Chapter 26 Sandstorm Brothers
After Charizard and Steelix landed, Charlotte took out the Poké Ball and put Steelix back into the Poké Ball. Steelix was just a rental vehicle and could not be relied on in a real battle. Charlotte took out two Poké Balls and released the other two Pokémon, Magma Snail and Sea Slug.
The lava snail has a shell on its back, which is covered with lava. The lava snail has lived in the crater for tens of thousands of years, and its body has become magma. It is said that its body temperature is about 10,000 degrees, so when it is hit by raindrops, it will be filled with steam and its body will be surrounded by thick fog.
Its shell is formed by the solidification of the magma skin after cooling. It will break into pieces if touched, and will return to its original size when it enters the lava. Its body is always undulating, as hot as lava, and the high-temperature flames circulating in its body will erupt from time to time from the cracks in the shell formed by the solidification of magma.
The Lava Snail does not perform well in the game. Its fatal flaws of being four times weak to water and four times weak to ground, coupled with its low special defense, lead to its extremely low appearance rate. Basically, it will be defeated if it is hit by a water-based move.
But the performance of Lava Snail in reality is much better than in the game, especially the Fire King of the Northwest Region, Aleksan, whose ace Pokémon is a Lava Snail. When the top 8 of the King ranking battle was to determine the title of the Four Heavenly Kings, he was three Pokémon behind, but he used Lava Snail to accomplish the feat of defeating four Pokémon alone. It was because of his appearance that the value of Pokémon like Lava Snail increased several times.
It is said that his lava snail qualifications have reached the champion level, and the surface temperature of his body is terribly high, like a walking active volcano, so that ordinary Poké Balls cannot contain it, only special Poké Balls can accommodate it.
Any Pokémon that reaches the champion level will undergo a qualitative change.
Of course, Charlotte's Lava Snail is not very strong. It is just one of Charlotte's many Pokémon. It has limited qualifications and its strength is only at the gym leader level. It is not outstanding among fire-type Pokémon, but it is very suitable for dealing with Warrior Eagle and Mook-Hawk.
The other Sea Slug is a Pokémon that Charlotte uses specifically for the gym leader ranking competition. This Sea Slug is also one of Charlotte's main Pokémon.
Because participating in the Fire Gym Leader Ranking Battle requires participants to bring at least three Fire-attribute Pokémon, this also means that most of his opponents' Pokémon are Fire-attribute Pokémon, just like him.
In this way, the water + ground Sea Slug can restrain Fire-attribute Pokémon, but its characteristic of being four times weak to Grass makes it very afraid of Fire-type Pokémon that have learned the skill Solar Beam, which is considered a disadvantage.
However, the characteristics of this Sea Slug are also extremely excellent, which is a very rare water-attracting characteristic. The water-attracting characteristic can attract water-attribute moves to itself, so that it will not be damaged and can also increase special attacks. This allows this Sea Slug to not only restrain the opponent's fire-type Pokémon, but also counter the opponent's water-type Pokémon. It is a very functional Pokémon.
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Almost at the same time that Charlotte summoned the Pokémon, Warrior Eagle and Mook's Hawk arrived one after another and landed in front of the two of them. Two masked men got off Warrior Eagle and Mook's Hawk respectively.
"Come back, Warrior Eagle."
"Come back, M'K-Hawk."
The two took back Warrior Eagle and Mook Hawk, took out a Poké Ball each and threw them out.
A quasi-king-level dragon-headed hamster.
A quasi-king-level Hippomon.
As soon as the hippopotamus appeared, it let out a huge roar, and a sandstorm suddenly arose. It was obvious that this hippopotamus had the characteristic of raising sand.
As soon as the quasi-king-level Sandstorm Brothers appeared, Xia Yu knew that he could not win. This battle was absolutely impossible, and he had to find a way to save his life.
It was difficult for Charlotte to deal with this quasi-king-level Hippos with the Yangsha attribute alone, not to mention that there was also a quasi-king-level Dragon Headed Diglett with the Sand Pulling attribute, which doubled its speed in sandstorm weather. When these two Pokémon were together, ordinary king-level Pokémon might not be their opponents.
