Chapter 984

Opportunity!

Lei Ou didn't hesitate.

Taking advantage of the gap while All Baimu switched, he also chose to switch out Umbreon.

Since he chose to let Entei appear in battle.

Then he definitely couldn't give up just because it was hit by Dragon Tail once.

"Roar."

Entei appeared again.

Its brown fur fluttered, and the smoke clouds on its back churned incessantly.

Compared to its arrogance when it first entered the arena, this time it became much more restrained, but it still looked majestic, radiating a deterrent force that made people unable to breathe.

Ability: 【Pressure】.

Not only does it have the effect of accelerating the consumption of a Pokémon's elemental energy, but as the name implies, it can also achieve mental deterrence against enemies!

Opposite.

All Baimu threw the ball silently, and what appeared in the arena was—

Hydreigon!

"Sha-zang—!!"

A chilling roar resounded through the universe!

The pitch-black dragon flapped its wings, its momentum not a bit weaker than the Entei opposite!

The audience supporting All Baimu cheered.

Although they couldn't be sure Hydreigon could beat Entei, at least the momentum was equal, right?

"As expected."

Lei Ou was not surprised by All Baimu's choice.

In the opponent's team, besides Mawile and Aggron, the one he trusted most was this powerful Dragon-type Pokémon.

Currently, the Mega Evolution slot was given to Gengar, and the chances of Mawile and Aggron appearing were extremely low!

That's right.

The rules of the Championship Tournament had undergone who knows how many revisions.

It clearly stipulated that trainers could not only choose one between Z-Moves and Mega Evolution, but were also limited to using them only once throughout the battle.

In other words.

Even if All Baimu could cancel Super Gengar's evolution, he couldn't Mega Evolve other Pokémon.

Shan Ren agreed to such new rules, firstly because he believed in All Baimu's strength and also wanted to prove the gold content of the Orre Champion to the world;

Secondly, it was related to the upcoming World Championship—the first season Masters Tournament.

In the new rules announced for the World Championship, there happened to be such a clause.

As everyone knows, Shan Ren is a Rose fan... in short, the benefits of benchmarking against the World Championship outweigh the disadvantages.

Inside the arena.

Two sturdy Pokémon looked at each other from afar, then quickly rushed toward each other, brewing thunder-like fluctuations in their mouths!

"Roar!"

"Roar!"

In an instant, thunder rose from the flat ground!

Entei and Hydreigon roared loudly, the terrifying roar shook the sky and the earth, and the visible pale white sound waves formed surging air waves, rushing toward each other!

Boom!

The air waves collided!

Large gusts of wind spilled to both sides, the protective barrier was instantly activated, firmly blocking the impact aftermath and sand and dust.

The commentator said with lingering fear: "What a terrifying roar! Both trainers used the same move by coincidence, it can be seen that they both have the intention to change opponents, so—"

The dust slowly dissipated.

Both Pokémon were gone from the arena! New Pokémon appeared passively!

"Joint exit! Both sides' Roar actually took effect!" the commentator's tone was suppressed.

In fact, even if Roar is released by elemental energy, its nature belongs to a type of sound wave.

And sound waves will not be offset by the impact of each other, just like when two people talk, what you hear are two voices, not zero voices.

Neither side gained any advantage in the first confrontation.

Inside the arena.

The forced-out Pokémon appeared.

The commentator said excitedly: "Trainer Lei Ou and Trainer All Baimu's sixth Pokémon! They are Espeon and Shiny Milotic respectively!"

Placed on both sides were none other than Espeon, known for its cuteness, and Shiny Milotic, known for its beauty.

【Roar】, this invisible big hand, unveiled the final curtain.

"Ay-fay~"

"Mi-lo~"

'Cute' and 'Beautiful' looked at each other.

"Light Screen!" "Rain Dance."

Both trainers gave orders at the same time, colorful light covered Espeon's body, and dark clouds quickly gathered over the arena.

Before long.

A fine drizzle fell, and the lighting of the entire arena became dim.

Commentator: "The field is surrounded by rain! Is All Baimu defending against Entei!?"

Lei Ou sighed helplessly.

He discovered that making Entei battle properly was not as easy as he had imagined.

All Baimu's experience in battling legendary Pokémon was quite rich.

And his Pokémon were even more fearless, each one fiercer and bolder than the last!

Clearly, as long as there was any sign of hesitation or shrinking, Entei could sweep through an entire team at the fastest speed...

Rain was falling on their heads.

Should he let Entei directly destroy the rain?

Lei Ou quickly dismissed this thought; Shiny Milotic itself is a Water-type, and now it has the rain bonus.

It was simply too dangerous!

He couldn't help but think.

