Terrain Advantage Contest, Ariados Takes the Field!

"Cacturne is incapacitated. Contestant Sato, please Switch Pokemon!"

Even after the referee announced loudly, the frozen Cacturne showed no reaction at all.

"Vaporeon, use Scald to thaw Cacturne out!" Wallace spun around, then spoke in a very gentlemanly manner.

Sato grinned and did not refuse. He could see right through it—the guy on the opposite side just wanted to draw attention.

Scald sprayed toward Cacturne through the puddles, and before long, it melted the ice encasing Cacturne.

Of course, Cacturne was already incapacitated. Large patches of its golden yellow body had turned purple, making Sato frown.

As the only Grass-type Pokemon Sato owned, Cacturne had a very high chance of being arranged to participate in this match. Combined with its powerful performance in the previous battle, Wallace would definitely have paid close attention to it.

And when both sides were evenly matched, tactical arrangements became especially important.

Clearly, Wallace had come up with more than one plan to deal with Cacturne.

Under such full preparation, Cacturne Completely Did Not get to display even the slightest bit of its advantages. It had been effortlessly toyed with by Vaporeon.

Wallace had barely issued any commands during the previous battle, so it was obvious they had rehearsed it beforehand.

"I was careless this round," Sato said softly to Cacturne inside its Poké Ball.

He turned to Look At the puddles on the ground, then, without hesitation, sent out his next Pokemon.

"Ariados, Toxic Spikes with Toxic!"

"Chik chik chik!"

A red light flashed, and Ariados appeared on the field with a huge purple poison bomb clamped in its jaws. The moment it landed, it fiercely flung the poison bomb into the sky!

Toxic Spikes plus Toxic—poison would be scattered across the entire field. Any Pokemon that landed on the ground would be poisoned,