Just as Zhang Heng announced his opponent, Poliwrath, which Zhang Heng had not chosen as a trial subject, had the energy gathered in its sturdy body transform into specks of starlight and dissipate in this space.
In a place invisible to everyone, all this energy gathered on Psyduck, who was standing behind Zhang Heng and his group.
Psyduck was still holding its head, its voice still puzzled: "Ga ga?"
No one paid attention to the changes on this duck, only Shiny Mudkip trotted over and nudged it forward with its head.
"Ga ga?!"
"Glar-glar!"
Psyduck hadn't figured out the situation yet, while Mudkip seemed to be telling it to quickly find a good spot to watch the impending battle.
"Walking Wake, let's fight to our heart's content. Aqua Jet."
Aqua Jet, a Water-type physical priority attack move with 40 power, but it can be unleashed quickly.
Above a shimmering water surface, a light and agile figure—Walking Wake—was fully concentrated, preparing to launch an attack.
Around its originally calm body, countless light blue rays suddenly emerged, rapidly converging to form a powerful Water-type energy wave.
Walking Wake's strong and powerful hind legs suddenly pushed off the ground, accompanied by a low Roar, its entire body lunged forward like an arrow released from a bow. Its speed was lightning-fast, carrying an unstoppable momentum, directly charging towards Azumarill, its opponent not far away.
At the same time, Azumarill was not to be outdone. Its body also glowed with brilliant blue light, and Water-type energy continuously gathered.
With a powerful push from its legs, its figure instantly launched into the air, meeting Walking Wake's incoming attack head-on without hesitation.
It was also the Aqua Jet move!
In an instant, two powerful forces collided in the air with a resounding crash! There was a loud "boom," as if the entire space trembled. The immense impact stirred up layers of splashes and mist, enveloping both Pokémon.
Once the mist cleared, Walking Wake and Azumarill were both shaken backward by the aftershock of the skill collision.
However, upon closer inspection, it was clear that Walking Wake retreated significantly further than Azumarill.
Not only that, but because Walking Wake was the first to attack, yet it suffered such a severe recoil, this undoubtedly indicated that Azumarill's physical attack power far exceeded its own.
Zhang Heng could see the crux of the problem from this single round: "As expected, it's the Huge Power ability."
Walking Wake has a Water and Dragon-type combination, allowing it to resist Water-type moves four times over, and Azumarill's base physical attack stat is only 50 points, but it can become a physical attacker thanks to its top-tier ability—Huge Power.
Huge Power is an ability currently possessed by only three Pokémon; Trainers who know them can name them. The effect of the ability is to double the damage of non-fixed damage physical moves.
For example, both use Aqua Jet, but when Walking Wake uses it, it only has 40 power, while when Azumarill uses it, the power doubles to 80 points, and coupled with the move itself being a priority move, a priority move with 80 power is terrifying.
Zhang Heng began to use his system abilities, focusing on Walking Wake's status and skill list to find a breakthrough.
Pokémon Name: Walking Wake (Slightly Injured)
Attribute: Water, Dragon
Level: 47 Gym level strength
Held Item: None
Special Ability Bonus: None currently
Learned Moves: Glare, Roar, Battle Roar, Aqua Jet, Bite, Water Pulse, Steam Eruption, Flamethrower, Twister, Sunny Day, Dragon Pulse, Snarl, Dragon Rush
This seemingly luxurious skill bar in front of him was, in reality, hard to describe.
After careful scrutiny, Zhang Heng found that there wasn't even a single attacking move among them that could deal massive damage to Azumarill.
To try and find a move that could counter it was a fool's errand. There weren't even moves that could deal normal damage.
It was as if all its attacking moves lost their proper power when facing Azumarill.
Looking at the attribute distribution of these moves, there were Water-type and Fire-type, and the move pool also contained two Evil-type moves.
However, these three types of moves could only deal very limited damage to Azumarill, merely 0.5 times.
As for the Dragon-type moves, which should have been quite powerful, they were as good as useless against Azumarill, completely ineffective and could be entirely ignored.
Thus, to defeat Azumarill, it seemed necessary to find an alternative, more effective strategy.
He thought to himself: "Since you're crushing me with Huge Power, I can only respond with Protosynthesis."
Azumarill saw that Zhang Heng had not attacked again, and it launched the first strike. Its body once again shone with brilliant blue light, and Water-type energy continuously gathered, as it stomped its legs and charged with the force of thunder.
"Walking Wake, endure this move, use Sunny Day."
What if it was a Water-type move with the Huge Power ability? Walking Wake resisted Water-type moves four times over. Although some of that was offset by Huge Power, it was still at least a two-times resistance, so taking one hit was not a big problem.
Walking Wake's mouth began to continuously gather Fire-type energy. In the blink of an eye, a large and incredibly hot fireball gradually formed in Walking Wake's mouth.
This fireball was entirely a vivid crimson, its surface constantly flickering with dazzling flames, as captivating as a burning miniature sun.
With a loud "boom," Azumarill, like a furious beast, attacked with immense power and momentum, striking Walking Wake's side with an extremely fierce stance. The sharp attack fiercely struck Walking Wake's side.
However, despite Azumarill's attack being so fierce and intimidating, it still failed to interrupt the move Walking Wake was performing.
Walking Wake was like an unbreakable fortress, its hind legs firmly absorbing the powerful impact, and its body was sent sliding, leaving a deep skid mark on the ground.
Walking Wake raised its long neck, lifting its head high towards the sky. The fireball, like a dazzling fiery meteor, shot straight into the sky at an extremely fast speed. Where it passed, the air was scorched and distorted, emitting continuous "sizzling" sounds.
A loud bang came as the fireball shot directly into the thick clouds above this space and instantly exploded.
From afar, the entire gray sky seemed to be ignited, forming an incredibly hot zone.
"The decisive moment has arrived!"
Azumarill pushed off the ground with its legs, leaping into the sky, and began to spin...
