"BANG!!!—"
The hastily activated Protect barrier stood before Krookodile. As the close-range Leaf Storm hit, the terrifying impact sent Krookodile flying, barrier and all.
The violent storm ford by countless swirling leaves bombarded the pale green barrier in front of Krookodile, creating a cacophony of clashing sounds.
"Crack... Crack..."
Gradually, cracks began to appear on the Protect barrier. It looked as if it would shatter at any mont under the bombardnt of the Leaf Storm.
The battlefield fell silent, save for the sound of the Leaf Storm clashing against the Protect barrier echoing through the arena.
"BANG!!!—"
Finally, under the frenzied assault of the Leaf Storm, the Protect barrier was breached, shattering into pale green fluorescent specks.
Without the obstruction of the barrier, the Leaf Storm faced no further obstacles. It slamd directly into Krookodile, sending it flying backward.
"Krook!!!"
Krookodile cried out in pain. At that mont, that familiar black aura erupted from its body once again, just like when Bai Bai first battled Kenji.
This mass of black energy naturally stemd from Bai Bai's special ability. By stimulating the Dark-type energy within the Pokémon, she could grant her Dark-type Pokémon special effects like damage resistance and attack enhancent for a short period.
Back then, relying on this black aura, Krookodile had tanked a X-Scissor from Kenji's Beedrill and still held onto a sliver of health.
Naturally, taking a Leaf Storm head-on was survivable with this aid.
"KROOK!!!!—"
After taking the Leaf Storm, Krookodile slowly lowered its hands. Its eyes had turned completely red, and it let out a terrifying roar at the sky.
This was...
Bai Bai's face lit up with joy, while opposite her, Zephyr's expression did the exact opposite—it turned ugly.
Anger Point!!!—
"It's Anger Point!! It seems Contestant Bai Bai's Krookodile has the Anger Point ability!! Contestant Zephyr's ga Sceptile's Leaf Storm actually landed a critical hit on Krookodile! Thereby triggering Krookodile's ability!!" Above, comntator Forrest shouted in excitent.
This dramatic turn of events instantly reversed the situation on the field. On one side was Krookodile, who had triggered Anger Point, maximizing its Attack stat.
On the other side was ga Sceptile, with its Attack lowered by two stages, Special Attack lowered by four stages (due to Leaf Storm), and stamina severely depleted.
The scales of victory tipped in an instant.
With its Attack skyrocketing, Krookodile had transford into a truly lethal, savage sand crocodile. A single hit would be enough to defeat ga Sceptile.
Of course, given ga Sceptile's proud speed advantage, if it adopted kiting tactics to wear Krookodile down from a distance, Krookodile would be helpless.
But the worse news was that between maintaining ga Evolution and using Leaf Storm just now, ga Sceptile had almost no stamina left.
The battle had to end imdiately.
"KROOK!!!!—"
While Zephyr was thinking of a counterasure, on the field, Krookodile glared with scarlet eyes. Its entire body suddenly flashed with red light, and a tyrannical aura surged around it.
Outrage!!!
Krookodile actually used Outrage!!
Although Krookodile usually learns Outrage naturally upon reaching Level 58...
This Krookodile was only Level 53, yet it had comprehended the move in the middle of battle.
After unleashing Outrage, Krookodile completely lost its reason. The entire crocodile turned into a bloodthirsty, ferocious tyrant of the sands. It dropped to all fours and charged rapidly toward ga Sceptile, crawling with both hands and feet.
On the other side, facing a Krookodile using Outrage with maxed-out Attack, ga Sceptile could only temporarily avoid the brunt of the attack. While retreating backward, it used Razor Leaf, sending sharp leaves flying toward Krookodile in an attempt to stop its advance.
"BANG BANG BANG!!!—"
Krookodile raised a claw and, facing the incoming leaves, simply swiped. It easily shattered them and continued charging at ga Sceptile without slowing down.
ga Sceptile's stamina was running on empty.
Facing the charging Krookodile, ga Sceptile remained motionless, staring intently at Krookodile's movents.
Finally, Krookodile closed in.
"BANG!!—"
Krookodile raised its claws and pounced on ga Sceptile.
Just as Krookodile's attack was about to hit, ga Sceptile suddenly dodged at a nearly impossible angle.
Detect!!!—
The effect of Detect is similar to Protect; both can block a damaging move from an opponent.
However, one mobilizes internal power to erect a barrier for defense, while the other mobilizes all ntal energy to focus on the opponent's movents, predicting the attack trajectory to dodge.
As Krookodile's attack missed, ga Sceptile swung the leaf blades on its arms once again, slashing toward Krookodile's face.
Facing ga Sceptile's attack, the berserk and irrational Krookodile didn't dodge at all. Instead, it chose to seize the opening during ga Sceptile's attack and whipped its tail around.
There was no hesitation in its movent.
"BANG!!!—"
Two Leaf Blades successively hit Krookodile's head—landing critical hits once again.
Simultaneously, Krookodile's tail lashed out. The terrifying force sent ga Sceptile flying.
ga Sceptile rolled several tis on the ground. By the ti it stopped, its ga form had automatically deactivated, and it lay on the ground, unconscious and unable to battle.
On the other side, having taken a combo of Leaf Blades, Krookodile's stamina was completely ground down. After struggling for a mont, it too collapsed on the ground, unable to battle.
"ga Sceptile and Krookodile are unable to battle! This round is a draw!"
"Contestant Bai Bai's three Pokémon are all unable to battle! Contestant Zephyr wins the match!!!"
In the end, ga Sceptile had managed to complete the difficult feat of a 1v3 sweep. Both sides recalled their Pokémon into their Pokéballs.
Zephyr rubbed the Pokéball in his hand, a flash of heartache in his eyes. Ignoring the cheers from the arena, he walked off the battlefield.
After the result was announced, Bai Bai turned and left, her face showing neither sadness nor joy.
In the tropolis Academy lounge, the atmosphere was sowhat heavy.
Everyone knew that aside from Kenji, Bai Bai was indisputably the strongest student at tropolis Academy.
The only one who could wrestle with Bai Bai, Xie Mu, was a Psychic-type specialist, which was perfectly countered by Bai Bai, a Dark-type specialist.
But now, Bai Bai had been defeated by Zephyr using only one Pokémon.
And in the end, she barely managed to take that one Pokémon down with her.
"Ding-dong! Ding-dong ding-dong!!"
Kenji's phone, placed on the table, started ringing incessantly. He opened it to see ssages from Tyson Tang.
Tyson Tang: "Destroy this Zephyr for !!"
"Avenge my little sister!!!!"
"This kid better not co to challenge the tropolis Gym, or I'll beat the crap out of him..."
"Stupid Imperial Academy..."
Kenji's eyelid twitched. It seed Tyson had watched the live broadcast of his sister getting thrashed by Zephyr. Although the siblings usually looked like they had a superficial relationship, in reality, Tyson was a huge sis-con.
However... if Kenji rembered correctly, although Tyson Tang was now the Gym Leader of tropolis Gym, he had graduated from Imperial Academy.
Too lazy to roast him further, Kenji comforted Tyson with a few words and promised to help win back Bai Bai's honor.
Tyson didn't send any more ssages; he had likely gone to comfort Bai Bai, who had finished her match.
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