"Reflective Wall."
"Happy!"
Blissey was the first to act, tracing a luminous rectangle shield in front of it with its small hands, which flickered for two seconds before vanishing.
At the same time, Excadrill leapt up fiercely, its sharp claws held high combined with the metal horn on its forehead to form a steel drill exuding cold light, surrounded by a swirling earth-yellow airflow, drilling straight into the ground with a bang.
Rumble rumble rumble—
The ground trembled wildly.
"Dodge to the right!"
Blissey jumped aside just in time, narrowly avoiding Excadrill that burst out of the ground, its digging speed was truly swift, covering a path of dozens of meters in the blink of an eye.
Its racial talent was terrifying.
Having missed the strike, Excadrill maintained its drill form and tunneled back into the ground.
Many spectators were shocked watching this maneuver. Not using "Digging" but attacking from underground? Is this "Direct Charge Drill" even legal?!
"Direct Charge Drill!"
Alice, however, didn't care and intended to fully utilize this technique learned from Driftveil Gym Leader Boss Ju.
Boom!
The ground cracked open again, and under Baimu's command, Blissey once again evaded the attack.
"Happy!"
Its eyes lit up with blue light, but in the haste, the spiritual power failed to catch the brown-airflow-covered Excadrill.
As soon as it gathered, the spiritual power was scattered by the ground attribute energy.
Moreover, Excadrill's reflexes were extremely keen, turning back underground as soon as the drill missed, resolutely avoiding ground battles with Blissey.
The commentator shouted: "Both Blissey's and Excadrill's attacks have missed each other! Alice is employing guerrilla tactics!"
Truly worthy of being Alice's first Pokémon, its evasive attributes were nearly full.
But how long can Excadrill sustain such attacks?
Continuously using techniques consumes a significant amount of stamina and is a challenge to attribute energy.
"Dodge to the left!"
Baimu decided to temporarily give up counterattacking, focusing on observing the ground vibrations to determine where Excadrill would emerge and directing Blissey to evade.
He knew Alice was waiting for Blissey to show a flaw.
So he followed her lead to see how long Excadrill could maintain this offensive and how strong Alice's patience really was.
With prolonged attacks yielding no results, whoever found it harder to endure was obvious.
"Direct Charge Drill!"
Alice's thoughts were exactly as Baimu predicted, but she didn't believe Blissey could perfectly evade each time; once it was hit by Excadrill, Blissey's flaws would become increasingly apparent, like a collapsing dam.
And so.
A grueling stalemate began for both Pokémon.
Blissey spread spiritual power around, cautiously observing the ground movements while evading flexibly under the trainer's command.
Excadrill launched attacks from various directions, be it directly below or from an oblique side.
Focused on taking unconventional paths.
After four or five exchanges, the stalemate was yet to break.
Many spectators nervously sweated from the tense standoff, while others found it boring, longing for exciting scenes.
Just then.
A bluish light suddenly illuminated the edge of the battlefield, revealing a giant cube enveloping the field like a glass house, followed by shattering with a thud.
Magic Space ended!
Everyone became spirited, knowing the situation would change following the end of Magic Space!
Sure enough.
Blissey paused its evasive footwork while Alice's eyes lit up.
This was the opportunity she awaited!
"Charge out! Use True Qi Bullet!"
Alice shouted with all her might.
Boom!
Excadrill seized the moment, charging out from the ground, not attacking Blissey but rushing straight into the sky, breaking free from drill status.
"Doruo!"
Its muffled roar, metallic claws spread, gathering a dazzling blue energy between them to form a sharp light wave that made the air quiver.
Baimu calmly reached for Excadrill, "Telekinesis!"
Against Pokémon without flying ability, Telekinesis would be their nightmare; if he remembered correctly, the opponent wouldn't use Electromagnetic Levitation.
Without Magic Space's support, Blissey's actions were slightly slower.
"Happy!"
Its eyes gleamed blue, spiritual power vibrating across the distance.
In the next moment.
True Qi Bullet was fully charged, resembling a blue fireball descending from the sky with a thundering fall.
Excadrill's freefall motion paused, its body trapped by mysterious blue light, forced to halt in mid-air.
Boom!
The true Qi Bullet struck the unguarded Blissey directly!
The boiling fighting attribute energy was like a detonated bomb, shaking the ground amidst loud blasts, and the swirling dust instantly engulfed the whole area.
Even though it's inherently a physical attack Pokémon, Excadrill demonstrated exceptionally strong special attack abilities at this moment.
Evidently, for elite trainers in the animation, training Pokémon not originally suited for special or physical attacks is standard practice.
This coincidentally explained why Baimu could raise Aggron's special attack to a usable level.
The commentator exclaimed: "True Qi Bullet hit! That strike was extremely effective! But Telekinesis also successfully targeted Excadrill!"
Inside.
Alice did not pause, punching the air and shouting: "Now! Horn Drill! One-hit Kill!"
"Doruo!"
Excadrill turned into a massive drill once again, instantly self-spinning without any leverage, causing a turbulent milky white airflow to rotate rapidly, prompting a deep wind howl!
It resolutely transformed into a tornado, propelling itself towards the dust cloud!