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Chapter 130 When a Water-Attribute Team Encounters a Water Storage...

Because of the Padia champion, the Crystal Flower's ability to spread poison and the use of Poison Spikes are widely recognized.

But in reality, this Pokémon is not just a simple shield that can be attacked, spread poison, and act as a defense mechanism.

With just this one skill, the Crystal Flower would never have been able to gain a foothold in the talent-rich Padia Pit, let alone expand its tribe deep within the void.

Its output capability is actually quite terrifying.

In the Pokédex of Padia, Crystal Blossom's Special Attack stat is given as 130, which is comparable to Gengar's.

Therefore, this unexpected force of the earth directly caused more than half of the damage to the stinging jellyfish.

After the earth-shaking sound caused by the power of the earth ended, Mikoli on the other side of the screen couldn't help but frown.

"Did you guess what I was thinking? What a decisive command."

He had a vague feeling that something was wrong when the opponent made a substitution despite having a clear advantage in the matchup.

It now seems that they must have anticipated their own rotation.

Superbad Star and Tentacruel are not at an advantage in their matchup; they can fight for 500 rounds and eventually their ultimate abilities are worn down.

Therefore, the opponent's strategy is very clear:
Instead of trying to save the spikes, wouldn't it be better to just get someone else to deal with the only stinging jellyfish on our side that has the ability to clear spikes?
"interesting."

Mikoli's lips curled up. That's the kind of opponent you need; that's what makes a battle interesting!

"However, while it's true that the power of the earth can severely injure the Tentacruel..."

"But Crystal Flower has a combination of Rock and Poison attributes, making it very vulnerable to Water-type moves."

"Furthermore, the rain amplifies the power of the attack, so the probability that Tentacruel's water cannon will finish off its opponent is—"

"absolute!"

Having thought this through, Mikoli no longer hesitated and blurted out:

"Tentacled jellyfish, use water cannon!"

Because the stinging jellyfish is very fast, he was confident that he could get the first move and kill the troublesome crystal flower in one go.

Mikkelsen could certainly see that the opponent's lineup was more defensive, so it was necessary to maintain the team's overall health in order to continue operating.

Once the first city is captured, the opponent's defensive pressure will only increase, and victory will be a piece of cake.

As for whether the water cannon will miss...

If a Pokémon doesn't even have the ability to trust its trainer, it won't respond to the trainer's expectations.

Even in games, it's the same!
As Mikoli gave the command, the Tentacruel immediately condensed into a ball of violent water-attribute energy.

This time, Mikkelsen made the right bet.

The attack was precise and quickly shot towards the direction of the crystal flower.

"Crystal Flower, the power of the earth!"

However, surprisingly, Qingyu, who was usually very cautious, did not have any defensive thoughts in the face of this potentially fatal water cannon, but instead made the decisive decision to counterattack.

[What?! Withstanding a water cannon attack and the power of the earth, is Teacher Yu about to explode against the enemy?]

[Logically speaking, the Rock-type Crystal Flower shouldn't be able to withstand this water cannon attack, right? Could it be that Teacher Yu is wearing a Power Sash?]

[The crystal-clear floral ribbon is such an abstract design...]

Just as the viewers in the live chat were wondering what gave Qingyu the confidence to pull off this move, the Tentacruel's water cannon had already hit the Crystal Flower, which was right next to it.

Due to the elemental advantage, the health bar above the Crystal Flower's head began to tremble violently and plummeted downwards at an extremely rapid speed.

However, the change in physical strength came to an abrupt halt when it dropped to about one-third.

At the same time, the Crystal Flower unleashed its second burst of earth power, and the rampaging earth vein power instantly triggered an earth-shaking tremor, completely engulfing the Stinger Jellyfish.

This time, the stinging jellyfish was completely exhausted and lost its ability to fight.

Qingyu slowly revealed a smile.

"Since I dared to use Crystal Flower as a counter, I must have the confidence to withstand a water cannon shot." "Assault vest, kid!"

Assault vest, a combat item frequently used by the tank in the team.

Pokémon wearing an Assault Vest will have their defense against energy moves greatly enhanced due to the vest's cushioning effect.

Water-type Pokémon do indeed have explosive damage output in the rain, but Tentacruel is still a bit lacking. Even a single Hydro Pump can't one-shot a Crystal Blossom wearing an Assault Vest.

However, even such a powerful tool has a side effect.

Pokémon wearing it will become more aggressive, and will instinctively resist using status moves.

This is also the main reason why he used the power of the earth twice in a row just now—

That's all the tricks we can use!

Without being limited to four moves, using this item does require careful consideration.

But at least this time, I made the right bet!

After taking the first point, while Mikoli was thinking about who to substitute, Qingyu decisively recalled the meritorious Crystal Flower.

Both sides quickly threw out another Poké Ball.

Earth King versus Gyarados.

Faced with Gyarados's intimidation, the slow-witted Queen of the Earth was startled by the sudden realization.

"Earth King, yawn!"

"Gyarados, Ice Fang!"

After the initial probing, both sides made very standard commands this time.

Because of the Earth King's water storage ability, Mikuri did not choose to use the more powerful Waterfall even on rainy days, but instead used Ice Fang to consume the water.

It wasn't very powerful, but it still caused the Earth King to lose more than one-third of his stamina.

As for Qingyu...

The goal is simple: to force the opponent to make a substitution.

With the Tentacruel already dealt with, Aoba was certain that Mikeli's team no longer had any ability to clear spikes.

Therefore, it is obvious what he will do next.

After Gyarados yawned, Wallace decisively switched again, recalling Gyarados and replacing it with Ludicolo.

Lucky Kappa makes an appearance, and the rain left by the previous Poliwag shows no signs of ending.

Based on this, Qingyu immediately deduced that Poliwag was carrying the Wet Rock item to increase the duration of the rain.

These are small details that most trainers might not notice.

But for him, who has played at least tens of thousands of ranked matches, it has become almost instinctive.

At this moment, Mikuri should have desperately hoped that his opponent was just a Water/Ground type with a 4x weakness to Grass, rather than the much more troublesome Earth type...

Unfortunately, it can't be replaced.

"When a team of all Water-types like Wallace encounters the Water Absorb ability, I have no idea how he's going to play!"

Qingyu's smile widened slightly again as she gave the order once more:

"Earth King, poison shards!"

After scattering two layers of poison darts, the Earth King didn't even try to dodge the freezing beams from the Lucky Kappa, taking them directly to his face.

Then, he spat out a pomelo, swallowed it, and quickly regained his strength.

[How disgusting! I want to punch Teacher Yu even through the screen...]

[This is incredibly low-class! Isn't the streamer afraid of being confronted in real life?]

(End of this chapter)