Chapter 516

"Ninetales, Protect."

After Qingyu commanded Lucario to use Brick Break without hesitation, Grusha's expression froze for a moment, but he quickly calmed down and gave the command.

Fighting-type moves are indeed very effective against Ice-types, but Alolan Ninetales's Fairy-type neutralizes this, so strictly speaking, Brick Break isn't its weakness.

But after Aurora Veil, which could significantly weaken damage, was instantly destroyed, Grusha now only needed to consider stopping losses in time.

Even if Ninetales's Defense is boosted in snow weather, taking a hit for nothing would still cost it a lot of HP, which isn't worth the loss.

Therefore, Protect is the most conservative way to handle it right now.

Even if Brick Break would quickly destroy the barrier formed by Protect, Ninetales could take the opportunity to dodge Lucario's attack.

But after hearing Grusha's command, Qingyu immediately showed a subtle expression.

Under normal circumstances, his judgment was absolutely flawless and could even be considered the optimal solution.

It's just a pity that his own Lucario isn't quite normal.

"Luca!"

Facing the thick Protect barrier in front of it, Lucario didn't hesitate, quickly felt its weak point through Aura power, and then stretched out its other hand to punch hard.

After passing Master Mustard's final trial on the Isle of Armor and learning the ultimate mystery of the Master Dojo, the Formless Fist, even a Protect barrier that could block most moves at the same level was as brittle as paper in front of Lucario.

Before Alolan Ninetales could react, the hand blade Lucario's other hand had turned into had already swung down again, hitting the opponent directly.

"Mi!"

Ninetales felt the pain and took two steps back, but quickly stabilized its figure.

Obviously, that hit caused considerable damage, but it was still far from inflicting heavy damage.

Qingyu wasn't surprised by this.

His main goal was to break through this layer of Aurora Veil; as for hitting the opponent, it could only be considered an unexpected joy.

If he didn't find a way to clear Aurora Veil, the power of all subsequent attacks would be greatly discounted, and long-term combat would be very unfavorable for him.

But relatively speaking, as long as Alolan Ninetales's three-hit combo was broken, it would be much easier from here on out.

However...

The scene where Lucario easily broke through Protect just now not only made Grusha, who was the opponent, freeze, but also left the comments in the live stream room confused.

【What's the situation? Why is Alolan Ninetales's Protect like paper? Is the strength gap too big?】

【Even if the strength gap is big, the move has to hit to break the protection of Protect, right? Lucario feels like it didn't use any strength at all...】

【Wait a minute? Why do I always feel like this move is a bit familiar?】

【I know this; I saw Teacher Yu when I was learning martial arts at the Master Dojo. His Lucario passed Master Mustard's final trial and learned the Formless Fist mystery; even Leon would have to call it junior brother if he saw it!】

【Ah? I'm dumbfounded; does Teacher Yu really know everything? Could it be that he is also a martial artist, which is why he can cultivate such a powerful Lucario?】