"Have you noticed that Brother Walker is suddenly looking so handso? He's about to catch up with !" Luis exclaid.
Hugo shot him a skeptical look. "Are you complinting Julian or yourself?"
"Of course, I'm complinting my Brother Walker! And while I'm at it, I'm giving myself a little praise too," Luis chuckled.
Suddenly, Luis poked Hugo in the side. "Look! Brother Walker's tagross is moving!"
After both trainers sent out their Pokémon, neither attacked imdiately. About half a minute later, Julian's tagross sprang into action.
With a swift use of Agility, tagross's speed was almost comparable to that of Teleport. In the blink of an eye, it closed the distance, appearing seven or eight ters away from Articuno.
In the nine battles earlier, Acacia had been ticulously studying tagross, gaining insights into its speed, strength, and defense.
In raw power, tagross surpassed most Fighting-type Pokémon, which were renowned for their brute strength. Out of the nine previous opponents, five had fallen to tagross's Fighting-type moves, all defeated without rcy.
"Articuno, use Air Slash!"
Acacia commanded, and the majestic Pokémon waved its wings forward. Instantly, two translucent wind blades ford, slicing through the air with a sharp, piercing sound.
"Light Screen!" Julian ordered.
There was a certain chance that Air Slash would make the Pokémon it hit flinch.
The transparent barrier intercepted the two Air Slashes. However, the Light Screen also got
nurous cracks and was on the brink of collapse.
"Articuno, Ice Beam!"
The next second, the freezing light broke through the weakened Light Screen. But by then, tagross had already disappeared, the Ice beam slamd into the battlefield, encasing the two football-sized field in ice.
This scene left most of the audience gasping in awe. While a typical pseudo-Elite Ice-type Pokémon could achieve sothing similar, none could do it with the sa ease as Articuno.
As expected of a legendary Ice- and Flying-type Pokémon, Articuno's imnse power left many other Ice-type Trainers in despair.
Among them, Ian was likely the most desperate. Looking at the frozen ground, he realized that, if nothing unexpected happened, his Dragon-type Pokémon would never stand a chance against Acacia's Ice-type."
"Hamr Arm!"
tagross appeared on top of Articuno, its arm swinging down with explosive force.
"Boom!"
The impact reverberated through the arena, creating a shockwave that sent Articuno plumting from the sky. The air beneath it compressed, forming a visible concave shape as it fell.
"Ar~!"
A deep crater ford in the ground, cracks radiating outward across the ice. Yet, Articuno quickly regained its footing and let out a fierce cry.
"How is it still fine!?"
Luis exclaid, his eyes nearly popping out. That Hamr Arm would have been enough to take down any of his Pokémon in an instant.
Yet here, it seed like a re massage for Articuno.
"Legendary Pokémon cannot be asured by ordinary standards, at their level of life origin, they exist beyond ordinary Pokémon."
Frank explained, although this was also his first ti seeing an Articuno in reality, and he knew almost no more about it than Luis and the others.
But, what he did know was that whether it was a third-class legendary, a mythical Pokémon, or a second or first-class legendary, their life levels were entirely different from those of regular Pokémon.
Their lifespans were also typically much longer.
For an ordinary Pokémon to enhance its life level, it had to reach the Elite level. Only then would its life level improve. This applied even to pseudo-legendaries.
But for a legendary Pokémon like Articuno, born as an extraordinary being in the world, their life levels were naturally higher than most.
That's why Articuno could withstand the full force of tagross's Hamr Arm without showing visible injury. In fact, it was injured, but the injury was not a big deal for it.
Despite this, Articuno glared at tagross with eyes filled with rage. Being struck first by its opponent was a humiliation it couldn't tolerate.
"tagross, ga Evolve!"
Noticing that Articuno was more durable than he had anticipated and that its resilience remained strong, Julian observed that the chaotic aura from its earlier injury was quickly stabilizing.
When the light of evolution disappeared, ga tagross appeared with its four claws pointed forward, Its gaze colder, sharper than before.
Originally, the ability tagross possessed was light tal, but after ga Evolution, the ability had transford into Tough Claws.
Tough Claws: Increases the power of contact moves by 30%
Under this Ability, tagross could do much more stronger lee damage.
At the sa ti, tagross' level after ga Evolution had skyrocketed from 59 to 69, directly at the peak of pseudo-Elite.
An overwhelming aura radiated from ga tagross, causing ripples to shimr in the protective barrier ant to guard against the full-force strikes of pseudo-Elite Pokémon.
Acacia's expression shifted noticeably.
"Wow, how do I feel like tagross is going to win?" one spectator murmured.
"I'm also with you! This tagross is clearly at the pseudo-Elite pinnacle"
"If Articuno loses, I'll be over the moon!" soone from the Imperial University exclaid.
"Sa here!" several voices echoed in agreent.
"ta!"
ga tagross snorted softly, its four claws glowing with silver-white light.
"Steel Beam!"
"Articuno, Ice Beam!"
The two beams of energy, one silver-white and the other blue, collided in the air, fighting against each other. Yet, within less than a second, the Steel Beam overpowered the other, breaking through.
"Articuno, Dodge!"
Acacia shouted urgently.
Articuno flapped its wings, managing to dodge the the Steel Beam. However, its tail feathers trailing behind were hit, losing half of their length.
For a Pokémon like Articuno, known for its grace and elegance, the damage to its magnificent tail feathers hurt the most. Although they would grow back, but it would have to make due with only half for a while.
Articuno's eyes were red with anger.
"Ar..!!"
The cry was filled with endless anger.
To be honest, Articuno was indeed beautiful, but half of its beauty was due to the ribbon like tail feathers.
Now, with half of its elegant tail feathers reduced to a re stub, it appeared to lose so of its enchanting charm.
"Articuno, calm down!"
Seeing that Articuno was about to lose control, Acacia hurriedly shouted.
Fortunately, because she had captured Articuno using a Friend Ball, their bond had strengthened considerably in a short ti. If not for this connection, Articuno might not listen to her now at all.
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