"What in the world is that move?!"
Agatha gritted her teeth. She was certain that Ace's Gengar would be defeated, but instead, Ace's Gengar borrowed the attack and turned it against Lorelei's Slowbro.
The Slowbro were completely innocent. They were still focused on dealing with the Aerodactyl in the sky when they were suddenly backstabbed.
And it was a Ghost-type Curse. Within four turns, these Slowbro would definitely fall, with no way to prevent it.
"Ninetales, Victreebel!"
Ninetales and Victreebel landed on Ace's left and right, while the two Exeggutor stood behind Victreebel.
"Flamethrower! Solar Beam!"
Nine fireballs formed at Ninetales' tail, merging in threes. Three Flamethrowers rapidly swept across the Pokémon legions.
Victreebel and the Exeggutor simultaneously gathered sunlight, but it was late at night, so the gathering speed of Solar Beam was terrifyingly slow.
However, a second later, the Exeggutor quickly injected their gathered energy into Victreebel's body using Psychic power. Then, Victreebel's leaves lit up, and a Solar Beam blasted out.
The two Exeggutor acted as Victreebel's magazines. They didn't need to attack; as long as they continuously gathered Solar Beam energy and then injected it into Victreebel's body, Victreebel could rapidly use Solar Beam, thus bypassing the charging phase!
"Blissey!"
Blissey was also sent out by Ace, and with an open mouth, a Flamethrower landed on Ninetales.
The three Flamethrowers sweeping from Ninetales suddenly became several times thicker, instantly forcing the opposing Pokémon legions to halt their advance.
Watching the Pokémon legions being forced back by just one person and a few Pokémon, Lance's brows furrowed even deeper. He then said coldly, "To still not take them down, you've disappointed me greatly."
Then, Lance sharply snapped his fingers.
Instantly, countless Dragonair flew out from the sea, then collectively raised their heads. Suddenly, the moon was obscured by dark clouds, and in less than three seconds, torrential rain poured down, visibility instantly dropping. At the same time, Ninetales' flames and the Exeggutor's sunlight absorption speed plummeted.
The Pokémon legions, which had been forced back, advanced once more, walking step by step towards Ace's cabin through the heavy rain.
"Rain Dance... How should I thank you, Lance?"
Ace sneered. Crobat, who had been lurking in the darkness, now reappeared.
Wings of Poison waved, and a large amount of venom mixed with rainwater rapidly fell, then blended into the puddles on the ground.
The rainwater diluted the venom's toxicity, but this reduced the likelihood of Crobat being discovered.
To prevent Crobat from being found, Ninetales and Victreebel also outputted as much damage as possible, attracting the opponent's attention.
"Wait!"
Only ten seconds had passed when Lance suddenly noticed something amiss. Among his Dragonair legion, several Dragonair were frantically rubbing against other Dragonair, beginning to shed their skin.
Lance understood his Dragonair. Once a Dragonair shed its skin, it meant they had been afflicted by an abnormal status.
The opponent hadn't even moved. Could it be...
Lance suddenly looked up at the sky.
The rain clouds made visibility extremely low, even for Lance.
"Disperse the clouds, Dragonair, light up the sky!"
The torrential rain that had been falling instantly stopped, and a dozen Dragonair suddenly looked up. A dozen dazzling light spheres shot into the sky, dispelling the pitch-black night.
And Crobat, who had been ambushing from above, was now instantly exposed to everyone's view.
"It really is that bastard! Take it down for me!"
Lance was furious. With a wave of his hand, the Dragonair all gathered energy, and Dragon Pulses shot towards Crobat in the sky.
Lance attacked quickly, but Ace's reaction speed was even faster.
The instant Crobat was exposed, Ace raised his Poké Ball, and a red light shot towards Crobat.
The Dragon Pulses arrived, but the red light had already shone on Crobat. Crobat was recalled by Ace, and all the Dragon Pulses missed.
Lance was so angry he wanted to curse. This bastard was too slippery. They were clearly surrounding him, yet it felt like they were the ones being led around by the nose.
"Fire!"
Having recalled Crobat, Ace shouted loudly.
To find Crobat, Lance had forcibly changed the rainy weather to Sunny Day.
However, this made Victreebel and Ninetales happy.
Under Sunny Day, Ninetales' flame power increased, and Victreebel no longer needed to charge, completely becoming an immobile cannon.
"Boom, boom, boom..."
Solar Beams were compressed by Victreebel, and one after another, the Solar Beams like cannonballs rapidly blasted towards the Pokémon legions.
With the two Exeggutor supplying energy, Ace could sense that Victreebel's leaves felt somewhat scorched, indicating an energy overload.
However, even if its leaves withered and fell off, as long as Victreebel was given time, or Ace directly used the system's perfect-grade body repair to heal it, Victreebel would quickly be a strong fighter again.
So Victreebel was also well aware of this, completely disregarding its own condition, acting as if it were using a cannon to unleash machine gun fire, directly suppressing the opposing Pokémon legions, preventing them from raising their heads.
Forget advancing; those Pokémon legions were slowly retreating under the suppression of Victreebel's Solar Beams. It was already quite good that they hadn't directly collapsed and fled.
"Lance, cancel it quickly!"
Seeing his legions pushed back, Agatha also frowned, quickly telling Lance to remove the Sunny Day effect.
"If visibility is obstructed, that Crobat will come again."
Lance gritted his teeth, the sound grating. Such a shameless fighting style made them somewhat frustrated.
Either they had no visibility and had to endure Crobat's occasional poisoning, or they provided visibility and got bombarded.
"Aerodactyl, Dragonite, control the sky for me!"
In desperation, Lance sent out all of his remaining two Pokémon legions. The vast swarm of Pokémon seized control of the sky.
Ace slightly frowned. He knew his good times were over.
If he sent out Crobat now, it would undoubtedly be torn to shreds by the combination of Aerodactyl and Dragonite.
Even with his Mega Aerodactyl, it would be impossible to deal with so many Aerodactyl and Dragonite at once.
"To force out all my combat power, you can die without regrets."
Lance suddenly waved his hand. The Aerodactyl and Dragonite roared as they charged towards Ace's cabin.
With one round of charge, Ace's cabin would surely be utterly destroyed, with no possibility of a comeback.
But just as the Aerodactyl and Dragonite were about to approach Ace's cabin, a strong gust of wind suddenly swept through the sky.
And the strong wind quickly formed turbulence, instantly sending the Aerodactyl and Dragonite scattering, their offensive momentum halted!