At the Mahogany Gym, Young Master Mao's match against Pryce, the legendary Gym Trainer, was still underway.
The old man had clearly cranked up the difficulty for Young Master Mao. Even if his first Pokémon, Dewgong, fell short of Lorelei's main team, the gap in strength was small.
If Turtle hadn't grown increasingly proficient at using Aura, he might have gone down.
The hardest thing to accept was that even this lineup didn't represent Pryce's full strength.
If he smilingly brought out a Delibird or something, Gary would dare call for the mighty Mewtwo right then and there.
After all, who knew whether that Delibird was the one that had plucked Ho-Oh's feathers...
"Cloyster, use Blizzard!" Pryce opened with a heavy hitter right off the bat.
Whoosh! Cloyster opened his shell, and a freezing gale packed with a blizzard blew toward Armarouge!
As expected of Pryce's Ice-type Pokémon-he was using a heavy-hitting move like a basic attack!
"Mystical Fire, then Psyshock!" Gary wasn't about to indulge him either, countering directly with a combination move.
Facing the incoming Blizzard, Armarouge raised his right hand, his arm transforming into a cannon muzzle before scorching flames imbued with psychic power gushed out.
"Arma!" As Armarouge unleashed Psyshock, Mystical Fire instantly expanded and spun, turning into an irregular fire tornado that surged wildly about.
Bang! Blizzard struck the fire tornado, only to turn straight into steam and accomplish nothing.
"A combination move! Not bad!" Admiration shone in Pryce's eyes.
"A friend of mine came up with this move. I upgraded it a little," Gary said with a smile.
With enough psychic power, or sufficient skill with Aura, a Counter Shield was there whenever you wanted it~
Bang! Cloyster's failed attack backfired on him, and the spreading chains of fire lashed him twice instead.
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