Chapter 482: Sweeping Basalt?
Returning from the capital to Shanghai with his two generals without stopping, Basalt once again entered the league state and began high-intensity battles.
"Hiss... it's over! My luck is too bad today; actually met Basalt!"
On the battlefield of a club in Guangdong Province, upon learning that the opponent was Basalt, the club's player immediately wilted, secretly sighing at his bad luck. The strength Basalt displayed was stronger than their club captain. If he went up, it was just giving away a win!
However, seeing this, the club's head coach was quite happy. Because since Basalt defeated Wang Botao and his fame soared, some lower-ranking First Division clubs had already listed Basalt as a "superior horse." To ensure points, they tried their best to stagger Basalt from their own club's ace trainers. Sending some players who had little hope of winning to Basalt wasn't a loss! Anyway, they couldn't win either way.
"Basalt! Basalt!"
Although it was clearly the opponent's home court, from the cheers of the audience on site, it could be seen that Basalt had significantly more fans. This was the result of Basalt's rising ranking and the influx of endorsements and advertisements; with higher popularity, no matter which province, many fans would come to support him. Like now, those who didn't know would think this was Basalt's home court!
"Arceus bless me, hope Basalt doesn't send Tyranitar, Excadrill, or Cradily."
Trainer Du Fei clasped his hands together, praying secretly in his heart. The performance of these three Pokémon recently was too eye-catching; if things went wrong, he might be swept 1v6, very terrifying. Du Fei didn't ask for much; defeating one or two of Basalt's Pokémon would satisfy him.
Soon, the match field was determined: Grass Field.
"Go, Hakamo-o!"
Under the referee's signal, Basalt threw a Pokéball.
"Haka~mo~"
The moment Hakamo-o appeared, the sunlight shone on its golden scales, forming a dazzling reflection; the audience on site covered their eyes with their hands one after another. Fortunately, the professional league cameras had grating effects, so Hakamo-o's figure could be clearly seen on the screen.
"Holy crap... what did I see?"
Exclamations rang out in unison from the audience.
Actually, not only the audience, but the Sanctuary Club members were the same; their faces also showed shock.
"Is this... pseudo-legendary Hakamo-o?"
Zhang Dongliang widened his eyes and rubbed them several times, but still found it unbelievable. Basalt actually had a second pseudo-legendary? Although it was a transition form and not fully evolved, it was still very astonishing. Because looking at the entire league, the trainer with the most pseudo-legendary Pokémon seemed to have only two. And Basalt now tied with the opponent in the number of pseudo-legendaries.
"This kid Basalt hides too deep, right?"
Vice-Captain Hua Duo smoothed her long hair, a faint fragrance drifting from it. The look in her eyes towards Basalt carried heavy curiosity.
As for Basalt's fans, they collectively climaxed. Pseudo-legendary! Seeing a pseudo-legendary again! And it was a pseudo-legendary of the Kommo-o line, extremely rare in China.
"Basalt, charge charge charge for me!"
"Hakamo-o, rampage!"
Cheers thundered on the scene, but all cheering for Basalt.
"Haka~mo~"
Seeing this, Hakamo-o also excitedly slapped its scales, making ding ding ding sounds to encourage itself, eyes full of fighting spirit.
Conversely, sweat dripped from Du Fei's forehead. Because the Pokémon he sent out was a huge fat Pokémon with body color close to blue or dark blue, a white belly, and eyes always squinted: it was Snorlax.
Normal-type Snorlax was obviously at a disadvantage against Fighting-type Hakamo-o. However, he wasn't without advantages.
"Although this Hakamo-o is a pseudo-legendary, after all, it's not fully evolved; its strength probably isn't that strong. Maybe this is an opportunity!" Du Fei's eyes lit up.
"Snorlax, Rollout!" Du Fei launched the offensive first.
"Snor~lax~"
Receiving the order, the originally sleepy-eyed Snorlax instantly curled its body into a real meatball, began to roll, and accelerated frantically. At the same time, Basalt could also see Snorlax's body emitting a faint white light while rolling.
"Defense Curl + Rollout combo?"
Basalt saw through the opponent's routine at a glance. After Defense Curl, Snorlax's Defense would increase, and the initial power of Rollout would double directly, killing two birds with one stone, with outstanding effects. If it could successfully hit the opponent, the power of the Rollout move would skyrocket again, growing like a snowball.
So facing the Rollout move, the best way was either to intercept it directly or not be hit.
And Hakamo-o chose the latter. Because possessing aura detection ability, it could easily detect Snorlax's movement path. Facing Snorlax's crazy rolling, it remained unmoved at first. Then when Snorlax was about to hit it, at the critical moment, its body jumped horizontally more than a meter, and Snorlax rolled away just brushing its edge.
"Hm? Actually dodged it?"
Du Fei widened his eyes. Although the Rollout move wasn't profound, as a First Division League trainer, he had developed it to an extremely high level. Snorlax's rolling was outstanding in speed, accuracy, and power. Crucially, Hakamo-o didn't mean to dodge in the early stage; who knew it luckily escaped disaster at the last moment.
"Snorlax, continue to ram with Rollout!" Du Fei snorted coldly.
"Snor~lax~"
Snorlax rolled again, slamming fiercely towards Hakamo-o like a mountain of meat.
"Dodge, then use Sky Uppercut!" Basalt folded his arms, victory in hand.
"Haka~mo~"
Dodging again, Hakamo-o avoided Snorlax's attack once more. And this time, it finally stopped holding back. When Snorlax brushed past it, Hakamo-o clenched its fist and punched out with all its might.
The terrifying Fighting-type energy contained in Sky Uppercut, accompanied by Hakamo-o's punch, acted on Snorlax's body. The latter's huge body was directly blasted off course. Snorlax couldn't stop its momentum, rolled directly out of the field, and crashed heavily into the edge wall of the arena.
"Snor~lax~"
Snorlax's face was extremely gloomy. Just as it was about to glare at Hakamo-o with its squinted small eyes, a dragon-shaped energy beam flew towards its face, with amazing power.
Dragon Pulse!
Rumble!
A violent explosion occurred on Snorlax; its body inevitably blackened, and it began to pant slightly. Mainly, the damage from that Sky Uppercut was too great. Even with Snorlax's amazing stamina, it was somewhat unbearable. As for Dragon Pulse, it was just an addition.
"Snorlax, Defense Curl one more time!"
Du Fei narrowed his eyes, getting fierce in his heart. Because according to his calculation, as long as Snorlax buffed one more time, even if Hakamo-o used two Sky Uppercuts, it couldn't kill Snorlax. But by then, Snorlax would complete the buff, then use "Rest" to recover HP, and would be invincible.
By then, Snorlax could use "Earthquake" for direct area-of-effect attacks, or retreat to use "Yawn" and other moves to weaken the opponent. It could even use "Belly Drum" to buff, pushing its Attack directly to the max level.
"By then, who sweeps whom, it's hard to say!"
Du Fei licked his lips. At this moment, a wildness rose in his heart.
Sweeping Basalt? This might be the peak moment of his life!
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