Although they were all Ice-type Pokemon, they had quite a temper after being woken up.

In the blink of an eye, they surrounded the Team Rocket Trio.

In the terrified eyes of the Team Rocket Trio, dozens of Ice-type Pokemon simultaneously unleashed Psybeam.

In less than three seconds, the Team Rocket Trio was frozen into ice sculptures.

The Dewgong that had been bumped into earlier still did not feel satisfied, so it gave them a hard slap with its tail.

Inside the Gym.

Brock looked at the two Pokémon confronting each other on the field with a solemn expression.

"Brock, what is wrong?" Misty asked, puzzled.

"Misty, do you not think the pool on the field is quite disadvantageous for Piloswine?" Brock said.

Misty took a closer look. "Now that you mention it, that seems to be the case. Piloswine is too big, and that pool is affecting the movement of it."

"Quilava, use Fire Blast!"

Ash had Quilava start with a big move right from the beginning.

The flames of Quilava flared up, the Fire-type energy within the body of it surged, and finally, it opened the mouth to spit out a large, character-shaped flame.

The temperature of the flames was very high, and the ice surface on the field began to melt slightly.

"Piloswine, use Blizzard."

Piloswine howled and blew a violent Blizzard toward Quilava. The Fire Blast and the Blizzard stalemated above the pool, creating a scene of ice and fire on the field.

However, this scene did not last long; once the Fire Blast was unleashed, it lost the energy support from Quilava, and in less than five seconds, it was blown away by the Blizzard of Piloswine.

Without the maintenance of the flames, the pool on the field froze over in the blink of an eye.

"Come back, Quilava."

Ash recalled Quilava.

Seeing that Ash wanted to switch Pokemon, Pryce said with some regret, "So you noticed!"

"Yeah, Mr. Pryce, your tactics are really quite deceptive."

Ash certainly knew the tactics of Pryce: nothing more than using Blizzard to freeze the pool, then using weight to execute a Take Down to finish off the opponent.

"I will leave it to you next, Lucario."

"Lucario!"

"A Shiny Lucario?" Seeing that Ash sent out a Shiny Lucario, the expression of Pryce turned solemn, and he thought to himself, "It seems this is another tough opponent."

"Lucario, use Swords Dance."

Seeing Ash let Lucario stack buffs, Pryce said, "Too naive. Piloswine, use Fury Attack."

Piloswine charged forward and then used the tusks of it to thrust at Lucario, while Lucario dodged while performing Swords Dance.

Having practiced martial arts, the stance of Lucario was terrifyingly stable, and the slippery ice surface had no effect on it at all.

Seeing that Piloswine could not land a hit for a long time, Pryce shouted, "Piloswine, use Earthquake."

"Howl!"

Piloswine lifted the two front hooves of it and stomped heavily onto the ice, immediately causing a crack to appear on the surface.

Looking at the approaching crack, Ash shouted, "Lucario, use Quick Attack."

"Lucario!"

Lucario moved the legs of it to run on the ice, the speed of it so fast it left afterimages.

Watching the approaching Lucario, Pryce ordered again, "Piloswine, use Blizzard and do not let it get close."

"Lucario, show the true speed of you. Use Comet Punch."

Hearing the words of Ash, the speed of Lucario erupted once more, and in the blink of an eye, it rushed in front of Piloswine, then struck Piloswine with fists like raindrops.

Facing a quasi-Elite level opponent, Ash naturally would not let Lucario use the full power of it; he was holding back and playing around slowly!

The HP bar of Piloswine was indeed thick enough; after taking the punches of Lucario head-on, it still had not lost the ability to battle.

"Piloswine, use Psybeam."

"Lucario, use Drain Punch."

Facing the Psybeam of Piloswine, Lucario took it head-on, then gathered the absorbed energy into the left arm of it and swung a punch.

Slap!

Piloswine was knocked back by the punch, sliding nearly half a meter.

"Piloswine, use Rest!"

Piloswine closed the eyes of it and used Rest to recover the condition of it.

The move was executed extremely quickly; Ash could not interrupt it in time.

"Lucario, use Metal Claw."

"Piloswine, use Fury Attack."

Piloswine used the tusks of it to engage in Close Combat with the claws of Lucario, blocking the claw strikes of Lucario with the tusks of it, left and right.

Ash, also feeling playful, shouted, "Lucario, Double Team."

"Lucario!"

Lucario moved sideways, and in an instant, eight Lucario appeared on the field.

With Double Team disrupting the vision of it, Piloswine immediately fell into a disadvantage and could only take hits passively. Pryce frowned and shouted, "Piloswine, use Earthquake!"

Thud!

The move triggered and the ground shook. The clones Lucario had created dissipated, and at the same time, Lucario had already formed an Aura Sphere in the hands of it.

"Oh no!"

By the time Pryce realized something was wrong, it was already too late.

The Aura Sphere landed directly on the face of Piloswine. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

Boom!

After the explosion, Piloswine collapsed.

"Piloswine is unable to battle, Lucario wins! The Gym Leader has had two Pokemon unable to battle, so the winner of this match is Ash from Pallet Town!" Sheila announced, raising a flag.

Pryce hurried over to the side of Piloswine with a tense face, asking anxiously, "Piloswine, are you okay?"

Piloswine shook the head of it slowly.

"Ash, congratulations. Come, please accept this."

"This is the Ice Badge for winning this Gym."

Pryce handed a snowflake-shaped badge to Ash.

"Ash, this should be the seventh badge of you, right?" Pryce asked suddenly.

"Yes, it is!" Ash replied.

"Then for the eighth badge, I recommend you go to the Smoke Ink Gym in Blackthorn City. The Smoke Ink Gym is the strongest Gym in the Johto region. I think with the strength of you, it will not be difficult to clear it," Pryce recommended.

"Okay, then the eighth Gym will be in Blackthorn City!"

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