novelzi Chapter 372 372: Tobias’s Second Pokémon
Chapter 372 372: Tobias’s Second Pokémon
"Dead…?"The moment Pelipper appeared on the field, it was full of fighting spirit.
But the second it caught sight of its opponent, its wings trembled.
The Pidgeot across from it had a wingspan nearly three times its own.
That… couldn't be right.
That was a Pidgeot, wasn't it?
Normally, a Pidgeot was only a little bigger than a Pelipper.
So what did it mean when one was this much larger?
Although energy level was still the main standard for judging a Pokémon's battle strength, when two Pokémon were at the same level, size often meant power.
Bigger meant stronger.
The battle in the sky no longer looked like a fight between Pelipper and Pidgeot.
It looked more like a battle between Taillow and Pidgeot.
Perhaps because Pidgeot had already appeared so often on Lin Feng's video channel, most people were not particularly shocked by its size.
After all, seeing Pidgeot on the "Lin Feng" account was nothing unusual.
Instead, the audience started joking.
"So we finally meet you, Pidgeot. Are you the final boss of the Sky Challenge?"
"So it really is that huge…"
"Incredible…"
In truth, even though Liam's Pelipper had reached level 58–59 in energy strength, it was still no match for Pidgeot.
After only a few brief clashes in the air, Pelipper completely lost its fighting ability and fell from the sky.
Then Liam sent out his own Pidgeot.
If Pelipper couldn't even compete with Lin Feng's Pidgeot, then this newly trained level 51–53 Pidgeot stood even less of a chance.
The moment the two Pidgeot faced each other, the smaller one had already lost more than half its courage, let alone its will to fight.
His final Pokémon, Garchomp, had an energy level of 61–63.
Unfortunately, after the Grass Field, the final randomly selected battlefield turned out to be the Ice Plains.
The so-called Ice Plains was simple enough.
The entire lake area was frozen solid.
But for Garchomp, this battlefield was extremely unfriendly.
And the Pokémon Lin Feng chose to send out was Alolan Ninetales.
So even though Liam desperately wanted to avoid being completely swept and fought with everything he had, he was still eliminated in the end.
Lin Feng's semifinal was over.
Next came the battle between Tobias and Fiona.
This match was far more interesting.
From the moment Fiona stepped onto the battlefield, her strategy had been crystal clear.
She sent out Gengar.
Tobias, as always, wore that calm and confident smile.
And immediately, without the slightest hesitation, Fiona ordered:
"Perish Song!"
By the time Tobias reacted, the eerie melody had already reached Latios's ears.
That meant one thing.
No matter what happened next, after enough time passed, Perish Song would force Latios into a state where it could no longer battle.
The smile disappeared from Tobias's face.
In truth, Perish Song was easy enough to deal with.
As long as Latios quickly defeated Gengar and Tobias recalled it afterward, the Perish Song effect would gradually fade inside the Poké Ball.
However…
That would mean his second Pokémon would have to appear.
Tobias was not the type who liked showing off.
If Latios could sweep the entire team alone, that was naturally the best outcome.
There was also another option—
Defeat all of Fiona's Pokémon before Perish Song took effect.
That had originally been Tobias's plan.
Although Fiona's raw strength was indeed lower than his, someone capable of reaching the Top Four was never someone to underestimate.
In the end, after Fiona's third Pokémon—Milotic—was defeated, Perish Song finally activated.
Latios, already carrying some light injuries, collapsed under the echo of the fatal melody and lost its ability to fight.
"Perish Song takes effect! Tobias's Latios has been defeated! Now then—let's see what Tobias's second Pokémon is!"
Leo shouted excitedly from above.
At this moment, not only the audience in the stands, but even he himself was full of anticipation.
Because based on everything so far—
If Tobias only had Latios, he definitely could not defeat Lin Feng.
And yet, from the beginning until now, whenever Tobias stepped onto the stage, there had been no worry on his face.
No helplessness like Liam.
No pressure like Fiona.
He was still as confident as ever.
Looking at the defeated Latios, Tobias said nothing.
Or rather, ever since stepping onto the battlefield, he had barely spoken at all outside of giving battle commands.
Now, he quietly recalled Latios.
Then he took out another Poké Ball and lightly tapped it.
A dark figure appeared in a flash of red light.
It was a pitch-black floating figure.
Its body resembled a shadow wrapped in a floating red collar like a scarf, with piercing blue eyes and long white mist-like hair drifting above its head.
The moment that figure appeared, everyone—
from the audience in the stands to Champion Feng Yang and the others above—
froze in shock.
Some were stunned because they had no idea what Pokémon it was.
Those who did know were even more shocked.
"Darkrai?"
"The Nightmare Pokémon… Darkrai?!"
"Hahaha! As expected of a Legendary Pokémon trainer. Now the championship is obvious, right? If Tobias has six Legendary Pokémon, how is Lin Feng supposed to fight that?"
"You've got to be kidding me… another Legendary Pokémon?"
Even Feng Yang frowned slightly at the sudden turn of events.
"Another Darkrai…"
It had been a very long time since the East China League had seen a Pokémon like this.
And yet, within only a few months, he had now seen two Darkrai.
"That kid really is something. Too bad he's not from East China…"
Beside him, Ji Yan couldn't help sighing in admiration.
For a Legendary Pokémon like this, whether it followed someone because of overwhelming strength or because of a deep bond, the result meant the same thing—
If it was willing to fight for you, then the bond between trainer and Pokémon was real.
And if Darkrai was willing to stand beside Tobias, then that bond clearly existed.
"So it really is Darkrai…"
Back in the contestant area, only Lin Feng remained.
When he saw Darkrai appear, he raised an eyebrow.
Pokémon: Darkrai
Gender: Genderless
Ability: Bad Dreams
Potential: Gold
Stats:
HP: 27
Attack: 31
Special Attack: 30
Defense: 30
Special Defense: 27
Speed: 27
Strength: Level 71–73
Moves:
Disable, Quick Attack, Hypnosis, Sucker Punch, Shadow Ball, Substitute, Haze, Dark Void…
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