Chapter 118: The Stunning Charmander!
On the battlefield, the confident blond youth full of vigor looked at Lu Li on the opposite side with full confidence.
“I’ve long heard of your reputation as a genius, but unfortunately, you’ve run into me.” Marco grinned smugly, then tossed out the Poké Ball in his hand.
A strangely appearing duck-type Pokémon appeared on the opposite battlefield.
Quaxly is a relatively obscure Starter Pokémon in the Jiuzhou Region. It’s said that this Pokémon is favored by some musicians, especially those who play rock.
Lu Li also released Charmander.
After seeing Charmander appear, Marco quietly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
This one is secured.
Earlier, he had been worried that Lu Li would release Tropius. In that case, he would be the one at a type disadvantage, and under those circumstances, he would have almost no hope of winning.
“Quaxly, Self-Motivation.” Marco chose to buff himself first.
Although there is type advantage, the opponent is also a genius, so he needed to play it safe first.
Lu Li directly commanded, “Charmander, Flamethrower to interrupt it.”
Just as Flamethrower was about to hit Quaxly, a flash of excitement appeared in Marco’s eyes.
“As expected, you fell for it! I’ve been waiting for your fire.” The excited Marco hurriedly shouted, “Quaxly, we use Water Cannon too.”
Water and fire collided in the air, instantly producing a large amount of steam.
The result was that both Quaxly and Charmander lost sight of each other.
After his conspiracy succeeded, the excited Marco shouted, “Quaxly, using the cover of this field, continue using Self-Motivation.”
Lu Li looked at Marco with full appreciation.
“Nice move, copied.”
Later, when Charmander has enhanced skills, he could try this too—using it to hide from view before using boosting skills, thus avoiding interruptions or attacks.
“Creative idea, but unfortunately, you ran into a cheater.”
Under Spiritual Sense’s scan, Quaxly’s hiding was utterly meaningless.
Lu Li directly shouted, “Charmander, rush up and use Scratch.”
“Quack~”
Quaxly, in the midst of Self-Motivation, let out a miserable cry and then flew backward out of the steam.
The steam’s effect was mutual. Charmander had his cheat, but Quaxly did not.
Seeing this scene, Marco’s eyes nearly popped out as he incredulously questioned, “How did your Charmander find Quaxly?”
“Secret.”
Lu Li smiled mysteriously, then urged, “Charmander, use Growl.”
Instantly, bursts of cute cries came from within the steam.
After listening to Milotic’s enchanting voice too much, Charmander naturally comprehended the Growl skill.
“Damn!!”
This made Marco even more depressed.
Now, the tactic he came up with was instead benefiting the opponent. The steam’s scope was so large, and it wouldn’t dissipate for a while.
Worst of all, Charmander was still hiding inside continuously using Growl. If this continued, Quaxly would be reduced to scraps.
“Hiding and sneaking around—what kind of hero does that make you? If you’ve got the guts, come out and fight fair and square!” Marco chose to find an opening on Lu Li, the Trainer.
Rather than hoping to find Charmander hidden in the white mist, it was better to deliberately provoke Lu Li.
Such a childish taunt tactic, Lu Li of course wouldn’t fall for.
Ekaterina on the audience seats helplessly shook her head, then complained, “This kid has indeed stumbled. The tactic he thought up all night ended up benefiting someone else.”
“This Charmander is indeed excellent, but…”
Ekaterina thoughtfully looked at Lu Li on the battlefield. What he was more curious about now was how Charmander precisely hit Quaxly in the white mist.
Charmander didn’t have scouting-type skills, nor scouting-type abilities. Even if Charmander was shiny with special frontal talent, it wouldn’t mutate to perception, right?
So there was only one possibility.
That was the issue lay with Lu Li, the Trainer.
“Scout…”
Ekaterina instantly thought of those special ability users.
Both Aura and Spiritual Power had scouting effects, and the probability of these two was very high.
As for the lower probability ones, those were the legendary Ideal Eye and True Eye. Those were gifts from the Deity, and these two special abilities were even rarer than Aura and Psychic Power.
Ekaterina hoped more that Lu Li was the latter. If she could find an Ideal Messenger, she would wake up laughing from her dreams.
But rationally analyzing, Ekaterina leaned more toward Lu Li having Aura or being a Psychic.
Although the Jiuzhou Region wasn’t favored by Psychic Power, it had always been deeply favored by Aura.
As everyone knew, nearly all Aura Heroes over the past millennium had been born in the Jiuzhou Region, accounting for an astonishing 90%.
“So it’s Aura?” Ekaterina gently tapped the Poké Ball at her waist.
“Jynx, can you sense any special ability on that youth?” Ekaterina softly asked.
Jynx transmitted via Psychic Power, “There was indeed a slight feeling just now, but it didn’t seem like Psychic Power, nor Aura.”
“Not like Psychic Power, nor Aura… My luck couldn’t be this good, right?” Ekaterina’s heartbeat quickened a bit.
“Can’t get happy yet; it’s not confirmed.”
After some self-comfort, Ekaterina decided to try approaching him after the match ended.
After Growl had stacked to the point where Quaxly’s attack could no longer be reduced, the white mist on the field finally began to dissipate.
Looking at the hazy shadow in the white mist, Marco’s eyes welled up with excited tears.
“Finally… this damn steam is finally gone.”
If he could do it over, he wanted to go back to last night and give last night’s self a big slap.
Why bother tinkering with your sister’s white mist tactic! Wouldn’t it be nicer to fight openly? He clearly had the type advantage, so why act so sneaky?
“Quaxly, continue Water Cannon.” Marco commanded.
Fortunately, Quaxly had mastered Water Cannon, this special skill. Growl only lowered attack; otherwise, this match really could be forfeited.
“Charmander, Flame Vortex.” Lu Li directly commanded.
Hearing this, Marco hurriedly shouted, “Quaxly! Quickly leave your position.”
A Flame Vortex instantly rose at Quaxly’s position. When Quaxly heard the Trainer’s command, it had already started trying to jump backward.
But outrageously, that Flame Vortex could actually move.
Never mind Marco; the Trainers on the audience seats exploded first.
“This is basically Fire Spin, right!”
“Flame Vortex can move?”
“What kind of operation is this? Flame Vortex can be used like this?”
“I clearly saw that Quaxly had left its position just now, so why was it still covered by the Flame Vortex?”
The spectators on the audience seats cried out that it was outrageous, because the intelligently moving Flame Vortex was indeed somewhat outrageous.
“This outrageous?”
Katerina was also somewhat surprised.
A moving Flame Vortex wasn’t some strange operation; powerful Trainers could command their Pokémon to do this level, but that was generally Gym Level and above.
For an Normal Level Charmander to have such Flame Conjuring Technique ability, it was indeed outrageous for ordinary people.
“Famous worldwide as a genius Breeder, yet his talent in the Trainer aspect is also this high. How interesting.” Ekaterina murmured.
Ekaterina, from Noble Families, was different from ordinary Trainers. He knew that weak command talent in Trainers wasn’t an issue, because at high levels, a Trainer’s understanding of Pokémon skills was what mattered most.
