Pokémon Legend Chapter 673 672: The Surprising Slakoth

This was Natsui's first ti battling against a Slakoth.

In his previous travels, whether it was street battles or other formal competitions, very few Trainers brought this kind of Pokémon onto the field.

Mainly because it was simply too lazy.

If it were its evolved forms, Vigoroth or Slaking, that would be understandable. However, Slakoth's limited advantages were all overshadowed by its laziness, making it utterly lackluster in battles.

Moreover, ordinary people simply didn't have the patience to raise it. After all, this kind of Pokémon extrely disliked moving and was only willing to stay in fixed locations. But Trainers needed to travel around constantly, so there was really no way to accommodate it.

Especially when it was sleeping, no matter how much one called, it wouldn't wake up. If a Trainer released it to battle soone at such a ti, it would beco a laughingstock.

Only Gym Leaders like Norman would ticulously nurture it.

Facing this Slakoth, Natsui also sent out his own Pokémon.

As the Poké Ball opened, his tang appeared on the battlefield.

Judging solely from type advantages, although tang couldn't suppress Slakoth, Slakoth's Normal-type moves would only deal half damage to tang due to its Steel type.

Moreover, Slakoth was only in its base form, while tang had already evolved into its second form, possessing much stronger physical qualities.

If one looked only at these two points, tang was indeed in a more favorable position.

But similarly, although Natsui's tang had undergone so private training, this was its first ti participating in a Gym Battle. In terms of experience, it seed slightly lacking, which seed to put the two Pokémon back on the sa level.

Seeing that both of them were ready, under the referee's signal, the match officially began.

"tang, use Confusion!"

"Slakoth, use Shadow Ball!"

As expected of a 'quasi-Elite Four' Trainer. Perhaps he guessed what Natsui was going to do. At the start of the battle, at the sa ti Natsui issued his command, Norman also gave his instruction.

An invisible force collided with the Shadow Ball in mid-air, causing a violent explosion.

He actually anticipated Natsui's command and made a targeted defense at the sa ti!

However, amidst the smoke ford by the explosion, a figure suddenly smashed through the smoke.

It turned out tang had quietly approached, drifting across the half-court under the cover of the smoke, and charged toward Slakoth!

Upon reaching Slakoth, tang raised its two iron claws and used tal Claw to swipe fiercely at Slakoth!

The two iron claws flashed with a cold light, looking both fast and accurate.

But just at the mont the tal Claw was about to touch Slakoth, Slakoth dodged to the side with extrely nimble footwork, avoiding this attack with ease!

Oh?

Natsui raised an eyebrow but didn't dwell on it. Instead, he continued to issue a second command.

tang continued to use tal Claw, grabbing at Slakoth. But this ti, Slakoth rely took a misstep and dodged tang's attack once again.

Now, Natsui had to take this seriously.

His gaze focused as he carefully observed Slakoth's movents. Only then did he discover that Norman's Pokémon was sowhat unusual.

As a Pokémon generally recognized as moving relatively slowly, people actually had a certain stereotype about Slakoth, believing them all to be slow and clumsy.

But what was displayed before Natsui right now was a completely different situation!

He saw Slakoth dodging and maneuvering, using a 'swaying' and 'floating' thod to dodge every single one of tang's attacks in succession!

So that's how it is…

Presumably, Norman must have conducted special training targeting its weakness. No wonder it perford like this.

Since that was the case, it seed he couldn't engage in close-quarters combat with it anymore but needed to switch to another thod of attack!

Thinking of this, Natsui ordered again, having tang move toward his own half of the field.

However, this ti when he wanted to leave, it was Norman's turn to refuse.

Perhaps realizing what Natsui wanted to do, seeing tang retreat, he hurriedly ordered Slakoth to stick to it closely without leaving a single step!

"Just like that! Slakoth, use Faint Attack!"

caught off guard, Slakoth suddenly extended its arm and struck at tang. Fortunately, Natsui had been guarding against this move and had tang float up into the sky in ti, barely dodging the blow!

Just as Norman guessed Natsui's routine, Natsui also understood his thoughts.

It was just defensive counterattacking; actually, it wasn't a big deal.

However, taking this opportunity, tang finally put so distance between itself and Slakoth, returning to its original half of the field.

Slakoth didn't chase after it. It seed that although it could easily dodge tang's close-range attacks with its agile footwork, its own speed hadn't changed. Trying to catch up with the floating tang in such a spacious battlefield was obviously not that easy.

"tang, Confusion attack!"

Natsui repeated his old trick. He didn't believe Slakoth's Shadow Ball could successfully block tang's Confusion attack every single ti. As long as a mistake occurred once, he would seize the opportunity continuously after that!

Norman naturally understood Natsui's plan too.

However, he evidently had other ways to deal with this.

"Slakoth, use Blizzard!"

Slakoth opened its mouth and spat out crystal-clear snowflakes. These snowflakes grew larger and denser in the air, finally forming a fierce blizzard that blew extensively toward tang.

Although the Ice-type Blizzard only dealt half damage to the Steel-type tang, Norman's goal wasn't tang itself, but sothing else entirely.

Amidst the countless snowflakes, the originally invisible psychic energy suddenly seed to take shape as it rushed through the air.

Seeing its trajectory clearly, Slakoth just twisted its body and easily dodged this attack.

This wasn't the end of it. The cold snowflakes blew onto tang, instantly coating its tal-like body with a layer of frost!

And affected by this frost, the various joints on tang's body began to slowly lose their ability to rotate freely!

So that was the idea!

Natsui understood Norman's plan with just one glance.

Precisely because tang wasn't a Pokémon in the form of 'living flesh'—it might not even have blood flow—it was more like cold stone. As a result, its surface temperature was extrely low. Once covered by ice and snow, it couldn't lt or clear away the ice relying solely on itself!

Sure enough, a second later, affected by the Blizzard, tang's body wobbled a few tis. It seed even the simple act of floating couldn't be maintained steadily.

Truly not simple. Even though it was such a weak Pokémon, now not only did it have unique dodging thods, but it could also use the Ice-type Blizzard. He didn't even know what other trump cards were hidden.

One could only say that Norman had truly raised his Pokémon exceptionally well!

However, while this thod might work against other Trainers, against him, it was still sowhat inadequate.

These thoughts only flashed through his mind. Out loud, he issued a command without hesitation: "Use Zen Headbutt!"

As a Psychic-type move, Zen Headbutt concentrated the power of willpower on the forehead to attack. Sotis, due to this imposing manner, it could even make the opponent fearful and flinch!

Protected by psychic energy, tang charged toward Slakoth again.

Although this back-and-forth movent rendered the previous distancing useless, there was no helping it.

This was already the optimal choice Natsui could make among the moves tang currently mastered.

And this ti, because there was a certain distance between the two Pokémon, it gave tang enough acceleration. Consequently, when it reached Slakoth, its montum had already reached its peak!

However, a Gym Leader's Pokémon wasn't so easily scared off.

Under Norman's command, Slakoth changed its previous laziness. Its aura also changed abruptly. It actually stopped dodging and instead chose to et tang head-on!

Under the gazes of Natsui, Norman, Caroline, and Misty, as the two Pokémon got closer and closer, finally, they crashed fiercely into each other…

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