Under Swellow's control, a mass of Flying-type energy formed a sharp blade and shot toward Poliwrath.
"Poliwrath, use Waterfall!"
Facing Swellow's head-on assault, Zhang Cheng felt no pressure and ordered Poliwrath to meet it head-on. He held an overwhelming advantage now and had little to worry about. At worst, he would have to send out his third Pokémon.
"Poli~ Poli~"
Poliwrath was relaxed as well. Upon hearing Zhang Cheng's command, it swiftly gathered a large amount of water energy.
Dense water energy surged toward Poliwrath, enveloping its entire body.
Once Poliwrath had brought all that water energy under control, it unleashed the full power of its legs and charged toward Swellow.
Poliwrath moved swiftly, reaching Swellow in an instant. Only then had Swellow just launched the Air Slash it had formed.
After closing in on Swellow, Poliwrath quickly unleashed Waterfall, slamming its entire body into Swellow.
At the same time that it rammed into Swellow head-on, the powerful Air Slash struck Poliwrath's body.
The two Pokémon were hit by each other's moves almost simultaneously.
Boosted by the Mystic Water, Poliwrath's Waterfall was immensely powerful. It swiftly depleted Swellow's HP upon impact.
Swellow's Air Slash was super effective against Poliwrath and also received a same-type attack bonus, so taking away a quarter of Poliwrath's HP was no problem.
Air Slash struck Poliwrath squarely. Like Swellow, Poliwrath lost all its remaining HP and collapsed to the ground, unable to battle.
The clash between Swellow and Poliwrath ended in a draw, with both Pokémon knocked out.
Of course, that draw had only been possible because Poliwrath wasn't at full HP and was at a type disadvantage.
Had Poliwrath faced Swellow at full strength, securing a draw would not have been so easy for Swellow.
With Swellow's defeat, Zhang Cheng successfully made it through