Chapter 210: The Dagger is Revealed

Chapter 210: The Dagger is Revealed

Although the duel was still ongoing, Arthur's side was still taking the worse end of most exchanges.

They knew that the two beautiful opponents were slowly gaining an advantage, like slicing meat with a dull knife, but they had no way to stop it.

Arthur's commanding rhythm didn't dare to stop, his lips were practically smoking from talking so much.

This was likely the first time he had ever displayed such high-intensity, detailed commanding.

It proved that although Greninja's combat awareness had greatly increased after some training, your grandpa is still your grandpa; its strongest state was still when it completely followed Arthur's commands.

After watching for a while, the spectators were even surprised to find: "It seems like they're actually holding on?"

"Those two rookies have already lasted for a minute and a half."

"The Swords Dance time is almost up."

"Only about two moves left."

Greninja was covered in wounds, as if it had rolled over a mountain of blades, but the aura it exuded was soaring higher and higher.

Soon!

The time for a counterattack is almost here.

On the other side, Gallade had also summoned its most proficient "Psycho Cut," fighting with Luxray while waiting for the right moment.

Its mastery of "Psycho Cut" was far greater than its previous Fighting-type moves.

However, the principle of "Psycho Cut" was different from "Water Shuriken." The condensed crystal blades of this move required a continuous supply of energy to exist. In other words, while holding "Psycho Cut," Gallade normally couldn't use other skills.

For this, it had already paid a considerable price under Luxray's claws, while also making the opponent pay some in return.

Such an aggressive exchange was not beneficial to the current situation, but Elijah was clearly not focused on the present, but was preparing for the future, a few tens of seconds from now.

No matter what, the moment the "Swords Dance" effect disappeared, they had to go all-in!

Otherwise, they would truly have no chance.

This was a situation where all cards were on the table; anyone could understand it.

It wasn't until a sudden moment when Arthur, in between commands, glanced over and saw Luna on the other side suddenly nod at Bella next to her.

What does that mean? The two Pokémon on the field are clearly far apart right now, each taking advantage of their own matchup.

There was no time to think too much, because Luna's command had already come.

"Fall back, Steel Wing."

So far, Empoleon had only used two moves: "Swords Dance" and "Steel Wing." It had saved so many skill slots that no one could figure out its plan.

With two-thirds of its six skill slots remaining for the round, who could guess how many more tricks it could play?

Hoping to catch its weakness from the counter board like he did with Nidoking was simply impossible.

"Water Shuriken!"

Arthur's response was also relatively formulaic.

This was a helpless move. The high-agility, high-speed Greninja currently had no defensive skills; his room for maneuvering was limited.

Greninja threw its shuriken and the remaining nearly-shattered water kunai, while simultaneously crossing its hands, summoning new water kunai to prepare to block the upcoming heaven-shaking slash.

This scene had already occurred several times in the past minute.

Greninja was destined to take a loss. Even if it could block the direct slash, it couldn't block the subsequent energy corrosion that entered its body. Most of its injuries had come from this.

But at the same time, it had always used its exquisite close-combat techniques to curb Empoleon's spinning rhythm, not allowing the enemy to build momentum. Such a price was still bearable.

At least it had never been defense-broken by an enemy who had spun three times to build up power.

He thought this time the plot would be the same.

Until he heard another command—

"Luxray, Volt Switch!"

What?!

No one had expected that after they had been defending against Luna for the entire match, the final killing blow would be initiated by Bella.

Volt Switch: An Electric-type skill. After launching an attack, it rapidly returns and can take the opportunity to switch places with a marked friendly unit.

Arthur's expression changed.

The moment he heard Bella give this command, he knew something was wrong.

On the field, who else could be Luxray's friendly unit?

But the question was: when did she mark Empoleon?

"Get your Gallade to retreat!!"

He didn't have time to command Greninja and immediately shouted at Elijah.

Elijah's reaction was a step slower than his. By the time he realized it, it was already too late.

Luxray proactively crashed into Gallade's twin blades, injuring the enemy by eight hundred while taking a thousand in damage itself. But it didn't matter; it just needed to complete this attack.

As long as the attack didn't miss, the subsequent switch would trigger—

"CRACKLE!"

An arc of electricity flashed!

The positions of the two Pokémon on the field instantly swapped!

Empoleon no longer held back. It hopped again with its small penguin steps, then used the momentum to launch itself into the air and spin rapidly, like a bladed top with its wings spread.

"Unleash Psycho Cut, full power!" Elijah roared with all his might.

He had no other choice.

His Gallade didn't have such exquisite physical techniques, and he himself didn't have Arthur's god-like predictive commanding. He couldn't suppress Empoleon's spin.

He could only choose to go all-in and trade blows.

At the same time, Arthur finally had the time to command his own Pokémon.

"Press the attack! Go all-out!"

Now that the opponent had finally revealed their hidden dagger, he could only be forced to cut his losses.

Luxray had no skills available after using "Volt Switch."

The mechanism of this move was to attack first, then switch, then enter a cooldown period. It was never meant to be a forward-blinking skill, but rather to be used to tag in a backup teammate after firing a shot.

The standard usage was supposed to be "I'll fire this one shot and then go home and get married, the rest is up to you guys."

So, after using it, Luxray was now in a state with no moves available.

Greninja attacked with all its might, the water kunai in its hands exuding an unparalleled killing intent!

But this was only cutting his losses.

In reality, in a battle between Pokémon of the same level, it was difficult to achieve a one-hit KO even with a double type advantage.

Not everyone had Specter's status, where all living beings were equal under its claws.

Greninja was destined to be unable to take down Luxray in a short time.

And on the other side, Gallade, which had already taken a slash at the beginning, was in a different situation.

"BOOM!"

The skills collided, and energy exploded!

This kind of explosive, roaring spectacle was undoubtedly what the audience loved to see most.

It was unbelievably hype.

But the players on the field couldn't get hyped at all.

"Enough! Kick Luxray away and go provide support!"

Arthur cut his losses. After Greninja had stabbed three times, he immediately commanded it to leave this temporary soft target and go after Empoleon again.

Because he didn't need to wait for the light pollution from the explosion to end to guess the result.

"Gallade, retreat at full speed! Prepare to use Life Dew!"

Elijah's voice from the side also confirmed his thoughts.

In a head-on clash, Gallade clearly couldn't beat Empoleon.

It had already reached a desperate situation where it would be knocked out if it didn't recover.

"Life Dew" was Gallade's only self-healing move, but it needed time.

However, at this moment, the commands from Luna and Bella were surprisingly consistent—

"Surround Greninja and force the kill!"

Holy crap?!

This time, even Arthur was stunned.

So, this was the real dagger being revealed?

(End of Chapter)

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