The soul penetrates Xiaozhi and destroys Gou Hao at the beginning

"Luckily, I dodged it. If I had been thrown from that height by the Warrior Eagle, the damage would have been much greater," Kachi said.

Kachi said that, but that's not actually the case. Freefall only has a power of 60, and even with the STAB boost, it's only 90. Moreover, since it's a Flying-type move, it's not very effective against Lycanroc, so it only has 45, which is only slightly higher than Tackle.

I wonder how Ash's Lycanroc survived all those attacks during its final battle against Gladion's Lycanroc in the original anime?

However, during his fight with Dr. Kukui, he was already covered in injuries after taking a poorly executed freefall shot from the Warriors Hawk.

I wonder what Gladio in the original anime thought about this; it's definitely a plot device kill.

"Warrior Eagle, unleash your Steel Wings Counterattack and attack all clones."

"Rock Wolfman, use Stone Strike."

The Warrior Eagle swiftly swooped down, using its Steel Wings to destroy all the shadow clones, but missed the main body of the Mane Rock Werewolf.

It had already taken the opportunity to run behind the Warrior Eagle, and with a swipe of its talons, it launched a sharp stone attack.

"Warrior Eagle, quickly use your brute force to block it."

The Warrior Eagle concentrated its Fighting-type energy into its claws, shattering all the incoming stone pillars. However, due to the recoil from its brute force, its Attack and Defense were each reduced by one level.

"Warrior Eagle, chase after them and keep using brute force."

"Rock Wolf, block the attack and then use Stone Strike."

Brave Eagle raised its claws again and charged at Lycanroc. With its Attack stat reduced by 1, Brave Eagle posed no threat to Lycanroc, so Ash sent Lycanroc to face it head-on.

"Dr. Kukui's Warrior Eagle is maintaining its brute force and rapidly pursuing the Mane Rock Lycan.

The Warrior Eagle struck the Mane Rock Werewolf with its claws first, a move that proved highly effective.

The mane-wielding werewolf, enduring the pain, glared with its blood-red eyes and roared.

One after another, stone pillars burst forth from the ground, piercing the warrior eagle's belly head-on. This attack was remarkably effective.

With its already low physical defense, the Warrior Eagle, whose physical defense had been halved after being hit by two brute force attacks, was unable to withstand the highly effective sharp stone attack and was immediately knocked to the ground.

man!

With a loud bang, the Warrior Eagle crashed heavily to the ground, barely alive.

"The Warrior Eagle is incapacitated, and the Mane Rock Lycan wins," announced referee Hala.

"It's time for the Mane Rock Werewolf to unleash its full power!"

The Valkyrie has crashed! Ash's Lycanroc takes the first win!

They secured the first victory, delivering a crushing blow to the once invincible Royal Masked Men.

"This battle was incredibly fierce," Shi Kuang said excitedly.

Ash was the first to defeat one of the Royal Masked Man's Pokémon, which immediately drew cheers from the audience.

"I didn't expect that the royal masked man would be the first to be defeated," Kachi said in surprise.

"Go, Lycanroc!" Mao shouted.

"Ultimate move: Werewolf's Edge!"

Shui Lian's chuunibyou spirit is burning.

"Ash, you can do it!" Hanako shouted.

"How could this be! It actually withstood the brute force attack!"

Come back, Warriors Eagles, you've really worked hard.

How about this one? Come out, Venusaur!

"Frog!"

This Venusaur is level 59 and has the Overgrowth ability. When its HP is below one-third, Grass-type moves are 1.5 times more powerful.

"Professor Kukui's third Pokémon is Venusaur."

"That's a heavyweight!" Kachi exclaimed.

"How about it, Ash? Isn't my Venusaur cool? I'm so proud of this flower!" Professor Kukui said proudly.

"My next Pokémon will be just as impressive!"

"Come back, Lycanroc. You performed exceptionally well. Nine-Tails, it's your turn. Prepare to fight."

"Nine!"

Ash's fourth Pokémon is an Alolan Ninetales.

As soon as Ninetales appeared, its Snowfall ability activated, changing the weather on the field to snow.

"Just go all out and finish them off, Nine-Tails, unleash Blizzard!"

"Shall we face this head-on? I accept the challenge, Venusaur, prepare to unleash Solar Beam."

While Venusaur was still charging up, Alola Ninetales made the first move, unleashing a fierce blizzard from its mouth.

Blizzard is guaranteed to hit in snowy conditions, and since it's an area-of-effect (AoE) skill, it can cover the entire field.

Venusaur, who was charging up its attack, had no choice but to take the hit head-on, and the effect was outstanding.

If it were a Mega Venusaur with the Thick Fat ability, it wouldn't be afraid of this move, but unfortunately it isn't.

However, even with double the effect, this move still couldn't kill a Venusaur at full health.

"How about that? My Venusaur's defense is just amazing, isn't it? Venusaur, Solar Beam, fire!"

After charging up, Venusaur aimed the flower bud on its back at Ninetales, and a beam of sunlight, formed from the immense Grass-type energy, burst forth.

Xiao Zhi smiled slightly and called out,

"Nine-Tailed Fox, unleash your divine power."

The Alola Ninetales channeled its Psychic-type energy, directly controlling and redirecting the incoming solar beam into the air, successfully neutralizing the attack.

"What! Supernatural powers can be used in this way?" Dr. Kukui exclaimed in shock.

"That's really amazing," Mao said.

"As expected of Ash," Kiawe said.

"Oh my god, Venusaur withstood Ninetales' incredibly effective blizzard, but its own Solar Beam was also neutralized by Ninetales."

Ash swiftly gave the order, thwarting Venusaur's attack.

"How will Professor Kukui's Venusaur deal with Nine-Tails next?" Shi Kuang asked excitedly.

"what!"

"Ouch."

Dr. Barnett and Hanako had not expected things to turn out this way.

"As expected of Ash, you always manage to surprise me time and time again. Amazing, amazing!" Professor Kukui exclaimed.

"This is nothing," Ash laughed.

Speaking of which, we have to criticize the original anime again. While Solar Beam's power is high, reaching 180 with its STAB boost, Rowlet is four times more resistant to Grass, yet its power is only 45. How could it possibly damage Rowlet?

The Sludge Bomb, due to its type advantage and STAB bonus, boasts a power of 270.

When Venusaur's Solar Beam was about to hit Rowlet, everyone panicked, and Ash even used Rowlet's Disguise ability in the process.

When the sludge bomb was fired, everyone remained indifferent, and without the painted skin, Rowlet was instantly killed.

Solar Beam is considered a powerful move because of its high damage, but against enemies with four times the resistance to Grass, it's practically useless.

I don't understand why so many people think that Solar Beam does more damage to Rowlet than Sludge Bomb, when the damage is only one-sixth of Sludge Bomb's.