Divine Plan? But I'm a Pokémon trainer.

Chapter 466 The Champion with Reverse Attributes?
The Kikyo Gym is a hollow, two-story building. The ground floor is the battle arena, while the upper floor is a bird roost.

Bird-type Pokémon can stand on upper passageways and railings during battles, enabling them to engage in battles in a unique way.

This level of venue effect isn't exactly an advantage; it's more of a way to showcase the dojo's unique characteristics and attributes.

Upon arriving at the gym, Asu was ready to take on the gym challenge at any time.

As the new gym leader, he uses Pokémon bred and trained by his father, which are capable of handling battles with badges ranging from 0 to 8.

"I'm Flying-type Gym Leader Falcon, and it's an honor to battle the Champion! I'll show you the true power of the bird Pokémon that soars through the sky, Dad! Watch my battle from the sky!"

"The fact that Flying is weak to Ice, Electric, and Rock is indeed a big problem, but as an offensive type, its coverage and move pool are actually quite strong, not to mention things like Tailwind and Max Airstream... But you don't seem to have access to those yet."

The battle at the Flying-type Gym is about to begin, and trainers from both sides arrive at the battlefield and send out their Pokémon.

"Go, Staraptor!" "Bulbasaur, prepare for battle."

To Link's surprise, the Pokémon that Asud sent out as the first Pokémon was Staraptor from the Sinnoh region. It seems that the Staraptor's father was indeed a pilot who traveled around to various regions.

"Wow...Ivysaur?"

"Huoxia~"

Using a Grass-type Pokémon to challenge a Flying-type Gym... No wonder he's a champion!

Upon landing on the second-floor bird perch, the Muke eagle, seeing its opponent so easily defeated, immediately spread its wings wide in a show of force to "intimidate" it.

However, Bulbasaur didn't care about this. It had seen many Flying-type opponents, but not all of them could touch it.

"Starhawk, use 'Brave Bird Assault'!"

The ranch electric dragon, who was watching from the sidelines, was worried about the adventure team leader who was not participating in the battle: "Dian-yo!"

This is too much to handle!

That's not entirely true.

Just as Staraptor took off and swooped down, Bulbasaur skillfully opened its flower buds to release its energy, mobilizing natural energy to create "Sunny Day" on the field, which greatly increased the reaction speed of Grass-type Pokémon.

Its characteristics clearly include "chlorophyll," which allows it to be more flexible in such a warm environment with moderate fire energy.

"Brave Bird Attack" followed one after another, but Bulbasaur, under the bright sunshine, was a fraction faster, extending "Vine Whip" to assist in its movement and taking off into the air.

"The Swallow Returns!"

As a bird-type trainer, Asu reacted quickly, anticipating the opponent's strategy and responding accordingly.

With immense kinetic energy, the Mk Eagle nimbly changed its flight path, relentlessly pursuing its opponent.

Despite the accuracy of "Swallow Return", it still maintains the power of a forced "Brave Bird Attack"!

While ordinary Grass-type Pokémon are indeed difficult to deal with, Bulbasaur, adventuring in the vast and mysterious dungeon, has a wealth of experience.

Seeing this, it skillfully used its "vine whip" to strike its opponent like a "sword dance." The flight energy from "Brave Bird Assault" created a surging airflow around the Starhawk, and the vines that touched the opponent in this state suffered powerful tearing injuries.

But the tenacious Bulbasaur keeps regenerating to maintain its durability. After breaking through this layer of storm that serves as protection and acceleration, it grabs Staraptor with "Vine Whip" and throws it behind it like a chaotic brawl.

The flight path of "Brave Bird Attack" was forcibly altered by Bulbasaur, and Staraptor immediately flew into the sky.

"Continue the 'swallow return'!"

However, this level of interference was not enough to stop the Starhawk's offensive. While changing direction three times, it also extended the flight distance—accelerating the distance, making this move almost equivalent to a huge increase in physical attack.

It then turned around again and swooped down, seemingly about to strike its opponent at an even faster speed.

However, in the next instant, a powerful beam of light blasted upwards at the Mk Eagle.

"Sunbeam" is a Grass-type move that can absorb light from the environment and be executed faster on sunny days. It is a powerful move that Grass-type Pokémon are very proud of.

That being said, "Solar Beam" still had the disadvantage when it collided with "Brave Bird Attack," as the storm created by the latter formed an armor-like effect during its dive, maximizing its resistance to the beam cannon's interference.

The Staraptor descended from the sky like a sharp blade, slicing through the beam of light with its streamlined body along its own flight path, and heading straight for Bulbasaur.

But the latter did not stop wielding the "vine whip" and used the same throwing technique again.

Seeing this, Asu frowned. Although Staraptor's body severed the beam cannon, it was still affected and slowed down, making it easier for Bulbasaur to catch it with its vines.

The Muck Eagle that was launched was not severely disturbed and was still able to turn around and continue its dive thanks to its agility.

The relentless, storm-like onslaught is the defining characteristic of Flying-type Pokémon.

Bulbasaur, which receives support from active fire-type energy in the environment, continues to use the less effective "Solar Beam," which continuously reduces its speed.

Under normal circumstances, Bulbasaur, which seemed to have outmaneuvered its opponent by using "Chlorophyll" and "Vine Whip", would eventually have to stop due to the overload caused by "Solar Beam" and be defeated by "Brave Bird Attack" which turned around and remained almost unharmed.

However, Asu, who knew bird-type Pokémon very well, realized that his Staraptor was not in a good condition; its body, which was wrapped in the storm, had begun to pant heavily.

This level of attrition warfare and the damage caused by the "Sunbeam" should be negligible, so why did we suffer more damage than expected?

No, I've been poisoned!?
Bulbasaur's "vine whips" contain "highly toxic" substances that do not affect itself!
Bulbasaur appears to be an ordinary Grass-type Pokémon, but it also possesses a subtle Poison type, which allows it to master moves such as Poison Powder, Acid Bomb, and Deadly Poison.

Since Poison-type Pokémon are unaffected by their own poison, the poison hidden in "Vine Whip" naturally won't cause the grass to wither, instead confusing opponents who didn't react immediately.

By the time Asahi realized this, Bulbasaur's "poison" had already caused considerable damage to Staraptor, and the combination of "Solar Beam" and "Vine Whip" would not overwhelm it in the short term.

If you choose to stall for time and let Bulbasaur overload from constantly firing its beam cannon, Staraptor will lose its ability to fight first due to the ever-increasing "poison".

"I've realized it."

Noticing Asu's somewhat embarrassed expression, Link realized that the other party had already noticed the hard-to-detect toxin.

Although he is just a new gym leader and the Pokémon he commands belong to someone else, Asu's basic qualities as a trainer are indeed much higher than those of the average person.

(End of this chapter)