Chapter 570: Beat Up Tactics
Future Yuzuru rode her Braviary quickly to the sky above Arthur!
For a moment, Arthur almost thought this rich girl wanted to have a sword fight with him.
Fortunately, at the last moment, she stopped just before the precipice.
She pressed a button on the hilt of her lightsaber, and the orange laser beam shooting from it instantly changed color—
It turned light blue.
At the same time, Future Yuzuru swung the blade and shouted, "Air Slash!"
Her command wasn't for Braviary.
It was for Rotom!
With her swing, the lightsaber released crescent-shaped blades of wind.
She had actually used the lightsaber to execute the Flying-type move: Air Slash!
Arthur was curious and took a second look, almost missing his chance to dodge.
After dodging, Arthur realized something.
"That Rotom seems to have changed form? And without changing the appliance it's possessing. That hilt... seems unusual."
Rotom is a Plasma Pokémon. Its true body is essentially a sentient ball of plasma, similar to a ghost.
As its base typing suggests: Electric/Ghost.
Most of the time, it needs to possess an electrical appliance to fully unleash its combat power.
If the possessed appliance changes, its typing sometimes changes too.
For example, possessing an oven or microwave makes it Electric/Fire;
Possessing a washing machine makes it Electric/Water;
Possessing a lawnmower makes it Electric/Grass;
Possessing an electric fan makes it Electric/Flying.
It's ever-changing and very versatile.
However, generally speaking, it can only maintain one form within one appliance. To switch forms, it has to travel through wires to another appliance.
Therefore, stadium rules specifically state: when Rotom competes, it can only possess one fixed appliance for the entire match. No temporary switching allowed.
This rule restricts Rotom from frequently changing its typing during a match.
But at this moment, Future Yuzuru seemed to have broken this restriction!
The lightsaber in her hand was some kind of magical black technology. It seemed that with the press of a button, it could switch its internal structure, allowing the possessing Rotom to change its typing as well!
Air Slash is a move only Fan Rotom (Flying Form) can use; base Rotom can't learn it!
"Amazing technology," Arthur couldn't help but comment.
He had never heard of this equipment before.
However, Future Yuzuru wanted more than just Arthur's amazement.
She was seriously trying to defeat him!
Even though she had witnessed Arthur's heaven-shaking power against Dayna not long ago!
She relied not only on the lightsaber in her hand but also—
"Blissey, use Helping Hand on Arcanine! Arcanine, ignite the Charcoal, then use Flare Blitz!"
Her forward charge and slash were mostly to attract Arthur's attention and cover her Pokémon's operations in the rear!
Earlier, Umbreon had unleashed the Dark-type move Beat Up!
This move creates phantom duplicates of the user's closest companions to join in a coordinated attack!
This is a skill almost exclusively seen in real combat.
Because only in real combat are there enough teammates around to copy. In a stadium, at most you can copy one teammate in a double battle, which is better than nothing but not great.
However, this still wasn't the core of Future Yuzuru's plan!
Beat Up is valuable in real combat, but at this moment, she didn't have Umbreon attack any of Arthur's Pokémon!
Instead, she targeted her own other ace: Arcanine!
Because her Arcanine's ability was: Justified!
Pokémon with this ability always uphold justice and hate evil. When hit by a Dark-type move, the ability triggers, significantly boosting their Attack!
There is an internal cooldown for triggering this ability, but the phantom teammates created by Beat Up could be controlled for a period of time.
So Umbreon manipulated these phantoms to attack Arcanine one by one at intervals of one second.
A perfectly good Beat Up was turned into a "send them one by one" strategy.
But the effect was delightful.
These phantom attacks continuously triggered Arcanine's Justified ability!
In the blink of an eye, Arcanine had stacked four buffs!
This was the limit this captain-level Arcanine could bear.
At this moment, Arcanine's strength and fighting spirit soared. Its eyes emitted a scorching light, and its fur fluttered wildly as if burning!
Then the fur really did catch fire!
Arcanine ignited a cylindrical wooden box hanging around its neck!
It contained a magical item called the Charcoal of Alibiz, commonly known as Charcoal, which boosted the power of Fire-type moves.
Arcanine set it on fire!
This meant the precious item would be consumed and disappear forever, but in return, the boost effect would be maximized for a short time!
Then Blissey used Helping Hand on Arcanine, further enhancing the power of its next move!
All the buffs converged on Arcanine in this moment!
Then it charged!
The blazing fire was astonishingly dazzling in the wilderness, instantly becoming the primary target for the surrounding cameras!
The momentum was terrifying!
"Greninja, Mat Block!"
Even Arthur, known for his sharp offense in real combat, didn't hesitate to choose defense first this time.
But Future Yuzuru had anticipated this.
"Arcanine, jump over it!"
Defensive moves in reality never guaranteed invincibility.
In complex three-dimensional space, there was always a way around a barrier.
Forced by circumstances, Arthur had to let Old Flame step up and take the hit.
"Old Flame, use Dragon Tail to knock him away!"
After Arcanine leaped over the mat raised by Greninja, Old Flame stepped forward to face the attack head-on!
"ROAR!"
With a roar, he turned and swung his tail!
Using the powerful knockback effect of Dragon Tail to repel this terrifying enemy!
BOOM!!
But the moment Dragon Tail hit Arcanine, the flames of Flare Blitz exploded like thunder!
Arcanine was indeed forcibly knocked back.
But Old Flame was also engulfed by the explosion. It took more than a second for him to fly out of the soaring flames and black smoke, half his front body charred and looking wretched.
This was despite Old Flame being Mega Evolved into a Fire/Dragon type, doubly resisting Fire moves!
This showed just how terrifying the enemy's firepower was!
Seeing this from Lina's back, Arthur raised an eyebrow.
This scene made him realize: he might have underestimated this seemingly delicate Iron Lady.
She was far more adapted to real combat than he had imagined!
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