Chapter 117: Chapter 117: Blastoise vs Arcanine
"Roar!!"
However, the flames soon engulfed Rhyperior, and the flames turned into a vortex and spread out.
A red monster broke through the flames.
Because of the burning of the flames, Rhyperior's armor was faintly red, like a giant beast in the lava, and the violent momentum spread out.
Rhyperior rushed to Rapidash and knocked it out with one horn.
Bang!!!
Rapidash fell to the ground and lost consciousness.
"Roar!!"
Rhyperior roared, and then fell down.
Rhyperior gave Rapidash a fatal Horn Drill with its own will, but it also fell due to exhaustion.
Both sides lost their ability to fight at the same time.
"What an amazing perseverance," Blaine couldn't help but sigh. To make Pokémon have such a will, it is not enough for the Pokémon itself to be aggressive.
The Trainer must also have the belief that he must win, so that he can gradually assimilate his Pokémon in daily training.
"Thank you for your hard work. Your performance is great," Gary took back Rhyperior and praised it softly.
The situation is now 2-1.
Blaine has only one Pokémon left, and Gary still has two Pokémon available.
"Gary, I agree with your strength as a Trainer. Next, I will use my main Pokémon, which is different from the ones you've faced so far," Blaine said.
Gary was stunned.
Since it is a main Pokémon, its strength must be above the gym level.
"My third player is this, go ahead, Arcanine!" Blaine threw the Poké Ball.
A huge Arcanine appeared.
Pokédex: "Arcanine, the Quasi-Legendary Pokémon, the evolution of Growlithe, has a majestic mane, and is evolved from Growlithe using the Fire Stone."
Ash habitually took out the Pokédex to check Arcanine's data.
"Arcanine is so handsome," Ash had only seen Arcanine on TV before, but this was the first time he had seen the real thing.
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[LV55 Arcanine♂/Elite]
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Looking at Arcanine's level, it has reached the elite level. If Ash's current Pokémon were to face it, they would be defeated instantly.
Blaine's strength is indeed impressive, and this Arcanine is probably not the strongest Pokémon in Blaine's hand.
This Blaine is still a formidable opponent, and Gary can still deal with an elite Pokémon.
"In that case, I will also send out my ace Pokémon," Gary took out a red and white ball from his waist and threw it.
"GO! My Trump Card!"
The Poké Ball opened, and a ball of white light shot into the field. When the white light dissipated, a giant tortoise walking on two legs appeared.
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[LV52 Blastoise♂/Quasi-Legendary]
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"It turned out to be Blastoise."
Blaine was a little surprised to see Blastoise. He thought Gary didn't prepare any Water-type Pokémon. It turned out that the Water-type Pokémon he prepared was Gary's trump card, so he didn't use it at the beginning.
"Solar Beam!"
"Hydro Pump!"
Blaine and Gary issued commands at the same time.
"Arcanine!"
"Blastoise!"
Arcanine spat flames, Blastoise fired water, the two skills collided, evaporating a large amount of water vapor, surprisingly evenly matched.
"Arcanine is so strong, the flames were not extinguished by Hydro Pump," Brock said in surprise.
Misty was also shocked. Although she is not a Water-type master yet, she has seen powerful Water Pokémon. She is sure that Gary's Blastoise is strong enough. She didn't expect that it couldn't suppress Blaine's Arcanine.
Gary was also surprised. The level difference between the two sides was not big. Blastoise also carried the top-grade Mystic Water. It was impossible to tie.
Is the weather so influential?
Gary thought that the weather had little influence, but it seems that he was wrong.
"Blastoise, use Rain Dance," Gary said.
"Don't give Blastoise a chance, use Thunder Fang," Blaine would not let Blastoise perform Rain Dance smoothly.
"Blastoise!"
Blastoise performed Rain Dance on the spot, and when Arcanine approached, it immediately retreated into its shell.
Arcanine did not care and bit the shell with its lightning-covered teeth.
The current flowed along the surface of the shell and directly into the inside, thereby hurting Blastoise.
Although it caused effective damage, it was only a Thunder Fang, and the impact was not great.
However, Arcanine dared to approach Blastoise, it was really not afraid of danger.
"Just perform Hydro Pump like this," Gary ordered.
Blastoise's cannons sprayed Hydro Pump, Arcanine jumped to avoid Hydro Pump.
Although Arcanine was big, it was as agile as a cat. Normally, it used agile movements to play tricks on the enemy.
But Arcanine underestimated Blastoise. Blastoise's cannons kept spraying Hydro Pump, and the turtle shell spun directly, forming a rotating Hydro Pump, which whipped Arcanine like a water whip.
"Ah!!"
Arcanine was blown away by the water. This was a Hydro Pump in the rain, and one hit was enough to cause significant damage.
"This...!" Blaine didn't expect Gary to have this trick up his sleeve. Although the rotating Hydro Pump had a short range, it was 360 degrees within a certain range, and there was no dead angle attack. Arcanine couldn't avoid it no matter how agile it was.
"Water Pulse Continuous Shooting!" Gary pressed the advantage and would not give Arcanine a chance to breathe.
"Agility Dodge!"
The fire in Arcanine's body turned into power, and it ran at high speed on the field, Blastoise's cannons kept firing water balls to chase, not giving Arcanine a chance to counterattack.
"Use Fire Blast!" Blaine felt that hiding like this was not a solution, and immediately issued a counterattack order.
Arcanine immediately turned around and spat Fire Blast.
Boom!!
Fire Blast was hit by Water Pulse and exploded directly, and a cloud of water vapor rose to cover the center of the field.
The Blastoise, which had lost its sight, also stopped attacking.
"A trick, Blastoise condensed Water Pulse to attack the ground," Gary ordered.
"Blastoise!"
Blastoise didn't need the cannons, but condensed a huge water ball between its palms and smashed it towards the ground.
The water ball immediately turned into waves and spread forward.
"Ah!!"
Arcanine, who wanted to sneak attack, was hit by the water wave, and the water vapor on the field was also dispersed by the water wave.
Arcanine still didn't fall, but after being attacked by two water skills in a row, its physical strength was already close to the limit, and the result of this gym battle was no longer in doubt.
Even if Arcanine could turn the tables and defeat Blastoise, it couldn't defeat Gary's next Pokémon.
"Arcanine, use Reversal!" Blaine also fought desperately.
"Arcanine!"
Arcanine gathered all its strength and rushed towards Blastoise.
Gary didn't rush to issue orders. He knew that this was the last attack between Blaine and Arcanine, and he had a lot of room for operation. He could choose to respect the opponent and face off head-on.
But Gary didn't intend to do so because it would cause unnecessary damage to the Pokémon.
Arcanine saw Blastoise was slow to move, and as it was about to get close to Blastoise, Gary suddenly ordered: "Withdraw!"
"Blastoise!"
Blastoise used its hands to block Arcanine's desperate attack.