Chapter 113: Electric Mouse: “in The End, I’m Still The Carry”
Pokémon that have mastered Giga Impact can shorten or avoid the period of exhaustion after releasing it.
The original Giga Impact requires giving 100% effort, but after mastering it, it can be done with only 90% or 80%.
Giga Impact is usually a finishing move before near death. It’s extremely rare for someone like Madame Blood Dragon to use it directly for an aggressive grab, but since she dared to give that command, Salamence must have a way to avoid the weakness period after Giga Impact.
Suicune didn’t expect Salamence to suddenly switch targets, and Gardevoir didn’t anticipate that the aggressive Salamence clashing with her would feint her. Because of the sudden change in direction, the acceleration effect when Giga Impact activated perfectly avoided Moonblast, forming an encirclement around Suicune together with Garchomp!
“Teleport!” Zuo Hang hurriedly shouted.
“Turtonator! Flamethrower!”
Gardevoir’s figure flashed, holding the Moonblast that hadn’t been released yet in her hand, blocking the path that Salamence’s attack had to take!
Although the two sides missed each other at the first moment, they still couldn’t avoid clashing. In the distance, Turtonator shot a supporting Flamethrower, and while the Electric Mouse was clashing on the other side, it had already switched to the backline of the battlefield. Here, there was only this lone Turtonator!
After Flygon exited, the Ninjask that had been temporarily trapped by Quicksand Hell also freed up, cooperating with the switched Pikachu, flashing its front claws toward Turtonator!
Jump Kick Iron Tail + Double Team X-Scissor!
Zuo Hang vaguely sensed something wrong. Turtonator had been lying motionless at the back of the venue since the battle started. Its speed base stats were indeed not high, but staying still the whole time was still a bit suspicious. It was almost like a live target waiting to be hit that high-speed Zuo Hang couldn’t easily dodge.
Jump Kick Iron Tail smashed toward Turtonator’s back of the head, X-Scissor slicing toward the limbs not protected by the ghost guest.
“——Boom~~!! Boom~!!!”
At the instant Pikachu and Ninjask attacked Turtonator, layers of fire waves suddenly erupted under Gardevoir and Suicune’s feet! Continuous explosions rang out beneath them, spreading all the way to Charizard and Hydreigon.
This was Spikes, a trap skill that triggers upon receiving physical damage.
Judging by the momentum of these fire waves, it should be a combination technique of Spikes and other skills.
Gardevoir had been fighting while floating with Psychic, so the damage she received wasn’t high, but Suicune was also flying mid-air on water. However, neither was flying very high, since they weren’t Flying-type Pokémon. In the previous battle, the two Dragon-type Pokémon seemed to have kept the battlefield very low, and since Garchomp also wasn’t particularly good at flying, Zuo Hang hadn’t suspected anything at first.
But now, Zuo Hang already knew what Madame Blood Dragon was scheming.
The damage Gardevoir received wasn’t much, but all four of Suicune’s limbs had varying degrees of blast injuries.
——Spikes: Fire-type special, power 150, sets a trap underfoot on the venue, produces an explosion when receiving physical attack, dealing major damage to the opponent.
Besides that, the flames on the venue showed no sign of extinguishing. This seemed to be the black fire of Inferno.
The combination technique of Spikes and Inferno has a total power close to 300. Even though Suicune is Water-type, the damage it received is definitely not light.
“Rain Dance, Blizzard!”
Zuo Hang issued two commands in a row, trying to extinguish the Inferno fire on the venue, but Salamence clearly wouldn’t give him this opportunity.
Garchomp bared its dragon fangs, pouncing toward Gardevoir with a Bite. Salamence took this chance to target the injured Suicune, its massive half-moon-shaped wings slashing horizontally! —Aerial Ace!
The already injured Suicune from the shell trap found it hard to counterattack, but Rain Dance and Blizzard were still unleashed at the last moment. With a wolf howl, rainwater fell from the sky, turning into six-petaled snowflakes just before landing. The temperature in the air dropped sharply.
Blizzard is a group attack skill; the downside is that it indiscriminately attacks opponents and teammates, since cold doesn’t distinguish targets, and the offensive snowflakes can’t tell who’s a teammate.
Aerial Ace left a huge gash on Suicune’s chest. Since the opponent was a Legendary Pokémon, Salamence followed up with a Fire Blast to be safe.
As Suicune fell, a touch of crimson appeared in Salamence’s eyes.
This was Beast Boost.
Defeating or bringing the opponent to near death raises one of its own stats. Garchomp gave the killing blow on Suicune to Salamence; its purpose was to activate Beast Boost.
Zuo Hang didn’t know which stat Salamence had boosted, but this dragon gave him a very dangerous feeling right now!
“Gardevoir! Light Screen! Find an opportunity to use Future Sight!”
“Salamence! Hyper Beam!”
After defeating Suicune, the Beast Boost factors in the air immediately gathered toward Gardevoir, and a deep purple beam several times thicker than before shot toward her.
Gardevoir, in her long white evening gown dress, quietly closed her eyes, activating Light Screen in front of herself. An energy similar to Mega Evolution light gathered in her clasped hands.
—Future Sight!
Light Screen blocked Hyper Beam, and Future Sight erupted at that moment. In the distance, Ninjask rapidly fell back to defend, hundreds of Double Team shadows splitting into three waves, precisely supporting every part of the battlefield.
The Electric Mouse continuously comboed Jump Kick Iron Tail onto Turtonator’s shell, finishing with a Thunderbolt. Without time to check if it had lost combat ability, Pikachu followed Ninjask back to defend!
“Pika~~~~chu~~!!!!”
Thick dual-color lightning pillars rapidly dove from the black clouds, targeting Salamence, whose Special Attack had been boosted by Beast Boost!
Pikachu had used Nasty Plot, its intellect sharper than before. It vaguely sensed that Salamence’s previous boost was Special Attack.
Future Sight and Hyper Beam collided, thick smoke rising again on the venue, but this clash wasn’t even—the result clearly favored Salamence, as Gardevoir was obviously struggling to take this Hyper Beam.
Lightning tore through the black mist, and their sudden explosion was beyond Pikachu’s expectation. The sudden loss of vision forced it to throw skills by feel.
Blizzard was raging fiercely.
As a Legendary Pokémon, Suicune’s Blizzard had a weather influence far exceeding other Pokémon. Even after exiting, Blizzard showed no sign of stopping.
Dragon Pulse, double weakness!
A power 110 Ice-type Special Attack, causing great trouble to all Dragon-type Pokémon except Salamence!
The barely alive Turtonator was taken out by Blizzard, and Hydreigon was falling behind in its clash with Charizard.
With no other Pokémon restricting it, Pikachu could freely shape Thunder.
（ps: A bit rushed, might have typos, been busy lately with landscape design~~~ headache~~~）
