Chapter 422

Saying Sabrina doesn't like Pokémon battles is actually a wrong statement.

The correct statement should be:

She hates battling with stupid people and ordinary trainers, but when battling with experts, she becomes incomparably enjoyable.

Therefore, even her aura changed slightly invisibly after the match was successful.

"Then... let me have a good look at how much strength the gym leaders from other regions actually have!"

Sabrina's gaze stared at Xiang Qingyu's lineup.

The Pokémon he chose in his team have very good firepower and defensive coordination; at a glance, he is an expert who is very good at doubles.

So, don't let me be too disappointed!

Back to the live broadcast room.

After the successful match interface disappeared, Sabrina's lineup soon appeared before the eyes of the viewers in the live broadcast room.

Clefable, Gallade, Wobbuffet, Alakazam, Hatterene, Torkoal.

"A bit interesting, a very standard Trick Room team."

After Xiang Qingyu glanced at it, he immediately made a judgment in his heart.

As expected, do all Psychic-type gym leaders love playing Trick Room teams?

But it's also quite reasonable; after all, Trick Room is a Psychic-type move!

Maybe these powerful psychics can manually open Trick Room themselves...

"Trick Room user Hatterene, known as the little witch; apart from being able to open Trick Room, its own speed is also slow enough, so it is also a high-quality Trick Room attacker."

While thinking, Xiang Qingyu whispered all his thoughts out.

(Witch, Hatterene)

"Under normal circumstances, if you want to use this one, we need to add an Indeedee as support, using the Follow Me move to assist it in opening Trick Room."

【Teacher Yu can also play Trick Room teams?】

【What are you taking notes for, just be stunned!】

【Sometimes I really feel, does Teacher Yu actually have psychic power too? Otherwise, how could he remember the tactics of so many Pokémon and be able to use them at any time...】

【Indeed, it seems there is no Pokémon Teacher Yu doesn't know!】

The classic Psychic Sister Trick Room system.

Because the Trick Room team has the saying "Even my grandma can reach Master Ball rank," there was a period of time when many people played this set of tactics.

Using Indeedee's Psychic Terrain to prevent priority moves at the start, it can effectively prevent the Trick Room user from being hit by Fake Out, plus the Follow Me move's ability to absorb hatred, allowing teammates to open Trick Room without thinking in the first round.

That's right, Follow Me and Amoonguss's Rage Powder are essentially status moves used on oneself, so they can ignore the effect of Psychic Terrain preventing the use of priority moves on the enemy.

Plus Hatterene's Magic Bounce ability, if you use Ally Switch to swap with Indeedee, you can also bounce back the opponent's other control moves.

Therefore, these two Pokémon that are often combined together are called "Psychic Sisters."

Xiang Qingyu has seen it many times, so he is naturally quite familiar with this doubles Trick Room system.

"However, it might also be because Sabrina doesn't know much about Indeedee, so she chose Clefable, which can also learn the Follow Me move in Kanto, which is also a good choice."

"As for Gallade and Torkoal, they are also very common configurations for Trick Room teams."

"Alakazam might be an alternative in case the opponent restrains the Trick Room team, intending to use Alakazam's high speed to break the situation."

"And there is actually Wobbuffet in the team..., I can only say Sabrina is also not clean!"

Wobbuffet, known as the God of Wobbuffet.

The strength of this thing in doubles is actually hard to say; after all, Wobbuffet has no active attack means and is a pure receiver.

But used well, it is absolutely disgusting.

Especially the Destiny Bond under the Trick Room system; coming out of nowhere like this easily makes the opponent's mentality explode.

As expected of a psychic, the heart is indeed dirty.

After soon analyzing the opponent's lineup, Xiang Qingyu didn't hesitate and tapped his starting choice.

Whimsicott + Annihilape, the back row is Indeedee and Arcanine.

"If I didn't guess wrong, Sabrina's starting lineup should be..."

"Clefable and Hatterene?"

"The back row is probably Torkoal and Wobbuffet; Gallade and Alakazam can't play any role in this match."

Xiang Qingyu's fingers pressed against his chin, making a gesture of thinking with his head down, and also boldly guessed the opponent's thoughts.

Both sides soon finalized their starting lineups, and a huge white arena appeared on the screen.

In the center of the arena, the trainer images of Xiang Qingyu and Sabrina stood on their respective halves, staring at their opponents with focused eyes.

Soon, four Poké Balls were thrown out one after another.

As expected by Xiang Qingyu, Sabrina chose the starting lineup of Clefable + Hatterene!

【It appeared; it's Teacher Yu's signature prediction!】

【Teacher Yu used Future Sight; it's super effective against Sabrina!】

【No, who is the one who actually has psychic power? Why does it feel like Teacher Yu is the Psychic Gym Leader...】

【Are you a psychic? I think I am!】

The comments were full of praise for Xiang Qingyu.

But the current Xiang Qingyu clearly had no time to pay attention to the comments.

The strength of these psychics in doubles is not bad; the battle with Lucian before had already given Xiang Qingyu a profound understanding.

Although their understanding of battles might not be as good as his own experienced self, if he didn't treat it seriously, it was very possible to capsize in the gutter.

"Hatterene, Trick Room."

"Clefable, Follow Me."

At the moment the battle started, Sabrina, the psychic on the opposite side, immediately gave the command.

Seeing this, Xiang Qingyu immediately revealed a smile.

