"Fantastic! Contestant Bu Jie has finished the climb in the first stage and reached the second! Now that a contestant has made it to stage two, I'll explain the rules. Everyone still climbing, please listen carefully too!" Before anyone realized it, Bu Jie had climbed above the snow line. The announcer's voice rang out in everyone's ears. "The second stage takes place above the snow line. Geysers erupt at the summit, and the athletes must use Pokémon capable of Ice-type moves to freeze them! A friendly reminder: the geysers at the summit are very hot!"
"Stage two sounds interesting. If the geysers are that 'hot,' this won't just be a contest of Ice-type moves!" Liu Qing's arms and legs were aching, and his breathing was labored, but he was getting close to the snow line too. Hearing the announcer's explanation, he formed a plan before he had even seen the geysers, and a faint smile appeared on his face.
"Now, aside from contestant Bu Jie, who is working hard to freeze his geyser, all twelve remaining athletes are reaching the snow line one after another. Please choose a geyser immediately and freeze it as quickly as you can!"
"Damn it! Snover, give it more power!" Seeing the athletes he had left far behind reach the snow line one after another while he still hadn't frozen his geyser, Bu Jie began to panic.
Liu Qing was the fourth to reach the snow line and arrived just in time to hear Bu Jie's shout. He looked toward the scalding geyser enveloped in Snover's Ice Beam. White steam hissed, and through the haze, he could just make out newly frozen sections melting again almost immediately.
The water's temperature wasn't the only difficulty. A geyser erupted intermittently, not continuously, so there was actually very