Chapter 503: Mega Evolution!
The battle continued.
Just as Will expected, the match was extremely intense.
Although Bertha's side was at a disadvantage in terms of typing.
But the gap in level, terrain advantage, combat experience, and degree of tacit understanding could make up for the typing disadvantage.
Even reversing this advantageous and disadvantageous situation.
When the battle continued until all five of Will's companions had fallen.
Bertha still had two Pokémon left on her side.
This cannot be said that Cynthia and Garchomp were weak.
After all, among Bertha's remaining two Pokémon, her ace Rhyperior was not included.
This Champion-level Pokémon was taken down by the combined efforts of Garchomp and Milotic.
Now Bertha only had a full-health Gliscor and a low-health Nidoking left on hand.
Like Nidoking.
Not to mention being at low health.
Even at full health, it would just be delivering food (an easy target) in front of Will.
After all, the Steel type is immune to the Poison type, and Will personally is immune to the Ground type.
For Nidoking to want to cause damage to Will.
That is truly as difficult as ascending to heaven.
The slightly trickier one is Gliscor.
Because for a Pokémon like Gliscor, you can't just look at their typing too much.
Put it this way.
The Ground and Flying-type moves Gliscor can learn through natural growth.
The former it has none.
The latter it has one.
Gliscor's coverage depends on the trainer's personal preference; only according to the trainer's cultivation can Gliscor's move tendency be decided.
However.
Gliscor is merely just a little bit tricky.
The Ground and Flying typing combination is quite strong.
It is so even in front of a regular Lucario.
But in front of Will, it's a different story.
After all.
It's 2x weak to Water.
And 4x weak to Ice.
"Lucario, I leave it to you."
Cynthia raised her hand and wiped the sweat beads from her neck.
At this very moment.
Only then could her eyes relax a little.
Although the opponent has more Pokémon on the field, she has Lucario.
"Mm."
Will stepped forward,
"Let's try that? Is your condition OK right now?"
"Mm, no problem."
Cynthia smiled and nodded.
Not to mention her condition is indeed still capable of activating the Mega Ring.
Even if her condition wasn't good.
She still had to satisfy Lucario's request.
"Okay."
Will pursed his lips slightly.
Stood at a position two meters in front of her.
"Hm? Is this meant to give me some surprise?"
Bertha, standing opposite, narrowed her eyes slightly.
She could tell that the condition of Will and Cynthia right now was not right, seemingly brewing some ultimate move.
Bertha glanced to the side.
The cameraperson named Dai had very sharp eyesight; he noticed something was wrong with Will and Cynthia at the first moment, and hurriedly pointed the camera at them.
"Um, preparing to unveil this kind of ability to the world?"
Bertha frowned, raising a hand to pinch her chin.
Thought for a moment.
She didn't choose to let the newly switched-in Gliscor make a move.
Normally.
She could have already made a move at this time.
Commanding Gliscor to launch a surprise attack to interrupt the opponent is the most reasonable tactical choice.
Even making a move wouldn't be considered violating the rules or lacking martial virtue.
After all, battling is about going all out.
Standing foolishly in place waiting for the opponent to chant a spell or form hand seals, that's not called going all out.
Bertha stopping her hand at this moment.
Is also partly because she wanted to see it with her own eyes.
To see what kind of commotion Will and Cynthia were preparing to make this time.
The reason for saying 'this time'.
Is because she thought of the Ice Z-Move from a few years ago.
The emergence of the Ice Z-Move caused the number of trainers in the Alola region to increase day by day; it is said that in perhaps a few years, the originally poor Alola could establish a Pokémon League.
Even she had taken time to make a trip.
And got a Z-Crystal.
That kind of power is extremely powerful.
Bertha prepared to use it as a killer move in the upcoming battles.
"Phew..."
Will on this side breathed a sigh of relief and closed his eyes.
Emptied his brain, focused his mind.
At this very moment.
Didn't need to consider anything.
The desire to win was the only thought left in his heart.
No problem.
With the tacit understanding between him and Cynthia.
A mere Mega Evolution...
But.
Will found that the desire for victory in his heart was not strong; for him personally, the outcome of this battle didn't matter.
What he desired was...
[To bring victory to Cynthia.]
Behind Will.
Compared to his nervousness, Cynthia appeared much more relaxed.
"Hehe."
She stared smilingly at the tail drooping in front of Will.
Cynthia felt Lucario himself didn't know that his tail was simply a barometer of emotions, more honest than any facial expression.
Even though Cynthia didn't have Aura Power.
She could also clearly "read" from the subtle changes in the curve of that tail that his emotion at this moment was overly serious and solemn.
"There's nothing to be nervous about, with us together, even without this power, we can still win."
Cynthia gently murmured a sentence.
She dashingly raised her right fist and lightly kissed the silver ring on her ring finger,
If you are really that magical...
[Bring victory to Lucario.]
Zing!
A blindingly bright white light instantly appeared on Will's body.
