Pokémon: This trainer is too wild!

Chapter 564 You are indeed much more difficult to deal with than Teacher Mikuri.

"Your limit?"

Mammon's lips curled slightly as he watched Daigo with interest for a while.

"I'm really looking forward to it."

Although one prodigy after another is rising in popularity these days, Mammon is still very interested in regional champions like Daigo from the original series.

Especially pushing them to their limits.

Mammon glanced at the big screen; the pointer indicating who would go first between his and Daigo's portraits had stopped spinning.

The position that was frozen in was on his side, which meant that Mammon had the first move.

"Then, Daigo, I'm going."

"Come on, Mammon!"

Daigo was in high spirits, but his eyes gradually calmed down.

Daigo has always been an extremely calm and rational person. He is mature and his tactics in battle have always been to find the opponent's weaknesses and attack them.

Therefore, no matter what situation he faces, Daigo will force himself to calm down.

Although there are occasional moments when I get excited and lose my composure, they are really rare.

"That's really energetic~ So this will be my first Pokémon."

Mammon chuckled and stylishly tossed his first Pokémon with a backhand motion.

"Ground-crawling wings! Prepare for battle!"

With a wild growl, a large Pokémon landed heavily in front of Mammon.

In his golden eyes, the black cross-shaped pupils were wild and ferocious, sending chills down one's spine.

It's the paradoxical Pokémon, Ground Wing!

"Ancient species of ground-crawling winged creatures?"

Looking at this ground-crawling winged creature that shared many similarities with the Volcano moth, Daigo's expression became much more serious.

Paradox Pokémon are divided into Ancient and Future types. Ancient types are ferocious, while Future types are cold-blooded.

This is information that is already widely known.

Paradox Pokémon are rare because Team Rocket basically controls all of their resources, just like Ultra Beasts.

However, Team Rocket's senior and top executives, who generally have extra merit points and find a Pokémon they like, will exchange them for a Paradox Pokémon.

Who can blame them when Paradox Pokémon are truly exceptionally powerful?

It's safe to say that no Paradox Pokémon is weak!

“That’s right, Steven, please experience the power from the ancient times.” Mammon caught the rebounding Poké Ball and said slowly.

This is one of the Paradox Pokémon he initially chose to keep for himself. Well, it has been simply trained and its strength is quite good.

"Armor Bird!"

After a moment's thought, Daigo decisively released his first Pokémon.

A bird-like Pokémon, its entire body covered in steel armor, spread its blade-like wings and cried out.

It is a steel-armored, flying armored bird.

Steven is a passionate rock enthusiast, and he also loves Steel-type Pokémon, so his team is basically composed of Steel and Rock types.

It can be said that Steven is a champion-level player who specializes in these two types, even though he is registered as a Steel type.

However, the champion team he registered with the Hall of Fame was actually split evenly between Steel and Rock types, with three of each.

"A skeleton bird."

Mammon raised an eyebrow as he watched the armored bird flying in the air.

This is indeed a bit troublesome. Although the groundwing is an ancient species of the Volcano moth, it is not capable of flight.

Yes, the ground-crawling wing does have three pairs of symbolic wings, but they are only symbolic.

Furthermore, the insect-fighting combination's ground-crawling wings are four times weaker than flight wings.

But to be honest, Mammon isn't really afraid of Skarmory, because with Skarmory's strength, its ground-climbing wings can completely block its attacks.

However, realistically, the Ground-Winged Bird doesn't have many moves to hit Skarmory, which has the advantage in the air.

"Armor bird, Saling!"

Daigo decisively gave the order to Skarmory.

"Tsk~"

Mammon couldn't help but click his tongue.

The armored bird let out a sharp cry, flapping its wings and scattering sharp spikes onto the ground.

"Hot air."

Mammon immediately gave the order.

The crawling wing raised its upper body, supporting itself with its two strong hind legs, and flapped its three pairs of wings heavily on its back.

A fiery red heatwave swept out, a fire-type hot wind!

A powerful, raging hot wind surged upwards, not only swallowing up all the spikes scattered by the armored bird, but also continuing its relentless assault on the armored bird.

