With Ludicolo's tragic defeat, Zhao Zi'ang of Chuan University fell into deep thought.
He was left with two Pokémon, Glalie and Moonstone.
Glalie was also specifically prepared by him to counter Dragonite.
And Moonstone was meant to take on what might be Fang Yuan's ace, that Monferno who had defeated the main force of a Professional Trainer in the Fighting Tournament.
However, reality is often more complicated.
Before even encountering Dragonite and Monferno, he was forced to send out one of them prematurely.
Dealing with this Milotic, Ludicolo was the best choice, but sadly Ludicolo was defeated.
His Glalie was male, which might perform even worse than Ludicolo, and moreover, didn't have the type advantage...
Facing Milotic with strong charm and healing abilities, Zhao Zi'ang understood that it would be difficult to win a war of attrition.
As for Moonstone, due to its lack of gender and strong spiritual power, there was hope it could resist Milotic's charm, but being a Rock Type, it had a weak resistance to Water-based Spells and would also be at risk once in battle.
If Moonstone's Superpower couldn't withstand Milotic's special Water Series Combination Skill, it too would likely meet defeat.
"If only I hadn't relied too much on intelligence to choose my battling Pokémon..."
Between clenched teeth, Zhao Zi'ang chose a strategy with considerable risk.
With this tactic, he might be able to turn the tide and defeat Milotic first.
"Go, Glalie!"
Zhao Zi'ang opened the Poké Ball, and a round Pokémon made of a black rock core appeared.
This Pokémon had two large black conical horns on either side of its head and its skin was covered with ice... like an armor of ice.
After appearing on stage, at Zhao Zi'ang's command, Glalie created eight Shadow Clones, each spaced out far apart, quickly encircling Milotic.
Besides, Zhao Zi'ang had another command, the real body should not look directly at Milotic.
So, because of their positions, some Glalie's ice-like blue eyes were staring at Milotic, while others were looking in different directions.
But what was certain is that Glalie's real body wasn't looking at Milotic.
From the previous battle, Zhao Zi'ang judged that Milotic's charm ability was reliant on light and sight to propagate.
Although more unpredictable than a Moves with a tangible form, it also had a weakness: it could only impact the enemy's spirit through vision.
The way to break it, don't look at Milotic, and you won't be charmed.
"Indeed, it also can't charm Shadow Clones that lack consciousness." After confirming this, Zhao Zi'ang quickly ordered Glalie to detect Milotic's position through the special connection between the real body and the clones and to launch an attack.
"Could he be using that move?" Seeing Zhao Zi'ang's step-by-step setup, the mentors of Chuan University had grave expressions, wondering if it could be successful...
"Milotic, Whirlpool!"
In the meantime, seeing nine Glalies rushing towards it from all directions, Fang Yuan curiously asked, "What, is this Glalie also using a sensing route?"
Indeed, to break Milotic's nearly passive charm ability that had been perfected, you just had to not look at it.
But isn't that also a limitation? How many Pokémon can fight at their full strength without relying on vision?
To fight without reliance on sight, only three Pokémon in Fang Yuan Team could do it.
Eevee could predict through various abilities, the Self-detonating Magnetic Monster through magnetic waves, and Dragonite through changes in air currents; but even for them, relying solely on these abilities would still affect their performance.
Fang Yuan really couldn't figure out what sort of foresight these Glalies, attacking Milotic with their eyes closed, might have.
So... could it be a strong attack?
In a flash of lightning decision-making, Fang Yuan issued a command.
Whoosh!!!
Dragon Dance, Twister, Whirlpool Moves, three Moves linked together and continuously strengthened.
Soon, a Water Tornado shaped like a whirlpool water wall appeared around Milotic floating in the air, achieving a 360-degree defense with no blind spots!
"Now's the time, Glalie, self-destruct!!"
Seeing Fang Yuan and Milotic finally employing this tactic to protect themselves, Zhao Zi'ang showed an excited expression.
The next moment, Glalie opened its eyes, looked at the Water Tornado, and both the real body and Shadow Clones emitted a blue light, charging towards the Water Tornado.
Boom!!!
Blue light burst forth, and chilling air swirled around, an unstoppable shockwave swept across viciously.
The colossal destructive power brought by the self-destruct Move instantly mauled the Water Tornado to shreds.
Additionally, because there was more to Glalie's self-destruct, the water splashed by the exploding Water Tornado was nearly instantly frozen into frost.
Immediately after, a huge rush of cold air mixed into the shockwave, & like a frosty blast swept over, engulfing Milotic.
The sound of ice forming spread rapidly.
However... after the widespread explosion of ice-blue color swept through, followed by the fog of ice, Glalie emerged, floating with a battered body.
Seeing this, many showed expressions of disbelief.
The self-destruct Move was a fatal type Move that traded all physical strength for immense lethal damage; after its use, the Pokémon would definitely lose the ability to battle, requiring a long period of rest to recover consciousness.
But this Glalie looked severely injured yet... it had not lost its physical strength at all!
"Self-destruct, Freeze Drying, Frozen Body, Hail's Super Combo, huh?"