Chapter 575: Flashy vs. Practical
In the battle between Arcanine and Flygon, Arthur undoubtedly had the absolute type advantage.
Arcanine was a pure Fire-type, while the little dragonfly was Dragon/Ground. Her Dragon typing gave her resistance to Fire moves, and her Ground typing was super effective against Fire-types.
However, Future Yuzuru wasn't completely without hope.
Because Arcanine is a very well-rounded Pokémon!
Its base stats were second only to pseudo-legendaries, standing at the pinnacle of almost all regular Pokémon. It was naturally tough and could hit hard, with almost no weaknesses in any aspect.
Generally, an adult Arcanine could easily reach the professional level, with a much higher success rate than other Pokémon. This was similar to pseudo-legendaries, a natural advantage brought by species potential.
Of course, at the captain level, this advantage wasn't as prominent, but the keyword "well-rounded" consistently followed these big dogs.
They rarely had individuals like Weavile with high attack and paper-thin defense. Strength, speed, defense, resistance, energy intensity—Arcanine always developed very balanced stats related to combat, making it hard to find obvious weaknesses to exploit.
Future Yuzuru's ace Arcanine was no exception!
At this moment, even though Future Yuzuru had proactively asked her teammate to use Clear Smog to remove the boost from Justified for fairness, this majestic dog was still awe-inspiring and full of fighting spirit!
"Arcanine, use Extreme Speed!"
At the start of the battle, Future Yuzuru immediately issued an attack command.
Her opening move was Arcanine's signature, and the origin of its name "Wind Speed Dog" (Arcanine's Chinese name)!
Normal-type move: Extreme Speed!
The ceiling of speed-boosting moves in reality!
Its acceleration effect surpassed a series of dash moves like Agility, Quick Attack, and Double-Edge.
Truly lightning-fast, swift as a meteor!
And after hitting the little dragonfly, Arcanine didn't stop. After giving her a fierce headbutt, it landed and quickly disappeared from everyone's retina again, continuing to run in circles like lightning to build momentum.
"There it is! Miss Hanyū's unique secret technique! Divine Crane Triple Strike!"
The so-called Divine Crane Triple Strike was just a description forcibly added by the Sakura Alliance people, whose chuunibyou concentration was off the charts.
In reality, it was still a normal Extreme Speed move.
However, she had indeed developed unique training results based on its conventional usage—
Normally, when a Pokémon used Extreme Speed, its linear sprint speed would soar in a short time, but after hitting the target head-on, the move would mostly be terminated due to the energy burst and the shock from the recoil.
In other words, if you wanted to use the acceleration of this move, don't hit anyone easily. If you wanted to use the accumulated kinetic energy to damage the enemy, be prepared to exit the acceleration state after one hit.
Like you can't have your cake and eat it too.
But Future Yuzuru had improved this move with her unique training method.
By adjusting the angle for a side impact, her Arcanine could maintain the sprint state after one hit without stopping, continue to accelerate and build momentum, and then hit again!
Up to three times!
That's why it was called the Divine Crane Triple Strike.
Forcibly turning this burst damage move into a multi-hit combo similar to Fury Cutter and Fury Swipes.
This development actually reduced the instantaneous burst power of Extreme Speed in real combat, but it undoubtedly amplified the total output in a 1v1 arena match.
Arthur's eyes lit up slightly, praising inwardly: Quite an impressive innovation.
But sometimes, flashy didn't necessarily mean powerful.
Compared to the "Divine Crane Triple Strike" rich in chuunibyou flavor, Arthur's response was much more practical and unadorned.
"Little Dragonfly, use Supersonic!"
What countered speed moves the most? The answer was naturally unavoidable AOE moves.
Ring-shaped spreading waves and sound-based moves were excellent choices.
Coincidentally, Flygon was a Pokémon extremely adept at sound moves.
Don't forget that their second evolutionary stage was called Vibrava (Supersonic Larva).
The Normal-type move Supersonic was also their signature move.
Future Yuzuru's face changed immediately.
"Fall back, Arcanine!"
It wasn't that she was cowardly, but Supersonic was a disgusting status move that could confuse Pokémon within a certain range who heard the sound!
Arcanine tried to retreat, but it was too late!
It was very good at Extreme Speed, but the little dragonfly was also very good at Supersonic.
Both were their respective signature moves, and neither's proficiency was worse than the other's.
Compared to Future Yuzuru's flashy Divine Crane Triple Strike, the little dragonfly's research direction for her signature move appeared very practical—it was just fast enough!
A normal Supersonic required listening at close range for about a second to cause confusion, but the little dragonfly's Supersonic only needed half a second!
Arcanine retreated fast, but it still got hit.
"Damn it! Fall back, wait for cooldown, then use Safeguard!"
In the first round of exchange, unfortunately, flashy failed to beat practical.
The Sakura Alliance trainers who had just shouted loudly were silenced in less than a second.
This reversal came too fast, catching people off guard!
Although this was the first time Arthur had seen Future Yuzuru's unique secret technique, his rich experience and the little dragonfly's solid strength were enough for him to neutralize this Divine Crane Triple Strike that was invincible in the Sakura Alliance.
And next, it was time for Arthur's counterattack—
"Attack, Little Dragonfly! Suppress him before his next move!"
The little dragonfly attacked decisively, using her aerial advantage to launch a powerful raid!
The offensive and defensive momentum between the two Pokémon instantly reversed!
At first, the watching Sakura Alliance trainers were still smirking.
"Ha! Stupid, right? You think Miss Hanyū is weak during cooldown? Suppressing without moves is Miss Hanyū's forte!"
Now that the little dragonfly and Arcanine were temporarily out of moves, it was naturally time for a move-less duel.
However, this time, most trainers from other alliances who were better informed didn't choose to echo this person's words.
The person was puzzled at first.
Until the next moment, he noticed that even the other members of the Nine-Tailed Fox Team, Future Yuzuru's own teammates, looked very grave at this moment, not relaxed at all.
This made the die-hard fan of Future Yuzuru unable to accept it.
"You guys... why?"
Until the captain of the Nine-Tailed Fox Team suddenly sighed.
"You probably haven't watched the Kubfu Professional League, have you?"
"Uh, yeah, what about it?"
"To prepare for the Champions Cup, we pay some attention to the champion teams of other alliances."
"So?"
"So if Future Yuzuru doesn't have an advantage in a skill clash, that boy will definitely have the advantage next."
"How is that possible?! Miss Hanyū is—"
But as soon as he finished speaking, a loud bang!
BOOM!!
Arcanine had been lifted into the air by the little dragonfly's tail and then slammed hard onto the ground!
The next moment, the little dragonfly pounced down relentlessly, riding on Arcanine's back and beating it up, suppressing Arcanine so much it had almost no power to fight back.
Watching this scene, the fan was completely speechless for a moment.
What made it even harder for him to accept was: surrounding trainers with any knowledge were not surprised by this at all.
"This isn't surprising. If you knew anything about this year's new champion team from Kubfu, you'd know: this person's Pokémon are invincible in close combat during cooldown."
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