At this moment, following the instructions given by Zou Yi, Xia Yong, riding his Mandibuzz, quietly detoured to the rear of Qi Shu and Zou Yi.
He steadily held up a rocket launcher that looked like an RPG, his gaze firmly locked on the target ahead.
Accompanied by two dull “bang bang” sounds, flames instantly burst from the muzzle of the rocket launcher, like a fierce fire dragon, successively firing two capture net bullets gleaming with cold light. These two capture net bullets cut through the sky, rushing towards Qi Shu and Zou Yi at an astonishing speed.
The intense white light of Hyper Beam and the deafening explosion intertwined, forming an irresistible force. Qi Shu and Zou Yi's auditory and visual senses were completely obscured at this moment; they fell into a brief ringing in their ears and darkness, completely unaware of the threat from behind.
Although human senses were blocked, as an Elite Four Swanna, she was constantly paying attention to the surrounding changes, and with her Keen Eye ability, even in a noisy battle environment, she could accurately capture enemy movements through her eyesight.
The Swanna radiated brilliant flying-type energy, vigorously flapping her wide and white wings, each flap causing intense vibrations in the surrounding air. The air currents began to surge wildly, gradually converging into a powerful storm force, seemingly about to form a devastating tempest that would shoot down all the incoming cannonballs.
However, at this very moment, a sudden change occurred! A figure flashed past like lightning; it was a blue beast with a lance-like body, covered in hard, armor-like scales.
Her claws were tightly clenched into fists, glowing with dazzling golden-yellow electric light, accompanied by crackling sounds, indicating extremely compressed electric-type energy ready to be unleashed.
In the blink of an eye, this blue beast flashed next to Swanna and, without hesitation, threw that punch with the force of thunder, striking Swanna's back fiercely.
At the same time, the capture net bullets that were flying at high speed in the air suddenly exploded.
In an instant, two specially made steel nets swept over with lightning speed. One of the steel nets precisely covered Elite Zou Tianwang, who was standing on a tree and had become a living target.
The other steel net accurately hit Galvantula, who had just used Hyper Beam and was currently in a stiff state due to the skill's recoil.
With a muffled “bang,” Elite Zou Tianwang had no time to react and was heavily struck by the special steel net.
The huge impact caused him to involuntarily fly forward from the tree and then fall heavily to the ground.
On the other side, Swanna suffered a powerful electric-type attack from that blue beast, which was four times effective, and her body could not withstand such immense damage, instantly losing a large amount of stamina.
She could no longer maintain her flying posture and fell straight from the sky to the ground like a falling meteor, raising a cloud of dust.
Qi Shu finally recovered from her shock with great difficulty, and she was horrified to find that the scene beside her had become unbearable.
Her Galvantula was tightly bound by an incredibly sturdy steel net, completely losing the ability to resist.
And Swanna had suffered a heavy blow, lying on the ground, barely breathing.
What was even more distressing was that Elite Zou Tianwang was also bound by the same steel net at some point, falling heavily from a height of three meters, lying there motionless, his life hanging in the balance.
This series of sudden changes happened too quickly, so fast that it didn't even give them any time to react.
Just then, with a thunderous roar, the blue figure that had instantly severely wounded Swanna finally landed steadily on the ground, instantly raising a large cloud of rolling dust that swept towards Qi Shu.
Qi Shu immediately raised her arms, trying to block the surging dust, but a lot of dust still got into her eyes and nose through the gaps in her slender fingers, making her cough repeatedly.
However, Qi Shu endured the discomfort, trying hard to open her eyes and see through her fingers what this mysterious and terrifying blue Pokémon looked like.
When the dust had settled a little, she finally saw clearly and exclaimed in her heart, “Zou Yi's Nidoqueen?! When did she Sucker Punch us?”
And at this moment, Nidoqueen was staring at Qi Shu with an extremely dangerous look, as if she would pounce on her without hesitation in the next second, putting this weak, helpless, and seemingly defenseless little girl to death.
At this moment, Zou Yi walked out from behind, came to Nidoqueen's side, and said sinisterly, “Nidoqueen, don't be too nervous, she's just a little girl who has lost the protection of adults and Pokémon; she can't make waves.”
While speaking, Zou Yi slowly walked to Elite Zou Tianwang, who was bound by the steel net, raised his foot and stepped on his chest, saying, “Hey, you won't die that easily, will you?”
After saying this, Zou Yi's foot stomped hard on Elite Zou Tianwang's broad and strong chest without hesitation. A crisp and chilling sound came— “Crack~” Two of Elite Zou Tianwang's ribs instantly broke! The sound of the fracture was as clear as if it had exploded in the air.
At this moment, Elite Zou Tianwang, who was originally in a state of deep coma, was suddenly pulled back to the real world from the dark abyss of unconsciousness by the intense pain that surged like a tide due to the sudden fracture of his ribs from such a heavy blow.
“Ah~” Elite Zou Tianwang let out a heart-wrenching, sky-piercing scream. His face was twisted and deformed by extreme pain, large beads of sweat rolled down his forehead, and his eyes were wide open, bloodshot, filled with suffering.
“Hey, hey, hey, don't scream, I'm so sorry, I accidentally stepped on you and hurt you. I thought you were already dead, so I just used a little violent method to rescue you.”
Xia Yong leaped off Mandibuzz's body. His face was now full of fawning smiles, and he chuckled ingratiatingly, “Captain, you are truly a well-deserved medical genius! To be able to wake up a person who had fainted with just one kick, you have achieved such a world-shaking medical miracle.”
And Qi Shu, who stood by and witnessed all this, gritted her teeth tightly, her fists clenched, making cracking sounds. The bloody and cruel scene before her and the other party's malicious words insulting her companions, like incredibly sharp daggers, deeply pierced her heart.
Qi Shu's heart was filled with endless resentment and self-blame—hating her own weak strength and annoyed at her own carelessness, which led her teammates into such a desperate situation.
Swanna, hearing her master's scream, also struggled, supporting her heavily injured body with her wings, and stood up, blocking Qi Shu.
Unbeknownst to them, all of this was filmed by the Magnemite scout nearby…