"Salamence, Dragon Dive!"
Joanna saw Natsuhiko commanding Snorlax to use "Curse." With her understanding of Snorlax as such a Pokémon, she knew she absolutely couldn't let it continue using it, so she decisively launched an offensive.
"Roar——!!"
With the vibration of Salamence's wings, its body quickly wrapped in a thick layer of Dragon Energy, rushing towards Snorlax at a tremendous speed.
After performing "Dragon Dance," Salamence's speed became even faster.
This only made its largest advantage even larger.
Without a doubt.
With Snorlax's sluggish speed, just after using "Curse," it simply had no chance to withstand this attack from Salamence.
But with Snorlax's current abilities, it said...
What defense?
Bang!!
Salamence collided firmly with Snorlax's belly, causing its fat-covered belly to immediately cave in.
So much time spent on fattening up still managed to play a bit of a role.
Although it didn't trigger the "Thick Fat" trait, the effect of physical damage reduction was still there.
As Salamence quickly withdrew, not giving Snorlax the chance to counterattack, Snorlax pushed itself up from the ground, slowly standing up.
With its broad and thick palms, it gently brushed off the thin layer of white fur on its belly.
Squinting its eyes, it looked at Salamence in the air warily.
"Kamu~~"
Is that it?
This extremely provocative behavior and words instantly enraged Salamence, its eyes turning red.
Joanna's face also turned stern.
"Salamence, Jet Flame!"
As Salamence's mouth suddenly opened wide, a searing breath of flames surged from its mouth, the terrifying pillar of fire brightly illuminating the area.
"Keep going."
However, in the face of such an attack, Natsuhiko was unmoved, simply continuing to command Snorlax to use "Curse."
What a joke.
"Dragon Dive" didn't bother Snorlax, how could mere "Jet Flame" cause much harm to Snorlax?
It's nothing more than an itch.
As long as Salamence had no intention of coming down, Natsuhiko would have Snorlax continue using "Curse."
Once the flames subsided, Snorlax was still unharmed.
Joanna's mouth twitched.
She now realized, Snorlax's trait is "Thick Fat," making Fire-type techniques pose a limited threat to it.
At this moment, in Joanna's eyes, Snorlax was like an extremely thick fortress wall.
It seemed Salamence couldn't significantly affect it.
No hesitation!
Hesitation means giving away for nothing!
"Salamence, charge up, Nirvana!"
Joanna decided to make a desperate move.
Even if Snorlax had enhanced its Physical Defense, its weakness was still Physical Defense after all.
They could only see if "Nirvana" could break this deadlock.
"Roar——!!"
Salamence uttered an angry dragon roar, its eyes bloodshot, and the Dragon Energy on its body quickly transformed from blue-purple to crimson.
"Nirvana" once performed, became irreversible.
Only when the Pokémon had completely vented its fury would it stop.
But Dragon-type Pokémon in an extremely furious state are very terrifying.
Boom!!
The terrifying impact brought Salamence raiding in front of Snorlax.
With its fangs, claws, wings, and tail, whatever it could utilize, Salamence poured all its energy onto Snorlax.
However.
Confronting Salamence's fierce attack and feeling the pain, Snorlax successfully aroused its inner fighting desire.
Crack-crack-crack——
Pure white ice crystals covered Snorlax's hand, the chilling frost swiftly spreading along its hand, slowly rising.
Frozen Fist!
Amid Salamence's frenzied attack in front of Snorlax.
Although Salamence itself wasn't small, in front of Natsuhiko's four-meter-tall behemoth, it still seemed somewhat small.
Plus, with Salamence's reckless aggressive assault, Snorlax just silently withstood with raised belly, its expression unwavering, much like an adult bullying a child.
Then it was seen.
Snorlax moved.
Snorlax's speed was very slow, but here speed referred to its movement speed, not its attack speed.
The raised fist reflected a prism-light under the sunshine.
Seeing Snorlax's hand, Joanna's face turned grim.
But Salamence, already in "Nirvana" mode, was no longer under her control.
Whoosh—
Snorlax's hand swiftly descended, causing quite a commotion.
Bam!!!
"Frozen Fist" slammed solidly onto Salamence's head.
With a swift punch, it decisively and precisely slammed Salamence to the ground.
"Buyi!!"
Eevee clenched its little fist, its eyes full of excitement.
Pound it! Pound him!
The little guy's small body hid a violent nature too.
The primary reason was also the substantial visual impact.
Salamence's attack did little harm to Snorlax, but Snorlax's single hand directly pounded it to the ground.
Victory and defeat were immediately decided.
Salamence, four times weak to ice, forcibly withstood Snorlax's punch, and it couldn't merely be said as effective, but exceptionally effective!
Even Salamence's "Nirvana" state was forcefully interrupted by Snorlax.
After taking a head-on "Frozen Fist," the pain and bone-chilling cold instantly restored its consciousness.
Shaking its head, propping itself up, not having fully reacted to its current state, it saw again...
A fist several times bigger than a sandbag, the ice crystal appeared to get closer, and the bone-chilling cold on the crystal hadn't even touched it, causing Salamence's scales to bristle.