Chapter 612: Future Potential
Azumarill's quick recovery completely exceeded the Hornet duo's expectations.
Effects like flinching and dizziness are closely related to a Pokémon's mental strength, courage, and fighting spirit, and are not directly linked to raw power.
The Hornet duo had predicted that Azumarill's strength wasn't weak, but they never imagined that an Azumarill, seemingly not fully grown, would be so strong in will and spirit.
She's just a child...
What kind of training did you give her?
At this moment, the White Eagle duo even wanted to call the Pokémon Protection Association!
Only Azumarill on the field knew: Justin actually pampered her, and her training time was less than other Pokémon on the team.
But what it lacked in quantity, it made up for in quality!
Facing Arthur's cold killing intent and sword edge every day, feeling Greninja's astonishing discipline and seriousness, and occasionally receiving pointers from former Champion-level seniors like Old Flame and Specter.
Although Azumarill was young, she had seen the world. A mere slap wasn't enough to daze her for long.
She grabbed Dewgong's tail.
Pulling the opponent from the water pool on the opposite side to the hard rock field on her side.
"Azumarill, Slam!"
Upon receiving the order, Azumarill shouted in a soft loli voice, but her hands were not soft at all.
Grabbing Dewgong's tail, she swung it over her head and smashed it heavily onto the rock ground in front of her with a loud bang.
The White Eagle commentator couldn't help but shudder at the sight.
Some audience members were also confused.
"Is Slam used like this? It seems different from what I learned."
Normally, the Normal-type move Slam involves using one's own tail or vine-like appendages to hit the enemy, causing damage.
But this time, Azumarill didn't swing her own tail.
Instead, she swung Dewgong's tail!
Although this meant the Normal-type energy attached to the move couldn't be infused into the enemy, resulting in one less layer of energy damage, the effect of the physical damage was visibly outstanding!
Smashed onto the hard rock ground, Dewgong's flesh trembled like waves, every part of its body numb...
The effect was comparable to the Fake Out it had just used!
Except the Fake Out just now relied on the move's special effect, while Azumarill's Slam relied purely on brute force!
Many professional players from other places noticed this.
"This Azumarill's Huge Power ability is developed quite deeply."
"Having such strength at this age, imagine when she grows up and her body develops to its peak. She will surely be a terrifying captain-level ace."
"This person seems to have just started his professional career not long ago, right? How did Kubfu's new generation suddenly become so fierce?"
If Roman and Arthur showed other alliances the rise of Kubfu this year, then Bella, Justin, and these double battle newcomers showed them the future potential of Kubfu!
It was hard to imagine this was the Kubfu competitive circle that had been as stagnant as a pool of dead water for many years!
"Damn it! Why is Kubfu the one favored by destiny?!"
Those saying this were undoubtedly the audience from the White Eagle Alliance.
Because as one of the world's Three Poles, White Eagle's performance in the Champions Cup so far was far inferior to Kubfu's.
As number one seeds, Starlight and Frost had already secured advancement, while White Eagle's Fearless Team was not yet first in their group.
Even in this match, they felt hope slipping away minute by minute...
Because on the field, Azumarill fought incredibly aggressively!
Although she was young and had few moves, limiting her offensive methods.
But she was really strong!
In terms of ability development, even Arthur's aces might not match her.
This was probably why the elderly Azumarill grandmother in the Crescent Bay Reserve valued this little one so much—
Because skills were relatively easy to learn, but deep development of abilities was difficult.
It was always easier to increase proficiency in active skills than in passive abilities.
Justin's Azumarill still had a lot to learn, of course, but she already possessed a foundation envied by most Pokémon.
Her Huge Power ability was truly huge power!
Powerful enough that one punch could make an Aurorus, weighing a hundred times more than herself, stumble back!
Paired with the Hustle ability Togekiss, they complemented each other perfectly; both Pokémon were types that created miracles with brute force.
Poor Dewgong took focused fire. After the first Fake Out, it had no highlight performance throughout the match, being hammered into autism by Azumarill.
Dewgong's Ice and Water moves were ineffective against Azumarill.
Even trying to hide in the water pool on its side was useless because Azumarill could swim too and dive to drag it back.
No way up, no way down.
In the end, Dewgong sadly exited first.
Then Bella and Justin started a righteous gang-up. The large, hard-to-dodge Aurorus also found it difficult to cope.
In the end, this match didn't last long.
But the silence left for White Eagle fans was long.
Starlight and Frost overtook the score!
This was definitely not good news.
Because it meant their best result would be entering the Captain's Match with a lead of only one point.
But was one point enough?
Arthur's previous winning streak, the huge reputation he made in the Ashen Desert event, and the recently concluded Group A matches all loudly declared to the world—
This year's Kubfu players responsible for the Captain's Match were truly terrifying!
This deterrence made them dare not easily treat a one-point lead as an advantage.
This feeling was exactly the same as those mid-tier teams facing the Metro Team in the Kubfu Professional League!
Before the Captain's Match started, even with a lead of one or two points, they were panicked!
In the past, it was Roman who intimidated those teams!
This time, it was finally Arthur's turn...
Later, the last pair from the Hornet Team performed well, surviving a desperate situation and successfully keeping a glimmer of hope for the team.
They won against Ivy and Bianca.
Thus, the Hornet Team indeed entered the Captain's Match with a slight lead of one point as they wished.
But just looking at the expression of the opposing captain as he went on stage, one could tell: they had no confidence at all.
Comparing records, Arthur hadn't lost a single Captain's Match so far!
While the opponent had lost several times in a row.
Not to mention this was the last match of Group C, with no scruples and no need to save Pokémon stamina.
Going all out, the Hornet captain smiled bitterly in his heart.
This is pushing me to a dead end!
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