Chapter 1217: Battling Diantha

"I am responsible for the commentary for this match; I hope everyone here and in the live broadcast room will like it."

Malva's speaking voice was orderly, and the clear and rounded tone didn't sound much like a commentator.

But the local audience in Kalos didn't care.

Being able to hear Malva's voice again, everyone was already very happy!

Diantha looked toward the broadcast room and slowly revealed a soul-stirring smile.

Welcome back, Malva.

All Baimu raised his eyebrows; not being an Elite Four anymore, she still wanted to be a host?

Being so concerned about her career, why did she—

Oh.

Forgot you had a secret crush on the lion head.

In the Pokémon world, among the female cadres of villain organizations, nine out of ten held some special love for their boss.

But did the lovers eventually get married?

No.

As a world view for children's works, most of the villain organizations here didn't have good results.

Even if there were good results—for example, the Team Rainbow Rocket in Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, they only existed in the background story; the main world was still completely destroyed.

Poor woman.

All Baimu shook his head, bringing his attention back to the match.

Coincidentally, at this time, the referee Deng Pei finished stating the match rules and raised both hands to signal both sides to release their Pokémon.

"Please have both sides send out their Pokémon!"

As the words fell, two Poké Balls were thrown out in response.

Bang, bang!

White light flickered to both sides.

"Ama~"

The light blue and azure Aurorus entered the arena, the long fins on both sides of its neck fluttering with the wind, emitting a faint glow, like a dream.

The Pokémon opposite it was Blissey.

Unlike the tension it would have when appearing in the past.

Having realized how powerful it was now, Blissey had transformed into a true powerhouse.

"Happy!"

The pink big egg looked at its opponent eagerly.

The avatars of the two Pokémon appeared on the big screen, and Malva said in a sweet voice: "The match is about to begin; our Champion Diantha-san, as usual, sent out Aurorus to test the opponent.

"Champion All Baimu chose Blissey, a Pokémon with extremely excellent special defense..."

Her commentary was unhurried, and the audience could understand it clearly; and as a former Elite Four, her vision also allowed her to view the Pokémon in the arena from a powerhouse's perspective during the pre-match introduction.

Rather than like ordinary commentators, who, besides reading the script, were completely theorists.

Commentating on a battle between Champions, to let the audience understand, someone who truly understood the battle was very important. Of course, understanding alone wasn't enough; one also needed eloquence.

Otherwise, the content described would only be understood by oneself.

Fortunately, Malva had both eloquence and a thorough understanding of battle matters, making her one of the most suitable commentators.

Referee Deng Pei confirmed it was correct and announced loudly: "Match start!"

"Light Screen."

"Calm Mind."

All Baimu and Diantha, who had been looking forward to it for a long time, opened their mouths together, and the commands sounded simultaneously.

Immediately, the Pokémon acted without prior consultation.

It was just that the speed of the moves was fast and slow.

Blissey was clearly a bit faster, closing its eyes and opening them, mental power gathering into droplets, falling into its heart to end the amplification.

The whole process was done in one go, flowing and smooth.

Whoosh!

The orange-red brilliance steadily improved its special attack and special defense.

And in front of Aurorus, layers upon layers of multiple light walls appeared; they shone with dazzling brilliance, separated slightly from each other, looking thin but inexplicably giving people a sense of sturdiness.

Malva: "Starting with reinforcement! Both sides are very cautious, not launching an attack the first time, showing their battle style—look! The Pokémon are attacking!"

The two Pokémon gazing at each other rushed forward quickly.

Neither side wanted to give the opponent too many opportunities to prepare, especially Diantha's side.

She summarized her previous defeat; besides the information gap, it was more about too many probing attacks, repeatedly giving All Baimu opportunities, allowing him to fully display his tactics and fighting style.

There is only one way to deal with All Baimu—

Fast attack!

It's not that the Pokémon's speed is fast, but that the connection must be fast; if you should hit an explosive attack, hit it; don't give All Baimu's Pokémon time to breathe.

Diantha's beautiful face was full of seriousness.

The speed of the two Pokémon wasn't fast, so they began to accumulate strength to attack the opponent on the way.

Blissey was the first to succeed, and a huge azure light ball formed in an instant.

"Ha——ppy!!"

It whispered, rotating the light ball and throwing it fiercely at Aurorus!

Whoosh!

The azure light ball flew through the air, meeting the many cone-shaped ice pillars shot over.