"As expected, it's this set, then the answer is very simple."

"Whimsicott, we also use Trick Room!"

"Annihilape, Taunt!"

Four Pokémon acted one after another.

Hatterene and Whimsicott simultaneously gathered a group of psychic energy; at the same time, Clefable took the lead in making itself shine, attracting the opponent's gaze.

But for Whimsicott, which was focused on using Trick Room, it clearly had no effect.

As for the other Annihilape...

From the beginning, under Xiang Qingyu's command, its target was this annoying Clefable!

Clefable doesn't have Hatterene's Magic Bounce ability and will normally eat the Taunt move.

And as a support Pokémon, once it is Taunted, its value instantly drops by more than half.

While Annihilape successfully Taunted and controlled Clefable, the Hatterene and Whimsicott on both sides had also finished charging.

Two groups of psychic energy with completely identical energy expanded outward toward the surroundings of the field simultaneously, but soon disappeared quickly when they came into contact with each other.

【??? Trick Room can be solved like this?】

【Seems there's no problem; Trick Room used twice, reversing and reversing again is equal to everyone not using it...】

【Can do, still quite scientific!】

"This is the most conventional way to solve Trick Room; students can use the same idea to clear the field when encountering Trick Room teams in the future."

While Xiang Qingyu added a brief supplement, he soon revealed a smile.

This round, it seems that neither side caused any damage to the opponent, but in fact, his side had already won big.

After Monkey Brother Taunted Clefable, this Clefable that was supporting Hatterene had lost the ability to cover for its teammates and would very likely be swapped out directly.

And Hatterene itself is also unlikely to forcibly open another Trick Room.

So next round, it's his side's turn to start exerting force!

"Whimsicott, use Beat Up!"

"Annihilape, after accumulating anger to the extreme, use Rage Fist on Hatterene!"

Xiang Qingyu decisively gave the command.

Although the Prankster ability cannot affect Beat Up as an attack move, Whimsicott's own speed is enough to lead the whole field; after taking the lead to use the move, continuous little fists smashed toward its teammate Annihilape.

With every punch it delivered, the dark aura on Annihilape immediately surged by a few points.

Until the end, the monstrous anger seemed to be about to materialize, making even the viewers outside the screen shiver at the same time.

However, because there had been the famous scene of Cinccino wildly slapping Onix in the face before, plus Xiang Qingyu had already explained the essence of this lineup in advance, the viewers' reactions were actually quite normal.

【Classic support Pokémon slapping its own teammate; Teacher Yu will be hung on a lamppost by his own Pokémon sooner or later!】

【Teacher Yu, do you dare to look at your own Annihilape now? I'm afraid that if you look at it one more time, it will explode...】

【Beat Up? Isn't this the same set as Onix? Go talk to my anger!】

【Rage Fist × Rage √】

【Clearly Whimsicott still looks quite cute, but why do I want to laugh a little when I see it constantly giving its teammate little fists with a smiling face...】

【How can there be such an evil Pokémon as Whimsicott!】

【Actually, the cute Whimsicott probably doesn't want to attack its teammate either? It's all the fault of the trainer Teacher Yu; it has nothing to do with the Pokémon; Teacher Yu has done all the bad things!】

While Whimsicott was continuously fiercely attacking Annihilape, accumulating "favorability" for Annihilape, Sabrina was not idle either.

However, she didn't choose to decisively swap out Clefable as Xiang Qingyu expected, but made an even bolder command—

"Hatterene, Dazzling Gleam!"

"Clefable, use Moonblast on Annihilape!"

In the situation where it had already lost the ability to grab the first move by using Trick Room, Sabrina didn't hesitate at all, directly choosing to trade.

Although she wasn't very clear about the combat power of this Annihilape, nor did she know what Xiang Qingyu's move of beating his teammate with Beat Up was intended for, but with two Pokémon joining forces, it shouldn't be a big problem to focus fire and take it down, right?

As for the Whimsicott on the other side, it was clearly just a support Pokémon; dealing with it later shouldn't be a problem either.

Carrying such thoughts, Sabrina chose to face it head-on.

To this, Xiang Qingyu expressed:

"Oh, it looks like you're very brave?"

Looking at Annihilape, whose eyes were already filled with killing intent and could explode at any time, Xiang Qingyu made a prompt decision:

"It's time, Annihilape!"

"Vent your anger!"

Compared to the previous Onix tactic, by repeatedly triggering the Weak Armor ability and Rage, Onix's speed and attack power could be raised to the maximum in a short time.

But Annihilape clearly had no means to accelerate.

But fortunately, the opponent was playing a Trick Room team; in the situation where Trick Room couldn't be naturally deployed, the overall speed was very slow, which also gave Annihilape the opportunity to land a "serious punch."

Seeing Annihilape suddenly erupt, relying on its speed to forcibly get close to the opponent before Hatterene could land Dazzling Gleam, the iron fist that had vented all the anger it had accumulated for a long time was also swung out.

Boom—

Because the power was too terrifying, this punch even produced a special effect of space distortion, instantly making Hatterene's HP bar look like a roller coaster, clearing from full HP in an instant, and it was directly blown away.

Until this moment, Clefable's Moonblast arrived late, but it only managed to blow away half of Annihilape's stamina.

【Hiss—, what kind of power is this? How could such a big Hatterene be instantly killed???】

【Annihilape doesn't have the Justified ability, so how can it also rely on Beat Up to improve its combat power?】