Chapter 183: Commanding Heavenly Lightning
At first, people sighed, thinking that although Electivire was powerful, its battle IQ was truly lacking. Facing a Ground-type Seismitoad, it dared to relentlessly use Thunder Punch.
But gradually, the audience realized something was wrong.
Although the Electric energy in Thunder Punch couldn't directly damage Seismitoad, the sheer force of Electivire's fist, mixed with the high heat brought by the lightning, still made Seismitoad scream in pain with every strike.
Seismitoad, no matter how it counterattacked, couldn't even touch a hair on Electivire.
"BANG!!—"
Seismitoad raised its hand, intending to land a Drain Punch on Electivire's head. But just as it raised its fist, the black, cable-like tails behind Electivire suddenly shot out, wrapping around and restraining Seismitoad's fist.
"Guh..."
Seismitoad was stunned. The warts on its fist began to vibrate, attempting to shake off Electivire's tail.
But no matter how Seismitoad struggled, Electivire's tail only wrapped tighter.
Seeing this, Seismitoad raised its other fist, but while Seismitoad had two hands, Electivire also had two tails. The other tail wrapped around the second fist.
With both hands restrained, the next moment, Electivire bent its body sharply, and a terrifying current surged throughout its entire body.
Galvanize-boosted Giga Impact!!!
Giga Impact was similar to Wild Charge (which was already an Electric-type move). Both involved charging at the opponent while taking recoil damage.
However, Giga Impact had a base power of 150, while Wild Charge only had 90.
Since the casting stances for both moves were similar, everyone present assumed Electivire was using Wild Charge.
After a brief charge-up, Electivire launched its electricity-wrapped body like a cannonball at Seismitoad, who was right in front of it.
Just before impact, both tails retracted simultaneously.
"THUD!!!!—"
Losing the restraint of Electivire's tails, Seismitoad had no time to react. Its abdomen was struck by Electivire, sending it flying. Its massive, corpulent body skimmed across the ground for over ten meters before finally landing, rolling several times before coming to a stop.
Lying on the ground, Seismitoad remained motionless, clearly having completely lost consciousness.
In the arena, the audience was dumbfounded. Even the host found it hard to keep a straight face.
An Electric-type Pokémon, using Electric-type moves throughout the entire match, had defeated a Ground-type Pokémon.
The shock of this statement was no less than hearing someone had wrestled a Machamp to the ground and rubbed its face in the dirt with their bare hands.
"Ele-chug!!!—"
Destructive, powerful currents rampaged across Electivire's body.
That was the recoil from using Giga Impact.
At this moment, the recoil manifested as erratic currents. However, just as these currents tried to penetrate Electivire's body to cause damage, they were absorbed by Electivire first. Under the operation of the Motor Drive ability, they were instead used to boost Electivire's speed.
For ordinary Pokémon, even with the Motor Drive ability, the recoil from moves like Wild Charge couldn't be used to their advantage.
But what other Pokémon couldn't do, Electivire could.
This might be because Electivire's Galvanize ability not only converted Normal-type energy into Electric-type but also converted the move's recoil into Electric-type recoil.
This led to the recoil being registered as an Electric-type attack, which was then absorbed by Electivire's Motor Drive ability, boosting its speed.
With Seismitoad unable to battle, both of Su Wan's weather sweepers were down. The only one left was the Pelipper that had used U-turn to return to its Pokéball at the very beginning.
Su Wan had no choice but to brace herself and recall the 4x Electric-weak Pelipper back onto the battlefield.
Pelipper fulfilled its duty as a weather setter. As soon as it appeared, its ability activated, summoning dark clouds.
And this played right into Electivire's hands.
Having brawled with Seismitoad for so long, Electivire's stamina was just about depleted.
Seeing Pelipper summon dark clouds, Electivire let out a low growl. Suddenly, a snake of lightning shot out from the clouds. With a crisp crack, it struck straight down onto the battlefield.
However, contrary to everyone's expectations, the target of this lightning snake wasn't the 4x Electric-weak Pelipper, but Electivire itself.
As the lightning snake struck, Electivire's entire body was bathed in lightning. Its golden fur shone even brighter under the bath of lightning.
Under the gaze of the crowd, the lightning dissipated. With crackling sounds, Electivire not only remained unharmed but also recovered a significant amount of stamina.
That's right. Another ability gained by Electivire after reaching Limit potential was that in rainy weather, it could summon natural lightning to attack enemies or restore its own stamina and heal injuries.
Using the power of nature—summoning heavenly lightning, causing earthquakes, triggering volcanic eruptions—these were usually exclusive to Legendary Pokémon.
But now, Electivire possessed such an ability as well.
However, the prerequisite for Electivire to summon heavenly lightning was rainy weather.
But since Electivire could learn Rain Dance itself, it wasn't too much of an issue.
Electivire raised its hand, and a ball of electricity appeared in its palm.
With a fierce squeeze, the electric ball transformed directly into a lightning spear. Electivire then raised its arm and hurled it violently at Pelipper in the air.
The lightning spear flew out. Pelipper tried to dodge, but the spear's speed was astonishingly fast.
With a scream, Pelipper fell from the sky, decisively losing the ability to battle.
The match ended.
After the referee announced the result, Kenji recalled the satisfied Electivire into its Pokéball.
After evolving into its final form, Electivire had developed another hobby besides eating.
Fighting.
And it had to be the kind of close-quarters combat where fists hit flesh.
...
The contestants who made it this far were all strong.
Even a powerhouse like Metropolis Academy suffered heavy losses. Out of ten contestants, only four remained.
On the other side, Imperial Academy fared slightly better, with five contestants remaining.
Over two days, the Top 84 of the National Collegiate League was finally decided.
With the number of contestants dropping to double digits...
The rules of the competition changed again. From 3v3, it shifted to 6v6. Each match allowed unlimited substitutions until all of one side's Pokémon lost the ability to battle.
The more Pokémon involved, the more spectacular the battles naturally became.
Teams like Sandstorm, Rain, and Sun weather teams, or Trick Room teams, often performed better in 6v6 battles.
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