Chapter 98: You're Getting Way Too Proud
Soon the two arrived at the Bi Yi Gym's Battlefield. Bai Feng said awkwardly, "The referee and everything aren't here, so just bear with it."
Mashu waved her hand, "It's fine, it's fine."
"Then... shall we start?" Bai Feng asked.
"Let's begin."
The two stood on opposite sides of the Grounds. Bai Feng said, "I won't waste any more words. I'm the Acting Gym Leader, so I'll send out my Pokémon first. You can choose a suitable Pokémon for the Pokémon Battle based on the one I send out."
Since the opponent was still a beginner, Bai Feng couldn't help but say a few extra words. He had also watched several Gym Battles at the Bi Yi Gym and was perfectly clear on the rules of a Gym Battle.
"Mhm mhm..." Mashu nodded repeatedly.
The first Pokémon Bai Feng sent out was Larvitar.
"Yo~~~"
As soon as it appeared, Larvitar let out an excited cry. Its two small feet stomped back and forth on the Ground, clearly looking forward to the upcoming Pokémon Battle.
You could tell this guy was a battle enthusiast from a young age. Recently, it had been getting along swimmingly with Carbink, and I mean that literally.
Seeing a rare Pokémon like Larvitar, Mashu exclaimed with a surprised look, "Wow, it's a Larvitar! This is my first time having a Pokémon Battle against a Larvitar!"
However, she immediately seemed to think of something else. "Huh? Isn't the Bi Yi Gym a Grass-type Dojo?"
Bai Feng nodded and said, "That's right, but I'm just the Acting Gym Leader."
"Oh, right. Never mind then." Mashu didn't think too much about it and directly took out a Poké Ball, sending out her own Pokémon.
Mashu's first Pokémon was Eevee.
"Bui~ Bui~"
The small Eevee was very cute. As soon as it appeared, it hopped around the Grounds and even mischievously winked at Larvitar.
(\_) Larvitar: What are you doing?
"The Challenger goes first!" Bai Feng shouted loudly. "The Challenger can switch Pokémon at any time during the Pokémon Battle."
"Then I won't be polite! Eevee, Quick Attack!" Mashu waved her hand, pointing at Larvitar.
"Bui!!!"
Eevee suddenly put its two front paws on the Ground, pushed off forcefully with its back legs, and charged towards Larvitar, glowing with white light.
"Larvitar, Iron Head!"
"Yo~"
Under Bai Feng's command, the top of Larvitar's Head turned metallic, and it charged Headfirst towards the Eevee that was also rushing at it.
Bang!!!
The two Pokémon collided. Although their sizes weren't too different, the impact force generated by Larvitar's weight was something Eevee couldn't compare to at all.
"Bui~"
Eevee cried out miserably, was sent rolling back by the collision, and its originally beautiful Fur was instantly covered in dust.
"Yo~"
Larvitar was very proud. It put its little hands on its hips, lifted its chin, and looked at Eevee: You were looking down on me just now, weren't you? Let's see if you dare to do it again.
A great victory right at the start, it was getting way too proud.
"Eevee, are you okay?" Mashu asked nervously.
"Bui~ Bui~"
Eevee climbed up from the Ground, shook its Head, and then shook off the dust from its Fur, looking angrily at Larvitar.
Seeing that Eevee was fine, Mashu couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. "In that case, Eevee, Swift!" If close combat wouldn't work, they could only rely on long-range bombardment.
"Bui~"
Eevee nodded, leaped up, and flicked a series of golden stars from its Tail towards Larvitar.
"Larvitar, Power-Up Punch!"
"Yo..."
Larvitar nodded firmly. It stood still on the spot, its two small fists tucked at its waist, standing steadily in a horse stance.
The Instant the golden stars shot over, it threw a punch. Its fist glowed with white light, shattering the stars with a single punch, turning them into golden light that dispersed into the Air.
"Bui~ Bui~ Bui~"
This wasn't over yet. Subsequent Swifts were still continuously shooting over under Eevee's persistent effort.
Larvitar threw punch after punch after punch. Each movement was incredibly fluid, and each punch could accurately shatter a star.
After a series of shots, Eevee became a bit breathless and finally stopped using Swift, but Larvitar remained very steady, still standing calmly on the spot.
High-Level Energy Cubes and expensive Silver Gold Stone weren't eaten for nothing. They brought comprehensive growth to Larvitar, not to mention the help of Bai Feng's Golden Finger.
Overall, Larvitar's Strength was higher than Eevee's.
