Chen Kai was a bit puzzled: “Actually, Gabite’s trainer could have surrendered a long time ago.”
Chun Jie patted Chen Kai’s shoulder with a subtle expression. She was about to enter the arena: “Surrendering is impossible. The Bai Family Main House does not allow us to surrender when competing against trainers from the Dragon Family.
Even if we lose, we have to drag it out for a while longer, so we don’t lose face for the Bai Family.”
Chen Kai was a bit speechless about the Bai Family Main House’s way of doing things and comforted her: “I can only wish you good luck.”
Bai Yuchun walked onto the stage, grumbling. Her opponent, Long Zile, was already in position and had sent out his Pokemon—Fraxure.
Although not sending out Charizard gave Bai Yuchun a slightly better chance of winning, the opponent’s perfunctory attitude annoyed her even more.
“Go, Servine.”
The referee announced: “The match begins.”
Bai Yuchun was the first to give an instruction: “Use Growth.”
At her command, Servine glowed green all over, and its body swelled up.
“Use Taunt, then Dragon Dance!” The opponent wouldn’t stand still either. Although Fraxure’s moves weren’t as fast as Servine’s, he reacted quickly.
Immediately, a malicious black light appeared on Servine’s body.
“Damn it, Taunt!” Bai Yuchun really wanted to curse out loud. Now Servine couldn’t even use Leech Seed.
“Use Magical Leaf! Don’t let it Dragon Dance so comfortably!”
Servine flicked its tail, and a large flurry of green leaves flew rapidly towards Fraxure.
Long Zile felt that Magical Leaf wouldn’t do much damage to his Pokemon, so he didn’t stop Dragon Dance, letting Fraxure dance while taking the Magical Leaf attacks.
This Fraxure was very well-trained. Servine continuously flicked its tail, and a large number of Magical Leaf attacks hit it, making a ‘clinking’ sound, like hitting metal, and did not cause much damage to it.
As Fraxure finished its dance, a faint red glow appeared on its body.
Then Long Zile issued a new command: “Good! Use Dragon Pulse to interrupt its Magical Leaf.”
Fraxure opened its mouth wide, and a blue-purple wave of light shot out from its mouth.
The power was not great. With a “boom!” it collided with Magical Leaf, dust splattered, obscuring Servine’s vision.
Servine stopped using Magical Leaf and instead stood still, gathering strength.
As the dust slowly dispersed, Fraxure suddenly darted out from a blind spot, its claws accumulating a large amount of Dragon-type energy—it was Dragon Claw.
But Bai Yuchun and Servine did not panic, waiting for Fraxure to get closer.
“Now! Servine, use Slam!”
“Woo!” (Okay!)
Unlike Servine’s gentle Growl, it leaped high, its tail powerfully swinging down towards Fraxure’s head.
Fraxure quickly raised its claws to protect its face.
The Dragon-type energy contained in its Dragon Claw and the energy from Slam basically canceled each other out, but it didn’t expect Servine to be so strong, hitting it so hard that it couldn’t stand, dropping to one knee with a ‘thud’.
Long Zile’s mouth dropped open in surprise. “Wait, is your Servine stronger than my Fraxure?”
However, he reacted quickly and immediately gave new instructions: “Fraxure, counterattack with Crunch!”
Bai Yuchun simultaneously commanded: “Counterattack with Leaf Blade!”
Thus, Fraxure’s claws and a pair of attacks continuously struck Servine, while Servine kept lashing Fraxure with its tail. Both Pokemon engaged in close combat on the field, fighting back and forth.
In terms of move power, Servine was inferior to Fraxure, but in terms of strength, Fraxure was inferior to Servine. Fraxure was constantly being pushed back a few steps by Servine’s tail strikes.
As time passed, the black glow on Servine’s body gradually weakened. Bai Yuchun seized the moment the black light dissipated and instructed Servine: “Use Leech Seed!”
At this moment, Fraxure had just been pushed back a step by Servine. Long Zile quickly told Fraxure to use Taunt again, but it was too late. A green seed landed on Fraxure’s back and immediately took root.
Servine’s body was again enveloped in a black glow, but at the same time, continuous small green lights floated towards it.
