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"You're in charge of covering the rear. Stay alert and be ready to deal with any unexpected situations that may arise from the rear."
Serpentine's body stretched out gracefully, and Hakron's azure eyes were full of composure and reliability.
Everything is arranged properly.
Lin Che took out windproof goggles from his backpack and put them on. The lenses blocked the glare of the dark blue light, making his vision clearer.
He took one last look at this frigid zone that challenged the limits of life, his lungs filled with a resolute will.
He made no further sound, but simply gestured to move forward.
The entire team officially stepped into this magnificent yet deadly ice crystal labyrinth.
Chapter 80: An Ambush from the Ice Crystals! Evolution! The Great Universe Monster!
The intricate ice crystal maze was even more bizarre than Lin Che had anticipated.
Each wall is smooth and translucent, reflecting each other's images and creating endless false passages, making it impossible to distinguish between reality and illusion.
Dead silence.
An absolute stillness, capable of swallowing one's heartbeat, enveloped the surroundings.
The only proof that they were still alive was the tooth-grinding crunching sound of their feet crushing ice crystals.
The sound echoed through the labyrinth, reflected and amplified countless times, making it sound incredibly eerie.
Lin Che focused all his attention on identifying the direction, concentrating his mental energy to try to penetrate the layers of illusion.
Just then, a sharp thought, carrying a strong warning, pierced his mind.
It was Zhixing's telepathy.
"Danger!"
"Inside the wall!"
The thought was no longer the usual gentle one, but transformed into a cold needle, piercing deep into Lin Che's consciousness.
Lin Che's pupils contracted to their maximum size in an instant.
His body reacted before he could think; his adrenaline surged, and he let out a heart-wrenching roar, almost purely out of fighting instinct, toward his right.
"Hakuron, watch out on your right!"
His voice hadn't even fully dissipated in the cold air.
boom--!
The ice crystal wall on the right, which was originally as smooth as a mirror, suddenly burst open without warning!
Countless sharp ice crystal fragments, carrying destructive kinetic energy, shot towards Lin Che and Haklong's location!
A huge and eerie figure tore out from behind the broken wall.
At its core, a point of eerie blue light suddenly shone, as if the pupils of death had opened in the darkness.
Museum-level artwork, geometric snowflakes!
Sneak attack!
Before he could react, a [Frozen Beam], condensed to its limit and powerful enough to freeze the soul, transformed into a pale death ray, tearing through the short distance between the two and blasting towards their faces!
A close call!
Hakron reacted at its fastest speed, and in the face of this sudden and fatal blow, its graceful body unleashed astonishing power.
On the massive dragon tail, the surging water energy instantly condensed into a high-speed rotating vortex.
[Water flow tail]!
Instead of taking the hit head-on, it struck the most vulnerable part of the frozen beam's energy structure from the side at an incredibly tricky angle!
"boom!!!"
The extreme collision of water and ice erupts with a piercing shriek!
The trajectory of the frozen beam was abruptly deflected by the millimeter.
That tiny difference can determine life or death!
"Boom!"
The beam of death whistled past Lin Che's shoulder, piercing through another ice wall dozens of meters behind him, creating a terrifying, bottomless hole with smooth, glass-like edges.
A bone-chilling cold swept across his skin, instantly soaking Lin Che's back in cold sweat.
He could even feel a few strands of hair on his shoulder become fragile and break due to the extreme cold of that instant.
"Wind Speed Dog!"
The shock of surviving the ordeal quickly transformed into overwhelming fighting spirit, and Lin Che gave a stern order.
"[Flash Charge]!"
"Ouch——!"
Arcanine roared in response, and scorching flames erupted from its body, melting a layer of the surrounding icy ground. In an instant, it transformed into a burning meteor, heading straight for the geometric snowflake!
Despite facing the Flame, which was four times more effective than itself in terms of attributes, the Gym Leader-level Geometric Snowflake showed no fear whatsoever.
Its combat intelligence far exceeded Lin Che's imagination.
With a flash, it disappeared into an ice crystal wall once again.
The next second, its figure began to move at an incredible speed and refract light between the hundreds and thousands of ice walls in the maze.
The entire maze became its domain at that moment!
"call--"
A cold [Frozen Wind] suddenly swept out from the wall behind Lin Che's left, forcing Arcanine to change direction abruptly.
"call--"
Another whirlwind shot down from above its head at an extremely tricky angle.
Arcanine's Flare Strike is powerful, but with such elusive harassment, it can't even lock onto the enemy's main body, repeatedly missing its target and futilely smashing through ice walls.
The roar of flames and the cracking of ice crystals rose and fell, yet they could never reach the true core.
"This can't go on like this!"
Lin Che's mind raced, and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.
The enemy's tactics were too unsolvable; they used the maze itself to transform themselves into an omnipresent ghost in the area.
Continuing to passively take hits will only deplete Arcanine's stamina, eventually wearing it down.
unless……
Unless you can make it impossible for it to hide!
A bold idea took shape in Lin Che's mind.
He suddenly looked up, his gaze piercing through the layers of ice crystals to the top of the maze, which was also made of ice.
"Kyuubi!"
His voice was decisive and loud.
"Use the maximum range of [Magic Dazzle] directly above us!"
A flash of understanding crossed the Alola Ninetales' icy blue eyes. It gracefully raised its head, its nine magnificent tails swaying gently.
A dazzling pink energy rapidly gathered and compressed in front of it, eventually transforming into a highly concentrated ball of light that shot into the sky!
The ball of light exploded in the very center of the maze's dome!
That was not an attack.
It was a pink sun, artificially created within an enclosed space!
In an instant, endless beams of intense light poured down, piercing through every ice crystal in the maze and permeating every corner.
The whole world was as bright as day at that moment!
The ice walls that were originally meant to help the geometric snowflakes hide their forms and deflect attacks became the most deadly "revealers" after being completely illuminated by this indiscriminate, all-around light!
The light penetrated the ice, illuminating everything inside clearly.
One place, ten places, a hundred places...
Hundreds and thousands of geometric snowflakes were clearly exposed on all sides of the ice walls, each one so real, yet each one a false reflection.
But only one of them is true!
Lin Che's gaze was like lightning, instantly locking onto the ice wall closest to Arcanine, where the figure trembled slightly, revealing its true form!
"It's now!"
"Wind Speed Dog!"
Seizing this fleeting opportunity, Lin Che issued his final command!
Arcanine was already poised to strike. It let out a deafening roar, channeling all its power into this final attack, its entire body transforming into a raging inferno of destruction!
It was no longer confused or hesitant, and it crashed straight into the ice wall that Lin Che had locked onto!
"Bam—!"
This time, it wasn't the crisp sound of ice crystals shattering.
Rather, it was a heavy, stagnant sound, as if it had struck something solid!
The geometric snowflake let out a mournful cry as the ice wall it was hiding in was smashed to pieces by the Growlithe in its most ferocious manner. Its massive body was blasted away by the unparalleled impact, tumbling through the air before crashing heavily onto the ice path in the distance.
"let's go!"
Lin Che had no intention of lingering in the fight.
He knew very well that this attack was only a severe blow and was definitely not enough to defeat a powerful Pokémon of Gym Leader level.
He shouted and immediately led his team, taking advantage of the moment when the powerful maze guardian was temporarily incapacitated, to rush out of the suffocating ambush area at full speed.
The chilling aura of the ice crystal maze seemed to still cling to the crevices of my bones; with each breath, a cold, stinging sensation lingered in my lungs.