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"Damn!"

Upon hearing Mu Yun's command, Bo Feng, with its wings folded, immediately launched into the air.

With a flap of his wings, a gust of wind gathered beneath his feathers, and invisible wind blades flew out at lightning speed, striking the rustling bushes.

The lush bushes snapped instantly under the relentless cutting of the wind blades.

A small figure was revealed inside.

It was an upright insect-shaped sprite, less than a meter tall, with pink skin, blade-like upper limbs, and skirt-like lower limbs, and a cross-shaped protrusion on its back resembling wings.

Overall, it looks pink and delicate, like a fine porcelain doll.

If it weren't for the fierce look in her eyes at that moment, Mu Yun might have thought the little thing was quite cute.

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【Sprite: Orchid Mantis Flower】

[Gender: Female]

[Attribute: Grass]

[Level: 65 (Gym Level)]

【Characteristic: Contradictory (The power of a move can be reversed; a power that was originally enhanced will be diminished, and a power that was originally diminished will be enhanced)】

[Moves: Brute Force, Clear Fog, Combo Slash, Leaves, Growth, Rooting, Leaf Blade, Sweet Scent, Splitting, Cross Scissors, Photosynthesis, Ambush, Solar Beam, Leaf Blade, Sunny Day, Solar Blade]

【Item to carry: Hot Rock (Beginner)】

[Potential: Dojo Level]

[Racial stats: 480]

【Blazing Rock (Basic): A special enhancement-type treasure. A rock-like object formed from a ore containing fire-type energy under the influence of a special force. When the holder uses the Sunny Day move, energy consumption is reduced, the move's duration is increased, and moves that require accumulating sunlight accumulate faster.】

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"A mid-stage Dojo-level Orchid Mantis!"

Upon seeing the data panel of the sprite in the bushes, Mu Yun was immediately startled.

How did a gym-level Pokémon suddenly appear in a perfectly normal professional-level competition?

Are you a sore loser?

Mu Yun inwardly grumbled.

As for whether this orchid mantis flower is a wild elf.

What a joke! If it were a senior-level or even a professional-level, Mu Yun wouldn't even think twice.

After all, there are countless Pokémon at this level, so it's normal for some to be overlooked or for the ecosystem to be deliberately enriched.

But Gym Leader level Pokémon are rare and powerful.

Given their strength and their strong sense of territorial protection, it was impossible for them to be let go by the garrison troops.

It's obvious that some shameless old man has ambushed him!

He only knocked out thirty-odd garrison soldiers and swept up fifty-odd unlucky students, so why did he have to send out a gym-level Pokémon?

Furthermore, even if you really want to stop him, just come over and tell him. Would he refuse?

Impressed!

Despite his inner turmoil, Mu Yun had no intention of surrendering.

To this day, he has been training elves for more than half a year.

Aside from the initial battle between the Unicorn and the Boolean, which was a fairly evenly matched contest, there was a significant difference in strength between them.

After that, it was almost always a one-sided crushing defeat.

While there's nothing wrong with crushing opponents, the constant crushing of opponents has prevented him from having a clear standard for judging his true strength.

With a sneak attack and attribute advantage, even the dominant Dream Song Cactus is no match for Little Du.

But Mu Yun has never tried fighting head-on.

Now is the perfect opportunity.

Regardless of which shameless old man's Pokémon this Orchid Mantis actually belongs to, its Grass type makes it the most suitable opponent for Mu Yun.

It is countered by Xiaodu's insect-poison attribute, by Bofeng's flying attribute, and by Bingbing's ice attribute.

Under such circumstances, he might actually have a fighting chance.

"Bingbing, deploy your territory! Unleash a full-force blizzard to obscure her vision!"

"Nampa, the storm is hindering her movements!"

"Xiao Du, prepare the poison attack. Find an opportunity to strike her!"

No sooner said than done, almost the instant his thoughts came to him, Mu Yun gave the order.

"babble--!!"

Bingbing raised its head and let out a long howl, its nine fluffy tails fluttering in mid-air.

An invisible realm rapidly unfolded beneath her feet.

In the blink of an eye, it enveloped the mantis flowers not far away.

Whew!!

Almost the instant the territory was revealed, a cold wind suddenly blew through the summer-like forest, and the temperature plummeted to the depths of winter.

The sudden chill caught even the orchid mantis flower, accustomed to the heat, off guard, causing it to shiver.

"Whoosh!"

The orchid mantis shook its sharp, pink arms and let out a threatening cry.

Despite his fierce shouts, it sounded more like he was urging me on than threatening me.

He urged Mu Yun to hurry up.

In fact, it does.

She came to test the strength of Mu Yun's Pokémon after receiving orders from the trainer.

We don't really want to fight them.

If she were really going to make a move, she would have already prepared her strength for a sneak attack, and she wouldn't have carelessly walked through the bushes and deliberately exposed her presence.

She is, after all, a mid-level Gym Leader Pokémon. She is small in size and agile. If she were to launch a sneak attack, she wouldn't have been discovered so easily.

"Whoosh!"

(What a heavy snowstorm! This little guy is quite capable!)

Looking at the terrifying blizzard that was howling, Lan Tanghua calmly commented on Bingbing, who was several times her size.

Although the storm full of ice and snow looked terrifying, with even the surrounding branches withering and breaking, the grass freezing, and the tree trunks shaking, it was at most a minor injury to the orchid mantis.

Even if she doesn't resist.

But she's not a masochist, so why wouldn't she resist?

"Whoa!!"

The orchid murmured softly, and the blazing sun seemed to come down from the horizon to her side, a fiery red sphere blooming before her.

It's one of the weather-related moves – Sunny Day!

For a Grass-type Pokémon, converting Fire-type energy to unleash Sunny Day is a very difficult task.

Even if you force it, the effect won't be very good.

However, with the help of the scorching rocks, the Orchid Mantis Flower performed its Great Sunshine Technique very smoothly and with considerable power.

Almost at the same time the "sun" rose, the surrounding snow and wind showed signs of melting.

"Was there no weather to offset it...?"

Seeing this, Mu Yun murmured to himself in slight surprise.

Weather cancellation is a common occurrence during Pokémon battles when both weather-related moves are used simultaneously.

Whether it's a sunny day and a rainy day that have a direct conflict, or a sunny day and a sandstorm that don't have a direct conflict, they will cancel each other out due to the unique exclusivity of weather events.

At that point, both sides will enter into a protracted war of attrition until one side runs out of energy or retreats voluntarily, relinquishing control of the weather.

In other words, the characteristics of ice have changed from snowfall to an extremely cold territory.

The ice storm that unfolds is not a weather move, so this cancellation is not direct.

The melting of ice and snow is simply due to the high temperature of the "sun".

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"Is this storm not characterized by snowfall?"

Hidden in the distance, observing with a specially made telescope, Zou Mingli raised an eyebrow and looked at the still-firm ice storm under the clear sky, somewhat surprised.

Ninetales is a newly introduced Pokémon, so he doesn't know much about it.

From his initial move, which resembled hail, he assumed his opponent had the Snowfall ability.

But now it seems that's not the case.

"A new feature that resembles weather but isn't actually weather? Interesting!"

After speculating, Zou Mingli became even more curious about Mu Yun.

I wonder if this kid will bring him any other surprises.