nashuaworldcup Chapter 459 Alas! Tragic…
Chapter 459 Alas! Tragic…
"Oh no! They're about to use a massive self-destruct!"
Amidst the chaotic snowstorm and flashing skill lights, one of the sharp-eyed team members spotted the increasingly blinding, unstable white light gathering within Duoduo's body and screamed in terror!
The warning was like a drop of boiling oil thrown into water, instantly igniting panic among the commando team!
Mega Self-Destruct! A Normal-type physical attack with a power of 250, but the Pokémon that uses this move will also be in a near-death state. In the game, it is a move that results in mutual destruction!
Before them were countless Ice Spirits, like ghosts, instantly attaching themselves to almost every corner of the front line using their Snow Cloak ability!
"Creak, creak—!"
The piercing sound of ice crystals rubbing together seemed to become a countdown. Those tiny figures, resembling blue ice cream cones, had transformed into the deadliest mobile bombs.
They ignored the attacks ahead, their eyes filled only with a cold, manipulated resolve.
"Om-!"
"Om-!"
"Om-!"
The first blinding white light suddenly shone on the left flank of the assault team!
Immediately following, like a lit fuse, a second, a third... hundreds and thousands of destructive white lights appeared.
Like stars from hell, they burst forth in a frenzy on the blizzard-ravaged mudflats, on the sea where ice and water mix, and even among the low-flying Flying-type Pokémon hovering in the air!
With its Snow Cloak ability and the ability to learn Self-Destruct, plus the levitation ability that allows for all-around penetration, this combination is unique in the Pokémon world: Iceberg!
Duan Guanjun's eyes burned with overwhelming rage. This was by no means the instinct of a wild Pokémon. Normal wild Pokémon waves would only use powerful methods to confront humans head-on, and would rarely use such tactics!
Dodo Ice isn't even the final evolution; when Dodo Ice evolves into Double Dodo Ice, it loses the Snow Cloak ability.
This is clearly an extremely insidious and vicious tactic targeting human defenses!
The fact that Dodo Ice was deployed to the battlefield so precisely as a consumable... Kyurem? No, there must be someone behind this who is familiar with human combat tactics and even Pokémon abilities!
"A Pokémon that knows Ground and Rock-type moves! Change the terrain! Protect the Trainer! Quickly!"
Lin Tao's roar was still clear amidst the booming explosion; he was the first to react.
His battle-hardened instincts allowed him to instantly identify the only feasible emergency protective measure!
"Nidoking! Earth Power! Raise the Wall!"
"Rumble Rock! Rock Throw! Shield Up!"
"Armored Tyrannosaurus Rex! Rock Blockade! Surround it!"
"Rockwolf! Double-bladed Hammer! Smash them! Smash them as many as you can!"
Following Lin Tao's command, the Pokémon that survived on the mudflats and possessed the corresponding abilities unleashed their final potential!
Nidoking slammed his fists into the ground, unleashing a surge of violent ground-type energy, and a thick earthen wall rose up with a roar, as if an earth dragon were turning over!
The Golem roared and hurled out sharp, massive rocks that rapidly piled up in front of the trainer to form a temporary barrier!
The heavily armored Tyrannosaurus roared and summoned countless huge rocks, which surrounded the small area like a fortress!
The mane rock wolf transformed into a streak of gray lightning, charging with a death-defying courage towards the nearest, about-to-explode, Duoduo Bing, attempting to knock it away from the crowd!
Ou Yuhua's response was more direct, hitting the nail on the head: "Swamp King! Activate the Moisture ability! Maximum range! Hold on!" Her voice was filled with unwavering determination.
"Swamp!!"
The Swamp King on the ice floe let out a deep, muffled roar, and its already wet body instantly burst forth with even more dense water vapor!
An invisible field, carrying a strong suppressive energy fluctuation of the explosion, struggled to spread outward from its center!
The Moisture ability is a very special and targeted move. By wetting the surroundings, it prevents anyone from using explosive moves such as Self-Destruct.
In the game, when this Pokémon is present, Self-Destruct, Mega Self-Destruct, Mega Booster, and Misty Blast will all fail to activate, and the Detonate ability cannot be activated.
However, this "humid" domain was suppressed like never before by the extreme cold storm empowered by the will of Kyurem!
The biting cold seemed to freeze all the water molecules. When the invisible area spread to a radius of only about five meters, it seemed to hit an invisible ice wall and could not advance any further!
The white light flashing on the bodies of the many ice monsters in the area suddenly went out, the skill was forcibly interrupted, and they floated around blankly.
