Pokémon: Master System.

Chapter 450 Shell Dragon VS Magneton

Magneto floats in the air, its two U-shaped magnets constantly rotating like its arms.

"Shellion, use Dragon Dance." Xia Yu's voice rang out. While Magneton used Electro Levitate, he also had Shellion use Dragon Dance to enhance its speed and attack.

With dragon-type energy swirling around its body, the Armored Dragon performed a mysterious dance, while its speed and attack power were also enhanced.

"Roar!"

After its dragon dance, the Shellder Dragon stared intently at the Magneton in the air, letting out a roar, its face full of fighting spirit.

This battle was actually quite disadvantageous for Shellder. First, Shellder had not yet evolved into Salamence, and its strength was limited. Shellder's strength was even inferior to that of ordinary Pokémon, but after evolving into Salamence, its strength would increase almost exponentially.

Secondly, there's the armor that Shellder is so proud of: its hard shell is useless against Magneton, which excels in special attacks.

Thirdly, on the offensive end, Shellder's special attack is quite poor, with only its physical attack being decent. However, Magneton's defense is excellent, making it a complete counter to Shellder.

Therefore, in terms of raw strength and attributes, the Armored Dragon has no advantage whatsoever, and Xia Yu sees almost no hope of victory.

In this situation, the only way to win is to rely on status moves.

Xia Yu glanced at the Armored Dragon's various skills and sighed helplessly in his heart.

Shellder doesn't have any special moves that can turn the tide of battle. Even if it could learn the Toxic move, Steel-type Pokémon won't get poisoned.

With this tactic of using highly poisonous substances also rendered useless, Xia Yu truly couldn't think of any way to win at this moment.

Unless...evolution.

This may be Xia Yu's only chance to win.

After several months of training, Shellder has grown extremely fast and is only one step away from evolving. However, unlike other Pokémon, Shellder's evolution is extremely difficult.

Evolving from Shellder Dragon to Salamence is a process of breaking free from its cocoon and transforming into a dragon, just as difficult as Magikarp evolving into Gyarados. This step is not easy to take.

That's all I can do.

Xia Yu's eyes flashed, and he commanded the Shell Dragon to launch an attack: "Shell Dragon, use Fire Fang!"

Faced with Magneton, Xia Yu naturally chose to have Shellder Dragon use a Fire-type move to attack.

Upon hearing Xia Yu's command, the Armored Dragon opened its mouth, flames rose and swirled around its jaws, and it moved its limbs, accelerating towards the Magneton.

"Take off, Magneton!" Facing the Shellder Dragon's attack, Su Muzi remained extremely calm. She showed no panic whatsoever, calmly directing Magneton to use its levitation ability to fly into the sky, taking advantage of its flight to evade the Shellder Dragon's first wave of attacks.

"Magneto, metallic sound!"

After taking off, Su Muzi immediately gave the order for Magneton to use its Metal Sound ability.

Metallic Sound is a Steel-type status move that generates noise through metal friction and infuses Steel-type energy to significantly lower the opponent's Special Defense.

Meanwhile, Metallic Sound is also a sound-based move. Not only is it released extremely quickly, but it is also very difficult to dodge. Especially for Pokémon like Shellder, which is not very fast, it is even more difficult to dodge Magneton's attack.

At this moment, the Shellder Dragon, having lost its target, could only stand still, raising its head to look at the Magneton flying into the air, its eyes filled with anger and a trace of longing.

A piercing metallic sound rang out, carrying silvery-gray metallic energy that swept towards the Shellder Dragon, successfully hitting it and significantly lowering its Special Defense.

"Shellion, use Flamethrower!" Xia Yu frowned as he watched the Magneton fly into the air.

Since close-range physical attacks are difficult to hit Magneton, Xia Yu simply had Shellder use a special attack move.

Fire energy swirled around the armored dragon, converging towards its mouth. Then, the armored dragon suddenly opened its mouth and spewed out flames like a long dragon.

Both are Flamethrower skills, and both represent peak Overlord-level strength, but when Shellder Dragon uses it and when Xia Yu uses Charizard Dragon, it's like two completely different skills.

If Charizard were to unleash Flamethrower at this moment, the opposing Magneton would have to use Protect, otherwise it would absolutely not be able to withstand a single Flamethrower from Charizard.

This is understandable, since their special attacks are completely different. Shellaur is neither evolved nor good at special attacks.

"Magneto, beam cannon!"

Faced with the Shell Dragon's flame attack, Su Muzi directly commanded Magneton to take the hit head-on.

When the strength difference is not significant, tactics become very important. However, in a situation where one has an advantage in all aspects, brute force can overcome all techniques. As long as they face each other head-on, Magneton cannot lose.

Steel-type energy began to gather in front of Magneton, and in just an instant, a beam of light shot out from in front of Magneton and blasted towards Shellder.

"boom!"

Flames collided with the light cannon, kicking up clouds of smoke and dust.

The Shell Dragon's Flamethrower was completely overwhelmed by Magneton's Cannon!

