Chapter 756

Replacing it in its original position was a full moon emitting pink radiance, as if they were in some quiet and peaceful night.

The pink moonlight quickly spilled onto the ground, and most of it landed precisely on the body of Kommo-o, which was charging toward Sylveon.

The moment it made contact, the scales on the Fighting Dragon began to make a clattering noise, and at the same time, a look of pain clearly appeared on its face, and its footsteps began to become unsteady and weak.

Clearly, in order to protect the moon's favorite, Sylveon, from being harmed, the moonlight chose to briefly inflict a small punishment on Nemona's Fighting Dragon.

This move is definitely a burden too heavy for the Fighting Dragon to bear.

Nemona's judgment was of course correct; it was obviously impossible to switch out Kommo-o at this time.

If she really did that, not only would the strengthening effect gained by consuming the Sitrus Berry and a large amount of HP disappear, but Kommo-o's HP was also very delicate and could be instantly taken out at any time.

Therefore, finding a way to deal more damage was indeed the optimal solution.

However, theory is theory, and actual combat is another matter.

First of all, Sylveon's speed was clearly still a bit faster than the Fighting Dragon, and since the Fighting Dragon needed to close the distance to use Iron Head, it gave Sylveon some buffer time.

Therefore, before the opponent's attack could strike, Sylveon's Blood Moon, acting after but arriving first, caused damage, breaking Kommo-o's scale armor in one fell swoop, causing it to collapse and be unable to stand before it could get close.

Blood Moon itself is a Normal-type move, but under the blessing of Sylveon's ability "Pixilate," the attribute of the falling attack became the Fairy type, which heavily countered the opponent, and its power was also significantly increased.

Therefore, it was reasonable for one shot to directly take away the Fighting Dragon, which had already lost quite a bit of HP.

Even Qingyu felt that it should have owed Sylveon a life.

"..."

Nemona's originally uneasy expression instantly turned into a bitter face, but she quickly adjusted back.

"It doesn't matter! Now that both she and Mr. Feather have lost one Pokémon, it's a completely acceptable result."

"If she can keep trading one-for-one, the one who will eventually win will definitely be her."

"So, just be patient!"

The speed of her mental adjustment made Qingyu, who had observed the whole process, couldn't help but applaud her in his heart.

Generally speaking, when a mainstay that one has just formed is suddenly taken out by a counter-move, at least 80% of challengers would have their mentalities explode immediately, and subsequent nonsensical operations would also increase significantly.

But Nemona recovered immediately, not letting herself be affected by the changes in the situation.

As a Trainer, although this isn't a necessity, it is indeed very important if one wants to become stronger.

After nodding silently, Qingyu looked at her with a gentle gaze, quietly waiting for her next choice.

"If the opponent is Sylveon..."

Knowing that Qingyu had left her enough time to think, Nemona decisively accepted this kindness, and after thinking for a short while, she immediately made a decision—

"I choose you, Orthworm!"

After Nemona threw the Poké Ball again, a Steel Pokémon that Qingyu was very familiar with soon appeared on the field.

Orthworm, a Steel-type Pokémon; while its defense is astonishing, the fists on its body can also counter enemies approaching it at any time, which can be described as both offensive and defensive.

Qingyu hadn't confronted this Pokémon head-on, but when he happened to meet Steven, he was busy handling a Titan Orthworm, seeming very interested in this kind of Pokémon.

Speaking of which...

Recalling this, Qingyu suddenly narrowed his eyes, focusing his observation on Nemona's Orthworm.

Normally, the body length of an Orthworm can grow to about 2-3 meters, but usually, their bodies shrink on the surface, so they don't look as exaggerated as the recorded data.

But Nemona's one looked at least 3 meters long at first glance, and its body seemed even more robust than an ordinary individual.

So...

"Is this one a Titan?"

Qingyu suddenly spoke, asking Nemona.

In a situation where individual differences are so vast, besides the Pokémon itself being gifted, it seems it can only be explained as a Titan in Paldea...

Of course, he didn't have any reason, just that this conjecture had arisen in his heart for no reason.

After all, because it had just eaten Herba Mystica at that time, Steven couldn't capture that Titan Orthworm, and he wasn't sure if he had gone back to capture it later.

"Yes! As expected of Mr. Qingyu, you saw it immediately!"

Nemona didn't hide it, nodded proudly, and explained a couple more things to Qingyu.

"When I was passing through a mining area, it suddenly appeared in front of me; I felt this was a 'fated encounter,' so I defeated and captured it!"

"Don't look at its cute appearance; in reality, its combat power isn't weak either~"

After finishing, Nemona even looked at Orthworm as if showing it off.

C-cute?

Qingyu froze for a moment, then immediately suppressed his strong desire to retort.

It's normal for different people to have different aesthetics; if he said what was on his mind in front of the students, he might have a bad influence on them.

However, he didn't expect that it was actually captured by Nemona in the end?

It seems this is also an arrangement of fate.

This Orthworm didn't have the good luck to live a comfortable life with the rich guy Steven, but following Nemona, a little rich girl, isn't bad either.

Mm...

Except for the possibility of experiencing more battles, there are basically no drawbacks.

"Then, let me see the bond between you and it."

After the confusion in his heart was resolved, Qingyu quickly smiled at Nemona again.

If he wanted to win, switching out Sylveon and sending out Lucario at this time would be the optimal solution.

However, the Heavenly King assessment itself has some leeway, and he also wanted to see if Nemona could grasp the situation when she had the advantage, so he chose to continue maintaining the current scene.

As an examiner, he only needed to handle whatever came his way and focus on defensive counterattacks; how to break through his defense line was a matter for the challenger to worry about.

"Okay!"

Nemona replied with great momentum, while throwing an iron fist into the air.

"Orthworm, use Dig to burrow underground, and find an opportunity to use Iron Tail to harass Sylveon!"

Nemona continued her previously meticulous command style, making people understand her thoughts as soon as they finished listening to her.

Sylveon is good at using energy-type moves; for example, the Blood Moon that solved Kommo-o in one breath just now was its ultimate move.

It is definitely an expert at dealing with enemies on the ground.

But relatively speaking, as long as Orthworm burrows underground, with the heavy earth as a protective layer, Sylveon's moves will be difficult to hit it.

And Orthworm itself is a Pokémon that lives by digging holes underground; its actions underground will not be affected in the slightest.

If he wasn't mistaken, Nemona's Orthworm also has the Earth Eater ability; even if Sylveon were to use Earthquake on the spot, it wouldn't be able to hurt it at all, and instead, it would give it an opportunity to swallow energy and recover its HP.

In this way, it already possessed a field advantage.

Coupled with the pressure of the Steel type on Sylveon...

It seems Qingyu suddenly fell into a quite unfavorable situation.

But Qingyu didn't care much about this.

"It is indeed very safe underground, but..."

"As a solid, the ground is also the best medium for sound transmission~"

"So—"

Qingyu took a deep breath and used "Snarl," which he hadn't used in a long time.

"Sylveon, use Hyper Voice!"