Chapter 954: Head held too high

Salamence flapped its wings, and a sharp sound of breaking through the air rang out. Countless sharp Air Slashes whistled toward Dragapult like a landslide.

Looking closely, while flapping its wings to create air blades, Salamence was also dancing a mysterious and exciting dance in the air.

Just from this small detail, one could see how good this Salamence was at fighting.

Dragapult narrowed its long, narrow dragon eyes, which made its temperament even more sneaky. After looking at Salamence with disdain, Dragapult dived into the shadows and appeared beside Salamence in an instant.

The Shadow Sneak wrapped in powerful Ghost energy exploded. Salamence widened its eyes, feeling the pain on its side as if it had been hit by an armor-piercing projectile. Under the painful roar, the movement of Dragon Dance was forced to interrupt.

And Salamence fell to the ground like a kite with a broken string.

Salamence finally stabilized its figure when it was four or five meters close to the ground, then quickly raised its head, endured the pain, and roared at Dragapult.

It actually made it, the sky overlord, fly lower than Dragapult. This was undoubtedly an insult to Salamence.

Anger rushed to Salamence's brain. Seeing this, Long Tianzhao knew that this was an excellent opportunity to release that move, and immediately ordered Salamence: "Outrage!"

Salamence, who used Outrage, was a ruthless killing machine in the sky. The violent offensive could easily beat the enemy into a steady retreat.

Crimson red instantly covered Salamence's dragon eyes, and the violent aura mixed with dragon might climbed step by step. Salamence immediately locked onto Dragapult. Blood-red wings were stained with a metallic luster, and the tough and sharp Steel Wings drew a violent arc in the air. Salamence rushed fiercely toward Dragapult!

Corresponding to this were two explosive launch sounds. The Dreepy broke through the air at the speed of sound, and the terrifying Dragon Darts directly grazed the top of Salamence's head.

The hot feeling on the top of its head and the gap of surviving a disaster made Salamence's violent eyes instantly become clear. It looked up at Dragapult, and a trace of fear that even it didn't notice appeared in its eyes.

Behind it were the whistling Dragon Darts eyeing it like a tiger. When Salamence heard the low dragon roar of Dragapult above, an unbelievable expression appeared on its face. Looking closely, it seemed that there was still some humiliation.

"Hiss..."

Su Hao, who had been waiting for Dragapult to play freely, was also stunned and looked at it, taking a deep breath.

Where did Dragapult learn such domineering words?

After the Dragon Darts grazed the top of Salamence's head, Dragapult said: "Head held too high."

A light sentence made Su Hao think of Giratina, who was once respected by people who were feared as the Reversal Tyrant.

"Salamence, what's wrong with you!?" Long Tianzhao didn't understand why Salamence's actions became timid.

No, perhaps he just didn't want to admit it...

The fact that the Dragapult in front of him was already a world of difference from Salamence at the level of a dragon.

In the following battle, Salamence, who had lost most of its spirit, no longer posed a threat to Dragapult. Originally, Dragapult still needed to pay attention to its violent and fierce physical attacks.

And now, Salamence only dared to release long-range moves at low altitude.

The cruel class suppression between Dragon-type Pokémon was vividly displayed.

It seemed that it felt bored. After getting Su Hao's permission, Dragapult showed the outrageous ability it had used in the College Cup—

That is, the power of the three-headed ghost dragon.

The firepower of the triple Professional-level late-stage made Salamence, who was also proud of its energy attacks, completely confused.

Whether it was Fire Blast, Dragon Pulse, or Draco Meteor, it was swallowed by the surging firepower the moment it touched, and it couldn't even reach Dragapult, who was floating in the air like a monarch.

Under the bombardment of the Dragon Pulse trio, Salamence found that it actually felt relieved from the bottom of its heart.

"Salamence is unable to battle, Dragapult wins, please send the next Pokémon, Player Long Tianzhao."

Deafening cheers rang out around the arena, and countless people shouted slogans like "Next one," which were full of psychological pressure for the players.

They felt that they

were probably witnessing the rise of a legend.

Long Tianzhao couldn't believe that his ace had been defeated like this. Under the urging of the referee, he mechanically took out the third Poké Ball and released the third Pokémon aimed at Diancie—Hisuian Goodra.

It's ridiculous. He couldn't even break through Dragapult, and he had been thinking about the countermeasures for Diancie, which must be stronger than Dragapult.

As a Steel+Dragon-type Pokémon, Hisuian Goodra is very good at defense. While the hard metal shell provides it with superb defensive power, it also further drags down its speed.

It can be said that facing Dragapult, Hisuian Goodra is no different from a target that doesn't move.

"Hisuian Goodra is unable to battle. Since Long Tianzhao has lost three Pokémon, this singles match is won by Su Hao and Dragapult!"

"This Dragapult... is probably stronger than that Lucario and Hisuian Braviary, Captain."

The Modu University side, who came to observe their next opponent in the semi-finals, Dai Wu said to Mu Xia with a heavy face.

Mu Xia nodded slightly. While her expression was heavy, there was also fighting spirit in her eyes: "Yes, compared to the time we met in Bingfeng City half a year ago, his strength can almost be said to have soared."

"Long Tianzhao is a strong enemy that even we would find tricky, but he was crushed so easily by him."

"You want to play in the first game? That won't work." Dai Wu just looked at her expression and knew what Mu Xia was thinking, and said with a smile: "Su Hao is not an opponent that can be broken by brute force. Our only chance of winning is to give him the first game, and then save our complete combat power to consume and defeat him in the arena match."

"In this way, we can rely on his only weakness, that group of teammates who are strong but whose overall strength should only be around top 5, as a breakthrough."

"Take down Jiangcheng University!"

When the two talked about the countermeasures for Jiangcheng University, it seemed that because Long Tianzhao, the spiritual leader, was crushed, the players of Longdu University were a bit depressed in the next singles match and team battle.

On the contrary, Jiangcheng University was in high spirits. After Long Ningyan, the person who knew Dragon-type Trainers best, won against a stronger opponent in the singles match, under the sunny team of Li Xiao, Mu Yao, and Jiang Xiangyun, Volcarona won the victory.

Top 3 Longdu University—Defeated!