Solrock was also at a type disadvantage against Venusaur, but it had Confusion and Psywave, both of which could pressure Venusaur in return. The two sides fought fiercely, neither one able to gain a steady advantage for long.
In the end, both Pokémon used Solar Beam at the same time.
Boom!!
With a loud explosion, the aftermath blasted both Pokémon away. Solrock and Venusaur were thrown out of position and fell to the ground almost at the same time.
"Solrock and Venusaur have both lost the ability to battle at the same time," Samuel announced.
Everyone looked at Solrock and Venusaur lying on the field. This battle had been too difficult, with reversals happening again and again. Now both sides only had their strongest Pokémon left.
"In this case, both of them only have one Pokémon remaining."
"The moment to decide the winner has finally arrived."
"I wonder what Pokémon Mr. Brandon will use?"
"So far, Mr. Brandon has already used Regirock and Registeel in official battles."
"Which one will he use this time? Or could it be…!"
Everyone was curious about Brandon's final Pokémon.
As for Ash's last Pokémon, there was no need to guess.
On the field, Ash called out, "Pikachu, it's you!"
"Pikachu!"
Pikachu rushed into the battlefield, sparks flashing from its cheeks.
"Good. It's finally your turn. Go, Regice!"
Brandon threw the Poké Ball in his hand.
A burst of light flashed, and an ice giant appeared on the field. Its whole body looked as if it had been carved out of ancient ice.
"Regice!"
[Lv.60 Regice / Legendary Pokémon]
"What Pokémon is that?" May immediately took out her Pokédex and scanned it.
The Pokédex responded, "Regice, the Iceberg Pokémon. Its body is made of ice formed during the ice age. It will not melt even when exposed to fire, and it can control cold air as low as minus 200 degrees."
"So the Pokémon Brandon captured in the ruins was this Regice."
"This is the first time I've seen it."
Gary looked at Regice and felt a little disappointed.
He had thought Brandon's Regice would be around Level 65, but it was only Level 60. This level was not low, of course, but compared with Brandon's other two giants, it was clearly a bit weaker.
Next, Pikachu's path to defeating a Legendary Pokémon began.
Pikachu first used Thunderbolt, but Regice took the attack directly and barely seemed affected.
Regice's base Special Defense was 200. Special attacks basically could not cause much damage to it.
After taking Thunderbolt, Regice began to counterattack. It fired two Ice Beams. Although neither one hit Pikachu directly, the attacks froze the entire battlefield. From this alone, it could be seen that Regice's control over cold air had reached a very high level.
Regice moved slowly, but on the ice-covered ground, it still had decent mobility. The next battle unfolded almost the same as in the animation. Pikachu struck Regice with two consecutive Iron Tails, landing solid hits on its frozen body.
Regice used Ice Beam to counterattack. Although it still did not hit Pikachu directly, the ice pillars it created surrounded Pikachu. After that, Regice used Rest to recover its strength.
Pikachu used Iron Tail to break through the ice pillars and quickly charged toward Regice. Golden lightning burst all over its body.
Volt Tackle!!
Regice also woke up at this moment and used Ice Beam to counterattack, but Pikachu dodged it with a quick movement.
Bang!!
Pikachu crashed head-on into Regice's frozen body. Regice was sent flying backward, slammed into the wall outside the battlefield, and then fell to the ground.
"Regice has lost the ability to battle. Pikachu wins!" Samuel announced. "Therefore, the winner is Ash from Pallet Town!"
"We won!"
"Pikachu!"
Ash and Pikachu jumped up excitedly to celebrate. At last, Ash had cleared the entire Battle Frontier.
After the match ended, Brandon also handed the Brave Symbol to Ash.
"Ash, congratulations."
"Congratulations on clearing all the Battle Frontier facilities."
"What a wonderful battle."
Everyone came over to congratulate Ash.
Ash looked at Gary and asked, "Gary, don't you want to say something?"
Gary crossed his arms and said, "There's not much to say. Although you won, you made a lot of mistakes in this battle. Especially that Seismic Toss. That was really stupid."
Ash froze. "This…"
Indeed, the battle at the beginning had been really bad. That kind of mistake was something only a rookie Trainer would normally make.
"It's fine," Professor Oak said, comforting him. "Although there were some mistakes, your performance overall was still good."
Gary did not say much more. He turned to Brandon and asked, "Mr. Brandon, when can you battle me?"
Brandon had already heard about Gary from Scott at noon. He knew Gary was a very strong challenger. In less than ten days, Gary had defeated the other six Frontier Brains.
"Then we'll wait until the battlefield is repaired," Brandon said. "After that, we can begin the battle."
"What? You're battling so soon?"
"Won't you wait until tomorrow?"
May and Max were both surprised that Brandon was willing to continue battling immediately.
"It's fine," Brandon said. "I have other Pokémon I can use, and I have somewhere else to go tomorrow. So we'll battle today."
"Alright, no problem."
Gary did not want to delay either, so starting earlier was better.
"That's great! We can watch Gary's battle too," Max said excitedly.
Max admired Gary very much, especially the way Gary crushed his opponents in every match. At first, he thought it would be difficult for Gary to challenge the Battle Frontier, but Gary had reached the Battle Pyramid so quickly.
"Then I'll stay and keep watching too. Gary, is that okay?" May asked.
"It's up to you. Watch if you want," Gary said indifferently.
So everyone decided to stay and continue watching the battle between Gary and Brandon.
There was healing equipment inside the Battle Pyramid, so Ash's Pokémon could also be healed there.
Fifteen minutes later...
The battlefield had been cleaned up.
Gary and Brandon stood in their command areas.
Samuel stood in the referee's position and announced, "Now, let the Battle Pyramid Frontier Battle begin!"
"The challenger is Gary from Pallet Town, and his opponent is the Pyramid King, Brandon of the Battle Pyramid."
"This match will be a 2-on-2 battle. Only the challenger is allowed to switch Pokémon. Now, Frontier Brain, please send out your first Pokémon."
Brandon threw his Poké Ball without any hesitation.
"Go, Regirock!"
A flash of light appeared, and a giant made of rock landed on the field.
[Lv.70 Regirock / Legendary Pokémon]
Brandon's Regirock had already reached champion level. From this alone, it could be seen that Brandon possessed the strength of a champion-level Trainer.
[Ding! Task issued: Obtain the Brave Symbol.
Reward: Master Rare Candy ×2, Gold Bottle Cap ×1, Ability Expansion Stone ×1, Self-selected Permanent TM Learning Device ×1.]
The system also issued a task at this moment.
Sure enough, when facing a champion-level Pokémon, even the level of the Rare Candy reward was raised.