Chapter 990: Once More

"Blissey reverses its ability! Salamence counters with Hurricane!"

Amidst the shouting of commentator White Bird.

The storm swept through the arena, uprooting grass, and even rushing into the sky along with mud and soil!

In an instant.

More than half of the arena was swept by the violent wind and rain, becoming hazy and unclear.

Blissey looked solemn.

"Happy..."

"Don't worry about this, it can't do anything to you, use Calm Mind!"

All Baimu gave the command.

Gravity pressed down, so even if the wind was strong, it was impossible to blow Blissey into the sky.

In this way, Hurricane could only serve to block the line of sight and attack.

Soldiers come, block; water comes, cover; with Blissey's special defense, it was very easy to withstand.

Hearing the trainer's calm voice.

Blissey also slowly relaxed, its heart as still as water, clear inside and out.

Ding.

When ripples appeared in the heart lake.

Its special attack and special defense successfully rose by one level.

And at this moment, the storm had just spread to its front, and the milky white airflow, wrapped in mud and grass, whipped it like a whip—

Bang!

A sudden muffled sound.

It didn't come from Blissey, the source of the sound came from Salamence; it galloped through the storm and broke through the storm!

Like a heavy-armored warrior holding a shield high, relying on fire cover to successfully approach the enemy!

"Roar!"

"Dragon Claw!"

The command mixed in the wind was slightly blurred, but Salamence didn't show the slightest hesitation, suddenly waving its claws wrapped in azure dragon fire.

Whoosh!

Dragon Claw—missed!

Seeing Blissey shrink instantly, it narrowly missed the Dragon Claw.

But Salamence seemed to have expected this, the other claw, which was originally used as a support point, also flew up quickly, half-standing and slapping toward Blissey!

Bang!

"Happy!"

Blissey groaned, its figure rolled sideways, and it was suddenly knocked away by this heavy Dragon Claw.

The storm dissipated quickly without subsequent replenishment.

What was presented to the audience was the scene of Blissey being knocked away.

Many people gasped in surprise.

White Bird shouted: "Dragon Claw hit! Minimize dodge failed! Salamence's reaction is extremely swift!"

The 【Minimize】 that worked every time was actually cracked!

And it was a single-target attack move!

The Contest fans gasped.

Fortunately, Blissey, who rolled to the edge of the arena, got up very quickly, looking at Salamence in the distance, and still maintained a calm posture.

"Happy..."

It exhaled gently.

No obvious wounds could be seen on its body.

Orange-red light lit up again, and in an instant, Blissey completed another Calm Mind.

Bertie frowned.

Blissey's only weakness was its physical defense, which could be called thin paper; normally, even if Salamence's physical attack was lowered by Intimidate, it wouldn't be without any reaction.

Patched the gap?

No hesitation.

Bertie took out a Poké Ball to exchange Pokémon, "Come back! Salamence!"

A Pokémon that couldn't be violently cracked would be much more difficult to deal with than he imagined.

And in the face of this situation, he had to rely on this guy!

He threw the new Poké Ball out.

"Go!"

Thud!

A huge figure fell into the arena, it was a brown-furred gorilla picking its nose.

"Ha~"

Slaking yawned lazily.

White Bird said: "Trainer Bertie's third exchange! This time on the field is his Slaking!"

A few minutes passed.

Bertie had already exposed three Pokémon.

Lei Ou in the audience seats smiled; the bitterness of being unable to do anything and having to exchange back and forth was finally not something only he had suffered.

Blissey was still doing Calm Mind.

Three consecutive increases in special attack and special defense made its spirit fuller than ever before.

It was in its best state, no one could stop it!

"Happy!"

Just at this time.

Bertie said: "Once more!"

"Ha~"

Slaking suddenly got up, clapping and turning around as if dancing, and white ripples shook in the void.

All Baimu's eyes trembled.

"Protect!"

Unfortunately, it was too late.

Bertie deliberately waited until after Blissey's Calm Mind before letting Slaking use the move.

And this was indeed beyond All Baimu's expectation.

The light of Encore entered Blissey's body, and it was stunned for a moment.

Slaking lay down again, picking its nose with nothing to do.

White Bird shouted: "Encore hit! For a long time to come, Blissey will be unable to use any moves other than Calm Mind! Incredible reversal!"

Wow!

Applause erupted in the audience.

Bertie really had some skill, Blissey, who had forced back Crobat and Salamence, was clamped by such a small move!

"Happy..."

"It's okay, come back."

All Baimu took advantage of Slaking being affected by Truant and swapped out Blissey, who had finally done Calm Mind three times.

