Chapter 1449: Martial Arts? Dance Battle?

Masters Eight finals second half.

In the six-on-six full battle that lasted half an hour, Ash had already experienced Hydreigon sweeping three, and the baptism of Terastallized Mawile.

Currently, the only Pokémon he had left with combat capability were two, and Pikachu had also fought Hydreigon for a long time, so its status wasn't full...

However, for Pikachu, locking blood was a basic operation, so it could be considered as having no loss.

The key to whether he could turn defeat into victory might lie in the next Pokémon!

"It's time to appear! Lucario!"

Bang!

Light flashed.

Lucario appeared in a half-kneeling posture, the spindle-shaped fluff by its ears floating slightly, and the power of Aura descended with its appearance.

Although many people didn't want to admit it, in the Journeys version, Lucario's positioning was equivalent to the original Charizard, Advanced Generation Sceptile, Diamond & Pearl Infernape, and even XY Greninja.

Ash personally hatching it and resonating with its Aura determined that it was the core of the Masters Eight match.

It was also one of the Pokémon All Baimu was wary of.

It and Pikachu could be called the two big cores of the Journeys version.

After all, the Pokémon animation screenwriters habitually suppressed Pikachu. Even if they didn't let Ash-Pikachu Z retire, in the original plot, they still let Pikachu lose miserably to Destiny Bond Spiritomb, just to give Lucario the highlight.

And now the one who lost to Destiny Bond in the semifinals became Lucario, so in the finals, it must be its turn to exert force, right?

Even setting aside the big hand of heaven, Lucario certainly wouldn't allow itself to only have such an "unbearable" record in the Masters Eight!

"Go! Lucario!"

Ash crossed his arms, showing the Key Stone while driving Lucario's Mega Evolution.

He didn't have any hesitation, nor dared to hesitate, only preparing to take out Lucario's best posture when it appeared!

Hum!

The clear golden-blue radiance flashed suddenly, the heart-link connected this pair of partners, and Mega energy was poured into Lucario's body like it didn't cost money, making its appearance undergo amazing changes in a very short time!

The host shouted: "Lucario Mega Evolves! Ash's another ace! The white-hot battle is about to begin!"

As his voice fell, a strong wind shrouded the entire arena!

"Awo!"

Mega Lucario stood in the center of the milky white airflow, its limbs' lines dense and tight, its eyes glowing with mysterious blue light, and the pale blue Aura power around its body circling like real water, its fluffy fur swaying with the wind.

The instinct to fight was completely awakened at this moment!

Aura perception fully opened, Mega Lucario's scarlet eyes took Terastallized Mawile into them, feeling that its state had never been better.

Time to act!

All Baimu: "Taunt."

Ash: "Double Team!"

The two Trainers issued orders one after another.

Terastallized Mawile turned around without saying a word, ignoring Mega Lucario's sharp momentum, as if it didn't put it in its eyes at all.

But this move unexpectedly didn't work. Mega Lucario's emotions had no fluctuations, and it didn't take the bait at all after sensing the malice through Aura. Facing the black-red light wave rushing toward it, it decisively took evasive measures!

Swish!

Its figure moved suddenly, and semi-transparent afterimages appeared layer upon layer, like the space-time remnants of Mega Lucario running too fast. In the blink of an eye, dozens of figures, breaths, and actions completely identical to the real body spread out, scattered and filled the entire battle area.

The intertwined figures of reality and illusion were hard to distinguish, and each clone had an extremely weak Aura fluctuation, making it difficult to distinguish the real from the fake.

The light wave of Taunt naturally missed as well.

The host shouted: "Taunt failed! Mega Lucario's will is unstoppable! Aura guarded its mind!"

"Qi-duo..."

Terastallized Mawile got the result through the Trainer's eyes and felt slightly disappointed.

But it didn't turn around directly, instead stepping backward with its back turned, toes tapping the ground lightly, dancing very naturally, its body rotating with the swinging of its hands.

Whoosh~

Soft yet extremely penetrating pale pink breeze surged out again, rotating around its body, like a barrier that seemed to have form and seemed to have no form, isolating everything around it.

The audience erupted into cheers again. They liked to watch Mawile dance, especially in the shattered arena.

There was a sense of beauty with fatal danger.

In an instant, Mawile had come to the center of the arena as if no one was around, and Mega Lucarios were eyeing it covetously, looking for a breakthrough point.

Ash: "Flash Cannon!"

"Awo!"

