Breloom's Energy Ball and Poliwrath's Ice Beam struck their respective targets.
The Grass-type move Energy Ball dealt a devastating blow to Poliwrath, instantly stripping away half its HP.
At the same time, Ice Beam struck Breloom. However, without a same-type attack bonus, it only took away a third of Breloom's HP.
Zhang Cheng had clearly come out worse in that exchange. If Breloom fired another Energy Ball, Poliwrath would most likely be knocked out.
"Come back, Poliwrath." Faced with this situation, Zhang Cheng recalled Poliwrath and sent Pidgeot out to battle.
"Pidgeot, I choose you!"
As a Grass- and Fighting-type Pokémon, Breloom had a quadruple weakness to Flying-type attacks. Pidgeot was the perfect choice to counter it.
"You have a Pidgeot this strong, too?" Zhu Han asked in disbelief as he watched Zhang Cheng send out Pidgeot.
Zhang Cheng had only used Poliwrath and Swampert in his previous matches, so Zhu Han had no idea he also had a powerful Flying-type Pokémon like Pidgeot.
"Pidgeot, use Hurricane!"
Ignoring Zhu Han, Zhang Cheng immediately ordered Pidgeot to attack with the powerful Flying-type move Hurricane.
"Piii! Piii!"
At Zhang Cheng's command, Pidgeot beat its wings fiercely. A powerful suction erupted from within its body, drawing in the surrounding Flying-type energy.
Under Pidgeot's control, the gathered energy formed a hurricane. As more Flying-type energy poured into it, the hurricane grew increasingly destructive.
Once the hurricane reached its maximum power, Pidgeot sent it sweeping toward Breloom.
"Breloom, attack with Rock Slide!"
Zhu Han had a way to deal with Flying-type Pokémon. Long ago, he had used a Technical Machine to teach Breloom the Rock-type move Rock Slide, which could inflict considerable damage on Flying-type Pokémon.
Breloom skillfully gathered the Rock-type energy around it. The dense energy formed chunks of rock that appeared out of