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Chapter 131: Let's use salt to marinate Mikoli!

Having maintained his physical condition, the Earth King took another freezing beam and then smeared a mouthful of poison on the Lucky Kappa's face.

After a round of mutual attacks, Qingyu recalled Earth King and switched to Chansey to defend against the next Ice Beam.

For Chansey with maxed-out Special Defense and bulk, it's like tickling it.

After a wall of light was unleashed, the rain effect on the field finally ended.

"This is troublesome..."

Michael sighed in distress.

Faced with this Chansey, he didn't have many good options and could only continue to switch players.

The game had only just begun, and for various reasons he had already switched roles countless times.

The opponent's rhythm control ability is really top-notch. In the previous few attempts, he basically anticipated his thoughts, which is why he had a very difficult time playing.

What kind of trainer could put together such an outrageous defensive lineup...?

They are very strong, but they don't like to win using conventional fighting methods. Instead, they consolidate their advantage through various unexpected moves.

He's probably a master of drugs, right?
Because of some degree of prejudice against certain attributes, there are actually very few elite trainers who specialize in the poison attribute.

The only person Michael could think of was A-Ju, the poison-type master from Kanto.

However, it probably wasn't him.

That senior was from Kanto and wasn't familiar with Pokémon like Crystal Flower and Earthlord.

Moreover, rather than guessing who the opponent is, sticking to this victory is the most important thing.

After taking a deep breath, Mikoli quickly regained his composure.

The frequent substitutions have completely disrupted his offensive rhythm, and the only way to win the game is to speed things up and make a desperate push.

If this continues, Mikuri feels he's starting to develop a prejudice against Poison-type Pokémon...

It's hard not to hate such disgusting tactics!
"I choose you, Mosquito Coil Frog King!"

Because the Earth King had previously laid out a double layer of poison spikes all over his area, Poliwag King's feet were pierced by the poison spikes the moment it appeared, and it was immediately poisoned.

Soon, dark clouds reappeared over the field, and a light drizzle began to fall again.

[Is that really Wallace? Why is he using Poliwag with Toxic Spikes on him? Doesn't he have Gyarados?]

But then again, this team is a bit too freakish, they seem like they can actually win. Mikoli is being tortured to the point of being a little out of his mind...

[Such high-quality tactics, if I don't learn them, will others not? So, to avoid being disgusted myself, I have to disgust others first!]

That makes sense, I've already started taking notes!

"Where is the opponent out of their mind? I think Mikolik is perfectly lucid!"

The comments section couldn't reveal Mikoli's thoughts, so how could Qingyu not understand them?
If you don't dare to use Poliwag because of Toxic Spikes, the remaining Pokémon will still have to step on the poison after Gyarados is dealt with.

Because we won't give him a second chance to open the rainy day.

Therefore, using Mosquito King is now the best and only option for Mikey.

"Mosquito Coil Frog King, one more time!"

Mikoli quickly gave instructions.

The opponent's Chansey used Light Screen as its last move. If we can lock it in place, we can switch to Gyarados and use Dragon Dance to boost its power and prepare to sweep the team.

This is the only possible way for him to turn things around.

Therefore, he would never send out Gyarados, the team's only hope, before confirming that there was an opportunity to strengthen it.

"Come back, Chansey."

Before Poliwag could use its second ability, Qingyu decisively recalled its Chansey. With Light Screen activated, its mission was more than half complete.

After all, today's center of attention isn't Chansey.

"Go, Saltstone Giant!"

A giant made entirely of rocks and white salt bricks appeared in the Blue Feather Field, and after eating the second chance from Politoed King, it remained completely unmoved.

Salt King, here we come!

Since it hasn't used any moves since it appeared, playing it again has no effect on it.

[Single Rock-type Pokémon don't seem to work well in this match. Should we just force it?]

[Don't worry, after the host mentioned it, I specifically looked up the effects of salting. All I can say is... I hope Mikkel is alright.]

[Alright, alright, quickly use salt on Mikoli, Salt Stone Giant!]

Even many viewers in the live chat could guess what Qingyu was going to use next.

Qingyu expressed great satisfaction with this.

These silly kids have finally learned to use the Pokédex to look up Pokémon and moves. It seems my livestreams have been quite helpful to them lately!
"Saltstone Giant, salted!"

"Mosquito Coil Frog King, Water Cannon!"

It was another round of command clashes.

The Saltstone Giant is not known for its speed; its slow body makes it quite inconvenient to move, so it was quickly hit by the water cannon sprayed by the Poliwag King.

The power of the water cannon in the rain is terrifying. Even though the light wall mitigated some of its power, it still instantly reduced the enemy's health by half.

Its counterattack began quickly.

With a wave of its hand, the Salt Giant sent countless tiny salt crystals flying out, quickly reaching the surface of the Mosquito Coil Frog King.

Because it's a Rock-type move, the damage it causes is negligible, even less than the damage from the continuous HP drain caused by Toxic.

But soon, as these inconspicuous salt grains gradually accumulated and quickly crystallized all over the body of the mosquito coil frog, the mosquito coil frog immediately let out a painful cry.

Its strength was rapidly depleted under the dual torment of salting and poison.

?

Mikoli frowned, realizing that things might not be so simple.

At this moment, he couldn't care less about being in battle and immediately switched screens to look up information about the Salt Stone Giant.

Because he didn't know much about Padia, Wallace's knowledge of this Pokémon was limited to its type.

He was quite surprised when he found out what he was looking for...

The Saltstone Giant's Salted attack, besides causing negligible damage, also inflicts a special "Salted" status on the opponent, resulting in continuous damage similar to poisoning.

It is especially effective against Water and Steel type Pokémon.

"What kind of underworld technique is this..."

Mikuri's lips twitched. Wasn't this a move clearly aimed at him and Daigo?
And I actually got matched with someone, which is ridiculous!

Everything arranged in front of them was for the Salt King to successfully take the field and unleash this salt-curing attack at this moment...

Michael finally understood.

However, due to the information gap, by the time they realized what was happening, it was already too late.

Faced with the dual pressures of salting and poison, the stamina of this mosquito coil frog king is being lost at an alarming rate.

(End of this chapter)