Chapter 151: Want Them All!
After clearing out all the small fry and two Excadrill in the trenches, it was finally time to directly face the four cadre Pokémon!
The opponents weren't just sitting idly by waiting for death either. The moment Arthur finished off the last enemy, the Raichu that had originally been guarding in front of Mismagius had already taken the first step, leaving its original position to chase and kill!
Upon meeting, it was immediately a leaping tail whip. Raichu, borrowing the momentum of its turn, swung its slender tail out like a whip. The long tail cut through the air, emitting a whistling, air-breaking sound!
The lightning-bolt-shaped hammer at the end of its tail was, at this moment, already enveloped in a layer of bright silver skill brilliance.
The Steel-type skill: Iron Tail!
Although this move wasn't Raichu's STAB move, it was nonetheless a very signature skill for this type of Pokémon.
Many Raichu use this move, swinging the tail with its hammer-like end to achieve an effect like that of a meteor hammer!
Arthur, seeing the situation, immediately brought his sword up horizontally to block.
Frogadier, who had already rendezvoused with Arthur and was consistently following by his master's side, immediately wanted to step forward and help, but he was yelled back by Arthur.
"Go help Specter! I can handle this!"
With the small fry cleared, it was finally time for Specter to make his move.
At this moment, the decisive battle had arrived!
Simultaneously, Specter rose into the air from Arthur's shadow, his entire body swirling with black mist, the red light in his eyes flaring brightly. Under the full force of his rage, his aura was directly maxed out!
With a beckon of his short little hand, a deep purple netherworldly ghost claw appeared out of thin air under the night sky, tearing through the air as it lunged towards the Slowbro and Jynx not far away, aiming to cover them from above!
The Ghost-type signature skill: Shadow Claw!
The chosen targets were, naturally, the two Psychic-type Pokémon countered by Ghost-type.
However, this time, both victim Pokémon reacted extremely quickly. Even the usually dull Slowbro, whose eyes always seemed dazed and listless, reacted instantly this time. The two Pokémon joined forces and together released the defensive skill "Reflect"!
Such a fast reaction was, of course, not accidental.
Because Jynx's ability was Forewarn.
A miraculous ability that allows one to briefly see snippets of the future during battle. Its form of manifestation is very psychic, almost impossible to explain with scientific principles; its origin has yet to be cracked by humans to this day.
This ability can only be possessed by a few types of Pokémon, and Jynx is precisely one of them.
And this Jynx belonging to Dayna, moreover, had developed this ability to a considerably astonishing height!
Specter's wave of sneak attacks, bursting forth from the shadows without any prior warning, was actually still pre-read by her.
Two Reflect barriers stacked together, blocking the path where the Shadow Claw was about to fall.
"Shadow Claw" is different from its same-type counterpart "Shadow Ball"; the latter is a formless, intangible energy ball, which upon explosion is just a mass of energy, impossible to block, only to be neutralized or dispelled.
"Shadow Claw," on the other hand, uses Ghost-type energy to condense a materialized giant claw for a slapping attack.
If the Pokémon itself has claws, like Haunter for example, when performing this move, they don't even need to create an extra giant claw; they can directly wear it on their hand to use.
Therefore, "Shadow Claw" is essentially a physical attack.
A materialized barrier like "Reflect" can precisely play an excellent blocking role.
Ultimately, although Specter's claw technique descending from the sky forcefully shattered two successive Reflect barriers, its remaining power failed to heavily injure the two Pokémon as wished.
Raichu, having jumped into the trench, had the corners of its mouth raised, emitting a "Chu" sound of cold laughter.
In its view, Arthur's side's plan had already completely failed!
Gengar's first wave of sneak attacks had achieved nothing. At this moment, the opponent forcibly transferring Frogadier over to provide support was fundamentally just throwing their own formation into disarray; attending to both ends meant both ends were about to collapse.
Next, he just needed to watch himself easily take down this foolish human, and tonight's farce would be over!
Cadre Dayna's two Pokémon aren't simple; that Forewarn ability is indeed formidable.
But tonight's biggest hero will definitely be me, Raichu!
Just as he was freely imagining his future, receiving cheers and praise after victory, suddenly, Raichu heard a crisp "Bang!" sound.
The base of its tail seemed to transmit a burst of very strong counter-shock.
At this moment, Raichu, still twisting its body in mid-air, didn't have its vision facing forward and couldn't see Arthur's actions. It absolutely couldn't imagine how a mere human could possibly block its sure-hit "Iron Tail."
Yet the fact was—Arthur very smoothly blocked it.
He didn't even retreat a single step.
Subsequently, he was even able to free one hand. While holding the sword with one hand, his other hand shot out like lightning, and before Raichu's tail could recoil, he grabbed it firmly!
Its tail suddenly grabbed by someone, Raichu now finally sensed something was wrong.
But, being in mid-air with nowhere to leverage its strength, and its skill just having been used and now in a cooldown period, it was neither able to struggle nor discharge electricity. Its situation instantly became very awkward.
"Chu?!!"
Finally, it only had time to emit one huge, astonished cry.
Then, only a "Boom!" sound was heard!
Raichu, its tail grabbed by Arthur, who then reversed his body and strode forward, was forcefully swung over his head, drawing a perfect arc in the air, before finally being fiercely smashed into the ground!
For a moment, Raichu was smashed dizzy, seeing gold stars.
Its brain was muddled; it only felt the entire world had become unreal.
This one smash completely overturned its Rai-life view and values...
It couldn't understand: its perfectly good sneak attack, spinning its body to whip out "Iron Tail"—it was clearly a classic tactic repeated countless times in the past! Using this move when the enemy was completely unprepared, it had even defeated the desert pseudo-legendary Tyranitar before!
Why could a human block its "Iron Tail"?
And even manage to turn around and slam it?
This isn't scientific, nor is it Pokémon-like!
However, at this moment, it had no time to lie in the pit and continue contemplating its Rai-life.
The instant it landed on the ground, the crisis feeling of death, like a soul-snatching evil ghost, devoured towards Raichu!
Arthur, after swinging it in a circle and smashing it to the ground, immediately gripped the hilt with both hands, raising Honedge high.
This was a battlefield, not a time for demonstrating martial ethics and stopping at a mere touch.
Since he had decided to make a move, he would see it through to the end!
The flame-like skill halo on the sword body instantly ignited.
Honedge's skill: Slash!
This one sword strike... possessed the strength to cut through sea cucumbers!
"CHUUU!!!"
Raichu, at this moment, with half its body still trapped in the earth, was screaming frantically!
Simultaneously, Frogadier had also arrived to support Specter on that side of the battlefield. Similarly, it seized the recovery period after Slowbro and Jynx had just used their skills. It dashed forward with a Shadow Sneak, prioritizing a stab from behind into Jynx's kidney area.
It's unknown since when, but Frogadier, when sneak attacking from behind, had developed an exceptional fondness for stabbing people in the kidneys.
It seemed this could bring a kind of inexplicable pleasure...
Although the basic damage of "Shadow Sneak" wasn't very high, it did, after all, have the convenience of type advantage. Frogadier's strike still dealt a considerable critical hit to Jynx.
Kidney strike achieved!
Super effective!
This way, although Specter's first wave of attacks failed to heavily injure the two Psychic-type Pokémon as wished, it ultimately still counted as some gain.
And simultaneously on the other side, Arthur was already on the verge of cleaving Raichu in two.
It was indeed as Raichu had thought: he (Arthur) wanted to attend to both ends, and he wanted them all.
But the result was not what Raichu wished—
He really did get them all!
(End of Chapter)
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