Usually, if it were any other opponent, Lei Ou wouldn't have such an absurd thought, but the opponent was All Baimu.

I can only count on you! Espeon!

"Grass Knot!" "Muddy Water."

It was still a synchronized order.

The time taken from the start to the end of the moves by the Pokémon on both sides was nearly the same, faintly proving that the strength of both sides was not far apart.

And to a certain extent, this kind of evenly matched battle is easier to produce results quickly!

"Fay~"

The gem on Espeon's forehead shone with brilliance.

In an instant.

Thick, glowing green vines grew under Milotic, intertwining and entangling, spreading toward it.

But at the same time, a large amount of muddy water surged out of thin air.

The mud tide lifted Milotic's beautiful body, making it avoid the entanglement of the vines, like an angry dragon swimming in the river, carrying the flood and rushing toward Espeon!

Boom!

Water flowed and rolled, with dull sounds.

The range of Muddy Water enhanced by the rain was extremely large, nearly equal to the width of the arena!

Lei Ou waved his hand and shouted: "Psyshock! Jump over it!"

"Ay-fay!"

Espeon's eyes and the gem on its forehead shone together, and countless throbbing pink-purple light orbs suddenly appeared around its body, flying out!

Bang bang bang!

The mud tide was instantly blown into holes, preventing Espeon from being invaded by the muddy water.

Milotic turned its body in time, mixed into the remaining mud tide, and took the opportunity to swim to the back of Espeon.

"Scald."

"Mi-lo!"

It raised its head and sprayed straight, a steaming water column rushing toward Espeon's back.

Who knew that the opponent seemed to have grown a pair of eyes on its back, its split tail tip swayed gently, jumping up suddenly to avoid the water column.

Lei Ou: "Quick Attack!"

Hiss!

Water mist rose from the broken grass.

Espeon turned into a white lightning bolt, bypassing Milotic's front, crashing into its side waist. And before the tail could wrap around, it nimbly avoided it and pulled away a distance.

"Mi!"

Milotic twisted its body in pain.

The commentator shouted: "Such fast speed! Such nimble reaction! Espeon dodged Scald!"

All Baimu narrowed his eyes.

Espeon is known as a Pokémon that can feel the flow of air with its body hair, perceiving small changes to predict weather and opponent actions.

Simply put.

It possesses a prediction ability similar to Alakazam.

Of course, it is obvious that Alakazam's prediction eyes are much more reliable than Espeon's prediction hair.

But there are exceptions to everything; Lei Ou's Espeon is extremely good at predicting, with an accuracy rate as high as ninety-nine percent.

To the point that All Baimu didn't dare to let Milotic take skills to counterattack casually; Mirror Coat in the anime is not a guaranteed hit.

Or rather, there are no guaranteed hits in the anime.

However.

In All Baimu's view, prediction hair also has its drawbacks.

"Psyshock!"

"Life Dew."

Espeon raised its head, its eyes and the gem on its forehead shone together.

Countless throbbing light orbs formed in an instant!

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

They flew toward Milotic like meteors, but were all blocked by the transparent water ring surrounding the latter.

Bang!

A large amount of water mist permeated the arena!

Commentator: "Life Dew blocked Psyshock! Eh? Milotic is rushing toward Espeon!"

It could clearly be seen that a hazy figure emitting a faint light was moving in the mist, quickly approaching Espeon!

"Quick Attack!"

Lei Ou repeated the old trick.

Espeon nimbly sensed Milotic's movement, actively rushing into the mist to avoid the tail fin swung by the opponent.

The mist dissipated.

"Ay—fay!?"

It crashed head-on into the opponent, only to find that the opponent had suddenly become two.

Lei Ou's expression changed drastically, "Not good! Retreat quickly!"

Espeon changed from crashing to dodging, stepping on the tail fin swung by "Milotic" and jumping into the air.

At the same time.

The Milotic that hadn't moved suddenly raised its head, its eyes releasing a strange light.

"Hypnosis."

Hum!

The strange light shrouded Espeon, and the latter closed its eyes powerlessly, falling to the ground.

The commentator exclaimed: "It's Substitute! A Substitute just like Umbreon's! Milotic successfully deceived Espeon!"

Actually, it wasn't that simple.

The principle of Espeon's prediction is the air flow caused by the opponent's actions.

Therefore, when animals and still objects appear in the field at the same time, it will subconsciously ignore the still objects; this is the drawback.

The accuracy rate is as high as ninety-nine percent.

And Milotic is that one percent!

Life Dew!

Sootopolis Gym secret technique!

The move Milotic uses most skillfully, and also one of the cores of the defensive counterattack tactic!

Using Substitute after it has almost no gap to speak of!

