Chapter 774

"Luca..."

Cold sweat kept breaking out; Lucario was under immense pressure from being stared at fixedly by nine pairs of eyes.

"Lucario, perform that again... Yes, that one from the match...!"

Xia Jie rubbed his hands together, his smile making Lucario feel somewhat sleazy, like a lecherous old man staring at a young girl.

Even though Lucario was a boy... it still felt a chill.

However, since he was the master of Su Hao's father—even though it hadn't actually met Su Hao's father—Lucario chose to give him some face and slowly gathered its Aura.

Soon, an Aura coat with a somewhat blurry and rough appearance slowly draped over Lucario.

Seeing this, Xia Jie frowned and finally muttered: "When I saw it on the live TV broadcast, I remember the shape being more stylish, with all sorts of details..."

However, this thing in front of him, which could only be described as having the shape of a coat... it was hard to describe.

It was like downloading a 4K high-definition resource from a cloud drive, only for it to turn into 360p when playing.

Or was it that the people at the Doubles Tournament added special effects themselves during the broadcast?

Su Hao's mouth twitched. He secretly transmitted some Aura through their connection to help Lucario, who was trying its best to maintain the Aura coat, reduce the burden, and then smoothed things over: "This is a technique Lucario created on the spur of the moment during its breakthrough; there is still room for optimization."

"Hmm... Alright." Xia Jie didn't dwell on it too much. Anyway, there had been trainers whose Pokémon had mastered similar special techniques in the past. If it only increased output and provided defense like in the broadcast, it wasn't too rare.

Unless it had other functions.

Thinking of this, Xia Jie said to Su Hao: "You can spend some time developing this technique; it can be considered a technique comparable to Perpetual Enhancement."

Su Hao nodded. It was certain that the Aura coat was comparable to Perpetual Enhancement, but his intuition told him that the Aura coat likely had other functions waiting for him and Lucario to develop.

And in his mind, Su Hao also thought of several related things as references.

However, everything would have to wait until they actually tested how many practical functions the Aura coat had.

Su Hao chatted with Xia Jie as they walked into the room. Seeing the two walk away,

the seven Pokémon directly surrounded Lucario, some reaching out to touch, others asking questions.

Incineroar's expression was slightly resentful; it hadn't even learned its own Exotic Fire Style yet, and Lucario had already created the Aura coat so quickly—this life was truly unbearable...

Milotic wanted to try to copy it, directly using Aqua Ring to surround its snake body, and then using Psychic power to forcibly shape the Aqua Ring.

Unfortunately, either the Psychic output was too small and the Aqua Ring didn't react at all, or the Aqua Ring was torn apart by the increased Psychic power.

Milotic, who never forgot to compete and wanted to plagiarize Lucario's idea, was also stumped.

Dragapult observed the flow of the Aura coat's energy with its narrow dragon eyes, its dragon brain thinking about whether launching its younger brother and sister could break the defense.

The Dreepy siblings were chattering questions in Lucario's ears, one on the left and one on the right, and even tried poking the Aura coat with their tail tips.

Hisuian Braviary was disdainful of this, focusing on studying the Silver Feather hidden under the thick feathers on its chest, fantasizing about resonating again and then controlling the storm.

Leafeon and the blockhead were also excitedly wanting to try their swords and iron heads to see if they could pose a threat to the Aura coat.

Diancie was much more reliable than them; it saw at a glance that the Aura coat wasn't so easy to replicate, so it focused on studying its own ability development before breaking through to the Gym level.

How to develop its Mega Evolved form, the connection between Z-Moves and the power of radiance, etc...

The next day, the Fighting Capital Doubles Tournament semifinals, finals, and exhibition matches would all be held today.

Furthermore, the Formula Battle Arena would remove the partitions of the four zones, directly forming a super-large battle field.

In the packed Formula Battle Arena, Su Hao was finally accepted by most of the audience as Lucario's accessory, acknowledging his status as a dark horse.

After all, Lucario was indeed fierce.

It had forcibly broken into the true semifinals with Su Hao as an accessory, and even if it regretfully lost later due to a two-on-one, it was enough to prove its worth.

On the forums, some even suggested that if Su Hao were replaced by any martial artist with Professional-level combat power, the Lucario plus martial artist combination could sweep the entire tournament.

"They're treating you as an accessory, what do you think?" Qin Gang sat beside Su Hao, his tone teasing.

"What else can I think? Sitting, lying down, standing—it's all fine~"

Su Hao didn't care about this at all; being an accessory wasn't a bad thing.

This way, opponents would underestimate him, and he could finally play a role at a decisive moment.

Su Hao curled his lips and asked: "Brother Qin, how much do you know about the other two opponents?"

Qin Gang raised his eyebrows, thought for a moment, and replied: "Hmm... they're all old opponents. Everyone just happened to be too busy to participate in the Doubles Tournament these past two years, which is why that kid He Ming got last year's championship."

"Oh~" Su Hao showed a surprised expression on his face and grinned, "In other words, they're all stronger than He Ming and Machamp?"

"Including you, Brother Qin."

Qin Gang laughed loudly, waved his hand, and said: "Don't think I don't know you're fishing for information from me."

Su Hao wasn't embarrassed at all and chuckled: "Was I exposed so quickly?"

"Not really, the abacus beads were practically hitting your face." Qin Gang wanted to reach for the cigarette case in his pocket but felt nothing. Remembering he was still quitting smoking, he sighed and changed the subject: "However, it's not like this information can't be told."

"My opponent, Lan Ruosi and his Gallade, are very troublesome. Especially now, I haven't thought of a way to effectively restrict Gallade's Teleport, even though I'm stronger in terms of combat power."

"As for your opponent, Wei Lai, be careful of his and Sirfetch'd's coordinated attacks. You must consider how to deal with the sword and shield; the opponent's attacks are continuous, not giving the opponent a moment to breathe, which is very troublesome."

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Wo-Chien, Dark+Grass type, Ruinous Pokémon.

Wo-Chien is a huge snail Pokémon, its head and surroundings covered with green leaves, the lower leaves being dark green.

On both sides of its head, there are two white tentacles intertwined, and the part between the tentacles is its green eyes.