Chapter 72: Battle against Scorpio
After entering the gym, you can see a large battle field, which is much larger than the battle field in Kana City Gym. There are two rows of spectator seats on both sides of the battle field, and many people are watching the battle at this time.
Although Goshawk City is not a prosperous big city, as the strongest red-star gym, it also has many trainers, and you can often see trainers going to challenge the gym.
Some of those watching the fight were students from the gym, including Akiyama Ye.
Lin Chuan looked up and could see the blue sky directly above the battlefield. At first glance, it made people feel that the entire battlefield was very wide.
At this time, Gym Master Cass was having a Pokémon battle with a flat-headed trainer. The gym master's Toucan seemed to particularly like flying into the sky, then suddenly rushing down, using its sharp and slender beak to attack.
The trainer's Sandslash was beaten back step by step by the fierce attack of Toucan. It was no match at all and soon ran out of strength.
"This toucan is so strong!"
Kalia frowned slightly. She had underestimated the strength of the Flying-type gym. The strength of this Toucan was a little beyond her expectations.
Both its speed and attack strength were extremely strong, and even the Sandshrew with very high defense was attacked without any chance of fighting back.
However, since she has decided to challenge the gym, Kalia cannot back down. It is not like she has never lost before. It is not her style to wait until the Pokémon is strong enough before challenging again.
And it's not completely without a chance. Charmeleon has an awakened Rock move that can restrain the Flying type , so there is still a chance of winning this battle.
The strength of that trainer is actually quite good, but it is obvious that the gym leader Gary is stronger. Although the ground-type Sandslash has amazing defense, it does not have any moves that can cause high damage to Toucan, making it very passive.
After a fierce battle, Sandslash finally fell down due to exhaustion, but it seemed that Toucan was not in good condition either, and was hit by Sandslash's Tearing Claws several times.
"I lost."
The trainer said bitterly that he thought that after Sandshrew evolved, it would have the strength to challenge a Flying-type gym, but in the end it still lost.
Cas always seemed to have a gentle smile on his face. He walked up to the trainer, smiled and said, "Your Sandslash is pretty good, but it should have just evolved. I can see that it is not yet proficient in the Ripping Claws. Let it train for a while longer."
"Thank you, Gym Master." The trainer nodded, took back the Sandslash, turned around and left the gym.
Kaliya saw that the battle was over, walked up and said, "Gym Master, I want to challenge you."
Cass nodded and said, "Let me recover Toucan's strength and injuries first."
Kalia stood where she was, while Cass took out some better medicine, sprayed it on , and began to recover from the toucan's injury.
After waiting patiently for a while, the toucan recovered, flapped its wings, flew into the sky, and called out happily a few times.
"Go back to the Poké Ball and rest for a while. I'll let you go into battle later." The Pokémon had just recovered from its injuries, and Cas didn't plan to let Toucan go into battle immediately, so he took Toucan back.
After Cas took back the Toucans, he took out a Poké Ball, walked to the other side of the battle field, and said, "Are you ready?"
"Ready."
Kalia nodded, then looked at Charmeleon and said, "Charmeleon, you go on stage."
Facing the Flying Pokémon, the Forest Lizard is at a huge disadvantage, so Kalia will definitely not send the Forest Lizard into the field first.
The gym has a special referee uncle. Seeing that both of them are ready, he skillfully blew the whistle, making a loud sound.
"Please send out your starting elves."
Lin Chuan walked to the battlefield and looked at the gym owner Cass. He saw Cass gently toss the Poké Ball up. After the Poké Ball opened, a Pokémon flew out. It was the gym owner's other Pokémon, Scorpio.
A purple scorpion flaps its wings and hovers in the air. There are big pincers at the end of its wings, and its tail is a poisonous scorpion tail.
When Kalia saw this Scorpio, she knew that Charmeleon's awakening rock had no advantage. Fortunately, Scorpio was just a Pokémon with excellent defense, and its resistance to special moves was not too high.