But outside that area, even more white light continued to flash wildly!
Swamp King's body trembled violently, maintaining its characteristics that were extremely suppressed by the environment, causing it to endure unimaginable pressure. Its physical strength was rapidly depleting, and large beads of sweat (instantly freezing into ice crystals) rolled down its forehead.
“King Zhai!” Ou Yuhua exclaimed.
"Understood! Fiery Fox! Swap abilities! Target: Swamp King!" Zhai Litian's command was concise and precise!
"Woo-la!"
The branch staff in the hands of the Fiery Red Fox shone with a pinkish-purple superpower light, and an invisible mental chain instantly connected her with the Swamp King who was struggling to hold on!
Two completely different energy fields rapidly flow and exchange under the influence of superpowers!
In an instant, the aura of the "magician" characteristic on the Demonfire Red Fox disappeared, replaced by a wave of "humidity" that was the same as that of the Swamp King and suppressed the explosion!
The pressure on Swamp King suddenly eased, and its special ability was temporarily replaced by "Magician".
"Whoosh—!" The fiery red fox, having acquired the "moisture" attribute, immediately unleashed its full power!
A new and stronger field of moisture erupted from her center, instantly covering an area of nearly ten meters around her!
The white light on Duoduobing within this range also instantly went out!
Zhai Li's tactic was a success! By using ability swapping, allowing the Flame Fox, which has stronger mental power and energy control, to bear and release the Damp ability, the effect was much better than the Swamp King, which was suppressed by the environment!
Seizing this precious respite, Ou Yuhua shouted, "Gyarados! Clear out the targets within the moisture range!"
Mega Gyarados roared, unleashing a fan-shaped shockwave of raging water-type energy that swept across the Frozen Dodo that was immobilized by the Moisture ability and unable to self-destruct, blasting them into ice shards everywhere!
However, the combined efforts of the three Elite Four level trainers in commanding and responding were still insufficient in the face of such overwhelming numbers and suicidal saturation attacks!
Many commandos didn't even have the corresponding tactics to deal with such suicide attacks.
For example, Min Fangxin sensed something was wrong when the explosion first started.
Although his Alolan Marowak had the Ground type before evolving, after evolving, it had long since stopped using those Ground-type moves that alter the terrain, and at this moment it was unable to quickly construct cover like Ground-type Pokémon.
His choice was to fly to a higher place to avoid the power of the explosion.
"Upwards! Warrior Eagle! Get out of here!"
He gripped the reins of the warrior eagle tightly, steer it toward the higher, colder sky, trying to escape the ever-burning, destructive white light below!
However, the sky is no refuge! The strange buoyancy of the Dodo Ice allows them to spread like ghostly jellyfish throughout the entire space from the sea surface to the lower atmosphere!
"Crench!"
Several Dodo Ice, taking advantage of the disturbance caused by the wind, snow and explosive airflow, appeared in the flight path of the Warrior Eagle like maggots clinging to its bones!
Their cold, inverted, semi-circular mouths opened and closed silently, and the blinding white light inside their bodies had reached its peak!
"Damn it!" Min Fangxin's scalp tingled, and his adrenaline surged.
The valiant eagle struggled to dodge and climb, its talons tearing through the cold wind, trying to break free of this deadly airspace.
Min Fangxin's heart pounded wildly, and his pupils contracted sharply with each flash of light from the explosion.
Just then! "Whoa—!!!"
A sudden, extremely violent, and frigid hurricane swept in without warning!
The wind was so strong that even a powerful Flying-type Pokémon like Braviary was blown around violently, its upward momentum was instantly interrupted, and it was even blown to the side and downwards!
Even more deadly, this gale carried at least five or six already poised Duoduo Ice, and with the wind's momentum, they instantly rushed to the vicinity of Min Fangxin and Warrior Eagle!
Their cold eyes held no emotion, only the destructive white light about to erupt from within them!
They were too close! So close that Min Fangxin could even see the icicles on Duoduo's face!
"No—!!" Min Fangxin only had time to let out a desperate roar.
"Boom——!!!"
A blinding white light instantly engulfed him, the Warrior Eagle, and the several Dodo Ice monsters! The violent shockwave from the explosion burst open in the sky, creating a massive flower of death mixed with ice shards and gunpowder smoke!
The violent energy turbulence tore through the air, emitting a sharp, piercing whistle!
At the rear defense command post, Min Hui, who had been staring intently at his younger brother's figure, witnessed the destructive white light explode in the sky. He felt a chill run from the soles of his feet to the top of his head, his vision went black, and his legs went weak uncontrollably, almost causing him to collapse to the ground!
