Flaffy shook its elegant golden hair and glanced sideways at the Pelipper in front of it, calculating how to avenge its buddy, Haunter.
Among the many Pokémon of Rex, Haunter was the one it got along with the best. They often studied the means to restrain opponents together, ahem, the means to restrain adversaries.
So when it saw its little buddy being injured by the opponent, Flaffy felt that as the big brother, it had to step up for its little brother.
"Pelipper, use Wing Attack!"
While Flaffy was lost in thought, the opponent's attack had already arrived.
"Flaffy, use Cotton Guard!"
Rex knew that with the speed of Flaffy, it couldn't evade the attack of the Pelipper, so he chose to stand still and resist.
With the thick fur enveloping Flaffy, the Wing Attack of the Pelipper was blocked from the outside and couldn't harm Flaffy's body.
Flaffy was delighted to see that the Pelipper dared to easily touch its fur.
After evolving, the amount of static electricity stored in Flaffy's fur had greatly increased. Just now, when it used Cotton Guard, it quietly attached a layer of electromagnetic waves to its outer fur.
Since Flaffy's fur itself was golden-yellow, there didn't appear to be any changes on the surface. However, the amount of static electricity stored in its fur was actually terrifying. It could ensure that during this period, any Pokémon that came into contact with its fur would likely be paralyzed.
The Pelipper immediately flew away from Flaffy upon realizing its attack was ineffective.
Suddenly, several golden electric lights jumped on its body, and then it felt a numbness spreading through its body. For a moment, it could only rely on its willpower to maintain flight in the air, but its speed decreased significantly.
"Good opportunity, Flaffy, use Thunderbolt!"
Rex saw this scene and brightened up, directly ordering Flaffy to attack.
Receiving the command, Flaffy immediately gathered a large amount of electric current and quickly rushed towards the Pelipper, whose speed had slowed down.
Seeing the attack coming, the Pelipper instinctively wanted to dodge, but unfortunately, its wings were paralyzed by the electric current and it couldn't react in time. It was directly hit by the powerful Thunderbolt and fell to the ground.
"Pelipper has lost its combat capability. Gym Leader, please release the next Pokémon!"
After checking the condition of the Pelipper, the Gym Leader Zachary announced.
"What a splendid defensive counterattack, but I won't let you easily obtain the Feather Badge!"
At this point, Winona was also somewhat excited and shouted loudly towards Rex.
Immediately, Winona sent out her second Pokémon, Altaria.
"Flaffy, use Thunderbolt!"
Rex didn't waste time either and directly ordered Flaffy to start attacking.
"Altaria, use Dragon Pulse to counterattack!"
However, when Flaffy attacked, Winona also ordered Altaria to counterattack.
A huge dragon energy spewed out from Altaria's mouth and collided with the Thunderbolt of Flaffy. The two forces were deadlocked for a while.
Unfortunately, Flaffy couldn't control the Thunderbolt as proficiently as Altaria controlled Dragon Pulse, and couldn't resist the powerful Dragon Pulse attack.
The Dragon Pulse scattered the power of the Thunderbolt directly onto Flaffy's body. Fortunately, Flaffy had just used Cotton Guard and barely withstood the impact of the Dragon Pulse.
"Flaffy, use the most powerful Thunderbolt!"
After seeing Altaria release the Dragon Pulse, Rex noticed that to maintain flight balance, Altaria had already detached its wings from the ground, so he quickly ordered.
Flaffy was already struggling to withstand the impact of the Dragon Pulse attack, but upon hearing the trainer's command, it also exerted its last remaining strength to release the Thunderbolt.
Just a few seconds later, Altaria couldn't maintain the Dragon Pulse anymore. After a howl, it fell to the ground. After all, being four times weak to electricity, being able to persist for so long was already quite impressive.
On the other hand, Flaffy didn't fare any better. After exhausting its last strength to release the Thunderbolt, it was unable to resist the impact of the Dragon Pulse and was directly knocked out, falling heavily to the ground.
"Altaria and Flaffy have lost their combat capabilities. Please release the next Pokémon from both trainers."
Rex was already quite satisfied that Flaffy could hold its ground against two opponents at once. So before recalling Flaffy, he gave it a thumbs-up.
The somewhat weakened Flaffy, out of habit, shook its head, indicating that it was nothing. However, its fur was already sligtly burned, and when it shook its head, it scatter fur ashes around, making the whole process look a bit funny.
After both sides recalled their Pokémon, without any surprises, they both chose Swellow as their third Pokémon.
Winona's Swellow had dark green feathers, unlike the ordinary Swellow's ink-blue feathers. Her Swellow seemed to be covered in a layer of filter, with feathers in a dark green color, giving it a special hazy beauty.
On the other hand, although Rex's Swellow had feathers in an ink-blue color, its size was much larger than the Shiny Swellow's. In the state of battle, it exuded a majestic aura, its eyes sharp as it stared at the Shiny Swellow.
"Swellow, use Tailwind!"
"Swellow, use Tailwind!"
Rex and Winona simultaneously ordered their Swellow to use Tailwind.
With the Tailwind skill boosting them, the speed of the Swellows increased significantly.
At this moment, the elevating platform of both sides began to rise again, until it reached the top, where Rex felt the occasional strong wind blowing from different directions.
If he hadn't often ridden Swellow to fly in the high altitude, he would have been distracted by this environment and unable to judge the situation well.
However, after reaching this height, they could more intuitively see the status of the Pokémon on both sides, making it easier to give accurate commands.
"Swellow, use Hyper Beam!"
"Swellow, use Air Slash to counterattack!"
Winona directly ordered her Swellow to use Hyper Beam.
Rex was also tired of the chase between the two sides, so he directly ordered his Swellow.
Hearing the commands, both sides began to collide their skills. The power of Hyper Beam was indeed formidable, often requiring several Air Slashes from Swellow to completely neutralize its power.
What was most terrifying was that after Winona's Shiny Swellow used Hyper Beam, it didn't need time to rest, and could launch continuous attacks. This indeed went against common sense.
After all, using a powerful move like Hyper Beam would consume a large amount of energy from the user in an instant, leading to a period of energy vacuum.
So, after using Hyper Beam, the Pokémon needed some time to recover, during which it couldn't attack.
However, Winona's Shiny Swellow undoubtedly shattered
Rex's understanding. It seemed to be able to use Hyper Beam just like using ordinary skills, and the power of the Hyper Beam it released wasn't inferior at all.
(End of this chapter)