allendalepharm Chapter 327 A completely different sea god, Kona suffers a major setback!
Chapter 327 A completely different sea god, Kona suffers a major setback!
Chapter 327 A completely different sea god, Kona suffers a major setback!
Ash experienced firsthand how troublesome the Trick Room move is at the Indigo League. Even though he completely outclassed his opponent in terms of level, he was still constantly restricted by Trick Room.
However, at that time, Ash could break Trick Room directly by relying on the difference in strength. Trick Room is just a Psychic-type move. Generally speaking, there are two ways to break it: one is to reverse Trick Room and turn the rules of the space back.
The other is to wait for the time in the magic space to end.
Ash had Gardevoir use brute force to break through Trick Room moves because of that god-tier move; otherwise, Gardevoir's level alone wouldn't have been enough to break through Trick Room moves.
Now, even if Gardevoir uses Psychic to break through the Trick Room, it is impossible to shake it in the slightest, unless Mewtwo comes.
Even divine skills aren't omnipotent. These spatial techniques involve rules, and breaking them isn't so easy.
In other words, even Lugia in his current state is completely helpless against this magic space unless he reaches the God Realm level, in which case he might have the power to forcibly break through the magic space.
Even if she were a divine beast, she would be helpless against the magic space.
Ash noticed that Slowbro was acting a bit strange, as if it was charging up something. Even with Light Screen for defense, it didn't do anything to deal with Dark Pulse, which was a bit odd.
It turned out to be a huge surprise!
Trick Room can be interrupted, but not by a skill like Dark Pulse. Lugia's move was just a probing move; he didn't even use his full power, just to prevent the opponent's counterattack.
Who would have thought that the other party had no intention of retaliating at all, and that Kona might have even guessed his probing move.
"The Trick Room has opened, and the momentum is now completely on Lorelei's side! Ash bringing out the legendary Sea God is certainly surprising, but it seems this Sea God hasn't fully matured yet. Could it be that Lorelei will be able to 'slay a god' today?!"
The host also appeared unusually excited, as if he were the one fighting on the field.
No one expected that such a situation would occur during an exhibition match. The appearance of the legendary Sea God undoubtedly ignited a frenzy at the scene. Even though this Sea God was somewhat different from the legend, and even though the Sea God seemed to have not yet grown up, the Sea God is still the Sea God!
He is the totem of faith for the inhabitants of the Orange Islands. Eighty percent of the people in the Orange Islands worship the sea god. However, in addition to the eighty percent, there are also people who believe that humans can be above gods.
This battle may prove that, regardless of whether the God of the Sea has grown up or not, his defeat would give those who believe in the supremacy of humanity a powerful reason to accept it.
Another point is that humans, as beings, have an involuntary urge to bring down those in high positions, to make the lofty gods fall from grace—it's more interesting than watching the sea god win. Many people think this way.
Therefore, even some people who believe in the sea god want to see Lugia lose in this battle, since this battle is not a competition concerning the life and death of mankind, nor is it a competition concerning the life and death of the sea god.
So watching the God of the Sea lose seems quite interesting.
"Now for the last one, Slowbro, use Rain Dance!" Lorelei waved her little hand and gave the final board control command—Rain Dance!
In the clear blue sky, dark clouds suddenly formed, and in less than a second, a light drizzle began to fall. This rain was confined to the area and did not affect the area outside.
If Slowbro wanted to, it could even create a cloud covering an entire island, but there was no need for it to waste that effort. It could simply limit its weather skills to the field and let itself benefit from the buff.
Now, on a rainy day, the double walls and the magic space are all activated!
With favorable timing and location, everything was on Kona's side; all that was missing was the right people!
"This is really troublesome. Our opponent has devised so many strategic layouts, but this little difficulty won't defeat us, right, Lugia!"
"Ooh!!"
"Great, that's the spirit! Use Dark Pulse again!" Ash shouted, waving his arm and pointing at Slowbro in the distance.
