After a bout of spinning heaven and earth, Axel and Arcanine appeared in a gray and hazy valley.
In this valley, everywhere were deep purple crystals exuding dragon-type energy.
Perhaps it was due to the Dragon God's Favor attribute, the extremely rich dragon-type power made Axel inexplicably feel a bit comfortable.
Arcanine next to him, however, crouched low with all its might, letting out a low growl toward the front, as if sensing a huge threat.
"Arcanine, what's wrong?"
"Woof!", Arcanine lowered its head and roared, its fur bristling accompanied by surging flames.
Axel followed Arcanine's gaze.
Large boulders rolled down from both sides, making a booming rumble.
The dense dragon-type energy around mixed and fused with the rocks, forming a large mass of purple light.
Once the purple light fell, a completely red tyrannosaurus Pokémon appeared prominently.
"Damn, Tyrantrum!", The moment he saw that Pokémon, Axel couldn't help but feel his scalp go numb.
Tyrantrum is a very classic dragon-type Pokémon. Maybe in this timeline, it isn't very famous yet.
But in the future, it would be one of the main Pokémon used by Zinnia, the meteor falls descendant from the Hoenn region.
That's the woman who summoned the green Mega Rayquaza.
More importantly, although this kind of Pokémon isn't a pseudo-legendary, it's still considered a late bloomer.
It evolves at level 39, and once it evolves, it's definitely a mid-tier battle force.
Its Dragon + Rock typing also gives it a four-times advantage against Fire types, meaning Axel's level 35 Arcanine was almost useless.
Just as Axel was about to use the system to check Tyrantrum's attributes and look for skill weaknesses, a vast voice suddenly echoed from all around.
["Trainer detected entering trial ruins, age under 20, meets the standard."]
["Rule is 1v1 battle, challenger's Pokémon must not exceed level 30."]
["Pokémon Arcanine is level 35, initiating expulsion skill."]
A huge dragon tail appeared out of thin air and fiercely lashed Arcanine, throwing it toward the entrance area.
Axel: "..."
'You sent him away, can't you send me out too?'
'Let me raise Pheromosa or Ralts to level 30 first, then pull me in!'
Unfortunately, this trial secret realm had no intention of giving him time to complain. The Tyrantrum in front of him quickly launched an attack toward him.
Tyrantrum started dancing in place with a vast and ancient rhythm, and two upward red lights gradually appeared on its body.
Both its Attack and Speed were increased by one stage.
Axel made a decisive decision and immediately threw out Ralts' Poké Ball.
Since this guy knows Dragon Dance, then there's no time to hesitate.
He must strike quickly, or once its Dragon Dance stacks up, he'll be doomed.
"Ralts, use Disarming Voice!"
Little Ralts nodded lightly, looking around the environment in surprise.
Under the cover of green hair, the little one's eyes clearly showed some excitement.
'This lifetime, Axel really is turning his luck around. Just graduated high school and already dragon slaying.'
Thanks to Ralts' mastery of skills, which had reached a nearly godlike level, even if her little brain was wandering, it didn't stop her from using the skill.
"Ralts~"
A heavenly voice appeared, spreading across half the valley.
To Tyrantrum, however, this sound was like the heavens collapsing.
Fairy-type, known as the dragon slayer. Almost any Fairy-type skill could deal massive damage to Dragon types.
With the golden trait [Fairy Queen] active, this strike from Ralts was enough to severely threaten Tyrantrum's condition.
The Disarming Voice pierced its mind. Tyrantrum let out a painful roar, its Dragon Dance movements coming to an abrupt halt, frozen at one level of buff.
Seeing the strike work, a bit of confidence crept up the corner of Axel's mouth.
Seems like dragon-types aren't that scary after all.
"Use Misty Terrain!"
Ralts waved and released a pink energy orb, and when those pink energies touched the ground, they instantly spread.
They quickly covered a large area, forming a field full of fairy mist.
Misty Terrain, a signature Fairy-type move.
In this field, Dragon-type move damage is halved.
Plus, with Fairy restraining Dragon, theoretically the advantage had now flipped.
'So what if it's a level 39 Dragon-type?'
'The advantage is mine.'
Thanks to the tag accelerating casting speed, right after Ralts cast two moves, the Tyrantrum in front finally reacted, its mouth glowing with purple light as it lunged at Ralts.
'Poison Fang!'
At the moment he saw this move, Axel's pupils contracted.
He admitted he had been too optimistic just now.
This is one of Poison-type's signature moves, capable of badly poisoning the bitten opponent.
And Poison-type restrains Fairy-type.
If Ralts gets bitten, with no level advantage, she might get knocked out in one bite.
"Use Teleport!"
Ralts nodded gently. A red light flashed over her body, bringing Axel onto a nearby boulder.
"Moonblast!"
After realizing that Tyrantrum had Poison-type moves, Axel no longer wanted to drag it out.
Tyrantrum's ability is quite special, boosting bite-based moves by 50%.
Combined with the level suppression, it could probably one-shot Ralts.
When facing a foe that could one-shot you, the best strategy is to one-shot them first.
Tyrantrum's special defense and HP aren't great. A few high-damage Moonblasts should be enough to force it into rage-quit mode.
A pink moon appeared out of nowhere, glowing with soft pink light.
Endless moonlight gathered and shone fiercely atop Tyrantrum's head.
"ROAR!"
Tyrantrum let out a painful roar, as a downward white light appeared on its body.
Move effect triggered, Tyrantrum's Special Defense was lowered.
"Use Moonblast again."
"Ralts!"
Ralts waved her little hand, and the pink moon in the sky once again released moonlight, blasting down on Tyrantrum's head.
Tyrantrum's claw burst with strong purple light, a claw of energy enveloping its paw, wildly scratching the cliff where Axel and Ralts stood.
But after being weakened by Misty Terrain, its Dragon Claw couldn't even break through the rocks here, and it could only watch helplessly as it got struck again.
After a few sorrowful howls, Tyrantrum weakly fell to the ground, turning back into rock.
[Trial challenger has passed the first stage. Second stage is Aerodactyl.]
[Challenger may continue the trial or leave now, and proceed directly to the second stage next time.]
Axel's mouth twitched, looking speechlessly toward the direction of the voice.
'Since when did Aerodactyl become a dragon?'
'Did you learn from Lance?'
Aerodactyl, while called a dragon by some, is actually Rock + Flying type.
Aside from Kanto's 'Dragon-type' Elite Four Lance and his fans, almost no one else calls Aerodactyl a dragon.
'But it's fine, Aerodactyl won't be hard for me to deal with either, as long as I refill Ralts' skill pool.'
'Time to arrange moves like Confuse Ray, Will-o-Wisp, Trick Room.'
'Then teach Ralts Ice Wind or Thunderbolt, and what can Aerodactyl do?'
"I choose to leave for now."
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