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"Damn it! Break free from it!" The black-and-white-haired master panicked. He hadn't expected Steelix's Ice Fang to trigger the freezing effect on the first try. His luck was just too good!

With a roar from the Super Armored Rhino, Steelix struggled to wrap itself around the Ironhide, but was still able to break free.

"Ultimate Impact!"

"Ultimate Impact!"

"Boom boom boom!"

The two power-type Pokémon began a pure physical battle, unleashing a variety of powerful moves and attacking each other without giving an inch.

Due to being frozen, the Super Armored Rhino was at a disadvantage. After a period of melee combat, it gradually couldn't hold on and was suppressed by Steelix.

"Iron Tail!"

Master Guo seized the opportunity and finished off the opponent with a single Iron Tail shot.

"That was close." Master Guo wiped the sweat from his forehead. If it weren't for the incredible luck that Frozen Fang triggered the freeze, the outcome of this battle would have been hard to predict, and he certainly wouldn't have won so easily.

Guo Pengfei, far away in the capital, was quietly looking at his phone in a secluded corner when he suddenly laughed.

On the phone screen, Master Guo is waving at the camera with a big smile on his face.

Chapter 335 During the game

"Tsk!" Wilbur's expression turned slightly unpleasant.

Although Master Guo's victory had some luck involved, a loss is a loss, and no one cares about your reasons, especially in a master-level competition.

"Excellent! A great start!"

As soon as Master Guo stepped off the stage, he was greeted with joyful smiles from the crowd.

"Just good luck," Master Guo said modestly, but the smile on his face betrayed his true thoughts.

"Who will play in the second match?" Gu Yangzhou asked.

The group looked at each other, all somewhat tempted.

Although the masters' skills varied, they were roughly equal. Therefore, apart from the three who were pre-selected, the other positions were decided by either rock-paper-scissors or discussion.

“I’ll go,” Master Du stepped forward.

Gu Yangzhou glanced around and, seeing that no one else had any objections, nodded: "Then, Xiao Du, you go ahead."

Master Du patted his behind and walked towards the battlefield.

Meanwhile, the second master from the United States also took the stage, a robust middle-aged American man who was almost twice as wide as Master Du, named Glenn.

Although he is not young, like Master Ye, he is someone who exercises regularly and has an exceptionally youthful physical condition.

Master Du's eyelids twitched slightly. If this weren't a battle between Pokémon and not a human fight, his opponent would probably have pinned him to the ground with just one finger.

"Both players, please send out your Pokémon!" the referee shouted.

"Go, you Fake King!"

"Go, Iron-Faced Ninja!"

Both of them threw out their Pokémon at the same time; Gran sent out Slaking, while Master Du sent out Ninja Mask.

"Oh? Old Du is in a bit of danger." Master Guo raised an eyebrow.

"It's hard to say. Although Slaking is tough and strong, its Sloth ability is a fatal weakness for trainers at our level," Master Ye said, offering a different perspective. He was very knowledgeable about power-type Pokémon.

"Why is Old Du using the Iron-Faced Ninja?" Master Yu asked, somewhat puzzled.

“Trainers in the US prefer power-type Pokémon, so Old Du probably wants to gain an advantage through speed,” Master Wang guessed.

"No matter how fast he is, if he gets hit by Slacker's attack, the Iron-Faced Ninja's fragile body will probably be turned into a meat pie," Master Zhu from the Fighting Department said with a slight frown.

"Let's see how it goes in a match; no one can say for sure in a real fight," Gu Yangzhou said.

Everyone nodded and shut their mouths to watch the game.

"Game start!"

"Iron-Faced Ninja, move at high speed!" Master Du's command was given as soon as the referee finished speaking.

The Iron-Faced Ninja flew across the field at high speed. After using High Speed ​​Movement, its speed increased even more, and it could only be seen as a faint afterimage.

It seems that, just as Master Wang predicted, Master Du is preparing to take advantage of his speed.

"Hmph! Bodybuilding!" Glenn sneered and gave the order indifferently.

Wang hummed twice and lazily performed bodybuilding exercises, his muscles visibly becoming even more muscular.

Looking at Wang's reluctant expression when asking for leave, Master Du felt a slight sense of foreboding for some reason.

He shook his head and said, "A flash of lightning!"

"boom!"

With a soft sound, before Slaking could react, it was attacked in the stomach. It touched its belly in confusion, shook its head and looked around, but couldn't find who had attacked it.

