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The two Pokémon appeared simultaneously, and Ekans' Intimidate ability activated immediately. However, Zubat was only slightly affected by Ekans' intimidation.

Because of this minor impact, Zubat's attack power was inevitably lowered, and its momentum fell short compared to the cold, glaring Ekans, which was now sticking out its forked tongue.

On the other side, as the battle commenced, Sato's heart raced with nervousness, but after taking a deep breath, he managed to calm himself down.

"It's begun. The battle has started. This is essentially a life-and-death struggle." At that moment, Sato's eyes sharpened. For him, what seemed like a simple Pokémon duel was actually a fight for survival. Since it was a life-and-death battle, he had to adopt a desperate attitude, and absolute calmness was essential.

Sato's change was most evident to Zubat. It felt as if its trainer had completely transformed. Normally, Sato seemed like a gentle person, but now he felt like a calm yet fierce individual suppressing channeling inner rage.

During his two years on the run in his past life, Sato had been forced to get involved with the underworld to evade the police. After going through some experiences, he had completely transformed from a naive and honest programmer into a cunning and resourceful fugitive.

"Zi zi zi~~" Sensing its master's change, Zubat was invigorated and let out an excited cry, its initially suppressed momentum instantly restored.

"Hmph, a trickster," Rondo, closely watching Sato, noticed the change in Sato after the battle began. Although he continued to act unyielding, he became gradually more cautious.

Meanwhile, high-frequency ultrasonic waves began to be subtly emitted from Zubat's mouth toward the front.

Before the battle began, Sato had already discussed with Zubat the strategy of making good use of its innate ability to release high frequency ultrasonic waves freely during combat.

Just imagine: if Zubat could continuously emit confusion-inducing ultrasonic waves throughout the battle, the outcome would clearly be in Zubat's favor.

Of course, without deliberate training, Zubat would struggle to continuously unleash confusion-inducing high-frequency waves. For now, it could only use this ability intermittently and secretly, with its attack range being one-directional and not fully encompassing.

When Zubat used this technique, the high-frequency ultrasonic waves resembled circular waves from game animations. In reality, sound waves are colorless and odorless, undetectable to the naked eye or senses.

The energy contained in the ultrasonic waves caused a slight vibration in the air as they swiftly approached Ekans. If Ekans were hit by these high-frequency waves, it could not only become confused but also take damage.

After all, sound waves can transmit energy, and when sound waves are powerful enough, they can shatter objects.

Since ultrasonic waves have a frequency above 20,000 Hertz, and humans can only perceive sounds up to 20,000 Hertz, Rondo, as a human, was completely unaware of Zubat's secret tactic.

However, as a Pokémon, Ekans' hearing was far superior to that of a human. It did not miss Zubat's subtle actions. When the ultrasonic waves approached, it quickly evaded the invisible shockwave attack by moving in a strange and rapid serpentine motion, continuing to close in on Zubat.

Noticing Ekans' abnormal behavior, Rondo sensed something was off and quickly mimicked the movement, stepping back a short distance. However, he couldn't match Ekans' speed, so he was still slightly affected by Zubat's ultrasonic attack from twenty meters away, resulting in a short moment of dizziness.

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"Hmph, just useless little tricks. Ekans, jump and use Bite on Zubat!" Rondo's willpower was quite strong. With a slight shake of his head to clear his mind, he immediately commanded Ekans, which was now less than 5 meters away from Zubat, to attack.

Hearing Rondo's command, Ekans' vertical pupils narrowed, and its purple body coiled like a spring before launching itself at Zubat with incredible speed, ready to execute a powerful bite.

This movement clearly showed that Ekans had trained for countless hours; the time taken from the start to completion was less than a second. In the astonished eyes of the onlookers, Ekans was like a purple flash, pouncing toward the still-reacting Zubat.

Ekans' massive jaws opened wide, ready to bite down on Zubat. If Zubat were to be bitten by Ekans, it could very well find itself completely trapped in Ekans' mouth, unable to resist at all.

At the same time, the terrifying intimidation brought by Ekans' lightning-fast Bite, combined with its Intimidate ability, caused Zubat in the air to feel a sense of fear, resulting in a moment of stiffness in its movements.

Seeing Ekans execute such a swift attack, Rondo, Ekans trainer, experienced a flicker of surprise mixed with fear. When he had captured Ekans in the cold environment, he had nearly been killed by that very same seamless strike if not for the presence of his subordinates.

If Rondo wasn't mistaken, his extremely fierce Ekans had once had a favorite food: flying creatures. This attack was clearly honed specifically for hunting flying prey.

"Hold your ground! Use Protect!" Sato, noticing Zubat was momentarily stunned by Ekans swift pounce, immediately issued a command.

The speed of Sato's voice was just a bit quicker than Ekans' actual attacking speed. With its exceptional hearing, Zubat caught Sato's call, and any fear it felt vanished in an instant. Acting on instinct, Zubat swiftly used its Protect move.

In an instant, a green energy shield enveloped Zubat. As soon as the shield appeared, Ekans' Bite struck it.

The next second, the sound of "crack, crack, crack~~" echoed as Ekans' massive jaws bit down heavily on the green energy shield surrounding Zubat. Although Ekans' attack caused a few cracks to form, the attack was ultimately blocked by Zubat's Protect.

The green energy shield lasted less than 2 second before it shattered, turning into fragments that fell to the ground and quickly vanished as light particles.

At that moment, Zubat seized the opportunity and swiftly flew out of Ekans' biting range as Ekans' attack came up empty and it began to fall toward the ground.

"Seize the opportunity, Zubat! Ekans can't move in the air, use Supersonic!" Seeing Zubat successfully avoid danger, Sato's eyes sparkled with determination, immediately directing Zubat.

"Don't panic! Use Poison Tail on Zubat!" At the same time, Rondo quickly issued a command to his airborne Ekans.

Under Rondo's command, Ekans' tail glimmered with a purple sheen. Utilizing the strength of its body, it twisted and prepared to unleash a Poison Tail on the nearby Zubat.

Fortunately, Zubat was also quick. Just as Ekans' Poison Tail was about to strike, Zubat relied on its instinctive ability and successfully unleashed a wave of high-frequency ultrasonic sound. Due to the close range, the rapidly moving sound waves struck Ekans first.

Subsequently, Ekans' Poison Tail followed through due to inertia, successfully hitting Zubat and sending it flying. Meanwhile, Ekans was also hit and crashed into the ground.

When Ekans crashed into the ground, Zubat had just stabilized itself in the air using its strong wings, only panting slightly. After executing Protect and taking Ekans' Poison Tail hit while hitting it with a Supersonic, Zubat's stamina had noticeably decreased.

However, being a Poison-type, the Poison Tail from Ekans didn't manage to do much damage to Zubat.

Meanwhile, the onlookers standing at the edge of the battlefield had shifted from an initial relaxed demeanor to one of seriousness, even looking quite grim. It was evident from the earlier battle that Rondo's commanding Ekans hadn't gained much advantage against Sato's Zubat; rather, it seemed to have suffered a slight loss.

No, it was a significant loss.

Now, having been hit by Zubat's close-range Supersonic, Ekans had fallen into a state of confusion. Its once-cold serpent eyes were now blood-red.

Regardless of how loudly Rondo shouted, Ekans was behaving as if it were facing an enemy, furiously biting and striking its head against the ground until it soon began to bleed.

"Damn, is this guy really a rookie trainer? Why does it feel like his command is more seasoned and solid than Rondo's?" Observing Sato calmly directing Zubat to use Shadow Ball against the confused Ekans, the gamblers who had placed their bets on Rondo looked visibly distressed.

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