Pokémon: Shadow of the Dawn

"Come out! Ice-walking puppet!"

Maru took out the Poké Ball, swung it back and threw it high.

The ice-stepping doll is shaped like a gentleman in a tuxedo. The extension on his hat resembles the corner of a snowflake, his mouth is covered by a moustache, and he holds a stick made of ice in his mittened hands. His shoes resemble tap shoes.

It stood on the battlefield, its heavy ice-blue tap shoes rubbing back and forth, as if it was jumping because of the cold ground, or as if it was tap dancing.

The Super Armored Rhino right in front of it was still staring blankly, supporting the ground with its rock arms, staring at the ice-walking puppet.

The Super Armored Rhino is waiting for Wang Jin's order.

Wang Jin was not in a hurry to order it to release its moves to defeat the opponent. This ice-stepping puppet had just entered the gym owner level and could hardly pose any threat to the Super-Armored Rhino.

Maru naturally knew that Wang Jin was giving him face, so he didn't attack directly, but waved his arms and shouted:

"Ice Doll! Use Ice!"

As soon as the order was given, the ice-walking puppet immediately raised the popsicle in his hand. A fist-sized ball of ice quickly condensed at the tip of the stick and flew out with the ice-walking puppet's swing of his arm.

"Oh!"

The piece of ice came into contact with the giant sharp horn at the front of the Super Armored Rhino's head and shattered into scattered ice chips.

The Super-Armored Rhino felt a little bit of cold and shook his head subconsciously, but he didn't even feel any pain.

Seeing this, Maru couldn't help but take a deep breath and think about countermeasures.

For an enemy whose hardness, attack, and defense are far superior to his Pokémon, any attack is no different from scratching.

How to fight this?

"If you don't make a move, I will." Wang Jin raised his head and shouted. Seeing that Maru's face was solemn, he did not hold back and ordered: "Super Armored Crazy Rhino! Use Earthquake!"

"earthquake?"

Lurina, who was in the audience, couldn't help but scream and turned to look at Granny Sha.

It's incredible that this Super-Armored Rhino was allowed to be released. If a large-scale group attack like Earthquake is used... won't the entire battlefield be destroyed by the Super-Armored Rhino?

Ounio also released the Wandering Night Spirit and sat on top of it to avoid the ensuing earthquake.

"Hehe, don't worry." Grandma Sha was still sitting in her little red round chair, her expression didn't change at all, and she tapped her cane with a smile.

At the same time, the Super-Armored Rhino on the battlefield also raised its huge brown paw, which was wide and thick and covered with a layer of dark yellow ground energy.

"boom!"

The Super-Armored Rhino's paws fell down with a bang, like a giant pillar falling from the sky, leaving spider-like cracks on the ground.

Clearly visible to the naked eye, the spider crack quickly spread to the surrounding area, and continued to grow and widen, seemingly forming a deep ravine.

Powerful ground attribute energy also spread along these cracks and instantly knocked down the staggering ice-walking puppet.

"Tread on ice!"

The Ice-Stepping Doll held onto the ground with its white gloves, and the black hat on its head was covered in dust and sand. It cried out in pain, and then a red light took it back into the Poké Ball.

Maru clenched the Poké Ball in his hand, bit his lower lip, and took out the next Pokémon.

However, the cracks caused by the earthquake disappeared as soon as they spread to the edge of the battlefield. The ground attribute energy rushing through the ground seemed to have hit something extremely hard.

Wang Jin noticed a strange scene. After confirming that there were no protective measures that could penetrate the ground except the normal superpower barrier, he looked at Grandma Sha's crutch.

The old woman seemed to have used some method to make her Pokémon release cold air, freezing the soil underneath directly.

Granny Sha also noticed Wang Jin's gaze and said with a smile:

"Hehe... You don't need to look at an old woman like me. Just focus on the battle, right?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Jin immediately shifted his gaze and looked back at Maru standing opposite him.

Maru clenched the Poké Ball tightly and hesitated for a long time.

This is the last gym leader-level Pokémon he has, and its strength has always been not very good.

Maru's strongest Pokémon is the very rare Snow Moth, followed by the Ice Doll, and then this Pokémon.

As for the remaining two, they were Pokémon that had been captured not long ago and had not yet been carefully trained.

But seeing Granny Sha's look, Maru no longer hesitated and swung his hand:

"Come out! Ride the dragon!"

"Hey~"

A completely azure Pokémon jumped out of the Poké Ball. It had a rocky shell with many white protrusions on its back. Its shiny and graceful neck was very slender, which attracted Lurina's attention.

"What a beautiful Pokémon..." Lurina whispered to herself in the audience. Although she was more obsessed with becoming stronger, as a young girl in her prime, she also liked beautiful things.

If she has the opportunity in the future, Lurina would like to pursue a career similar to acting.

She then looked at Rhydon, and saw that she had no way to deal with this ferocious and powerful Pokémon.

"Will Chenglong be hurt?"

Lurina thought about it, feeling a little worried.

On the battlefield, Maru was equally worried.

The reason why he was reluctant to release the dragon was that he was worried that it might come into contact with the Super-Armored Rhino and be seriously injured.

Although Maru has the Poké Ball in hand, he can decide to take Dragonite back at any time. But this does not dispel his concerns. After all, what if?

Since following Maru, Chenglong has never experienced any intense battles.

today...

"Hey~"

The dragon stretched its neck and let out a long roar, attracting Maru's attention.

Dragonite's bright eyes are very determined. It also wants to become stronger and help the trainer.

After sensing Chenglong's intention, Maru also shouted:

"Ride the dragon! Use the wave of water!"

Water-attribute moves have four times the counterpower of the Rock and Ground attributes of the Super Armored Rhino, and may have unexpected effects.

Of course, Wang Jin also knew what Malu was thinking.

The quadruple damage water-attribute move is the only way Maru can cause damage to the Rhino.

Wang Jin did not want the Super Armored Rhino to get hurt, so he had a plan to avoid this:

"Hyper-Armored Rhino, block with rocks! Build a rock wall in front!"

"Roar!"

As large pieces of rock shattered and rose up, they merged into the shape of a wall before the water waves arrived, easily blocking the water waves.

"Successfully intercepted it!" Lulina in the audience looked solemn, "This super-armored rhinoceros was trained so well that it can easily resist the water waves just by using a move to create a rock wall..."

Hearing this, Granny Sha, who was sitting in the referee's seat, said hoarsely:

"This is a top-level Super Armored Rhino. Its previous owner was a top-level trainer who was proficient in rock attributes."

Granny Sha obviously knew the original owner of the Super-Armored Rhino, but she didn't seem to want to say much.