Bulk Up: Improve the body's physical defense ability and physical attack ability.
Sword Dance: Improve attack ability.
Although Lucario seldom used these skills, he knew that these two moves could increase physical strength and boost the techniques he could use, so it was best to prepare with these two skills before battle began.
Because once the battle started, there wouldn't be any free time for him to use these special skills to strengthen himself during the fierce combat.
Moreover, such special skills also had very strong time restrictions on their improvement effects. During the process, the additional stat boosts would also end after the battle concluded.
Maybe before, Lucario had looked down on the power that these extras could bring. But now, in order to deal with this enemy and maintain his victory in such a battle, the power obtained from extra skills had to be used carefully.
The two rivals were very close to each other now.
Guzzlord also used those two tentacles that resembled large pincers. It opened its mouth wide toward Lucario, biting away. Its sharp teeth were very dangerous, and any rock would appear incomparably fragile under those sharp teeth.
If Lucario's body was attacked by this bite, even if he wouldn't be crunched like rock, he would still be severely injured.
It's just that outsiders had their own evaluation of Lucario, but Lucario was eager for Guzzlord to use such a physical attack. Because all the physical attack methods it could use would make Lucario's counterattack more powerful.
The way of fighting wasn't only to accumulate battle experience but also to use all the power that one possessed and was willing to use during combat. Only by using these powers reasonably could one truly make them their own strength. That was the fighting method he learned from Roy.
Directly facing the existence of the sharp teeth on the tip of the tentacle, when it was about to attack Lucario, a burst of blue light directly wrapped his body. Zeraora noticed this blue light—it seemed to have the same feeling as the blue light that had been on Lucario's body from the beginning.
"What is the origin of this strange power?"
It wasn't easy for him to know what the answer was, so he could only continue watching.
This blue light—the only thing known now was that it could affect other people's actions. But this blue light appeared on Lucario himself, so what kind of effect could this burst of blue light provide?
When he was about to be attacked, Lucario had no intention of dodging.
He just let the sharp teeth on those two tips move toward his body, and he endured it head-on.
He had used the pressure bracelet to train his strength before and had worked on his body's defensive ability. But now, why was he risking the possibility of injury to accept the attack from a giant beast? Could it be that he wanted to use Counter, the original fighting technique, to deliver a very powerful blow?
Zeraora couldn't understand it. Although he had some guesses, it seemed he could only guess half of it correctly.
Roy watched from the side, but when he saw Lucario doing this, he could also guess what his thoughts were. Since Aura Force wasn't only used to observe others—if it could also be used like another kind of extra psychic power to protect oneself—then everything made sense. Just like the small experiment that could be done when setting off fireworks before.
Since it was possible to use the power of Aura after the evolution of waveguide power to protect the energy stored in those small blue beads from any influence or damage, couldn't it be used in this same way? Could Aura Force protect himself?
However, this kind of self-protection didn't mean it could completely offset the external power or avoid harm.
Those black, sharp teeth bit Lucario's left arm and right arm. Guzzlord wanted to use powerful force to tear his two arms off forcibly.
Just when they thought they were going to see some kind of scene where blood would be splashed on the spot, an unexpected thing happened. In the Aura Force that spread out, Lucario's joyful attitude was conveyed.
"Haha, Master, I succeeded!"
"It turns out there's such a way to use this kind of power. Thank you, Master, for your guidance. You made me understand this, so when I challenge this guy, I can save myself from a lot of injury!"
Such joy couldn't be contained.
At the same time, it also brought more confidence to Lucario. It would have taken a lot of hard work to defeat this disaster beast, and victory wasn't guaranteed before. But now that he had figured out Aura Force and this way to use its power, defeating it became easier.
Roy beside him also smiled. He would only actively participate when battling against other Trainers. But if this kind of Pokémon was fighting against another wild Pokémon, Roy was more confident that his own Pokémon could be self-sufficient. Even without his coaching and commands, he could win the victory.
Guzzlord thought it was powerful enough to crush an ant, only to realize that its attack didn't seem to have any impact on the opponent.
It could even see a very mocking expression on the ant's face.
Lucario's voice came from below.
"Aren't you very confident about your own strength? Now that you've used your strength, what does it amount to against a weak ant like me?"
Obviously, it had already attacked him. It had already imprisoned his body and even almost torn off his arms. But why couldn't it shake his body?