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Corviknight's voice was loud and clear. Having specifically practiced tenor, it succeeded in making its voice echo unmistakably across the arena.
Swearing, in itself, wasn't a big deal. Many people swear.
The key was the context.
Before the match, the coach had repeatedly reminded everyone to maintain politeness outside, not to say any swear words or strange remarks, even if someone insulted them.
Li Xiang had also repeatedly warned Corviknight: Swearing was okay, but it couldn't speak human language, and it couldn't let others hear it.
This was of paramount importance.
However, the moment Corviknight appeared, faced with the "arrogant" Salamence, it subconsciously and habitually uttered one of its opening line.
"Caw! Trash! Calling your dad? Caw!"
Saying it was one thing. Coincidentally, the camera Magnemite happened to have its lens focused on Corviknight at that moment.
At the same time, a camera on a nearby Magneton was equipped with the latest technology from recent years, integrating audio recording and video capture.
This device was mainly responsible for broadcasting live footage and noise-reduced audio to provide the best audiovisual experience.
Therefore, Corviknight's spoken words and expression were unavoidably recorded and broadcast live, presented before tens of thousands of viewers.
What is social death?
This is it.
A silver lining in the misfortune: The black-tech [Barrier Generator] at the arena's edge was powerful. It also dampened sound, so the live audience didn't hear it, or didn't hear it clearly… but the coach and teachers heard.
The rest of Mist City University's team also heard.
Instantly, Xu He's face turned as dark as a pot. Tian Shuang, beside him, didn't know whether to laugh or cry. The two supervising teachers shook their heads.
Most of the senior sisters laughed heartily without mercy. Su Qian bent over, holding her forehead, sighing with a wry smile. Abigail's expression was calm, but she couldn't resist reaching for her phone.
Gong Xu laughed the loudest. Song Jie tried hard to keep a straight face but soon couldn't help turning aside, covering his mouth as he chuckled.
Schadenfreude was a fundamental principle of being a close friend.
Reactions varied, but Corviknight didn't care about any of this. It didn't care who heard it swear or who was laughing at it. It only cared about—
"Beep."
A crisp whistle sounded. Corviknight, though not daring to look back, still couldn't help but glance sideways at Li Xiang.
With just that one glance, cold sweat instantly covered this Steel-type Pokémon's body, because Li Xiang's face had turned ashen, almost matching Incineroar's chest fur.
'It's! All! Your! Fault!'
Corviknight glared furiously at the distant Salamence, gritting its teeth.
'If it weren't for this screaming and howling guy, I wouldn't have sworn at all!'
'You're dead! Even if you have Fire-type moves, you're still dead! Not even Jesus can save you! I said so!'
For the first time, the black clucky chicken felt such intense anger toward an opponent, though within this anger was an element of venting its own fear.
But it could still be converted into power.
Its wide, powerful wings flapped vigorously, stirring up gusts of cool breeze that wrapped around its body.
Corviknight watched the Salamence opposite, which had also used Tailwind and was now Dragon Dancing while flying towards it. It calmly set up a Light Screen.
Although Salamence had decent Special Attack and powerful Fire-type moves, it had no means to boost its Special Attack. A Light Screen would block them.
Next, it was time for this clucky chicken to perform!
"Fire Fang!"
Upon seeing the Light Screen, the opponent immediately abandoned the idea of using Flamethrower and switched to Fire Fang.
His Salamence was primarily physical-attack oriented anyway; its Special Attack was only at this level due to its natural talent growth.
Using Special moves when Corviknight had a Light Screen up would be plain stupid, right?
The current situation was mainly to test how much this Corviknight was worth.
Tailwind plus Dragon Dance allowed the already speed-specialized Salamence to reach an extremely terrifying degree of movement speed.
In the blink of an eye, Salamence opened its bloodthirsty maw, with its four particularly prominent fangs, holding blazing orange flames as it charged forward at extreme speed!
The flames swelled before Corviknight's eyes, instantly transforming into enlarged, sharp teeth of scorching heat.
Clearly, Salamence had pushed Fire Fang to its limit in terms of firepower. The flames were even so massive they formed independently outside its mouth!
After all, with a 4x weakness to Ice, how could it not put effort into Fire-type moves?
Corviknight had anticipated this. Last night, it had even watched battle recordings of Salamence with Li Xiang.
It was fully aware of Salamence's attack habits.
'It likes—biting wings, right?!'
Faced with Salamence's fierce Fire Fang, Corviknight not only didn't dodge but actively offered its right wing.
Under Salamence's disbelieving gaze, it forcefully shoved its wing into Salamence's mouth!
Simultaneously, its large head was covered in a shining silver gleam!
Iron Head!
Boom! Boom!
Two explosive sounds!
Flames mixed with silver light instantly expanded, transforming into dense smoke that spread through the air.
A same-type move and a non-same-type move, which should have clashed, under Corviknight's deliberate control, became mutual damage!
[Huh? Faced with Fire Fang, which it's weak to, Corviknight not only didn't put up a shield but actually took it head-on! What kind of move is that?]
The commentator Duo Nan's puzzled voice rang out.
Qian Wei, sitting next to him, was about to speak when two figures plummeted rapidly from the smoke, landing heavily on the ground with two loud thuds!
