Pokémon: Master System.

A pure physical attacker, a pure special attacker, a kingdra, and a support-oriented Altaria—the combination of these three Pokémon is extremely reasonable. Moreover, they are three true Dragon-type Pokémon, much more authentic than Xia Yu, a half-baked Dragon-type trainer.

However, Xia Yu showed no fear whatsoever.

Only fake Dragon-type trainers would use Dragon-type Pokémon like Altaria or Kingdra.

True Dragon-type trainers use Pokémon like Gyarados, Charizard, and Aerodactyl.

In the battle between real and fake Dragon-type trainers, how could my Charizard and Sceptile be afraid of you?

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"Welcome, viewers, to this match! The two players facing off are Xia Yu from the Imperial Capital Dragon Realm and Li Miao from the Chang'an Dragon Realm!"

"Let's welcome our two guests to the stage!"

Accompanied by the host's passionate voice, Xia Yu and Li Miao appeared on stage at the same time.

Li Miao looked tall and thin, with a refined and scholarly air. He wore a trench coat from the Chang'an Dragon Realm and black boots, giving him a cool and slightly roguish look. The corners of his mouth were slightly upturned.

"Game start!"

"Go, King Thorn Dragon."

"Keep it up, Buzzbat!"

Li Miao's choice of Pokémon was as expected: Kingdra, an ace-level Pokémon with the potential to dominate the weather with Rain Dance. However, Xia Yu's choice of Nombat surprised everyone, as they all assumed that Xia Yu would definitely send out Charizard as his first Pokémon in sunny weather.

"Xia Yu didn't field Charizard in the starting lineup, but instead started with Nombat." Commentator She Yi said in surprise, "If I hadn't watched the morning's game, I would definitely say that Xia Yu doesn't understand tactics."

"However, after watching the morning's match, I believe Xia Yu must have his own reasons for doing this. Let's continue to watch and see what kind of wonderful performance this buzzing bat will bring."

Li Miao frowned slightly. He had the same thought, expecting Xia Yu to send out Charizard or Sceptile as the first choice, but he didn't expect it to be Noctua.

"Numbat it is," Li Miao thought. "It's four times weak to ice, sending it up here is practically suicide." He couldn't help but think that against Kingdra's Ice Beam, the Numbat was nothing more than a helpless baby.

"Xia Yu, I'll show you what a true Dragon-type Trainer is, and that the Chang'an Dragon-type Secret Realm is the strongest secret realm!"

"King Thorn Dragon, use Rain Dance!"

"Buzzing Bat, provocation."

Li Miao naturally instructed Kingdra to use the Rain Dance skill to change the sunny weather into rainy weather. This would not only trigger Kingdra's Swift Swim ability but also effectively increase the damage of Water-type moves.

However, Xia Yu was not about to let Li Miao have his way. He sent out Nova Bat as the first opponent, with the aim of making Nova Bat use the Taunt skill to lock down Kingdra and prevent it from using attack skills and status skills.

Although the two gave the orders almost simultaneously, the Buzzbat acted first.

The Nompus, possessing telepathic abilities, has established a preliminary mental link with Xia Yu, enabling simple mental communication and the transmission of basic information. Naturally, it reacts much faster than the Kingdra, which relies on voice commands.

This is truly a rudimentary form of telepathy. As their mental connection grows stronger, Xia Yu and Weng Fu will eventually be able to achieve genuine telepathic communication.

The Buzzbat flapped its wings and flew through the air, emitting sound waves from its mouth. At the same time, Dark-type energy spread outwards layer by layer with the sound waves, rapidly expanding! Almost instantly, it hit Kingdra, which was accumulating Water-type energy, and its Rain Dance skill was abruptly interrupted.

"Is this using sound waves to taunt?!" exclaimed She Yi in the commentary booth. As a professional commentator, he immediately recognized that Noibat's method of using Taunt was different from that of other Pokémon.

Xia Yu smiled. The way Buzzbat was now using transformation skills was his secret weapon, which he had been researching for a long time. It involved using Buzzbat's ultrasonic abilities to transfer energy, allowing some moves to be executed faster, achieving an effect similar to Mischievous Heart!

Of course, achieving this level is not easy and requires meeting the following conditions.

First, Noboom's aptitude must be high enough; Xia Yu estimated it would need to be at least near-champion level. This is because Noboom didn't learn this skill even when it was at the Elite Four level; it only learned it after Xia Yu caught six Dragon-type Pokémon, causing all of their aptitudes to skyrocket.

Secondly, it needs to have telepathic properties, because only buzzing bats with this property are more sensitive to energy and can attach energy to sound waves so that it can propagate with the sound waves.

These two conditions are indispensable.

However, once you learn this ability, the effects are incredibly powerful. First, the taunt skill almost always guarantees the first strike, sealing the opponent's transformation skills with a 100% success rate, which is powerful enough on its own.

Secondly, skills such as Dragon Pulse will change in how they are released. They will no longer be simple energy blasts, but will instead incorporate dragon-type energy into sound waves. This will not only greatly increase the release speed of the skills, but will also turn them into wide-range area-of-effect attacks!

This ability alone can greatly enhance the Buzzbat's combat power!

"What a brilliant idea!"

"So that's how buzzing bats can use their skills. I guess I should consider training one when I get back."

"I estimate that after today's competition, many people will choose Nombat as their starter Pokémon."

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If Xia Yu's demonstration of Charizard's Dragon Tail skill in the morning was merely eye-catching, then the abilities Nombat displayed at this moment were absolutely astonishing.

Yu Haoran's face was grim. Even though he and Xia Yu didn't get along, he had to admit that Xia Yu, who was able to develop such an ability, truly deserved the title of scientific genius.