The light was dazzling, instantly swallowing his figure.
Like a small sun rising on the ground, illuminating the entire battlefield a pale white; even the ceiling seemed to dim a bit.
Under the white light.
His figure began to change constantly, and along with this change, a faint rainbow-colored gleam also scattered from the white light.
Trainer and Pokémon's hearts tied to each other.
How could this not be considered a kind of same frequency?
As for what the specific thoughts are, is that still the main point?
"This is..."
Bertha's pupils shrank slightly, her mouth opening uncontrollably, watching the figure ahead with rapt attention.
Her heart beat heavily in her chest.
She had already forgotten how many years it had been since she was this excited.
That feeling.
Was like just walking out of the house and seeing Pokémon evolve for the first time, eyes full of anticipation and curiosity.
"Evolution?! Oh my god! Can Lucario still evolve?!"
Mary couldn't help but exclaim in shock.
Because she concurrently held the important post of reporter, she had to provide some side commentary during the battle between both sides.
However.
This behavior of directly speaking out the doubts in her heart in front of the camera clearly already belonged to a bit of dereliction of duty.
Her professional quality was submerged by pure shock at this moment.
Dai clenched his teeth and hugged the camera tightly.
He was just an ordinary trainer, and didn't have any particularly great interest in battling or such.
But even so.
He also knew the scene happening before his eyes at this time would definitely cause a sensation worldwide.
His professional sense of smell told him that would be a moment sufficient to go down in history!
Dai was deeply afraid that a single distraction would make the camera shake, failing to capture Will's evolution process.
If it really came to that.
Then when the video is released.
He'd probably be scolded bloody by the audience.
Who knows, evil organizations might even send people to hunt him down, blaming him for losing important video data.
In the spectator seats of the battlefield.
Several old fogeys who secretly sneaked in to peek, including Bellamy, were all dumbfounded:
"Hey hey... you're joking, right?"
A white-haired old trainer's voice was dry.
His fingers unconsciously tugged at his beard.
"A new form of Lucario? Is it Professor Rowan's research result?"
Another old man wearing a researcher's coat pushed his thick glasses, trying to see the details within the light clearly.
"Don't know about other things, but the circle of you Fighting-type trainers will probably be sensationalized for a while."
An old lady turned to look at Bellamy beside her and sighed with emotion.
"No, no, I think this is not an ordinary evolution. Didn't you notice Cynthia's action just now? That seems to be a kind of... active evolution?"
Bellamy shook his head in denial.
Everyone discussed animatedly.
But no matter what their mouths said, their eyeballs were constantly glued to Will's body.
When the white light dispersed.
When Lucario's new posture was displayed in front of everyone.
Everyone marveled and was stunned by it.
His figure became more slender and vigorous, full of a streamlined sense of power.
The original black and blue fur seemed to be injected with a metallic luster, presenting a profound and chilling temperament.
That's right.
This is Mega Lucario.
A Pokémon famous for a ruthless combat style.
"Lucario! We succeeded."
Cynthia's cold and aloof disguise shattered at this moment.
She looked at Will's appearance at this moment, her eyes shining brightly, as if several little stars were hidden in her eyes.
"Mm, yeah."
Will lowered his head and clenched his fists, the corners of his mouth pursing up.
Every contraction and relaxation of his muscles contained explosive energy, and his perception of Aura also became sharper and broader.
He was terrifyingly strong right now.
Bertha, standing opposite, looked at the identical, heartfelt smiles on their faces, and fell into a trance for a moment.
Didn't know if it was her illusion.
She felt...
The smiling Will and Cynthia at this moment were actually so alike.
Human and Pokémon alike?
Seems a bit strange.
But Bertha indeed produced such a psychological feeling.
"Although I'm not too clear what kind of principle it is, but... the bond between you, I suppose, has already deepened to another level."
Bertha nodded gratifyingly, then met eyes with her Gliscor and nodded,
"However, in this aspect of bonds, I believe Gliscor and I won't lose either."
Cynthia and Bertha looked at each other from a distance.
The interrupted battle.
Resumed again because of this single look.
Others only saw Will's external changes.
But how much stronger he truly became.
Only he himself knew.
The increase in physical stats was already extremely exaggerated, but what made Will most ecstatic was the "Adaptability" Ability!
Simply put.
When Will uses Fighting and Steel-type... STAB moves in Mega form, the power will increase by 50%.
Counting the effect of the Black Belt as well.
His Fighting-type skills hitting Pokémon without resistance can hit with 'super effective' power.
For example, at this very moment.
Gliscor has a 2x resistance to the Fighting type.
But against Will's Fighting-type moves, it's probably almost the same as having no resistance.
"Lucario, Extreme Speed!"
Before Blonde-kun's voice fell.
Will had already rushed out a long way.
This feeling is very wonderful.
It was as if a kind of telepathy had been achieved between him and Cynthia.
He clearly couldn't hear Cynthia's inner voice.
But just knew she would ask him to use the move 'Extreme Speed' next.
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