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There were no unnecessary movements, not even a single instruction.
He simply tossed it lightly.
"Please, Nine-Tails."
The red light emanated from the Poké Ball, without any earth-shattering momentum or scorching, violent energy.
A pure white, elegant elf silently landed on the field.
It exuded a faint chill, completely different from the gloom of the wandering night spirits; it was a holy and noble cold. Nine magnificent long tails, as if sculpted from ice crystals, swayed gently behind it, each movement stirring up fine, shimmering ice shards.
Alola Ninetales!
This choice brought an eerie silence to the otherwise bustling venue, lasting for several seconds.
Everyone was stunned.
The freshmen looked at each other, bewildered by their top scorer's actions.
The older students were initially taken aback, then burst into suppressed laughter.
Use an Ice/Fairy type Pokémon to fight a Ghost type Dusknoir?
In terms of attributes, this doesn't give you any advantage at all!
It could even be said that Nine-Tailed Fox's prized ice-type ability is completely ineffective against Nightshade!
Wang Lei, sitting opposite him, had an even more interesting expression on his face.
He blinked in disbelief at first, and after confirming that he wasn't seeing things, his scrutinizing smile instantly turned into undisguised contempt and mockery.
madness!
This freshman named Lin Che must have been blinded by the praise from the outside world, becoming arrogant and conceited, thinking that he could win the competition by simply sending out a fancy-looking "vase" elf.
It seems I overestimated him.
This match doesn't require any tactical maneuvering.
A pure crushing victory is enough.
He didn't look at the magnificent nine-tailed beast, but instead focused his gaze on Lin Che's face, which was distorted by contempt.
Seeing the confident look on his opponent's face, as if victory was already in his grasp, Lin Che's lips finally, silently, curled into a very shallow, yet extremely dangerous, smile.
Chapter 49 The Art of Ice and Snow, One Strike Breaks the Core! The Enraged Senior, the Powerful Steel-Armored Raven!
"Game start!"
The referee's flag, with a sharp whistling sound as it tore through the air, was suddenly swung down!
The noise in Arena 3 of Zone B reached its peak at this moment. Countless gazes, some expectant, some disdainful, and some curious, were all focused on the two trainers in the center of the arena who were about to engage in a fierce clash.
"As expected of an arrogant freshman, he doesn't even have the most basic offensive awareness."
A cruel smile, like a cat playing with a mouse, curled at the corners of Wang Lei's mouth.
He didn't even bother to glance at Lin Che, his gaze fixed entirely on his own Pokémon. In his view, the outcome of this duel was never in doubt from the start. What he wanted to do was not to defeat this freshman, but to crush his ridiculous confidence in the most absolute and ruthless way, making him understand that the gap between grades was an insurmountable chasm.
He chose to execute the tactics he was most familiar with and that were the safest.
A tactic that allows one to manipulate the rules themselves.
"Wandering Night Spirit, activate [Trick Space]!"
Wang Lei's voice carried a sense of composure and arrogance, as if he controlled everything.
He wanted to use absolute rules to crush this so-called genius!
The order is issued.
In the Wandering Night Spirit's enormous single eye, a crimson light suddenly intensified, and an ominous energy fluctuation spread out. It slowly raised its arm, which existed between illusion and reality, and in its palm, a terrifying spatial energy capable of distorting reality and turning the world upside down began to gather and compress frantically!
The air visibly distorted.
The light refracted strangely around the wandering night spirit, and a heavy, stagnant field, capable of overturning all concepts of speed, was slowly unfolding around it!
In the audience, all the older students shook their heads knowingly.
"ended."
"Senior Wang Lei is still using the same old tricks, but they're enough to deal with the freshmen."
"Once the Trick Room is formed, the speed advantage of that Alola Ninetales will be gone, and it will become the biggest burden instead. What follows is the scenario of being slaughtered by the slow Dusty Raider on face 587."
Their discussions were filled with certainty about the outcome, as if they had already foreseen the result of the match.
However, just as the Wandering Night Spirit raised its hand to gather power, and the distorted space was about to take full shape, at the last moment...
Just as Wang Lei's smile deepened, preparing to savor the look of despair on his opponent's face...