Su Mu's lips curled up slightly. He hadn't misjudged Xia Yu after all. He had already seen Xia Yu's talent from the last time Xia Yu was able to command Roserade and Gallade to hold off Anthony on his own.

Su Muzi cheered excitedly for Xia Yu, completely forgetting that the VIP box was soundproof, and no one except Xiao Wanyu beside her could hear her. Xiao Wanyu, meanwhile, wore a thoughtful expression; no one knew what she was thinking.

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Chapter 171 King Thorn Dragon vs. Charizard

Li Miao hadn't expected that the Buzzbat would use sound waves to unleash a taunt skill, directly interrupting the King Thorn Dragon's Rain Dance skill.

"King Thoran, use Ice Beam!"

However, Li Miao was not bothered by having his variation moves blocked and quickly changed his approach.

Since Rain Dance isn't an option, let's just use Ice Beam to take down Nombat! Li Miao was full of confidence in his Kingdra, and confidence is an essential quality for every trainer.

Kingdra, with ice-type energy accumulating in its gun-barrel-like mouth, flew towards Nombat in a laser-like motion!

"Get out of the way, Buzzbat. Use Tailwind!"

After countless extreme dodging training sessions, the Noctua was completely unfazed by Kingdra's Ice Beam attack. With a light and agile turn, it easily evaded the Ice Beam, handling the situation with ease.

At the same time, Nombat opened its mouth again, and Flying-type energy, along with sound waves, covered the entire field. Under the influence of Flying-type energy, winds blew across the field, and for a period of time afterward, the speed of Xia Yu's Pokémon would increase along with the energy of the wind.

Looking at the agile Nombat, Li Miao felt for the first time that it was a bit tricky. It was obvious that Kingdra, which could only move within the pool, would find it difficult to hit the Nombat flying at a distance using its skills.

"King Thorn Dragon, compress your energy and unleash Ice Beam!"

Li Miao's ability to become the strongest Lord-level trainer in the entire Chang'an Dragon System Secret Realm is naturally due to his considerable skill! The Kingdra continuously compressed Ice-type energy into its long mouth, accumulating power. When the Ice-type energy was compressed to its limit, it suddenly launched!

The compressed ice beam traveled at extremely high speed, like a sniper rifle, firing a beam of ice energy straight toward the buzzing bat.

"Buzzbat, hold the line!"

Faced with the compressed frozen beam, Xia Yu didn't dare to gamble on whether the Buzzbat could dodge it. Instead, he chose to play it safe and had the Buzzbat use its Guard skill to block the Kingdra's attack.

"Buzzing Bat, turn back immediately!"

After securing the move, Xia Yu's voice rang out again. Nombat's body was enveloped in Bug-type energy. Taking advantage of the speed generated by the Tailwind move, it crashed into Kingdra like a flash of light, causing minor damage, and then retreated quickly back into its Poké Ball.

U-turn is one of the top Bug-type moves. Not only is it quite powerful, but it also has the effect of switching Pokémon, and it can be used to switch Pokémon even if it is not affected by Rooting, Binding, or Shadow Tag.

Of course, because of the power of this skill, its price is also quite high. Noisybat was able to learn this skill last night after Longyan Ning brought over the U-turn TM.

Thinking of this, Xia Yu couldn't help but want to look for Long Yan Ning's graceful figure in the audience, but he was in the middle of a battle and couldn't get distracted!

Xia Yu could only suppress this thought and took out a Poké Ball to release Charizard!

"Roar!"

After unleashing Taunt and Tailwind to create a perfect opportunity for Charizard to deal damage, Nombat uses U-turn to switch Charizard in.

This is exactly Xia Yu's tactic.

"Charizard, Dragon Pulse!"

Xia Yu chose to have Charizard use the Dragon Pulse move at this time, not only because Kingdra is four times more resistant to fire, but more importantly because all of Li Miao's Pokémon are twice as weak to dragons.

Charizard with the Solar Power ability can definitely cripple Kingdra when it uses Dragon Pulse!

"King Thorn Dragon, hide in the water."

Li Miao reacted quickly, choosing to have Kingdra shrink into the water to cushion the power of Dragon Pulse.

Kingdra quickly dived into the water, completely dodging Charizard's Dragon Pulse attack!

Looking at the King Spikes hiding underwater, Xia Yu also felt that it was quite troublesome. To deal with the King Spikes, he had to force it to the surface first.

"Charizard, use Heat Wave on the water!"

As Xia Yu gave the order, he exhaled scorching breath that covered the entire water surface, continuously heating it up!

This is still because Charizard's strength is insufficient. If there were a Gym Leader or Elite Four member, a single Fire-type move could evaporate the water on the surface, not just heat it up.

Seeing Charizard's actions, Li Miao knew that Kingdra had to retaliate.

"Kingdra, compress your water-type energy and unleash Water Cannon!"

As the water temperature rose, and with Li Miao's command, Kingdra suddenly poked its head out, enduring the scorching heat, and aimed at Charizard from its gun-like mouth, unleashing a water cannon. A beam of azure light, like a laser, flew straight toward Charizard.

"Charizard, Dragon Pulse!"

The compressed water cannon fired at an extremely high speed, colliding with the dragon-type energy emitted from Charizard's mouth, creating an explosion and splashing water droplets all around like rain.

"Charizard, Dragon Pulse at full power!"

Xia Yu couldn't care less about anything else at the moment. He couldn't think of any other good methods. In addition, the duration of the taunt skill used by Nombat was not long. Therefore, he could only let Charizard use Dragon Pulse to cover the area with firepower.

"Roar!"

"King Thorn Dragon, unleash your most powerful water cannon!"

Similarly, Li Miao had no other choice. If it weren't for the Nompus's taunt skill, he could have made Kingdra use the Rain Dance skill, but now he could only make Kingdra use the Water Cannon skill.