Chapter 496: Masaka (Could it be)...
A heavy and powerful Fighting-type ultimate move forcibly blasted Milotic away.
!
When that huge snake body crashed onto the earth, the muffled sound couldn't help but make people's hearts tremble.
"Milotic! Can you still hold on?"
Wallace asked.
When a trainer begins to ask about their Pokémon's condition during a battle, it means their grasp of the situation and the condition of both sides has entered a blurred state.
The reason is also very simple.
Nothing more than because the one facing Will right now is Milotic.
Without personally experiencing that feeling.
Wallace wouldn't clearly know the dual physical and mental pressure Milotic is currently enduring.
"Yuu..."
Milotic's weak voice sounded.
She propped herself up from the ground again.
An Elite Four-level Pokémon is not that easily beaten down.
If it weren't for Will being buffed by a bunch of rare items, making the power of various type moves basically increase by 20+% on top of their original base, she definitely could have held on longer.
Step.
Step.
Steady and heavy footsteps sounded.
Wallace and Milotic's heartbeats uncontrollably began to beat with the rhythm of the footsteps.
Looking up.
Exactly meeting those eyes with blue eerie light lingering in the pupils.
"Yuu..."
Milotic shrank her body, a smear of fear arising deep in her eyes.
At this moment, the same doubt as Dragonite popped up in her heart:
Can we really win?
Clearly their level gap isn't big.
But why does she always feel she is not on the same level as the opponent at all?
Crushed in all aspects.
"Don't be afraid, even if we lose, we must lose gorgeously. Besides, you still have other companions."
"Yuu!"
Hearing Wallace's calm voice, Milotic's fluctuating mindset also gradually stabilized.
Feeling their Aura.
Will nodded gratifyingly.
They will go far.
Such a trainer and Pokémon will definitely be able to go very, very far, even to the other side of the sea.
"Aqua Ring."
A blue water curtain spiraled, as if turning into a halo, slowly recovering Milotic's condition.
"Hm? Is that Swords Dance?"
Wallace frowned, staring at Will and starting to ponder.
He originally thought Will would rush up to stop Milotic from recovering.
But he didn't.
Instead, he started using Swords Dance, Work Up, Calm Mind, and Nasty Plot one by one in place to boost his own condition.
This intention is quite obvious.
It's exactly preparing for subsequent battles.
The "subsequent" mentioned here is not the upcoming battle with Milotic, but battling Wallace's other Pokémon.
Will's action is blatantly telling Wallace.
This round.
He has it in the bag.
"Tch, truly proud."
Wallace smacked his lips; after hesitating, he didn't choose to stop it.
The current Milotic is in extremely poor condition.
Even if she actively went up to stop him, the success rate is very low, and instead she might be carried off the field at the speed of light.
Moreover.
Wallace recognized it.
The moves Will used were basically all moves that increase his own dual attacks (Attack and Special Attack); in other aspects, only Special Defense got a little boost.
So, he didn't choose to stop it, but chose to continue letting Milotic recover her condition, as well as boost her condition.
Aqua Ring.
Life Dew.
Recover.
Coil.
Dragon Dance.
Wallace held the thought that as long as they dodged effectively and attacked as usual, they could defeat Will.
This is a kind of confidence belonging to youth, and also trust in Milotic's abilities.
Of course.
It could also be that he has some other hidden means.
Both sides tacitly stacked conditions respectively.
Gradually Will's condition reached its peak one step earlier.
While on the other side, Milotic's physical strength had pretty much recovered eight or nine out of ten, and her Attack, Defense, and Speed also had small boosts.
"Round two."
Will murmured a sentence.
In a flash, his figure disappeared from the spot.
"Ice Beam to freeze the ground underfoot."
"Yuu~"
An ice-blue beam spewed out of Milotic's mouth; in the blink of an eye, a layer of ice formed on the ground around her as the center.
"If you think I'm not good at moving on ice, then you're dead wrong."
Will's figure appeared.
But his speed didn't decrease.
Just changed from Extreme Speed running to Extreme Speed ice skating.
Just kidding.
Don't forget he had several Ice-type companions in his team in the previous life.
Especially there is a move called Ice Spinner, which exactly advances by sliding on the ice surface.
Although he can't learn this move in this life.
But that feeling and proficiency are still there, just unable to attach Ice-type energy to his legs.
Close Combat.
A half-moon-like arc slid out on the ice surface. Will appeared by Milotic's side at the fastest speed; after leaping up, a spinning kick swung towards Milotic's long waist.
"Take it, use Aqua Tail."
Bang!
Milotic gritted her teeth and forcefully took this blow; her tail wrapped in water quickly swung towards Will in mid-air.
Will glanced at it.
Raised his arm to block a bit.
Smack!
Will was knocked back by the huge force.
However, after he landed lightly on the ground, he just casually shook his arm, not showing any appearance of taking damage.
"Hm?"
Wallace frowned, perceiving a trace of incongruity.