Master Du frowned. Slave King's defense was already very high, and with the added boost from Bodybuilding, Iron-Faced Ninja's attack had absolutely no effect.

"Use the cross-scissors after the sword dance!" Master Du decisively gave the order.

With Slave King's reaction speed, he couldn't catch a glimpse of the Iron-Faced Ninja, so he could confidently use Sword Dance to enhance his attack.

Since the previous attack was ineffective, we can simply buff ourselves and use a more powerful move.

"Disrupt the light!" Glenn shouted the order.

However, this command was completely useless. Slaking couldn't catch a glimpse of the Iron-Faced Ninja at all, and could only randomly fire a destructive beam in a certain direction, which naturally resulted in missing.

The Iron-Faced Ninja's cross-shaped scissors hit the Slave King.

This time, Master Du was more careful, avoiding the fat belly and striking the "Fake King" on the head.

Wang let out a scream, clutching his head and swaying as if he were about to collapse at any moment.

Master Du narrowed his eyes. This acting is too fake, isn't it?

Sure enough, after Slaking shook for a long time, the Iron-Faced Ninja still didn't continue attacking. Gran pursed his lips and had no choice but to tell Slaking to stop acting.

The boy stopped shaking, but immediately yawned, lay lazily on the ground, and squinted his eyes as if he were dozing off.

Is this the Sloth ability activating? Master Du's eyes lit up. No wonder he used Hyper Beam even though he knew he couldn't hit it. It turns out that the Sloth ability was about to activate, and Slaking was destined to stop moving. He was thinking of attacking while he could.

Master Du was about to order Iron Mask Ninja to use the Ultimate Impact, its most powerful move, which would surely inflict massive damage on Slaking.

However, before he could speak, a chill ran down his spine. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the sinister smile on Glen's face, and he was immediately startled. The command he was about to utter was changed: "Hold on!"

Iron-Faced Ninja decisively used Guard, and a green energy shield instantly enveloped his entire body. The next second, a gray figure flashed past and directly knocked Iron-Faced Ninja away.

"This is!" Master Du's pupils constricted slightly. Swallow Return?

No, Slaking can learn Tsubasa, so it's not surprising that he used this move.

To his shock, Slaking was clearly affected by the Sloth trait... Could it be that Gran's Slaking had been trained to the point where it could overcome this trait?

No! Master Du immediately overturned this guess. The Sloth trait is different from the stiffness of moves. It is an innate trait of Pokémon that cannot be changed no matter how much they are trained, except through evolution.

The Iron-Faced Ninja was protected and would not be harmed; he was only knocked away because of the difference in size.

The key is this "King of Taking Leave"...

Master Du squinted and began to observe carefully.

He was immediately shocked to discover that the King of Leave wasn't dozing off because of his lazy nature; he was actually sleeping!

A thought flashed through Master Du's mind: Could it be that the swallow's return just now was the effect of sleep talking?

Sleep Talk can be used when a Pokémon is asleep. You can choose any move that the Pokémon knows to use. I was just lucky and chose Aerial Ace.

The masked ninja who was knocked away immediately flew back, showing no signs of injury whatsoever.

Ge Lan pursed her lips, surprised that the other party had figured it out. However, she wouldn't be so lucky next time.

The battle continues.

As if the scene were being replayed, the Iron-Faced Ninja used his unpredictable speed to toy with Slaking, who could only roar helplessly.

Soon, Wang, who had asked for leave, lay down lazily again and started to doze off.

Master Du narrowed his eyes slightly and gave the order: "Ultimate Impact!"

This time, nothing unexpected happened. The final impact hit Slaking smoothly. With the enhancement of Sword Dance, the power of the move was increased to another level, even leaving a long mark on the ground where Slaking was hit.

A slight smile played on Ge Lan's lips as she gave the order in a calm tone.

"boom!"

Before Master Du's wide eyes, the Slave King transformed into a gray lightning bolt and charged toward the Iron-Faced Ninja.

This time, it was too late to use Guard. The Iron-Faced Ninja was sent flying, crashing heavily into the wall at the edge of the arena before falling to the ground without a sound.

"The swallow returns?" Master Du found it hard to believe.

Both times he used the Swallow Return technique in his sleep? This can't possibly be due to luck. The opponent's Slacker must have put a lot of effort into mastering sleep talking.

Master Du quickly grasped the key point after a moment's thought.

Most trainers would think about how to shorten the duration of laziness.