-144- Battling Luxray! An Easy Victory! (Please Subscribe!)

Electivire versus Luxray.

The battle was about to begin.

As usual, Contestant 002 intended to use a quick offensive assault to bring down the Electivire before him.

Luxray was extremely fast. The moment it reached Electivire, it unleashed Fire Fang.

Seeing this, Tong Si remained perfectly calm.

“Trap it with Electroweb! Then counter with Fire Punch!”

Tong Si’s voice rang out, and Electivire immediately struck back.

Powerful electricity instantly formed a web. As Luxray charged forward, the web spread over its body.

Luxray tried to break free, but it was already trapped inside.

Taking advantage of the opening, Electivire lunged forward and slammed a powerful Fire Punch into Luxray, still caught in the web.

Luxray let out a cry of pain.

After so many battles, it had already expended a great deal of energy. Being hit by Electivire’s fierce attack on top of that was clearly more than it could comfortably endure.

“This thing is pretty fast!”

After seeing Electivire use two moves in succession, Contestant 002 subconsciously assumed that its speed lay in how quickly it could execute its attacks.

“Luxray, tear open the web with Bite, then dodge!”

At its trainer’s command, Luxray immediately bit into the web.

As an Electric-type Pokémon itself, Luxray was completely unafraid of the electricity running through it.

After tearing the web apart, it leaped into the air.

But at that very moment, Electivire’s voice suddenly rang beside Luxray’s ears.

“Hey, cool!”

With a shout, Electivire swept out a low kick, knocking all four of Luxray’s legs out from under it.

“What’s going on? Why is Electivire so fast? And how is it using its moves so quickly? It’s almost as if it’s using two moves at once!”

Contestant 002 began to panic when he saw the scene before him. This was far beyond his previous understanding of Electivire.

Could Electivire really fight at such a high level?

The opponent before him was clearly different from everyone else he had faced that day.

His instincts told him that this trainer was incredibly strong.

“Electivire, don’t stop! Keep going with Iron Tail!”

Tong Si’s voice rang out once more.

“Hey, cool…”

Electivire’s two tails transformed into metal.

Then it charged straight toward Luxray.

Luxray had only just managed to climb to its feet. It wanted to dodge, but its whole body felt weak, as though it could barely move.

Were the injuries accumulated over its previous battles finally catching up with it?

Luxray was in agony.

Bang!

Electivire’s twin Iron Tails crashed heavily into Luxray’s back.

Luxray fell to the ground once more.

“Did that low kick reduce Luxray’s speed?”

Contestant 002 muttered to himself. He clearly had not realized that after so many battles, Luxray was already nearing its limit.

“Luxray, take the potion! Hurry!”

Contestant 002 shouted loudly.

Only then did he remember that Luxray was carrying a potion.

Luxray took it out and swallowed it in one gulp.

An ordinary healing potion could instantly restore stamina and health after being consumed.

The potion carried by Contestant 002 was clearly a higher-grade one, restoring a considerable amount of health.

However, it could not dispel the exhaustion Luxray had accumulated over its previous battles.

Compared with Electivire in peak condition, Luxray was still far too worn out.

“Keep fighting, Luxray!”

After Luxray swallowed the potion, Contestant 002 was brimming with confidence.

Tong Si merely smiled calmly. He had not chosen to attack while Luxray was taking the potion.

Even after drinking it, Luxray would still be no match for Electivire.

As far as he was concerned, the outcome of this battle had already been decided.

Contestant 002 then began issuing a series of commands to Luxray, launching one attack after another.

Electivire endured every one of them. Not only that, it counterattacked with blow after blow, until Luxray could barely withstand the punishment.

“Electivire, finish this with your final DD Hook Arm!”

At the end of the fierce battle, Tong Si decided to test Electivire’s new move, DD Hook Arm.

“Hey, cool!”

Electivire swung its powerful DD Hook Arm into Luxray’s face. Luxray did not even have time to dodge.

For one thing, Electivire was simply too fast.

For another, Luxray had already been exhausted by its many battles.

When the DD Hook Arm struck home, Luxray immediately lost the ability to fight.

“What?”

“No way! Luxray actually lost? That was the Pokémon with fifty-six consecutive victories!”

“My goodness! The daily winning streak has finally been broken!”

As the spectators looked on in astonishment, the referee announced the result.

“Luxray is unable to continue battling. The winner is Contestant 058 and his Electivire.”

Only when he heard the referee’s announcement did Contestant 002 finally realize that he had lost.

“Do you know where you went wrong?”

As Contestant 002 stood there in a daze, Tong Si’s voice sounded.

The referee and Contestant 002 both turned toward him.

“You were too arrogant,” Tong Si said. “It’s true that I was the one who invited you to battle, but your Luxray had already fought fifty-six consecutive matches. Even if its health hadn’t been depleted, it was clearly exhausted. In that situation, as its trainer, you should have given it the potion before the battle began, not during the battle.”

Hearing this, Contestant 002 had nearly cursed him out.

Wasn’t Tong Si the one who had insisted on starting this battle?

He had originally been preparing to leave the arena and rest.

But then he suddenly understood what Tong Si meant.

The battle itself had been worth taking, but Luxray should have been given the potion before it started. If it had faced Electivire after returning to peak condition, at least it would not have been so passive.

It had been obvious throughout the battle that Luxray had started in poor condition.

That was what had allowed Electivire to take advantage of it.

Even though Luxray had consumed a potion during the fight, by then it had made little difference to the outcome.

Luxray had been completely suppressed by Electivire.

If Contestant 002 had not underestimated Tong Si at the beginning and had instead restored Luxray to its best condition, the battle would have been extremely difficult for Tong Si.

Luxray was several levels higher than Electivire, after all.

But because Contestant 002 had underestimated his opponent, Tong Si had won with ease.

Not only had he earned ten thousand points for free, he had also allowed Electivire to gain a tremendous amount of experience.

“I understand. We won’t lose again next time!”

With that, Contestant 002 recalled Luxray and walked off the stage.

Tong Si glanced at him. If he had the chance, he would like to battle Luxray at full strength. That might draw out even more of Electivire’s potential.

Afterward, the trainers lined up behind Tong Si came forward one after another to challenge him.

Since Electric-type moves were ineffective against Electivire, Tong Si won with remarkable ease.

Electivire gained a huge amount of experience, and Tong Si earned a substantial number of points.

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To be continued.