At this moment, Larvitar seized the Opportunity and planned to use a long-range attack Move to strike Eevee. Around its Body, several Rock spears appeared, aimed at Eevee.
It was Stone Edge.
Just as it was about to control the Rock spears to shoot out, those Rock spears suddenly turned into powder and disappeared.
Larvitar's Stone Edge was just learned from Carbink with Bai Feng's help. Unfortunately, it hadn't mastered the Move well and couldn't use it skillfully. Now it insisted on showing off and messed up.
"Larvitar, Rock Slide!" Bai Feng instructed it at this moment.
Although Larvitar hadn't mastered Stone Edge yet, it could already initially use Rock Slide, another Move it learned from Carbink.
Above Eevee's Head, Rocks suddenly appeared, each larger than Eevee's Body, and they were about to smash down.
However, Larvitar's forced attempt at Stone Edge failed, ultimately delaying the Opportunity. The Instant the Rocks smashed down, Eevee rolled on the Ground, narrowly dodging the Rock Slide attack.
Bang~ Bang~ Bang~
The Rocks smashed down. Although they didn't hit Eevee, they left the Ground full of pits, making Eevee feel lingering fear.
Rock Slide failed to hit, and Larvitar was so angry it Stomped its feet.
"Eevee, let's use Charm." Mashu shouted to Eevee at this moment.
Eevee, which had been full of anger just now, immediately became charming and lovely upon hearing Mashu's words. It kept batting its big, sparkling eyes at Larvitar and even threw a flirtatious glance.
Unfortunately, Larvitar was completely oblivious and didn't take its Act Cute seriously at all.
But even so, the Effect of Charm was achieved, and Larvitar's attack was lowered.
Eevee smiled proudly. Poor Larvitar still didn't know what had happened.
"Eevee, let's use Charm again!" Mashu continued, trying to lower Larvitar's attack again.
But Bai Feng wouldn't let Eevee succeed a second time. He shouted to Larvitar, "Larvitar, use Rock Slide!"
Larvitar nodded confidently. However, when it used the Move, it immediately Discovered something was wrong. With its attack power lowered, the volume of the Rocks it created was significantly smaller.
"Bui~ Bui~"
The Eevee on the opposite side frantically patted the Ground with its little paws, constantly mocking Larvitar.
"Yo~ Yo~ Yo~"
o(▼皿▼メ;)o Larvitar was enraged and embarrassed. It actually gave up using Rock Slide directly and switched back to Stone Edge, which it still couldn't use skillfully.
Fortunately, this time it used it successfully.
Several sharp Rock spears, accompanied by the sound of tearing Air, directly blocked all of Eevee's retreat paths, and the last one directly pierced Eevee's Body.
The Rock spears turned into yellow light spots and disappeared, and Eevee also fell motionless on the Ground.
"Eevee!"
Mashu ran to Eevee's side with a worried Expression. She only breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that it had simply fainted.
After recalling Eevee into its Poké Ball, Mashu looked at Bai Feng and Larvitar and said, "You guys are really strong! Next, I'm going to get serious!"
"Awesome!" Hearing the opponent's praise, Larvitar proudly put its hands on its hips, lifting its chin very high.
I'm just that awesome!
Mashu's second Pokémon was a Steel-type and Fairy-type Mawile.
As soon as this Mawile appeared, it coyly threw a flirtatious glance at Larvitar. A pink heart instantly hit Larvitar.
That was the Move Attract.
Larvitar, which had been full of complacency just moments ago, immediately crashed the next second.
The Instant it was hit by Attract, hearts began to appear in Larvitar's pupils, and it looked at Mawile with an infatuated expression.
"Kuku~~~" Come here!
Mawile waved coyly at Larvitar, and Larvitar actually obediently walked over.
"Larvitar!" Bai Feng shouted loudly to Larvitar, but it didn't seem to hear, still walking towards Mawile with an infatuated expression.
"Kuku..."
Mawile hugged the approaching Larvitar and kept gently patting Larvitar's Back with its hand, seemingly trying to lower its guard.
"Larvitar, Larvitar! Wake up!" No matter how Bai Feng called out, Larvitar didn't wake up from Attract.
Just then, the giant mouth behind Mawile's Head suddenly opened and swallowed Larvitar whole in an Instant.
Cold Air overflowed from the giant mouth. Mawile was using an Ice-type Move that was super effective against Larvitar—Ice Fang.
By the time Larvitar was spat out from Mawile's giant mouth, it had already lost consciousness.
"Oh dear~" Bai Feng covered his forehead. "This is too embarrassing!"
