Chapter 497: You Are Not Allowed to Play Pokémon! Chapter 234

After a casual command from Qingyu, nothing happened on either side again.

Time ticked by second by second, yet the harsh sunlight showed no signs of ending, clearly set to persist for a while longer.

That dangerous turn just now had indeed been stalled by Gardevoir.

But what about the next one?

Knowing that Gardevoir had already used Protect, Qingyu decisively issued a command—

"Charizard, Heat Wave!"

As Charizard soared, its wings flapped, and a wave of heat instantly surged toward Gardevoir's half of the field.

"Gallade, Gardevoir, Protect!"

Heat Wave is an area-of-effect move; even switching fields could not prevent damage to her two Pokémon.

Her Gallade could hold a Life Orb, and Qingyu's Charizard could do the same.

Gardevoir, having peeked at the live stream, knew exactly how terrifying Charizard was under the sun, so she had no choice but to gamble.

Good news: she won the gamble.

The consecutive Protect, with a success probability of only about 1/3, gave Gardevoir a chance to breathe.

But...

What could that change?

As a standard fast-paced Sun Team, Qingyu's Torkoal held a Heat Rock, significantly extending the duration of the sunlight.

Even stalling for a moment did nothing to help the overall situation.

Because the initiative was not with Gardevoir at all, she had already fallen into a quite passive position.

Instead, because both Pokémon had already used Protect, she had no room to resist the subsequent barrage of Heat Wave + Solar Beam.

Facing the aggressive onslaught, Gardevoir and Gallade fell one after another.

The score subsequently reached 2:0.

Seeing such a familiar scene, Gardevoir couldn't help but frown slightly.

It seemed... she had drifted away again?

If it were a 6v6 Singles format, she might still have a chance to recover with this score.

But now it was Doubles, and Gardevoir, with only two Pokémon left on the field, had no room for maneuver.

Without Trick Room, the Reuniclus and Bronzong that came onto the field had absolutely no power to fight.

The two Kanto starters met under the sun, and the importance of speed was vividly displayed before the audience at this moment.

Even though Gardevoir resisted the damage and forcibly set up Trick Room, it was too late.

Relying on the stable initiative gained through maneuvering and explosive firepower, the Sun Team's terrifying suppression was displayed to the fullest in Qingyu's hands.

Following another terrifying Heat Wave from Charizard, the two Pokémon on Gardevoir's field were soon blasted down by the exaggerated firepower from Qingyu's side.

And Charizard, due to the continuous use of moves, suffered the backlash of the Life Orb; already in poor health, it lost all its strength and collapsed onto the ground as well.

The score quickly settled at 4:1.

With this, Qingyu easily pocketed this victory.