Bang, bang, bang, bang!

Only to see ice chips flying and white mist surging; the 【Icicle Crash】 released by Aurorus was as fragile as flying sand, failing to block the path of the Aura Sphere at all!

Diantha's pupils shrank, "Rock Slide!"

Hum!

The Aura Sphere touched the Light Screen in front of Aurorus and stagnated for a moment under its obstruction.

The extremely short time gave it room to breathe.

Countless falling rocks crashed down, colliding with the azure energy light ball, taking this opportunity, Aurorus dodged to the side.

Whoosh—

The huge light ball grazed past it and exploded into thick fog at the edge of the arena.

Malva shouted: "Aura Sphere strikes straight! Neither Icicle Crash nor Light Screen could block its path! Aurorus dodges dangerously with Rock Slide!"

The audience exclaimed in unison.

All Baimu's Blissey's output is actually this high?

Incredible!

The performance in the previous match and this match, two public matches, made everyone realize one thing—

Blissey has become stronger!

And it's a cross-level, large-scale enhancement!

What kind of magic does All Baimu have to be able to make each Pokémon, which was already ridiculously strong, even stronger?

In the arena, Blissey didn't stop its footsteps.

As the Aura Sphere rushed forward, it continued to run toward Aurorus, and at this moment, the two sides were less than ten meters apart.

And because the latter had just finished using Rock Slide, there was totally no room for another move, so it could only watch as Blissey gathered azure electricity in its hands.

All Baimu deliberately didn't let the Aura Sphere fire continuously; it was just that some status moves were faster, and Aurorus couldn't react in time and couldn't dodge!

"Thunder Wave."

"Roll to dodge!"

The commands sounded one after another, and the reactions were also one after another.

As Aurorus rolled to the side, Blissey's lightning rushed out quickly, crackling and drilling into its body.

"Ugh!"

Aurorus grunted and immediately fell into a paralyzed state.

This not only slowed down its movement and reaction speed, but also caused its energy operation to fall into a slight stagnation.

Don't look at it as just a little bit; it was quite fatal in the current situation.

Its attack speed was originally not as fast as Blissey's, and now that everything had slowed down, it could be said that it had become the ingredient on Blissey's chopping board, ready to be cut open at any time.

However, Diantha wasn't the kind of person who would just sit and wait for death.

Seeing the moment Aurorus was hit, she drank decisively: "Giga Impact!"

"Aurorus falls into a paralyzed state! Diantha attacks instead of retreating!" Malva's tone rose.

The next instant.

"Ama!!"

Aurorus endured the paralysis, its flesh fins swaying, ice and snow shining around its body, erupting with a terrifying cold wave that made the ground freeze!

Crack, crack, crack—

A series of freezing sounds rang out suddenly.

In an instant, this tall blue giant dragon had turned into a terrifying white cold current, rushing toward Blissey, who was close at hand!

Under the sudden eruption, even if the energy operation was slightly stagnant, it was able to use a large enough range to make the opponent have nowhere to escape!

"Ama!!"

Aurorus's voice, under the rolling cold wind, sounded like the howling of a blizzard, causing the temperature of the entire arena to begin to drop!

Ability: 【Refrigerate】!

When using a Normal-type move, it will be converted to Ice-type!

【Giga Impact】 plus it; if it hit solidly, even if Blissey was level 90, its physical strength would suddenly drop to an extremely dangerous level!

Whoosh!

The cold wind was biting!

The biting cold rushed toward its face, and Blissey's small hands subconsciously raised, condensing a shining light-blue barrier.

【Protect】!

Sizzle—Bang!!

After a tooth-aching creak, the barrier in front of Blissey shattered suddenly!

Protect didn't hold up!

You must know that before this, few Pokémon could shatter Blissey's Protect, let alone so easily, which showed how swift and violent Aurorus's Giga Impact was.

"Happy!"

Blissey flew backward suddenly, its round body rolling on the ground, and in the blink of an eye, it had returned to the starting point.

A large area of frost covered its front, and the place where Aurorus had just impacted turned into a sky-blue ice crystal color.

Showing the deterrent power of this move.

"Giga Impact hits! Blissey's Protect is broken! Diantha's fast attack has achieved initial results!" Malva's voice drew bursts of cheers from the audience.

She continued: "What a heart-stopping scene! Facing an environment completely unfavorable to itself, Diantha didn't have the slightest panic, attacking bravely and achieving results!"

