mtlumby2d Chapter 458 Assassination by the Snow Concealment Trait
Chapter 458 Assassination by the Snow Concealment Trait
Duan Guanjun stood on the defensive line, letting the cold snowflakes lash his face. His figure was like an unyielding reef in the blizzard, but beneath his tightly furrowed brows was an unprecedented grimness.
Amidst the wind and snow, the mournful sound of ice cracking mingled with the cries of Pokémon.
The defense team members shivered, their thick winter suits covered in frost, and ice crystals on their eyelashes fell in a flurry with each rapid breath. Just as they were on high alert ahead, a silvery laugh suddenly came from behind them, as chilling as a viper's hiss.
"Hehe~"
Dozens of white figures emerged from the blizzard. The snow fairies wore semi-transparent kimonos, their pale faces tinged with gray, and the eerie purple flames in their eye sockets flickered in the wind and snow.
Before the team members could react, their slender fingertips swept across the air, and a strange ghost-like energy, accompanied by extreme cold of minus forty degrees Celsius, suddenly erupted.
Energy penetrated the human body like a spider web, instantly freezing blood vessels into ice-blue patterns, and the screams stopped abruptly—dozens of team members remained with shocked expressions, completely frozen into ice sculptures, with unshed tears still clinging to their eyelashes.
"Hehehe~"
The snow fairies let out sharp, playful cries, their bodies twisting and dissipating like smoke.
The Pokémon witnessed their trainer fall, and their angry roars shattered the surrounding ice shards. A Staraptor's eyes blazed with crimson fury as it charged at the nearest Froslass, only to miss its target. Its wings were frozen stiff by the wind and snow, and it crashed heavily onto the ice.
Nidoking swung his thick arm, attempting to shatter the invisible enemy with "Earthquake," but the ground was already covered in ice, greatly reducing its power.
Even more deadly is that the low temperature slows down the energy of Pokémon's moves.
The flames from the Fire skill were extinguished by the wind and snow as soon as they left the Pokémon's mouth;
The water projectiles formed by water-based skills froze into ice shards in mid-air.
The snow fairies would sometimes peek out from behind the ice pillars, and sometimes turn into mist and sweep across the defense line. Each appearance took away several lives, leaving behind a group of eerie ice sculptures.
"The whole team, tighten your defenses! Use flares!" Duan Guanjun's voice boomed through the communicator.
However, as soon as the flare's light pierced through the wind and snow, it was refracted into an eerie halo by the icy fog, which instead revealed the human figures even more clearly.
In the distance, the Lady of the Mist watched the massacre, a cold smile playing on her lips, as she lightly waved her ice crystal staff.
More snow fairies surged out from the depths of the icy plains, like a white tide of death, completely engulfing the human defenses in wind, snow, and wails.
"Duan Guanjun! Leave the Snow Fairy to me!!"
In this critical moment, even the biting wind and snow seemed to give way to the two legendary figures. Lin Tao and Zhai Li, two Elite Eight trainers who had risen to the top eight in the league, finally appeared on the battlefield like a thunderclap piercing the gloom!
Their arrival was like a shot in the arm for the defense line. The morale, which had been low due to the series of defeats, was instantly rekindled like a spark in the wind, and hope was rekindled in the eyes of the defenders who were on the verge of despair – they had never been fighting alone!
It turned out that the two kings had wasted too much time arguing with Zhang Heng. In order to save every second, the two abandoned the tedious equipment setup and rode on the official standard Flying-type Pokémon, cutting through the sky at top speed.
However, when they arrived, they were met with a horrific scene of war: a defensive line of ice sculptures, a raging snow demon, and a human line teetering on the brink of collapse in the snowstorm.
"Bah——!"
With sharp eyes, Lin Tao didn't bother to exchange pleasantries with Duan Guanjun. He rode his Pokémon like an arrow, heading straight for the front line of the mudflats.
Upon reaching the core battlefield, he unhesitatingly unleashed dozens of Poké Balls, the sound of them piercing the air echoing around them. In an instant, brilliant white light burst forth in succession amidst the icy snow, like dazzling fireworks exploding in the night sky.
One after another, the majestic Water-type starter Pokémon - Feraligatr - make a powerful appearance!