This move...
Why did it give him a feeling of hitting for nothing?
Will didn't give him much time to think, raised his leg high, and stomped heavily on the ground.
This time is Earthquake.
Rumble!
With just one stomp, the earth trembled continuously; even the ice surface under Milotic's feet instantly shattered into slag.
"Use Bounce, then Disarming Voice."
Milotic's figure flew into the air like a spring again.
Just as Will planned to seize the opportunity to launch a fierce attack.
A heavenly voice echoed down from the air.
"I hate sound-based moves."
Will covered his ears with both hands, but it was to no avail.
It's not that covering ears is useless.
It's that his hearing is too keen; even covering his ears he could hear Milotic's voice.
When the voice ended.
Will shook his head, only feeling his brain muddled, and his thinking became slow and chaotic.
He fell into Confusion.
Disarming Voice is such a move.
It can cause Pokémon whose stats have been raised to fall into a Confusion state. (Translator's note: In the games, Disarming Voice never misses and does not cause Confusion. The author might be confusing it with Swagger, Flatter, or another move with a secondary effect, or taking creative liberty.)
This move is quite obscure, seemingly only discovered in recent months, so even Will didn't know this move before.
But from today on, he knows.
"Now is the time, use Aqua Tail once again!"
Whoosh!
The sound of breaking through the air rang by his ear.
Will closed his eyes and felt where Milotic's figure was.
Smack!
A huge force whipped on the back of his head, slapping him forward.
Will did a roll and stood up again, frowning tightly.
Perceived it.
But the body couldn't react.
Or rather, Will needed a bit of time to react to control his body with disordered nerves.
But now Milotic, buffed by Dragon Dance, was very fast; this bit of time was enough for Milotic to launch an attack.
Fortunately.
What was used was Aqua Tail.
"Masaka... (Could it be...)"
Looking at Will's expression carrying a trace of luck, Wallace's expression instantly cracked. He looked at Cynthia, who was watching the show at the opposite command stand, and shouted breaking down,
"Does this Lucario of yours have the Water Absorb Ability?! This is too inelegant!"
He didn't notice it at first.
Thought it was because the intensity of Milotic's Aqua Tail wasn't high enough.
But later Will's reaction to taking Disarming Voice was obviously very strong, but the damage of Disarming Voice is absolutely not as high as Aqua Tail.
This time using Aqua Tail again.
Wallace immediately noticed.
Water-type moves.
Simply can't cause damage to Will at all, even like giving Will a massage.
A tail whipping his head made his confused brain clear up quite a bit, and his eyes became clear.
"Was it noticed? Hehe."
Cynthia smiled cheerfully and grinned.
Whether her Lucario has the Water Absorb Ability or not, could she not know?
Her Lucario's Ability is Steadfast.
The reason Blonde-kun admitted to it.
Is only to cover for Will's Sea Crown.
Yes.
Cynthia thought Will wouldn't take damage from Water-type moves because of the existence of the Sea Crown.
After all, how could the King of the Sea take damage from Water-type moves?
She doesn't know about the existence of the Splash Plate.
"Hehe."
Will, hearing Wallace say this, showed the same playful smile on his face.
This kid, reacts so fast?
Saw through it in just a few moves.
"Ah?! How can there be a Lucario with the Water Absorb Ability? This is too sneaky! Unfair! Rematch, rematch!"
"Cynthia's Lucario, that Hydro Pump has always been his signature; from before I felt the power of the move was terrifying. I think, this Lucario might have been a Water-type Pokémon in his previous life!"
"I thought it was strange watching matches before, Water-type moves seem to have no effect on this Lucario; I really didn't think of the Water Absorb Ability at the time."
"Perhaps, one of this Lucario's parents is a powerful Water-type Pokémon?"
The entire audience and contestants were shocked by Wallace and Cynthia's words, setting off a heated discussion.
A Lucario with the Water Absorb Ability.
That's truly the first case in the whole world.
Speaking of which.
This Lucario has been abnormal from the very beginning; first Hydro Pump, then iridescent flames, and now the Water Absorb Ability. If something else appears later, it wouldn't be strange either.
Back to the battlefield.
The battle has entered the final juncture.
Facing Will.
Wallace can't let his Pokémon use his most beloved, most proficient, and most gorgeous Water-type moves; this is simply more uncomfortable than eating shit for him.
Fighting is uncomfortable no matter how he fights, being overly cautious.
Finally, at a certain moment.
Will broke out of the ground, an uppercut Thunder Punch hitting Milotic's chin, knocking her over five meters high.
Boom!
Milotic fell heavily to the ground, her two eyes completely turning into swirls.
But it is worth mentioning.
Before being defeated, Milotic used a Haze.
And this.
Is also the reason why Wallace let Will buff himself earlier.
Haze.
This move can return the stats of all Pokémon on the field, whether friend or foe, to their original points.
This means Will's previous buffs.
Are all cleared to zero.
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