, then a quick battle would be necessary.

Meanwhile, as the rain fell, observing the changes on the field, Tetsuya quickly found a counterattack point: "Blizzard, Aerial Ace!"

Chapter 280 The Leaping Lucky Kappa

The rain generated by the rain-praying skill is quite heavy.

But it was precisely for this reason that the clusters of shimmering foam gradually dissipated under the impact of the rain.

At this point, Ludicolo was completely exposed to Blaziken.

Blaziken instinctively tilted its head, mimicking Tetsuya's gesture, without making any excessive exertion, and instantly disappeared from its spot.

If it weren't for the white light created by the swallow's return, most people present wouldn't have been able to detect its movement.

"clap clap"

The powerful sound of legs slamming against the water echoed around the Lucky Kappa.

The lucky kappa unconsciously twisted its body and danced a little.

"Lucky Kappa!" Natsuko Hatayama quickly reminded her Pokémon not to get distracted.

There's no way around it, that's just how Lucky Kappa is. It dances all day long and doesn't care about anything in the world. If Lucky Kappa hears loud and cheerful music, it will run over and start dancing along.

Blaziken's rhythmic running clearly made Lucky Kappa lose himself in his own joy.

Fortunately, Ludicolo possesses great strength and self-control, and with the call of its trainer, it barely managed to restrain its nature.

"boom"

The next second, the Lucky Kappa, which had been flying backward, crashed heavily to the ground.

The Blaziken, now revealed, angrily shook its wet feathers and lifted one leg at the same time.

The weather was already making it very uncomfortable, and the other side dared to slack off at this time. It was as if they didn't take it seriously at all.

Blaziken expressed that he was quite angry.

The chubby kappa used its thick hands to support itself on the ground and stood up, its breathing becoming slightly more noticeable.

The Flying-type Aerial Ace inflicts considerable damage on Grass/Water-type Pokémon like this.

However, gradually, its breathing rhythm and frequency returned to normal.

The special feature is the rain disc that can continuously restore stamina on rainy days; Tetsuya confirmed this information once again.

It's hard to say whether this ability is good or bad. For Ludicolo, either the two normal abilities, Swift Swim or Rain Dish, are quite good choices.

As long as they don't have any hidden traits and just do whatever they want, it's fine. Otherwise, they're just too difficult to train.

Presumably, the one on the other side doesn't have one, otherwise it wouldn't have stopped its leaping so easily.

"Lucky Kappa, use water gun!" Hatayama Natsuko launched another fierce attack. It would be idiotic not to take the initiative when you have the attribute advantage, weather advantage, and recovery advantage.

Of course, the main reason is that she desperately needs a resounding victory to restore her morale and momentum; otherwise, it would be quite unreasonable for a single elf to defeat three opponents in a row and force her into the second half.

"chichichi"

Strands of white water shot out from the mouth of the Lucky Kappa, the sharp whistling sound demonstrating the considerable power of the water gun.

As an essential skill for Water-type Pokémon, Water Gun actually holds a very high strategic position.

On one hand, the water gun's release and attack speeds are exceptionally fast. Although it is certainly less powerful than a water-type ultimate move, it is not bad either.

Especially now that Lucky Kappa's water gun has both attribute bonuses and weather bonuses, it can be said that all internal and external factors are in place.

Even though each water cannon is only less than half the power of a regular water cannon, the water cannons still come out like machine guns, firing "rat-a-tat-tat," and at least three, four, five, or six cannons come at once.

If you can hit the opponent with all your water, wouldn't that be more effective than a water cannon that requires a long charging time?

Moreover, the power of the water cannon lies in its area of ​​effect, while the power of the water gun lies mainly in its penetrating power. Some Pokémon with extremely weak defenses can easily be hit by the water gun and be covered in wounds. The names of the skills are never chosen randomly.

"Xia Mo".

The Blaziken showed no fear as the water gun flew rapidly towards it, and stood ready to fight.