Their scales shimmered with a deep, dark blue, and their sharply defined rectangular scales protruded high, exuding unparalleled power. Their forelimbs were muscular and strong. The beige jaw and abdominal bony plates made the serrated red bony plates on their head, back, and tail stand out even more, like burning flames dancing in the snow.
Lin Tao arrived late because he had ventured deep into the aquatic wilderness area. With Dr. Chen's help, he raced against time to gather a large number of powerful Crocodiles and Blastoises, all to add a winning edge to this life-or-death battle.
"Mighty Crocodiles! Roar loudly!"
Lin Tao raised his arms and shouted, his voice booming like a bell. As the command was given, the crocodiles roared in unison, their mouths churning with dark, inky energy. In an instant, the energy materialized into sound waves, spreading outwards like a surging black tide.
This move, Roar, is a Dark-type special attack move. It is not only a wide-range, indiscriminate attack, but also a nemesis of Ghost-type Froslass.
In the game, the Snow Cloak trait increases evasion rate in snowy weather. However, in reality, the Snow Fairy can perfectly hide in the snow and ice to avoid attacks thanks to the Snow Cloak trait.
But at this moment, the roars of the crocodiles were like invisible blades, tearing apart the disguise of the wind and snow.
Wherever the sound waves reached, the ice shards shattered inch by inch, and the air seemed to ripple outwards. The snow fairies who attempted to stealthily attack were precisely restrained by this malevolent energy; their eerie purple figures were violently distorted by the sonic impact, forcing them to reveal themselves from the ice and snow.
At the same time, Zhai Li and Ou Yuhua quickly approached the front line. They swiftly commanded the summoned Swamp King and Feralas, and the two Elite Four level trainers quickly cleared out the Froslass horde.
"Swamp King! Muddy Current! Wash away the ice!" At her command, the surging water, carrying mud and sand, rushed out.
"Fire Fox! Flame Burst!" Fire Fox raised the branch in her hand, which was her magic wand, and swung it forward, sending a blazing pillar of fire shooting forward.
The two moves combined with Feraligatr's Dark-type Sound Wave to launch a multi-pronged attack. Under the combined onslaught of Water and Dark-type energy, the solid ice on the surface of the ice field cracked and melted rapidly.
The frozen seawater regained its freedom, and the rising white mist mingled with the wind and snow, completely disrupting the snow maidens' stealthy rhythm.
The once arrogant snow fairies now let out pitiful screams. Some were struck by the claws of the giant crocodile, some were swept away by the turbid current, and the worst were swallowed by flames and disappeared without a trace, their previous arrogance gone.
"Excellent!" Duan Guanjun's voice, coming through the communicator, was filled with barely concealed excitement and exhilaration. "Tear their offensive apart!!"
With the powerful addition of the two Elite Two, the morale of the human defenses reached its peak. The Pokémon were full of fighting spirit, and their attacks became even more ferocious.
However, the Mistress of the Lips, atop the icy plains, watched all this with a cold, calculating look in her eyes. She slowly raised her ice staff and slammed it heavily into the ground—an even more terrifying crisis was brewing deep within the ice, like a sleeping beast about to awaken.
Among the ice floes on the mudflats behind them, the first to cry out in alarm was Kobayashi, the rookie trainer of the assault team. His Stark was circling low in the air when it suddenly let out a terrified cry—what was floating on the sea surface were not ice floes, but thousands of eerie figures shaped like blue ice cream cones.
Those "ice creams" had fluffy white snow piled on their heads, diamond-shaped icicles embedded in their cheeks, their inverted semi-circular mouths opening and closing silently, their two icicle-like arms hanging at their sides, and their bodies surrounded by a visible mist of cold air.
"What are these?! And there are so many of them?!"
Many of the assault team members raised questions, and some more experienced members explained, "Dodoice is also a Pokémon with the Snow Cloak ability! But there are just too many of them! However, they don't have much combat power!"
Evan's voice trembled through his face mask. He grabbed the teammate next to him and yelled, "Back up! They're a suicide attack!"
Before the words were even finished, the ice on the mudflats suddenly cracked, and even more ice floes emerged from the water, their dense, blue forms appearing and disappearing in the wind and snow. They were not acting alone, but rather arranged in some strange formation, the snow on their heads swirling in the cold wind, blending seamlessly with the surrounding ice field.
A team member tried to probe with a flare, and wherever the beam of light swept, the ice monsters suddenly vanished, leaving only a lingering, eerie blue aura to prove their existence.