"Milotic, stop the rain, bring down Hail, then use Blizzard!" Before Feraligatr had a chance to get up, Xiao Ran had already issued his next orders.
The downpour abruptly stopped, and the temperature began to drop. Before any snow fell, Jing Ru Yun's expression had already changed drastically.
"Feraligatr, Thrash!" Jing Ru Yun shouted. She had been reluctant to use this move because it would make Feraligatr lose control, but now it was her only option.
Only by stoking Feraligatr's fury to its limit could she make Feraligatr temporarily forget the pain and use Thrash's heavy damage to take Milotic down as well.
Yes, a mutual knockout. That was now the only outcome Jing Ru Yun could hope for.
Honestly, if Feraligatr had not been so tough, those two blasts of Scald from Milotic would have been enough to leave Feraligatr too badly injured to get up.
Although Milotic was only at Late Stage Elite Class, the enhancement from Leaping Over the Dragon Gate had boosted Milotic's control of Water-type energy far beyond that of an ordinary Pokémon at the same level.
On top of the rain's boost to Water-type damage, Milotic had fired both blasts of Scald straight into Feraligatr's mouth. A less robust Gym Leader Class Pokémon might already have been knocked out on the spot.
"Roaaar!" Even in a daze, Feraligatr heard the Pokémon Trainer's command, threw back that massive head with a low roar, and broke into a run, charging wildly toward Milotic.
Xiao Ran had no good counter to a move like this. Even a master could fall to a flurry of wild punches; against Thrash, there was nothing to do but dodge.
"Milotic, Splash!" Hail was still being maintained, leaving Milotic no room to counterattack or use another move, but this most basic Splash