"Get out of the way!" Daigo shouted.

While the special attack of the Ground Wing isn't particularly high and can only be described as mediocre, the Fire-type Heat Wave is indeed effective against Skarmory, especially since Skarmory has very low special defense.

The armored bird immediately flapped its wings and took flight, avoiding the surging, powerful heatwave and gale.

'Given Mammon's strength, this ground-crawling winged creature must be incredibly powerful in close combat... Should we take the risk?'

Sa Ling's attempt failed, and judging from Mammon's appearance, he was clearly planning to wait for Mammon to come to him.

Daigo narrowed his eyes slightly, his thoughts racing.

Crawl is four times weaker than Flying, and apart from Heat Wave, it basically has no ranged moves to fight Skarmory.

It can be said that Groundwing is very bad at dealing with Pokémon that have the ability to fly, but Mammon did not switch Groundwing out immediately.

I don't know if it was pride or confidence that I could use my ground-crawling wings to deal with the armored bird.

Meanwhile, Daigo was seriously considering whether or not to approach the Crawling Wing.

After all, in terms of attributes, Steven has a great advantage; a four-fold weakness is no joke.

For example, if Skarmory's Brave Bird attack hits with Ground Wing, Steven wouldn't mind trading injury for injury.

But what if you can't get a replacement for the injured one?
Mammon is not currently commanding the crawling wings to launch an attack, which clearly indicates that he is waiting to initiate the attack himself.

but……

"Armored Bird! Brave Bird, Charge!"

Steven really wanted to use Spikes to wear down Mammon's Pokémon, but it was clear that Mammon wouldn't just stand by and watch Steven set up entry hazards. So, he decided to test the waters first!
The armored bird cried out loudly, its body blazing with a fierce, bird-like light, and it swooped down.

"Flash Charge."

Since the opponent had delivered himself to their doorstep, Mammon naturally sent his Groundwings to meet the attack.

The ground-crawling bird growled, its body engulfed in raging flames, unleashing a fire-type Flame Charge, its cross-shaped eyes fixed intently on the approaching Skarmory.

Ten meters, five meters, three meters, one meter!
With a powerful leap, the crawling wing propelled itself up and crashed into the armored bird.

boom!
Flame Charge and Brave Bird's Fierce Attack collided heavily, flames and the Brave Bird's light fiercely impacting each other.

A powerful shockwave instantly spread outwards, and a mighty wind swept outwards, causing Mammon and Daigo's clothes to billow continuously.

No winner?

Steven stared intently at the two Pokémon colliding, but the next second, Steven's eyes narrowed.

A powerful flame erupted, and the Crawler's Flame Charge gradually suppressed the Brave Bird's fierce attack, eventually engulfing it completely and sending the Armored Bird flying.

The armored bird cried out in pain, its entire body flying uncontrollably backwards before it regained its balance after a while.

"As expected, in terms of pure strength, the Armored Bird is completely inferior to this Ground Wing."

In the Unova region, Alice, who was also watching the live stream, curled her lip.

"Of course, the Ground Wing is known for its ferocity, especially since it was raised by Mr. Mammon."

Touko nodded.

With the strength of a Skarmory, how could it possibly fight a Ground-Winged Bird head-on? There's no way it could win.

The Skarmory is famous for its exceptional physical defense, but its direct combat ability is generally mediocre.

Steven may have bred Skarmory very well, but when faced with equally strong opponents, Skarmory's weaknesses were directly exposed.

“Champion Daigo probably wanted to test the exact strength of this ground-crawling wing, but the result of the test is now more troublesome for Mr. Daigo.”

Touko then shook her head and added.

If she were in Daigo's position, she would probably make the same decision, but clearly, the powerful attacks of the Ground Wings are troublesome.

This means that it is very difficult for Skarmory to exchange damage, because its Ground Wing has the power to overwhelm your attack head-on, so why would it want to exchange damage with you?

Simply scattering nails in the sky is not enough; the ground-crawling wings also have the ability to blow away all the nails that haven't been laid yet with hot air over a wide area.

This has put Skarmory in an awkward position despite its attribute and aerial advantages.

