Chapter 84: Starmie? Nah, Gems Won’t Cut It!
At this time, Li Wei’s score advantage was still firmly established. As an old score slave, in this split-second moment, the victory equation for this match had already been written.
What should you do when leading in score?
Attack?
Bullshit!
Make them sick!
“Eevee, use Icy Wind continuously, then use Imitation!”
In the field, Glaceon quickly condensed Icy Wind continuously after hearing Li Wei’s command. One by one, ice blocks gleaming with cold light piled up in front of her. Then, under the code word ‘Imitation’ from her and Li Wei, Eevee also used Telekinesis.
The opposing Starmie watched wide-eyed as a skill that originally belonged to it instantly became Eevee’s skill. Starmie and its trainer both showed shocked expressions.
But at this time, Eevee gave no room for the shocked opponent to think, skillfully using Psychic Power to control the previously condensed Icy Wind and hurl it fiercely towards Starmie.
Several pieces of Icy Wind sealed off Starmie’s surroundings, while the rest streaked through the air like meteors in an extremely gorgeous arc before smashing down onto Starmie at a very tricky angle.
“Starmie!!!”
Watching his Pokémon suffer the sudden fierce attack, its trainer shouted anxiously.
At the same time, Starmie’s Contest Points were deducted once again.
Looking at the score on the screen, Li Wei couldn’t help but grin happily again.
The second step of his plan had clearly been completed.
There were about two minutes left until the end of this battle.
In this time period, as long as he kept this score unchanged, he would be the winner.
“Eevee, dance.”
So, he commanded thus.
This was a pre-arranged code between him and Eevee for sustained offense or continuous evasion.
When the score was far ahead of the opponent, this ‘dance’ meant imitating the ‘Lingbo Weibu·Modified’ learned from Riolu to dodge various attacks. Once figuring out the opponent’s attack patterns, she could dance freely without restraint.
This way, without needing to attack and risk being blocked and losing points, he could still deliver a mental blow to the opponent and another score sanction.
After receiving the command, Glaceon shifted from a defensive posture to the graceful and elegant form honed through diligent practice.
Her paws tapped the ground, her waist twisted slightly to make the skirt hem behind her flutter. After one spin, Eevee began her dance stepping to a wondrous rhythm.
This was Gokuraku Jodo that she had practiced for many days with Mime Jr. Under Mime Jr.’s perverted training, now even if asked to dance on water, Eevee could make it happen!
Don’t ask—asking means trained until vomiting, dominated by Gokuraku Jodo even in dreams.
At this time, Eevee and her trainer’s completely unscripted actions shocked Starmie and Xue Xiangwen once again.
Meanwhile, the referee doing real-time scoring in the audience instantly took interest upon seeing Eevee dancing in the field. Upon closely watching the already beautiful dress fluttering like Butterfree during the dance, and the ‘plum blossom prints’ left under Eevee’s paws, the referees couldn’t help but widen their eyes in surprise. After a brief eye contact, they hurriedly operated something, and immediately Starmie’s Contest Points slid backward again.
!!!
This trainer also realized something was wrong. If he didn’t do something now, he would just be waiting for the opposing Glaceon to deduct his score.
“Starmie! Psybeam!”
Hearing trainer Xue Xiangwen’s anxious tone and glancing at the big screen showing his trailing score, Starmie suddenly grew anxious too.
Hastily gathering Psychic Type energy, it fired a pink beam towards the Glaceon darting everywhere.
But how could the panicked Starmie aim at Eevee who had undergone all kinds of evasion special training?
‘Damn.’
Originally, Xue Xiangwen was still worried whether this Psybeam, if it hit, would inexplicably be nullified like before. But now, that problem didn’t need worrying about, because Starmie’s skill couldn’t hit at all.
Just when everyone thought this was all of Eevee’s tricks, as her dance rhythm gradually built to a climax, Ice Attribute energy began gathering around her. Everywhere Eevee’s four paws stepped in the field bloomed with various ice-made flowers—gardenia, lotus, ephemeral flower, etc.—their shapes echoing the patterns on her dress.
Moreover, Eevee cleverly used the floating ice crystals’ triangular prisms in mid-air to refract Starmie’s attacking Psybeam. After passing through the prisms and hitting the ice sculptures of the flower clusters, the effect was even more spectacular than the earlier stage lights.
At this point, rather than calling it a battle match, it was more fitting to say it was Eevee’s performance show.
As time passed and seeing Starmie fall into disadvantage and passivity once again, Xue Xiangwen no longer cared about the ‘best’ attack hand being broken. Even if the power was insufficient, as long as it could hit that Glaceon and damage her, he still had a chance to tie the score and enter overtime!
“Starmie, use Whirlpool! Trap her and then use Hydro Pump!”
Various gorgeous Water Type attacks surged with overwhelming momentum towards Eevee who was still dancing.
But unlike the opponent’s anxiety, Eevee and Li Wei were both completely at ease.
“Freeze it! Eevee!!”
In a chuunibyou manner, after shouting this command, echoing Li Wei’s words, the spinning Eevee suddenly twisted her waist and charged power in her paws, leaping up quickly. With powerful Ice Attribute Energy gathered in her mouth, after Starmie’s consecutive attacks, she blasted towards its skills.
In an instant, all the water flows were frozen into ice crystals by Eevee, while Glaceon leisurely managed her expressions perfectly, sliding down from the still-forming Whirlpool like it was a slide, looking joyful and elated.
At this time, the two Contest Trainers’ methods formed a stark contrast. Li Wei’s crisis handling this wave was an absolute kill. It seemed no need to wait for the three-minute end; the result of this match was already visible.
At this point, Glaceon and Starmie’s scores had an absolute advantage, but this wasn’t because Eevee’s strength far surpassed Starmie’s trainer—it was just that Li Wei’s tactics were a bit dirtier.
From the moment Xue Xiangwen commanded Starmie to attack recklessly, the victory equation for this match had already been written in Li Wei’s brain.
Step by step, inducing the opponent into his battle rhythm, using Glaceon’s dancing to deliver psychological blows, finally successfully letting the trainer’s uneasy mood affect the Pokémon Starmie. Thus, the opponent completely lost the rhythm and advantage of this battle, firmly suppressed under his Five Finger Mountain with no chance of turning it around.
Starmie?
No, Gem won’t do!
Glaceon! Will do!!
