Chapter 285

"Bai Jing, go all out!"

Mu Rong and Ou Yang walked to the spectator seats, while Bai Jing and Ding Ding entered the arena.

"Hey~ Little Ding Ding, does this count as mutual slaughter within the Han Sect?"

Ding Ding sighed helplessly: "Bai Jing, I've never once made things hard for you—stop teasing me!"

"Alright, Little Ding Ding!"

"My name is Ding Ding—Ding as in pudding, Ding as in certain!"

"Got it, Little Ding Ding!"

Ding Ding wanted to cry; at this moment he deeply resented his father—why did he have to give me such a name?

"Ahem~ Let both sides send out their Pokémon!"

"I've watched all twenty-five of your battles; I must say, you're a formidable opponent—I won't underestimate you!"

"Come out! Flare Blitz!"

Flare Blitz

Gender: Male

Type: Fire

Ability: Blaze

Stats: HP (B), Physical Attack (A), Physical Defense (B), Special Attack (C), Special Defense (B), Speed (A)

Potential: Elite Four-level

Power Level: Elite (Peak)

Ding Ding had researched Bai Jing thoroughly.

In his impression, Bai Jing was extremely confident, always sending out his first Pokémon with the intent to completely overwhelm the opponent.

So against such intense combat, weaker Fire-types like Lizardon and Zubat would be eliminated first.

And this standard battlefield wasn't suitable for Dragonite to appear, so it was ruled out too.

Lucario had achieved a glorious one-vs-three victory yesterday; given his personality, he wouldn't send it out again.

So after careful thought, Ding Ding concluded the most likely first Pokémon to appear would be the notoriously stubborn Shield Sword.

That's why he arranged for Flare Blitz to go first—Fire type counters Steel type.

But when he saw the Pokémon Bai Jing sent out, he was utterly stunned!

Not just him—the entire audience was equally baffled, because this Pokémon was the first time Bai Jing had ever sent it out!

Everyone could understand saving a secret card for last, but why would you send out Slaking and immediately lie down on the ground in such a languid pose?

That's right—Bai Jing had finally agreed to send out Slaking!

And sure enough, it stunned everyone the moment it appeared!

Well, it was a negative kind of shock!

"It's Slaking! Hahaha… I'm dying laughing!"

"Can this Pokémon even fight? Are you here to make a joke?"

"Look at how lazy it looks—how can you expect it to fight seriously?"

"This is a Pokémon completely abandoned by humans!"

"What was Bai Jing thinking? To even catch such a Pokémon is one thing, but to raise it all the way to Slaking? To raise it to its highest stage is one thing, but to actually send it out?!"

Everyone couldn't comprehend it!

Ding Ding was torn between laughter and tears: "Are you serious?"

"What? You dare look down on Slaking?"

"Slaking, he's looking down on you!"

Slaking lifted its head, glanced at Ding Ding, then scratched its nose and flicked out a booger!

Ding Ding nearly gagged!

"Fine, if you like it, then fine!"

Bai Jing snorted coldly: Go ahead and look down on it—I'll give you a huge surprise later!

Slaking

Gender: Male

Type: Normal (All stats increased by 200%)

Ability: Strong Jaw

Stats: HP (SSS), Physical Attack (SSS), Physical Defense (S), Special Attack (A), Special Defense (A), Speed (S)

Potential: Legendary-tier

Power Level: Elite Four-level (Late Stage)

Law: Normal (8%)

Held Items: Legendary Tablet, Calming Bell, Mega Stone

Interestingly, the first battle of Slakoth was against Raboot; now that it has evolved into Slaking, its first opponent is again Flare Blitz.

Though the trainers are different, one must admit—it's fate!

"Begin the match!"

The audience had zero interest in watching, because Slaking's nature—sitting if possible, lying down if sitting is too much effort, and never moving if it can avoid it—meant only one outcome:

It would be attacked nonstop without retaliating until it was forced off the field.

Ding Ding thought the same thing.

"Flare Blitz, use some effort to knock it out!"

"Fireball!"

Cinderace kicked a small pebble repeatedly, gathering Fire-type energy until it formed a burning soccer ball, which it shot toward the Slaking with a kick.

Just as everyone thought the lazy Slaking would tank the attack, it suddenly got up to dodge, then flopped back onto the ground in that same soul-stirring pose.

The only pity was its figure wasn't slender enough; otherwise, the pose would have been quite alluring.

The audience collectively dropped their jaws; it could actually dodge!

That made Ding Ding blurt out, "It can actually dodge?"

Bai Jing looked at him with the eyes one reserves for an idiot!

"Are you Bai Chi? Slaking is lazy, not stupid. If it doesn't dodge, does it plan to eat the attack raw? That wouldn't be laziness; that would be brain rot!"

"And if it were truly that stupid, do you think this species would still exist?"

Everyone slapped their foreheads; that was true! If Slaking really took hits without fighting back and was too lazy even to dodge, the species would have gone extinct long ago!

Only Zhuge Chaoyue and a few others were secretly snickering; Bai Jing was obviously trying to set a trap!

"Ahem~ I was too taken for granted; it's all rumors misleading the youth!"

Bai Jing's gaze was too hurtful; Ding Ding didn't want to be treated like an idiot 833.

"Cinderace, continue the Fireball attack!"

Fireball after Fireball was kicked over by Cinderace; Slaking twisted its body into various high-difficulty dodging maneuvers, barely evading each attack.

Everyone's eyes bulged; was this even possible?

Was this showing off body flexibility?

Truth revealed; this Slaking studied yoga!

Ding Ding scratched his head; was it that magical?

"Cinderace, go in for close-range attacks!"

A flurry of punches can defeat a master; surely you can't dodge this?

Cinderace approached Slaking and began kicking and punching with total abandon!

Anyway, Slaking wouldn't counterattack; they could play however they wanted!

But it disappointed him again; Slaking just lay there, raising one arm to block left and right, deflecting all of Cinderace's various attacks.

Ding Ding had a headache; was it that troublesome?

Fortunately, it had the Lazy ability; otherwise, if it counterattacked, how terrifying would it be?

"So you want Slaking to be my sparring partner and have Cinderace kick out a World Cup?"

If this continues, will Cinderace be able to defeat Slaking before exhausting itself to death?

That seems doubtful!

"What's the rush? I'll make it counterattack right now!"