They were none other than Corviknight and Salamence!
Moreover, both their wings had sustained some injuries, preventing them from flying as before!
One had two large holes bitten out by Fire Fang; the other had the tip of half a wing bent out of shape by Iron Head!
Even so, both sides were in relatively good condition, having not taken much damage.
[What strong physical defense! Fire Fang actually didn't do much damage to Corviknight itself! Its level must be high!]
[Right! It seems this Corviknight specializes in physical defense. But the current situation is unfavorable for it.]
[Correct. If both are temporarily unable to fly, Salamence's four legs give it some land combat capability. What about Corviknight? As a bird—]
Before he finished, Salamence powerfully pushed off the ground with its hind legs, its maw opening wide, flames raging furiously inside!
Fire Fang once again!
Against Corviknight, which resisted Flying and Dragon, Fire Fang was the best attack method!
Faced with the Salamence pouncing toward it, Corviknight performed an action that surprised the audience.
It jumped up with extreme agility, striding forward like a Dodrio, and once again spread its wings, covering their surface with a stainless steel-like sheen. It then shoved its wing into Salamence's mouth again!
Boom!
Flame and silver light collided once more, erupting into intense smoke. Salamence, flapping its half-wing, withdrew, its mouth slightly scorched, its face filled with confusion.
Actively biting a bone and having a bone forcefully shoved into its mouth were two different things, especially when that bone could also explode.
But the question was, why would that bone offer itself up like that? Didn't it value its life?
This doubt flashed repeatedly in Salamence and its trainer's minds, finally materializing as a dark black large bird using its claws to run nimbly across the ground, breaking through the smoke and charging straight at them.
'I am! The true Galarian Dodrio!'
Brave Bird!
Corviknight's body was covered in cyan-blue flames, like a layer of fiery clothing, completely enveloping it!
Salamence was greatly startled, instinctively opening its mouth and spewing torrents of orange-red flames at Corviknight!
This time it was a proper Flamethrower, with extremely exaggerated firepower, even comparable to the amount of fire Brother Incineroar released while stretching in the courtyard this morning!
Corviknight gave a contemptuous smile. This non-Fire-type Pokémon would never know how brutally it had been burned by Brother Incineroar.
'This little bit of firepower? Just a sprinkle!'
Breaking through the flames!
The high-temperature flames that should have terrified it now felt like a gentle breeze, scattering in all directions.
Corviknight's crimson eyes emitted extremely bright light, filled with hatred and hostility as it launched a fierce assault on Salamence!
Its body raging with cyan flames, like a phoenix that could revive no matter how many times it was defeated!
"Protect!"
A shimmering green protective shield appeared!
But before the reckless Corviknight, the supposedly all-defending Protect was like paper.
The moment the cyan flames touched Protect, this unreliable thing shattered like glass.
Immediately after, Corviknight, like a high-speed train, smashed into Salamence!
The cyan flames surged, then exploded violently! The air seemed as if struck by a heavy hammer, violently shaking!
Milky-white smoke mixed with dust surged outward like waves in all directions!
Li Xiang and the team captain were inevitably affected by the aftershock, but it was just that—an aftershock. It couldn't do much harm to them.
The advantage of attribute energy was that its power was relatively concentrated. Although explosion was the main theme, the shockwaves afterward weren't as devastating as bombs from his previous life.
As long as one didn't come into direct contact with the attribute energy, the probability of injury wasn't high.
Witnessing this spectacle, the opponent's expression underwent countless changes, as if seeing something difficult to comprehend yet had to accept.
Suddenly, he seemed to see something that made his heart tremble. With extremely swift action, he recalled Salamence from within the smoke into its ball.
Li Xiang looked at the referee. On the referee's shoulder was a Psychic-type Chimecho, responsible for monitoring the entire arena.
Chimecho didn't shake its head. The referee didn't blow the whistle, indicating Salamence indeed still had stamina.
This swap was allowed.
"Beep!"
He blew the whistle. In the smoke-filled arena, Corviknight's figure gradually became exposed. It immediately suppressed its resentful expression, crouched on the ground using Roost to recover stamina.
Brave Bird caused recoil damage. No matter how cool it looked, it probably hadn't saved much stamina.
Broadcast room.
[What a pity! That Brave Bird didn't finish off Salamence. Should we say experience counts? With this swap, it's endless trouble ahead!]
[Right. Pokémon like Salamence can grow rampantly if given the chance. But Corviknight isn't bad either. Tell me, how many avian Pokémon have such excellent land mobility?]
[This reminds me of the variant Zapdos from the Western European region. Hey! Coincidentally, Corviknight's original species also comes from Western Europe!]
[Wow! Could it possibly have the bloodline of a legendary Pokémon?]
[Possibly!]
The two commentators chatted laughingly.
Little did they know Corviknight was so angry it almost cried tears of blood.
'Damn it! That son of a gun got away!'
It looked at the human opposite, barely restraining the urge to curse out loud, but the more it held back, the angrier it got.
As they say: Endure for a moment, and the more you think about it, the angrier you get. Take a step back, and the more you think about it, the more you feel shortchanged.
Corviknight, almost foreseeing its miserable life for the next few days, grew increasingly irritable!
Come at me again! I'll kill every one that comes!
"CAWW—!"
It let out an angry roar!