Many Mega Lucarios responded in unison, arms spread and claws gathered, making the bright silver Steel-type energy gather rapidly, condensing into an energy orb glowing with metallic cold light on its chest.

Immediately, a low humming sound rang out, and the thick and sharp bright silver light pillar was pushed out by many Mega Lucarios, the shining radiance even exceeding the sun overhead, making the entire arena exceptionally dim, with only the arena being the brightest!

But among these many light pillars, only one was real.

Mawile and All Baimu knew this very well, so when Mega Lucario was accumulating the light orb, it, which had light steps, raised its eyes slightly, its eyes sharp and unusual.

Whoosh—!!

The gentle breeze lingering around its body instantly became biting, turning into a terrifying hurricane that could tear everything apart, and rushed toward the surroundings!

In an instant, the whistling gale faced Flash Cannon and defeated most of the clones, and also took the opportunity to peek at the real Flash Cannon.

"Qi-duo~"

Terastallized Mawile's footsteps suddenly shifted horizontally, relying on its small and flexible figure, like a butterfly dancing, cleanly avoiding the direct bombardment of the light pillar.

Boom!

The bright silver Flash Cannon bombarded the already shattered ground, instantly leaving a charred long mark, and countless rocks were kicked up by the explosive shockwave.

But for Mawile, which was closest, this was still within the range that could be dodged, and it even took the opportunity to close the distance with Mega Lucario with the help of the impact force.

Ash suddenly felt something was wrong: "Lucario! Bullet Punch!"

All Baimu: "Power-Up Punch."

"Awo!"

Mega Lucario reacted quickly, not dodging or evading but launching a close-range surprise attack. Its fists were clenched tightly, glowing with silver light, forming dazzling sharpness as it swung out!

Swish, swish, swish, swish!

Its punching speed reached the limit, and the fierce force formed a sky full of fist shadows, rushing forward like a torrential rain.

Opposite to it was the brown-red brilliance Terastallized Mawile handed out. Facing the shining silver brilliance that shrouded it, it stepped forward to meet the attack without panic. What was surprising was that it not only used its fists, but also its giant jaws behind its head and its legs.

Clang, clang, clang—!!

Harsh metallic collision sounds exploded one after another, and dazzling sparks kept erupting between the two.

The host exclaimed: "Both sides used close-range combat! Mawile used Power-Up Punch to block Mega Lucario's Bullet Punch!?"

The audience was in an uproar.

Bullet Punch was called Bullet Punch because of its fast speed, but it was blocked by Terastallized Mawile with Power-Up Punch?

Although it looked like Mawile used not only its fists but also its head-behind giant jaws and feet to deal with Bullet Punch, its posture was still like dancing.

The thudding sounds on the field echoed continuously.

Mawile's attacks looked flashy but were actually brutal and overbearing, every punch and kick carrying enough power to shatter mountains; Super Lucario's punch speed was swift, using Aura to precisely control the rhythm of its strikes, with every hit being both rapid and cunningly placed.

The two fought fiercely at close range. The wind kicked up by the collision of fists and fists drew fine marks on the ground, and both sides' breathing became rapid, consuming quickly in high-intensity close combat.

After several clashes, Mega Lucario discovered the clue—

Terastallized Mawile's fists were getting heavier!

There was no doubt that Power-Up Punch was helping it increase its Attack ability, and the orange-red light also proved this point.

"Awo..."

Mega Lucario knew the situation was bad, suddenly erupted with punching force forward, causing a strong impact between the two, and its body retreated backward very naturally.

The gale swept across the arena, blowing the audience with excitement.

Although the big scene of move clashes was very attractive, this kind of flesh-and-blood fight of fist-to-fist was equally ornamental!

Especially in the case that Mawile was fighting so beautifully, no one could take their eyes off it.

The crystal shell of Terastallization and the heart-shaped crown highlighted its cuteness and the beauty when dancing. No one could take their eyes off it.

"Aura Sphere!"

Ash ordered again.

Super Lucario, having rested for a moment, took a deep breath and gathered a massive amount of Aura in its palms; a brilliant, condensed pale blue Aura Sphere formed instantly, locked onto Mawile's movement trajectory not far away, and blasted straight out!

Boom!

The pale blue Aura Sphere flew across mid-air, approaching Mawile at high speed. The latter rotated to dodge, but the Aura Sphere with a self-homing effect seemed to have eyes, circling a large circle and continuing to chase it.

Terastallized Mawile didn't dodge this time.

