"Milotic, Safeguard, then use Ice Beam!"
The moment Xiao Ran saw his opponent strike that strange pose, he knew what was happening. He seized the opportunity to have Milotic put up Safeguard, then send a laser-like beam of freezing energy shooting toward Flygon.
Boom! A huge boulder rose in front of Flygon. The Rock Slide originally intended as an attack happened to block Ice Beam instead, allowing Flygon to escape.
"Flying up there in this weather? Aren't you cold? Milotic, Blizzard!" Xiao Ran said with a soft laugh. He did not even enter Mental Resonance, simply calling out his next move.
Heavy snow was already falling from the sky, making Blizzard almost effortless to use. Fierce winds howled, and more snow came sweeping in.
This was nothing like Ice Beam. Blizzard was a move that could cover the entire battlefield, leaving Flygon nowhere to hide.
Although its effects were not as immediate as Ice Beam's, given enough time, that bone-piercing cold would become magical damage that could not be resisted.
As the fierce winds howled, Flygon's movements instantly grew sluggish. Its quadruple weakness to Ice-type attacks was no joke; its ability to keep warm was far worse than that of other Pokémon.
Milotic, on the other hand, feared the cold of Hail too, but after putting up an Aqua Ring, it hid comfortably in the wind and snow, simply waiting for Flygon to freeze to death.
Flygon, get down and use Earthquake! the opposing Trainer called out in his mind.
Already struggling to fly through Blizzard, Flygon quickly descended toward the ground. Its wings quivered, sweeping aside the accumulated snow, before Ground-type energy surged and sent tremors rippling through the earth.
"That should do it. Milotic, Ice Beam!" Seeing that Blizzard overhead had grown thick enough to obscure his vision,