In that situation just now, anyone would be heart-stopping; after all, Blissey mastered the Aura Sphere with extremely strong power, totally capable of defeating the paralyzed Aurorus.

But Diantha didn't panic, instead attacking decisively, successfully opening the distance between the two.

So, how is Blissey's condition?

The answer is—

Very good!

It got up quickly, shook off the frost on its fur, and its mental state was still quite full.

Ate a physical attack's big move and is fine?

No, it was Protect that helped it resist enough power.

After all, it was a skill obtained through hundreds of refinements; no matter how swift and violent the Refrigerate Giga Impact was, what should be offset could still be offset.

"Happy!"

Blissey approached again, kneading and brewing a light-blue light wave in its hands, gathering into a light ball half the size of its body.

Do it again!

Its idea was very obvious, but compared to the previous time, where did Aurorus have such fast speed to use two small skills in a short time to block the path of the Aura Sphere?

Giving itself a chance to dodge?

"Protect!"

Diantha could only choose to block it.

Light Screen shone, first wearing down part of the Aura Sphere's power, and the remaining power bombarded Aurorus's Protect—

Bang!

The light wall also shattered, and the remaining Fighting-type energy poured onto Aurorus's body!

Malva: "Close call! Aurorus successfully opened Protect!"

Even a Champion couldn't completely eliminate the recoil of Giga Impact, but long-term training allowed it to reduce the time as much as possible.

Especially when the opponent used long-range attacks, it had more chances to successfully survive it.

Pity.

The effect was not good.

"Ama!"

It knelt down in pain.

Four times the effect of Fighting-type energy, how could it be so easy to resist?

Not to mention Blissey had used 【Calm Mind】 once; thanks to the mental amplification technique of a Psychic, its Calm Mind effect could even exceed that of a Psychic-type Pokémon.

This also caused Aurorus to suffer heavy damage.

Diantha's heart trembled.

Blissey's output ability couldn't even be resisted by her Aurorus; what level is it?

In the broadcast room, Malva continued to say, "Aura Sphere hits again! Double protection still couldn't block it! The critical moment is coming!"

Only because Blissey approached Aurorus again after attacking.

The distance between the two Pokémon was again less than ten meters.

Can Aurorus use Giga Impact again?

Diantha clearly had this idea, but All Baimu didn't give her this chance.

"Aura Sphere."

Aura Sphere double strike!

This time Aurorus totally couldn't react; Diantha held its Poké Ball in her hand, but totally couldn't successfully swap it off the field before Blissey used the move.

Hum!

The huge azure light wave whistled forward.

The short ten-meter distance was like the blink of an eye; Aurorus habitually lay down, but its slender neck didn't have such fast speed.

Boom—!!

A deafening explosion!

Aura Sphere hit completely! The whole move hit the solid!

Smoke rolled, obscuring the situation in the arena.

Malva shouted: "Aura Sphere hits again; can Aurorus persist this time?"

The referee entered the arena to check the Pokémon's state.

The wind blew away the smoke, revealing the scene inside.

In the arena full of impact-like traces, Aurorus lay on its side, having clearly fallen into a faint state.

"Aurorus is unable to battle, Blissey wins!"

Wow!

Applause and shouts played together!

The audience looked at the scene below and couldn't help but marvel at All Baimu's strength.

The Diantha opposite is a Champion!

He was actually able to take her down with an advantage!

Incredible!

Malva also said: "Champion All Baimu is worthy of being the hottest Trainer at the moment, with extraordinary strength. Even in front of Diantha, he can occupy a relative advantage.

"So what kind of response will Champion Diantha take when facing such a powerful opponent?"

Bang!

The sound of the Poké Ball opening.

It was Diantha who, after recalling Aurorus, swapped out the next Pokémon at an extremely fast speed—

"Roar!!"

【Tyrant】 Tyrantrum enters the arena!

Diantha shouted: "Close Combat!"

Too late to feel regret for Aurorus's defeat, the next one to step into the battlefield was the King of Close Combat, Tyrantrum!

The huge Tyrannosaurus roared, rushing toward Blissey, not giving it a chance to use Soft-Boiled to recover its state at all.

"Happy!"

Blissey indeed didn't have time to use Soft-Boiled, and was even more afraid that Soft-Boiled couldn't recover the damage given by Tyrantrum, so it chose Protect.

Bang!

A tooth-aching muffled sound.

But this time, Protect held up! ===== CHAPTER 1218 =====