Lin Che's clear and calm command, which was so calm that it didn't have a ripple, was like a thunderclap in the dead of night, ringing out precisely and exactly at the same time on the field!
"Nine-Tails, now! Use the [Immobilization Technique]!"
what? !
These two words were like a heavy hammer, striking Wang Lei's heart hard!
The smile on his face froze instantly.
The pupils in the back of the eyes shrank to the size of pinpoints in that instant!
too late!
Before his brain could even process the meaning of the instruction, the situation on the field had already undergone a complete transformation!
With an initial speed far exceeding that of Dusty Ranger, a fleeting, eerie blue light flashed in the eyes of Ninetales.
An invisible mental fluctuation, impossible to detect with the naked eye, arrived first despite being delayed, deviating from the conventional physical trajectory. It transformed into a precisely guided arrow, instantly locking onto the Wandering Night Spirit that was casting a spell, and piercing its mental core!
[Immobilization Technique]!
Effect activated!
Over the next four rounds, the skill your opponent just used will be completely blocked!
Om-!
The spatial energy that the wandering night spirits had gathered and was about to explode completely vanished without a trace, like a balloon punctured by an invisible needle, with a muffled wail!
The energy fluctuations, powerful enough to distort reality, came to an abrupt halt.
Its illusory arm, raised high, also defied all the laws of physics, freezing in mid-air, unable to move!
"How can it be?!"
A low growl of disbelief escaped from deep within Wang Lei's throat.
For the first time, his expression changed drastically, shifting from initial arrogance and mockery to pure shock and horror. A bead of cold sweat slid down his forehead, leaving a clear trail along the stiff contours of his face.
"How could he have known?! How could he have known I was going to start with a magic space attack?!"
A tremendous storm raged in Wang Lei's heart.
This is no longer luck!
This couldn't possibly be luck!
This was a blatant, precise prediction at the tactical level! It was a perfect, textbook-level countermeasure!
Lin Che didn't give him any time to be shocked or think.
Seizing the precious opportunity when the opponent's core tactics were instantly cracked and their mind was thrown into chaos, he immediately sounded the horn of counterattack!
His eyes were cold and sharp, and his voice carried clearly throughout the room.
"Nine-Tails, press your advantage!"
"Unleash your most beautiful move—[Moon Power]!"
Following its master's will, the Alola Ninetales on the field brought the art of ice and snow to its ultimate expression!
It gracefully raised its noble head, and its nine magnificent tails, seemingly sculpted from millennia-old ice crystals, drew nine exquisite arcs behind it.
A sacred, vast, and mysterious fairy-type energy was gathering wildly in front of it.
The light shines.
That energy eventually coalesced into a dazzling, bright crescent moon-shaped energy ball, as if it had been plucked from the night sky!
"call out--!"
The sound of something cutting through the air was sharp and piercing!
The energy ball trailed a magnificent silver streak, leaving a deadly trajectory in the air, and with unparalleled precision struck the Wandering Dusknoir, a Ghost-type Pokémon that was perfectly countered by Fairy-type Pokémon!
Outstanding effect!
"Woo——!!!"
A piercing, ear-piercing scream emanated from the mouth of the wandering night spirit.
Its already illusory and distorted body was severely damaged by the impact of the sacred fairy energy! The light and shadow on its entire body became flickering and uncertain, as if it would collapse at any moment.
This was a textbook example of offense and defense.
This is a precise counterattack filled with ultimate beauty and absolute violence.
Instantly, it ignited the atmosphere in the entire venue!
After a brief silence, all the new students erupted in thunderous cheers and applause because of this wonderful and almost dreamlike start!
The perfect opening move completely reversed the atmosphere of the entire battlefield.
The area, which had been filled with praise and admiration for senior Wang Lei, was now completely silent.
All eyes were focused on the center of the venue.
There, Wang Lei, the senior student who was confident of victory, had a face so gloomy it looked like it could be wrung out.
humiliation.
This is a blatant and undisguised humiliation!
The "Cursed Body" blocking tactic, which he was most proud of and which was even praised by his mentor as highly creative, was completely thwarted by an unknown freshman in a near-textbook, almost perfect way!