Chapter 475: I Make the Rules for the Field
Five days later, the Sanctuary Club went to Jiangbei Province for an away match against the Landscape Club.
Basalt took the field again, but this time he faced Lou Wenming, the vice-captain of the Landscape Club, a battle-hardened veteran who specialized in raising Water-type Pokémon.
Unfortunately, the field for the first half happened to be Water.
"Basalt, it seems your luck has run out."
Lou Wenming grinned, revealing white teeth. Although Lou Wenming was a veteran with strength and experience, he had no confidence against the pseudo-legendary Tyranitar. But now, Tyranitar couldn't be counted on for the first half.
Lou Wenming's eyes shone brightly. Taking advantage of this gap, as long as his Pokémon completed buffs first and laid the foundation for victory, even if Tyranitar appeared later, it would be useless as the die would have been cast.
Looking at the huge water field with an area of nearly a thousand square meters, the corners of Basalt's mouth curled up slightly: "Not necessarily."
"Your mouth is tough!"
Lou Wenming chuckled and threw a Pokéball first.
This was a four-legged blue sea beast Pokémon. Long white whiskers extended from its snout. On the back of its head was a huge beige round spike like a spear, and a helmet-like shell protruded sharply in front. Its abdomen was covered by a blue-gray shell-like armor, and its limbs were covered with beige segmented bracer-like coverings. The lower bracers and upper spikes formed the scabbards and hilts of two swords (seamitars).
It was the Water-type Pokémon—Samurott!
Samurott fell into the water, splashing water and creating waves. Pushed by the waves, several floating foam blocks on the water surface surged endlessly. These foam blocks were prepared for Pokémon that couldn't enter the water. They varied in size, and trainers could choose according to the size and weight of their Pokémon.
If it were Tyranitar, it would have to choose the largest floating board in the center. But at the same time, Tyranitar would become a sitting duck. Because Tyranitar was too big, leaving no room for movement.
"Go, Cradily!" Basalt sent out Cradily.
"Cra~dily~"
Cradily's huge body landed heavily on the largest floating board in the center.
"Sure enough, sent out Cradily with the Storm Drain ability."
Lou Wenming licked his lips, eyes shining. Basalt's choice didn't exceed his expectations. And actually, facing this terrain, Basalt didn't have many choices; he could only choose one from Cradily, Swampert, and Bronzong. As for Excadrill and Camerupt, they absolutely couldn't take the field.
"Cra~dily~"
After Cradily took the field, countless roots extended from the bottom of its body into the water, beginning to absorb frantically. The water level began to drop at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Ability Storm Drain, activate!
Seeing this, Lou Wenming touched his thinning hair and sneered repeatedly: "Suck, suck big mouthfuls. If you can finish sucking these thousands of cubic meters of water, I'll wash my hair upside down!"
Soon, one-third of the water in the entire Water Field was absorbed, and the water level dropped significantly.
"Can suck this much?"
Lou Wenming's mouth twitched slightly, and a bad premonition suddenly rose in his heart. But what made him uncomfortable was that during the period when the Pokémon took the field and activated abilities, it wasn't counted as the start of the battle, so Samurott couldn't attack.
After a while, most of the water in the Water Field had been sucked away. The huge-bodied Samurott already felt uncomfortable swimming underwater. The water was too shallow!
But Cradily, whose body was tiny compared to the pool, seemed like a bottomless pit without a bottom line, still absorbing frantically. And under the nourishment of sufficient water, not only did Cradily's Special Attack complete the boost first, but dense white roots also appeared at the bottom of its body, extending everywhere along the pool wall, giving people a feeling of scalp numbness.
Gulp!
Lou Wenming swallowed involuntarily. The Water Field... before the fight even started, the water was gone!
At this moment, Samurott lay at the bottom of the pool with a confused look.
"Cra~dily~"
Conversely, Cradily looked refreshed. This wave, it sucked to its heart's content!
Basalt chuckled. Anyway, as long as it was a field he didn't want, it would all turn into sand dunes and sandstorms.
"Energy Ball!"
With Basalt's command, the battle finally started.
"Samurott, intercept with Ice Beam!" Lou Wenming's face was livid. From the beginning of this battle, he was led by the nose by Basalt. Crucially, he really couldn't understand. How did a Pokémon manage to suck away all the water in the Water Field? This wasn't scientific!
Boom!
Ice Beam met Energy Ball, causing an explosion in mid-air.
Seeing this, the corners of Basalt's mouth rose slightly. How could a turret fire only one shot? This is a rapid-fire cannon!