It didn't matter against other Pokémon.

Slaking wouldn't do.

Even if its Truant ability would drag it down.

But as long as Slaking was given one attack opportunity, it would be extremely dangerous for Blissey.

【Encore】 huh...

No trainer could accurately predict the opponent.

Bertie, who was extremely aggressive in the data, would one day use status moves so flexibly.

It was estimated that no one would believe it a few years ago.

"Greedy."

All Baimu silently reviewed, he tried to let Blissey defeat an opponent as soon as possible, so he slightly underestimated the heroes of the world.

Bang!

"Milotic~"

Shiny Milotic appeared again.

Bertie shouted without hesitation: "Giga Impact!"

"Roar!"

Slaking's eyes shone, it got up and roared as it rushed forward!

Rumble!!

Its whole body was wrapped in terrifying pure white energy light waves, like a shining pillar of light piercing the arena, causing the air to explode deeply, crashing into Milotic!

Bang!

The huge impact lifted the sky full of mud and weeds.

Milotic groaned and fell, almost being blown away, fortunately, its tail entangled Slaking's left leg in time.

When inertia descended.

It didn't pull away from Slaking, but instead pulled the other party to the ground together.

White Bird shouted: "Giga Impact hit! What a terrifying move! Slaking's all-out strike hidden under Truant! But Milotic withstood it! What an exaggerated defense!"

Just as he said.

Bertie looked at Milotic entangling Slaking, only feeling that more and more unexpected situations were happening.

Clearly Milotic, which was more excellent in special defense, would be so resistant to hits!

Thinking of Blissey, Bertie realized something.

Compared to the two fragile Pokémon in the battle against Lei Ou—Dragapult, Gengar.

This group of guys who were so fleshy were the existence most in line with All Baimu's cultivation path.

He took out a Poké Ball.

But obviously All Baimu wouldn't give him a chance to exchange.

"Hypnosis."

"Milotic~"

Milotic endured the pain all over its body, and pink-purple light waves lit up in its eyes.

Hum!

Slaking looked at Milotic's eyes, scratching its forehead, as if wondering something.

The next second.

Its head tilted, and it fell into a deep sleep cleanly.

White Bird shouted: "Hypnosis successful! Slaking falls into sleep status! Is the strong Hydro Pump going to appear again?"

The scene of Lei Ou's Espeon being taken down by three Hydro Pumps was still fresh in memory.

Just when everyone thought it would appear again.

Milotic flicked its tail on Slaking's face.

Splash!

Glowing blue light pulled its body, making it fly back into the Poké Ball in All Baimu's hand.

Bertie took a breath, racing against time to exchange as well.

Then.

Blissey entered.

Opposite it was Salamence.

"Roar!"

Intimidate activated, Blissey's physical attack lowered.

All Baimu said naturally: "Skill Swap."

The scene seemed to return to the beginning of the whole battle, it was hard not to think, what did they fight back and forth for?

But actually there were differences.

"Dragon Tail!"

"Roar!"

Salamence roared and rushed toward Blissey.

With strong limbs, even if it couldn't leave the ground, it could still burst out with considerable speed with the help of Tailwind!

Intimidate ability swapped.

Blissey looked at the rushing Salamence seriously, and the moment the other party's tail swung over—

Minimize!

This time.

It became almost invisible to the naked eye.

So much so that Salamence's predictive Dragon Tail sweep also missed, and when Blissey reappeared, it stood under the left wing.

"Toxic."

"Happy!"

Blissey wiped its small hand covered in poison on the corner of Salamence's mouth.

Bertie shouted: "Dual Wingbeat!"

"Roar!"

Salamence roared and swirled, like a monster hunter's Tigrex, using its blood-colored wings as two circular blades, swiftly hitting Blissey!

"Dual Wingbeat hit! Blissey knocked away! Salamence is poisoned!"

White Bird was like a war reporter, broadcasting the content the audience wanted to hear.

Blissey rolled several times and got up staggeringly.

It had been beaten by Salamence's Hurricane, Dragon Claw, and Dual Wingbeat, and its state was slightly tight.

"Soft-Boiled."

"Happy!"

Blissey raised its small hand high, a glowing round egg floated above its head, recovering its wounds at a very fast speed.

In a short while.

It successfully recovered, and Salamence in the distance let out a hysterical roar.

"Roar!!"

"Happy!"

Blissey only felt that it was blown away by a wave of air, and in a blink of an eye, it returned to All Baimu's Poké Ball.

It was Roar.

"Salamence roared Blissey away! Trainer Bertie finally regained the initiative!"

White Bird was relieved.

