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"This is terrifying. As his first rival, I certainly understood what kind of situation he was in. In such circumstances, I thought he was underestimating me and unwilling to use his full strength. But he still had such cumbersome things on him."
Zeraora, who stayed by Roy's side and hadn't left, noticed the difference between Lucario and other Pokémon through Roy's explanation. The shackles on Lucario's wrists and ankles looked similar to bracelets, but the pressure and gravity they generated was definitely not something ordinary energy could bear.
Even if one could bear it, under such extremely strong pressure, it would be difficult to lift one's wrists and ankles. This had a very serious impact on agility.
However, this effect was fatal in battle. Against other extremely agile and fast rivals, Lucario's performance would seem like a snail crawling in their eyes. If they didn't know the natural agility each Pokémon possessed, they would really think the Pokémon before them was taunting them.
"We've seen his growth, but I'm very curious about how powerful the thing on his wrists is. Since you're his master, you should have a spare one, right? Why don't you show me?"
Zeraora asked Roy tentatively, holding onto a feeling of not wanting to admit defeat. He didn't even consider that Roy might try to capture him with a Poké Ball at such a time. After all, the special Master Balls in this world could still claim such powerful and rare Pokémon as one's own.
Zeraora didn't consider this at all, but the production of Master Balls in this world was extremely rare.
Even Champion-level Trainers didn't necessarily possess such a Master Ball—the conditions for obtaining one were too harsh.
In the original game worlds, the Master Ball's setting allowed it to capture all Pokémon with 100% success. But if such a setting continued to exist in this world and could be used freely, then the value and meaning of such an item would be terrifying. At the same time, the difficulty of making it was hundreds of times harder than before!
But Roy wasn't a stingy person, and Lucario had already used and discarded this type of pressure shackle. For the sake of his power growth, the previous pressure shackles no longer had any effect on him, though they still retained some value.
Roy suspended the shackles in mid-air using his Aura Force.
When the device was fully deactivated, the pressure it generated was almost nonexistent—it had the same weight as a pair of ordinary bracelets. Even the weakest Pokémon could pick it up.
"This is that thing. But Lucario has already used this one, and it no longer has any effect on him, so the latest one he's wearing now generates much more pressure."
Zeraora was skeptical. He directly placed the pair of used bracelets on his own wrists. When the bracelets emitted a beautiful light, he didn't feel any pressure.
"You human, are you lying to me? I don't feel any pressure at all. This just looks like an ugly bracelet on the surface."
How could Roy do such a thing as deceive him? It was just that Zeraora had used it improperly and hadn't actually activated the bracelet. After all, this device had no effect after being used once, so Roy had turned it off. When deactivated, it emitted a very beautiful light that looked quite dazzling, and one wouldn't think it would have any kind of training effect.
"You haven't actually activated this thing yet. How can you feel the pressure it can release?" Roy explained.
Roy continued: "Have you seen the specific places that emit light on this bracelet? Those glowing spots are revealed through exclusive small holes on the bracelet. You just need to touch these small holes with your palm to close the light at each point."
"In this way, the pressure that appears on the bracelet increases with the number of holes you close. If you close all the light emanating from all the small holes, then this pair of bracelets will reach the maximum pressure it can generate."
Zeraora understood. He directly closed all the small holes on one bracelet. After all, with his powerful level and physique, even closing all of them probably wouldn't affect him too much.
One part of his mind was thinking this, while his other hand raised all the levels on his left wrist. When all the light was blocked by the bracelet, the pressure it released became enormous, causing him to lose control of his balance momentarily.
An Agility-type Pokémon couldn't control its own balance—this showed how severe the handicap was. He staggered from too much weight on his arm and fell directly to the ground.
The weight pulled his hand down and smashed a large hole in the ground.
At this moment, Zeraora looked disheveled and embarrassed.
"I told you to start the test slowly. How can a Pokémon who hasn't trained or undergone a certain standard of conditioning withstand this kind of power all at once? You're not a Pokémon with natural strength. Adjusting this power to maximum in one go—isn't that just making yourself suffer?"
Zeraora looked sheepish, but he still didn't want to give up and admit defeat.
If he admitted defeat here, wouldn't that mean he was inferior to Lucario? And this was just a bracelet that Lucario had already used once and completely exhausted the training value from.