Chapter 379: How can there be such a disgusting move as Skill Swap!

The moment Lucian spoke, Xiang Qingyu already understood his intention.

This is a multiple-choice question: either bear the risk of being pierced by Psycho Cut, or let Bronzong use Trick Room.

Undoubtedly, this is a conspiracy.

Because Xiang Qingyu couldn't bear the risk of Slaking being killed in seconds to intercept a Trick Room that would only play a role in the future.

That is to say...

Lucian would rather give up Gallade to ensure that Bronzong opens Trick Room and obtains the initiative.

There must be something tricky.

But even knowing this, Xiang Qingyu could only accept this exchange and decisively commanded Slaking to use Shadow Claw to attack Gallade.

In the game, the essence of Pokémon battles is the game between two Trainers; since it is a game, there will obviously be trade-offs.

In previous battles, Xiang Qingyu was able to crush his opponents all the way; besides his command ability being quite good, the fact that his tactics were not predicted by others was also the key to deciding the outcome.

But this game won't work; Slaking is too conspicuous, and Lucian has been on guard, so his tactical layout has been continuously interfered with.

Even if he has successfully used Skill Swap, he has to accept Lucian's "life-for-speed" move.

After withdrawing Medicham, which had become the Truant ability, Xiang Qingyu quickly sent Alolan Raichu.

If the Mega Evolution mechanism had already been added to the game at this time, because Mega Evolution caused the ability to change back to Pure Power, Xiang Qingyu wouldn't need to change people.

Medicham itself can learn Trick Room and can directly offset the Trick Room used by Bronzong, which is also the only way to break the influence of this move.

It's a pity that there is no chance now.

Slaking, in full posture, swung a claw, containing ghost-type energy that was incomparably restraining to psychic powers, which instantly erupted, killing Gallade in seconds.

Slaking's own output ability is not bad, plus the blessing of the Pure Power ability and attribute restraint...

The power of this claw is definitely incomparably terrifying, and even Gallade owes it at least one life!

When both sides were fighting fiercely, the slowest Bronzong slowly condensed power, and soon countless wonderful psychic energy expanded to the surroundings, forming a wonderful inverted space.

【It appeared; it is the Trick Room tactic that Lucian is best at!】

【It is said that at that time, Lucian relied on the Trick Room system to take two points from the new Champion Cynthia, which was more fierce than the previous Elite Four combined...】

【??? Good guy, according to you... how terrifying must the combat power of that Sinnoh cutie who has an unusual relationship with Teacher Xiang be?】

【You can also see it from winning the Dragon-type Masters Tournament; Champion Cynthia is really super strong!】

【So is the strong one on top or on bottom?】

【? You are not right, get out!】

Under the influence of Trick Room, Alolan Raichu, which is theoretically the fastest on the field, will act last, followed by Slaking.

Instead, the clumsy Bronzong can stably take the lead.

The fallen Gallade was immediately recycled by Lucian, and the one who appeared again was Medicham, which was the same as Xiang Qingyu's back row.

Consuming a Gallade as the price, Lucian finally got the initiative.

Now, it's his turn to start suppressing.

"Medicham, use Fake Out on Slaking!"

"Bronzong, Body Press!"

Lucian took the lead in making a command.

Although Bronzong's output ability is limited, Body Press uses its own defense to cause damage and is super effective against Slaking; even Slaking, which has a particularly long health bar, will be severely damaged if it gets hit once.

Even if these two moves are blocked, it successfully tricked Slaking into using Protect, and it will likely be killed in seconds by Medicham's full-power High Jump Kick in the next round.

The pirated Pure Power can't beat the genuine one!

Seeing this, Xiang Qingyu smiled calmly:

"Slaking, Protect!"

Although the effect of Trick Room is powerful, it has no effect on priority moves.

Using Protect in this round can not only block a lot of damage, but also prevent Medicham's Fake Out from affecting Slaking.

As for Alolan Raichu...

Xiang Qingyu looked at the Pokémon on both sides and suddenly had a plan.

"Raichu, use Skill Swap!"

The four Pokémon on the field acted one after another.

Because Slaking deployed the Protect barrier in advance, the attacks of Medicham and Bronzong were blocked one after another.

Raichu also learned the start of Medicham on Xiang Qingyu's side, and a white light soon appeared.

However, its target this time was not Slaking, who was a teammate, but...

The opponent's Medicham!

After the energy swap was quickly completed, Alolan Raichu's body quickly grew muscles and became sturdier, and every move seemed to exude a faint curry smell.

【Good guy, swapped for a Pure Power ability; is Teacher Xiang using this move to test the opponent's ability?】

【It feels meaningless; although I don't know what the ability of this Raichu is, Pure Power definitely has no use for it.】

【It is indeed useless, but stealing the opponent's ability is too annoying; even if you use Thunder Wave, it feels better than using this move!】

【You don't understand; the dirtiness of Thunder Wave can no longer satisfy Teacher Xiang, and the output of Medicham without Pure Power is estimated to be pitiful!】

Xiang Qingyu couldn't help but smile slightly.

"Anything else can be ignored, but this hand is definitely quite annoying."

Although it doesn't seem to have much impact on the situation, it is indeed very interesting, directly swapping the Surge Surfer to Medicham.

Surge Surfer is the exclusive ability of Alolan Raichu; the effect is that it can double its speed when stepping on Electric Terrain.

Originally, it was a backup option to cooperate with Slaking to make its speed faster than lightning to deal with some high-speed lineups.

Now that it's no longer needed, it's better to swap it directly to the opponent.

After all, as long as you don't open the Electric Terrain, this ability is completely a blank board, and it will even have the opposite effect under Trick Room.

What, you ask how Medicham's clumsy body can surf? The code is written like this!

On the other side of the screen, Lucian's mouth twitched wildly.

As expected of Teacher Xiang, the tactical style is still as...

Fresh and refined as ever!

"So dirty, how can there be such a disgusting move as Skill Swap!"

"To be honest, indeed."

Flint and Aaron behind him said exactly what he was really thinking. ===== CHAPTER 381 =====

Behind him, Flint and Aaron had completely voiced the true thoughts in his heart.