Chapter 616: I Mean the Whole Match
After regaining her original typing, Lina no longer needed to rely on minor moves like Scratch to slowly whittle down the opponent.
Although the Belly Drum effect had vanished when Protect ended, her Fire Punch still beat Simisage into agony.
The health recovered via Synthesis was instantly wiped out by a single punch that caused internal injuries...
And this wasn't even the scariest part.
The truly terrifying part was—Simisage had almost no decent attack methods left!
Lina, having regained her Fire/Dragon typing, now doubly resisted Grass!
If Simisage tried to use Solar Beam or Bullet Seed now, Lina could simply tank them without a care.
Unfortunately, Simisage had used up almost all of its move slots in the previous battle.
Bullet Seed, Solar Beam, Lick, Grass Knot, Vine Whip, Synthesis.
The Hornet captain had already used six move slots. In a standard professional league match, he would have been out of moves by now.
On the field, the Hornet captain gritted his teeth.
The key issue was that his Vine Whip deception hadn't fooled Arthur. Having that Solar Beam dodged was too devastating!
Not a single commentator from any alliance had noticed that maneuver until now.
They hadn't even noticed the referee marking an extra move on the scoreboard!
The Hornet captain thought he had been incredibly deceptive—he fully utilized the cover of the sand field to have Simisage hide the vines under the sand, and specifically telepathically ordered Simisage to make the vines thinner and more branched.
This scheme fooled the commentators, the audience, and even quite a few professional players!
Many people didn't realize Simisage's Grass Knot was fake in that moment; they just instinctively felt that the follow-up Solar Beam came a bit too fast.
That was truly the Hornet captain's last and proudest setup of the match!
But Arthur still reacted!
He didn't know if Arthur saw through it or was just guessing blindly.
But the fact was that Lina's timely Substitute killed the match!
The last chance, Solar Beam, missed...
And the Hornet captain wasted a move slot for it.
Now he had to save at least one slot for a defensive move like Protect to avoid being one-shot by Lina's sudden burst damage.
So only one move slot remained...
"Simisage, use Rock Slide!"
He conservatively chose Rock Slide.
But the power of Rock Slide wasn't enough to scare Lina off.
Mega Charizard X's resistance to Rock-type moves wasn't as poor as her original form Unsurprisingly, Lina chose to tank it directly.
"Another Fire Punch!"
The second Fire Punch triggered a burn!
The burn probability of Lina's Fire-type moves was truly terrifying now.
"It's over."
Some professional players were already shaking their heads, passing judgment on the Hornet captain.
In the rest area, a White Eagle player was still stubborn.
"We only lost the first round, we can still fight!"
But the person who spoke just now glanced over, giving no face at all. "When I said 'over,' I meant this whole match."
"You—!"
The White Eagle player wanted to retort in anger.
But his momentum deflated before he could even stand up.
Emotionally, they wanted to argue loudly, but their professional eyes wouldn't allow them to make a judgment against their conscience...
Losing the first round like this left little hope.
Arthur hadn't even used his first mid-battle switch authority yet.
After Simisage was hammered down, Arthur sent Lina out again for the second round!
The Hornet Team was forced to send out Golduck again.
But the opening of this round played out completely differently from the last one.
"Golduck, use Soak!"
The Hornet Team wanted to repeat their previous operation, but this time Arthur was prepared.
"Lina, Substitute, flash forward!"
The difference between being prepared and unprepared was huge.
Also, since this was her second round on the field, Lina didn't need to waste time evolving twice.
Golduck only had one chance to soak her because, during her first appearance, Lina had to stand still for two or three seconds to undergo two evolutions.
But not this time!
Substitute activated, flashing forward!
After closing in, Lina parried Golduck's webbed palm with one hand, then slammed her other fist into the opponent's abdomen, knocking Golduck off its feet, its body bowing like a shrimp.
Simisage was at least the Hornet captain's ace, but Golduck was just a temporary counter-pick Pokémon he found.
It was passable for general matchups, but facing the enraged Lina, it wasn't enough.
The Cloud Nine ability prevented Golduck's Water-type moves from being weakened, but right now, it didn't need to avoid weakening; it needed to resist damage!
As she took damage, Lina's Blaze ability burned even fiercer!
So this round ended much faster than the last one...
Lina swept two!
Immediately following, for the third round, Arthur sent out Lina again!
He was bullying the opponent for being unable to handle her, piercing through with one Pokémon.
This time, the Hornet captain couldn't take it anymore and finally brought out his second ace: Tyrantrum.
Finally, after some exhaustion, Lina was switched out by Arthur.
Because Arthur had saved his mid-battle switch authority, Lina retreated safely even after fighting two ace Pokémon in a row.
Before leaving, she evolved into Mega Charizard Y one last time, refreshing the Sunny Day.
Then Arthur sent out Little Eevee!
Borrowing the sun renewed by Lina, Little Eevee immediately evolved into Leafeon. With the help of the Chlorophyll ability, he ran incredibly fast, pulling far away. Then he evolved into Sylveon and roared out a Fairy-type Hyper Voice.
Bullying Tyrantrum for its heavy body and slow speed, and also for its lack of ranged attack methods.
Tyrantrum was a dinosaur Pokémon, not a flying dragon...
It couldn't fly!
As for ranged moves, it had some, but looking at the move list: Dragon-type Draco Meteor, Dragon-type Scale Shot, Dragon-type Dragon Pulse...
Facing a Fairy-type Sylveon, what could it do?
It was desperate too!
In the end, the short-legged Tyrantrum was kited by Little Eevee for a full twenty minutes. Finally, it seized a positioning error by Little Eevee, used Rock Tomb to block the path, and closed in with a Crunch, inflicting heavy damage!
Tyrantrum's Strong Jaw ability gave it astonishing biting power!
This hit left Little Eevee injured so badly he lay whimpering on the ground.
Arthur didn't force it. He surrendered the round directly and recalled Little Eevee early.
As a juvenile Pokémon, wearing down a top-tier ace to this extent was already something to be proud of.
"Don't be discouraged, you did great."
Arthur kissed Little Eevee on the forehead, comforting him gently.
Then he stood up, his fighting spirit rising to a new level!
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