However, at that critical moment, when death seemed certain, a figure in a dark purple robe played a crucial role!
"Jah—!!!"
Superfire! Just before the blast wave hit its body, it ignored the devastating energy turbulence thanks to the Ghost-type Pokémon's natural immunity to Normal-type moves (Superfire is a Normal-type physical attack)!
With astonishing speed, it lunged at Min Fangxin, who was already disoriented by the shockwave and about to be torn apart by energy!
Enveloped in ghostly purple flames, it used its strong forelimbs to hold tightly to Min Fangxin's body, and used its back to withstand the physical impact and shockwave of the explosion!
Although it was immune to the direct damage from ordinary energy, the terrifying physical shock still made it groan!
With the unconscious Min Fangxin in her arms, Xi Cui Huo Bao Shou plummeted straight down from the smoke and clouds of the explosion, like a kite with a broken string!
Min Fangxin had already lost consciousness amidst the violent shaking and piercing tinnitus, completely unaware of what was happening.
“Plop——!!!”
A heavy splash echoed. The Emerald Fiery Beast, carrying Min Fangxin, crashed like a meteorite into the icy, ice-cold sea below, its fate unknown!
Amin wasn't the only one in this situation at the scene; in fact, his situation was relatively better because the explosions in the two areas where he fell from the sky to the sea weren't as violent.
Meanwhile, the mudflats were being bombarded by missiles, with endless booming sounds erupting from them.
"Boom——!!!"
"boom--!!!"
“BOOM Boom Boom Boom!!!”
A series of terrifying explosions, like countless thunderbolts exploding simultaneously on the mudflats! A blinding white light engulfed everything!
The violent shockwave, like an invisible giant hammer, slammed heavily onto the hastily erected earthen walls, stone shields, and rock fortresses!
"Crack! Boom—!" The earthen wall that King Nido had painstakingly built crumbled and collapsed like paper under the combined impact of several explosions!
"Pfft!" The rock shield in front of Rumble Rock was shattered, and the rubble was like cannonballs that knocked back its massive body!
The heavy armored tyrannosaurus's rock fortress was blasted open with a huge gap!
The mane rock wolf that tried to break through the ice was the first to be hit, and was violently blown away by the close-range explosion, covered in blood!
Desperate screams echoed throughout:
"Ah—! My leg!!"
"My hand! My hand is gone!!"
"Ugh—!"
The shockwave from the explosion not only destroyed the protective gear, but also directly tore apart flesh and blood!
Trainers' limbs were torn apart and pulverized in the violent energy! Even more terrifying was the omnipresent extreme cold storm!
"Tsk-!"
The scalding hot blood that had just gushed out from the severed limb was instantly frozen by the sub-zero wind!
The wound surface was immediately covered with a layer of scarlet, piercing ice crystals! This bizarre method of "stopping the bleeding" brought extreme pain and secondary trauma that penetrated to the bone marrow and froze the soul!
Life force was rapidly drained away by the shockwaves of the explosion and the erosion of the ice!
Many team members could only utter half a scream before their eyes widened in terror and pain, frozen in place, becoming new, incomplete ice sculptures!
The first line of defense completely collapsed under the suicidal "ice explosion" baptism of Duoduobing!
The mudflat positions, which were originally barely connected, were now shattered by the bombing, with huge ice craters, churning mixtures of ice and water, scattered rock fragments, and frozen remains of flesh and blood everywhere.
The survivors were separated on small, unconnected "islands," staring in horror at the hellish scene around them. The acrid smell of gunpowder, blood, and icy cold mingled together, making them want to vomit.
The area where the three Elite Four level trainers were located suffered relatively less damage due to timely reactions and the protection of powerful Pokémon, but everyone was injured, the Pokémon were panting, and their faces showed disbelief, shock, and heaviness.
Looking at his exhausted state as the Swamp King and the horrific scene around him, Ou Yuhua clenched his fists.
Zhai Li's fiery red fox maintained its damp domain, vigilantly watching the depths of the wind and snow.
Lin Tao's face was ashen as he looked at the wrecked mudflats and the heavy casualties among his team members, his teeth clenched tightly.
Duan Guanjun, on the rear defensive line, looked through the raging wind and snow at the rising smoke from the explosion and the life signals that had instantly dimmed, and slammed his fist hard on the cold bunker.
The first line of defense was rendered useless in a single encounter by the enemy's ruthless tactics and overwhelming numerical superiority!
The real decisive battle has not yet begun, but in the first clash, the Chinese camp suffered a crushing defeat—no, a devastating one...