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Chapter 503 The Deadly Rhythm of the Armored Warrior! Reverse Attribute? Blazing Roaring Tiger: Let's learn about Holy Flame!
The fiery roar of the tiger was incredibly provocative, its fiery hook hand gesture was so stylish that the barrage of comments exploded instantly.

[666, this is the first time I've seen such a taunting gesture. The streamer's Blazing Roaring Tiger is something else!]

I've never seen such an arrogant Pokémon!

Now you've seen it!

For the armored warrior, the Blazing Roaring Tiger's actions were like a spark falling into a powder keg, instantly igniting the warrior's cold fighting spirit. His compound eyes, which were originally as calm as still water, now burned with a dangerous light.

"Mr. Snorlax's Pokémon certainly have distinct personalities... but angering Golisopod is not a wise choice!"

Seth's expression turned slightly cold. Having already lost a match and been provoked by the opponent's Pokémon, she had to show some attitude for the sake of Crystal Gym's dignity.

"Family, this is a tough one."

Ye Yinchuan delivered his pre-battle analysis to the audience, his voice steady, as if he were confident of victory.

"The Armored Warrior, a Bug/Water type, has base stats comparable to Incineroar. Its physical attack and defense are outstanding, but its speed outside of its burst state is a weakness. My Incineroar, needless to say, is also a physical attacker, but its flames are no joke."

He paused and continued:

"From an attribute perspective, Incineroar's Fire-type has a certain advantage over Bug-type, but don't forget that Golem is a Water-type, and everyone understands the principle that Water beats Fire. So, each has its advantages and disadvantages in this aspect. Objectively speaking, Golem has a slight advantage, but..."

Pokémon battles wait for no one.

Before Ye Yinchuan could finish his analysis, the armored warrior had already transformed into a streak of silver lightning!
"A head-on blow!"

Its sharp forepaws tore through the air, charging straight at the Blazing Roaring Tiger with deadly intent!

With sufficient range and the conditions for attacking first met, this strike will be incredibly powerful!

But would the Blazing Roaring Tiger just sit and wait to die?

Facing the battle head-on, the aura was no longer concealed, and the "Intimidate" trait took effect. The domineering aura was released like a shockwave, which affected the armored warrior's offensive to some extent.

But the opponent was, after all, a high-level Gym Leader Pokémon, whose strength and fighting spirit were both very solid...

The Blazing Roaring Tiger didn't take the hit head-on, but it also didn't make any obvious dodging movements. Instead, it adopted an extremely arrogant side-stepping stance, using its thick shoulder muscles to take the blow. At the same time, it twisted its body to deflect most of the impact onto the ground.

boom!
The stone slabs beneath his feet were cracking inch by inch. The Blazing Roaring Tiger was injured in the shoulder, bleeding profusely, but the expression on his face was ferocious and excited.

Incineroar craves worthy opponents and a battle arena more than Snorlax, and enjoys the thrill of being the center of attention!
[Wasn't this armored warrior supposed to be slow? He's practically leaving afterimages, and you call that slow?]

[The speed of an armored warrior is manifested in brief bursts, including head-on strikes and dangerous evasions; in reality, it's not fast enough most of the time!]

The streamer even used Snorlax to test out Golem's attack patterns, but unfortunately, this preemptive strike was impossible to defend against!

[It couldn't be defended against, but it didn't break through either. I feel like the Blazing Roaring Tiger isn't panicking at all!]

The discussion in the live chat was heated and reached a fever pitch.

Having gained the upper hand, the armored warrior pressed his advantage, launching an even fiercer offensive. He had no intention of giving the Blazing Roaring Tiger a chance to breathe. His forepaws transformed into a deadly storm, and the "Water Stream Crack," imbued with high-pressure water, sliced ​​through the air at high speed!
"Roar!"

The Blazing Roaring Tiger was full of fighting spirit and had no intention of being passively attacked. Its fiery belt suddenly burst into flames, and it used "DD Golden Hook Arm" to fight violence with violence!
Rumbling--

In a violent collision, the Blazing Roaring Tiger's thick arm was torn open by the water flow, and a chilling energy invaded, causing its defensive posture to falter slightly.

