“Has it become like this again…”
As Gallade appeared, the falling Charizard was instantly struck by countless slashes, swept into a storm of blades, and directly lost consciousness!
Drake was slightly startled, then laughed. He felt that the younger generation truly couldn’t be underestimated. Back then, Sidney, Phoebe, and Steven were just like this and had given him plenty of trouble.
Terrance before him made Drake feel even more that he had grown old.
“Go, Dragalge!!”
Facing Gardevoir’s bizarre fighting style, Charizard, this surprise trump card, hadn’t even had a chance to show its strength before being taken out.
At this moment, Terrance had lost three Pokémon, Drake had lost four, and with only two Pokémon remaining, Drake became serious.
As he threw out another Poké Ball, a terrifying creature suddenly appeared on the battlefield.
This Pokémon had purple skin, with a ring of withered seaweed surrounding its body. It resembled a seahorse, with a red cross-shaped leaf structure above its head, from which two horn-like strands of dried seaweed extended.
Behind its head also grew two antennae-like strands of seaweed, and from both sides of its body extended seaweed limbs resembling arms.
Just like its appearance, Dragalge was known as Mock Kelp Pokémon, a top predator of the deep sea!
“Dragalge…” Terrance quickly Mega Evolved Gallade, and the two of them looked at this Dragalge with grave expressions, feeling immense pressure.
“This Dragalge could probably be considered Drake’s number two. I heard that when he first tried to capture it, even his ace Salamence nearly lost its life,” Chairman Nakai recalled.
Dragalge lives in the deep sea and is a ferocious beast that even the overlord of the sea, Gyarados, fears.
The ocean covers more than half of this planet’s surface, and the number of Pokémon within it far exceeds those on land. Among them, powerful Pokémon are countless, and this Dragalge was an ancient dragon that had lived in the deep sea for a long time.
It was said that this vicious Pokémon would attack indiscriminately. Since Dragalge’s Toxic could easily corrode any ship, the waters it inhabited had long been forbidden zones for all vessels.
An ordinary Dragalge was already enough to inspire fear, and this one seemed even more terrifying.
“Dragalge, use Twister!”
As Twister formed, the violent vortex immediately forced Gallade, who had Teleported in and struck with Dual Chop, to retreat without success. The next moment, Gallade converted Dual Chop into Psycho Cut, and over a dozen sword-like slashes swept out!
“So it can display such power even on land?” Terrance wasn’t very familiar with this Dragalge. Even Drake had rarely used this Pokémon.
No sooner had Terrance’s doubt arisen than the color of the Twister turned purple, spewing out countless poisonous fluids. These corrosive Toxic quickly transformed the battlefield into Water Terrain.
To be precise… calling it a Poison Terrain would be more appropriate.
In almost an instant, aside from where Gallade stood, there was no intact ground left.
Submerging itself into the Toxic Domain, Dragalge stared at Gallade menacingly, as if it had already marked it as prey.
“The first time I saw this Dragalge, it was devouring a Wailord over fifteen meters long all by itself. It shocked the entire fleet at the time. That Wailord was incredibly massive, yet not a single part of its body was left uncorroded… even thinking about it now is still a bit disgusting…” Recalling that encounter from years ago, Drake’s senior disciple Fitzwilliam patted his chest.
This deep-sea poison dragon, whose age was unknown, had become even more terrifying in strength after being captured by the Dragon Type Master Drake. After blocking the Psycho Cut, Twister struck again, directly covering the entire battlefield and causing Gallade to disappear from Terrance’s sight.
“Elite Four Drake is fighting in the same manner; it seems he’s testing the new Elite Four,” Glacia smiled upon seeing this Toxic Domain. Especially considering Drake’s personality, the style felt very much like him.
After being caught off guard by the Mist Domain earlier, Drake used a similar tactic, putting Terrance in the same situation.
Within the Toxic Domain, Dragalge was almost without any flaws, making it difficult for Gallade to find an opening to attack. It wasn’t that Gallade couldn’t hit the opponent, but rather that Terrance didn’t want to attack so directly.
With the three Abilities—Poison Point, Poison Touch, and Adaptability—each one troublesome, combined with this terrifying poisonous liquid, Terrance truly didn’t dare let Gallade engage head-on. He wanted to find the right opportunity, but Drake gave him none, commanding Dragalge to guard itself tightly.
“Not attacking?” Seeing Terrance’s actions, Drake continued, “Then we’ll use Acid Armor!”
As Drake finished speaking, the Toxic surged. Through cellular changes, Dragalge liquefied itself, perfectly merging with the Toxic Domain, turning into poisonous liquid and greatly increasing its defense!
Compared to ordinary Acid Armor, Dragalge’s version was even more bizarre. It was as if it transformed itself into poison to strengthen itself.
Combined with the robust physique of a dragon, the enhancement immediately made its aura even more dangerous.
“We can’t wait any longer.”
Terrance had intended to wait for the opponent to attack and then find an opening, but Drake clearly had no such intention. Left with no choice, Gallade used Teleport to suddenly descend, breaking through layers of poisonous liquid, toxic mist, and poisonous gas, and swung a Psycho Cut toward the opponent.
Psycho Cut collided with the terrifying poisonous liquid enveloping Dragalge. Enduring the damage, Dragalge struck back with Dragon Tail, while the poison on its body instantly spread along the blade, invading Gallade’s entire body. Just as Terrance had expected, with only brief contact, Mega Gallade was directly inflicted with the Poison status.
The combination of Twister and Toxic formed a technique similar to Aqua Ring, integrating both offense and defense. It blocked most of Gallade’s damage while also allowing the poisonous liquid to invade upon contact. Truly Gallade’s nemesis!
Although Gallade used Teleport to evade Dragon Tail, it could not avoid the Toxic that clung to it relentlessly.
Whether flames, lightning, or frost, none could stop the Toxic infecting its arm from rapidly spreading throughout its body. Witnessing this terrifying Toxic, Terrance took a deep breath. Fortunately, he had switched out Gardevoir, otherwise, with Gardevoir’s current level of Mist Domain, it would have been completely eroded by this Toxic Domain in less than three seconds.
“The terrifying poison combined with a dragon’s formidable physique… there’s practically no solution.”
As everyone marveled, even Mega Gallade had to cast aside all misgivings. Under Terrance’s command, it launched a rapid offensive before the poison could fully spread throughout its body.
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