Pokémon with strong durability and recovery ability indeed brought pressure that was not comparable to ordinary Pokémon.

And because it was 【Roar】.

All Baimu couldn't choose the Pokémon autonomously, and a Poké Ball on his waist opened silently.

Bang!

"Gen—gar!"

Gengar landed.

White Bird said: "Trainer All Baimu's third Pokémon—Gengar appears!"

Bertie's face looked much better, he waved his hand and shouted: "Earthquake!"

"Roar!"

Salamence roared and stomped on the ground!

Rumble!

Earth-yellow shockwaves surged, the ground rolled up like a wave, shaking toward Gengar!

"Protect."

All Baimu's expression remained unchanged.

Gengar immediately opened a spherical light shield, blocking the ground shockwave.

Although it was a super-effective move, thanks to Intimidate lowering Salamence's attack, it didn't have the ability to shatter Protect.

Under the dark clouds.

Gengar disappeared.

Bertie looked at the purple bubbles overflowing from Salamence's mouth and raised his hand to exchange Pokémon.

"Another exchange! What is Trainer Bertie's consideration?"

White Bird was confused.

The audience also felt that this battle was becoming more and more confusing.

Both sides were exchanging crazily, completely unaware of what tactics were being implemented.

Only a small number of people could understand the pressure Bertie was under at this moment.

It seemed that both sides were evenly matched, exchanging crazily and unable to do anything to each other, but in fact, Bertie was under pressure alone.

If he couldn't find a way to crack it.

Soon.

His situation would be like a breached dam, letting the flood pour out.

Bang!

The sleeping Slaking entered.

All Baimu said decisively: "Focus Blast."

"Gen—gar!"

Gengar rubbed its fat hands, an azure pellet formed rapidly, and it flew toward Slaking with a weird laugh!

The day before yesterday, it should have been the protagonist of the match.

But due to Entei's appearance, the whole plan was disrupted, and the limelight was all taken by Hydreigon.

Gengar must be angry.

But it didn't matter.

Its chance came again!

Audience friends! It's Showtime!

"Gen—gar!"

Gengar held the Focus Blast high, slamming it onto Slaking's head like a dunk!

Bang!

Smoke lingered and gradually dissipated.

Suddenly seeing Slaking, who was just sleeping, wake up abruptly, staring at Gengar at close range, and fiercely threw a terrifying punch!

"Throat Chop!"

A heavy blow instantly pierced Gengar's body!

Bang!

It exploded like a ball!

Slaking was stunned.

"What a fierce blow! But it's a pity, Slaking hit Gengar's Substitute!"

White Bird shouted excitedly.

The audience who were about to scream also realized that Gengar wasn't killed by Slaking.

But Slaking fell into its trap!

It turned out that in the dust.

Gengar, who deliberately approached Slaking, made a Substitute, and its main body was hiding in Slaking's shadow!

Bertie and Slaking looked down, and what greeted the latter was a familiar pink-purple vortex.

"Hypnosis."

"Jiehehehe~"

Gengar laughed weirdly.

A Normal-type Pokémon still wants to defeat it? Keep dreaming!

This move of cicada shedding its skin was its secret skill!

Because Gengar's special defense was extremely fragile, far more fragile than Dragapult.

All Baimu specially arranged a tactic for it—after attacking, immediately use Substitute to hide in the opponent's shadow, using this kind of confusion to ensure its own safety.

Have to say.

Gengar practiced very successfully.

Even Bertie couldn't see through it, and fell for it in vain.

"Ha..."

Slaking yawned helplessly, picked its itchy belly, and then tilted its head, falling into a deep sleep.

Going on stage for a battle, the time for rest was more than the time for exercise!

You have to know that it had gone through all kinds of hardships to shrink the Truant link to a considerable diligent Slaking!

"Dream Eater."

All Baimu continued to order.

Bertie called Slaking in a low voice.

Gengar popped up, its fat claws reaching directly into the opponent's brain, as if stirring its brains, absorbing glowing green light from it to feed itself.

"Gen—gar~"

Its expression was slightly ecstatic.

White Bird said: "Dream Eater is very effective! Gengar... Gengar looks very comfortable?"

The drama queen made the commentator speechless.

Focus Blast might not be able to take Slaking away, but adding a Dream Eater successfully made its state wither rapidly.

Counting the previous U-turn.

Slaking persisted for two seconds, opened its eyes, and then "forever" closed them.

The referee approached to confirm and announced the result.

"Slaking is unable to battle! Gengar wins!"

"Jiehehehe!!"

Gengar put its hands on its hips and laughed proudly. ===== CHAPTER 991 =====