Scolipede should actually have counted itself lucky.
Lucky that this was only an ordinary Gym battle, and lucky that Xia You was not trying to defeat it right away, but instead hoped to draw the match out so Snorlax could grow.
Otherwise, with Scolipede's strength, it would definitely have lost even faster.
But Roxie knew none of this.
All she knew was that, in yet another clash of strength and speed, Scolipede had lost again!
This astonished her once more, while also making her recognize that there really was a gap between the two Pokémon.
But she quickly recovered.
If strength would not work, then she would use poison!
Once Scolipede landed again, Roxie's gaze sharpened, and she changed her approach. Under her direction, Scolipede stopped clashing head-on with Snowman Snorlax and instead opened its great mouth, spewing out a huge cloud of poisonous gas.
This was indeed the best choice.
However, neither Xia You nor Snorlax showed any panic.
Faced with the spreading poisonous gas and drifting toxic mist, Snowman Snorlax made no attempt to dodge. After all, with its enormous body and the limited space available, no matter how fast it was, it could not completely avoid the spreading gas.
It simply took a deep breath before the poisonous gas reached it, its entire round belly swelling. The next moment, it opened its great mouth and exhaled a huge cloud of extremely cold white mist!
The white mist rapidly spread and mingled with the poisonous gas Scolipede had spewed. The instant they met, under the influence of that extreme cold, the poisonous gas rapidly crystallized and fell to the ground like snowflakes.
However much poisonous gas there was, there was only more white mist!
Plainly visible on the Battle Field, the two clouds of different types, one purple