"Ugh!!" Lugia tilted her head back slightly, and a dark aura gathered in her mouth once again.
"Get out of the way, then use the water cannon!!" Kona responded with a serious expression.
Even with a light wall, it's impossible to absorb all of Lugia's attacks indefinitely. She absorbed the Dark Pulse earlier only to activate Trick Room. Now that Trick Room is activated, Lorelei has more than ten ways to evade Lugia's attacks.
The dark wave pierced through space and rushed toward the Slowpoke, extinguishing all the rain falling from the sky!
But just as the Dark Pulse was about to hit Slowbro, Slowbro vanished without a trace. The next second, Slowbro reappeared beside Lugia, its mouth already brimming with water elemental energy.
"Slow!!" A violent torrent of water spewed from Slowbro's mouth, and the surrounding rainwater transformed into the power of the water cannon, wrapping around it. The already powerful water cannon was further enhanced, and the size of the water jet increased by a whole size!
"Hold on!" At this distance and speed, there is no other way to deal with a water cannon except to hold it.
Under Trick Room, Slowbro's speed is completely reversed, its originally extremely slow speed is now extremely fast, while Lugia's speed is exactly the opposite, so Lugia has no way to dodge Slowbro's moves.
A pale black barrier lit up, firmly blocking the surging water cannon from entering. The terrifying water flow caused countless streams of water to spray throughout the space. If it were hit directly, even if Lugia had thick skin and tough flesh, it would probably suffer considerable damage.
After all, this is a water cannon enhanced by rain!
"Dumbshell Beast, meditate."
"Lugia, trickery!"
Meditation can boost Special Attack and Special Defense by one level, while Nasty Plot directly boosts Special Attack by two levels!
On one hand, it is good at both offense and defense, while on the other hand, it takes offense to the extreme.
Even when facing an opponent with Trick Room, Ash still chose to maximize his attack. "Naughty Trick? Dark Pulse—these moves feel a bit strange?" Lorelei frowned slightly, a hint of doubt showing on her pretty face.
She didn't know much about Lugia, but she knew that Lugia was a Pokémon with both Psychic and Flying types.
At first, using Dark Pulse could be explained as a move the opponent used to counter Psychic-type Slowbro, but now they've even resorted to Nasty Plot—power-boosting moves also have different types. Nasty Plot is a Dark-type move, and although it can raise Special Attack by two stages, it's far less comfortable for Psychic-type Pokémon than using Calm Mind.
The most significant difference is that the time difference between a Psychic-type Pokémon using Meditation and using Nasty Plot is at least twice as long.
At Slowbro's range, using Calm Mind would take about 0.5 seconds, but using Nasty Plot would take a full second.
Some Psychic-type Pokémon can't even learn Trick. Lugia is a legendary Psychic-type Pokémon, so it's not surprising that it knows Trick. However, choosing Trick over Meditation is not a good choice.
Although Lorelei had many thoughts racing through her mind, not even a second had actually passed in reality. Just as Lorelei was about to take advantage of the power-up ending to deliver a crushing blow to Lugia, Ash shouted first, "Lugia, use Dark Pulse!"
It is still a Dark Pulse, but with the help of trickery, the power of the Dark Pulse has been increased by nearly 100%!
A terrifying power gathered in front of Lugia, causing the entire arena to tremble. Even though Mewtwo used a protective shield to isolate the battle arena, the spectators outside could still feel the terrifying power Lugia spoke of.
"Boom!!" When Lugia unleashed its Dark Pulse, Slowbro had only just finished using Meditation!
"How is this possible? Why so fast?!" Kona's pupils constricted as she shouted in disbelief.
In this situation, even with a magic dimension, Slowbro wouldn't have time to make any defensive or dodging moves.
The Dark Pulse pierced through the Light Wall and struck Slowbro hard once again!