Or rather, it was just adjusting its breath and operating energy just now.

Whoosh!

The gale surged from beneath it, and it was the pink-colored Fairy Wind again, but this time it didn't swirl around Mawile, but turned into a slender tornado, shooting toward the approaching Aura Sphere like a spear!

Both sides collided in mid-air!

Boom!!

Strong winds swept across half the field, the sound of the explosion was deafening, and smoke and dust shrouded the field, making everything blurry.

It's just that smoke and dust could block the line of sight, but couldn't block Mega Lucario's Aura.

Its eyes glowed with dazzling blue light, quickly capturing Terastallized Mawile's figure. The opponent was clearly accumulating something.

Ash realized: "Double Team! Dodge!"

"Awo!"

Mega Lucario responded, running to the side without hesitation, dragging one after another figure that gradually solidified in the illusion behind it.

At the same moment, the churning smoke was pushed away violently, Terastallized Mawile's pink fist retracted, approaching Mega Lucario quickly as if holding the stars, and swung a terrifying heavy punch at it!

The air seemed to be compressed by this punch, a shocking loud noise exploded instantly, followed by dazzling pink-colored brilliance!

"Play Rough!"

Boom!!

The earth surged, and the afterimages were annihilated.

Mawile, which had increased its Attack ability many times, truly achieved fist-shaking mountains and rivers. At least for it, the current battle arena was not as good as a biscuit, fragile beyond compare!

Fortunately, Mega Lucario relied on Aura to barely avoid the direct impact of this punch, but even so, it was still blown away by the shockwave that came like a light curtain, almost leaving the battle arena.

"Awo..."

It looked at the smoke and dust rising again on the field, its eyes full of palpitations.

Intuition told it that this punch couldn't be counted as the opponent's full strength, and every punch that followed would be this power!

"Don't panic! Cheer up Lucario!"

Ash clearly noticed Mega Lucario's wavering, he shouted: "Believe in Aura! Think about what Greninja taught you!"

"Awo-woo."

This sentence reminded it.

Mega Lucario's rapidly heaving chest gradually calmed down, and the blue light of Aura once again shrouded its body.

But soon, the second Play Rough followed.

"Qi-duo."

Terastallized Mawile came holding starlight, and the terrifying pink-colored brilliance almost formed a terrifying light pillar when it swung its fist.

The strong energy impact made contact-type moves have the ability of long-range attacks!

Mega Lucario dodged by Aura's lock-on and blocked in front with Aura. The fatal crisis made it gradually understand the multiple uses of Aura, but it was a pity that it still couldn't compare with Mawile's fist.

No longer dancing, it gradually became a nightmare!

Ash's expression was tense, shouting: "Aura Sphere!!"

"Awo-woo!"

Mega Lucario gathered Aura, mobilizing all its power when Mawile approached, condensing a giant Aura Sphere with a volume far exceeding the past!

Hum!

The pale blue light was dazzling, bombarding Mawile, which was approaching, straight on.

"Qi-duo."

Mawile didn't dodge, directly facing the Aura Sphere and swinging its fist. The pink-colored brilliance made it even more dazzling than the Aura Sphere at this moment. Fairy-type energy surpassed Aura, precisely shattering this Aura Sphere!

Boom!

However, its fist hadn't been exhausted.

Only to see Mawile's figure pass through the light flames of the explosion, and in Mega Lucario's disbelieving eyes, it poured all the remaining energy into this Pokémon's body, making its figure instantly distorted.

Then it disappeared in place.

Boom——!!

A violent explosion sounded immediately!

But what was even more concerning was the figure that flew like a meteor, flew directly out of the arena and landed on the wall below the audience, and was embedded directly into it.

Thud!

The wall trembled, and it, which triggered the protective device, was still sturdy, so Mega Lucario wouldn't suffer secondary damage.

The host shouted: "Play Rough hit! This punch is excellent!!"

Terastallized Fairy added to the Terastallized Mawile's fist strength. Even without the Huge Power ability, it was a pain that Dragonite couldn't bear in this life!

"Qi..."

Mawile floated in mid-air, its body shrouded in light smoke, looking coldly at Mega Lucario outside the field, as if it were a god judging its guilt.

Deng Pei approached.

"Awo..."

Mega Lucario suddenly let out a light bark.

Then it supported its swaying body and stood up slowly, its eyes gradually changing from floating to solid.

The host shouted: "Lucario hasn't lost the ability to battle!!" ===== CHAPTER 1450 =====