The soul penetrates Xiaozhi and destroys Gou Hao at the beginning

At that moment, Ash pulled the long-lost Crystal Orb from his pocket, threw it fiercely at the head of the Alola Ninetales, and shouted,

"It's coming, Nine-Tails!"

Frosttail Town, forever frozen and sealed off!

Crystal-clear eyes that captivate the soul, the earth's veins surge!

Treading through snow and splitting earth, the nine realms tremble with brilliance!

The Extreme Ice Fox descends, unleashing the power of ancient ice!

Pierce through the slumbering earth veins! Rule the extreme realms!

Awakening erupts! Primal Crystallization activated! Primal Crystal Ground!

With a flash of bright brown light, the Alola Ninetales was frozen inside a crystal-clear brown gem.

A second later, the gem shattered, and the Alola Ninetales' body was covered with a layer of dazzling brown crystals.

It has a huge brown crystallized cross-section of the Earth on its head, with green plains, blue oceans, and towering brown mountains on its crust, similar to the design on the shell of the earthen tortoise.

The red and orange sections at the bottom represent the mantle and outer core, while the yellow base at the very bottom, which touches the crystallized Pokémon's head, represents the inner core. The entire crown is a masterpiece of nature, encompassing all things.

It's the Alolan Ninetales from the Crystal Land!

"It's here! Crystallization! Ash used Crystallization on Ninetales here. This is the first time I've ever seen this enhancement technique in person," Shi Kuang exclaimed excitedly.

The audience, their friends, and rivals all perked up immediately, since this battle system from the Padina region was practically nonexistent in the Alola region.

The last time they saw it was when Ash used the Crystallization at the Royal Dome. Many people saw it on TV, and today is the first time they've seen it in person.

Dr. Kukui was naturally also shocked, and said,

"Typhoid! I've seen it again. The last time was at the Royal Dome, where my Incineroar lost to Ash's Typhoid Fighting-type Incineroar and suffered my first defeat."

“That’s right, it’s not just my Incineroar that can crystallize,” Ash laughed.

As mentioned in Chapter 1506 of this book, Ash chose the Ground type for his Alola Ninetales.

It can be said to be the most suitable Crystal type for Alolan Ninetales.

It can counter the four difficult-to-deal-with types: Steel, Fire, Poison, and Rock.

While a few resistances might not be that important for a fragile creature like Alolan Ninetales, since moves with double the effect are still fatal to it,

For example, Mega Absol Z, although its Ghost/Dark typing only has Fairy as a weakness, its base stats are so poor that a move with double the effect is more than enough to KO it. Whether it has resistances or not is completely irrelevant to it.

Furthermore, the coverage of Ghost and Evil overlaps, and their damage output is not good enough.

After locking the Absol Stone Z, Calyrex with Focus Sash died instantly with a single Heartbreak, without any suspense.

After Alola's Ninetales reaches Crystal Ground, its Ice + Ground + Fairy attacks are excellent.

Back to the present.

Although Alolan Ninetales is no longer 4x weak to Steel after being placed on a Celestial Ground, it becomes 2x weak to Water, so Empoleon still has a significant advantage against it.

Dr. Kukui naturally understood this as well, and immediately gave instructions to Emperor Naboo.

"Continue the attack, Emperor Naboo, unleash the water cannons, fire!"

"Get out of the way, Nine-Tails!" Shui Lian shouted.

“If we get attacked at this point, we're finished,” Mamane said.

"Nine-Tails, dodge and then unleash the Taijing Burst."

A powerful water cannon shot was unleashed from Empoleon's mouth, but this skill had a terrible accuracy rate, making it easy to dodge, especially against the fast Alolan Ninetales.

He easily dodged the attack with a simple leap into the air, and then unleashed a powerful Taijing Burst.

Since Alola's Ninetales's Crystal type is Ground-type, this move becomes Crystal Burst Ground.

Suddenly, the ground where Emperor Naboo stood trembled violently, followed by a surge of ground-based energy that blasted the ground apart, striking Emperor Naboo directly. This attack was remarkably effective.

Emperor Naboo was forced to retreat several steps before finally stopping.

"The Crystal Burst hit! It's extremely effective against Emperor Naboo!"

It seems that even though a huge crystal appears on its head after crystallization, it doesn't affect the Pokémon's movement or attack speed at all.

Ash's Ninetales is still incredibly agile. "Shi Kuang exclaimed excitedly.

“Kukui looks very happy; he’s realizing his dream in the most perfect way,” Dr. Barnett laughed.

“Ash is one too,” Hanako said.

"Is this the Taijing Burst? It's a powerful move that's full of unknowns even to me."

Emperor Naboth cast a whirlwind.

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

Empoleon raised its hands again and threw a small vortex at Alolan Ninetales. Alolan Ninetales also mobilized its Psychic-type energy again, controlled the vortex, and returned to attack Empoleon.

"Emperor Naboo, block the attack."

Upon hearing this, Emperor Naboo immediately plunged into the whirlpool, indicating that he was not qualified to use his skills against him.

As a Water-type Pokémon, Empoleon is not afraid of Tidal Wave at all; on the contrary, it thrives in it.

Ash smiled slightly and called out,

"Now, Nine-Tails, unleash Blizzard!"

A fierce blizzard blew out from the mouth of the Alola Ninetales once again, freezing the swirling water and the Emperor Naboo within it into a block of ice, creating a magnificent and enormous ice sculpture.

"what!"

Dr. Kukui's eyes widened; he never imagined there was such a fighting style.

"Now's the time to deliver the final blow. Nine-Tails, unleash the Taijing Burst!"

The Alola Ninetales was also very kind-hearted, immediately using Crystal Burst to detonate Ground-type energy beneath the ice sculpture.

The ice sculpture shattered with a deafening roar, sending ice shards flying everywhere, and Emperor Naboo was sent hurtling backward like a kite with a broken string.

With a loud thud, it crashed heavily to the ground and remained motionless.

"Emperor Naboo is unable to battle, and Alola Ninetales wins."

This inevitably brings to mind the bizarre cause of death of Emperor Naboo in the original anime. A powerful Water/Steel type with four times the Steel resistance...

It's truly unbelievable that it was defeated by Melmetal's Steel Punch Double Attack (54 power) and Cannon Light Cannon (30 power), two Steel-type moves that only deal a quarter of the damage.

One could argue that Melmetal has high physical attack, but Melmetal has very low special attack, and Empoleon's bulk isn't bad either.

It's possible that when Empoleon used Drill Peck to block Pikachu's electric grid, it was severely damaged by the highly effective grid.