System Scan
Pokémon: Skarmory
Level: 61
Sex: Male
Ability: Sturdy (It cannot be knocked down in one hit even when attacked by the opponent's moves. One-hit kill moves have no effect.)
Skills: Leer, Peck, Metal Claw, Air Cutter, Fury Attack, Feint, Swift, Spikes, Agility, Steel Wing, Autotomize, Metal Sound, Slash
Items carried: Sharp Beak
Egg Move: Drill Peck, Brave Bird
Individual Values: 21
Technical Machine /Skill Tutorial: Fly, Swords Dance, Rock Slide, Protect, Substitute, Sandstorm, Sunny Day, Roost, Sky Drop
A Beginner King level Skarmory?
Roy remembered that Skarmory also underwent Mega Evolution in, but after Mega Evolution, Skarmory transformed from a support Sardinian into a powerful attacker.
The only Ability is that the ability has become Steadfast. If it were given a Sharpness Ability like Mega Absol, Roy would definitely give it a Hard.
Seeing Falkner confidently send out his Pokémon first, Roy reached for the Golurk Poké Ball at his waist. Roy actually wanted to let Golurk stretch its muscles.
However, sending out Golurk for a mere Beginner King level Skarmory like Skarmory; it's like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.
Although Ground type moves are ineffective against Flying type, my Golurk isn't Can't Fly.
Furthermore, Golurk isn't limited to Ground type moves; two Dizzy Punch are enough to crush this Skarmory.
After thinking it over, Roy finally took out the Poké Ball from Dhelmise, intending to let Dhelmise practice how to deal with Flying-type Pokémon in actual combat.
A flash of red light, Dhelmise appeared in the Arena.
The moment Dhelmise's massive body appeared, it instantly attracted the attention of Falkner and all the Gym students.
A group of people instantly surrounded the Arena, observing the enormous figure they had never seen before.
Sensing that Dhelmise had not yet reached the Beginner King level, Falkner's expression turned strange.
The ID Card in Roy's possession indicates that the opponent possesses at least one Beginner King level Pokémon, but they did not send out that Pokémon.
Falkner looked displeased; Roy was clearly looking down on him.
Just as the referee in mid-air was about to announce the start of the battle after the two had released their Pokémon, a voice called out from the depths of the Gym, "Wait!"
Following the sound came a middle-aged man who looked about 80% like Falkner, who also rode a Skarmory from the depths of the Gym.
The middle-aged man is Asuthi's father, and also the person Roy is going to challenge this time: Asuthi, the Gym Leader of the Violet City Gym.
Compared to Falkner's Beginner King level armor, Su Tian's Skarmory is at the Intermediate King level, and its wing feathers are Sharpness, gleaming with a cold light.
Hearing that someone wanted to challenge the highest difficulty Gym, Su Tian also wanted to see just how good this challenger was.
I'll be the referee for this match.
Su Tian commanded the Skarmory to fly above the Arena and waved to the referee beside it.
Seeing Su Tian's state, the referee had no choice but to leave the Arena. After all, the dojo master had the right to personally judge the battle. However, the referee still went to the outer edge of the Arena to watch the battle.
It also serves as a check to ensure that Su Tian does not engage in favoritism or corruption.
Although we know that Su Tian wouldn't be so easily swayed, we still need to maintain appearances.
After Su Tian shouted, "The battle begins!", Roy directly commanded the Dhelmise:
"Dhelmise, use the Energy Ball."
The seaweed on the Dhelmise ship's anchor emitted a green glow.
Upon hearing Roy's command to attack, Falkner quickly ordered his Skarmory to dodge.
Since it was his first time seeing Pokémon like Dhelmise, he didn't immediately command Skarmory to attack.
He wanted to figure out Dhelmise's attack methods before choosing a countermeasure; he wanted to make Roy pay the price for underestimating his opponent.
The Skarmory circled Dhelmise, constantly alert to Dhelmise abilities.
But after flying for a long time, the attack from the Dhelmise still hadn't arrived.
Wrong!
Seeing the increasingly powerful and imposing Dhelmise on the ground, Falkner Frisk that Roy was lying to him. The Dhelmise hadn't launched an attack at all; he was simply strengthening it!
But by then it was too late for Skarmory to attack. The Dhelmise on the ground had already activated Growth, and the seaweed attached to the rudder had grown even more vigorously, emitting a rich purple Ghost type aura.
The dual attack power of the Dhelmise has been increased.
Seeing this, Su Tian, who was acting as the referee, sighed that his son was still too young. However, Roy also looked very young, and his young son was completely being played by the young man on the other side.
He recalled that at that time he had never encountered an opponent as cunning as Roy.
Although Roy's Pokémon was not as high-level as Skarmory, he was very skilled at commanding it.
It seems the opponent brought out Pokémon Skarmory to challenge them, purely out of confidence that their Pokémon could definitely defeat Skarmory despite being of a higher level.
Realizing he had been tricked, Falkner shouted at the Skarmory:
"Skarmory, use Air Cutter!"
"Dhelmise and use Anchor Shot."
In the sky, the Skarmory's steel wings unfolded layer by layer, the metal feathers gleaming with a cold, hard silver-gray luster, and pale blue wind blades formed out of thin air with the flapping of the steel-like wings.
The Skarmory flapped its wings, unleashing several formed, transparent, pale blue wind blades.
The wind blades sliced through the air, making a whooshing sound, and traced faint blue trails before striking the Dhelmise with a metallic scraping sound.
Despite the pain from being hit by the Air Cutter, Dhelmise steered the ship with a "whoosh!" Dhelmise the anchor into the Skarmory.
Seeing the massive anchor hurtling towards it, Skarmory once again used its Air Cutter to lash out at the anchor.
Several sharp, blue blades struck the anchor without any effect. Seeing that the anchor was about to hit it, the Skarmory quickly controlled its wings to dodge to the side, barely avoiding the anchor, which was much larger than itself.
Seeing the anchor fly past it, the Skarmory's eyes were filled with relief. Before it could retaliate, Skarmory Falkner, on the command platform, looked tense and shouted to the Skarmory on the field:
"Skarmory, get out of the way, it's behind you."
The Skarmory looked back and saw that the anchor it had just dodged was now returning, even faster than when it was launched.
So the killer move was yet to come!
The Skarmory couldn't dodge in time and was hit and hooked by the hook behind the anchor. The huge impact almost knocked the Skarmory unconscious.
The Skarmory wasn't dizzy, but it was seeing stars.
When Dhelmise saw the anchor hit the Skarmory, it quickly pulled back the chain connecting the anchor, and the Skarmory, which had been caught on the anchor, was pulled back towards Dhelmise along with the anchor.