The dark energy of the Evil Wave struck Slowbro's plump pink body like a tangible blade. Slowbro's round head drooped sharply, the light in its small eyes dimmed instantly, and its heavy shell cracked under the impact of the energy.
Her short, thick limbs stretched futilely, and her massive body flew backward toward the edge of the field at an astonishing speed, like a boulder swept up by a gale!
With a muffled "whoosh" as air was torn apart by the body, the shell on the back of the Slowbro slammed into the light-colored protective shield first. The energy barrier, which was strong enough to withstand attacks from divine beasts, trembled violently, and visible ripples spread out like water waves, but the force was not enough to shatter the shield.
The Slow-Footed Beast was bounced back several meters by the protective shield due to the recoil, and crashed heavily onto the waterlogged ground, splashing up countless water droplets and pebbles.
The situation on the field suddenly took a sharp turn for the worse. Kona's long-established field was completely reversed by a single Dark Pulse!
This move dealt an unparalleled blow to Slowbro. If Slowbro hadn't used Calm Mind to boost its Special Defense and hadn't been weakened by Light Screen, it probably would have been unable to battle by now.
This is Lugia's full power. The initial Dark Pulse was just an appetizer. Now, amplified by the trickery, and with Lugia's full power, the true power of a god is being displayed!
"Holy crap! This is the power of the Sea God! All that fancy stuff, I'll crush it with sheer force!"
"Lorelei set up its field for so long, suppressed Ash for so long, and then it got reversed in one move. Is this what a legendary Pokémon is like? It's utterly illogical!"
"Dude, stop with the baseless bashing! What does this have to do with legendary Pokémon? Isn't Ash just incredibly strong? Even with Lorelei using Trick Room, he still managed to seize the opportunity to attack first and severely injure her. Besides, while the Sea God is a god, Ash's Pokémon is clearly still a baby, only at the Elite Four level. Isn't its current power a gift from Ash? Why should it all be attributed to the Sea God?!"
"Exactly, you just dismissed all of Ash's efforts with a single word like 'legendary Pokémon'? Are you even human?!"
"But speaking of which, wasn't the legendary Sea God supposed to be a psychic-type? The Sea God wasn't called the Sea God because he possessed the power to control the sea, but rather because he could manipulate ocean currents through his psychic abilities, thus influencing the ocean. So why is this Sea God so skilled at using Dark-type powers?!"
Among the hundreds of audience members, many knowledgeable individuals knew about the legend of the sea god.
It's quite strange that the Sea God, a Psychic-type, is so skilled at using Dark-type powers, because Dark-type is the mortal enemy of Psychic-types!
These two attributes are like fire and water, incompatible. It's like a water-type Pokémon being able to skillfully use fire-type power—that's a bit far-fetched.
This is why Lorelei was hit by Lugia's unexpected attack. Who could have imagined that Lugia could use Trick so quickly? And who could have imagined that after using Trick, Lugia would use Dark Pulse even faster?
All of these unexpected events combined to give Kona a major setback.
"I see—so this is the secret your Lugia has been hiding. This Lugia shouldn't be a Psychic or Flying type, right?" Lorelei said, her red lips slightly parted after a moment of contemplation.
At this point, Ash had no intention of hiding anything. He nodded, grinned, and replied, "That's right, my Lugia's type is Dark/Flying, so it's very adept at Dark-type moves!"
Dark type plus Flying type — it really did change the type!
No wonder it can use Dark-type moves so fast and powerfully; it turns out those are Lugia's STAB moves.
It was somewhat by accident that she never used her psychic powers to attack Lugia. Otherwise, she would have known about this much earlier, and she wouldn't have suffered such a huge loss.
"I never expected such a change to happen to Lugia. I thought only its appearance had changed, but even its type has changed. You've really given me a big surprise," Ash said with a sigh, but the next second her expression turned serious again.
"Now that we know Lugia's secret, it's time for us to counterattack! Slowbro, use Ice Beam!"
Lorelei has finally started using Ice-type moves to attack!
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