Scorpio has the attribute of ground, and Kalia is not sure whether this Scorpio has any ground-based moves. Normally, Scorpios cannot learn ground-based attack moves by themselves, and they need to slowly comprehend them through the move CDs.
After sending out the elves, Kalia quickly gave orders. At present, Charmeleon's most stable move is undoubtedly Dragon's Fury, which not only has high damage, but also ignores defense resistance.
"Charmeleon, use Dragon's Fury."
"Scorpio, use Shoot Down!"
Cass also gave an order, which was an evil-type knocking move. It was obvious that Cass had a good observation ability. He saw the charcoal worn on Lin Chuan's chest, which was an amplification item.
The knock-down move can forcibly knock down the items carried by the elf, thereby causing higher damage.
When Lin Chuan heard Cass's order, his face changed. He didn't expect Cass to be so observant that he saw the charcoal in an instant and made the best way to attack.
In the game, if the Shoot Down hits an elf carrying items, it will cause double damage. Although it is impossible to have twice the damage in reality, the power of the Shoot Down itself is not weak. If the power is increased further, not only will Charcoal be knocked down, but Lin Chuan may also be seriously injured.
While Lin Chuan was thinking about how to dodge Scorpio's knockdown move, he had already released the Dragon's Wrath, and the violent shock wave went straight to Scorpio in the sky.
"Scorpio, try to dodge." Cass reminded. Facing this move of Dragon's Fury, he must not let Scorpio be hit easily. This kind of move that ignores defense is very threatening to the elves that have not yet grown up.
The Scorpio kept moving in the air. It seemed that it had practiced dodging skills. Although it didn't look fast, it was extremely flexible and just avoided the range of the shock wave.
Lin Chuan was a little surprised to see Scorpio dodge the Dragon's Wrath. As expected, the gym owner's Pokémon was very powerful, and he had to be more careful in the confrontation.
After dodging the move, Scorpio headed straight for Lin Chuan. The pincers at the end of its wings had already begun to gather power, covered in white light, ready to release a knockdown move.
"Charmeleon, dodge." Kalia felt the pressure when she saw that Dragon's Fury missed. The gym owner's Scorpio was no weaker than the previous Toucan. Now she could only hope that Charmeleon could dodge the Scorpio's attack.
"Try to see how fast the burst is."
Lin Chuan stared at Scorpio's figure, ready to try to avoid Scorpio's attack by bursting his speed.
In the past few days, Lin Chuan has also gained some understanding of explosive power. In addition to being used for quick attacks, explosive power can also be used to suddenly accelerate at critical moments to cause the opponent to misjudge and avoid various moves.
The moment the Scorpio swooped down from the sky, Lin Chuan rushed out, his speed suddenly increasing. According to the increase in explosive power, at this moment he already had a speed ability value of nearly 800.
The big pincers only hit the air. Scorpio obviously didn't expect Lin Chuan to suddenly burst out at such a fast speed. Neither Kalia nor the gym owner expected it.
Lin Chuan pulled away and avoided Scorpio's attack, which gave him more confidence. Now he was full of fighting spirit.
"Scorpio uses acrobatic moves." Seeing that the knockdown had no effect, Cass was surprised and immediately changed his moves.
Kalia also quickly said: "Charmeleon, continue to release the dragon's wrath."
Although Dragon's Fury did not hit before, it is still the most effective move. If you use High-Speed Star, although you can hit Scorpio, the effect is not great.
Although Lin Chuan prefers to use dragon breath, it is normal that Kaliya doesn't know that the additional effect of dragon breath has been improved.
Lin Chuan will not make mistakes this time. If he can't hit the target by releasing Dragon's Wrath from a distance, he will release it again when he gets closer.
Scorpio flies high into the sky, and the power of its acrobatic moves is still very high, especially since the elf does not carry any props, the power of its acrobatic moves will be enhanced.
This acrobatic move was also a close-contact move. Lin Chuan did not release Dragon's Fury immediately. He waited for Scorpio to get close before releasing it, so as to prevent Scorpio from dodging again.
