Shaking his head, Yusheng hurriedly drove that absurd thought away.
Damn it, I'm not at the end of my rope yet. How can I get so discouraged?!
He recalled Rhyhorn and took out his third Poké Ball.
"Go, Venusaur!"
As his starter Pokémon, Venusaur was his strongest partner. Naturally, he chose to send it out now to halt his slide in time and at least win one round back.
Meanwhile, although Gyarados's Flying type had an advantage over Venusaur's Grass type, its other type, Water, was also weak to Grass.
Sticking to his usual approach to battle, Xia You recalled Gyarados and was about to send out another Pokémon to keep up the pressure. Before he could act, however, he suddenly noticed the shadow beneath his feet swaying gently.
Haunter emerged halfway and said to Xia You, "That Venusaur over there seems to be his strongest Pokémon. Why not let me handle this battle?"
"You want to have some fun too?" Xia You raised his eyebrows, quickly weighed the matchup between the two Pokémon, then nodded. "All right, go ahead! But you'd better be careful. It's easy to trip up when you least expect it!"
"You talk too much!" Haunter rolled his eyes at him, emerged completely from the shadow, and slowly floated toward the battlefield, leaving Xia You with a jaunty view of his back. "Now just stand here quietly and watch my performance!"
At the commentary desk, the host watched Venusaur enter and couldn't help smiling. "I never expected Yusheng to send out his Venusaur at this point. This is certainly a good strategy. As the most outstanding performer among his many Pokémon, I believe this partner will surely turn the battle around, or at least win one round back!"
Like those professionals, the host also believed that