In the void, the Lord of the Glaciers, who seemed like a demon descending, stood aloft, with an arrogant expression.
Its icy eyes glanced playfully at Xiao Zhi and the others, then lightly smiled, saying, "I should thank you too. If it weren't for your joint attack earlier, I wouldn't have awakened and gained full power."
The Lord of the Glaciers shrugged slightly, feeling the surging power within, a sickly smile appearing on its face.
Xiao Xuan's heart suddenly sank at this unexpected turn of events. This change seemed to be beyond his expectations.
He had thought that a swift coordinated attack would slay the King of the Barren River, creating an opportunity, and then turning the situation around.
However, who could have imagined that this ferocious assault would instead prompt its awakening?
Some star cards were like this, emerging only after being broken.
Like Tang Sanzang, like the King of the Barren River.
The worst news was that the direction of the King of the Barren River's evolution seemed to be towards turning water into ice.
Water overcomes fire, but can it overcome ice?
Now, after the previous onslaught, the Pokémon had all unleashed powerful moves, consuming too much energy. The next battle would undoubtedly be disadvantageous.
Jiang Linger, holding her chin in her hand, smiled faintly, saying, "Thanks, Xiao Xuan. Earlier, I was still wondering how to awaken it."
This sudden turn of events quieted the previously noisy spectator stands once again.
"Indeed worthy of being the Chief of the Burning Flame. This kind of scheming is truly admirable."
"King of the Barren River, I'm sorry. I thought you were just a salted fish, never expected you to be a king!"
"Now Xiao Xuan is in trouble. Fails to steal the chicken but loses the rice. How can he win? With what can he win?"
The spectator stands erupted into an uproar. Except for a few star card masters, most people were deceived by the situation on the field.
Yongyi couldn't help but sneer, "Thinking of opening up the situation from the King of the Barren River, you could think of it, but others couldn't?"
Gong Wu's eyes flashed. This wave of attack had set a big tempo.
Now, it would be very difficult to turn the tide.
Qi Jin glanced at Qingyan, saying, "I never expected that the Burning Flame Palace, known for playing with fire, would hide an ice-type trump card."
"You've hidden it really well in the Burning Flame Palace..."
As the master of the Ice Spirit Palace, he was best at using ice-type star cards. However, even someone as discerning as him was somewhat admiring of the King of the Barren River.
This showed just how excellent the design of this ice-type card was.
"Hehe." Qingyan looked indifferent, lightly clapping his hands and chuckling, saying, "One must be flexible. If one is rigid, they will eventually be eliminated."
His eyes flickered slightly as he said, "So, sometimes, one should be open-minded, being stubborn is not a good thing."
Qi Jin snorted, "It seems that we have a big difference in understanding this world."
"Oh?" Qingyan smiled faintly, "Then let's wait and see whose understanding is more accurate."
Qi Jin said lightly, "I'd rather hit the southern wall than be the indecisive grass on the wall."
Qingyan chuckled and said, "Actually, if you stand on the wall, you will see a different scene."
"If you're under the wall, unless you can knock down the southern wall, otherwise, you can only see that small area."
Yan forgot about the situation, seeming as if she hadn't heard, gently holding the wine glass and taking a sip of wine.
Only a ripple flashed deep within her eyes and heart.
"Pika Pika!" Pikachu looked at the Lord of the Glaciers, its eyes filled with fierceness.
Perhaps because it had been overwhelmingly dominating the King of the Barren River earlier, it didn't seem overly afraid even now that the latter had awakened.
Instead, a fierce battle intent surged in his heart.
"Pikachu, use Thunderbolt!" Ash commanded.
"Pik...a...chu..."
"Chu!"
Pikachu leaped into the air, surrounded by flashing thunder, and unleashed a powerful lightning strike, heading straight for the Lord of the Iceberg!
The Lord of the Iceberg lifted his eyelids slightly, watching the familiar Thunderbolt with a hint of disdain on his lips.
This time, it didn't even flinch.
Boom!
In the next moment, the thunderous lightning struck fiercely at the Lord of the Iceberg.
However, the Lord of the Iceberg didn't even blink, as if he was immune to the lightning!
Pikachu's black eyes widened in astonishment, stunned in the void, at a loss for what to do.
How could this be happening?
Equally shocked was Ash.
A chorus of astonishment rose from the audience, how could this be possible?!
The Lord of the Iceberg sneered, clenching his fist and pointing at Pikachu with his right hand, revealing a dark gun barrel on his icy glove.
Swish!
In the next instant, a freezing arrow made of hail burst out from the dark gun barrel, shooting towards Pikachu.
Pikachu, still stunned in the void, was pondering why the Lord of the Iceberg had not been harmed, when the icy arrow shot out and struck him, piercing him like a bolt from the blue.
"Pikachu!"
Pikachu let out a heartbreaking scream and fell heavily to the ground from the void, knocked unconscious.
