Honchkrow occupied the high ground and continuously flapped its wings. Although this Icy Wind was not especially cold, with the support of Honchkrow's wings, its momentum was quite strong, and it quickly stripped away the flames covering Houndoom's body.
"Fire Blast."
The power of Fire Blast far surpassed Icy Wind. Only the sound of "hiss~hiss~hiss" could be heard as Icy Wind was already forced back, directly pressing toward Honchkrow.
"Use Aerial Ace to close in!"
Catherine's objective was now quite obvious. Honchkrow twisted its body and avoided Fire Blast's attack, rapidly circling around to Houndoom's rear.
"Use Fire Fang to block it."
Houndoom's speed was also not slow. It quickly locked onto Honchkrow's position and turned around to charge toward Honchkrow.
Unexpectedly, Honchkrow suddenly rose into the air, then rapidly descended, diving straight toward Houndoom's back.
This sudden change in merely an instant was enough to show that Honchkrow had already completely dominated Aerial Ace.
Honchkrow was already right before it. There was no time to dodge!
Houndoom simply leapt and bit forward with Fire Fang.
However, its power ultimately could not compare to Honchkrow empowered by the momentum of its dive. It was smashed all the way to the ground by Honchkrow, yet Houndoom's Fire Fang continuously bit onto Honchkrow's wing shoulder.
Honchkrow released a painful cry as the pain had already seeped into its bones.
If this continued, Houndoom could completely drag Honchkrow to death!
"Foul Play…"
Catherine's expression still remained cold.
Houndoom could already be finished. Tetsuya had already taken out Houndoom's Poké Ball in preparation to recall it.
In its current state, it was already impossible for Houndoom to widen the distance from Honchkrow. And Foul Play was yet another abnormal Dark-type move. Its own power was already very high, and it could also use the opponent's power to attack. In other words, the higher the opponent's Attack, the greater the move's power would become.
This was exactly the opportunity Catherine had been waiting for!
Honchkrow's other wing gather tremendous energy before violently slamming downward.
With a muffled sound, Houndoom had already collapsed limply onto the ground.
Tetsuya recalled Houndoom.
Honchkrow's condition would not be much better. It shakily flew upward, while the pain in its wing shoulder intensified with every movement.
Suddenly, Honchkrow felt the world spinning around it, and its head became somewhat dizzy…
"…Honchkrow? What's going on?"
'Poisoned? When did it happen?' Even Catherine herself was somewhat unable to figure it out.
"Beedrill."
Tetsuya also sent out his third Pokémon, Beedrill. In Honchkrow's current condition, it was already impossible for it to pose any threat to Beedrill.
Under Beedrill's rapid assault, Honchkrow very quickly lost its combat ability.
"Chatot."
Honchkrow had already been at the end of its strength just now. Facing a Pokémon like Beedrill with such high Speed and high Attack, defeat was inevitable.
After Chatot appeared, it leisurely flew around, completely not treating this place as a battle, but rather as a place for it to play~.
This made Beedrill very irritated as it raised its twin stingers and prepared to attack.
"Beedrill, do not be careless! Use Double Team."
After Tetsuya spoke, Beedrill instantly created over twenty clones, already completely surrounding Chatot.
"Chatot, we'll use Double Team as well!"
After Catherine spoke, Chatot leisurely waved its wings as over twenty afterimages also appeared. In terms of Speed, it was completely unafraid of Beedrill.
"[Twin Fury]."
Only by relying on Beedrill's high-frequency attacks to destroy Chatot's clones could they proceed. Otherwise, once it successfully used Round with the clones, it would truly become difficult to fight against.
Beedrill's movements were incomparably swift, and it quickly destroyed over ten of Chatot's clones.
"Speed Round, Echoed Voice!"
Catherine also sensed that things were turning bad. She needed to bring Round to its utmost limit and absolutely had to make use of these clones.
Immediately afterward, deafening loud sounds rang out one after another as Chatot's clones circled around Beedrill while using Round.
The increasingly intense sound waves shook Beedrill until it had nowhere to hide. It flew up and down, wanting to escape from within this sound wave net.
Sound-based moves possessed penetrating properties. Aside from Pokémon with sufficiently sturdy eardrums or Pokémon with the Soundproof Ability, it was very difficult to resist Catherine's Round usage.
Beedrill was put in an awkward situation. Wanting to cover its ears when it did not even have hands… Tetsuya could only helplessly have Beedrill use Pin Missile to fire wildly everywhere.
Facts proved this was still useful.
The Pin Missiles "dancing" throughout the field successfully destroyed Chatot's clones and even hit Chatot itself.
Chatot's chest was filled with Pin Missiles as it directly hopped around on the ground while "Chattering" nonstop.
"Hm? Beedrill use [Fatal Pursuit]."
Tetsuya commanded, but it was already too late. Beedrill had fallen into a Confused state. Its twin stingers began wildly swinging around, even striking its own body.
Finally, Chatot gathered all its might and used Hyper Voice, completely ending Beedrill's battle.
Tetsuya recalled Beedrill. Fortunately, Beedrill's speed was fast enough that it quickly dealt with over ten clones. Otherwise, that previous Round alone would have been enough to make Beedrill lose its combat ability.
Catherine's Chatot excelled at all kinds of sound-based moves.
The initial Round and Echoed Voice net utilized the combination of sound and speed. Round continued endlessly while Echoed Voice connected one after another. Moreover, after such moves linked together, their power became even greater. Once the opponent was trapped within such a sound space, they would quickly become unable to battle.
If Beedrill had not destroyed a lot of Chatot's clones at the beginning and prevented Catherine from bringing out the true power of the Round and Echoed Voice combination, there fundamentally would not have been the later Chatter.
Chatter was also one of Chatot's specialties. Without noticing it, opponents would fall into a Confused state, and when combined with Hyper Voice's power, many opponents would unknowingly already become incapable of battling without even knowing it.
Such a pet Pokémon that appeared completely ornamental had now already made many people fearful at the mere sight of it.
"Golurk."
Tetsuya finally used the fourth Pokémon of this "tournament". Although Catherine was powerful for her age, she ultimately had not been reborn…
In Chatot's eyes, Golurk was a gigantic monster. Standing three meters tall, it towered imposingly!
Catherine did not waver because of its size. After all, Chatot had defeated more than just one or two "big boys" before.
Chatot repeated the same old trick as over twenty clones already completely surrounded Golurk.
Round and Echoed Voice had already been unleashed.
"Charge out."
After Tetsuya spoke, Golurk retracted its legs into its body, its rockets firing as it took flight, completely unrestricted by Chatot!
When it came to flying ability, Chatot was completely incomparable to Golurk. Once Golurk left, Chatot essentially could not keep up with it.
"Ice Punch."
Golurk charged back once again, both fists emitting chilling cold air, while the rocket-like propulsion behind it carried a terrifying momentum.
Chatot also grew flustered. Even if it tried to dodge, it couldn't match Golurk's flying speed. On top of that, Golurk's massive frame and wide attack range left Chatot's agility completely useless.