Annihilape's second Rage Fist landed directly on Clefable's face without any hindrance!
Protect can only be used once in a short period of time. If you want to use it consecutively, the success rate will sharply decline.
Moreover, Whitney didn't even react to the fact that Annihilape could throw a second Rage Fist.
The force, the power of the first punch, after being blocked by the Protect barrier, Annihilape should be panting in place, then countered by her Clefable.
How can a skill of this level be used consecutively like this? It's simply not scientific!
However, the unscientific happened, Whitney had no time to make any other response, Clefable had already been directly hit!
"Clefa——!!!"
A shrill scream echoed across the battlefield, Clefable's round body, like a ball being smacked away, bounced twice on the ground, then rolled and crashed into the audience seating wall at the edge of the arena.
"Bang!"
Clefable's broad body was embedded directly into the wall, with her face facing the battlefield, her eyes were already spiraling, indicating Clefable had lost the ability to battle.
The entire Gym fell into silence.
The people on the audience stands even forgot to breathe, they stared wide-eyed at Clefable embedded in the audience area wall, and the Annihilape not far away, whose fists were still clenched, dark purple energy slowly dissipating from its body.
The audience had just felt relieved that Clefable managed to block Annihilape's attack, yet the next second, Clefable flew out directly!
Their brains hadn't comprehended what had happened, yet the battle's outcome was already decided.
"Clefable has lost the ability to battle, Annihilape wins! Therefore, the victor is Ash!" The judge's voice broke the silence, raising the flag high.
"Good job, Clefable, come back." Whitney returned Clefable to the Pokeball.
In this match, although she was at a level disadvantage, she had an advantage in attribute restraint, just like the previous Heracross versus Kangaskhan battle.
But the result was entirely different. If it weren't for the requirement of Annihilape's Skill Moves, Whitney even felt Clefable's skills wouldn't have landed on Annihilape at all.
After enduring two of Clefable's skill attacks consecutively, the power of Annihilape's Rage Fist reached an extremely exaggerated level.
Throughout the match, Clefable was actually punched only twice, yet just those two punches were enough to bring down the tough and sturdy Clefable!
On one hand, it was indeed because Rage Fist was particularly powerful, but on the other hand, Annihilape's attack power was also terrifying!
After all, even when Clefable used Protect, it nearly shattered the Protect barrier!
Though it didn't shatter the Protect barrier in the aftermath, it was able to seamlessly execute that second Rage Fist.
The strength gap between the two sides wasn't just a simple small level difference on the surface.
Ironically, Ash sent out a Pokemon two levels lower than hers, yet after a tough battle managed to draw level.
However, she used a Pokemon one level lower than Ash's, and the result was a straightforward defeat by the opponent.
It's not just the difference between the Pokemon but also the difference between the Trainers, perhaps.
Thinking of this, Whitney took a deep breath, suppressing the slightly desolate expression on her face.
"The battle isn't over yet! Next is my trump card, brace yourself Ash!" Whitney took out her final Pokeball and threw it out fiercely: "I'm counting on you, Miltank!"
As the light faded, a Pokemon appeared in the center of the field, a circle larger than a normal Miltank.
With sturdy limbs, her pink and white body resembled a small mountain, yet her round physique didn't appear clumsy, but rather exuded a sense of power and pressure.
Miltank, Normal Type Pokemon, the absolute trump card of the Goldenrod Gym.
Ash squinted slightly, recording Miltank's information in his mind—Gym Peak.
Indeed worthy of being the trump card of the Goldenrod Gym? Its strength is undoubtedly on a different tier from the other Pokemon, one step further and it's Elite Level.
This level is slightly higher than Annihilape, and in terms of physical strength, Miltank also holds the advantage. Even though Annihilape managed to finish Clefable with two punches earlier, it also endured hard countering two restraint skills, depleting quite a bit of physical strength.
If Annihilape were to stay in, it wouldn't actually be an easy fight.
"Annihilape, great job, come back and rest." Ash took out a Pokeball and withdrew Annihilape.
Whitney raised an eyebrow seeing this: "Oh? Not planning to continue with Annihilape? Those two punches just now were rather intimidating."
"Annihilape can still fight, but it's unnecessary." Ash shook his head, retrieving another Pokeball from his waist, weighing it in his hand, "Against Miltank, I have a more suitable choice."
If Rage Fist could still be used, Ash wouldn't mind letting Annihilape finish the match, but Rage Fist has been sealed.
Ghost Type skills have no effect on Normal Type, so Annihilape can't use Rage Fist against Miltank.
This point is indeed unfortunate; if he weren't battling a Normal Type Gym today, Ash could have used Annihilape's enhanced Rage Fist to sweep through the team directly!