A dazzling beam of light pierced through the flames, striking the armored dragon and blasting it away.

"Armored Dragon!" Xia Yu frowned, looking at the armored dragon with a solemn expression.

Magneton is undoubtedly an extremely powerful opponent, and the current Shellder is definitely no match for it.

Xia Yu was mentally prepared for this outcome.

"Roar." The armored dragon let out a deep roar in response to Xia Yu, its gaze fixed on the Magneton opposite it, its eyes brimming with fighting spirit.

Seeing this, Su Muzi knew that Xia Yu's Shellder Dragon was no match for her Magneton. She then said, "Magneto, keep using the Cannon!"

Energy converged, and in the blink of an eye, another beam of light formed, blasting towards the armored dragon!

"Hold on, Armored Dragon!"

A light shield appeared, like a sturdy barrier, blocking the armored dragon from Magneton's beam cannon!

"Shellhound, Flame Fang, charge!"

After securing the position, Xia Yu immediately ordered the Armored Dragon to use the Flame Fang skill, and flames swirled around the Armored Dragon, burning fiercely.

Seeing this, Su Muzi originally wanted to send Magneton flying into the air again to dodge the attack from Shellder, but after glancing at Xia Yu and Shellder, she swallowed her words: "Magneto, charge up, unleash a full-power Thunderbolt!"

Hearing Su Muzi's order, Xia Yu frowned, clearly indicating that Su Muzi was going easy on him.

The Dragon-type Shellder has double resistance to Electric, and there are clearly more suitable moves like the Cannon, but instead Magneton uses Thunderbolt. Isn't that obviously a waste?

Given Su Muzi's high standards, she wouldn't make such a basic mistake.

However, whether Su Muzi holds back or not will not have a significant impact on the competition; a head-on confrontation will only further ignite the fighting spirit of the Armored Dragon.

The armored dragon opened its massive jaws, revealing sharp teeth, flames burning, and bit down hard at the Magneton.

"boom!"

A crisp metallic clang rang out as the Shell Dragon's Flame Fang skill successfully hit the Magneton, unleashing a burst of flames. However, against the Magneton's formidable defense, the damage was quite limited.

At the same time, thunder roared and golden lightning illuminated the entire scene!

"Xia Yu lost."

"Well done, Su Muzi, avenge me, beat him up!"

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Chapter 451 North Bay Suburbs

Night fell, the sky was dark, and the moon and stars were few.

After dinner, Xia Yu and Wu Yaozu took Su Muzi and Xia Jie back to school. Wu Yaozu then went to the training room to continue his extra training. Losing to Xia Yu further fueled Wu Yaozu's fighting spirit.

Xia Yu, on the other hand, headed to a construction site in the northern suburbs of the capital.

Since the approval for the construction of the giant laboratory was officially granted half a month ago, Xia Yu immediately contacted Xiao Wanyu and Long Fan, and found the top designers and construction teams in the country to start construction immediately, striving to complete the entire laboratory within a month.

Meanwhile, to facilitate future battles, Xia Yu specifically instructed the construction team to build a huge training and battle arena.

In just half a month, the laboratory has taken shape. Except for the interior design, the external environment is almost complete.

It is estimated that the entire laboratory will be completed in another half month.

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"Dr. Xia, it's so late, why are you taking a stroll around here?" The person in charge of the construction site rushed over as soon as he received news of Xia Yu's arrival. He stood by Xia Yu's side, greeted him with a smile, and offered him a pack of cigarettes.

"Thank you, but I don't smoke," Xia Yu replied with a smile, waving his hand in refusal.

He has a habit of not liking to take advantage of small things.

Xia Yu continued, "Hmm. I came here to take a look and try out the newly built battle arena. By the way, is the battle arena usable right now?"

"It's usable, of course it's usable, it's just that the ordered equipment and monitoring system haven't arrived yet."

"What level of Pokémon battles can you withstand?" Xia Yu asked with a smile.

"We built this according to your requirements and the highest standards both domestically and internationally. It's no less than a championship-level competition venue, and it can withstand even championship-level battles," the person in charge at the construction site said with a smile.

"Okay, that's good, thank you for your hard work." Xia Yu nodded: "Then I'll go in and give it a try. By the way, when I go in, please lock the door for me and prevent anyone or any Pokémon from getting close."

Xia Yu gave earnest instructions.

"Don't worry, I understand." The site manager nodded. "You trainers must keep your own abilities a secret. Don't worry, I guarantee that no one will get close. Not even a mosquito can fly in."

Even without the site manager's guarantee, Xia Yu didn't trust them. To be on the safe side, he planned to leave Darkrai at the entrance later, but Xia Yu still smiled and replied, "Okay, thank you for your trouble. I'll give you a big bonus after the inspection."

"No need, no need. I should be the one treating you to dinner. Take care, Dr. Xia."

Looking at the respectful demeanor of the construction site manager, Xia Yu felt a slight sense of感慨 (gan3kai3, a complex feeling of mixed emotions, including admiration and awe). This was perhaps the allure of power, strength, and wealth.

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