The power of Gigantamax Hellfire Extinction Flame descended overwhelmingly from the sky, carrying with it a nearly destructive force charging toward Swinub.
The masked man waved his large hand and threw a recovery potion at the Delibird.
Although the potion wasn't as powerful as in the games, it still bought Delibird some stamina.
The Gastly and other Pokémon beside him automatically retreated, leaving only Swinub and Delibird.
Gigantamax moves had an extremely wide range of coverage, making it nearly impossible to dodge them purely through movement skills.
In such a situation, all tactics seemed pale and powerless. The masked man could only choose to let his Pokémon clash head-on with the Gigantamax Charizard.
The ice-type Pokémon created by Swinub flew toward the firebird in an overwhelming swarm. Ice Shards, Aurora Veil, Powder Snow and other moves were unleashed like they were free.
Watching Pryce's combat ability, Raihan couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.
"As expected of a trainer from an old region. Even without mastering a special power system, he can still exert this level of strength."
"Should I let Mewtwo make a move and restrict the masked man's moves?"
"No need," Raihan raised his arm, his tone flat.
"This small matter won't trouble Champion Leon. Although it was a bit dangerous when he fought me, he's more than capable of handling this guy."
Axel and Flygon exchanged glances and both saw the helplessness in each other's eyes.
As expected of Raihan, he's basically a supersized Pikachu.
If it weren't for Gigantamax, you'd have been pinned to the ground and rubbed by the masked man's clone yesterday, right?
Axel was very clear about Swinub's strength.
In the special chapter, Pryce had once used Swinub to create a fake "Suicune," and that Suicune's strength had already surpassed that of an average Gym Leader.
Although the Pokémon Swinub created now were made in haste, their strength definitely ranged from elite level to transitional gym leader level.
When the firebird collided with the ice-type Pokémon created by Swinub, a violent hissing of steam was immediately heard.
A large amount of mist spread between heaven and earth, and everyone lost their line of sight.
At that moment, Axel's eyes froze. He instantly grabbed Gardevoir's and Raihan's arms.
"Quick, recall the Flygon!"
"?", Raihan was a bit confused, but he still followed Axel's instructions immediately.
The next moment, Gardevoir took Axel and Raihan and appeared a hundred meters away.
At the same time they dodged, the spot they had just been standing on was instantly covered in ice and snow.
Large areas of rocks were frozen, becoming azure-blue ice sculptures.
Delibird's Freeze-Dry.
Caught off guard by the attack, Raihan was clearly stunned.
He had long been in the competition-booming Galar region and had almost never faced off against villainous organizations.
This was almost the first time he had been ambushed in a wild battle.
But immediately afterward, an emotion called excitement appeared in Raihan's eyes.
"So battles can be fought like this too?"
"Interesting... Really interesting."
"In that case..."
Axel twitched at the corners of his eyes.
'Why is Raihan so excited after getting ambushed?'
'This guy didn't awaken some strange personality trait, did he?'
"You go rest to the side, I'll take over here!", Afraid Raihan would get hurt, Axel hurriedly released Mewtwo in front of Delibird.
Raihan nodded vigorously, excitedly looking in the direction of the mist, "Alright, then you two handle the frontal fight. I'll go sneak attack that masked man!"
Axel: "..."
'Sure enough, this guy's been led astray.'
At the same time, Axel finally understood why there were no villains in the Galar region.
An invincible and dutiful Leon, an ambitious Rose, plus a weirdo like Raihan who would fall in love with ambushing enemies with just a little guidance.
What villain could possibly survive there?
If Ghetsis from Unova were sent over, he'd probably be KO'd during his first speech.
But at the moment, Axel didn't think too much about it anymore.
The more unrestrained people like Raihan were, the more beautiful this world became.
As for himself, he just needed to enjoy the battle with Delibird.
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— Delibird, Level 92: (Can shape ice into various forms. Ice-type move power is immense. Has terrifying power to freeze an entire lake instantly.)
—.Type: Ice + Flying
—.Ability: Vital Spirit (Own attack increases, but accuracy decreases)
— Aptitude: Gym Leader (Note: Aptitude is not a fixed upper limit. In the original work, several of Pryce's Pokémon didn't have high aptitude.)
— Moves: Present, Drill Peck, Acrobatics, Agility, Avalanche, Blizzard, Brick Break, Water Gun, Reckless Charge, Haze, Ice Beam, Icy Wind, Icicle Spear, Protect
— Tags: Grinding Iron Rod into Needle (Gold), King of Ice (Gold), King of Substitutes (Supreme)
• Grinding Iron Rod into Needle: With enough effort, success is inevitable, even capable of breaking shackles and pointing straight to divinity.
• King of Ice: Greatly increases speed of executing Ice-type moves. Ice-type move power.
• King of Substitutes: Can condense energy into near-living beings.
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Seeing Delibird's Tags, Axel couldn't help but breathe faster.
The first two Tags were fine, but the last one could honestly be described as terrifying.
Condensing energy into Pokémon, that was Pryce's most terrifying ability demonstrated in the special chapter.
In Pryce's hands, it could display power capable of toppling an entire city. If the tag came into his own hands, Axel didn't even dare to imagine how terrifying 100% of that power would be.
"Mewtwo, go beat him up for me!"
The battle was on the verge of breaking out. Delibird had excellent autonomous combat ability and first launched an Ice Shard toward Axel.
Mewtwo moved swiftly, teleporting instantly in front of Axel and blocking the Ice Shard with his spoon.
At the same time, a supremely powerful pressure radiated from his body and was fully directed at Delibird.
Even Swinub and the other Pokémon in the distance were affected.
In this state, Pryce's Pokémon had to expend more energy when using moves.
A battle that was already difficult just became even harder.
The masked man noticed the changes on Delibird's side and immediately frowned. A cold voice came from beneath the mask:
"Delibird, finish it fast. You must take out that guy. Otherwise, we're doomed to lose today without a doubt!"
"Skree!", Delibird let out a cry in response, wings instantly flapping.
A biting cold air burst forth from both wings, instantly sweeping across half the mountain peak.
Affected by the cold air, Axel shivered instinctively.
But the smile on his face didn't fade at all.
This scene looked oddly familiar.
The only difference was that last time the opponent was Cynthia, and this time it was this ugly masked guy.
"Mewtwo, use Encore!"
Mewtwo nodded slightly, curling a finger at Delibird.
The next moment, Delibird visibly froze, a giant question mark appearing above its head.
'How was Blizzard used again?'
'Why'd I suddenly forget?'
After thinking hard for a while, Delibird blinked and opened its beak toward Mewtwo.
'If Blizzard won't work, then I'll just use Ice Shard again!'
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