Falling into a Disadvantage?

Time passed quickly, and in the afternoon, at two o'clock sharp.

The scorching sun blazed.

The Oriental Pearl Arena was packed, with spectators waiting to watch the afternoon's matches.

Four matches remained today, each highly anticipated, such as this first battle...

"Xie Ming versus Fang Yuan!"

As the Commentator announced the two names, the audience erupted in cheers.

Xie Ming and Fang Yuan, who had advanced all the way, had both accumulated a base of supporters.

The Bug-type powerhouse, Scyther, was very handsome from its appearance to its battles, and its offense was very fierce. Whether it was its moves or its fighting spirit, it followed a cool route.

The Normal-type Eevee, although it looked petite and weak, had a surprisingly strong battle awareness. After defeating so many powerful opponents, no one would underestimate it.

On either side of the battlefield, Fang Yuan and his opponent released their Pokémon, waiting for the Referee's starting command.

"Eevee's reaction speed is good, but Scyther is not bad either, especially in terms of movement speed. The flying Scyther has a great advantage, and its Fury Cutter attack is also difficult to resist. I wonder how Fang Yuan plans to deal with it."

"Interesting, Eevee hasn't encountered an opponent faster than it since the start of the competition. Meeting a flying Scyther, Eevee is limited in a sense, but what the outcome will be, we'll have to wait until the battle starts to find out."

The guests in the guest seats discussed.

...

"Xie Ming, your Scyther is indeed very fast, but do you believe it won't even be able to touch my Eevee?"

At the same time, Fang Yuan suddenly said, taking advantage of the fact that the match hadn't started yet.

On the other side, Xie Ming frowned, feeling unhappy.

"I've seen your interview videos. If you think you can make me lose my cool like this, then you underestimate us too much."

"How could I? I'm just stating the facts." Fang Yuan smiled, "I'm telling you in advance, we've prepared a secret weapon for this battle, so be careful."

Xie Ming took a deep breath. Although he told himself not to be affected, Fang Yuan's words still affected him to some extent.

This bastard...

"Then we'll see." Xie Ming said.

The next moment, the Referee announced the start of the battle—

Xie Ming immediately issued a command.

Scyther relaxed its lower body, and as its blade-like wings vibrated, its feet slowly left the ground, and it flew directly into the air.

Whoosh! In an instant, Scyther locked onto Eevee, its sharp Scythes on its arms separating, ready to give Eevee a taste of its power.

"Scyther, Fury Cutter!" Xie Ming continued.

The Fury Cutter attack, each successful strike on the opponent, would make Scyther's next Fury Cutter more powerful, a move that allows Pokémon to become more and more courageous in battle.

Xie Ming had used this move to launch a continuous offensive to defeat another Seed Player.

"Indeed, it's very fast..."

After the Quick Attack sprint, the Scyther's figure was too fast for Eevee and Fang Yuan to follow with their eyes, only a blurry outline remained.

This speed would make the Scyther's scythes on its arms even sharper.

Fang Yuan and Eevee focused their minds...

Three meters... two meters... one meter...

When the distance between the two Pokémon shortened to one meter, Fang Yuan finally spoke:

"Now!"

At the Critical Moment, Eevee used Double Team, and the Scyther's first slash dissipated a mere afterimage.

The remaining three afterimages, plus the real body, surrounded the Scyther.

Fang Yuan and Eevee's hearts were pounding, it was a close call.

Seeing the attack miss, Xie Ming and the Scyther also became nervous. After quickly assessing the situation, Xie Ming immediately judged, "Watch out behind you, use Wing Attack!"

He quickly discovered which was Eevee's real body, because directly behind the Scyther, Eevee had already begun to use Sand Attack.

"Eevee!" With a sly look, Eevee waved its front paw, and a cloud of sand was thrown out.

However.

Having heard the command, the Scyther's reaction was not bad either, successfully using the airflow generated by its flapping wings to blow away the sand, protecting itself from interference.

"Another Double Team?" Xie Ming was surprised.

In a short moment, while the sand was being blown away, Eevee moved again and recreated the afterimages...

"Something's not right, I almost fell for it."

After a while, Xie Ming finally realized this and had the Scyther distance itself from Eevee.

"He noticed it in time. In close-quarters combat, the Scyther's speed advantage can't be fully utilized. Instead, Eevee, with its superior reaction speed, will be more agile. Moreover, during this time, Fang Yuan has been commanding Eevee to use the Scyther's blind spots to dodge, cleverly using the time difference to make the Scyther's attacks harder to hit. If this goes on for a long time, as long as Eevee finds an opportunity, it can seriously injure the Scyther."

The Professional Trainer guest said, "This Fang Yuan must have studied the Scyther's attack patterns for a long time. Eevee has a good grasp of the combat distance."

"But now the situation has reversed. Next, as long as Xie Ming commands the Scyther to use its flying advantage to constantly control its position and reduce Eevee's range of movement, the battle will end soon," another Professional Trainer said.

"Moreover, reacting to and countering attacks from the air is completely different from reacting to and countering attacks from all directions. It can dodge once, but can it keep dodging... Looks like there's a good show to watch."

...

"Oh? Did he realize it so quickly?"

Seeing the Scyther distance itself from Eevee, Fang Yuan said with regret. If the opponent didn't take the bait, he couldn't do anything about it.

"Scyther, first use Agility to fly into the air," Xie Ming issued the next command.

At the same time, Eevee also stopped moving, looking at the green shadow in the sky, dissatisfied.

Is it bullying this Eevee because it can't fly?

At this moment, different from the explosive speed brought by Quick Attack just now, the Agility technique made the Scyther look more relaxed, light, and its speed was not reduced at all.

After the two stared at each other for a while, Xie Ming gave an order, and the Scyther attacked again. Eevee flung Sand Attack, but the sand was blown away by the airflow from the Scyther's flapping wings.

Helpless, Eevee dodged to the side, but Scyther was too fast. It merely widened the distance again, and it already had a good opportunity to attack.

At this time, the distance between the two sides was already very dangerous. Apart from using Quick Attack to counterattack, Eevee couldn't break the situation with Sand Attack and Double Team, so Eevee could only try its best to block, using Quick Attack to quickly collide with Scyther's Fury Cutter once.

With a "bang," Eevee was forced back by the force of Scyther's Fury Cutter, and Scyther also retreated a certain distance.

Judging from the power of the moves, they were evenly matched this time.

But...

"Fury Cutter has hit. If this continues, the power of Fury Cutter will become stronger and stronger. The next one to be injured will definitely be Eevee!"

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