Three Energy Balls attacked from an oblique angle. Samurott had no choice but to use "Protect" to defend. But what it didn't expect was that after three Energy Balls, there were three more. Now, Samurott was helpless.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
After three explosions, Samurott fell. A large pit was also blown out at the bottom of the pool, revealing the reinforced concrete inside.
"Using Energy Ball seven times in a row? Is this guy really a Pro-level Pokémon?"
Lou Wenming looked at Cradily with deep confusion in his eyes. This stamina and elemental energy accumulation were a bit too scary, right?
Recalling Samurott, the second Pokémon Lou Wenming sent out had a body mostly composed of white, with a long yellow beak tipped with black. It had two connected tufts of feathers on its head, forward-curving feathers on the sides of its head, and two blue objects on its abdomen.
"Swanna?"
Basalt raised an eyebrow, his face full of anticipation. This Pokémon was very rare in China.
Thirty seconds later, Swanna was hit by continuous "Rock Slide" moves, fell directly from mid-air, and fainted.
Immediately after, Lou Wenming sent out Poliwrath. However, under Cradily's continuous "bullet" attacks, Poliwrath had almost no room for operation, was hammered fiercely, and then sent away.
The 1v3 sweep drama was staged on Basalt again.
"So... so strong!"
Not only the audience on the scene, but even the members of both clubs stared wide-eyed at this moment, as if seeing a ghost.
Only at this time did everyone suddenly remember. The strength of Basalt's three long-famous aces was probably not inferior to the evolved pseudo-legendary Tyranitar. While Tyranitar was improving, the strength of the three ace Pokémon didn't lag behind. Of course, Tyranitar's strength was also not inferior to the three aces. So now, it might be more appropriate to call Basalt's Pokémon the Four Aces.
After half time, the field began to change. The waterless Water Field turned into a Standard Field.
"Cra~dily~"
Cradily took the opportunity to input the water absorbed just now into the ground and activated the "Grassy Terrain" skill, instantly turning the empty Standard Field into a large grassland.
"First the Water Field turned into a waterless field, now the Standard Field turned into a Grass Field. Field!! Not looking at what you give, but what I want! What kind of god-level operation is this?"
"In the First Division Professional League, the field was originally a huge uncertain factor, greatly affecting the trainer's performance and the winning hand. But Basalt... directly chose the field himself. Too awesome!"
The audience was amazed. As for Basalt's fans, they were like injected with chicken blood, shouting loudly. Because their idol was too damn impressive.
In the end, this battle was easily won by Basalt.
"Basalt might already have the standard of the top 30 in league combat power."
At this time, the information collectors of major clubs raised Basalt's combat power rating one after another. Top 30 in league individual combat power, this was the level of top professional trainers; even some captains of small clubs didn't have this ranking. As for the top 10, those were the ceiling combat powers of the Pro-level, each powerful.
"Old Brother Luo, isn't your assessment a bit high?"
In the corner where information collectors gathered, someone raised a doubt.
"High? I don't think it's high; I even think it's conservative!"
The bearded information collector surnamed Luo sneered, "Until now, Bronzong and Excadrill haven't come out yet! Needless to say about Bronzong, that's an existence that defeated Huaxia University's Metagross. Excadrill is Basalt's super ace. But I checked all the information and found that Basalt's Excadrill hasn't played for a long time."
"Old Brother Luo, could it be that Excadrill's potential is exhausted, and its strength growth can't keep up with the growth progress of Basalt's team? After all, a trainer's starter Pokémon may not necessarily accompany the trainer for a lifetime."
"Do you think it's possible?"
The bearded information collector sneered repeatedly, then shut up and stopped talking. For this youngster to say such words, he simply didn't bring his brain out. Very silly, very naive!
That's Excadrill! Even with the Desert Tyrant Tyranitar being extremely popular now, in the hearts of many of Basalt's old fans, they still felt Excadrill was stronger and more awesome. Excadrill not playing was just because no opponent worthy of its appearance had appeared yet.
Flipping through the schedule of the First Division League, the bearded man checked the subsequent arrangements for the Sanctuary Club. The intensity of the First Division League wasn't as high as the Second Division League, averaging about one battle a week.
"Found it!"
The bearded man put his hand on the schedule, eyes shining.
One month later, the Sanctuary Club would welcome a cross-town derby, hosting the local powerhouse club "War God" in Shanghai.
"With the strength and standard of the War God Club, Basalt will definitely not win as easily as now. Whether it is or not, we'll see in a month."
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