The water flow's debuff effect, which lowers defense, has been triggered!
Moreover, given the clash between fire and water, and the fact that the Blazing Roaring Tiger was at a disadvantage due to its higher level, it was naturally at a disadvantage...

In other words, thanks to its solid training foundation, its confidence to go head-to-head, and the combat skills honed by the Shadow of the Overlord, it managed to avoid vital points as much as possible...

[That's it? I think the Fiery Roar Tiger is doomed! It's being completely overwhelmed!]

Hmm... even the legendary DD golden hook arm is nothing special!

[Don't rush me, this is nothing! Are you guys really that eager for the streamer to lose?]

[It's not that I'm pessimistic, but the facts are clear: their level is suppressed, their attributes are countered, and they have no advantage in combat. How can they win? I'd bet on them!]

A significant portion of the comments were not optimistic about the Blazing Roaring Tiger.

"You guys are going to take the postgraduate entrance exam? You've got a whole bunch of rhymes coming up!"

Ye Yinchuan joked, as if the disadvantage of the Blazing Roaring Tiger was not his concern, or that the disadvantage of the Blazing Roaring Tiger was irrelevant to him.

Before the battle began, Ye Yinchuan had some communication with the Blazing Roaring Tiger—

In fact, this is the normal procedure for Pokémon battles. Otherwise, if the trainer only shouts a couple of times during the battle, their presence would really become that of a mascot!
There are at least three key points to defeating armored warriors.

First, it countered its initial attack. The Blazing Roaring Tiger couldn't have done better; although it appeared injured, it had actually minimized its damage.

Secondly, counter its danger evasion. Once the armored warrior's danger evasion is triggered, it will unleash speed, quickly creating distance, thus fulfilling the conditions for launching a head-on attack. While avoiding damage, it can also trigger a second wave of surprise attacks, which could potentially be the most fatal.
Third, overcome the disadvantage in terms of attribute. The Armored Warrior's Water type is very effective against the Incineroar's Fire type!
There are more details, but none of them are as important as these three points!
Right now, the Blazing Roaring Tiger is facing the second and third points, but the most crucial of all is the second point!
Ye Yinchuan had laid out a tactic for the Blazing Roaring Tiger in advance, and the prerequisite for completing this tactic was to keenly observe when the armored warrior's "danger avoidance" trait would be triggered!
As a characteristic, its activation is conditional, namely, when a sufficient threat is perceived. This is not a psychological condition, but a practical one, meaning that the armored warrior must be injured or face a truly powerful attack!
Ye Yinchuan appeared calm, but his eyes were fixed on the battle.

In his eyes, under the continuous blows of the Blazing Roaring Tiger Golden Hook Arm, the armored warrior's powerful life force was being rapidly depleted, and his energy core was beginning to show unstable fluctuations.

This is precisely a sign that its "Danger Avoidance" feature is about to be triggered!

That's right, the Blazing Roaring Tiger's damage is effective and poses a real threat to armored warriors...

After all, flames can be suppressed by water, but what about a fist?

It'll only be a brutal, hand-to-hand combat!

Ye Yinchuan knew that if the Blazing Roaring Tiger wanted to increase its chances of winning, it had to break through the powerful characteristic of the Armored Warrior. The key to victory lay here!
At this moment, the rotation of the Blazing Roaring Tiger's Golden Hook Arm had reached its limit, forcing it to stop, allowing its tense muscles to catch their breath and its energy to accumulate again...

"Roaring Tiger, Bodybuilder!"

Ye Yinchuan issued the order to intersperse enhanced moves between offense and defense, which is almost an internationally accepted routine. The game with the opponent lies in interruption and counter-interruption.

In short, the Blazing Roar Tiger's Bodybuilding move was relatively well-hidden, catching the opponent somewhat off guard.