See if you'll still be proud! Bai Feng was helpless.
After recalling Larvitar, Bai Feng sent out Carbink.
Seeing Carbink, Mashu said in surprise, "So, big brother, you specialize in Rock-type Pokemon!"
Bai Feng shook his Head and said, "I don't really specialize in any Type, it's just a coincidence."
Perhaps realizing that the Attract Move was ineffective against genderless Pokémon, Mawile didn't use Attract on Carbink this time, but instead used Fairy Wind.
With a wave of its small hand, gusts of Wind carrying pink light immediately blew across the Grounds. All the dust on the Grounds was stirred up, and Bai Feng couldn't even clearly see the Situation inside the Grounds.
Using the cover of the dust, Mawile silently approached Carbink.
Behind Carbink, Mawile burst out with pink light all over its Body and fiercely crashed into Carbink. The ferocious Expression on its face was completely Different from the gentle appearance it had when dealing with Larvitar in the previous match.
Mawile's natural tendency to be good at disguise and feign weakness was fully displayed at this moment.
As a loud noise came, a transparent Light Screen was seen surrounding Carbink's Body. Mawile didn't hit Carbink, but instead hit the Light Screen.
It turned out that when Mawile stirred up the dust, Carbink had already guessed its intention.
Because before Larvitar learned the two long-range attack Moves, Rock Slide and Stone Edge, when it was Sparring with Carbink, it liked to kick up sandstorms to cover its tracks and achieve the goal of getting close.
Carbink had long since developed a mature countermeasure for this.
As soon as the dust rose, it used the Iron Defense Move to strengthen its defense first. While Mawile was approaching it, it used Harden to strengthen its attack again. By the time Mawile made its Move, it had already put up Reflect.
In any case, it wouldn't foolishly stand there waiting for Mawile to sneak attack.
Carbink's defense was already excessively high. With the reinforcement from Iron Defense and the resistance from Reflect, Mawile's attack instantly became like a tickle.
When Mawile's gaze met Carbink's, a trace of astonishment couldn't help but appear: How are you so hard?
"Carbink, Earth Power!" Bai Feng shouted at this moment.
Carbink smiled slightly. Yellow light emerged from the Rock Body beneath it and spread towards the Earth. The Earth beneath their feet suddenly cracked open, and Mawile fell to the Ground amidst a tremor.
"Kuku..."
Ground-type Moves are super effective against Mawile, and Mawile's Special Defense isn't high either. Carbink's attack instantly made Mawile grimace in pain.
It was also fortunate that Carbink wasn't a strong attacking Type of Pokémon, otherwise, with just that one hit, Mawile would have been directly knocked out.
This was close-range output.
"Mawile, quickly get away from Carbink!" Mashu shouted.
But it was already too late. Before Mawile could climb up from the Ground, Carbink used Stealth Rock, surrounding all the space around Mawile layer by layer.
Mawile climbed up and took just one step back when invisible Rocks appeared one by one and hit its Body. Mawile couldn't help but let out a painful cry.
Mawile stirred up Fairy Wind, trying to clear away the surrounding Stealth Rock, but the next second, a Rock spear descended from the sky and directly pierced Mawile's Body.
Although Rock-type Moves were resisted by Mawile, Mawile was already at the end of its rope. One Stone Edge directly made it lose its Combat Ability.
Mawile's defeat finally made the relaxed Expression on Mashu's face disappear. As she recalled Mawile, she sighed:
"I thought dealing with this big brother Acting Gym Leader would be easy. I didn't expect I was mistaken."
Saying this, Mashu sent out her last Pokémon. As a Trainer specializing in Fairy-type Pokémon, Mashu's last Pokémon was naturally also Fairy-type.
A small Aromatisse.
Carbink had already set up Stealth Rock on the Grounds, so Aromatisse was attacked as soon as it came out. This made Mashu's Expression turn a bit unpleasant.
"Aromatisse, Trick Room!"
After a painful wail from Aromatisse, Mashu gave this command.
A square, transparent space suddenly opened up around Aromatisse's Body. The space grew larger and larger, covering the entire Battlefield in the blink of an eye.
The Effect of Trick Room is that slow Pokémon get a faster Opportunity to make a Move, while fast Pokémon have their speed restricted.
Carbink was already a very slow-moving Pokémon, but Aromatisse's speed was even slower. The Trick Room Move was highly compatible with it.
Sure enough, with the appearance of Trick Room, Carbink felt its Body seemed to become heavier, with an unspeakable sense of oppression.
(End of this chapter)