Chapter 173: Facing the Challenge! Mega Sceptile!!!
Just as Mega Sceptile charged toward Spiritomb, waving the green blades of light on its arms...
A mass of black mist surged from the Odd Keystone beneath Spiritomb. Just looking at this black mist was enough to instill fear in one's heart.
It was Destiny Bond!!!
Destiny Bond: Once it hits the opponent, if the user faints due to the opponent's attack, the attacker will also faint!
Furthermore, it acts as a sure-hit move. Once used, it automatically tracks the target. It is truly a disgusting move to deal with.
However, it wasn't unbreakable. The counter was simple: defeat the user before the Destiny Bond hits you.
The black mist spread rapidly, forming a giant black hand grabbing at Mega Sceptile. But Mega Sceptile was faster—and not just by a little bit.
After evolving into Mega Sceptile, its base Speed had jumped to 145. Not to mention, Mega Sceptile's level was much higher than Spiritomb's.
With just a slight flicker of movement, it dodged the giant hand formed by the black mist and charged at Spiritomb from the other side.
In just a breath's time, Mega Sceptile rushed in front of Spiritomb, slashing upward with the Leaf Blade on its arm.
Just before the attack landed, a pale green barrier appeared in front of Spiritomb.
Protect!!!—
"BANG!!!—"
With a muffled sound, Spiritomb was sent flying by the force of the Leaf Blade attack. Although Mega Sceptile was strong, its attack wasn't strong enough to break through Spiritomb's Protect barrier.
While Spiritomb was flying backward through the air, Mega Sceptile opened its mouth and fired a deep green orb of light straight at it.
It was Energy Ball!!!
"BANG!!—"
Leaf Blade chaining smoothly into Energy Ball—the combo was incredibly fluid. Although Protect had blocked the Leaf Blade, the airborne Spiritomb took the full damage of the Energy Ball.
When it landed, Spiritomb's gaseous body trembled violently, a painful expression on its face.
Mega Sceptile's Special Attack was even stronger than its Physical Attack. This single Energy Ball had already critically injured Spiritomb.
On the other side, the black mist released by Spiritomb attacked from behind Mega Sceptile again.
Mega Sceptile merely glanced sideways, then stomped its foot.
It easily distanced itself from the black mist again. While dodging, Mega Sceptile waved its hands, and leaves wrapped in strange light flew toward Spiritomb under its control.
Magical Leaf!!!
The moment Mega Sceptile moved, Spiritomb's body suddenly began to tremble violently. Its gaseous body exploded, then retreated into the Odd Keystone base.
Mega Sceptile paused, unable to react in time, and was washed over by the strange gas spreading from Spiritomb's explosion.
"It's Memento!!"
Memento: The effect drastically lowers the opponent's Attack and Special Attack.
But the cost is that the user instantly faints.
Opposite, Zephyr frowned. Having both Attack and Special Attack sharply lowered was a huge impact on Mega Sceptile, whose stats in both categories were over 100.
"Spiritomb is unable to battle!! Mega Sceptile wins the match!!"
Spiritomb's defeat wasn't in vain.
Bai Bai tightened her grip on the Pokéball, silently recalled Spiritomb, and threw out her second Pokéball.
"POP!!!—"
"CAW!!!—"
In the air, a robust bird Pokémon with black feathers appeared, circling overhead.
Honchkrow!!
Upon appearing, Honchkrow let out a hoarse cry, then sharply ascended, circling high in the air.
"WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH!!!—"
In mid-air, Honchkrow flapped its wings, sending several blades of wind flying straight down at Mega Sceptile.
Air Cutter!!
Mega Sceptile looked up, narrowing its eyes at the incoming wind blades. It didn't dodge. With a flick of its tail, leaves controlled by psychic power flew out to meet the incoming wind blades.
"BANG BANG BANG!!—"
Magical Leaf collided with Air Cutter in mid-air, cancelling each other out with a series of explosions.
"BANG!!—"
Below, Mega Sceptile suddenly crouched low to the ground, its tail pointing at Honchkrow in the air.
Glowing Magical Leaves swirled around Sceptile's tail, forming a tornado of leaves.
"BANG!!!!—"
"WHOOSH!!!!—"
With an explosive sound followed by a sonic boom, the tail behind Mega Sceptile turned directly into a missile. Wrapped in Magical Leaves, it shot straight up toward Honchkrow.
"CAW!!!—"
Honchkrow screeched. A wave of Dark-type energy erupted from its beak, meeting Mega Sceptile's tail missile.
"BANG!!!—"
The attacks collided in mid-air. Although Mega Sceptile's Special Attack and Attack had been sharply lowered, it still held the level advantage.
The tail missile, wrapped in Magical Leaves, successfully broke through the Dark Pulse and continued toward Honchkrow.
Honchkrow cried out. A pale green barrier formed just before the missile hit. Protect successfully blocked Mega Sceptile's attack once again.
Below, the tip of Mega Sceptile's tail had already regrown.
"CAW!!!—"
Honchkrow flapped its wings. A chilling wind mixed with ice shards rushed down from above toward Mega Sceptile.
Icy Wind!!
An Ice-type move. For Mega Sceptile, who was Grass/Dragon, this was a 4x weakness.
Even with the level advantage, Mega Sceptile didn't dare take it head-on. It used its speed to maneuver around the battlefield.
Honchkrow used its aerial advantage, continuously using Icy Wind from above, relentlessly pursuing Mega Sceptile.
Suddenly, Mega Sceptile leaped and dove headfirst into the ground, using Dig to burrow underground.
Losing its target, Honchkrow stopped using Icy Wind and scanned the battlefield below.
"BANG!!!—"
Suddenly, the ground below burst open, and Mega Sceptile drilled out.
"Scep!!!—"
Mega Sceptile cried out. With a wave of its hands, several rocks appeared out of thin air and flew upward under its control.
Rock Tomb!!!
"BANG!!!—"
Mega Sceptile stepped on one of the rocks, its powerful leg strength shattering it into rubble.
Using the rocks as leverage, Mega Sceptile charged higher.
Using the airborne rocks to jump and maneuver, Mega Sceptile rapidly closed the distance to Honchkrow. At the same time, white light trailed its body—the manifestation of Quick Attack.
Mega Sceptile was already fast. With Quick Attack active, before Honchkrow could react, Mega Sceptile was right in front of its face.
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