Bai Yuchun pressed the attack: “Good! Servine, continue using Leaf Blade!”
“Woo!” Servine gently responded to its trainer, then leaped again, beginning a unique dance.
Its tail was like a nimble dancer, tracing graceful arcs in the air. Sometimes it used ‘Leaf Blade’ to twirl lightly, like an elegant ballerina on tiptoes; other times it used ‘Slam’ to twist and coil, as if it were a flowing silk sleeve fluttering freely in the breeze.
It pushed Fraxure back step by step.
Below the stage, Chen Kai was stunned.
Are Chun Jie and Servine that formidable? He hadn’t seen this during his training these past few days.
But on second thought, Xiao Mei always used ranged attacks and had never engaged in close combat with Servine.
In the stands, an old man named Bai chuckled and said to another old man beside him: “Your family’s genius, this so-called Dragon Power feels just so-so. Why is it so difficult to fight against our branch family?”
The Dragon Family Elder, who was being mocked, snorted: “The young man was just careless. You’ll see how powerful Dragon Power is in a moment.
Besides, this girl isn’t even using a Dragon-type Pokemon, so it doesn’t count.”
The Bai Family Elder’s beard almost bristled when he heard him say that: “You’re a Dragon-type fighting a Grass-type, you have a type advantage, and you still say that? Do you have any shame?”
The Dragon Family Elder: “Damn it, what did you say? Your Bai Family isn’t drawing lots and plans to use a gauntlet match against Long Zile, and you call that having shame?”
“NMD…”
The two old men started yelling at each other on the stage, almost coming to blows.
On the field, Long Zile didn’t notice the war of words between his elders. He was already sweating profusely.
It wasn’t that he was being arrogant; he had planned to conserve some strength in the early stages to deal with the Bai Family’s gauntlet match. Who knew this girl opponent would be so fierce, beating his Fraxure so badly?
What’s Fraxure’s Attack? What’s Servine’s Attack? Is this right?
If this continues, he’ll really be eliminated in the first round. No, he has to use Dragon Power!
He roared: “Fraxure!”
Fraxure seemed to be in sync with him, blocking Servine’s strikes with its claws, retreating a distance, and getting closer to Long Zile.
At this moment, Long Zile sat cross-legged on the ground with his eyes closed, and Fraxure also closed its eyes, holding its breath and concentrating.
Bai Yuchun felt something was amiss and quickly instructed Servine: “Don’t give the opponent a chance to breathe! Chase it and use Leaf Blade!”
“Woo!” Servine responded, quickly rushing to Fraxure, its tail condensing a green Leaf Blade, and swinging its tail.
With a “bang!” collision, to the surprise of the onlookers, it was Servine that was sent flying backward.
Fraxure was enveloped in a thick red glow. It slowly opened its eyes, which were filled with a bloody glint.
Bai Yuchun was a little surprised, but she quickly calmly gave instructions: “Is it Outrage? Servine, run far away. As long as you dodge for a while, it will naturally become confused.”
In the stands, the Dragon Family Elder, seeing Fraxure use ‘Outrage’, adjusted his collar and chuckled: “Since Outrage has been used, Zile is sure to win this one.”
The Bai Family Elder was a little unconvinced: “Hmph, as long as we drag it out until ‘Outrage’ ends, your family’s so-called ‘genius’ will lose.”
“That’s if you can even drag it out,” the Dragon Family Elder said proudly. “Dragon Power is not just about talking to dragons.”
On the field, Fraxure, which had already used Dragon Dance once, suddenly sped up, its body wrapped in a red glow, charging straight towards Servine.
Bai Yuchun wanted Servine to quickly avoid it, but found her command was a beat too slow.
Fraxure crashed into Servine without stopping, continuing to swing its claws and teeth at Servine, like a torrential storm, relentlessly.
Servine used Leaf Blade, constantly defending, but found it was becoming difficult to block.
After Fraxure attacked for a full minute, its final claw strike sent Servine flying, and it fell into a state of confusion, standing in place, somewhat at a loss.
Meanwhile, Servine was exhausted and struggled to get up, but couldn’t.
At this moment, the referee’s whistle sounded.
Long Zile and Fraxure were victorious.