While the Ground-crawling Bird is helpless against the Skarmory that doesn't take the initiative to attack, the Skarmory is also helpless against the Ground-crawling Bird.

"Let's see what Daigo, the champion, does next."

At the Rainbow Arena, Daigo is currently pondering tactics.

"sandstorm!"

After a quick thought, Daigo decisively gave the order. After the previous probing, it was impossible to get Skarmory to attack first.

Given the power difference between Skarmory and Groundwing, that would be suicidal; we must make the most of Skarmory's inherent strengths.

As the armored bird retreated, it flapped its wings rapidly, and a small sandstorm began to sweep across the area.

“Hot air.” Mammon raised an eyebrow.

Flaming waves surged from the ground-crawling wings, attacking the armored bird in the air.

But the Skarmory did not give up on the sandstorm; instead, it retreated even faster, triggering the sandstorm to appear.

Huhuhu~
A sandstorm began to rise from the battlefield, and the fiery waves of hot air eventually caught up with Skarmory and struck it directly.

The scorching heat wave caused Skarmory to let out a painful cry. Skarmory's special defense was still too low. Even though Steven had specially trained it, this heat blast still caused considerable damage to Skarmory.

Fortunately, a sandstorm had already formed.

A thick sandstorm swept across the entire battlefield, with strong winds carrying sand howling wildly and blowing against the crawling wing, causing it to squint uncomfortably.

Under the dense sandstorm, even with the vision of a ground-crawling wing, visibility was low.

"They're really going all out, but it's definitely a good choice."

Mammon chuckled softly; after all, Skarmory had chosen to withstand a blast of heat for the sake of this sandstorm.

Mammon really admired Daigo's decisiveness.

However, this sandstorm is indeed very useful. In reality, sandstorms do not cause damage every turn like in the game, and they are also easy to eliminate. For example, in a classic case, Pikachu's Iron Tail hits a small lake and creates a small wave, which breaks the sandstorm caused by Tyranitar.

However, the intense sandstorm's strong impact on visibility and its minor impact on movement are very real.

"Armor bird, Saling!"

Seeing the sandstorm taking shape, Daigo decisively gave the order.

“A bright and sunny day.” Mammon chuckled softly.

Eliminating weather is naturally best achieved by using weather to replace it.

"provocative!"

Daigo naturally couldn't let Mammon succeed so easily; otherwise, how could he make up for the loss with just one Spikes?

The crawling wing stood upright again, and a scorching ball of light condensed in front of its mouth.

But then, the armored bird emerged from the dense sandstorm and began to provoke the ground-crawling bird with its chirping.

Black waves overflowed, and the movement of the crawling wings gathering the bright sky paused, its gaze towards the armored bird becoming increasingly fierce and irritable.

The Dark-type Taunt restricts the opponent to using only offensive moves for a period of time.

The ground-crawling wings can't be used on a sunny day.

"Tsk~"

Mammon clicked his tongue softly, but he really had no other choice; even a skilled cook can't make a meal without rice.

When Crawlers battle a flying Pokémon that is also skilled at using transformation moves, it has absolutely no initiative.

Because Crawlers can't even learn Taunt, otherwise Mammon would have thrown Taunt at them from the start, forcing Skarmory to take the initiative to attack.

If Daigo doesn't want Skarmory to be given away for free, he'll have to replace Skarmory.

The problem is that the crawling wing can't even learn the taunt skill.

"As expected of Daigo-sensei, you are indeed much more difficult to deal with than Yone-sensei."

Mammon took out a Poké Ball and retracted his Ground Wings, then praised Steven.

Although the Groundwing was completely unharmed, while the Skarmory was seriously injured, the Groundwing was in a very passive position and had no means of retaliating.

Pure infantry fighting air units, and the air units don't give them any chance.

Daigo's lips curled up slightly. He had forced Mammon to change his Pokémon!
This honor is not something an ordinary person can have!
Meanwhile, Mikoli, sitting in the spectator room, had a dark look on her face.

Damn! I wasn't even on the field, and you still specifically called on me??

Mammon, born evil!
(End of this chapter)