Just as the Golden Hook Arm ended, the Blazing Roaring Tiger let out a deafening roar, its muscles suddenly swelled, and a powerful energy flowed throughout its body!

Strength and defense are increasing!

Such a move undoubtedly gave the opponent an opportunity.

【Wait a minute? Starting bodybuilding at this time? Are you afraid the armored warriors won't be able to hit vital points?】

[Streamer, do you think this move is right? You used your ultimate to buff yourself, then healed your character when they died, right?]

[If he had started strong, that last DD hook arm move wouldn't have been so ineffective!]

The viewers in the live chat expressed their incomprehension.

"Now, armored warriors!"

Although he didn't know the reason why the other party did this, Seth, as a professional gym leader, would not let go of such an obvious opportunity to attack.

The armored warrior acted decisively, a cold purple light flashing from the tip of his forepaw as he stabbed it fiercely into the already injured side of the Blazing Roaring Tiger!
"Poisoning attack!"

This poisoned blow struck the wound directly, and since it was quite close to the heart, the effect was particularly deadly!

The Blazing Roaring Tiger groaned in pain, and ominous purple bubbles appeared on its body, indicating that it had fallen into a state of "poisoning"!
【Ugh, I knew it!】 【Barbie Q is dead. The situation was already unfavorable, and now she's been poisoned. How can we possibly win?】

[Let's just move on to the next game. This streamer's command is completely incompetent. I could do better!]

The comments were almost unanimously negative.

After all, the situation on the field was clearly one of decline.

Ye Yinchuan, however, was not flustered at all, because everything was within his expectations.

"This is also part of the plan. Did you guys in the Chinese entertainment industry realize that Blazing Roaring Tiger is about to give a victory speech? Family members!"

He sighed inwardly, feeling as if a master was lonely.

"Roar!"

Just as planned, the Blazing Roaring Tiger seized this weakness—

That's right, my weakness is the weakness I sell to you, the purpose of which is to trick you into revealing your weakness!

The pain of poisoning and the energy left on the wound from the water bursting through it had already fully unleashed the ferocity of the Blazing Roaring Tiger. Its arms, bulging with muscles, sprang out the instant it was struck by the poison, locking the armored warrior's scythes like iron clamps, preventing him from escaping.

Even if its "danger avoidance" feature is triggered, it cannot dodge the damage, let alone create distance!
"it's over!"

A glint of light flashed in Ye Yinchuan's eyes, and the corners of his mouth finally curled up almost imperceptibly.

"Blazing Roaring Tiger - Divine Flame!"

The Blazing Roaring Tiger suddenly straightened up, and its fiery belt shone brightly. Red lotus-like flames burst forth and rose, but what spewed out was not the ordinary crimson flame, but a platinum flame that flowed with seven-colored rainbow light!
That's right, this move was originally Ho-Oh's signature move...

Holy Flame!

This extraordinary flame, like layers of red lotuses blooming on the body of the Blazing Roaring Tiger, not only instantly and completely purified the "poisoned" state on the Blazing Roaring Tiger, but also burned away the "defense reduction" left on the wounds by the "water flow crack" in the light!

"...?!"

Faced with the surging, overwhelming holy flames, a flicker of fear flashed in the almost emotionless eyes of the armored warrior. As a Water-type Pokémon, it was actually afraid of the flames before it...

And the insect-type part felt an instinctive, extreme fear...

It instinctively mobilized all its water-based energy for defense, condensing water to protect its body and spewing it from its mouth in an attempt to resist...

but……!!!
The sacred flames of the Blazing Roaring Tiger possess power beyond reason.

It does not rely solely on high temperatures, nor is it simply a fire attribute; rather, it contains a divine power level far beyond the mundane!
To put it bluntly, it's a cheat code given by Ho-Oh!

The water-based energy and water flow emanating from the armored warrior evaporated instantly upon contact with the sacred flames, like a drop of water falling into scalding fire, offering no resistance whatsoever!
In the face of absolute power, attribute advantages become insignificant!
Flames can actually suppress the flow of water!
At that distance, the holy flames engulfed the armored warrior entirely.