It was a direct knockout.
The audience couldn't help but feel heartbroken, no one could bear to see the cute Pikachu get hurt.
Qin Wan, with a heartache, said, "The Lord of the Iceberg is now an ice-type Star Card, and its battle armor is a layer of ice. Ice should be pure water congealed, which is why it is an insulator. As long as this battle armor exists, Pikachu cannot threaten it!"
"No wonder he's the Chief of the Burning Flames," Xiao Xuan murmured, he carefully unraveled it and now it seemed that the previous King of the Wastes had been like a vulnerability deliberately revealed by Jiang Linger.
Both of them were scheming against each other.
Now that the King of the Wastes has evolved into an ice form, covered with that icy battle armor, it was almost immune to all lightning damage.
Could it be that a Master Ball was needed?
Just then, the Pikachu, who had been stunned by the icy arrow, rubbed its black eyes and stood up in a daze.
"Pikachu, come back," Ash said, taking out a healing ball.
Pikachu shook its head frantically.
Ash paused, "Do you want to continue fighting?"
"Pika, pika!" Pikachu clenched its fists, looked defiantly at the Lord of the Iceberg, then leaped into the air and dashed towards him with a flash of lightning!
"Pikachu, don't go!" Ash shouted hastily. He knew Pikachu and knew it was not willing, but now it really wasn't a match!
In the blink of an eye, Pikachu had come to the front of the Lord of the Iceberg, its tail began to charge, grew longer, thicker, and harder.
Since my lightning can't move you, then I'll fight you up close and personal!
Bang!
Pikachu's tail whiplashed fiercely, the steel-hard tail, filled with endless anger, struck fiercely at the Lord of the Iceberg!
However, at that moment, a big hand suddenly reached out and grabbed Pikachu by the neck.
"Pika, pika." Pikachu was almost suffocating, its little feet scrambling in the air, like a drowning duck.
That steel tail really wanted to strike, but it was always just a hair's breadth away from the King of the Wastes.
The Lord of the Iceberg stared at Pikachu with a grim look, said mockingly, "You're quite spirited."
"But, do you still think you're my opponent now?"
A sneer played on its lips, "A pet is a pet, and it's not even qualified to make me use my true strength!"
In the next moment, the Lord of the Iceberg exerted a little force with his palm and then tossed Pikachu out fiercely!
"Pik...achu..."
Pikachu's feeble voice filled the air, making everyone's hearts ache.
"It's over."
The Lord of the Iceberg's eyes glinted with menace as he leaped into the air and flew to where Pikachu was falling.
The gathering of source energy in the palm, clenching of the five fingers into a fist, carrying a fierce momentum, fiercely bombarded towards Pikachu!
"Pika ..."
Pikachu struggled to open its eyes, weak in breath, staring blankly at the formidable Lord of the Glacier before it.
It didn't know what to do.
With a fierce and formidable punch, quietly dropped down.
Whoosh!
However, just as the sharp giant fist was about to collide with Pikachu, a Poké Ball whistled and, taking the lead, landed on Pikachu.
In the next instant, in the shocked gaze of the Lord of the Glacier, Pikachu turned into a streak of light and merged into the Poké Ball.
The Poké Ball retraced its steps and fell into the hands of Ash.
Whoosh!
Pikachu sprung out of the healing ball and landed in Ash's arms.
"Pika ..."
Pikachu's two ears moved, then, it slowly opened its shiny black eyes.
It blinked, then turned its head away with a huff, looking very disgruntled.
Clearly, it was a huge disgrace for Pikachu to have been completely overwhelmed by the Lord of the Glacier after being able to dominate the King of the Wasteland earlier!
Ash looked at it and said, "Pikachu, it has evolved now. You'll have a hard time beating it, unless..."
He hesitated slightly and said, "Unless you also evolve."
Hearing this term, Pikachu suddenly turned to look at Ash, looking curious, as if asking what evolution is.
Ash took out a jade green stone and said to Pikachu, "This is an Evolution Stone. With it, you can evolve into Raichu King. If you evolve, maybe you'll be able to challenge it."
Pikachu looked at the warm, shiny stone, its small face dull and fell into contemplation.
Ash said, "However, once you evolve, you can't return to your original form, so whether to evolve or not is up to you to decide."
Pikachu stared blankly at the evolution stone, lost in thought.
Everyone was waiting for its decision, equally curious to see what Pikachu would look like evolved into Raichu King.
Soon, the lying Pikachu stood up, gazing at the evolution stone for a while, and then suddenly turned around, wagged its tail, and flung the evolution stone away!
"Ah?" Ash was stunned.
"Pika pika pika-chu!"
(I want to defeat it with Pikachu's ability!)
"Pika-pika-pika-chu!"
(I must use this appearance!)
"Pika pika pika-pika!"
(Otherwise, it would be difficult to avenge myself!)