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The astonishing power of Dragon Rage shattered the floating platforms and simultaneously bombarded the water surface like missiles. The entire pool immediately began to vibrate. Ash and Misty, who were further away, had to struggle to maintain their balance.
The closer floating platforms were pushed away by the waves generated by the explosion. The entire pool remained turbulent for a long time. It wasn't until the light energy disappeared that Axew finally landed on a floating platform.
The pool finally calmed down after a long while. Everyone looked at the pool, only to see several shattered floating platform fragments drifting on the surface, along with a Goldeen.
At this moment, Goldeen was unconscious, blowing bubbles. Seeing this, the three sisters of the flower shop all looked surprised.
"How could this be!!"
"Yay! Ash won the second match!" From the stands, Misty completely "rebelled" and enthusiastically stood up cheering.
"Damn it, whose side is that girl on?!" Seeing this, Lily, standing on the shore, couldn't help but say angrily.
Her own younger sister actually cheered for that brat who came to challenge their gym. But there was nothing they could do; after all, they usually weren't very nice to their younger sister.
"How could this happen...?" Daisy was a little disbelieving. She actually lost like this, even faster than her younger sister.
How could this be? Ash was thinking the same thing. Is that it? Honestly, seeing this scene, he truly understood that it wasn't that his Axew was too strong, but that their Pokémon were too weak.
At first, sending out Magikarp was fine. No matter how strong Magikarp was, its strength was limited. But Axew's strength was much stronger than Magikarp's. After taking a direct hit from Dragon Rage, Daisy's Goldeen couldn't withstand it directly.
Although Daisy couldn't believe it, she still regretfully recalled Goldeen. They were truly too negligent in raising Pokémon. This was a fact that couldn't be changed.
But Ash still found it incredible. Although they were indeed negligent in training, Axew's power was also somewhat astonishing.
Although it was a powerful Dragon-type Pokémon, even before evolving, it could unleash such power.
There was also that frenzied state in Mt. Moon. It didn't seem like Outrage, nor was it a certain ability, but it doubled its power and inflicted no damage. It seemed that miscolored Pokémon were indeed different from ordinary Pokémon.
"Sister, let me go!" Big Sister Sakura couldn't help but say, looking at the situation before her.
Now that both younger sisters had lost, only she remained. Pokémon battles were not best of three matches. As long as you had the ability, even in a 6-on-6 match, if you could win alone from a losing position, you were capable.
Daisy dejectedly left the floating platform. Sakura stepped onto the platform, the strongest among the three Sakura sisters.
At this moment, Sakura's expression was also very solemn. She had lost terribly before, and they hadn't put on much of a show. But after Ash said those words to her face, she felt somewhat uncomfortable in her heart.
"Ash, you are indeed very strong. I don't think we have the ability to defeat you. However, for the sake of our Cerulean City Gym's reputation, I still have to try."
Sakura already knew she was no match. Now only she remained, while Ash still had three Pokémon.
Moreover, Ash really didn't send out Pikachu. Otherwise, they would have lost even more miserably. But no matter what, with things having come to this point, directly admitting defeat seemed even more humiliating. She had to fight properly.
"That's for the best. Otherwise, it would be too boring."
Ash listened to Sakura's words, feeling the change in her demeanor. This was the charm of Pokémon battles, even for trainers who weren't particularly enthusiastic about Pokémon battles.
During battle, one would gradually be influenced by the battle atmosphere. Ash really liked this feeling.
"Although I haven't seen it, if it can use Dragon Rage, it should be a Dragon-type, right? Go, Cloyster!"
Sakura focused her gaze on the field. The last Pokémon she sent out was Cloyster, the evolved form of Shellder.
Cloyster's body was protected by a double shell. The outside was covered by an indestructible purple shell, while the inside was a thinner silver inner shell.
The double protection made Cloyster's defense soar. Its shell had many sharp edges and protrusions. At the top of its inner shell was a silver spike, which was Cloyster's primary offensive weapon.
But its true form was a pitch-black sphere, looking like a black pearl. It had human-like expressions and often wore a mischievous smile. However, because it was too similar, it was jokingly called "Gastly in a Shell" (humorous).
Cloyster was not only a Water-type Pokémon but also possessed Ice-type attributes.
Dragon-type Pokémon were very powerful, with few weaknesses compared to other Pokémon. If it was a purely Dragon-type Pokémon like Axew, it had almost no weaknesses.
The only thing it feared was Fairy-types. Also, the only Pokémon that could defeat Dragon-type Pokémon were other Dragon-type Pokémon. Therefore, they themselves feared attacks from other Dragon-types. Finally, there was Ice-type.
So Sakura strategically brought out Cloyster, which had Ice-type attributes. At the same time, Cloyster had strong defense, so it wouldn't be instantly knocked out like Daisy's Goldeen.
It seemed they had some skill as long as they analyzed calmly and seriously. Ash, who hadn't been very motivated, also became motivated.
"Ash, I'm coming! Cloyster, use Icicle Spear!"
Sakura launched the first attack. Cloyster's body couldn't move as flexibly as other Pokémon. It mainly relied on long-range attacks, so Sakura directly launched a long-range attack.
After hearing her command, Cloyster's pointed head instantly condensed a cold aura. The cold aura gradually condensed into a pale ice sphere, which then swiftly shot towards Axew.
"Axew, dodge! Use Scratch attack!"
Cloyster was now also on the floating platform, not in the water. Cloyster couldn't move freely, so Ash didn't hide like he did when fighting Goldeen. Instead, he proactively launched an attack.
Axew leaped up, dodging Cloyster's Icicle Spear. White light flashed on its claws. It fell from the air and swung its claws at Cloyster.
PS: Some types like Dark-type only appeared in Generation 2. Moves like "Bite" and "Crunch" were originally Normal-type. Fairy-type also appeared later. But here, since it's not the game, I'll just add them in directly.
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