"Hydro Pump!"

"Wake up quickly, Espeon!"

Lei Ou quickly took out the ball, calling Espeon's name in his mouth.

Sleep effects are often uncertain; sometimes there are situations where the trainer shouts loud enough and the Pokémon wakes up just after falling asleep.

He hoped more than anything that it was now.

The water column sprayed out from Milotic's mouth; a close-range Hydro Pump had no possibility of missing.

Boom!

Water splashed into the sky!

Espeon flew up with a painful expression, but its eyes were still tightly closed, as if it were having a nightmare.

Commentator: "Hydro Pump hit! Espeon is still in a sleep state!"

Colorful light flowed on its body, helping it block part of the damage from Hydro Pump.

All Baimu stared at Espeon's expression and said quickly: "Bind."

"Mi-lo!"

Milotic swam forward, wrapping around Espeon's body, which also made Lei Ou's return beam lose its effect.

"Close-range Hydro Pump, again."

Boom!

Milotic sprayed a rushing water column again, washing Espeon until it twitched incessantly.

But it still hadn't lost its ability to battle.

The Light Screen plus outstanding Special Defense allowed it to take at least several Hydro Pumps!

Lei Ou gave up using the Poké Ball to switch, but his mouth still called Espeon's name.

In the audience seats, Mirei prayed silently for Espeon.

As if it heard the trainer's voice.

Espeon gradually woke up, "Ay... fay."

"Psychic!"

"Don't give it a chance! Hypnosis!"

This time it was All Baimu's turn to repeat the old trick, and in Espeon's nearly boiling psychic energy, it broke free from the bind.

But it was also attacked by Hypnosis again, entering a sleep state for the second time.

It lowered its tail and ears powerlessly.

It can be switched!

"Come back quickly—"

Lei Ou raised the Poké Ball, who knew that before the Milotic that had just broken free from Psychic, Milotic's Substitute was faster, slapping Espeon with its tail!

Bang!

Espeon was knocked away, deviating from the return beam again!

"Hydro Pump! Take it down!"

"Mi-lo!"

Milotic raised its head, using all its strength to spray a rushing water column toward Espeon!

Boom!

Water splashed into the sky!

Espeon flew high, then fell, falling into a pit full of muddy water.

Its eyes were replaced by black circles.

Three consecutive Hydro Pumps, not one missed!

"Espeon is unable to battle! Milotic wins!" The referee approached through the rain, and after confirming there were no mistakes, announced the result loudly.

The commentator shouted: "Three consecutive Hydro Pumps! Espeon was successfully knocked down!"

Wow!

Applause was like thunder.

More than ten minutes into the second half, with various moves and techniques from both sides, All Baimu finally made some gains!

Below Lei Ou's avatar, four Pokémon fell into darkness.

"It seems that after being a tool for too long, everyone has almost forgotten your power."

All Baimu looked at the very happy Milotic and smiled slightly.

In the recent few matches, this guy was basically responsible for paving the way for other Pokémon, never having defeated any opponent.

However.

As a Milotic trainer favored by Wallace, how could the individual he nurtured not have the ability to win alone?

Other Pokémon might not be able to handle Lei Ou's Espeon, but Milotic just happened to be its nemesis!

"Thank you for your hard work, Espeon."

Lei Ou recalled Espeon, looking at Milotic whose Substitute was still in the field, speechless for a long time.

It was one thing for Espeon's methods to be seen through, but Milotic actually happened to have counter-means and moves.

All Baimu...

How exactly did he nurture his Pokémon?

The moves his Pokémon know are just too many!

Under normal circumstances, it's not that easy to learn these non-STAB moves, but here it's like they don't cost money.

Lei Ou remembered that the other party had only been nurturing Pokémon for two and a half years, and could only feel speechless.

Others praised All Baimu for his natural talent.

He felt the same, but didn't expect the talent to be this exaggerated.

Pokémon levels, skills, these all require trainers to spend a lot of effort, although they also have a certain relationship with the Pokémon's own talent.

But before nurturing, who knows what the Pokémon's talent is like?

It's not like All Baimu just happened to find a bunch of Pokémon that could quickly increase levels and quickly learn moves, right?

"I give up."

Lei Ou shook his head slightly and threw the Poké Ball.

Bang!

"Umbre."

Umbreon entered the arena.

It's not that he didn't want to send Entei, firstly All Baimu would definitely try every means to defeat Entei, and secondly, it was still raining...

And if he wasn't mistaken, All Baimu would also switch Pokémon.

Sure enough.

Even though the Substitute hadn't disappeared, Milotic was recalled, replaced by Dragapult.

Two Pokémon with very unhealthy physical states started their final battle!