The moment Axel's voice fell, a flash of icy blue instantly appeared in Gardevoir's eyes.
A whistling wind sound appeared, mixed with ice crystals covering half the deck area.
The few Team Rocket members at the very front of Gardevoir were immediately covered by ice crystals, only managing to let out a miserable scream before collapsing motionless.
Their Pokémon did not fare any better.
Although it was a notorious villain organization, in reality, most of the Team Rocket members' Pokémon were only around level 19.
Moreover, these Pokémon were mostly common ones like Raticate, Fearow, and Grimer.
Only that minor boss and the three squad leaders had slightly higher-level Pokémon.
But even so, none had Pokémon exceeding level 40.
On the other hand, Gardevoir, after defeating Gym Leader Shasha, had already leveled up to level 31.
This level could completely crush 99% of the Pokémon present.
Plus, with the spellcasting speed boost brought by Gardevoir's golden trait, there was no one who could react in time.
After a round of Icy Wind ended, half the Pokémon on the field were already down, and most of the remaining Pokémon had ice crystals clinging to them, with a descending light circle appearing around them.
Their speed was reduced.
Axel did not hesitate; a second command appeared in Gardevoir's mind.
"Moonblast!"
The originally bright sky suddenly turned dark, a bright full moon hung high, emitting a sacred aura.
Gardevoir slowly rose into the air, her entire body covered in dense pink light dots.
Under her control, the bright full moon in the sky suddenly released a burst of explosive moonlight.
As one of the signature moves of the Fairy type, Moonblast's power ranked among the top of all non-exclusive Fairy skills.
Combined with Gardevoir's same-type bonus and the Fairy Queen trait, this attack's damage was nearly double that of Icy Wind.
Under the illumination of the moonlight, the deck of the Saint Anne began melting in patches of various sizes.
The Team Rocket's Pokémon were almost all plunged into a dying state, leaving only that boss's Venusaur staring blankly at Gardevoir and Axel hiding in the corner.
'Wait, coming up and attacking the trainer first, are you Aurient people all this fierce?'
'No wonder there are no villains over there!'
A cough emerged from Venusaur's flower bud, and the Team Rocket's minor boss embarrassingly stuck out his head, unable to suppress a wave of fear.
Just now, Gardevoir's Moonblast had almost melted everything; he even saw a few familiar faces die under that move.
If not for his Venusaur's resistance to Fairy type, he probably would have been done for too.
"Venusaur, use Acid Bomb, kill that Gardevoir."
Venusaur gently nodded, and a mass of purple acid appeared in its mouth.
The acid bubbled in Venusaur's mouth, seemingly about to explode at any moment.
This move was doubly effective against the Psychic-type Gardevoir, and it also greatly reduced defense.
If Gardevoir got hit, the situation would instantly reverse.
Axel sneered coldly.
It's one thing in a 1v1 normal match, but in a sudden encounter battle, you're not even looking behind yourself, huh?
"Pheromosa, use Stomp!"
After the Gym battle and a few days of training, Pheromosa had also leveled up to 20.
This level wasn't particularly high, but with Pheromosa's extreme speed stat bonus, its speed almost crushed most of the Gym Leaders' Pokémon.
More importantly, Axel's Pokémon were all slightly "cracked."
A black shadow flashed under the moonlight, Pheromosa's slender leg fiercely landed on Venusaur's upper jaw.
With the blessing of the Assassin King trait, Pheromosa's strength was not weaker than Venusaur, who was good at special attacks.
Crack!
A crisp sound rang out, Venusaur's mouth uncontrollably clamped shut.
The Acid Bomb exploded abruptly, streams of purple poison leaking through Venusaur's mouth cracks.
If someone who didn't know the process showed up, they would definitely think the Venusaur trainer was the one being beaten.
"Are you people crazy?", The minor boss was directly stunned; he had followed Lady Ariana on missions almost every month.
He had encountered strong trainers before, but never anyone this ruthless.
The minor boss even began to suspect, 'Am I this boy's mortal enemy or something?'
"Venusaur, use Poison Jab!"
"Gardevoir, Mystical Fire!"
Two commands sounded at the same time, and Gardevoir and Venusaur acted simultaneously.
A blazing flame appeared in Gardevoir's hand, and without hesitation, she threw it at Venusaur's back.
Having once been killed by the Rainbow Rocket, Gardevoir had no room for mercy when facing these people.
When she attacked, she directly covered both the enemy's Pokémon and trainer.
Seeing the opponent using a fire move, Venusaur was first stunned, then a crazed look flashed through its eyes.
It looked longingly at its own trainer, its gaze full of sorrow.
Before coming on this mission, Venusaur had already tried more than once to persuade its trainer to flee Team Rocket together.
But the trainer always said Lady Ariana's eyes were too sharp, maybe next time.
Now it seemed... there would be no next time.
"Venosaur!"
Venusaur let out a mournful cry, blood mixed with poison dripping from its mouth.
At the same time, its huge forelimbs leapt up, completely shielding the minor boss behind itself.
The two vines on its back. One bound the minor boss and fiercely flung him toward the ocean, while the other, carrying poison, smashed into the open space between Axel and Gardevoir.
'Master, this is the last time I will obey your command, but it's a pity I can't hit them.'
'Because... they are the innocent ones.'
'Normally, I was unwilling to disobey you, but I'm about to die.'
'Just let me... be selfish once.'
Feeling Venusaur's mental fluctuations, Gardevoir immediately frowned.
In her view, that minor boss wasn't worth Venusaur's sacrifice.
She snorted coldly, and the Mystical Fire, under strong psychic control, bypassed Venusaur and accurately struck the minor boss falling into the sea.
Along with a miserable scream, Venusaur froze on the spot.
It didn't understand. Why didn't this Gardevoir choose to kill the biggest threat, itself, but instead went through extra trouble to kill that master who had deceived it countless times?
But... that was still its master after all.
Venusaur could never forget, when it first met its master, the delicious Moomoo Milk in his hand.
Couldn't forget the young boy who hugged it excitedly and couldn't sleep, and bravely shielded it from a Weedle.
And couldn't forget the time when the boy bawled his eyes out after it first got hurt, saying he would never let it battle again.
After a brief thought, Venusaur lowered its body toward Gardevoir and Axel, making a kneeling gesture.
It didn't resent Axel and Gardevoir.
'Maybe...'
'When I joined Team Rocket, my master had already died.'
Plop!
A dull sound.
Venusaur chose to jump into the sea by itself...
"Venusaur!", Axel took two steps forward, trying hard to use his psychic power to drag Venusaur's body back.
But just as he made contact with Venusaur and was about to stop it from falling into the sea, a series of roars suddenly erupted.
A bunch of evolved Raticate, eyes blood-red, charged toward Gardevoir and Axel like they didn't want to live.
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