"Xia Luo and Xia Yu, if you surrender, you will suffer less." One of the taller men wearing a vicious dog mask spoke. His voice was firm and had a deep tone that is unique to men.
"Who are you? What do you want from me?" Charlotte still seemed calm at this time. He stared at the two of them coldly and asked.
"When you come with us, you'll know." Another man wearing a monkey mask also spoke at this time. He was rather thin, over 1.9 meters tall, and his voice was rather feminine and mature. He should be a little older than the man wearing a vicious dog mask.
"Don't waste time talking to him, just take action, Dragon Head Groundhog, go straight ahead!" The monkey masked man took the lead in ordering the Dragon Head Groundhog to take action. The sandy Dragon Head Groundhog's speed was astonishingly fast in the sandstorm weather. Only a black figure could be vaguely seen, passing through the sandstorm and spinning its body at high speed, attacking the lava snail.
[Straight Drill]: A ground attack skill that hits the opponent like a steel drill while rotating the body. It is easy to hit the vital points!
If a lava snail that is four times weaker is hit by a dragon-headed mole, even if its shell is extremely hard, it will definitely be severely damaged.
"Sea Haremon, pray for rain!"
[Pray for Rain]: A water-based skill that changes the weather to rain.
"Lava snail, use Yawn on the dragon-headed mole!"
[Yawn]: Yawn loudly to attract attention. Put your opponent to sleep in the next round.
Charlotte calmly commanded the two Pokémon. First, he asked Sea Slug to use its Rainmaking skill to change the weather and break the sandstorm. The purpose was to make Diglett's sand-pulling ability ineffective.
Then he asked the Lava Snail to use the Yawn skill. General energy emerged from the Lava Snail's body, forming a white cloud, and flew rapidly towards the Dragon Head Rat!
But in the sandstorm weather, the dragon-headed mole was so fast that it easily avoided the white cloud.
In the game, yawning is a skill that is guaranteed to hit, unless the opponent is flying or digging a hole, but this is not the case in reality. In reality, there is no such thing as a guaranteed hit. All skills only count if the opponent hits the target.
"Hippomon, use the ramming method!" another man in a vicious dog mask also spoke up.
Hippomon moved its huge body and attacked Sea Slugmon, charging towards Sea Slugmon with astonishing momentum and power, as if it was going to crush Sea Slugmon directly!
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"boom!"
At this moment, a dazzling ball of light flew from a distance and hit the dragon-headed mole accurately, knocking it flying backwards. It rolled on the ground for several rounds before stopping, and a dent was left on its body, which was enough to show how powerful this move was.
"This is the wave missile skill."
Xia Yu looked in the direction where the light ball came from, and sure enough, he saw a Lucario leaping out of the jungle and standing in front of Sea Slug and Hippomon.
【Lucario】
Gender: male
Attributes: fighting, steel
Qualification: Champion level (can be upgraded)
Combat strength: Champion level
Ability: Righteous Heart
Skills: Imitate, Feint, Help, Rock Crusher, Wave Missile, Vacuum Wave, See Through, Resurrection, Screech, Flash of Lightning, Risk Your Life, Life Drop, Double Return, Self-motivation, Power, Meditation, Metal Sound, Quick Defense, Bone Club, Sword Dance, Healing Wave, Comet Fist, Dragon Wave, Super Speed, Close Combat, Bite, Flying Knee Kick, Cross Chop, Bullet Fist, Throw, Ram, High-Speed Movement, Hold, Kick Down, Draft, Hold On, Swallow Return, Stomp, Metal Claw, Rock Blockade, Lower Body Kick, Tile Splitting, Mind Hammer, Thunder Fist, Freeze Fist, Absorb Fist, Earthquake, Stone Attack
(Under normal circumstances, I would not write the panel if I could, so as to avoid being accused of padding the word count, but this character is very important!!!)
A sense of security, an unparalleled sense of security.
To be honest, when this Lucario stood in front of Xia Yu, Xia Yu felt extremely relieved. Quasi-weather-level sandstorm, right, brothers? It's over whether Lucario beats you up or not.
