As this teal-colored Dragon-type Pokémon appeared, its ability activated, and the volatile Fire-type energy in the space immediately became inactive, as if losing its vitality.
All the boosted effects and negative impacts brought by Sunny Day ceased to exist.
Zhang Heng questioned, “Hm? Is this the Cloud Nine ability? This Dragon-type Pokémon is?!”
While speaking, Zhang Heng narrowed his eyes slightly and used his system ability to view the Pokémon’s attribute panel.
Pokémon Name: Drampa
Type: Dragon, Normal
Level: 73 (Quasi-Champion-level combat power)
Potential: Champion
Tera Type: Normal
Ability: Cloud Nine (Hidden Ability)
Held Item: A-rank item Leftovers
Learned Moves: Protect, Sleep, Safeguard, Glare, Dragon Pulse, Extrasensory, Surf, Thunderbolt.
Zhang Lei Yuan also nodded slightly in response to Zhang Heng, saying, “That’s right, what restricted the Sunny Day effect is Drampa’s ability – Cloud Nine.”
The Cloud Nine ability makes any weather effects invalid when a Pokémon with this ability is on the field. The weather itself does not disappear. This ability has the exact same effect as Rayquaza’s Air Lock ability, just with a different name.
Zhang Heng was a little excited, wanting to touch this Dragon-type Pokémon, but the battle situation was not yet clear, so he suppressed his excitement.
After Zhang Heng came to this world, he had rarely encountered Dragon-type Pokémon. Drampa was the second Dragon-type Pokémon he had seen besides Walking Wake. The first one he saw was a dying Hydreigon lying beside him.
It was his first time observing other Dragon-type Pokémon up close, and Zhang Heng was still very excited, after all, his task was only 2/6 complete, still a long way to go.
He thought to himself, “I wonder if my cheap old man’s Drampa has any other highly qualified offspring or Pokémon Eggs?”
It was no wonder Zhang Heng had ulterior motives; after all, Dragon-type Pokémon were truly too rare. Like the Charizard, Drapion, Rampardos, and Bastiodos he encountered before, although their names contained “Dragon”, they had nothing to do with the Dragon-type. Zhang Heng was also a bit depressed, wondering when he would be able to build his own team.
Speaking of which, Drampa should be a relatively unpopular Pokémon, with a base stat total of 485, but it has 135 points in Special Attack and only 36 in Speed, making it a very good Trick Room special attacker, and its abilities are very overbearing.
Besides the Cloud Nine ability, which is the same as Rayquaza’s Air Lock, there is also a god-tier ability shared with Galar Moltres – Berserk.
Thinking of this, Zhang Heng couldn’t help but think to himself, “If I can capture a Drampa with the Berserk ability, it could also speed up the current team building.”
Zhang Lei Yuan looked at the eager gaze in Zhang Heng’s eyes and knew that this kid was eyeing his Drampa.
He pretended to cough lightly and said, “Cough, cough, Xiao Heng, I also got this Drampa from your grandfather. If you’re interested, go get it from your grandfather. Anyway, your old man here doesn’t have any Pokémon to give you.”
“No, you… When did I say I wanted your Pokémon?”
Zhang Heng stopped mid-sentence, speechless, and ignored his cheap old man.
A father knows his son best. With just a glance, Zhang Lei Yuan saw through Zhang Heng’s thoughts and directly blocked Zhang Heng’s path with another remark.
Then, a deafening roar of “rumble” came, shaking the earth!
The powerful energy attacks released by Flame Vortex and Scorching Sands collided and tore at each other fiercely in the air like two fierce beasts, erupting with dazzling light and scorching heat.
However, in this duel, due to Drampa’s special ability, it managed to completely block all the beneficial effects brought by Sunny Day.
Although the clear weather in the sky still existed, it could no longer provide Mega Houndoom with even a trace of energy support.
Originally, Mega Houndoom had the Solar Power ability, and its Fire-type moves would increase in power by 1.5 times when used under Sunny Day.
But now, all these advantages had vanished, and it had to rely entirely on its inherent Special Attack base stat to contend. Mega Charizard Y’s Special Attack base stat was clearly stronger than Mega Houndoom’s.
As a result, the battle gradually began to tilt in favor of Mega Charizard.
The power of the Flame Vortex move gradually became somewhat insufficient, and the Ground-type energy in the Scorching Sands move slowly spread, gradually engulfing the power of the Flame Vortex, threatening to completely swallow it whole.
Eventually, Mega Houndoom was the first to run out of strength, and the Scorching Sands move, carrying hot sand and earth chunks, simultaneously struck Mega Houndoom.
The Ground-type move, with its 2x effectiveness, caused Houndoom to instantly lose its combat capability, lying on the ground like a dead dog, reverting from its Mega Evolution form.
Seeing that Liziji had already been defeated, Zhang Lei Yuan immediately stopped the situation from escalating further. He said, “Champion Li, I implore you to spare his life.”
Li Guanjun did not speak; he also wanted to see what Zhang Lei Yuan was up to, so he merely nodded slightly in agreement.
“Liziji, you have been thoroughly defeated, and your child is in our hands. Now, can we talk?”
Liziji slumped to the ground, “Heh heh, talk? What’s there to talk about? The winner takes all, the loser gets nothing. If you want to kill me, then kill me.”
After speaking, Liziji took out two Poké Balls and recalled both Houndoom and Kabutops into them.
Zhang Lei Yuan shook his head and said, “As long as you are willing to cooperate, you and your child, and even that subordinate behind you, can safely leave Huaguo.”
Hearing these words, Liziji felt a glimmer of hope, but more so doubt, after all, they could hardly be considered friends, much less friendly business partners.
“How can I trust you? And what are your conditions?”
Zhang Lei Yuan smiled and shook his head, saying, “Trust? Why do I need your trust? You are merely a prisoner now.”
Liziji gritted his teeth and said, “Alright, then what are your conditions?”
“Did your Water Blade Gang intercept a cargo ship at the trade port between Sakura Country and Luzon?”
Liziji was instantly a little terrified. This was a top-secret mission within their organization, a transnational poaching operation hired by another major country.
Xing Ken also came to his senses: “Some time ago, our intelligence department indeed received intelligence from agents operating in Sakura Country, reporting that a cargo ship full of rare Pokémon had been intercepted by a pirate organization, but the information did not specify the types of Pokémon. Could it be?!”
