"Bone Club Barrage!" Xia Yong commanded Mandibuzz to attack Joltik.
Mandibuzz swiftly spread her broad wings in the air, and a dense, earthy-yellow Ground-type energy continuously gathered onto the bone necklace hanging around her neck.
In an instant, the once lifeless bones suddenly seemed to be imbued with life, becoming vivid and active. They glowed with an earthy-yellow light, rapidly transforming into heavy Bone Club boomerangs that hummed as they violently struck down towards Joltik below!
Bone Club Barrage is a Ground-type physical attack move with a base power of 25. It madly beats the opponent with incredibly hard bones, causing heavy damage to the enemy. It can launch 2 to 5 attacks within one turn.
Facing the aggressive Bone Club boomerangs, Qi Shu quickly gave an order: "Joltik, use Double Team!"
However, poor Joltik had been too negligent in actual combat, always hiding in Qi Shu's sleeve, mostly watching Araquanid and Vikavolt charge into battle from behind, almost never truly experiencing intense combat herself.
Therefore, her mastery and proficiency in various moves were clearly insufficient. Just as she was frantically trying to use Double Team, the earthy-yellow Bone Club boomerangs had already rained down on her like a storm!
Suddenly, Joltik was in an extremely dangerous situation. She could only crawl frantically on the ground in a panic, trying to dodge the successive waves of fierce attacks.
Seeing this, Xia Yong and Little Boss let out a triumphant roar of laughter: "Hahahahaha, look at this little bug scurrying everywhere, how interesting!"
As Joltik fled, her figure gradually became illusory, transforming into several clones, a dense swarm of small yellow figures, making it difficult for Mandibuzz to find a target for a moment.
Double Team is a Normal-type status move that creates copies by moving rapidly to confuse the opponent, which can increase evasion.
Little Boss was starting to get impatient; he had been delayed by this little girl for too long.
He roared at the paralyzed Mandibuzz: "If you can't use a move this time, you'll be in for it, Mandibuzz, Encore Peck. Attack Vikavolt."
Mandibuzz, paralyzed by Thunder Wave's electricity, struggled to her feet, flapping her wings to take flight. Her beak began to gather light gray Flying-type energy, as if transforming into a sharp blade. She swooped down, attacking towards Vikavolt.
Qi Shu dashed forward, then rolled, pulling out two Poké Balls from her sleeve. With a slight flick of her finger, two red lights shot towards Vikavolt and Araquanid, recalling them.
At this moment, Little Boss showed a sinister expression, letting out a cold laugh: "Heheheh, little girl, you actually dared to rescue my target. So, next, shouldn't you pay the corresponding price for that?"
Xia Yong, standing by, also chimed in: "It's just a Lord-level Joltik. Does Joltik really think she can contend with our two Gym Leader-level Mandibuzz, who completely surpass her in level? What a pipe dream!"
Meanwhile, Qi Shu's brows furrowed tightly as she rapidly pondered various countermeasures. Time passed minute by minute, and she felt the situation becoming increasingly difficult.
Finally, she let out a long breath, as if having made up her mind, and said: "In the face of such a huge disparity in strength, the available tactics are truly limited, but as things stand, we only have one last method to try."
"Joltik, Electric Net, cover it."
Joltik swiftly fired two dazzling electric beams towards two large trees not far away.
The two electric beams, like nimble silver snakes, rapidly weaved and intertwined in the air. In the blink of an eye, they formed a brilliant net of electricity between the two trees.
Joltik's small body leaped high from the ground, lightly landing on the giant net made of electricity. She stood steadily, her four round eyes tightly Lock-On to the two Mandibuzz circling and soaring in the sky. At this moment, Joltik was like a lone wolf trapped in a desperate situation but still unwilling to yield, making her utmost final stand.
However, facing this scene, Xia Yong merely snorted disdainfully, the corners of his mouth slightly upturned, and said: "Hmph. Such a boring trick, overestimating yourself! Mandibuzz, Air Cutter!"
At the same time, Little Boss also issued a command: "Mandibuzz, Gust!"
In an instant, the two Mandibuzz let out a long cry in unison. They vigorously flapped their wings, stirring up two surging currents of air. These two currents, carrying endless Flying-type energy, converged to form two incredibly violent skill storms.
With a loud "boom," the originally sturdy Electric Net instantly collapsed severely and twisted out of shape under the impact of this powerful force. Joltik, caught within it, struggled to hold on under this double assault, seemingly on the verge of being completely overwhelmed by this terrifying attack at any moment.
Despite the precarious situation, Joltik never gave up resisting. She gritted her teeth. It seemed Joltik had already reached her limit.
Qi Shu anxiously shouted: "Joltik, hold on! Our chance to counterattack is coming!"
As time passed, the powerful wind gradually began to weaken. At this point, the Electric Net was like a spring compressed to its limit; as soon as the pressure applied to it lessened even slightly, it would rebound rapidly with astonishing speed.
Finally, the wind! It stopped completely!
At this moment, the previously taut Electric Net rebounded violently like a wild horse, and the immense force instantly flung Joltik high into the sky.
Joltik shot up like a bolt of lightning, flying straight upwards, and in the blink of an eye, she was above the heads of the two Mandibuzz.
Joltik swiftly opened her four bright eyes in the air, like four sparkling gems. At the same time, Trainer Qi Shu decisively gave the command: "Joltik, String Shot!"
Upon receiving the order, Joltik opened her mouth, and a crystal-clear strand of silk shot out like an arrow from a bowstring, accurately hitting the back of one of the Mandibuzz and adhering tightly to it.
Immediately after, Joltik forcefully contracted the silk, and using the pulling force of the silk, her figure flickered, and she leaped directly onto Mandibuzz's back along the direction of the silk like a phantom.
This series of actions occurred in just a single breath!
Qi Shu excitedly pumped her fist: "This time! See where you can run!"