Chapter 751: You Are Not Allowed to Play Pokémon! Chapter 389

However...

The defensive counter-attack tactic is good, but it also has a very obvious drawback—

Once the opponent pulls away and continues to chip away at you, this move will no longer be effective.

"Talonflame, take to the skies and use Air Cutter to harass it continuously!"

Seeing that his aggressive strategy hadn't yielded good results and had instead left Talonflame with non-trivial injuries, the challenger reacted quickly and made a very correct decision.

【Tsk... although it's a very normal command, it's so funny to see it bullying a little short-legged one!】

【A Pokémon like Shelgon, even if commanded by Teacher Yu, would be hard-pressed to perform well. It should be to let one Pokémon out so the challenger doesn't have a mental breakdown, right?】

【Shelgon: How come no one is optimistic about me? Feed me peanuts!】

Whether it was the online audience or the students watching from the sidelines, they really weren't optimistic about Teacher Yu's first-deployed Pokémon.

Even Qing Yu felt the same way.

If the goal was to adapt to battles, Shelgon's performance was already quite good.

In a situation where Shelgon could only be passively beaten, the most appropriate judgment now was to cut losses in time and recall it to send out another Pokémon to face the challenge.

However, after watching Shelgon for a few seconds, Qing Yu decided to observe a bit longer.

Salamence isn't just about physical attacks; as a noble Dragon-type Pokémon, it can also condense various elemental energies within its body, making it a very reliable dual-threat attacker.

Although it hadn't evolved yet, Shelgon did have this one trump card—

"Shelgon, use Dragon Breath!"

As the only long-range offensive move the little guy had learned, Qing Yu decided to see its actual combat effect first.

The silent Shelgon looked up at the sky, at that Talonflame that kept throwing Air Cutters to harass it—though the power wasn't great, it was very annoying to a dragon—and its eyes instantly turned angry.

Accompanying the change in its expression was a mass of dragon power gradually gathering above its head.

Even if its mouth was temporarily blocked, a Dragon-type Pokémon could still condense energy outside its body and blast out a wild Dragon Breath!

"Huh?"

When Shelgon gathered energy while enduring the opponent's attacks, Qing Yu watched its movements and suddenly looked puzzled.

For a baby Pokémon that hadn't fully evolved, wasn't the energy it was accumulating a bit too much?

Dragon Breath wasn't a powerful move; on the contrary, it was an instinctive offensive method that many Dragon-type Pokémon were born knowing, so its power was relatively average.

But when Shelgon used this move, the intensity of the energy condensed in a short time far exceeded Qing Yu's expectations.

However, he soon had a sudden realization—

It must be the Mega Stone in its stomach working its magic, right?

After all, it was an "imported good" spat out by that Shiny Rayquaza's mouth, containing very terrifying energy itself.

After being swallowed into Shelgon's stomach, the continuous energy supply might even have a powerful effect of accelerating its evolution.

So, it was quite reasonable for Shelgon's Dragon Breath to be a little bit stronger, right?

Compared to Qing Yu, who noticed this point immediately, the opponent clearly lacked experience in dealing with Dragon-type Pokémon and didn't notice anything amiss, still watching Talonflame continuously chip away at Shelgon's HP.

In his view, it was just a Dragon Breath from a baby Pokémon; how strong could it be?

Even if Talonflame wasn't very durable, it was fast and reactive enough to dodge the attack after pulling away.

No problem.

But soon... when Shelgon's move took shape, the challenger was instantly dumbfounded.

"BOOM—!"

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Shelgon, having finally gathered enough power, blasted out a purple beam of light.

At first, the audience didn't think much of its attack.

Paldea had plenty of Dragon-type Pokémon; if you hadn't trained one, hadn't you at least seen wild dragons fighting?

Compared to Draco Meteor, which could summon large swaths of meteors, Dragon Breath was just a little brother move; no need to care!

But when Shelgon's output became wilder, and that energy beam didn't disappear but instead expanded continuously with the energy supply, finally forming an eye-catching pillar of light shooting straight into the sky...

The students finally realized something was wrong with this move.

【Wait... is this Dragon Breath??? Teacher Yu, are you sure this isn't Hyper Beam...】

【Hyper Beam wouldn't be this persistent, right? The side effect after using it is very obvious—it would be paralyzed and unable to act. Do you see any such signs in Shelgon?】

【I'm so stupid... really... I actually fantasized that Teacher Yu had a conscience and sent out a baby Pokémon to send warmth...】

The energy pillar shooting into the sky clearly startled Talonflame. Known for its speed, it instinctively stopped its offensive and used all its strength to dodge in the air, barely managing to avoid Shelgon's attack.

"..."

The trainer on the opposite side breathed a sigh of relief while simultaneously falling into silence, looking at Qing Yu with a complex gaze that carried obvious resentment.

Teacher Yu, look at this Shelgon of yours yourself—is it normal?!

Fortunately, his Talonflame was capable enough; even with such a sudden situation, it remained safe and sound.

On the contrary, Shelgon, which had been full of vigor just a moment ago, seemed to have used too much energy from its body and was now a bit dizzy.

I should have passed this first hurdle, right?

Regarding this, Qing Yu could only shake his head helplessly and take out the Poké Ball from his pocket.

"You've done very well. Return, Shelgon."

As Shelgon's first battle, although it didn't win, it had displayed a fighting spirit and characteristics that amazed Qing Yu.

He already had a rough idea of how to train Shelgon.

"Shelgon has basically lost its ability to battle, so I'll count this point as your win."

After recalling Shelgon, Qing Yu spoke with a smile while silently taking out the next Poké Ball.

"Then, your next opponent is this one."

"Go, Ogerpon!"

The burly man who was the challenger hadn't had time to be happy before the second Pokémon Qing Yu sent out appeared on the field.

"Poni~"

The cute Ogerpon landed lightly, looked at the Talonflame that had just "defeated" Shelgon, and its eyes instantly became focused.

At the same time, its little hand quietly reached behind its cloak and took out the Cornerstone Mask, putting it on.

"..."

Watching this Pokémon that looked weak but was actually a god of war, the challenger's mood was left with only one word—

Numb!

At the same time, he silently recorded a key piece of intelligence in his heart:

When facing Teacher Yu, after defeating Shelgon, you might very well attract Ogerpon's revenge; you need to focus on defending against it...