Chapter 53

Kong Lingwei chose to let Solosis take the lead.

However, Su Hao did not send out Carbink to crush the opponent as the stands had guessed.

He chose to send out Torracat.

After several days of high-intensity battles, Torracat's energy level had reached level 25, which was mid-regular-level.

The opponent's Solosis was just entering the regular-level.

Seeing that both sides had released their Pokémon, the referee announced the official start of the match.

"Solosis, Psyshock!" Kong Lingwei directly chose to use Solosis's strongest attack move, combined with the assistance of her own psychic

powers, hoping to quickly defeat Torracat.

Because only by winning two-on-one this way could she have hope of defeating Carbink.

"Torracat, Fake Out."

Su Hao's lips parted slightly, calling out a move that Torracat had never used in a competition before.

"Meow-ow-ow!!!" Torracat slapped its paws on the ground.

Torracat was already well-versed in the combo of Intimidate and Fake Out.

By using a roar to integrate the Intimidate ability into Fake Out, a black energy wave flashed past, and Solosis, which was charging up to release a move, instantly froze.

"Solosis, what's wrong with you??"

Feeling the connection between herself and Solosis break, a hint of panic appeared on Kong Lingwei's originally calm cheeks.

However, Su Hao was not one of those brainless villains who had to waste time explaining what move he had released and what effect it had.

Decisively, Su Hao commanded Torracat to attack Solosis.

"Flame Charge to close in, then Shadow Claw!"

Torracat was enveloped by scorching Fire-type energy, and heat waves were left behind where it charged past.

Torracat, having instantly approached Solosis, did not stop for a moment; ominous, dark purple energy appeared on its right claw, and it slammed it fiercely toward Solosis.

After the explosion, Solosis, which had fallen to the ground, had clearly lost the ability to battle.

A red light flashed from the center of the Poké Ball, and Solosis was recalled by Kong Lingwei.

At this moment, her thoughts were somewhat chaotic. Having had one Pokémon instantly killed at the start for no apparent reason, now even if she defeated that Torracat, it would be difficult to get past that Carbink.

After awakening her psychic powers and being taken as an apprentice by a psychic master, she had originally thought that there were no more opponents within Yangcheng.

She hadn't expected the son of Gym Leader Su to be so fierce in combat; she and Solosis were completely unable to parry.

"It's up to you, Xatu."

No matter how much Kong Lingwei's heart churned, she had to continue the battle after being urged by the referee to release her second Pokémon.

Xatu had a pair of long white wings with red and black stripes at the tips. Its neck was black, and the pattern on its chest looked like a pair of red eyes. It had two long red feathers on the back of its head and two yellow stripes around its waist.

Its claws were red, and its toes were white. Female Xatu had two stripes, while males had three.

Kong Lingwei's Xatu was female, and its personality was also inclined to be more laid-back.

Through the psychic link, the relatively laid-back Xatu expressed, for the first time, that Kong Lingwei should not be discouraged, as it was still there.

Encouraged by her Pokémon, Kong Lingwei firmed her heart and decided that no matter what, she would fight with all her might and then win!

"Xatu, take flight and use Calm Mind!"

Again, an eerie black energy flashed, and Xatu's take-off motion was delayed for a moment.

But it was this momentary error; heat waves struck, and Torracat had already arrived in front of Xatu.

Because Torracat had not left the field and lacked the assistance of Fake Out, Intimidate could now only make Xatu stiffen for a moment.

But as long as there was this moment, it was enough for Torracat to arrive in front of Xatu via Flame Charge.

"Shadow Claw."

It was still the plain and simple Shadow Claw, but in most cases, type advantage was king. Shadow Claw directly sent Xatu flying.

"Use Nasty Plot!"

Torracat, having sent Xatu flying, did not pursue the victory; it followed Su Hao's command and stayed in place to use Nasty Plot to strengthen its own Special Attack.

Without Torracat's pursuit, Xatu finally flew up. Pink-purple brilliance flashed, and Xatu's Special Attack and Special Defense were enhanced.

"Psychic!"

Pink-purple brilliance filled Xatu's black pupils, and invisible psychic power instantly rushed toward Torracat.

"Flamethrower!"

A high-heat flame beam was sprayed from Torracat's mouth. For a moment, Flamethrower and Psychic were actually in a stalemate.

Seeing that Xatu, even after Calm Mind, could not suppress Torracat, Kong Lingwei immediately transmitted her own mental power into Xatu's body for assistance.

The light in the eyes of Xatu, which had received Kong Lingwei's assistance,

surged greatly, and the powerful psychic power actually snatched away part of the control of the flames and pushed them back.

Seeing that Kong Lingwei and Xatu could actually push back Torracat's Flamethrower through cooperation, Su Hao was also somewhat amazed.

However, that was as far as it went.

Su Hao signaled Torracat through his Aura that it could release the energy within its flame sac.

Under the hearty battle, Torracat's emotions rose higher and higher.

"Jingle, jingle..."

A loud bell sound came from the flame sac beneath Torracat's neck, where it wore a blue scarf.

As Torracat's most important organ, when Torracat's emotions rose, the temperature of the flame sac would rise along with Torracat's emotions and spray out flames, while simultaneously making a loud sound like a bell.

A massive amount of flames was continuously released from the flame sac, and for a moment, it actually formed a huge fireball.

Seeing the scene before him, Su Hao, who remembered something, immediately shouted: "Torracat, use your right paw to slap the fireball toward Xatu!"

"Meow-ow-ow!"

Torracat leaped high and used all its strength to slap its right paw toward the fireball.

After the fireball was swatted away by the Hot Meow, the massive ball of fire gradually transformed into a large character for "Big."

Sure enough, it was consistent with Su Hao's memory. In the Pokémon Sun & Moon anime he watched before transmigrating, Ash's Torracat also completed the move 【Fire Blast】 by using its right paw to slap the massive flame energy released from its flame sac.

Fire Blast directly broke through the Flamethrower released by Torracat and crashed into the Psychic.

Even if Xatu and Kong Lingwei used all their strength and squeezed out all their mental power, they still could not stop the pace of Fire Blast.

Under the push of Fire Blast, sharp pain came from the heads of both Kong Lingwei and Xatu simultaneously.

Amidst the sharp pain, the human and the bird could no longer maintain Psychic.

After Psychic dissipated, the Fire Blast, whose overall power had not weakened in the slightest, slammed fiercely into Xatu, forming a small explosion.

After the heat radiated by Fire Blast dissipated, Xatu, having lost the ability to battle, was already lying on the battlefield, unconscious.

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