Chapter 92: It’s A Pity You’re Not A Trainer
The long sword in his hand slashed horizontally.
It also maintained mobility in the lightning.
Thud!
Ronan stomped forward heavily, the fierce staff wind assaulting Zuo Hang. His body could still move like a normal person under the Thunderbolt attack.
The arrogance in Ronan’s eyes did not diminish at all, as if mocking Zuo Hang’s combat method of injuring the enemy by a thousand.
Not only did it fail to injure the opponent, but it first reduced his own combat power by eighty percent.
The martial staff in his hand tumbled, the staff shadows turning one into ten.
Compared to Ren Haiyun’s martial staff, Ronan’s was undoubtedly more flashy. Zuo Hang relied on Reta’s original reaction nerves in this body to cope with the sky-full of staff shadows.
Ronan was not simply swinging the staff; turning the staff shadows one into ten looked like some kind of martial skill.
Lucario on the other side was even more exaggerated than Ronan.
The deep blue Bone Club skill stirred up a small-scale storm in the arena, with debris constantly churning on the earth-and-stone battle stage.
Every time Pikachu used Iron Tail to clash with a Bone Club, dozens of Bone Clubs would immediately smash onto his body.
Lucario’s body was always glowing with the flowing light of Extreme Speed. Under the boost of Extreme Speed, Bone Club Barrage would only be faster than before. Pikachu was not skilled in physical attack to begin with, and continuing to clash offered him no advantage.
Zuo Hang’s advantage compared to Ronan was that Zuo Hang was a trainer, not a fighter.
Ronan was also a trainer, but he clearly leaned more toward training his own physical fitness. Whether Ronan or the earlier Iron Arm Strongman, neither had given commands to their Pokémon, merely letting them fight independently.
Without a trainer, a Pokémon’s combat power would be reduced by at least half.
Zuo Hang was getting no advantage in the fight with Ronan and had no time to attend to Pikachu’s battle. He could only use his peripheral vision to observe the battle’s developments while keeping his mind highly focused.
As soon as there was a moment of slack, Ronan’s martial staff hitting him would likely end Reta’s life right there.
Zuo Hang felt that Reta definitely had some signature martial skill that was very strong, fully capable of going toe-to-toe with this Ronan, but unfortunately Reta was not Reta now, and Zuo Hang was a complete novice in martial skills.
Fighting while retreating, the long sword and martial staff clashed, sparks continuously flashing before both of them.
The retreat was not without purpose; Zuo Hang needed to see as much as possible of Pikachu and Lucario’s battle situation.
His legs suddenly planted firm, the lightsaber held horizontally!
“Doublade! Sacred Sword!”
The Doublade, ignored due to its weak strength, suddenly unsheathed! The shield surface had a crack from Lucario’s hit, but the twin swords inside were unscathed.
Sacred Sword’s target was not Lucario, but Ronan confronting Zuo Hang!
The twin swords crossed! The light on the blades blazed brightly!
Compared to Lucario it was a huge gap, and Sacred Sword might not even break the defense, but against Ronan it was a different story.
No matter how strong his physical fitness, he absolutely would not dare to take Sacred Sword head-on!
When Zuo Hang switched the lightsaber to a blocking stance, Ronan already sensed something wrong, and the sharp sword light suddenly blooming behind him confirmed his suspicion.
The martial staff swung backward, the long staff’s two ends simultaneously blocking the two Sacred Swords!
“Use Revenge!”
The command Zuo Hang shouted while retreating rapidly, a layer of eerie red glow appearing on the two long swords.
—Revenge: Normal-type physical attack. Power 70, and if there is a fainted companion in the area, Revenge’s power increases!
The twin swords lifted simultaneously, heavier force landing on Ronan’s martial staff, and Zuo Hang finally had a gap to command the battle.
Lucario’s sky-full of staff shadows covered Pikachu, but the sky and ground were blind spots.
“Thunderbolt!”
The Electric Mouse, entangled with Lucario for so long, finally received Zuo Hang’s command.
He had used this move before.
Any special attack skill would be scattered by the afterimages swung by Bone Club Barrage, each staff shadow covered with a layer of faint pink flowing light—that was a weakened version of Light Screen that altered form.
This barrier formed by Bone Club afterimages was both offensive and defensive, with extremely strong resistance to special attacks.
Pikachu gave a look, and Zuo Hang immediately understood.
If special attacks wouldn’t work, the only breakthroughs were still the sky and ground.
Dig, or flying into the air, could break the current passive situation.
—Unfortunately Zuo Hang’s Pikachu knew neither.
So the combat method still needed to change.
Zuo Hang did not have much time to think.
“Pikachu! Golden Electric Light! Use Discharge!!”
“Pika~~~chu!!!!!!”
The golden electric light spread outward centered on Pikachu, and compared to the penetrating pale electric light, the golden electric light’s superiority was its direct control.
—Electric Light: Covers the body in electric current and crashes into the opponent, sometimes inflicting paralysis.
Under the boost of golden electric light, as long as this move hit, Zuo Hang was ninety percent sure that Lucario would fall into full-body paralysis.
Pikachu headbutted toward Lucario’s chest.
Lucario instinctively held the Bone Club horizontally in front of him.
The electric light erupted the instant it touched the Bone Club, golden lightning snakes coursing through Lucario’s entire body, the eerie numbness sweeping over him. The speed of his hands swinging the Bone Club slowed, and the offensive-defensive staff shadows showed flaws!
“Pale Electric Light, Thunderbolt!”
Without the Bone Club barrier covered in Light Screen, Thunderbolt immediately had breakthrough space, the pale electric light maximizing its penetration effect!
Originally just thin threads of lightning seeping through the Bone Club barrier, but in the blink of an eye, the pale electric light tore apart the barrier made of Bone Clubs!! The deep blue illusions condensed by Bone Club Barrage scattered one after another!
“Double Team into Iron Tail!”
Pikachu jumped in place, splitting into dozens of afterimages in midair.
Not as many as Ninjask’s hundreds, but far more than Darkrai’s.
Lucario momentarily did not know which one to hit. Without a trainer commanding, encountering this situation would cause some bewilderment.
Dozens of Iron Tails came down simultaneously.
Lucario bared his teeth, a flash of ferocity in his eyes, a surge of crimson flame suddenly rising on his right arm!
—Comet Punch!
Since he didn’t know which was real, he’d smash them all!
The upward straight punches simultaneously hit dozens of clones.
Bang, bang, the Double Team afterimages scattered one after another, and Lucario’s heart sank—this white mist popping up bang bang was no good sign.
No real body! That meant Pikachu’s real body was still hidden somewhere.
‘Up, down, left, center, front, back—which direction will it attack from?’
The moment this thought emerged in Lucario’s mind, a flashing silver lightning-like Iron Tail whipped in from his blind spot.
Without a trainer, the area he could concern himself with was only what his eyes could see. To guard against sneak attacks, he could only rely on prediction! And Lucario clearly was not skilled at predicting skill positions.
“Doublade! Slash Ronan’s pendant! Pikachu! Both colors together! Use Thunderbolt!”
（ps: That chapter yesterday was coded while drunk, I looked at it today and was dumbfounded, neck turned into nose. Ronan turned into naked man, I was stunned on the spot）