Its proud silver shell showed visible signs of melting, and sensing the divine power contained in the flames, it panicked to the extreme and struggled desperately.

"Armored warriors! We surrender!"

After noticing that something was wrong with the armored warrior, Seth spoke up anxiously.

The Blazing Roaring Tiger released its grip on the armored warrior's arms, who stumbled backward in terror, falling to the ground. The flames, as the Blazing Roaring Tiger released its grip, were retracted into its belt...

The armored warrior's armor was partially melting, and his body was trembling. There wasn't a trace of charring, but he could clearly feel that he was about to be reduced to ashes, as if his soul would be annihilated as well. He was powerless to resist, utterly helpless...

This is the sacred flame!

"..."

Seth remained silent and held her breath. As the representative of the Crystal Dojo, judging from this battle between the Golem Warriors, she lost completely, even more miserably than in the battle between Snorlax and Golduck!

"Mr. Kirby... Holy Flame, what exactly is that?"

Seth retrieved the panicked and dazed Golem into its Poké Ball, her hand trembling slightly.

I have absolutely no idea what just happened.

Clearly, the poison and defense reduction on the Infernal Roar Tiger had been purified by the flames, which completely suppressed the water flow and utterly overwhelmed the armored warrior, one of the gym's most formidable figures...

The barrage of comments erupted uncontrollably.

[Really?! Miss Seth was trembling with fear after being beaten!]

[This is illogical... Is the streamer's Blazing Roaring Tiger level 90? Holy crap, those flames are practically vaporizing the armored warrior, is this even possible?]

Have you noticed? The poison and water-bursting effects are completely burned away by the flames!

Wait a minute? Don't you guys feel like the color and shape of these flames look familiar?

[Holy crap, Ho-Oh! That's Ho-Oh's flame? Streamer, did your Incineroar steal Ho-Oh's flame technique?]

"Hmm... the sacred flame, which is the flame that Ho-Oh controls."

Ye Yinchuan took this opportunity to officially reveal information about the Sacred Flame to the public. He said calmly,

"Calm down, this isn't the first time Incineroar has used it. You fake fans, didn't you notice before? I'm Ho-Oh's messenger, it's perfectly reasonable for my Pokémon to steal a bit of Ho-Oh's flame, right?"

[Reasonable... I'll give you a piece of my mind!]

[Good, good, good! I've never seen your Blazing Roar Tiger fight an opponent like this before!]

[You didn't mention that I thought it was a filter being applied!]

[Ho-Oh's personal instruction? The Holy Blazing Roaring Tiger? Streamer, you're really something!]

"That's incredible, Mr. Kirby. If it's Ho-Oh's flame, then the armored warrior's defeat is not unjustified."

Seth recalled some interactions between Ye Yinchuan and Manaphy, including how Lu, the president of their Crystal Tide Dojo, had formed some kind of contract with Manaphy through Ye Yinchuan's help...

Once you connect the dots like this, nothing is hard to understand: the challenger in front of you is no ordinary person!
"Then, let the challenge continue."

Seth took a deep breath to calm herself down and took out her third Poké Ball. However, looking at the Incineroar in front of her, she felt uncertain.

Even if you have confidence in the Pokémon in your gym, how do you play if the opponent is cheating?
"Come back, Blazing Roaring Tiger."

Ye Yinchuan, however, made a retraction motion.

With its incredible move, Divine Flame, Blazing Roar Tiger could easily take on six, two, or even three opponents at once, but that would be pointless.

The Master Challenge only has six matches in total, so I should give my other Pokémon more opportunities to shine...

After all, that's what makes it interesting, right?

Seeing Ye Yinchuan's intention, Seth's eyes lit up, and his mindset underwent a subtle shift—

Perhaps witnessing the full extent of this Pokémon's power is meaningful in itself...

It's as if I'm more like the challenger receiving guidance!
(End of this chapter)